Wedding Drinks 101

It’s hard to estimate how much alcohol to buy for your wedding reception, given that each person consumption varies widely. Nonetheless, it is safe to estimate 1 drink per person per hour, or about 5 drinks over the course of dinner. Below are some of the important metrics to help gauge how many bottles of alcohol you should be buying.

Drinking Glasses 101:

A bottle of Champagne fills 6 glasses (8 if the flutes are narrow)

A bottle of wine fills 5 glasses

A 1 liter bottle of liquor makes about 18 drinks 
*You will need three bottles of mix for every bottle of spirits

Wine & Beer 101:

A case of wine contains 12 bottles.
A case of beer contains 24 bottles or cans.

Half-barrel keg contains 15.5 gallons fills 200 cups of beer (10 ounce cup)

Quarter-barrel contains 7.75 gallons fills 100 cups (10 ounce cup)

Malaysia Wedding - Who Pays For What?

Now you have a budget, the next big question is who pays for what? In the western cultural, the bride’s family would pick up most of the tab. However, we work very differently in Malaysia. Having said that, nothing is cast in stone, the best way to handle this sensitive issue is to sit down together and discuss how you want to split the bills.

BRIDE/BRIDE’S FAMILY

Bride's dress, veil, accessories, and trousseau
Bridesmaids’ dresses
Ang Pow for Bridesmaids
Betrothal gifts for groom
Groom’s Ring
Bride’s family makeup
Wedding Planner
Church Fees

GROOM/GROOM’S FAMILY

Bride money

Betrothal gifts for bride

Wedding Banquet

Groomsmen wear

Bride’s Ring

Gatecrash Ang Pow

Ang Pow for Groomsmen

Bride’s Wedding Gowns

Marriage license and officiant's fee.

Bride's bouquet and going-away corsage, boutonnieres for men, and corsages for mothers and grandmothers.

SHARED BY BRIDE/GROOM

Bridal Package

Actual Day Photographer

Actual Day Videographer

Actual Day Make-up-artist

Actual Day Entertainment

Ang Pows for other helpers

Ang Pows for Relatives’ children

Bouquet/corsages

Car decoration

Invites

Honeymoon

BRIDESMAIDS/GROOMSMEN

Maid of honor and bridesmaids host shower

Best man and ushers host bachelor party

Materials for Gatecrash

Own Makeup/Hairdo

Wedding Alcohol Calculator - How much alcohol should I order?

Weddings won’t be as fun if you minus out the alcohol. A drink or two will help loosen up your guest and change the atmosphere of your wedding reception. Trust me, it does make a difference. Nevertheless, alcohol can be quite an expensive component of your entire wedding. Here are 3 useful calculators to help estimate: 1) How much alcohol you will need at your wedding and 2) How much will it costs?

Wedding Alcohol Calculator:

Real Simple Wedding Alcohol Calculator

The Alcohol Calcaltor

Evite Party Drink Caculator

Wedding Budget Calculator

If sky is the limit, you probably won't need a wedding budget calculator. Unfortunately, majority of us have a budget, since the wedding is the first big ticket item in building a new home with your new man.

Our Favorite Wedding Budget Calculator:

Ritz Carlton Wedding Calculator

The Knot Wedding Budgeter

Dolce Sposa Wedding Budget Spreadsheet

Popular Wedding Color Combitions

Let’s envision your wedding style. I know is hard to figure out where to start, but don’t worry. I’m here to help. Why don’t we start with colors:

Wedding Colors

This will probably set the tone of your entire wedding. The wedding color you choose will play an important role in what you wear, the decorations, invitation cards, braidemaid’s dress, wedding's favors – just to name a few. So pick your color wisely. Here are a few popular color combinations.

Malaysia Wedding Bells - Wedding Checklist

Congratulation on your engagement! Let the panic begin! =) Just kidding. Here at Malaysia Wedding Bells, I promised you a journey of fun and laughter. Let’s start our first post with the Wedding Checklist, but first thing first – Announce your engagement! Share this joyous occasion with all your family and friends.

The Wedding Checklist:

1. Decide on your wedding style – color, settings, ambiance?
2. What is your wedding budget?
3. Choose a wedding data & time for your ceremony and reception
4. Get a wedding planner or coordinator
5. Scout and book your venue
6. Plan and decide your reception menu
7. Host an engagement party
8. Look for a ceremony officiant
9. Start your guest list
10. Shop for your wedding dress, accessories, shoes, flowers and decide on your hairstyles and nails
11. Who are your bridesmaids and what are they going to wear?
12. Venue lighting and décor
13. Book a reception bands/ DJs
14. Print invitations and stationery
15. Weddings favors for guest
16. Make wedding cake
17. Book photographer & videographer
18. Take engagement / pre-wedding photos
19. Book a honeymoon