wedding plans

[Pelican49]

Instead of renting a chocolate fountain, I bought an inexpensive one on E-bay. It has been loaned out about 20 times since then. It gets around! We made all the food ourselves. Even the flowers were bought from a farmers market, wild-flower mixes. We had them in mismatched vases all over the tables. Most were old pewter jugs and teapots and such.

Since it was Medieval/Renaissance, I bought many sets of pewter goblets on e-bay. All different shapes and sizes. Some cash up front, but I resold them on E-bay after the wedding. The ones the guests didn't buy anyway.

As wedding guest gifts we made (fake) velvet pouches. The pouches contained beeswax candles, a little pack of the bride's favorite flower seeds and a pack of the groom's favorite. (We bought the seeds wholesale and repackaged them ourselves). Also included a set of recipe cards we printed ourselves and tied with ribbons. The recipes were of all the Renaissance sauces and flavored butters on the tables. Also included little bottles of bubbles. We also had little gift packs for the children as this was a family friendly event. Kids running all over the place. It was great.

 

[chickflick]

Sounds like you are just about done with all the plans!! It's really nice that you two are planning this together. So often the groom just shows up and has no clue on what's going on!! I'm happy for you two. Do you have a picture of Ashley?? Love to see a picture of the two of you!!

 

[Morgaine]

Congratulations on getting married. I haven't made it through the entire thread so I don't know if this had been said yet, but my dh had a cheese cake and it was a bigger hit than the wedding cake. I had raspberry and pineapple filling and they were so yummy.

Another bit of advice if you are planning to have kids there, cover a small table with butcher paper and provide washable crayons and some stencils. Helps keep the little one from getting antsy.

If you are planning to have an area where your fiance walks up and 'aisle', rent some pillars and put some small flower arrangements on them. then when it's time for the reception, use them as center pieces. Have a set of friends do this while portraits are being taken before everyone heads there. It can really help to save money since they are being used twice.

For our wedding I made hershy kiss roses and attached little cards with our names and date with ribbon. I still have some ten years later.

Thats all I can think of for now. Congrats again.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

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I have a bunch in the photo album but not on a digital camera. I will get the digi set up and get a pic

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I like to help with things or else I get bored and walk around try to figure out what to do.

Thank you morgaine and the advice.

 

[Rosalind]

DH and I eloped. Till all was said and done, I think it was probably the best way to do things--no stress, minimal drama, only one whiny relative (my grandmother).

After the official wedding, we had backyard and park cookouts for family and friends. Nothing at all fancy.

Definitely do not even breathe the words "wedding" or "marriage" within earshot of any salesperson, anywhere. The one cookout, in my grandparents' backyard, my mother decided that I needed to have a cake. I agreed to this because I can't frost a cake to save my life. We went to order a cake from a bakery, and my mother announced that it was for my wedding. BIG BIG BIG mistake. All of a sudden, I was told that I was Not Allowed to have the cake flavor DH and I agreed upon, because Black Forest Cakes were not available in their usual ten-tiered fountaining musical snowy-white wedding cake format. I actually had a loud yelling argument with the pastry chef, which culminated in me yelling, "Fine, who cares, this was a dumb idea anyway, let's just get ice cream from the grocery store," and walking out. The pastry chef, horrified at the prospect of losing $$$, followed me out the door and showed me pictures of wedding cakes vs. their standard Black Forest cake. Then had another yelling argument over why I could have whatever I darn well pleased for my cake and how if my money wasn't good enough then they could bugger off, I'd bake it myself. Then had ANOTHER screaming fit, this time really screaming, about why I did NOT require catering services for the whole shindig, I just required two cakes, Black Forest, to be picked up and served by me.

Two bloody hours of screaming and yelling. To buy a cake. Which they were perfectly happy to sell me right up until my mother said the word "wedding". They overcharged us by about 75%, too.

I cannot imagine the stress and drama and cost if we had gone all out and had the big wedding with the big poofy dress and ceremony. DH and I would both be still in the loonybin, for sure, from the sheer trauma.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

My mom knows to not say a word. i hate people who over charge. you shoulda said bye and just walked away after yelling. I have not mentioned the wedding to my mom. Kind of scared to. I will tell her soon though

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

be careful with that bbq! Don't want to get it on your nice tux and her nice dress!

lol.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

No worries linck. after the wedding we are going to dress casual

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

sounds good. Lol and you havent run this by your mother yet?

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

not quite yet. I was engaged to my one ex who my mom adored. She was upset when we broke up. My mom likes this one because I knew her almost my whole life but I dont know how my mom will take it.