Our engagement party was a fun, intimate, family affair! Before my fiance proposed, my mother had said she thought engagement parties were kind of unnecessary, especially with all the other parties like bridal showers and bachelorette parties, and I had to say that I kind of felt that way too. But after I got the ring, things changed. lol - mom started to gush about how exciting it was that we could plan an engagement party, and all of my bridesmaids were so excited about it, and we all got swept up in e-party mania!
This is also because we're planning on paying for the whole wedding ourselves, and therefore have a pretty long engagement planned (we're getting married August 20, 2011), a party to get the families together to meet and mingle and raise a cup of cheer felt like a great thing to throw a party for!
My parents rented out the back room of the local diner - the same diner that my father used to work at when he was in high school, and the diner that my friends and I practically LIVED in throughout our high school years - so perfect! We kept it to the immediate family and bridal party (about 40 people total), and my bridesmaids and I got to go crazy with the fun engagement party decorations and stuff - I saw it as good party-planning practice for the wedding!
Not to mention we got to practice cake cutting together!!! :-D
Our engagement party was a fun, intimate, family affair! Before my fiance proposed, my mother had said she thought engagement parties were kind of unnecessary, especially with all the other parties like bridal showers and bachelorette parties, and I had to say that I kind of felt that way too. But after I got the ring, things changed. lol - mom started to gush about how exciting it was that we could plan an engagement party, and all of my bridesmaids were so excited about it, and we all got swept up in e-party mania!
This is also because we're planning on paying for the whole wedding ourselves, and therefore have a pretty long engagement planned (we're getting married August 20, 2011), a party to get the families together to meet and mingle and raise a cup of cheer felt like a great thing to throw a party for!
My parents rented out the back room of the local diner - the same diner that my father used to work at when he was in high school, and the diner that my friends and I practically LIVED in throughout our high school years - so perfect! We kept it to the immediate family and bridal party (about 40 people total), and my bridesmaids and I got to go crazy with the fun engagement party decorations and stuff - I saw it as good party-planning practice for the wedding!
Not to mention we got to practice cake cutting together!!! :-D
posted by Jess1054 4 months ago