Wedding Guest Book Alternatives
Wedding guest books are one of the essential bridal accessories that you will need in your wedding reception. Typically, it is a bound book with lines for your guests’ names, their physical address and sometimes, a space for a short note for you and your new hubby. So stale and unoriginal, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be refreshing to find some unique wedding guest book alternatives to “wow” your guest? Look no further, gathered below are great alternative ideas for your wedding guest book.
Small note cards with matching envelopes – Choose card colors and/or design that match your wedding theme. Stack these cards and envelopes on a table outside your reception hall and ask your guests to share their thoughts, “marriage wisdom” or simply congratulatory note on these cards. The cards will be placed inside the matching envelopes and simply dropped into a decorated wish glass jar, like the one shown from www.kindnotes.com . These private messages can then be opened later to be enjoyed by you and your new husband.
Fake Wedding Cake, an Economical Elegance
Wedding cakes can cost from $300 to over $3,000. For a bride on a budget, the thought of getting a cake that is more expensive than her bridal gown is upsetting, to say the least. Our “Economical Elegance” ( ideas for cutting your wedding costs) tip for this month could save you, the bride-to-be hundreds of dollars, not to mention helping you lessen the stress of preparing for your dream wedding without breaking the bank.
Instead of ordering an expensive wedding cake, why not opt for a “fake wedding cake”? These cakes are made of styrofoam and are beautifully decorated. They can stay on display all day long, even outdoors with no worries about bugs or humidity. They look so real, your guests won’t even have a clue it is fake. But, how about the “cutting of the cake” tradition? Depending on which cake rental company you choose, the fake cake can have a “secret compartment” where you can store a real piece for the bride and groom to cut and feed each other. Some fake cake rental companies will have a piece of the sheet cake already cut and placed behind the fake cake. Either way, when the photographs of the cake cutting tradition is over, the fake cake is wheeled over into the dining area and a sheet cake sliced in serving sizes is wheeled out for the guests to partake.
Planning your Wedding Reception
Your wedding reception, quite possibly, can be the most costly item in your wedding budget. By shopping around, you can get some really great deals for reception locations and caterers. But before the search begins, you should have settled on the following:
- your guest list, so you know how many will be attending the reception
- the wedding date, which is also the ceremony date
- the type of ambiance you want for the reception, i.e., formal, semi-formal or informal
- the wedding reception theme
What are wedding favors?
Wedding reception favors, also called “bridal favors”, are gifts given by the bride and groom to their wedding guests as gestures of thanks for sharing in the happiness of their wedding day. There are no definite dates on when the tradition of giving wedding reception favors started. However, it is an accepted fact that this tradition dates back several centuries ago. The belief is that wedding reception favors started with the Europeans, especially the Italians and French nobilities and aristocrats. The wedding reception favors were made of sugar cubes or delicate confections, since sugar was quite an expensive commodity during that era. In addition, sugar also symbolizes wealth and royalty. These sugar cubes are placed inside small trinket boxes called “Bombonieres”, which are made of crystal, porcelain or metal and decorated with precious or semi-precious stones.
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