Weddingbee Blog

I’m looking for either sage or pink (light or fuschia/dark pink not hot pink!) table runners for all the tables for my reception. I don’t have millions to spend so something that looks great for less!!

1. Jana - we aren’t allowed to have flower petals, birdseed or any of that at our venue either. Instead, we’re doing bubbles for the sendoff and our flowergirl will actually be a bubble girl!

1. jana - you could also do ribbon wands… miss snow pea did a post about them here - http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/03/27/ribbon-wands/

i’m generally not a fan of balloons, but i’ve actually seen super cute pictures with guests holding bright red balloons during the send off.

meredith - you may want to see if there are people that could help you out - like bridesmaids/groomsmen with computers of their own. Even if each of them did 25, that would put a nice dent in your own list. Or if you have access to a computer lab, you could have fun with that!

Christina-when is your wedding? I’m making table runners 15 I think, that are sage green (I think). If your wedding is after July 28th, you can buy mine for cheap. I’m having a small wedding though…120 people. So we might not have enough runners for you. You can e-mail me at corey.fitzpatrick at gmail . if you’re interested.

Jana - what about giving everyone a hankie as their favor and then when you leave they can all wave them? That would make for pretty pictures. Or, check out something naturistic, like releasing doves or butterflies. That way, you’re contributing to the environment instead of destroying it!

Meredith - I second asking friends/bp members for help. Another idea is check out the campus computer store at your closest university. When I worked at ours, we had a big machine that would burn CDs really quick (we made lots of copies of the software we sold in the store). Might be at least worth asking to pay like $50 and provide the CDs.

Question:
My wedding is in August and I’m getting nervous about ordering official bridesmaid dresses (my fiance’s sisters live in Ireland and I need to ship them over for altering…). I am looking for tea length dresses in a purple-ish color. I found dresses at Nordstrom I thought would work, but they are “soft lilac” which seems to be on the pinker side of purple and washes out the blonde bridesmaids. Any ideas on where I can find purple, lilac, violet dresses off the rack? And, one bridesmaid will be nursing at that time and is uncomfortable wearing strapless…There are so many great dresses out there, but I haven’t found any in purplish hues… Thanks for any ideas!

Jana - I’ve seen a wedding where they had little sticks/wands with ribbons on them and people waved them as the couple passed. It’s cute for photos!

Like these myweddingfavors.com/ribbon-wand.html

Here’s instructions too, but the images don’t work anymore

theknot.com/co_profileview.htm?profilename=RibbonWands&MsdVisit=1

Jana, my friend is doing candles - think a candlelight service at a wedding. It will create the cool glow sorta like the sparklers without all the smoke.

I am thinking about DIY invitations. I have a color laser printer that I can use but I’m concerned that if I use card stock in the printer that it will bend the paper and the invitations will no longer lay flat. Has anyone had any experiences or have recommendations? Thanks!