I am a mom and caterer and if you are familiar with the book “If You Give A Pig A Pancake” you will understand my little “story” . It is based on the current wedding trends in our area (and from what I hear, also the wedding trend nationally for the past couple of years). It just seems to happen a little more here in the South.
Here goes:
If you give a bride some burlap
She will want to make table runners
When she makes all the table runners
She will want to add some centerpieces made of babies breath
When you bring her the babies breaths she will want mason jars to put it in
When she sees all the mason jars she will decide she wants to use them for her signature drink
When you create her signature drink she will want a paper straw to drink it with
Once you give her paper straws she will remember she needs a menu and will want something comforting and southern like fried chicken sliders and red skin mashed potatoes
Once you plan the menu she will decide she needs mismatched plates to eat it on
Once you get the mismatched plates she will decide that she should rent an antique dresser to display them on
Once she rents the antique piece it will remind her of her grandma , which will make her melancholy
So she will decide that she should ask her grandma to help her make a quilt that everyone can sign in on
Once she has the quilt she will need something to display it on and will expect you to hang a clothesline and bring some colorful clothespins to hang it with
Once you have hug the quilt she will decide that everyone needs a chalkboard place card so they know which table to sit at - she will of course be too busy to written all of them and will kindly ask that you write all 200 of them in your best handwriting .... in chalk
Once the place cards are done she will ask you to help her to make some bow ties to tie the napkins with
And if she wants you to make bow ties, chances are
She will want you to make them out of burlap.
Vivian can be reached at: vmorgan@culinaryartcatering.com
Loved your article!
ReplyDeleteI would add…
She will remember all the gluten free guests who need special portions three days before the wedding.
Which will remind her about grandma and grandpa and uncle Peter who need plain roasted chicken portions with no glaze because they are diabetic, so please separate those items for them.
Oh, and they need sugar free desserts, so make sure to go out of your way to go to the bakery and get three sugar free portions of cookies and, by the way, they only drink decaiffe soda, so even though the restaurant supply doesn’t carry that, could you just run to Walmart and get a few bottles of decaiffe?
And, of course you knew that the whole meal needs to be strictly nut free right?