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tav818–I can’t answer the first part of your question, but in regards to the second part–I definitely appreciate the sentiment, but I think your teenage cousins would probably prefer to get the grownup meal. You might remember your teenage years of being hyper-aware of how people perceive you, and easily offended by any sort of childish treatment. I worry that if you assigned your teenage cousins as “kids” you’d offend them, however good your intentions are. But if you really do think they’d prefer burgers and fries, you could always give them a call or drop an email and ask. I think they’d appreciate your consideration

lucky7bride–I made a similar post a while back, to which lots of readers offered great ideas. Here’s a link:
http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/02/16/parents-gifts/

hth!

4. pencils - also check out these past posts on cake boxes:

http://www.weddingbee.com/2006/03/24/cake-favor-boxes/
http://www.weddingbee.com/2006/03/23/cake-slice-boxes/

2. ciaobella - Right now I am thinking “Stand by Me” for the BP walk, “Here, There and Everywhere” for my walk, and something “fun” like “Don’t Stop Believing” or “My First, My Last, My Everything” for our recessional.

3. p - Just visit invitation sites, like invitationsbydawn.com or something similar. Invites by Dawn happens to have non-traditional/DW invites and I think there’s some fun wording.

7. Sarah - We’re doing a photobooth guestbook and I am not planning on doing a cretive saying, really, but I have some poems listed in my Knot bio:
http://community.theknot.com/cs/ks/user/default.aspx?UserName=wsukarebear

where can i get votives and glass for a reasonable price for my reception?

hi jenny - do you mean votive candles and holders? try cudge.net. super affordable!

tav818 - no sep childrens menu is provided by our caterer. you should ask about yours. and i agree with blueberry - limit the children’s menu to children. i dont think your teen cousins will appreciate having to eat kiddie food at the grown up table.

tav818 - my reception hall charges meals for children 12 years and under at a 40% discount from the adult meal. So if the adult plate is $100, then the kids meal is $60 (which is also the cost of the vendor meals if I choose to feed them).

hm - I’ve noticed that most of the resorts and hotels in the Carribean that have wedding services usually have some information on their websites about general pricing, but you just really need to look for it. For example, the Radisson in the Bahamas has information and prices of their wedding packages on their site but you have to download the PDF. The Atlantis has a PDF of their weddings and menus with prices. Most of the chains, like Sandals, will offer a free ceremony that includes the officiant and cake if you stay at their resort for a minimum number of nights.

For the smaller places, you would probably need to contact them directly, but I got the impression that they’re not willing to give out price information unless they’re 100% sure you’ll go with them. Hope this helps.

I was wondering if anybody had any creative/unique ideas for a send off at a venue that doesn’t allow confetti, birdseed, sparklers, etc.

Here’s my question for the hive…

Our wedding ceremony is outside at a Fort in Rhode Island overlooking the water. The reception is 25 yards away in a tent next to the fort wall. I really, really wanted to have white wooden garden chairs for the ceremony and the reception, but at $4.50/each I am going to have to go with the samsonite chairs that are only $1.00 each.

I had originally planned on hanging cones filled with hydrangeas with ribbon around the chairs that are along the aisle. However, the samsonite chairs don’t have anything to hang the ribbon off of.

Does anyone have any suggestions for decorating samsonite chairs??