July 2012 Weddings

Reception Elements Idea Board! PIP

Besides the table decor, etc. what personal touches do you all have planned for your reception?  It's really hard for me to think up stuff on my own or envision  anything, so I need to pretty much do something that someone else has done - better yet, has photos of!  Here are some wedding elements/personal touches that I like:



Map

All my guests are coming from far corners of the country, it would be fun to show a map of where everyone lives.  Plus I work with maps daily and consider myself a map geek.


Message in a Jar



This couple had jars for 1, 5, 10, and 25 years of marriage.  Guests write little notes on heart shaped paper and drop them in each jar.  They will be opened and read on the respective years.


Idea Books

This couple put vintagy books on each table along with some pencils and titled them "Creative Date Ideas," "Ways to say I Love You," "Cute Baby Names."  I thought that was cute (not the baby names though!).


Skis "Guestbook"

FI and I met on skis and were engaged on skis.  I thought this was cute.  It's a pair of old wooden skis that guests sign.  However, it was for a winter wedding!


Genelogy Tree

This was the program.  A graphic tree with a family tree.  Kind of neat for big weddings, but we won't have any extended family at ours.


Photo Clothesline

Self explanatory.  I think every rustic wedding should have this!


Thumb Tree Guestbook

This seems to be the trend nowadays, but I do like it.


Mad Libs RSVP

Creative mad lib RSVPs where you fill in the blanks, then are displayed at the reception.


Share yours!

Re: Reception Elements Idea Board! PIP

  • I really like the program idea.
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  • We are going to have wedding photos from everyone on each side of our family displayed at the entrance. We were even able to track down my great great Aunt's from the 1920's (how cool!) We have been collecting a bunch of different antique-y frames to put them in. 

    I love the mad libs idea. You don't necessarily have to do it as an RSVP. I've seen it done for advice to the couple. 

    I love the ski idea! And who cares if it's not winter? If everyone knows that's y'alls thing then it won't be out of place at all. 
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  • ginadogginadog member
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    http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-Wooden-Skis-74-Skiis-SKI-POLES-GREAT-COUNTRY-DECOR-L-K-/260896202307?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cbea01e43

    Cool old wooden skis on eBay!  We'd hang them on the wall criss crossed, horizontally.

    We were even able to track down my great great Aunt's from the 1920's (how cool!)

    That is very cool and a great idea!
  • I haven't thought too much about personal touches yet other than our table numbers that will have a picture and story about each year we've been together (table 1 will have our year 1...table 2 will have year 2....etc). No pictures yet since I haven't made them
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  • I have no idea for ours! Well actually we're going to have advice cards at each table and guests can write down their words of wisdom or advice on a good marriage and put it in individual envelopes. We'll get to open them up whenever we get back from our honeymoon!
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    [QUOTE]I have no idea for ours! Well actually we're going to have advice cards at each table and guests can write down their words of wisdom or advice on a good marriage and put it in individual envelopes. We'll get to open them up whenever we get back from our honeymoon!
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    That's similar to what we were going to do.  I'm scrapbooking our engagement photos and any pictures taken at the shower (and eventually the rehearsal dinner and wedding) in a series of scrapbooks, and I was going to have them out on display, along with squares of scrapbook paper for guests to sign or write advice and stories on.  Then, I'm going to incorporate the squares into the scrapbook pages.    <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />
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  • I am doing table numbers with pictures of FI and I at the age of the table.  I haven't decided what to do for a guest book but I want something other than a book that I could show off.  I am also thinking of doing an I spy game to put out for the cocktail hour and have disposable cameras to have people take the pictures with.  I think we'll get some great pictures.

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  • Nati05Nati05 member
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    We're doing table names of places we went to during the month I was on vacation and we met. It all kind of follows a timeline so I'm thinking each table will be part of the story. It will have a picture of us at that specific place and a small story at the bottom or on the back. My idea is to get people to follow the story by visiting all the tables and meanwhile get guests chatting and mingling.  I'm excited about this one!

    We're also doing a quote theme, "El amor no tiene fronteras. All you need is love" (Love has no borders/ boundaries) Perfect for our little how we met story lol! I definitely want to put it on our invites and don't really know where else. If we have programs probably there but that's still an if. Maybe at the top of our escort card board? On the cake stand? Not sure yet.

    I also want to include a subtle map in there. Not much of a fan on how maps look but I think a faded map of either my country or his as the background of the escort board would be cute.

    We looove these beer drinks called "michelada" and we want to serve those at the bar. We also sort of introduced jello shots to our friends and family, and have unintentionally become famous for jello shot parties lol. I recently found a link and recipes to the cutest gourmet cocktail jello shots I've ever seen!! So we're planning on serving those as well.

    I think that's about it :)

    ETA: Oh and this really fun guestbook that I can get pages in both English and Spanish! Big score! I like the thumbprint tree idea too, I'm considering this as well.
  • I love that map idea for your guests Gina! Very cute and fun!
  • LOVE your RSVP idea!! actually I love all of it!!

    We're having a huge fram that holds a lot of pictures and we're putting our family members wedding photos in it and putting that on our escort card table.  These are our escort cards:




    Other than that, I am not sure...still thinking!


  • Ginadog. I think the map idea is great!! Its awesome that you have guests able and willing to come from all over to celebrate, and its a creative way to celebrate. 
    Our personal touch at the reception will be a video guest book that we will set up like a photo booth kind of thing in the coatroom of our reception hall, but have it be video messages for things like advice, funny memories, etc. 
    We also willl have an UP themed table. The movie was our first date, has been a source of a lot of gifts over the years, and was included in his proposal. So there will be a table with an adventure book (which will double as the written guest book), some balloons, 3D glasses from our date, and a mailbox painted like Carl and Ellies for guests' cards. 
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