What started out as a completely catered and rented reception has turned into a DIY reception.
The food plan changed when we got an estimate of the cost. With tables, linens, and "light hors d'oeuvres" it was going to cost thousands of dollars. Even though we could have scaled it back, I wasn't willing to spend a fraction of that and still shell out thousands. We decided to do it ourselves.
But in order to do this ourselves, we still needed to come up with some tables, linens, food and dishes and trays to put the food on. (You can see my previous post on linens here.)
I checked on renting trays for the food, and they are quite expensive. For a large tray it was around $12 give or take depending on the company.
I'm the thrifty sort, and I enjoy finding a bargain, so I began looking at our local Goodwill stores. I found some very nice silver trays for a lot less than renting. Luckily I could see the beauty of the tarnished, dark, gray layer. It means it's silver, or at least silver plated. I checked the mark on the bottom to be sure. I brought them home and used silver polish to bring back that shine. (It's a messy job, but so worth it.)
We thought we could do this without bringing anything else into our storage areas, but it looks like we've managed to blow that plan. I think we can use the silver trays for nice family functions and some of the parties we host here. I might sell a few, too.
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