I've been working on trying to get some catering issues ironed out and I had a crazy idea...
Renting china is REALLY expensive.
Acrylic is less expensive but just isn't very nice.
According to some calculations, I can buy real plates, glasses, and flatware for less than it would cost for my caterer to provide the acrylics. Ikea has some crazy inexpensive dishes. It's awesome.
I could buy some nice-ish dishes for the wedding and then hopefully sell them after the wedding.
-OR-
I could find another Austin bride who would be willing to go in on some nicer dishes and we would both have nice placesettings for the wedding, save money and potentially get some back after the re-sale.
My question to you ladies is this -- is ANYONE interested buying dishes to use at their wedding and if so, would you be interested in splitting the cost and sharing the dishes.
Let me know what you ladies think!