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catering

If you’ve got questions about wedding catering cost or are looking for wedding catering ideas, you’re in the right place! We’ve got wedding menus, info about tipping, and even info about how to DIY your own wedding catering.

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Wedding venue and catering secrets from a wedding industry insider

Okay, I admit it, I’m part of the Wedding Industrial Complex — I work at wedding venue. I’m also an Offbeat Bride. As an offbeat member of the wedding industry, I wanted to share a couple of insider tips for finding a venue and caterer.

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Supposed-wedding trend: “Global meats”

We received a press release about 2012 wedding trends — half of it was slightly interesting and the other half was just full of WTF-ery. Most notably this little gem…

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A scientist/baker’s tips for safely serving gluten-free food at your wedding

Since the holidays are here, I thought we’d re-broach the topic of serving gluten free food. This is a good guide, not just for weddings, but for any party you happen to be throwing in general. So here’s Sara (aka iLiveinmyLab) with her expert advice on how to safely serve gluten-free food to your guests.

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7 tips on stretching your wedding food budget

We know that you can NEVER have a shortage of budget-stretching ideas. I previously gave you these recession-friendly wedding budget ideas, but let’s get food-specific in this installment, shall we? Here are 7 ways you can stretch your catering budget.

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How to DIY your own vinyl record bowl

After reading other people’s tutorials on making vinyl record bowls and realizing how stinkin’ easy it was we had to go for it! We’re vinyl record collectors and had a few records we felt we could sacrifice for the cause. It was hard to let go, but boy did everyone love these chip bowls!

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In defense of using thrift store dishes and silverware at your wedding

Last weekend I went to a thrift store and got 40 pieces of silverware (in good condition), 10 wine glasses, and about 5 coffee cups (all attractive, in very good shape) for freaking FOUR DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. I actually cackled on the way back to my car.