Engaged? Start the first step in your wedding festivities planning with your engagement party! Check out our engagement party planning guide to help guide you through the process.

Decide who’s hosting

Traditionally the parents of the bride host the engagement party. But there are many other options for hosts: your siblings, your fiancé’s parents, your best friend, or even you and your fiancé put on the show.

Choose a date 

Once your significant other pops the big question, planning your engagement party is soon to follow.

Budget!

For any smart party planner, setting out your budget is always a good first step. Deciding how much you, or whoever is hosting, want to spend is a great step to get solidified.

Create a guest list

A good go-to rule for inviting people to your engagement party is whoever you invite to your engagement party should also be getting invited to your wedding. In regards to the size of the party think about how big you want your wedding to be. This is a good foundation to build off of when creating your guest list.

Create your gift registry 

Start building your gift registry! It’s possible people will want to purchase gifts for you and your fiancé to bring to your engagement party. So start to create your gift registry beforehand. It is a great resource they can go off of for buying gifts for your engagement party and obviously future wedding festivities.

Plenty of time ahead send out invites

Don’t be the one who sends out invites last minute. Be ahead of the ball by sending out invites in plenty of time for your guests to mark their calendar.

Decide of the food

Your engagement party can be as casual as you want it to be or as formal as you desire. Picking out your menu is important whether it’s being hosted at a smaller venue, someone’s house, or restaurant. Be sure to include what your guests should expect like, “Please join us in celebration of Trevor and Kaitlyn’s engagement with appetizers and cocktails”, or “Join us in a wonderful celebration of Trevor and Kaitlyn’s engagement with a sit-down dinner”.

Create your vision for decorating 

Last but not least, plan your decor! Picking out your decor for your engagement party should have thought put into it but not be overdone. You don’t need special floral arrangements and elegant linens and over the top lighting, small floral arrangements and candle votives are the perfect way to spruce up any room or tabletop.

 

Gracy Accad

Known for her designs that “…blends simplicity, chicness, and modern romance.” together, Gracy Accad uses only the finest fabrics to create exquisite designs with precise fitting. Young women all over the United States and especially in NYC come to Gracy Accad’s studio to get her handmade designs for their dream wedding gown. Not only does Gracy create beautiful bridal collections but also evening wear. Created with nothing but elegance, sparkle, and class in mind Gracy Accad created a brand well known in the bridal industry. Part of the Bridal Council Gracy is also noticed from well-known industry editors for her evening and bridal designs from the Fall 2018 New York Bridal Fashion Week. Check out her designs from shots straight the runway from last years New York Bridal Fashion Week.

 

Ready to embrace your inner foodie for a culinary journey?  Wedding menus have been forever changed thanks to popular TV shows like Top Chef and Chopped. This appetite for something different has changed the wedding culinary scene and now the guest experience includes endless menu options. The desire to have a wedding that is both unique and memorable has also increased the experimentation and creativity with wedding menus.

One creative way to spice up your wedding menu is with action stations! We love this interactive option that will spark conversation amongst your guests. Action stations are areas within your reception space where a chef will prepare food live in front of guests. These bites are usually smaller in portion, but bigger in taste.

 

This option can sometimes cut down on costs as you wont need a large serving staff and place settings for every table, they offer more unique food choices, interaction, and flexibility with timing and the menu!

Let the glitz and glamour commence! Get inspired for the perfect New Year’s Eve wedding. New Year smooches and celebration with loved ones, a NYE wedding is double the celebration, double the fun, and triple the sparkle. This festive time is perfect to bring out your inner Gatsby and create the wedding of the year. Fun confetti poppers, festive hats and crowns, or horns will help to count down to the New Year in style with your guests. Check out more NYE wedding inspo on our Pinterest page -> New Years Eve Wedding Inspo Board

 

The holiday season is the most popular time of the year to become engaged! Did you get engaged this holiday season? Know someone who did? We want to make sure you start off your wedding planning on the right foot!

Check out our upcoming bridal shows, this is the perfect place to begin your planning process!

The Wedding Guys even want to give you a special engagement gift of 25 percent off your ticket purchase! Use the Promo Code ENGAGED25 to redeem this special gift at checkout!

UNVEILED Rochester: January 13th

Twin Cities Bridal Show: January 27th

UNVEILED Minneapolis: February 17th

Reem Acra

Since 1977, renowned designer Reem Acra stuns the luxury bridal industry with her jaw-dropping gowns. As Reem Acra is, “continuously redefining the boundaries of fashion”, each gown is its own kind of unique. From different fabrics, laces, beading, and embroidery, her gowns make her brand “like no other”. Her clientele includes celebrities and royalty across the world. Reem Acra creates her gowns for the modern refined bride.