Toasting Glasses and Wedding Cake Servers Necessary?

I have a strange question to ask. In many stores they sell Bride and Groom Champagne Glasses and Cake Cutting tools. Are we expected to purchase these items for our wedding reception or are basic versions normally provided by the Reception Hall? My fiance and I do not like champagne and besides.... [Read more]

What order for the wedding speeches?

Hello,

We are going to have the following people give speeches between courses (we're serving a salad, then a pasta, then the dinner and then wedding cake for dessert)

grooms father

brides father and mother

maid of honor

best man

bride and groom

Can you please tell me the right order.... [Read more]

Gluten free groom cake

The most experience I have with a groom's cake is from the movie "Steel Magnolias". However I'm considering it because I am a celiac (gluten-free) marrying a non-celiac. So having a bride and groom cake makes sense - one being gluten free, and the other one is not.

Should the groom's cake be the.... [Read more]

Wording for cake and punch reception

Is this format proper wording for a cake and punch reception? Jane Doe McFarland and James Earl Richards invite you to share a special moment in our lives as we become husband and wife on Saturday, the seventh of July Two thousand and seven at two-thirty in the afternoon Location 125 Anystreet.... [Read more]

Gloves with strapless wedding dress?

My mother and I were discussing gloves with my strapless dress for my early October wedding in Texas (there's no telling what the weather will be like!). The ceremony is at 1:30 in the afternoon with a cake and punch reception immediately following. My gown is a very simple a-line organza dress.... [Read more]