Mentioning attire on a destination wedding invitation

I am planning on having a destination beach wedding in North Carolina. Should I word on the invitations that dress is casual or should I just assume that most of the people won't get dressed too fancy? Since we are only invititing a small group of family and friends, and it's on the beach, I don't.... [Read more]

Reception seating/cake centerpieces

We are expecting about 150 guests and are serving a buffet of heavy hors d'ouevres. My caterer told me since we are not having a sit-down meal, it isn't necessary to seat all of my guests. She also told me that not having seating for all of the guests would created more of a mingling atmosphere,.... [Read more]

Have large families, want small destination wedding

My fiance and I both have rather large extended families, mine live mostly in Michigan (where I'm from) and his live mostly in North Carolina (where he's from and where we both live). We want to have a small (50 people max) summer wedding and reception in the North Carolina mountains, and then.... [Read more]

Open church ceremony & cake cutting...then private party following?

Hi there,

First of all, no matter how the day turns out, I could not be more excited to be marrying the man of my dreams. I know that not everything is going to go exactly perfect on our day...but it doesn't matter, because my future husband is perfect for me! :)

I'll state my question first,.... [Read more]

Serving only cake for evening wedding

My fiancé and I are planning our wedding for October. We are having the ceremony and reception at the same location. The cost of the facility (which is a boat that cruises from 7:30-10:00) does not include the food served and we can only use the caterer provided by the reception venue. This is a.... [Read more]