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'Most of all we loved how it was an occassion that reflected us. Our loves, our families, our passion for living, and the unique aspects of our travel. Family was such an important part of the day as they are to us in life. And I would say that is my take home point -- let the little details merely be a reflection of who you are as individuals and as a new family and then everything becomes so meaningful. '

Well said.

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We didn't do anything expensive, but people do notice the little details.

- three of our parents are deceased, so we included their names in the responsorial psalm during the wedding ceremony

- rose petals everywhere! On the tables, the counter in the ladies' room, the water in the fountain - anywhere we could put them, we did. It does not cost that much and adds such a romatic touch. Many people commented on how much they loved that.

- we gave away our entire centerpiece, including a candelabra. It seemed really expensive but they were less expensive than most others we were considering. The guests seemed impressed with that.

- my DH did a brother/sister dance with his sister, and halfway through the song the DJ had all the other brothers/sisters/BILs/SILs join in. That was a big hit.

- anniversary dance! Most people at my wedding had never seen it, and everyone loved it. It was very emotional and the applause for the last couple was amazing.

- we had the extra wedding cake boxed for guests to take home. They took every single piece - we didn't even get one!


At other weddings I went to..

- at a very late night wedding (I think we left around 3-3:30AM) - we were given bagels and the Sunday paper to take home

- the trumpeters who announced each guest as they arrived

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i am taking polaroids of each guest instead of having them sign a guestbook. later i will turn all of the polaroids into a scrapbook.

also for placecards, i am going to take polaroids of beautiful places around the city. this is going to be quite a feat!

but half the wedding party is coming from out of town so i think they'll really like it.

all the weddings i've been to have been pretty standard... this is a great thread!

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At a recent wedding I went to the couple was going to Italy for their honeymoon. So each off the tables were named with places in Italy on their itinery. They also had a speciality drink list with special drinks from italy!! Very nice touch.

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I went to a wedding on a yacht and the centerpieces were fishbowls with beautiful fish in them, I loved it, don't think I would do that for my day but I thought it was awesome and so in keeping with the theme of the wedding

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One of my friends just told me this one:
Her friend stuck a rubber chicken in her garter so when her husband went to get it he came out with the chicken!
My FH wants to do that but I think the point was not just making everyone else laugh but also suprising hubby...

What is the anniversary dance?

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I love the idea of having floating flower buds all over the place for a spring wedding-as if everything is blooming for your day.

With my vineyard theme, I was going to do little buds in all different sized wine glasses.

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We are going to have various little touches as such as injecting a little bit of a Caribbean theme in. Calypso band, place cards in a pan on like light blue glass/rocks (will look like water), as well as we are not going to give favors. Instead we are going to place a card on each table that simply states 'In lieu of favors a donation has been made to the breast cancer association'

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My friend got enaged on the Eiffel Tower so they had a 5' ice sculpture of the eiffel tower, tables names after street in Paris, mini-eiffel tower chocolates at each table. She also had her second graders draw wedding related pictures and had one wrapped in a scroll at eaach place setting. They were SO cute!

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All married couples dance, as the band or DJ counts down the years married - less than one, five years, ten years, etc. When it gets down to a few couples, the years go by single years until one couple is left - the couple married the longest. We gave our couple a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine, and the DJ asked them for advice for the newlyweds.

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What is the anniversary dance?

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All married couples dance, as the band or DJ counts down the years married - less than one, five years, ten years, etc. When it gets down to a few couples, the years go by single years until one couple is left - the couple married the longest. We gave our couple a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine, and the DJ asked them for advice for the newlyweds.

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DJ Glenn did this? I really like this idea and the fact the he is my DJ too, so I know he knows what he is doing. This is such a great idea.

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What is the anniversary dance?

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All married couples dance, as the band or DJ counts down the years married - less than one, five years, ten years, etc. When it gets down to a few couples, the years go by single years until one couple is left - the couple married the longest. We gave our couple a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine, and the DJ asked them for advice for the newlyweds.

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DJ Glenn did this? I really like this idea and the fact the he is my DJ too, so I know he knows what he is doing. This is such a great idea.

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Yep it was Glenn. He was an excellent DJ - I think you'll be very happy with him.

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What is the anniversary dance?

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All married couples dance, as the band or DJ counts down the years married - less than one, five years, ten years, etc. When it gets down to a few couples, the years go by single years until one couple is left - the couple married the longest. We gave our couple a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine, and the DJ asked them for advice for the newlyweds.

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DJ Glenn did this? I really like this idea and the fact the he is my DJ too, so I know he knows what he is doing. This is such a great idea.

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Yep it was Glenn. He was an excellent DJ - I think you'll be very happy with him.

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Awesome!!! I am really excited to hear that and I really like the Anniversary Dance idea. I am thinking I will order a small bouquet from my florist and get a bottle wine too. Thanks for posting the idea.

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I know a lot of people do this, but a bathroom basket really comes in handy. My sister just went to a wedding over the weekend and her dress broke. Thank goodness there were safety pins in the bathroom basket.

I've also seen the pics of the B and G as kids. It's so cute. I want to do pics of past married couples in our families.

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My friend got married the day after Christmas this past year. She's Greek orthodox and had a huge wedding (over 600 people!!!) They had set up about a dozen Christmas trees in the lobby, each having a portion of the alphabet on it--you had to find the ornament with your name on it and that was your placecard. they also had fireworks after church (it was dark out by then) and they handed out special copies of their hometown newspaper with their picture on it and an article about the wedding.

For my own wedding, I did a few little things. DH is British, so we tried to incorporate some of his culture and some of ours. We had three speeches - My dad, DH and the Best Man. DH said some wonderfully sweet things about me and it gave him an opportunity to thank my parents publicly, which they really appreciated.

We only had an MOH and a BM, so for the processional in church I had my two grandmothers walk in escorted by their grandsons (both grandfathers have passed away), and our parents before MOH.

We didn't have a sweetheart table, but had a small table for 6 - us, BM and his wife and MOH and her husband. I would've loved to have had just us and our parents (I think it's such a lovely idea to have dinner with your parents on your wedding night) but DH's parents are divorced and do not get along.

I had nosegays for mothers and grandmothers instead of corsages

I had the florist keep a rose out of my bouquet and presented it to my DH after the ceremony (it's a ballerina thing - most ballerinas pull a flower out of their bouquet during curtain calls and give it to their partner)

I saved a ton of money by not having centerpieces, we just did all different candles - votives, pillars, candleabras, candle sticks, tapers, etc. and red rose petals everywhere.

we hired a bus for our OOT guests and rode it back to the hotel with them at the end of the night. It was a blast!

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ice cream sundae bars.......... everyone loved it!

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At a friend's wedding she sang 'Save the Last Dance for Me' with her dad, it was great!

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Barakabella: How did you get the fortune tellers and how much are they?

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Is it a big deal to make the fortune tellers?

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Colleen/Deb:
Sonic Stef (of LIW fame) is an amazing graphic designer who has done lots of stuff for LIW brides (I know of at least several) -- do a search under her and you will find her mentioned in a number of wedding reviews.
She has two options: one is to make the design and send you a jpg with instructions on how to print out at a place like Kinko's and fold or she will do the printing, which is more $.
Check out her work at www.sonicstefdesign.com and FM me for her email (I do not think I should post without her permission-although she is on these boards and you can FM her directly)--she goes under sonicstef. She does beautiful work and also is a wonderful wedding resource to talk to (gave me several ideas including using Elaine DeLuca and doing votive placecards). Let me know if I can help with anything else.