Little touches

becca0417

What little touches can we make to our wedding to add a bit of something special to the day?
I did want a sweetie table but OH said no (booo!). Am going to make confetti in confetti cones for the church but am a bit stuck as to anything else!
Thanks

MrsDrink

What sort of 'special' would you like and who for? The two of you as a couple, or for your guests?

How about a grooms gift for him to open on the morning (assuming you aren't spending your last night together). It could be something romantic and soppy (like a poem about why you can't wait to be his groom), something practical and resourceful (have seen bride to bes doing a little hamper with things like socks incase he gets cold feet), or it could be something totally random (like a note from his favourite football team), it could even be something hot and steamy (like some lingerie you will wear later).

This is as far as my 'little touches' are going at the moment. Be interested to hear of other people's ideas!

RainbowDrops

Why not do the sweetie table anyway? It can be very simple.

You could also make a picture collage / book of adventrues you & your OH have had so far for people to see.

Table names could be places you've visited together.

Homemade favours / something that is personal to you both.

twink22

I'm putting welcome bags in the rooms of our guests staying at the hotel with 2 mini bottles of wine, mini jam, honey and marmalade, and some chocolate and snacks, I'm also putting baskets in the bath rooms with bits that might be useful (I went to a wedding last week and needed a safety pin) and am hoping to do a flip flop basket if I can find them cheap enough (2 for £1.50 is the best I've seen so far) and a sweetie table. I have made a guestbook like the ones on guestbookstore.com, I was thinking of having a basket of tissues with a sign saying for your tears of joy but thought it a little presumptuous that people would cry just coz I'm getting married. I have also seen pashmina baskets, if you look on American wedding forums they have lots of little touches, one of my favourites is weddingbee.com.

It's the little touches that I love and while lots will say it's a waste of money I don't mind spending a small amount (all done quite mse) on little things I know I would appreciate.

katerinasol

RainbowDrops wrote: »

Why not do the sweetie table anyway? It can be very simple.

You could also make a picture collage / book of adventrues you & your OH have had so far for people to see.

Table names could be places you've visited together.

Homemade favours / something that is personal to you both.

I think if her partner doesn't want a sweetie table, then they shouldn't have a sweetie table. It's his day as much as hers.

Mama_Cat

I love hearing about the extra touches people have got planned, they are what makes the day unique for the couple and memorable for the guests!

Some of our wedding day is quite non-traditional, but we have added our own mark to the day for things that are important to us:

Favours - we are having the traditional almonds, but in the bag there will be a short note to the guest thanking them for coming, giving them the history of favours and explaining what the five almonds signify.
Reading - we are not having speeches, but we will read Pam Ayres 'He never leaves the seat up'.
Photographs - we are seeing each other before the ceremony to have some photos taken, this gets over the initial emotions of first seeing each other when walking down the aisle, but we'll also have 10 mins to ourselves before the rest of the hectic day being 'on show'.
Unity candle - we will be lighting a unity candle before the wedding breakfast.
Glasses - we have asked our venue if we can use ouyr own personalised glasses on the top table.
Cake - cupcakes in plain and chocolate sponge, carrot cake on top and fruit kitchen cake - hopefully it will appeal to everyone's tastes.

Ooh, I'm sure there are a few more I haven't thought of that we are doing, but it's really up to you. I hadn't planned on any special touches, but things sort of evolved and took shape. I'm sure no matter what, your day will be very special - good luck!

MrsDrink

twink22 wrote: »

I'm putting welcome bags in the rooms of our guests staying at the hotel

I think that is such a nice thought!

becca0417

These ideas are great!!!
I won't do a sweetie table, I'd love to but OH doesn't want it so as someone else said it is his day too!!

curlylou1986

Hi,
there are lots of little touches you can add through the day that reflect the two of you as a couple - any hobbies that you could add into the day?

We had a quiz which we did in the afternoon - had 4 rounds with about 10 questions: general knowledge, music, disney and the bride and groom.
We also had a speech sweepstakes from this website:

http://content.paddypower.com/weddingsweepstakes/index.php

which went down well too.

We did have a sweetie buffet which was really good, but if your OH isnt keen then might not be best, unless you could manage to persuade him on an inbetween perhaps. Rather than a sweetie buffet have a bowl/jar filled with sweets placed on each table in the evening or something like that.

We also had a family tree - put photos of our parents and grandparents on their wedding day, when they younger from before me and OH were born and hung from the branches with some battery fairy lights, also put scan of our little one on there too:


My dad died when i was little and my there were various other family memebers that sadly have passed away that we were sad about them not being part of the day, so we had a memory lanturn with a poem:

Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us everyday, unseen, but always near - still loved, still missed and very near.

This candle burns in memory of our family on this wedding day, bless us in spirit as we begin our new lives together

We werent allowed real candle so used the battery led sort.
We also had a dressing up box with lots accseories - giant clown glasses, funny hats, lieu necklaces, big bow ties, blow up guitars etc. Got few bits from ebay, and few bits from £1land. Made bit of a giggle in the evening seeing everyone put these on to have photos taken in them.

Am sure you will get lots of other ideas as you go along !!

LEJC

Sorry to post completely off topic...but curlylou is your baby now 4 days overdue or do you have a bundle of joy to update on your signature?...either way..best of luck/congratulations...

Scotsbride

cause we're both part scottish and live in scotland going to try to incorporate tartans from both families. for finshing touches I would say something that reflects or means something to you both as a couple.