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Reception Advice

We’ve got tons of obscenely fun wedding reception ideas, which might mean stuff like wedding reception games, wedding reception songs, fun other things to do when there’s no dancing at your wedding, wedding toasts, and so much more…

D&D, costumes, & epic music at this heavy metal wedding in Utah

Heavy metal love songs🤘75 tracks we played at our metal wedding

On my wedding profile, I got a question from one reader who asked “what type of metal did you play that the guests could tolerate all night?” The answer is, well, EVERY TYPE! You have to play all types of metal for those non-metal heads to the pros. We also used our laptop and rented the PA equipment because we could not get a DJ that would cooperate with what we wanted to be played. Here is a list of the main songs we used that night.

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The Cheap Bastardette’s guide to self-catering your wedding

Our plan: rather than pay $15 per head for upwards of 160 guests (is it just me, or is the guest count never where I left it?) we’re stretching our $5,000 budget as far as we can by offering a variety of snacky things. Here’s how we’ll pull it off.

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Is four hours long enough for a reception?

“The venue we’re looking at allows us to be there for four hours. Is this long enough for a reception?” For the answer to this, we went to our resident wedding planner lady, Ang.

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Pop Punk Bride’s iPod reception tips + playlist

Our music-related posts always get the most attention and feedback. Clearly, y’all are looking for MOAR music inspiration. We’ve decided to start a new feature: Real Offbeat Playlists. To kick it off here’s Pop Punk Bride‘s iPod playlist.