Wedding Post Box Tip

sarah_elton

Since I objected to paying lots for a cardboard box...!

I bought one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/METAL-POST-BOX-WHITE-LOCK-HAS-2-KEYS-LETTERBOX-/380240679337?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Home_Garden_Door_Accessories_LE&hash=item58881c51a9

It's amazing - price would be three times as much with the word 'Wedding' on the item.

This is a lovely quality metal post box, actually designed for fixing to the outside of your house! It's really cute, and I made a card that I stuck on the front with our names and the wedding date, then I stuck these on it too, around the card and on the roof:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170472093709&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

You could decorate it however you wanted to with ribbon or other craft materials. It's really sturdy and a nice weight so it shouldn't get knocked over.

louisecat

Hey,

Hope I'm not coming across as completely uneducated but do you mean having a post box especially for the RSVP's? I've never heard of that before!

kr15snw

Louise: It's for people who request money / vouchers instead of gifts. When the guests turn up they have nowhere to put the card / envelope with gift inside. So a post box is a secure place to put them!

Have heard many horror stories of people who just have a pile of envelopes on a table and then a few envelopes go missing (not hard to slip 1 envelope under a jacket which could contain hundreds of pounds!)

Secret_Lady

louisecat wrote: »

Hey,

Hope I'm not coming across as completely uneducated but do you mean having a post box especially for the RSVP's? I've never heard of that before!

I've not heard of them either but wonder if it's for guests to maybe post cards/money/gift vouchers at the reception?

Just a guess, looking forward to finding out the answer.

Thanks, we both posted at the same time and now I know :-)

DitaBombita

Thats lovely! In an even cheaper stylee Ive already made one out of one of those boxes that reams of paper comes in at work - will make someone guard it during the evening.

Birdie85

What a good idea! Have you got a picture of it all done up?

louisecat

kr15snw wrote: »

Louise: It's for people who request money / vouchers instead of gifts. When the guests turn up they have nowhere to put the card / envelope with gift inside. So a post box is a secure place to put them!

Have heard many horror stories of people who just have a pile of envelopes on a table and then a few envelopes go missing (not hard to slip 1 envelope under a jacket which could contain hundreds of pounds!)

Oh I see, that sounds lovely! I did wonder about where to keep the envelopes so that's definitely a good idea.

katsmasterplan

Found these too if anyone's interested:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IVORY-CARD-RECEIVING-POST-BOX-WISHING-WELL-WEDDINGS-/200297058973?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET&hash=item2ea2a2929d

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WISHING-WELL-WHITE-CARD-RECEIVING-POST-BOX-WEDDING-UK-/400117918115?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET&hash=item5d28e2e9a3

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WEDDING-CARD-RECEIVING-POST-BOX-IVORY-/270574779708?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET&hash=item3eff837d3c

floss2

Our cake lady has a contact who prepares these to coordinate with the cake - ours will be £15 with matching ribbon and a hand made tag with our names & the date of our wedding on.

anderson8

ive ordered one of the metal ones, and have been sitting designing my wee tag to go on it!
thanks sarah, so much better than the cardboard ones, you can lock it and worry less about the cards etc going missing.

floss2

anderson8 wrote: »

ive ordered one of the metal ones, and have been sitting designing my wee tag to go on it!
thanks sarah, so much better than the cardboard ones, you can lock it and worry less about the cards etc going missing.

Ours will be in the same room as us for most of the reception, and then going into the hotel safe.