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3. heyjanety, miss lime posted a link to this great hair gallery awhie back - http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/be_byte6/
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!!
Jana - what about bubbles and/or noisemakers?
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 - would ecofetti be okay? It’s biodegradeable, I guess! Miss Strawberry blogged about it and has received it, so maybe email her. Other than that, maybe bells (little guys to pass out to each guest, which I’ve gotten before). They don’t torment my ears and I think they are sweet!
2. girl - Instead of wrapping something hortizontally, I have seen pics of things hanging vertically and it looks nice. Email me if you want to see pictures.
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-hate to break it to you, but you might just have to burn them.
We bought a program called Nero, which is a burning sofware, and we set it up to do like 50 at a time. We had a spindle that had blanks, and a spindle that had finished ones, and everytime one spit out, you just put a new one in and closed the drive.
We did it while playing on the web, watching movies (we loaded it on the laptop)… and eventually, you get tired of it, but its done- total cost for 150- $24.
Hope this helps!
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!
oh! thanks mrs. bee!!! =)
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.
1. Please don’t release balloons! The end up tangled in a tree, trash in someone’s yard, or if you live by open water, sea turtles and other marine animals may try to eat them and die. Holding them would be fine. I like the bubble idea, or petals, or noise makers (old fashioned noise makers would be cute!)
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 $50 and provide the CDs.
christina… instead of renting table runners we are renting chair sashes and using them as runners. so for a dollar a sash we are getting two criss-crossed table runners at 1$ each! Of course they are only 12″ wide instead of the 18 or 24″ that normal table runners cost. Our tables are 60″ rounds so the sashes hang about 12-15″ down the side of the table.
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 http://www.myweddingfavors.com/ribbon-wand.html
Here’s instructions too, but the images don’t work anymore 
http://www.theknot.com/co_profileview.htm?profilename=RibbonWands&MsdVisit=1
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
Kara,
Good luck with your endeavor. If you happen to stumble across any please let me know! I actually asked the same question in a previous hive, and although it looks like my girls are just going to have to suck it up and pay “bridal” prices, I would suggest to keep an eye on dillards.com and macys.com under both women and juniors. It’s what I’m going to keep doing until the absolute last minute in hopes that I cand find something cheaper! As for color, try Alfred Angelo dresses in the color grape. If all else fails you could pay for rush shipping…
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.
HeyJanety - a good place to see updos and other styles is the website-
http://www.haircomesthebride.com
They have a celebrity inspiration album, they have a bridal album of their work, a bridesmaid album, and their “most recent work” which shows bridal before and afters. Probably a few hundred pictures altogether. There aren’t many of short hair but plenty of updos.
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!
Kandace,
I don’t think I can ask my girls to pay rush prices - we’re all on tight budgets, so I think I have to suck it up and get the lighter dresses, even though they weren’t exactly what I had in mind. They are pretty though and I’m just going to have to hope the fact that it’s a summer wedding means that the girls will be tan and will not looked washed out FYI - the dresses are Maggy London at Nordstrom - the halter dress and chiffon dress with sash - both available in soft lilac. Good luck to you too! I’ll let you konwif I find anything else.
Thanks, wsukarebear …I actually wanted to hang paper cones with hydrangeas from ribbon so that they would hang along the sides of the aisle I am walking down. I thought of hanging them behind the chairs but then they wouldn’t be in the aisle. I may just get some garden hooks and hang the decorations from them.
Meredith–
You should check with a local college that has film or video-production related majors. My FI did duplications then and continues even now. It’s much cheaper than a “professional” service, and it will save you time/stress/money than doing it yourself. If you lived in the Philly area, I’d give you his info (we actually own a duplicator)….
Hi! I live in NYC and need some advice for budget products for my wedding. I’d like to get very unique thank you cards, beautiful wrapping paper, packaging boxes(favors, OOT boxes) and ribbon on a very strict budget. Can you help?
Thanks,
Susan
christine-have you thought of using wrapping paper for runners? i have seen it done several times in martha stewart, if done right it can be really pretty and inexpensive.
miss sunset-we just did 200 invitations on an ink jet printer (ink jet actually works better for linen cardstock, which is what we used, it goes down in the grooves according to a printer and laser ink can rub off linen). anyway it worked perfect and no one can believe we did it ourselves. there should be a tray you can let down and let them print out straight so they don’t roll into the machine. that should solve your problem.
everyone else-thanks for the suggestions! i think we are just go to burn 10 cd’s per night for the next 25 days there are 45 days till the wedding
Meredith–you should be able to license the music at songfile.com, then take it to a pro. Easy, and legal.
Does anyone know where I can find just plain white bags for luminaries to line the walkway at my reception site? All of the ones I see online have designs already on them. It seems to be harder to find them that I thought. Thanks!
Meridith - I am doing CD favors as well. My fiance has a duplication service and is doing our favors. He burns and prints your image/design directly on the cd, and can do up to 400 at a time. He can also design your cd image.
His pricing is pretty reasonable…especially considering how much time/stress it will save you. His website is http://www.chicweddingdesigns.com. (I hope it’s okay that I am referring him…but I know he has been tons of help to some of my fellow OC knotties)
I got waters and waters dresses from a local bridal shop here in orchidish color w. a plum sash.
they might have the colors you’re looking for too 
Kara — They are showing a lot of prom-marketed dresses right now and purple/lilac/lavendar seems to be popular.
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