{"id":1859,"date":"2016-02-05T16:07:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanorrestaurant.com\/blog\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2018-02-07T14:47:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:47:49","slug":"what-to-do-with-your-2nd-choice-wedding-planning-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/what-to-do-with-your-2nd-choice-wedding-planning-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do with your 2nd-Choice Wedding Planning Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/What-to-Do-with-your-2nd-Choice-Wedding-Planning-Ideas.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pleasantdale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/What-to-Do-with-your-2nd-Choice-Wedding-Planning-Ideas.jpeg\" alt=\"What to Do with your 2nd-Choice Wedding Planning Ideas\" width=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1869\" \/><\/a>When you first start planning your wedding, browsing Pinterest wedding pins, top wedding blogs, and wedding magazine websites for inspiration, you\u2019ll undoubtedly collect far more wedding ideas than you can possibly use at your wedding ceremony and reception. Your excellent wedding idea searches and your own personalized wedding ideas become a treasure trove of details that can soon lead to wedding stress. Too many wedding ideas can lead to overwhelm, as many couples report in wedding surveys.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re happy to tell you that you can use all of your wedding ideas! Any wedding trends and wedding inspirations you gathered can be included in your wedding <i>season,<\/i> from engagement parties all the way through to parties you\u2019ll host long after you\u2019re married! While you may not have been able to use your formal wedding, informal wedding, DIY wedding details, menu wishes, signature drinks, cakes and desserts, and even your wardrobe wishes on the one day of your wedding, each event in your lineup of pre-wedding parties and post-wedding celebrations can have its own theme, its own formality, its own look and feel. Which means all of these wedding ideas you\u2019re collecting turn into many fabulous events!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the wedding season events where you can use your \u20182<sup>nd<\/sup>-choice\u2019 wedding inspirations and party ideas:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engagement party #1: If you\u2019ll gather your immediate families and best friends together for an initial, champagne-popping celebration upon your engagement, some of your earliest wedding detail finds can be used for d\u00e9cor, party menu items, signature drinks and more at this gathering.<\/li>\n<li>Engagement party #2: With engagement parties coming back as top wedding trends, parents may host an official engagement party (or two, if sets of parents live far apart) for the two of you. If you\u2019re asked for your preferences by engagement party hosts, you can suggest or request some of your favorite wedding or party details be included.<\/li>\n<li>Planning brunches\/lunches\/dinners: When you plan to gather with your bridesmaids and moms for planning meetings or for dress-shopping excursions, you can host them at home or take them to a top NJ restaurant, where more of your wedding ideas and party ideas can be incorporated, such as small floral centerpieces, menus, and wedding d\u00e9cor ideas you fell in love with online but do not fit with your wedding day style.<\/li>\n<li>Welcome party for wedding guests. When out-of-town guests arrive for your NJ wedding, you can welcome them with a cocktail party where you\u2019ve used some of your 2<sup>nd<\/sup> choice wedding ideas. Another option, if you won\u2019t host an actual gathering for them, is to include some of your favorite favor finds and treats in their wedding welcome baskets.<\/li>\n<li>Your rehearsal dinner is a prime candidate for using your 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-choice wedding details, such as floral centerpieces, party d\u00e9cor, dessert signs, party menu choices and signature cocktail ideas, champagne cocktail, party signs and more.<\/li>\n<li>Your morning-of-the-wedding breakfast or brunch. When your bridesmaids gather for your getting-ready party, you can make the scene all the more special and styled with your 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-choice wedding d\u00e9cor ideas, signature drinks, party menus, signs, wedding photography ideas and more.<\/li>\n<li>Your wedding after-party. A top wedding trend for 2016 is the wedding after-party. You\u2019ll invite your closest friends and VIP guests to attend a post-reception party that may be decorated in an entirely different style as your wedding reception colors and design details. You might have a wedding deejay, while you had a live band at your reception, and you can choose late-night party menu ideas along with specialty drinks.<\/li>\n<li>Morning-after breakfast. Add extra color and lovely detail to your morning-after breakfast or brunch with your 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-choice wedding color scheme, informal florals and other d\u00e9cor ideas, plus delectable breakfast or brunch menu items, champagne, mimosas, bellinis, Bloody Mary bar and more.<\/li>\n<li>Post-honeymoon gathering. If you\u2019ll invite your families and friends over for a special thank-you celebration at your place, or host them at a top NJ restaurant (so that the restaurant staff can do all the work for you!)\u00a0 You can use even more of your 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-choice wedding ideas and party ideas at this event. These post-wedding parties are terrific for sharing your wedding videography highlight reel in-person, rather than just posting a wedding Vimeo online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One tip we have for your 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-choice wedding details to be used over time: you may find that some of your wedding vendors are also ideal for \u20182<sup>nd<\/sup> choice\u2019 (although it\u2019s doubtful they\u2019d like to hear they were 2<sup>nd<\/sup> choice!) If you auditioned a terrific wedding musician for your wedding ceremony but wound up choosing a different style of performer, you can hold onto their contact information and perhaps hire them for another event! We have so many excellent NJ wedding vendors, performers and artisans in our north Jersey region, and we love this tip as a reminder that all of your wedding celebrations and married-life parties can be planned beautifully using your wedding\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-choice ideas and more of the best NJ wedding professionals than you\u2019ll use just for your wedding alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you first start planning your wedding, browsing Pinterest wedding pins, top wedding blogs, and wedding magazine websites for inspiration, you\u2019ll undoubtedly collect far more wedding ideas than you can possibly use at your wedding ceremony and reception. 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