Monday, March 2, 2009

6 Top Wedding Shopping Ideas for A Perfect Wedding Reception

By Doris Clayton

When you find yourself seriously searching for ideas while wedding shopping, continue reading.

No one ever said that planning the perfect wedding reception is quick and easy. It can become somewhat stressful for the organizer while making sure that every thing occurs without any problems. There are assortments of wedding decorations that need to be in place on time for the wedding day.

If you decide to save money by not hiring a professional wedding planner and do all your own wedding shopping, these six tips will offer you some wedding reception ideas that can aid you while you plan your own perfect wedding reception.

Start your wedding shopping early. Put as many of the arrangements in place the day before the wedding reception as you can. This can include things such as leaving your change of clothing and the wedding reception decorations at the bridal reception venue. While you are there you can also take the opportunity to chat with any staff who are going to be on duty during your reception so that you are sure they know what you need them to do.

Consider picking up your wedding cake at least a day before your wedding if the cake vendor is not delivering your cake for you. Find out if it requires any type of special overnight storage while you are making your cake reservations to ensure that it is available before you pick it up.

Plan to have all your wedding reception decorations deliverable to the reception location as early as possible. Keep in mind that any fresh floral arrangements should arrive on the morning of your wedding. Make sure that you let the location staffs know to expect the flowers and where they should place the items.

Involve your family members and friends. You should have at least one person who is helping you with the wedding shopping. Get her to help in ensuring the wedding reception venue arrangements are taken care of. This shouldn't be one of your bridal party, you need to know that your bridesmaids are where they're supposed to be, and not chasing down missing tableware or polishing glassware so that it sparkles instead of being slightly dusty from being in a box.

Appoint someone to be responsible for ensuring everyone has transportation from your wedding venue to your wedding reception sites. Unless you have your ceremony at the same venue as the reception, you will always find there is someone who turns up and doesn't have a ride to the reception. Make sure that you have someone who can co-ordinate travel for those who don't have their own transport on the day.

Have someone responsible for keeping the kids entertained at the wedding reception. Weddings are family affairs but some kids do have an attention span problem when it comes to speeches. Don't forget the kids when you do your wedding shopping. Equip them with some coloring books/crayons to keep the younger guests happy. Have one of your bridesmaids assigned to spot any potential problems as you don't want them to be messing around with the wedding reception decorations too! - 15615

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