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June 2013 Weddings

My sister's wedding

I don't mean for this post to bash my sister at all. There were just things that came up that I hadn't thought of and now I think it might be useful.

1. I'm definitely getting a DOC. Everyone kept coming to her with the stupidest problems. Aunt Margaret isn't on the seating chart. FIND SOMEWHERE FOR HER TO SIT! Don't come to the bride with this sh!t!

2. More hors d'oeuvres, less late-night snack, at least for our family anyway. People were fighting over cheese and crackers at 6:30 when 99% of the guests were there and starving. She also had an ice cream bar at 9pm and pizza and hot dogs at 10pm, I think. As I said in my FB post, most guests left by 9pm. 

3. You really don't have to spend a lot of money on decor. I'm going to have to rethink a lot of the stuff I planned for my wedding because I think I went overboard. It was the end of the night before I realized the tablecloths weren't floor-length, something that was really important to me before.

4. People LOVED the photo booth, but it took the attention away from everything else. People were lined up for it all night. It didn't seem like people noticed the cake-cutting or the first dance.

5. Discuss your exact ceremony wording with your officiant. My sister and her husband are not religious, but got a Christian minister to do the ceremony. The first thing he said was a speech about marriage being between a man and a woman only. I love my sister, so I didn't cause a scene, but wtf? I know my sister doesn't feel that way either. I didn't ask her about it because I didn't want to cause drama on her day. She never even talked to the minister before until the rehearsal. She did the seating chart the morning of while we were getting hair and makeup done. Yes really. She chose her ceremony music when we got there. (Canon in D and the Wedding March). 

6. I gave her $400 to get personalized shot glasses and chocolate coins as favors. I wish she had that $400 on her honeymoon right now.

7. Show the makeup/hair people a picture of what you want. I told them I didn't want brown eyeshadow because it makes me look tired. Guess what. I was the only one they put brown eyeshadow on. Everyone else looked stunning. I looked like I had the flu. I told the hair lady to just curl my hair with a curling iron. I got a Snooki poof. I think I'm going to have to have 3 trials before my wedding. Ha!

Overall, it was a beautiful wedding. My sister looked stunning, and she ended up married, which was the ultimate goal. 



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  • Good advice! We're wavering on the idea of a photo booth since our photog offers one for only $400, but I think we're leaning towards passing. This may have sealed it for me. I also agree about not spending a lot on decor or favors. I plan on keeping that price down. 
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  • Great advice!!!  I have been agonizing over getting a florist vs. just doing the flowers myself (1 mason jar of wildflowers on each table, along with 1 or 2 other smaller mason jars with candles inside, so I could probably handle it), but I think I could save so much money doing it myself.  I honestly never notice the centerpieces at weddings unless they are crazy ugly!  I'm glad you got a chance to learn from your sister, your wedding will be awesome!
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  • Thanks for sharing your observations!!

    I definitely agree about the centerpieces and decor. We were at a wedding this past weekend, and when I tried to think of what the centerpieces looked like yesterday, it took me ages to even remember what they were. And I can't tell you if there was any other decor...there may have been, but I didn't notice.

  • Thanks for the advice! I am worried about my hair too. I want to get like 3 trials, because I'm not sure what I want, but I don't want to pay for 3 trials, lol. We got the photobooth, FI really wanted it, but I was a little worred about that problem too. A wedding I went to had one and a lot of people were waiting on line and missing stuff. But, there is a little section off to the side actually IN my venue, and I might see if I can put the photobooth there. That way, people on line will still see everything, only problem is it wont be open during cocktail hour. We have 1.5 hours for cocktail hour (that's what the venue gives, don't know why) so I thought having the photobooth open during that would be nice and lower amount of lines. 

    Ahh decisions, decisions.....
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  • Thank you for all the suggestions! Totally agree about the decor - FI and I have decided long ago that it's not worth it to spend crazy $$ on centerpieces, so we are doing somethinig different than flowers since flowers are usually quite costly (unless you DIY but I'm so not crafty). We are thinking morocan lanterns or something similar to that. We have also finally decided not to do the photobooth mostly for $ reasons, even though we really wanted to, so this made me feel a bit better about it.
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  • For the photobooth why don't you "close" it during the important times.  Have it open during cocktail hour (if you have one) and then during open floor dancing and thats it.  Just a thought. 

    I kind of agree with the hair and make-up.  I don't wear lots of make up and looking at pictures from my sisters wedding I feel like I look like a clown because I had sooo much on.  That made me super nervous!
  • I know most photo booth companies charge you for idle time. Which is stupid. We have ours for 5 hours, I got a great package, I just plan on leaving it open because I dont want to pay to shut it down, or as mrsk suggested, get one after all the main events have happened. This is one of the things I am looking most forward to. I plan on not looking at the scrapbook until we leave for the honeymoon, It will give us something fun to look at on the flight.
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  • wow! these are GREAT shares, thank you so much!

    I have heard now 3 times to save money on decor... I think it's official, I'm going SUPER simple! (and maybe a bit DIY)

    As for the photo booth, I never thought of it as a 'distraction' from main events like that... and I plan on approximately 200 guests, so I can imagine that a line will be formed for a while on that...

    The favors I also heard advice on, that if you do them at all (NOT required), to keep them to something edible so if you have leftovers, it's not that big of a deal... I was actually thinking the photobooth kills two birds with one stone, get some candid shots AND favors for people! Smile
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