My best friend's wedding!!

Pin It    So on Saturday we had a reception for my best friend and her now husband. They actually got married back in December, right before Christmas. But his family is from a different state, so none of us friends could actually be there (who can find the airfare money right before Christmas, duh???) I actually planned on going there but we had a medical situation that left us with some bills that we are gonna pay all the way into March...

    So we sat down with her and planned a smaller reception here. They both go to school right now and are as broke as can be. So we decided to pull off a $500 reception!

                                                      The gift table

  I know it's sounds almost impossible but hear me out! We were truly blessed with the help from so many people. First, we used our church building for the actual reception ( and the place is usually a HUGE expense). We had simple white tablecloths that we borrowed ( free!! ), her other friend gave us all the vases from her wedding (7 big and 3 small in total, so we only had to buy 4. We had 11 big round tables). The flowers all came from their original reception.
 
    But I think the best part was having life music there!! The groom plays in a band, and it was absolutely awesome!! We all enjoyed it so much, and it was free!

    All these things are usually BIG money pits when you plan a reception. We did do all the decor ourselves (and it was VERY simple). We also  cooked, cooked and cooked...

    These were just everyone's favorites. We didn't have any leftovers :). For the recipe, go here. Aren't they cute? And such an easy appetizer too.


       They only invited about 70 people. But everyone enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun.

                                              First guests arriving...

                                                 Yummy cupcakes...

                                              And a closer look...

        But most importantly is that bride and groom (or I should say, newlyweds!) looked really happy and just radiant. They love each other and we love them!

                                           
                           CONGRATULATIONS, JULIA AND TOMMY!!!

PS- And I'm really sorry for the quality of the pictures..I do have a very crappy camera and it's not changing any time soon.