flowers

Ok so miss julie has me thinking about the flowers since she bought me a beautiful bouquet last week (as a thank you for stayin with kev and I the last couple of months). So here are a couple of bouquet pictures that I saw where I liked some of the flowers they used, or colors, or just thought they were unique. Let me know which one is your favorite of if there are any flowers you really like:)

ps. i just previewed my post and realized i posted two of the same pix... my bad:-P

alternatives to clinking glasses

Ok bridesmaids...so kev and I have been thinking about nixing the clinking glasses tradition and finding an alternative way for our guests to get us to kiss. I found an article from another blog and posted it below. Let me know your thoughts or if you ahve seen any alternatives that were really cute. Alternates to glass clinking to get bride and groom to kiss You can use Kiss rating cards numbered 1 - 10. When guests clink their glasses to get the bride and groom to kiss, the members of the wedding party will hold up their kiss rating cards and judge the kiss, much like judges scoring the Olympic diving competition. Instead of clinking glasses to get the bride and groom to kiss, can get guests to sing part of a song with the word love in it. MC can announce something like "Since love is a journey, and so is the honeymoon, The Happy Couple will be taking in a few days, we ask you to serenade them with travelling songs about love or containing the word love." Variation on this is for the song to contain one or both of the bride and groom's names. Can have the guests go up to the microphone and tell a CLEAN joke that could be enjoyed by all Tell the guests the bride and groom will only kiss if the guest made a contribution to the (insert bride and groom's favorite charity's name here) donation jar. Our MC included in his speech something to the effect of "you've been to weddings where you have had to sing a song with love, put a golf ball [etc] but today, you can go ahead and clink your glasses. All that Cathy & Greg have requested is that, since they just got married today, they could benefit from all your years of experience. So if you would like them to kiss, clink your glasses, but then get up and show them what a real kiss is." From newsgroup alt.wedding From newsgroup alt.wedding: Rather than clinking glasses, we asked folks to get up and tell a story about either the bride or groom, or us as a couple. From Rob Alberti of After Hours Disc Jockey Service in newsgroups alt.wedding: The couple can arrange for everyone in the wedding party to have a little story or funny fact about the couple and whenever their guests clink their glasses, another person from the wedding party can stand up and tell their story. Have balloons (which are a typical decorating feature of many receptions / dinners) that have a subject written out and rolled up inside of the balloon. If one of the guests wants the bride and groom to kiss, they must get up, burst the balloon, then follow the instructions on the note inside the balloon. We have come up with some humorous ideas....such as Tell us your most embarrassing moment...or what is the funniest moment / memory you have of the bride or groom. From newsgroup alt.wedding At our wedding, we're having a trivia contest. If the guests want us to kiss, they have to correctly answer a question about the bride/groom/couple, etc. If they can do that, we'll be happy to oblige them. We're also having our best man announce that glass-clinking will be ignored. From newsgroup alt.wedding Questions can be put in a fishbowl for people to draw from. Some sample questions: Where was the bride born? What was the groom's favorite stuffed toy as a kid? Have a person or persons have to come up and kiss in front of you. Note-don't have it be "demonstrate the type of kiss the B&G should do," because some people will be rowdy and lewd about it. You may or may not mind what they come up with! Instead, just say that the price of a kiss is a kiss. From: newsgroup alt.wedding Adaptation of an old Irish custom as an alternative: The ringing of a bell is said to restore harmony between a couple; it's also said to remind them of their wedding vows and to keep evil spirits away. A bell has become a traditional Irish wedding gift. The adaptation of this custom is to give each guest a miniature bell as they enter the church. You can explain in your program that they are to be rung during your recessional and then taken to the reception where they are to be used in lieu of clinking glasses. From: newsgroup soc.couples.wedding Since I have a large number of golfers in my family, we decided to have the guests 'sink a putt' to make us kiss. We had the best man mention this just before dinner. We borrowed a putting green from my sister and we set it up in front of the head table. For every putt that was sunk, we had to kiss. Looking back, I think that we should have had the guests do something if they missed, (i.e. kiss their spouse / date or drink a shot). Anyway, it was a big hit and lots of fun to watch! From: newsgroup soc.couples.wedding Another variation: have 2 holes, with little flags sticking out. On the closest hole's flag write "Short kiss", and on the further one write "Long kiss." From newsgroup alt.wedding

cute save the date idea

this is adorable! its a mixture of the photobooth strip and save the date magnet:) thoughts?

color palettes

Ok ladies, i am having the hardest time figuring out colors and themes and all that stuff. I liked these pictures/schemes. Any thoughts?? Anyone see any good themes or colors at weddings you have been to that i could "borrow"? ;)

bridesmaid dresses

Hey ladies! So jules and I went out looking at some bridesmaid dresses in morristown last week. It was our first time looking at bridesmaid dresses, and lots of fun:) I posted three pix of three of the dresses we liked from this trip. Would love to hear some thoughts on them. I would love to know thoughts on the styles and colors, and remember it was our first time out looking so you can love it or hate it. Be honest though, cuz thats what bridesmaids are for!!:)