e-party question

ok so my and fh are debating an engagement party..
now heres my problem.. i want something low key .. chill... fun ... i DO NOT want a mini wedding .. so i figured a catered back yard party would be fun ... but then i really do not feel like having to clean my house from top to bottom and host people til all hours of the night (yes, im so friendly! lol) when its over its over .. go home!

(this happened at fh grad party a few years ago and i was left with a very intox/sick fh at 4 freaking AM)
i was thinking maybe doing it in an italian resturant .. but do u think i need a dj etc? will it be too boring ??
i think at the end of the day im gonna skip it .. im not in the mood for more planning .. money spending or decisions!!

anyone have any suggestions something small yet fun yet i dont know!!!
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR OPINIONS AND INFORMATION AND TIME XOXOX

i think you can do a nice dinner somewhere? a lot of places have private back rooms and you wouldnt need to do a DJ imo

personally i skipped the e-party. in the end the cost was just not worth it considering the expense of the wedding

we did a semi-private room of an italian restaurant. no DJ. the point of the e-party (for us) was for people to talk to eachother.

for some 'entertainment' we did have a little 'game'...we did a scratch-off, where someone won a prize. we also made a human bingo (getting to know you) game, but never even used it

it was a great time. and i highly recommend having one. we found a place within our budget ($33pp with wine and beer!!), which allowed us to make a profit on the party

the profit we made instantly turned into our HM fund. we were able to take a 3 week honeymoon and not worry about it!

amazing. do it! just be cost-conscious!

Check my albums!

I did a Picnic! at Eisenhower Park!

IT was TOns of Fun!!!!!

With TONS of Food and GameS!!


ETA:

We got Catering with CheF!!!

Mike Thomas Catering!
HE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Her Wife is here too)
His Prices are SOO affordable.. but beside that, his food was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PPL LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of my guest Love it!!!
We had the menu $10pp!! Including TONS but i mean TONS of food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We got out own Music, bough a Radio.. We played games I desing... and It was SOO much fun...
We spend around $1000... I think...

thank you ladies .. im off to work so i will post back tomorrow .. keep the posts comming the more the merrier

if i can keep it low key and possibly make a profit it on it and not stress about it .. may push to do it..
deff wanna have it an afternoon .. sun afternoon in the spring/summer is beautiful imo.

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Posted by LyssaK

thank you ladies .. im off to work so i will post back tomorrow .. keep the posts comming the more the merrier

if i can keep it low key and possibly make a profit it on it and not stress about it .. may push to do it..
deff wanna have it an afternoon .. sun afternoon in the spring/summer is beautiful imo.

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My was Sun August 1...
http://www.liweddings.com/community/album/?ID=32477

Weather was amazing!! Everyone wore Comfortabnle clothes! Nothing fancy...

Restaurants are too expensive IMO and No fun.. bc u are inside...

Ohh We had around 45-50guest...

We did ours in my dad's backyard. It was great!! They hired a girl to walk help set up the food and clean up. The clean up after was so minimal.

Pics are in my album. It was so layed back that by the end of the night everyone jumped in the pool!

We had ours at a local golf course. Most usually have a restaurant as part of the facility. We paid a small per head price which included apps, buffett, dessert, beer/wine/soda.
We used our ipod for music and the place was nice enough that I didn't have to go overboard on the decorations.
I wasn't going to have one either but all said and done, we spent a couple of thousand (for 85 ppl) and made back more than double.
It was a nice chunk to start our wedding fund with
Good luck

how about a restaurant with a private room?


we did ours at a fire house & our parents cooked everything & decorated & it was perfect. I had my ipod going so we had background music. Not too dressy & not too casual! I thought it was perfect! Pics in my album

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Posted by pjc92980

i think you can do a nice dinner somewhere? a lot of places have private back rooms and you wouldnt need to do a DJ imo

personally i skipped the e-party. in the end the cost was just not worth it considering the expense of the wedding

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ITA

we had our epary this weekend in a party room and we catered food in and had background music playing on the bose ipod speakers. it was busy and people were chatting so no one missed the dj and it honestly would have been a waste if we paid for one.

good luck!

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Posted by VCanizalez

Check my albums!

I did a Picnic! at Eisenhower Park!

IT was TOns of Fun!!!!!

With TONS of Food and GameS!!


ETA:

We got Catering with CheF!!!

Mike Thomas Catering!
HE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Her Wife is here too)
His Prices are SOO affordable.. but beside that, his food was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PPL LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of my guest Love it!!!
We had the menu $10pp!! Including TONS but i mean TONS of food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We got out own Music, bough a Radio.. We played games I desing... and It was SOO much fun...
We spend around $1000... I think...

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I have to agree here and not just because hes my husband but he is soo talented and the food is absolutely amazing!!! He has done so many parties and his clients are soo happy.. he just catered my dads 60th bday and everyone could not stop raving about the food.. he got 5 more parties just from my dads party.. if your interested in looking over the menu I can email you his website Hes lookin to becoming a vendor on here as well!