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| Title: | ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE |
| Notice: | V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open. |
| Moderator: | REGENT::BROOMHEAD |
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| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 30 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1105 |
| Total number of notes: | 36379 |
1016.0. "Wedding Ideas Please!" by ASDS::RSMITH () Fri Mar 09 1990 10:00
Moderators, if this is in the wrong place, please move it.
I am looking for wedding ideas. I'm getting married in 6 weeks and I
just realized that I have some timing problems between the ceremony and
the reception. We had originally planned that after the ceremony, we
would have the receiving line in the church. Then people could go to
the reception, and we could do our formal pictures at the church.
However, in one of my brainier moves, my mom asked me for something to
do, (she lives in PA and feels bad that she can't help alot, as the
wedding is in MA), and I proposed that she organize the dispersment of
birdseed. (To be thrown on us.) She bought fabric and has made ivory
colored bags, filled them with birdseed and tied them with teal ribbon.
To make matters worse, I then asked my cousin to hand out the bird seed
at the church and I asked my future sister-in-law to hand out wedding
programs. (So they can do that together.) So, where and when can the
guests throw the birdseed? one idea of mine is sort-of pointless, but
would work, I think. The guests are handed the birdseed before the
service, along with the programs. Have the recieving line after the
ceremony. Then the guests throw the birdseed and we get into the limo
and drive around, maybe pop a bottle of champagne. Then in 10 minutes
we come back and do our pictures. This gives us some time alone as
soon as we're married and solves the bird seed problem. However, I
don't like the fakeness of it.
Any ideas would be wonderful.
Thanks.
Rachael
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| 1016.1 | For the non-superstitious | CLUSTA::KELTZ | You can't push a rope | Fri Mar 09 1990 10:46 | 16 |
| Rachel:
It's definitely non-traditional, but have you considered doing the
pictures BEFORE the ceremony? That's what we did, and it was very
nice to be able to spend the time with our guests rather than
having everybody cool their heels while we posed for umpty-million
photos.
Tip: If you decide to do this, suggest getting a few minutes alone
for just the two of you before the fracas. It's very calming, and
reminds you why you're really there -- and the pictures will reflect
that. I've seen other people's pictures where they didn't get this
time out, and the strain showed in their faces.
Congratulations and best wishes to you both!
Beth
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| 1016.2 | A new tradition? | TLE::D_CARROLL | Juggle naked | Fri Mar 09 1990 10:55 | 6 |
| Bird seed? Is that, like, a replacement for the traditional rice, that
won't cause birds to explode? (I heard rice does that...)
What a neat idea.
D!
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| 1016.3 | | FDCV07::HSCOTT | Lynn Hanley-Scott | Fri Mar 09 1990 11:20 | 6 |
| We also did the pictures before the wedding and it worked out great -
gave us much more time with the guests, and given that ours was an
evening wedding, we were able to get some daylight pictures.
best of luck,
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| 1016.4 | move things around | TLE::CHONO::RANDALL | On another planet | Fri Mar 09 1990 11:58 | 10 |
| I was going to suggest the pictures before the wedding, too. I think
it's pretty common. That way you can take as much time as you'd like.
A good friend of mine did hers a full week before the wedding, but she
didn't have any out-of-towners in her wedding party.
You could also throw the rice/birdseed after the reception instead of
after the wedding -- that's when we got our shower.
--bonnie
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| 1016.5 | | ULTRA::WITTENBERG | Secure Systems for Insecure People | Wed Mar 14 1990 11:01 | 7 |
| We're definitly going with pictures before the wedding so that the
reception can start promptly. You should check with the church
about the birdseed. Our temple won't allow it because they worry
about someone slipping on it, and don't want to have to deal with
the cleanup.
--David
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