Squeezing it all in

Lately, Anthony and I have been stressing a bit about the guest list. There's quite a lot of people on the list, and definitely not enough room for everyone at the house. I've mapped it out, and i know for a fact that we can fit 146 people outside at my parent's house...and that's a tight squeeze. Unfortunately, or fortunately since we have a lot of family and friends, there are 190 people on the list. And that's with our parents being incredibly gracious and not inviting everyone they would like to. It also leaves little room for Ant and I to add new friends to the list or include the complete families of guests on our list.

I know what you're thinking...our wedding reception depends on a LOT of people not coming.

So, we've bounced around ideas. Cutting more people, which I'd really rather not do because weddings are supposed to be big fun parties where all of your family and friends are in attendance. Cutting people would leave out some family and friends. The next idea was to "strategically" send out Save the Dates, only to people who were "must invites." This practice is now seeming a bit tacky to me...

So, now the new idea.

Hors d'oeuvres wedding reception!!!!!!

So, here's my little plan. Having the wedding at my parent's house is really important to me. It's the place I've called home since I was eleven and it's a beautiful home. Soooo, to fit everyone, we're just going to cut out a bit of seating. Instead of having tables seating everyone at all times, there will be like half the amount of tables, plenty of seating outside (there's bench seating everywhere on the porch), and a big area to dance. I was also tossing around having an outdoor furniture area on the lower patio by the pool where people could sit and "lounge" while everyone is dancing. So, yeah, that's the plan for now...

But you know me, I change my mind a million times.