I recently received a question from a bride regarding their seating chart. She was concerned that her parents should not be at the same table as the grooms parents. A family member of the groom said it was improper to have them together and that they should each have their own tables. At my own wedding, we had passed appetizers and a formal buffet style dinner, but it was open seating and was a bit more of a casual setting. So while I do not personally have experience with seating charts, I have been to numerous weddings. And for each one that I have been to or been in, both sets of parents always sat together. IMHO, you are joining families so it seems to me that they most certainly should and would sit together. Emily Post says, traditionally the brides family sits separate from the grooms family and she also goes on to say that divorced parents should never be seated together. Claudia Lutman of Luxurious Wedding Ettiquette had this to say about seating arrangements. I personally feel your wedding day is YOUR wedding day and you should do what makes you and your fiance happy. What better time, than at one of the happiest days in both of your lives to join the families together??? Ladies (& Gents), what did you do???

I  have a VERY cute gift idea for you!!! Williams-Sonoma now carries Sprinkles Cupcake Mix!!! A friend of mine at work got me the Red Velvet Sprinkles Cupcake Mix for a Christmas gift this year and they turned out FANTASTIC! I have had Sprinkles cupcakes while I was living in LA and I thought for sure these would taste nothing like them, but they DID! I am no Betty Crocker so they were a little more complicated to make than your normal cupcake mix, but they are worth the work. We were registered at Williams-Sonoma as are a lot of brides/grooms, so if they have any kind of bakeware on their registry, how perfect would Sprinkles Cupcake Mix be to add to the gift??? Some of my favorite gifts from my shower were the red mixer, measuring cups and personalized spatula set from Williams-Sonoma! You can also purchase the cupcake mixes from the Sprinkles website directly. Happy Baking!