June 2012 Weddings

Mini Vent and maybe some DIY ideas

So, I have to preface that I love my FMIL. I probably talk to her more than FI does and we have a great relationship. So with that being said she has been helping me with the ceremony decor. We are getting married at an outdoor amphitheater that has this weird billboard thing in the middle of the stage. The original idea was to cover it with curtains. FMIL said she would measure and find curtains (she lives near the venue.. and I live in another state)

Thinking we were doing curtains.. I decided to make a silk rose petal curtain/garland to hang in front for some extra design. I just got the rose petals in the mail last night. I text FMIL about something else wedding related last night and she sends me a text about how her and my FSIL are going to show me a drawing of what THEY are doing with the billboard thing. I told her about my flower idea and she told me it wouldn't work with their idea. Grr! I honestly don't mind them designing something and have total confidence in them. (everything FSIL does is beautiful) I just wish they would have asked me instead of telling me. You know a call or email that says hey we have an idea and want to know what you think. I also don't know what to do with the Silk Rose petals know. I can't use them on the aisle because they are silk and we would have to clean them up after the ceremony.

Anyone have ideas for a DIY project using silk rose petals. Yell

I also made sure to ask if they had anything else they were planning that I should know about; and in the future to just ask me.

Re: Mini Vent and maybe some DIY ideas

  • edited January 2012
    since you cant give them to your guests to toss after your pronounced "man and wife" , can you maybe line the aisle with them at least?  or spread them out on the floor in front of the officiant where you will be standing?
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    [QUOTE]give them to your guests to toss after your pronounced "man and wife" 
    Posted by SoonToBeMrsAmato[/QUOTE]

    I planned on getting freeze dried rose petals for all of that. If we have them use the silk rose petals we have to clean them up at the venue.. the freeze dried ones will decompose outside so we don't have to worry about clean up. 
  • I would tell her you appreciate the ideas and help but would appreciate being talked to next time before you buy materials that are now useless.

    With that said...I saw this on pinterest the other day
  • edited January 2012
    You could use them to cover large initials to hang somewhere in your venue or from your chairs.

    Get large hurricane vases and put the petals in the bottom with white pillar candles. 

     
    Scatter them on a cake/sweetheart/head table. 
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    [QUOTE]<strong>I would tell her you appreciate the ideas and help but would appreciate being talked to next time before you buy materials that are now useless</strong>. With that said...I saw this on pinterest the other day Click for instructions
    Posted by Zimsgirl26[/QUOTE]

    I totally did! I am pretty open with her.. I took a minute and rephrased what I wanted to say a few times. She did this when we first got engaged. She went and bought things that were not even close to what I had in mind. I love that they want to help and take the stress away... I just wanted to be involved first... since you know it is my wedding :)


    Love these ideas! I thought about letters but wasn't 100% sold because I wasn't sure where I would put them. I can't quite do the aisle runner because or aisle is curved.... but I could use the same method to do like a table runner for my cake table... and I really like the vases idea! Thank you guys!
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Mini Vent and maybe some DIY ideas : I totally did! I am pretty open with her.. I took a minute and rephrased what I wanted to say a few times. She did this when we first got engaged. She went and bought things that were not even close to what I had in mind. I love that they want to help and take the stress away... I just wanted to be involved first... since you know it is my wedding :) Love these ideas! I thought about letters but wasn't 100% sold because I wasn't sure where I would put them. I can't quite do the aisle runner because or aisle is curved.... but I could use the same method to do like a table runner for my cake table... and I really like the vases idea! Thank you guys!
    Posted by kristin183[/QUOTE]
    I keep FMIL completely out of the planning because all she does is judge and we have completely different style. She has no taste lol
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Mini Vent and maybe some DIY ideas : I keep FMIL completely out of the planning because all she does is judge and we have completely different style. She has no taste lol
    Posted by Zimsgirl26[/QUOTE]

    We get along great and she is really helpful and I have asked her to help me with a few things which really made her year... and I love that she wants to help. It has actually been awesome becasue we are in another state and she is like 20 minutes away from where we are getting married.. so she has done a lot of things for me I couldn't have done otherwise... I just want to have a say so and be the one deciding what is going to be done.
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Mini Vent and maybe some DIY ideas : We get along great and she is really helpful and I have asked her to help me with a few things which really made her year... and I love that she wants to help. It has actually been awesome becasue we are in another state and she is like 20 minutes away from where we are getting married.. so she has done a lot of things for me I couldn't have done otherwise... I just want to have a say so and be the one deciding what is going to be done.
    Posted by kristin183[/QUOTE]
    That's really nice. FMIL has yet to get a dress
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