Card Boxes?

Whats the deal with Card Boxes shaped liked cakes? My cousin had his wedding a couple of weeks ago at flowerfield and it was over the top - yet all everyone talked about was how tacky the huge card box was. Are a lot of people doing this now? My fam totally thought it was rude.

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This might sound like a silly question, but what do you mean by Card Box?

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I totally agree...of course that's just my opinion...alot of girls seem to be going this route..as you will see

I'm sticking with the old fashioned way..and not asking people to 'deposit here please'..

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OOohhh, you mean a box for people to place their envelopes in? Now I see. I will likely go the old fashioned route as well.

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I dont think it is a silly question because i had never seen one before either - but I have been seeing them on this site lately. Its a big card board wedding cake (theres was actually bigger than there 300 person wedding cake) with a slit on the top for people to slip there checks in.

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i think people use it as an alternative to walking around to see people and collect cards from them. personally, that seems tacky to me because it's like you're going to say hello to them only to collect a gift from them.
we plan on using a birdcage shaped like a church placed on a table with the guest book and various pictures. that will be the table where people can drop off gifts of any kind, so that they don't have to hold onto them all nght, and so that when we go over to say hello to them we don't look too greedy.
I guess it's all a matter of opinion....

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I kind of feel like it takes away from actually having to go around, and greet your guests individually. I guess depending on the size of your wedding, that might be difficult to do, but most of the time greeting your guests adds the personal touch!

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I am going to have a treasure chest by our dais, but it is not there for people to go deposit. I am using it so that FH and I can quickly drop envelopes we have received into the locked box and not have to worry about carrying envelopes around and losing them.

My friend had a small cake box at her wedding, she used it the same way I plan to. It was not there for people to just deposit their cards, it was there for her and her husband to quickly run up and drop the cards in so they didn't lose them. It was kind of in place of the purse.

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You can still go around and greet your guests...but at least they dont' have to feel that you're oging over to them ONLY to ccollect a check from them. You can go over and greet them becuase you want to say hello, and they'll know that. JMO
And I always get nervous at weddings when i leave the card on the table, and then want to go dance...I dont' want to leave their gift unattended to have someone take it before i even give it to them!

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I'm sorry, I don't see how this is tacky. Most weddings I've been to have had a card collection item of some kind - a card box or a birdcage or something. I already bought mine. I don't see how having one is rude in any way and I don't understand this question.
I plan on going around and saying hi to my guests as well, but yes, I assume most people will have a card and I don't plan on carrying them around with me all night! For 120 people that's like 60-70 cards!

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I personally think it's a good idea because too many times cards get lost or even stolen. This keeps them all in one spot for someone to take home at the end of the affair for the bride and groom to collect later on.

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We're having the mailbox at our reception. Personally, we are not using it as a way to get out of walking around to our guests, we are still planning to do this. We're using it as an alternative for our guests who may want to just rid themselves of the card immediately which when I go to a wedding I'm always grateful for since typically the card is way too big for my purse and seldom fits in FH's jacket pocket, so rather than misplace the card or stress over guarding it we just 'deposit' it when we walk in.

Plus, my aunt had her bridal bag (which had all of their cards in it) stolen during the wedding....if some sly guest or staff member is thinking of it, it will be much harder to quietly slip out with a birdcage, cake box or mailbox than a bag. Just my opinion though, hate to be a cynic.

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I'm having a cake card box at our wedding - I think it looks pretty and it serves a good purpose, one of the girls on this board is actually making it for us. It's not being greedy - people bring cards, that's a fact and I don't want them to get lost. It's easier to have one place for all the cards to go and I personally feel a little silly walking around with a card bag, makes me feel like a beggar...JMO. We are still going to walk around and greet everyone, I just don't want them to feel like I am coming to see them just to 'collect'. The card boxes are just a cute little touch that some people like, If you don't like the card boxes, then don't use one, each to their own.

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I am using that wedding cake box, and I don't think it's tacky. I want to celebrate with my guests--dance, eat and drink with them. I don't want them to think that everytime I go near them I'm looking for money. They can drop it off, or give it to me and I'll put it in. It's a reality that people will give you envelopes, so there must be a realistic place to put them. And a place that looks somewhat festive. But, that's just my opinion.

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My mother made me a bag that matched my dress for cards. I left the bag on our table and when people came over and gave us cards, my DH or I just put them in the bag. I was uncomfortable with the idea of having a birdcage because it would have been placed far away from us and I wanted to keep an eye on the cards. I don't think having some sort of card box or bird cage is too tacky - we went to a wedding a while back and carried a card for the whole wedding because there was no place to put it. We wound up bringing the cards home with us.

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IMO, I don't think it is tacky at all. We are having a real mailbox. My FI's grandfather made a metal mailbox when he had his metal shop, so my aunt is going to decorating this mailbox so that my FI will have a piece of his grandfather at the wedding.

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I personally love them! I was going to get one but I am not super crafty & I wasn't about to pay $40 for one from lillian Vernon.

I walked around with a money bag, I felt funny doing this too, like I was 'looking' for gifts.

The boxes are nice cause you put them inside, and not have to worry about someone taking off with your money bag or loose cards (and yes this does happen to people).

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Looks like I'm outvoted here. Maybe because it was so huge, it looked bad. I do agree with the idea of having someplace to put the gifts so you don't have to carry them around, but this particular one was over the top.

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people use them so the cards dont get stolen. Even if the bride and groom collect the cards they can put them in the box. We are using an old fashiond card purse to put the cards in! I know the box or bird cage is popular now, but I dont care for it personally.

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I'm not sure what you mean by a 'card purse'