ideas for wedding favors?

K, well some of you know Im getting married, and were having the ceremony and reception at the Hyatt on the beach. But I want to do something different than the norm. No throwing rice, cant do sparklers(sunset wedding) they said it could start a fire with all of the trees and stuff, k np. But I wouldve liked something cool. My son whose 17 is standing for me, no bridesmaid or matron of honor. Its been my son and I for all this time, he's truly the person to do it.


Anybody got any ideas or seen anything or been to one that stood out cause they did something different?

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thats so funny, I just saw that online! Cute though!

well, let me stop by and congratulate you on the wedding to come :)

go buy a plane ticket to a place called las vegas. lol.

seriously, i don't know anything about weddings. i avoid them at all costs. you know, it's the whole 'always the bridesmaid, never the bride" thing.

weddings are overated, you get married, start a new life, raise kids, yada yada yada...

...BIG ****ING DEAL

Squirt, does the sun set on the ocean side or the land side?? Don't know where you're at. Take advantage of the ambiance whatever the case. I'll sleep on it...but I don't know when I'll be back online to tell you about it...In fact..I may keep the better ideas for my own wedding, ha ha.. Yeah...that'll happen soon...

Weddings arent a big deal and were not making it one either. Ive already raised the kids, owned the house, etc. So I'm just about ready to travel here! I have one reason why I want the wedding, and thats for my dad to walk me down the aisle. Were not having a dance at the reception, no throwin of rice, things like that. Simple but elegant.

At sunset for sure to get great beach pictures! I did order a bunch of disposable cameras for the tables, those should be interesting! Nomas you always have great ideas! Do tell sometime k? thanks!

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Originally Posted by squirrley

Weddings arent a big deal and were not making it one either. Ive already raised the kids, owned the house, etc. So I'm just about ready to travel here! I have one reason why I want the wedding, and thats for my dad to walk me down the aisle. Were not having a dance at the reception, no throwin of rice, things like that. Simple but elegant.

At sunset for sure to get great beach pictures! I did order a bunch of disposable cameras for the tables, those should be interesting! Nomas you always have great ideas! Do tell sometime k? thanks!

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squiirrley, i was only jokikng above!

hey, GREAT weather in Florida, as of late. I don't know where abouts you are from, but where I am, the weather is BEAUTIFUL today!


nice and sunny, not too humid, and a nice cool breeze, palms trees everywhere, and a blue sky you can only dream of :)

It's even nice here in Lincoln. 60 degrees today... in January, that's unheard of! We should be buried in at least a few inches of snow.

Sorry - nothin else to contribute squirrley - but I'll join RK in congratulating you on your engagement!

What kinds of favors are you talking about? Like things for your guests on their table? Or things to throw when you leave the chapel, or what is it your looking for dearie?

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Originally Posted by Rosebud

What kinds of favors are you talking about?

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those of the sexual kind. ;)

yea baby those of the sexual kind! WAHOO!!

I know you were kidding RSK, I was just saying were not making a 10 grand wedding. Something small and simple. I was trying to think of things for the guests and the tables. I have no clue. Ive been researching for months! Urgh I found out yesterday the Hyatt where we doing everything was sold to someone who got an offer of 65 million for the property to turn to condo. Let me tell you, this is freaking condo city now. Although those whom I am working with there tell me its rumor and its fine, you just never know...I would throw my hands up and just elope which is what I dont want.

Anything anyone can think of sweet! But thank you on the congrats I appreciate it!!!

Well they aren't really party favors, but you could buy those real cheap camera's they have online that are disposable ( i think you buy them by bulk so they are like $1 a piece or something) but you could put those on the table so everyone can take pictures of your reception and what not and then have them put them all in a specified area when they are done. It may cost some to get them developed depending on how many people you have at the wedding, but all you need is one per table, really.

Or you could have napkins or cards made of your names on them for everyone at their table. Hmm, I ahve a website saved that I'll find and send it to you..it has lots of ideas on it.

Are you looking for party favors or something to replace the rice? I've seen bubbles used instead of rice, and it looked fine. Better than rice, in fact. You can wrap them in toulle (sp?) with a ribbon, and you can buy little bottles that hold like one ounce of fluid.

As for favors, I've seen chocolate bars wrapped in personalized wrappers that are inexpensive. Is that what you are talking about?

cool thanks Rosebud~I ordered from myknot.com got the cameras, and napkins with our names. Im thinking maybe I might do little hershey bars with our names wrapped around those. Yea I do need a good website! Thank you so much!

lol.. No prob. I have been looking at this stuff as well for months now!!! It's overwhelming.

Ok so you already have both those ideas. Hmm, I know your trying to keep the prices down on that stuff as well, but with all those items with your names on them, it may be a little over kill ya know? Hmm, what websites have you already checked out...I have several saved in my favorites! I'll see which ones are better.

are you getting married too? Girl bring on the websites! I dont want alot of personalized things, youre right on that one. It kinda stinks cause we cant do rice/sparklers. I just read somewhere they could throw rose petals?

If youre getting married what are you guys doing? When, where, etc?

Yep, rose petals are what I ahve in mind too... And if we can afford it on the tables as well.

lol, this is the thing. We have a date set to get married, but I have no ring. We are doing all this together. We are paying for it all so what we decided is find what we want, set a budget and save the money for it including the engagement ring! Although I wish that part would be different but I know he'll surpise me with something! :)

Anywho, all the planning is still under way, I'm pricing so much stuff out it's nto even funny. Food is expensive!

Girl...tell me about it! Im sure he'll suprise with you something! Its hard to find things but in reading you can negogiate things! Like Ive spent 3 months trying to find a caterer. The first place was a sit down dinner for 60 people, over 8 grand, NEXT! So Ive finally found the Hyatt of all places to cater for 1500. Not bad and excellent food. You so have to just look and ask. The only thing Ive found frustrating as hell, is that you want the bottom line for per plate per person, it starts at 15 or whatever, but it doesnt include ANY rental or the servers fee. Before you know it, youre up to 35 a head. The reception is probably the biggest expense.

Obviously you know about the deposits, which can hurt the wallet ahead of time. weve had to put down 500 for the reception, 500 for the photographer, 100 for the musician. Its nuts. And were keeping it small.

Sweetie, thumbs up to you and your honey for doing it all yourselves. When you get closer to the date, start checking the ceremony sites. At least here in FL, theyre booked out almost 2 years ahead of time. (is that nuts or what?) But in the meantime it gives the couple a chance to save!

Yea I've been looking for reception halls and even hotels and the cheapest I found is $40 per person. But I ahven't met any of them in person either so who knows what all that includes but I haven't found out that I really liked yet either so we'll see. But we do plan to put 75% of the money intot he reception since that's where most fo the funw ill be. The ceremony will be more nerve wrecking for me than anything!

But I do know my brother's friend will be our photgrapher and we'll get a pretty good deal on that. Yea here I think the average is 1-2 years that places are booked ahead of time.

Keep looking at the hotels. I started with restaraunts, which can cost a ton. The Hyatt actually is providing all the linen and the dishes at no charge. You can look into doing a really nice buffet kinda thing which is what we've done. For 1500 bucks we got a huge honey ham, with buns and mustard, a variety of mashed potatoes, and fruit kabob. They wanted 52 dollars per GALLON of coffee, say what? Anyway, we got him to throw in the coffee and tea, saved 200 dollars. The hotel also provides a great location for the ceremony, 500 bucks. 2000 and we were able to do the whole thing. Where originally we chose a botanical gardens where we put the deposit down, it was going to cost us 2000 JUST to have the ceremony. Needless to say I got my money back from there and went with the hotel. NOW heres a kicker we learned yesterday. The Hyatt changed owners, they have their hotel on the beach, anyway, someone has offered them 65 million to buy the property. OH SHIT, well everyone there says its a rumor theyre not selling, so keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

Keep checking the hotels!!! Also restaraunts are a good place to look too, depending on your size. My friend Alicia (from here but hasnt been on here in ages) she is also getting married this year, she's in an area where she located the whole shabang for like 2000 grand. Those dont exist in Sarasota. But check those kinda places too. Or club houses, thats another option.

Goodluck woman! This planning which I THOUGHT would be fun, its actually pretty stressful. Too bad we couldnt win the lotto!!

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Originally Posted by misombra

go buy a plane ticket to a place called las vegas. lol.

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no bad idea at all, don't you think so?

I'm with you guys, alice and misombra. Unless you are planning a religious ceremony, it seems much less stressful.

But weddings are fun!...when you have nothing to do with the arrangements...

Hey Nomas, is that an offer sweetpea? :D

I know it's ten days later, but, the answer is NO. I do not volunteer...if nominated I will not run,..if elected I will not serve! You got this one, squirt..ha ha...but hey, I may go to the wedding!