Thank God it's Friday. Since I'm sure you have had a busy week planning your wedding, take tonight to relax with your fiance' and enjoy your Friday night.
 

Don't forget: Each week we will be posting a new Movie, Cocktail & Meal for you to enjoy with your fiance', friends or just for a night to yourself. Leave the planning to us!
 

Movie of the Week: Our Family Wedding
 

"Our marriage, their wedding." It's lesson number one for any newly engaged couple, and Lucia and Marcus are no exception. In Our Family Wedding, they learn the hard way that the path to saying "I do" can be rife with familial strife. When they return from college and too suddenly announce their marriage plans, they soon discover that their fathers - two highly competitive over-the-top egos - can wreak a major amount of havoc on their special day. With insults flying and tempers running high, it's anyone's guess if the alpha dads will survive to make it down the aisle in one piece. Lucia's mother is busy planning the wedding of "her" dreams and the only levelheaded one in the bunch is Angela, the groom's father's best friend and lawyer, who manages to keep her cool when the madness reaches a crescendo. With only weeks to plan their wedding, Lucia and Marcus soon discover the true meaning of love and find there is truth to the saying - that when you marry someone, you marry their entire family.
 

Source: IMDb
 

Drink of the Week: Wedding Anniversary
 

Meal of the Week: Chinese Happy Family
 

To find out more about the recipe, click here
 

Posted Thursday May 17th, 2012

Every Thursday we post 5 new things we found on ETSY that we just LOVE! We have to share with you our new finds. We hope you enjoy.

#1 Letterpressed Favor Tins

Looking for a unique, custom favor box for your guests to take home without looking cheesy or cheap? BellaBaroque Design Studio has created these personalized Letterpressed Favor Tins perfect for all sorts of little wedding gifts! Use them to hold candies, chocolates, small candles, wildflower seeds, or any other little favor you're thinking. They offer either a small or large tin to chose from and can customize the top design just for you!

 To purchase these Favor Tins for $2.50 each CLICK HERE

#2 Printable Bridal Shower Invitations

Instead of spending a fortune on Bridal Shower invitations, try one of these customizable invitation designs that you can print at home! These beautiful invites come in a ton of great base designs that can be personalized with your own details and wording. Once the design has been finalized a Digital PDF will be sent and you can then chose how ever you'd like to finish printing the invitations, whether that be professionally or from your home computer!

To purchase these Bridal Shower Invitation Proofs for $15 CLICK HERE

#3 Rustic Wedding Cupcake Stand

Cupcakes are becoming super popular as an easy alternative to a big, lavish wedding cake. What better way to display them than an awesome 4-tiered rustic cake stand like this one, not to mention it will make for a pretty impressive piece for your dessert table! Talk about a big stand, it can hold up to 125 mini cupcakes or 75 full size cupcakes at one time. The natural logs give a rustic, country touch to your dessert display and will keep guests talking!

To purchase this Rustic Cupcake Stand for $129.95 CLICK HERE

#4 Bachelorette Party Banner

We love all of the different banners for every occasion you can find on Etsy, particularly this adorable "BRIDE TO BE" banner perfect for a bridal shower or bachelorette party! The great thing about these banners is that you can reuse them for a number of wedding related events or photo shoots. This banner comes in a few different color options and also has matching cupcake toppers and gift tags that can be ordered upon request so you can coordinate the whole party!

To purchase this Bachelorette Party Banner for $34 CLICK HERE

#5 Hanging Chalkboard Table Numbers

Every table needs some sort of table number so do it in style with these country chic hanging chalkboards. They are perfect to hang from a wine bottle or long neck vase at each table. Since they are chalkboard you can write the numbers however you prefer or add something more personalized. You could even have guests at each table sign or write the bride and groom a note after they have found their seats and the number is no longer needed. Oh the possibilities!

To purchase these Chalkboard Table Numbers for $46 CLICK HERE

So many things to know about place cards! It might not be the fun part of planning your wedding but today we would like give you some tips on planning for a sit down dinner. When planning for a sit down dinner with choice of entree you will need a place card to indicate what each of your guests will be having. There is a correct way to put this on your RSVP card so each guests (even a family of 4) will write in what each guests will have. When you send out your invitations you will list for example:

Please write in the name of each guest attending next to the entrée of choice.  

__________ BEEF ___________ CHICKEN ___________VEGETARIAN
 

That way when they return the card you will know what each individual person is having. You then create a place card for each guest. Sit down dinner can take some time but to speed up the process is to create a large visual place card so the server can see it. If the server has to ask each person what they are having because they can't read the tiny print then it will take much longer for the food to be served. You can make the cards in different ways indicating what each guest is having. By color works best like red for beef, white for chicken, green for vegetarian. Just remember to pick colors that are completely different. At most receptions the lights are dimmed, so you want to make sure that the server serving the food can see standing over the guest shoulder what they are having. You can also use ribbons, stickers, or just write the word on the card. We also highly suggest asking your venue about doing a combo plate. For the cost of what some will spend on place cards and their sanity of keeping tracking for a few more dollars per person you can do two small portions of entrée.  

We also suggest to make things a little quicker by providing a list of what each table is eating. For example table 8 has 5 chicken and 6 beef. When the servers are plating up the trays they can bring that exact order to that table so the table is served all at the same time. It looks great to your guests and service goes very quickly. We hope this tip will help you when it comes to planning your sit down dinner.

You can download these cute icons to add to your place cards to indicate what each guest is having by clicking here.

Here are a few examples of place cards with menu choice on them.

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