Our experience working with the Ivy House was excellent. The staff absolutely exceeded our wishes. They were great and gave us all the help we asked for. The facility was excellent and we had a wonderful celebration.
Florist – Hillside Floral
Caterer – Eaglewood Country Club
Wonderful time! Staff was very supportive to make the day most memorable. The facility was beautiful and there was enough parking close to the entrance. The Ivy House is very warm and inviting. It is very well put together. Keep up the good work!
You were wonderful to work with us. The evening was perfect and everyone enjoyed the Ivy House.
Caterer: Utah Celebrations Cake: Carrie’s Cakes 
The wedding budget is becoming a growing concern for couples looking for SLC wedding reception facilities. The amount of money you have available for your wedding does not need to stop you from having the unique, elegant wedding you have always wanted. A wedding that you have dreamed of can still be yours, even through these unstable economic times. To prevent anxiety while planning your wedding, use an open mind and take a while to think about the choices you are presented with for the different details of the wedding.
The Ivy House Salt Lake City Utah wedding venues can help you plan a wedding you have always dreamed of, because of their spacious, elegant venue. There are different choices you can make, that the staff will show you, which might fit into your budget.
Handling some of the wedding details yourself, can save some of your wedding budget money. Focusing on the fact that you are there to celebrate your blessed union, some of the more expensive parts of the wedding can be reduced without sacrificing the quality of the wedding.
Reserve wedding reception centers in salt lake city, so you will know how much is left in your budget for the rest of the wedding. Your closest relatives and friends must attend the wedding to help you celebrate your union, however, cutting out other people will really cut down the cost of the wedding. Every person attending the wedding will contribute to the cost in a number of ways, like the food, table floral decorations, guest favors, cake, invitations, which could all be saved by cutting your guest list down.
Planning to use the same SLC wedding venue, as the Utah wedding reception, can help save on your wedding budget. Without the requirement of moving decorations from the wedding facility to the reception venue, will also save you unnecessary wedding day stress.
The wedding cake is another place you can save money on, by using a sheet cake for the guests and a small 2 tier wedding cake, instead of a large wedding cake. The dinner is where the majority of the per guest cost is allocated, so skip the entree and serve appetizers and drinks. Offering beer and wine, instead of a full bar, can also considerably cut down on your wedding budget. You can always leave off the champagne toast, to reduce the wedding budget.
Another way to save on your budget is to make some of the wedding items yourself, like the, menu cards, wedding favors, escort cards, along with some of the other wedding details. You can also save, by making some of the table decorations and flower arrangements yourself. Create these decorations with flowers in season, and lots of greenery to save on your floral budget. Do not choose the more expensive flowers, substitute them with non floral decorations.
These are just a few ideas that can help you have the wedding of your dreams, even on a budget. The Ivy House staff will work with your budget, to provide you with the wedding of your dreams, while using their spectacular Utah wedding venues.
To have the wedding of your dreams, there are basic steps to follow. Many people feel overwhelmed from all the details of planning a wedding. They can have a much easier experience, when they are organized and utilize a checklist. Using a checklist makes it easy to check off the different steps of the planning phase.
Using a wedding planner, either online or just a folder, will keep everything organized for easier planning. The people you choose to help with the details, or vendors that you hire, will benefit from an online plan. Begin by putting all the ideas you already have, and have been dreaming about for your wedding, into the folder or online planner.
All of your other decisions will revolve around the next item that you need to take care of, which is the budget that you have to set for your wedding. On average, people spend approximately 50% of their wedding budget on their Utah wedding reception. A popular way that a lot of people are reducing the cost of their wedding, while still having the wedding of their dreams, is to hold their wedding receptions in Salt Lake City Utah, at the same Salt Lake City Utah reception center as you have the SaltLakeCityweddingvenue booked.
Ivy House, Salt Lake City Utah wedding venues can provide you with an elegant wedding, while helping reduce your overall costs. Your Salt Lake City wedding reception cost can be lower, because when you use the same SLCweddingvenue as you do for the receptioncentersinSaltLakeCityUtah, all the decorations and flowers will be the same, plus will not need to be transported.
The brides maids, best man, groomsmen, ring bearer, flower girl, ushers, and anyone else that will be part of the wedding will need to be considered next. With the busy lives that we all lead, it will be good to get this out of the way in the beginning, so people that are chosen can plan to participate. Another reason you will want to do this step now, is because many of these people can help with all the other planning details for the wedding venues in Salt Lake City plus the reception centers Salt Lake City.
Now your budget will determine the number of guests that you can invite. Once all the costs are totaled for the wedding venues in Utah that you have want, your dress plus the other clothing for the wedding that you are providing, the pictures, music, flowers, and invitations, use what is left in the budget for the guests. When you figure a per guest cost, you will know how many people can be on the guest list.
When the budget is not limited you can consider hiring a wedding planner. There are savvy wedding planners that have the ability to gain discounts on certain Utah wedding locations.
Utah wedding venues are extremely busy, so book as soon as possible. Many of the popular wedding venues Utah are booked way in advance, so you will probably have to set your wedding date among their unbooked dates. The size of the guest list will also be a deciding factor on which Utah wedding reception center to choose.
Get the different vendors that supply everything for the wedding reserved at this point, so you will not be disappointed if they are unavailable. This is where all those wonderful people that are going to be part of the wedding come in, delegate some of the different tasks, because many of these people are more than willing to help out.
Throw the engagement party now, because you have lots to celebrate about! Remember to make sure the people you invite to the engagement party are on the SLC wedding reception guest list. Get busy, you have a spectacular adventure ahead of you, and your closest friends will want to share in it.
An extraordinary wedding reception can be provided by Salt Lake City Utah wedding venues that provide unusual wedding extras, that will not add a lot more to your wedding budget. Elegant weddings can be held at the spacious Ivy House wedding reception centers in Salt Lake City, along with added extras for you to experience the wedding you have always dreamed of.
There are lots of wedding extras that can be added to make your wedding one of a kind, which do not have to be expensive, but can add a unique aspect to your wedding. Adding some extras is important to give your wedding a unique aspect, plus it is one of your most prestigious events of your life. An extra that includes everyone, is a memorable gift for each guest that attends your wedding reception. Check with Utah wedding locations to see what all extras they can provide.
Having a plant, like an herb that people can use, placed at every setting with a personalized tag, marker, or pot provides a nice touch that every guest will appreciate. Choose an herb or plant that people will use multiple times if not every day, so the memory of your wedding will last. Reception centers in Salt Lake City Utah can often help with many extras you would want to add to your wedding, which will give it a more personalized feel.
Another extra that can be added that does not cost very much, but adds a particularly dramatic effect to any Salt Lake City wedding reception is the addition of lighting under the tables. When lights of different colors are placed beneath the tables, they will produce an elegant soft colored glow through the tablecloth. Tables can be color coded using these lights to designate the family members from the guests, along with specific colors for the food and extra tables at your SLC wedding reception.
Adding a specialty food or beverage station can certainly add a trendy touch to any Utahweddingreception. There are wedding venues in Salt Lake City that offer these type of unusual catering services. Frozen yogurt or ice cream bars, specialty fruit, sushi, even popcorn can add a unique element, depending upon what you feel your guests would enjoy during the Utah wedding reception.
One of the most popular extras for any wedding receptions in Utah, is to add a chocolate fountain. Many of your guests love chocolate, and you can offer a variety of types, from milk chocolate to white chocolate. This one extra will always draw a crowd when it is provided at any Salt Lake City Utah reception center, because almost everyone loves chocolate.
A Utah wedding reception centercan provide you with help on adding extras to your wedding that will provide lasting memories. Keeping the guests in mind, and trying to provide extras that include them, plus help them build memories of your blessed union for a very long time can be accomplished when using wedding venues in Utah.
Outdoor weddings have become increasingly more popular in recent years. Unfortunately, the weather does not always cooperate enough to allow a lot of outdoor weddings, especially for people searching for Utah wedding locations. Utah has approximately 8 months out of every year that can drop below freezing, which makes an outdoor wedding out of the question for most of the year. It is easier to search for an open, spacious indoor Salt Lake City wedding reception facility, that offers an outdoor feel than hold an outdoor wedding.
The Ivy House can provide the feel of an elegant, open wedding in their beautiful Utah wedding reception center. With all the cold, rainy, and snowy weather that Utah experiences, using the Ivy House is an outstanding choice of wedding venues in Salt Lake City that provides lots of plants for a garden feel. Many guests have commented that they loved the wedding they attended, because of the snow storm they were able to watch out the windows during the reception, providing that outdoor appeal with the comfort of indoors.
Planning to use one of the Salt Lake City Utah wedding venues, as your Salt Lake City Utah reception center, can provide less stress, plus save on your wedding budget. There are a couple of reasons your wedding may cost less by using this type of strategy. You will be able to use the same plants for both the SLC wedding reception, and the Salt Lake City wedding venue, which will result in a floral budget savings. With both the ceremony and reception at the same place, you will not need to buy flowers for both venues, or spend time and take the trouble moving them between venues.
The Ivy House SLC wedding venue has connections with a variety of different vendors, and can recommend many of them to help you with details of your wedding. You can receive a 20% discount on your wedding invitations, plus choose from, hundreds of different types, to find the invitation that is just right for your wedding. This Utah wedding reception wedding venue also offers special extras for your invitations, like adding a thank you note, insert or maybe a picture.
Using the Ivy House for your wedding reception centers in Salt Lake City, you will have a spacious, elegant feel, with lots of plants for an outdoor effect. This is one of the best reception centers in Salt Lake City Utah for photographs, because of all the different places that provide such fascinating picture opportunities. Guests will use disposable cameras you leave around, to catch shots of the wedding you would never have gotten without the spontaneity of guest photos. Having these pictures, to add to your professional pictures, can provide you with a wedding album that you will cherish for the rest of your life.
Once your budget is set, you will begin to make choices on the catering of the food for your wedding, The Ivy House has 3 preferred vendors that can offer you with any type of wedding menu on a budget you can afford. By reserving the Ivy House out of all the reception centers Salt Lake City has to offer, you can have a spacious almost outdoor feeling wedding, with lots of plants all over the venue for the wedding of your dreams.
Wedding and reception floral arrangements are an important focal attraction of a wedding and reception. Western Gardens Utah wedding reception recommends Hillside Floral as a preferred florist, both for their designs and for prices that accommodate any budget.
There are varieties of floral arrangements that are customary for the wedding ceremony. These include the bride’s bouquet, maid of honor’s/matron of honor’s bouquet, bridesmaids’ bouquets, groom’s boutonniere, best man’s boutonniere, groomsmen’s boutonnieres, corsages for each mother, boutonnieres for each father, a hair piece for the flower girl and rose petals for the flower girl to gently toss down the aisle.
The wedding reception typically includes centerpieces, the customary bouquet that the bride throws, flowers on a gift/guest attendance book table and cake flowers.
A wedding’s theme and colors incorporate into the flower selection process, including types of flowers, flower colors, ribbons, greenery and accents. Flowers are a beautiful reflection of a couple’s personality, albeit it the exotic orchid to timeless calla lilies. Flowers also help capture the theme of a wedding, from romantic, timeless, elegant, rustic, modern, antique to simple. A bridal bouquet reflects the essence of the bride’s gown and is an accessory that completes her attire.
To help keep the flower budget at a reasonable cost, it is always less expensive to select flowers that are in season and locally grown. This may mean improvising and coordinating colors and flowers around certain seasons, but it also means that a couple can afford more flowers if they are open-minded and willing to work with the local expertise of a florist, instead of having their hearts set on certain varieties of flowers that require importation.
It is easiest to coordinate with a florist who can accommodate both the Salt Lake City wedding venue for the ceremony and Salt Lake City Utah reception center venue flowers. This allows the florist to help form a cohesive theme. Florists are professionals and are able to provide guidance and advice about what flowers will work best with themes and colors. Many times, they can supplement flowers in bouquets and centerpieces with more greenery, feathers, pearls or artistic elements.
It is important to inquire about vases for centerpieces, if they are rented through the florist, if the florist provides the service of setting up centerpieces, aisle runners, potted plants, etc. Another query is if the florist allows guests to take the centerpieces home as gifts and if the florist cleans up after the reception. These are all important questions to ask and items that should be readily addressed by a seasoned, professional florist.
Many brides want their bouquet preserved and some florists provide this service. Inquiring ahead of time will help save the bride significant time and allow her to preserve her bouquet while it is still vibrant and fresh.
Weddings have evolved into a celebration of marriage, which typically includes dinner, cake and beverages. Western Gardens, Utah wedding reception center specializes in creating beautiful, special moments that both newlyweds and guests will fondly remember.
Food is the essence of our culture, drawing people together throughout the ages. When food is at a wedding it helps guests mingle, get to know one another and provides valuable time for families to become acquainted.
There is a variety of food options available for receptions. If a couple has a larger budget to work with, a multi-course sit down dinner is an excellent option. Another option is a buffet menu, which is less formal than a sit down dinner, promotes more mingling and typically offers a larger variety of food. If couples have a smaller budget, they can still accommodate guests with a cocktail or dessert reception with hors d’oeuvres, drinks and wedding cake.
Some of the most common types of food served at receptions are beef or pork tenderloin, smoked salmon, chicken and a vegetarian dish. It is always important for couples to remember that guests may bring a significant other who has special dietary preferences so offering a variety is advisable. It is best to keep the menu simple, not overcomplicate things or place unusual items on the menu, as this will accommodate most guests and leave them with pleasant memories of the Utah wedding reception at the Ivy House.
It is also important when serving alcohol to make sure that as soon as the reception begins, the food serves immediately so guests can enjoy their dinner and drinks on a full stomach.
Of course, the location of the reception is important when deciding what to serve. If the reception is outdoors, it may be more appropriate to serve hors d’oeuvres. If the reception is in a smaller indoor area, it may be more practical to have a seated dinner versus guests mingling in a buffet line.
Western Gardens Salt Lake City wedding reception works with several catering companies, all offering a variety of affordable menu options that will likely work with any budget. Hiring a caterer makes a significant difference in the quality of food and the ambiance of the wedding reception. It is important that all guests feel relaxed and have an enjoyable time. It is never appropriate to burden guests or family with assignments that include making food. While it is the couple’s special day, it is also a memorable day for family and friends, who all want to share in the celebration and have a truly unforgettable experience.
Sampling a caterer’s menu is very important. Every person has different expectations, taste and it is vital to find a caterer that can help make the food menu an extension of the wedding theme and the overall experience.
