Hi everyone! I am just starting to plan a wedding for 2nd weekend Oct 2013 and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. We have a modest budget so we are trying to go as cheap as possible so before we decide on a venue we wanted to price out all of our options. I live out of the area but grew up in Hyde Park, so we're looking within an hour radius tops of that. We'd like a venue on the Hudson River and so far we're down to an outdoor reception at Clermont historic site or indoor one at Chalet on the Hudson. As far as Clermont goes we can use pretty much any caterer but they have to approve it. Anyone know of reasonable caterers that would make it worthwhile to do all of that ourselves? My mom and I are pretty crafty so we could do the tablecloths, centerpieces, etc and we were even thinking of trying to find someone who would do the serving and the dinner and we'd do the hors d'oeurves and bar ourselves. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! ~Laura