We are having our wedding outdoors and I don't want to spend a lot on flowers other than my bouquet and WP flowers. I was trying to come up with something unique for this and incorporate something personal for each person remembered. I'm still in the beginning stages of this idea but one thing was one of my grandpas used to call me "Olive Oyl" because he said I was a character so I used to call him "Popeye". I have a salt and pepper shaker that are "Popeye and Olive Oyl" that I was thinking of putting at the "altar" (not quite sure how we are going to do the altar since it's a Gazebo).
Anyone else doing something fun and personal for their "rememberance" instead of just the typical flower arrangements?
Re: Offbeat "Rememberance" decor
my FI's dad
my grandma
my grandpa
we are not sure yet...
PLANNING/WEDDING BIO
My Blog
100/100 books read in 2012
17/100 books read in 2013
I lost my mom last month, so I'm tring to think of how to incorporate ways of remembering her. I'm inheriting her jewelry so we are debating using her wedding set as my rings (even though I have an e-ring from FH already). If I don't use them, I may tie them onto my bouquet. I plan on having a candle burning for her and a picture beside it of her, my stepdad and I on their wedding day. She loved purple and it's the ribbon color for sarcoidosis awareness (the disorder she had), so it's one of our wedding colors. We're also forgoing favors and donating to the sarcoidosis awareness foundation.
I was originally going to pull a flower from the bouquet for each of them and place them on an empty chair, but that idea is too hard for me now.
November 2011 Siggy Challenge: Favorite Cocktail:White Russian
i love using the salt & peper shakers as cake toppers...
We're doing a table with place settings & centerpiece (off to the side so it's not the center of attention) with a sign that says "We Remember.... They will always be in our hearts". My FI has lost his parents, I've lost my Dad along with grandparents & a few cousins. We aren't naming individuals, however, we want to honor all of them.
and here's the frame mat...i would just need to find a nice frame. might be nice to light a candle and try to find some fake poppies too to lay around it...
[QUOTE]these are all great ideas guys! i lost my grandpa in march so have been trying to figure out what to do to remember him. i know its going to be hard for my grandma and for my mom so although i want to do something i don't want to do the empty chair or anything like that as i think it would be too sad for them. i have been working on a little DIY project with my favourite photo of him and a poem. i was planning on framing them and putting them on the place card table so his name is with the other guests (our ceremony is outside and we don't have an altar). he had a farm with acres of poppy fields so <strong>i wanted to have poppies or something similar but i can't get them. i just found a really neat picture frame mat covered in poppies though so maybe i can use that...here's what i have so far... and here's the frame mat...i would just need to find a nice frame. might be nice to light a candle and try to find some fake poppies too to lay around it...</strong>
Posted by H&S091711[/QUOTE]
This might help you, if you're feeling crafty...
<a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/crepe-paper-flowers?czone=inspiration%2FDIY%2Fdecorations" rel='nofollow'>http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/crepe-paper-flowers?czone=inspiration%2FDIY%2Fdecorations</a>
November 2011 Siggy Challenge: Favorite Cocktail:White Russian