Mary and Doug's Wedding-overview

Date: Saturday May 29th, 2010
Venue: Live Cuisine, Living Arts Center, Mississauga Ontario
Guests: 57
Budget: >$17,000
Colour scheme: shades of purple, pewter grey, white, black

Theme: modern elegance

Specifications:

• modern venue, not a typical banquet hall, everything in one location
• indoors
• nontraditional format, had to be multicultural
• late afternoon-evening
• limited guests to family and close friends
• contemporary but still elegant, and on a budget
  

Order of Events:
1. tea ceremony
2. formal photographs
3. cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
4. legal ceremony
5. informal photographs
6. reception
7. dancing

Menu
Assorted hors d'oeuvres:

• Vegetarian Spring Rolls
• Crab Cakes
• Mini Beef Wellington
• California Rolls
• Lobster Crépe Purse

First Course

• Wild mushroom consommé

Second Course

• Watercress and Romaine salad, balsamic vinaigrette

Third Course

• Free range chicken with grand marnier sauce, mini potatoes, vegetables

Fourth Course

• Fruit Bavarois
• Wedding cake: vanilla cake, raspberry pureé, vanilla buttercream

The Big spending:

• Food and alcohol
• Music-violinist and DJ

The Big Savings:

• free invitations- e-invites from mypuchbowl.com
• wedding dress-bought at a charity sale
• flowers-bride's sister donated her time-only paid for supplies
• decorations and favours-DIY