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Offbeat "Rememberance" decor

Mandalynn9112Mandalynn9112
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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?
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  • LolaamorLolaamor
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    I lost my mom & grandmother. Also, my FI lost his gram as well. I'm thinking of just putting a small table at the reception with framed pictures of them. If you make the frame it can be as "offbeat" as you want!
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  • cmalchowcmalchow
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    i am still thinking of ways to acknowledge:

    my FI's dad
    my grandma
    my grandpa

    we are not sure yet...
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  • balletdawnballetdawn
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    We're having family pictures at our gift table, including a black & white photo of my dad on his motorcycle that I love. My something blue will be one of my dad's Penn State pins incorporated into my bouquet. 

    Could you have a small pedestal or table next to the gazebo to put your rememberances?
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  • sessionsweddingsessionswedding member
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    You could use them as cake toppers!  That would be adorable and display them prominently.
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  • operarockstaroperarockstar
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    love the cake topper idea!

    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.
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  • carasadcarasad
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    I'm lost two grandmothers and a grandfather and FI lost a grandmother since January. We are printing up a quote and photo we like on vellum and melting it to a plain candle for a memorial candle. There will also be framed pictures by the candle. I am also in the process of DIYing some little picture charms to hang from the bouquet. We'll mention them in the programs.

    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.
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  • RadonOrchidRadonOrchid
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    My great grandmother died a week ago and we plan on doing a quilt signing as our guest book, we'll have fabric for people to write on and then we'll make a quilt of it. Because she always always made quilts for everyone. Every single person in my fam. has a quilt from her, and my son was the last quilt she ever made. :'(

    We also have a few butterflies (my fam's symbol of death and  "rebirth" so we'll include those slightly. My tattoo, on the program and maybe one more place. 

    The last craft my great g-ma did was paper flowers, so I'm collecting all those from fam. members and having my bridesmaids hold a boquet of those down the aisle instead of balloons, like I'd planned. 

    Those are the rememberance things I'm doing. Esp since I'm having my wedding in Oct, in which 3 of my family members have died (2 on Oct 3 and 1 on Oct 18...wedding Oct 15) and ppl are very sensitive of, understandably, no matter how long ago. 

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  • cmalchowcmalchow
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    i love these ideas!

    i love using the salt & peper shakers as cake toppers...
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  • IslandBeachBrideIslandBeachBride member
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    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.

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  • H&S091711H&S091711 member
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    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 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...





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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-theme-boards_offbeat-weddings_offbeat-rememberance-decor?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Theme%20BoardsForum:43453af6-2ee4-412a-99fb-cbb447240911Discussion:bc336e72-92cd-4bfb-9070-f3f4f66b7f56Post:4c3175c4-42bb-4f4b-9876-24f064694ce3">Re: Offbeat "Rememberance" decor</a>:
    [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>
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    This might help you, if you're feeling crafty...

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