What "extras" are you getting, and how much will it cost?

RainbowDrops

There are various threads talking about survival baskets, flip flops & post boxes etc but I though it'd be a good idea to have a thread where people can list all of the "extras" they're having at their wedding to share ideas, give an idea of cost & reccomend bargains etc.

By extras, I mean stuff that you're having on top of the standard basic wedding stuff (by that I mean registrar & venue/church, reception drinks & food, outfits, flowers), eg favours, magicians, chocolate fountains, wedding cak fountains (!!) etc.

List away girlies and guysies!

Mrs_Moore_To_Be

50 flip flops for £30, part of a job lot shared with other forum users

Im also thinking of doing a basket for the ladies/gents loos with bits and bobs.

Another idea I had was to display a collage of hen pics in the ladies, and stag pics in the gents :rotfl:

Kulafey

I'm having a Burlesque dancer. She's quite expensive, but I'm having a retro theme to my wedding and thought she'd add a touch of glamour to the evening!

picklepick

I'm having flip-flops that are costing me £6 plus a little basket and a homemade sign (same as Mrs Moore)
I'm also having a candy bar. I'm hunting down vases and bowls via charity shops and ebay so will cost approx £10 for the bits and getting the sweets from the cash and carry.
I'm having a 50 cones of rose petal confetti but my mum is paying for these a present so i dont think they count! lol
I'm making all the stationery myself as i run a stationery company . so we're having personalised paddle fans. The cost of these is just the materials which i already have so i guess about £20 for 50.

We're having charity pins as favours which are costing £110. One for each of the guests. But as this is a charitable donation i think its money well spent!

jonnyb1978

:mad:;)

RainbowDrops wrote: »

There are various threads talking about survival baskets, flip flops & post boxes etc but I though it'd be a good idea to have a thread where people can list all of the "extras" they're having at their wedding to share ideas, give an idea of cost & reccomend bargains etc.

By extras, I mean stuff that you're having on top of the standard basic wedding stuff (by that I mean registrar & venue/church, reception drinks & food, outfits, flowers), eg favours, magicians, chocolate fountains, wedding cak fountains (!!) etc.

List away girlies

Cough Cough!!! excuse me. Ive been left to do all the research as im the internet nerd, i just go back to my missus and say 'look at this, what you think'?.....I then get a yay or nay....or a slap in the face....I do have a say on some things....honest!!!!:D

1. What we have discussed so far is a post box next to a guest book.
2. Some personalise chocolate bar favours. Date of wedding on etc.
3. A few disposable cameras for the kids and i will draw up a list of tasks for them to take photos. ie. Who has the funniest hat? A silly dance, people kissing, granny pulling a face and so on...Will keep them amused and also something to look back on and have a laugh..Just hope there is none of me!;).
4. Would like one of those spoof entertainers just for the fun of it.
Dont think i will be allowed that!:mad:
Sure there will be a few more things to add soon enough.

Oh yeah, just a small goody bag for the kids also.

RainbowDrops

jonnyb1978 wrote: »

:mad:;)

Cough Cough!!! excuse me.

Erk, how rude of me - edited!

floss2

Favours to go with our theme (sorry, still a secret!) - all off Ebay
Table names & tablename cards ditto - Ebay & internet
Rose petal confetti for o/s town hall (but sshh, OH doesn't know yet!) - Ebay / Shropshire Petals
Post box - our cake lady
Guest book - not sure yet....have an idea that I'm brewing

bigmomma051204

We are having a string quartet which isn't the "norm" i guess... we are also having a chocolate fountain. For our favours we are having homemade decorated biscuits instead of your bog standard sugared almonds etc lol...will be having a postbox i think, umm - only having a few kids but the ones there will be getting bespoke goody bags with a nice toy in that they will like and then colouring book, crayons etc etc, i can afford to put the nice toy in cos we are only having a couple of kids under 15yrs lol!..... ummm.... can't think of anything else lol!!!

grastgirl

Favours - Lego minifigures (if I cna find enough interesting ones) ~£2 each
Guest book - always assumed one of the bridesmaids/best man/MOTB sorted that, so haven't even thought about it
Table names - may be chemical elements, but will have to be pictures rather than the real thing, but will be home made
Confetti - assumed guests brought their own
Table confetti - I'll think about this once I've decided my flowers
Extra tea lights for tables - IKEA probably - not sure how much they are, but pretty cheap even with holders.

I quite like the idea of pictures in the toilets, but I'm hoping neither will be that embarassing and my OH is a photo phobe, so might struggle. I also like the photoquest thing for the kids, but hardly any are coming.

wench90

So far we've got flip flops for all those tired feet (£27 thanks to Mrs M to be and co.

Also going for cancer research charity favours in memory of my mam who i lost eight years ago. But am also going to get some American Candy for guests as my OH and I met and lived in the States together so its kinda part of our theme. My bro lives there so he's agreed to pay for this..result!!

Ive bought a second hand polaroid camera so gonna make up a makeshift photobooth with props so ppl can take pics alongside writing in our guestbook. My best mate did this and it was loads of fun.

As we're getting married in a barn we've having giant garden games on the lawn which i am very excited about.

And also letting off chinese sky lanterns at end of night.

Thats it so far..... :j

frannyann

Yep Flip flops here too, thanks to the lovely MrsM2B
Magician, haggled to £250 for three hours evening 'close up' magic and balloon animals for the kids!
Guest book in the sale in Paperchase, down to £7!
Favours from the confetti sale, works out to 69p each, result!!