Re: anyone not using a card box

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by MarjorieFrank

While I think card boxes are sooo cute, we plan on using a satin white bag. I believe that they usually come with your bridal gown or the bridal store can give you one. I think this is a nicer and more personal touch, that way we can go around and greet all the guests who came to our wedding. IMO I think card boxes, or anything similar, is a little bit cold. JMO!

Also, my mom volunteered to keep an eye on the bag when we have other things to attend to.

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even though i had a cardbox, i went around to each and every table and say hello to every single guest, had 275 guests and made sure to say hi to everyone. It was more to have somewhere for us to keep the cards. So if people put them in there we still went over to say hello and then many still handed it to us. For me personally i wanted somewhere safe to keep the envelopes and not have anyone watching them. At my e-party we didnt have anything and luckily i had a gift bag and put them in there, my mom had to watch them and sometimes when she wanted to get up and dance she wouldn't bc nobody else was able to watch the bag, i felt bad.

But cardboxes arent to avoid saying hello, its to keep them safe and i made sure it was BIG so nobody can just walk out with it since there have been incidents at weddings where a cardbox or money bag was stolen, sometimes the whole thing or sometimes ppl just steal some of the envelopes

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I agree, I have heard terrible stories also where cards were taken and in some cases the entire box/bag where the cards were. I wanted the birdcage at first but changed my mind after hearing those stories...I ended up using a cardbox and I glued it shut to make sure that no one could take anything....I was paranoid about envelopes going missing A big cardbox is the safest way to go...no one can take it w/o ppl noticing lol.