Wedding Wands?!?

Our wedding site does not allow a lot of leeway as far as items to be used for introductions as husband and wife and for the end of the night exit. Fireworks, seed and rice, as well as confetti of any kind (which I believe may include rose petals) are banned. For the ceremony, we will use bubbles; I ordered the plain white kind and have tied personalized ribbon with our names and wedding day around each one. The exit is a bit trickier; I don't want to overuse bubbles. I loooove sparklers for a midnight exit, but again, these are banned. Today I came upon the idea of ribbon wands. The jury is still out on these. Would anyone really wave them? Would they photograph well at midnight? And, would I have time to make them? The site below has a beautiful product, but I am just not sure if $300+ for 50 wands can be justified. http://www.mimiopapers.com/new_store/mary_dann7.html

Chair Sashes on the Cheap

Picture this....as guests walk up to the venue, they will be greeted by a gurgling fountain, dotted with pink and white Gerber Daisies...Just past the fountain will be a sign (ala Mrs. Petunia of Wedding Bee fame) that says "This way to the wedding" in our colors. As guests arrive at the ceremony site, they will find a table with 3 baskets arranged in ascending order, one containing sunscreen, another containing bubbles and another containing pink and brown fans. Next to these baskets will be a framed sign that says "Please help yourself" in our wedding font/colors to match our stationery. As guests face the aisle, the backs of the last row of chairs will be tied with the brown organza ribbon pictured above. 54 sashes were a steal at $77 total with shipping (rounded). Yes, that is $1.42 a piece! I got them at http://www.bbcrafts.com/. On either side of the aisle will be pink stock flowers in large galvanized pails. Walking up the aisle, guests will see small pails of pink Gerber Daisies arranged loosely in miniature galvanized pails, hanging from the chairs by brown satin bows. An arch decorated with pink flowers will mark the altar. Guests will find a program (more on that later) and personalized water (more later on that too) at each seat. I hope it will look as lovely as I picture it in my mind. How are you decorating your ceremony site?

Creature Comforts

When I originally dreamt of my wedding ceremony, I wanted to print our program on fans. However, after many emails with Annie, our invitation designer, I decided to go another route. Annie makes gorgeous, traditional programs, which I thought would be a fun keepsake to have, as well as offer me the opportunity to include a blurb about each BM.

Instead, I ordered 100 of these (50 in pink and 50 in brown) from www.idealfavors.com. They are on sale for $0.99 each right now! When guests arrive at the ceremony site, there will be a basket of these waiting for them next to a silver framed sign that says "Please Help Yourself!" in our wedding font. Next to this basket, will be an identical one holding sunscreen packets, a la Martha Stewart Weddings, Spring 2007. I have loved this idea since I first saw it in Martha's magazine! This image came from the Faye and Greer blog www.fayeandgreer.blogspot.com.

If you are having an outdoor wedding ceremony, are you doing anything special to accommodate your guests?

Rocky Mountain Views

Our wedding will be held at Lionscrest's outdoor ceremony site. Here is a picture. I plan to use a decorative arch with pink gerbera daisies and other pink seasonal flowers to match our pink/brown theme. I will also use galvanized buckets with daisies as aisle arrangements. Here is a picture of our ceremony site.