Any Suggestions About A Home Reception?

Re: Any Suggestions About A Home Reception?

• natalie115 member

  

  October 2009

  I would love to be able to have a backyard BBQ as our AHR, but it's going to be January in Oregon and that's just not an option. What do you think is tacky about it? The great thing about AHRs are you can make them as formal or casual as you want.

  
  

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• weloveduke

  

  October 2009

  i dont really know, i just dont want our guests to feel uncomfortable or i dont want it to be perceived as "ghetto"...

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• captainleela

  

  October 2009

  your guests will only feel uncomfortable if you're uncomfortable. There are plenty of girls on this board (in fact I'd said most of us) who are having very casual AHRs. Make it what you want, no one's going to judge you. People just want an excuse to party and to celebrate with the bride & groom...they aren't going to care if it's in your backyard or if it's at the Ritz.

  
  

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• FutureMrs.McC

  

  October 2009

  I would love to have a BBQ too but didn't want to wait for spring.  You can have a casual yet classy backyard AHR.  Just make it nice.  Great food and drinks, good music and dress it up a little with decorations.  GL planning.And please don't use the word ghetto.  When I was younger I used it. Then I realized it's offensive to a lot of people.

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• carrieoz_76 member

  

  October 2009

  I think it's fine!  We batted around the idea of doing an AHR, and if we did it would be a bbq at our house.  I thought about trying to do a slide show of wedding pics and show them on the tv in the living room, serving bbq and maybe a fun Hawaii-themed cake for dessert (pineapple upside down?), and just leaving it at that.  We're pretty casual people, and we don't like the idea of the expense of a big catered AHR at a reception hall, plus having it at our house is I think really cozy, so that's what we'd do if we were going to do one.I doubt we will though - just because I think once it's done in Hawaii, I don't think we'll want to put on a to-do at home.  But to each their own.

  
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• mila0270 member

  

  October 2009

  We will be doing an AHR when we return from our honeymoon in our backyard.  Since we are getting married in Italy the theme will be Italian foods, but we started out thinking BBQ.  Ours will be a bit more than casual since I will wear my wedding dress and we will have wedding cake to cut, toasts, etc. In fact, most of the money for "the wedding" will be spent on a reception/party since 99% of my friends/family will not be able to travel to Italy for a wedding.  

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