Engagement Party{♥}

February 8, 2012 Comments : 7

Right after we got engaged, M and I decided that we’d love to have an Engagement Party to celebrate with our family & close friends. We’re both very close to our families, and we tend to have plenty of family gatherings throughout the year…so naturally, having a party to celebrate our engagement was fitting. My parents graciously accepted the hosting duties, and we set the date for February 4th. We had a little over a month to send out invitations and plan our menu for the evening, which thankfully was enough time. Any time sooner and we would have been in trouble. Working full-time and having things to do every weekend cuts into party planning time. 😉

Obviously NOT our real invite, but a sample from weddingpaperdivas.com 🙂

First of all, I have to mention our invitations. We ordered our adorable invites from Wedding Paper Divas, and the quality and turn-around time was fantastic. Once we received the invites, I went back on the site to look at Save-The-Dates and wedding invitations and found so many that I liked! I ended up ordering samples (you can get 5 free samples here!) to see what they looked like in person. I LOVED them, and the prices are really inexpensive for wedding invitation standards.

Anyways, on to the party. Er, party planning. By now, you should know I have an obsession with Pinterest…and it always becomes useful when I’m planning a party. I searched through my pins and came away with a few good ideas. We threw around several ideas, from having a themed party {a British-themed party, that is} to having a party with different foods from all the countries we visited this past summer, to just having hors d’oeuvres. While the British party was especially intriguing (hello, Royal Wedding), we ended up deciding that there weren’t many British food options that would be widely appealing to our guests. Fish & Chips…maybe. Kidney Pie…not so much. So, after much thought hors d’oeuvres it was. That didn’t mean it was boring. 🙂 This ended up being our menu:

Bacon & Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
Shrimp Cocktail
Meatballs
Spinach & Artichoke Dip
Ham & Cheese Sliders
Bruschetta
Cheese & Crackers {to go with all the wine, of course :)}
…and of course, cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for dessert!

Despite all of the yummy food, I didn’t even have a chance to eat at the party. My mom told me to eat beforehand because she figured that would happen, but of course I didn’t listen. Typical. Instead I kept (or rather, M kept) my wine glass full the entire evening.

We had a fabulous night seeing all of our family & friends. I felt like I missed out on talking to so many people, because we had a packed house. I guess this is just foreshadowing what’s to come at our wedding! It was SO nice to be reminded of all the great people in our lives that are excited to share this special time in our lives with us. 🙂 I guess you can say that the Engagement Party was the “kick-off” for the next 8 months of wedding festivities! And I’m going to love every minute of it. 🙂

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