Category: Event Planning

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Memories Are Held In The Wedding Guest Book

One special place for many people to look back at the memory of their wedding is in their wedding guest book. Wedding guest books are a place for people to make comments to the bride and groom and leave them with a special message or warm wishes. It also acts as a roll call or list of everyone that attended the wedding.

Guest books are no longer just a book or register in which people write their names. There are other more modern options out there. A large photograph of the bride and groom with a framed mat is a nice alternative to the standard book. Guests can sign the mat and leave a personal note. The happy couple can then display this photo of them in their home and remember everyone and be reminded of what they wished upon them every time they look at the picture.

If an actual book is more your style and taste there are many types to choose from. Custom wedding guest books can be made to fit your theme and bridal party colors. You can go from simple and elegant to modern and sleek. There is something out there for every couple. It all depends on what you want.

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Halloween Parties for Grown Ups

This Friday night is when all the adults get to have their Halloween parties. The clubs and condo party rooms will be full of people in costumes, eating spooky snacks and having lots of fun. Downtown will be especially interesting this weekend, with just about everyone local going out in costume and only the out of towners still in street clothes.

Halloween is actually Saturday night, I am glad that I can go out and have some fun with my friends this Friday and then stay home to pass out candy to the kids on Saturday night.

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Unique Wedding Favors and Making Them Special

I know I posted about wedding favors already but I wanted to keep going and share a little bit more about them. You really can offer your guests unique wedding favors. Surprise your guests with something they have never seen before. Maybe give them something that will bring a laugh or smile to their face.

Unique wedding favors tell the guests something about the couple. Give your friends and family a personalized calculator and they might think you are trying to help them balance a budget. If you give them a bag of Jordan almonds they will know that you wanted to offer them a tasty treat. Even further, share with your guests a scented and monogrammed candle and your guests can relax in the luxury of their home to the lovely aroma your flavor provides.

Your wedding favors can even enhance your wedding theme. For example, say you have a destination wedding, maybe you could pack little acrylic suitcases with a tasty treat. If you have an outdoor wedding, think about providing your guests with a small picnic basket to remember the occasion. A cute idea for a Las Vegas wedding could be to pick up some toy coin machines that you personalize. There truly is a unique wedding favor for every taste and style.

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Happy 4th of July

fireworks (free clip art)
fireworks (free clip art)
I sure hope you guys are having a ‘blast’ today. We have a special July 4th package deal going on where the whole house is decorated for the 4th, and we are having a huge picnic type dinner for everyone in the community too. The other local businesses like the tubing guys up river are throwing in with me and offering tubing and canoeing along with my package.

It’s kind of a bring your own fireworks type display and everyone brings a side dish too from the community. Watermelons are in the river getting good and cold and so is the beer. We always have the best time, and the house is booked solid for the whole 3 day weekend. 

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Got a wedding invitation

Yesterday I received an invitation to attend my best friend’s daughter’s wedding in wilmington that is being held in October. I can’t decide whether to attend or not. Somehow I get the feeling that this invitation is really a “don’t come, but please send money as a gift” request. Or maybe it was mailed to me simply as a courtesy to her mother, knowing that we are such good friends. Either way, I’m not sure that my budget will allow for me to take the time to travel there. I think I need to talk to my friend and see what it is that she really wants. I don’t want to alienate my friend, you know what I mean?

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Wedding Favor Boxes Can Enhance Your Wedding Favors

Once you decide on your wedding favors it’s time to find the perfect wedding favor boxes to present the favors to your guests. Wedding favor boxes are a great way to set out items on the guest tables and have them blend in with the decor. Maybe you are offering leather key rings but the color of the key ring doesn’t really match the decor. By putting the favor into a box you can chose the color and presentation that is displayed and keep the color palate of the wedding intact.

Wedding favor boxes don’t have to be expensive. There are plenty options of favor boxes that are affordable and don’t’ look cheap but are quality products. You can usually find them in paper, plastic and tin. These don’t even mention other types of boxes that really are part of the favor as well and not just fancy packaging.

For example, you could place a wine stopper and coaster set inside a miniature picnic basket as a nice favor for your guests at an outdoor vineyard wedding. The picnic basket really is the favor box but is stylish and functional too! Its’ possible to find wedding favor boxes that actually enhance the favors inside, as seen in my example with the picnic basket.

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What You Should Know About Wedding Invitations

Jill and Chris haven’t set the date yet for their wedding. However, I thought I would start collecting information for Jill about all things pertaining to the wedding. Since I’m doing all of this hard leg work I thought I would share it with all of you too. There is no sense in it not going to good use by others as well. I can just print off my blog posts for her or just e-mail her links as I find new information.

To get things started, I decided to go with wedding invitations. I’m starting with wedding invitations because they are usually one of the very first impressions everyone will have of your wedding. I say usually because save the date cards come before the invitations but I’m not sure if she will be sending those out. The invitations will set the tone of the wedding and can introduce many aspects and themes of the occasion.

It’s important to pay attention to detail with the invitations. Color schemes can match the bridal party’s chosen colors or just be classic. The design flow can be simple and elegant or complex and unique. Whatever the couple chooses to go with will give every one an idea of what they can expect of the wedding to come.

The wording of the invitation is one of the trickier points to master because you need to follow proper etiquette. It all depends on who is paying for the wedding, who is hosting it, who is attending and  more. I suppose once you can answer those questions the rest will be pretty easy to figure out by looking up wedding invitation wording etiquette.

No matter what the happy couple choose, they have to remember to get them out in a timely manner.

 

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Choosing the Right Wedding Centerpieces

Wedding centerpieces set the look of your tables at the reception. The goal of the centerpiece is to have them compliment your wedding theme and style. Adding special details with your centerpieces can really carry your theme out For example, a vase with sand and sea shells would be beautiful for a beach ceremony and would bring aspect that back to the reception for the guests.

I’ve seen big giant wedding centerpieces and also small little something centerpieces. At a few of the weddings I have attended the center piece were given out to some of the guests to take home as additional gifts or giant favors.

I know some people enjoy having candles as a part of their centerpiece. Pillar candles can be added to a floral arrangement and really make the piece stand out. Personalized candles also make great decorative items on the table.

I had very simple wedding centerpieces at my wedding reception. I didn’t have much money so I got little glass candle holders or, small and fat vases I guess you could call them, and filled them with pretty glass stones. I set them on the table with things I call balloon weights or table cloth weights. They were a pretty opalescent color and had hearts and bells confetti streamers coming out of the top. They were simple and looked great for my small wedding reception.

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Celebrating the Unity Ceremony With Sand & Candles

It is becoming more and more popular for couples to elect to have some form of unity ceremony during their wedding service. Unity ceremonies can symbolize the joining of two families into one and or the joining of the bride and groom into one flesh.The unity ceremony can be performed with candles or sand.

The candle unity ceremony consists of two long tapered candles and one larger unity candle. The tapered candles can either represent the bride and groom each or their respective families. It’s common for a representative from each family to light the tapered candles. This is usually done by the mothers of the bride and groom. During the ceremony the bridge and groom light the larger unity candle together with their tapered candles. This large candle represents the new couple and or the joining of the families into one unit that love the happy couple. The unity candle is often decorated with the wedding invitation, monogram, some inscription or a picture of the couple. These candles are more than often white in color. Depending on the representation and symbolism the couples elect to follow the individual tapered candles may be blown out or left lit.

A similar unity ceremony can be performed using sand. Instead of lighting a candle together, the couple uses colored sand from individual vessels and pours them together into a larger container. The sand can match the color scheme of the bridal party or be your classic black and white. Some couples elect to use a different color for each family member and have everyone participate, especially if there are children involved in the new marriage.

Whether you choose to have a sand or candle unity ceremony is up to you. There are many options to choose from style wise to have the perfect additions to your wedding ceremony.

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Wedding Flutes To Make Your Toasts Memorable

Wedding flutes can be a terrific item to have personalized in order to commemorate your special day. You can get fancy wedding flutes or even simple and elegant wedding flutes, it all depends on your style and taste. During my searches I’ve even come across sets of wedding flutes that sit in a stand together and share a base.  I think these types of wedding flutes are precious and really make a statement, especially when the stems form a heart together.

Perhaps you would like your wedding flutes to be etched with your new monogram or the date that you are joined in holly matrimony, all of these options are available to you. Selecting the perfect champagne flutes for your wedding reception will make each and every toast that much more memorable.