My fiance and I doing our formal ceremony and reception in May 2009 in my home state of Ohio. Since I've lived in LA for 10 years and he grew up here, we also want to celebrate with friends and family in California. I'm looking for your help with ideas for a 2nd reception to be held after our formal ceremony/reception. Have you been to such a party? What was it called? Was it formal? What happened at this party? How was the 2nd reception presented in the invitation?
And what about a location for such an event? We live in west LA and would like to stay as local as possible.
Lots of people have two receptions in different cities. You can call it a wedding reception or a post-wedding celebration, whatever you like. Our friends had one that was formal in a hotel, had dancing, catering, all of it. The invitation said something like "We're married-- come help us celebrate at ____"
If you can be more specific, we can be of more help-- how many people? Do you want a restaurant or ballroom?
Try www.culverevents.com. It's unassuming on the outside, but the decor is beautiful and the price is reasonable. It's one of those places that you don't have to spend thousands of dollars decorating because its charming on it's own. I turned my friend on to it and she's booked it for next year.
Have you considered having a silhouette artist at your reception? A lot of brides in the Los Angeles area are choosing to do this as a unique wedding favor for their guests and themselves. My husband Karl Johnson is a 3rd generation silhouette artist and his website is www.cutarts.com if you want to check it out.
I'm doing this as well (the ceremony will be in Oregon), I was wondering how to word it on the invitation as well, I like the "help us come celebrate at ___" idea.
My fiance and I doing our formal ceremony and reception in May 2009 in my home state of Ohio. Since I've lived in LA for 10 years and he grew up here, we also want to celebrate with friends and family in California. I'm looking for your help with ideas for a 2nd reception to be held after our formal ceremony/reception. Have you been to such a party? What was it called? Was it formal? What happened at this party? How was the 2nd reception presented in the invitation?
And what about a location for such an event? We live in west LA and would like to stay as local as possible.
Thanks in advance!
posted by bgsualum 3 posts 3 months agoHow many people do you want to invite?
You can have it as formal or unformal as you'd like! Heck, you can rent the In and Out truck!
I'm in West LA, do you want to hold it at a restaurant? Do you want to keep it low cost?
Lots of people have more than one reception. usually one winds up being less formal than the other, but it's totally up to you.
posted by freesia39 64 posts 3 months agoLots of people have two receptions in different cities. You can call it a wedding reception or a post-wedding celebration, whatever you like. Our friends had one that was formal in a hotel, had dancing, catering, all of it. The invitation said something like "We're married-- come help us celebrate at ____"
If you can be more specific, we can be of more help-- how many people? Do you want a restaurant or ballroom?
posted by rzblna 113 posts 3 months agoTry www.culverevents.com. It's unassuming on the outside, but the decor is beautiful and the price is reasonable. It's one of those places that you don't have to spend thousands of dollars decorating because its charming on it's own. I turned my friend on to it and she's booked it for next year.
posted by mlindsey 175 posts 3 months agoHave you considered having a silhouette artist at your reception? A lot of brides in the Los Angeles area are choosing to do this as a unique wedding favor for their guests and themselves. My husband Karl Johnson is a 3rd generation silhouette artist and his website is www.cutarts.com if you want to check it out.
Lauren
posted by cutarts 5 posts 1 month agoI'm doing this as well (the ceremony will be in Oregon), I was wondering how to word it on the invitation as well, I like the "help us come celebrate at ___" idea.
posted by Annui 3 posts 4 days ago