Weddingbee Blog

iloveham: years ago, I gave an engraved iPod to a BF. It was a line from a Lisa Loeb song: “You bring me blankets for the walls of my forts”.

Anyway, is there a song that means something to you guys to sample from?

iloveham— I actually gave my FI an iPod for an engagement gift and I engraved “I’m already married to you in my heart” on it. Kind of corny? Yes, but he loved it. You could always go for something like that, or chose a meaningful quote. Maybe something from one of your ceremony readings. Or you could put the wedding date and something like “from this day forward…”

Amanda— I think that is a great idea! I’ve gone to weddings with my FI where he was in the WP and I wasn’t, and it was really akward for me to sit with a bunch of people I didn’t know very well. I’ve also been to wedidngs that have done something similar to that and it worked out great. Nobody seemed to miss the big head table.

Lisa - could you just attach the card to a gold card behind it that is slightly larger? This would give you a consistent width for the color and would probably be a lot easier. Of course if that doesn’t fit in your envelopes, then maybe a calligraphy brush and gold calligraphy paint? You can buy it at a good art supply store like Utrecht. It would take a lot of diligence and hard work to keep that line straight doing it freehand. I would get a very heavy card that is slightly smaller than the card you are painting and would leave a small border around the main card. Then paint in strokes going from the center out in little strokes if that makes sense. That might help with making sure the edge is the same size all the way around and didn’t waver too much. Good luck!

Re - Try looking on some of the more major makeup lines websites, many of them have online “tutorials”

Amanda - that sounds like a totally reasonable set-up. I saw it done at a friend’s wedding and it worked fine. My only suggestion with the sweetheart table is not to make it too far away from everyone or you’ll feel like you’re giving a show while eating your soup. Also, make sure to reserve a special honor table for close immediate family if that’s something that sounds like it would be a good idea for you. Normally a head table includes parents of the bride/groom. You could extend that to grandparents/sisters and brothers/ etc.

Amanda: excellent idea. Please don’t make your attendants sit witout their dates or spouses. I have been in a few weddings where I had to sit at a head table and my poor date who didn’t know anyone had to sit at another table. It made me want to get up from the table asap inorder to make sure he was having a good time.

Lisa: Any good scrapbooking store will sell gold ink and if you have some fine sandpaper around…just lightly rub the edges of your invites on the sandpaper (it opens the “pores”) and gently rub or tap them on the ink pad. Simple and cheap!

TheMDSBride: Try Michaels or JoAnn they have a large selection of “cake decorating” supplies, including cake display platters. Another option is thick cardboard wrapped up in something pretty!

found the actual name - smashbox photo finish primers. on the sephora website it’s under ‘makeup’ ‘face’ and then ‘primers’ - first one there

My fiance and I are in the process of deciding on bridesmaid and groomsmen gifts. Our wedding is on September 22, so we still have some time. I’m pretty sure that I’m going to do a necklace and earrings for the girls, but does anyone have any creative suggestions for gifts for the groomsmen? We’re having trouble with this and we want to stay away from the flask, beer mug, etc. ones. Thanks!

TheMDBride - take any plate at all, and hot-glue a vase, glass, candlestick, whatever onto it. Just make sure it’s dead-center. And it’s not an heirloom.

TheMDBride - try Ikea. If you don’t like their cake stands, you can always get a bowl, turn it upside down, and put a large round platter on top. Of top the cake stand with a larger circular platter. Just make sure it is stable!