If you are a lucky bride who is planning an engagement party to let all your friends and family know your big plans for the future, you are probably more than overwhelmed with all that you have to do at the moment. It is very important that you take time to slow down and breathe and to smell the roses during this time in your life. No other time will you be planning your own wedding and no other time in your life will this ever happen again, so slow down and enjoy every minute of it, even the planning process. Your friends and family are there to help you, so take advantage of every one of them that offers you their help, the want to be a part of your big day and all the plans that go into making it a reality.
A few engagement party ideas will be included here to give you a starting point and offer some help to get your mind working towards pulling off a great party. The first step to getting everyone to your engagement party is to send out a save the date card, with all the details for your party.
If you live in the country a great engagement party idea would be to hold the party at a local barn. Decorate the barn up with tons of lights and have hay bales all around for seating everyone. Have the glasses be mason jars and use paper plates and napkins. If you have a friend that has a barn you can use, you can save a lot of money this way. By making a lot of the decorations yourself, you can also save a good bit of money. You can have a dj or just have one of your friend’s dj the party for you. Be sure to have some sort of flooring set up so that your guests will be able to dance if they would like to.
If you happen to live in the city somewhere, a great engagement party idea for you would be to either rent out a huge space in an uptown venue or to even hold the party in your own loft apartment. It basically depends on how many people you are planning to have at your party, as far as deciding which location to have it. You can plan your engagement party in a location that has a dance floor and waiters to take care of your guests.
Another great engagement party idea would be to have a surprise party for your soon to be mate. You both already know that you are going to get married, but surprising them with a party all about celebrating you two would be a great way to start things off!
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