Personalize Your Wedding with Unique Ideas
Every bride wants her wedding to be the most special wedding ever! When our daughter was planning her wedding, we searched and searched for unusual ideas -- and we found some good ones!
Let this site be a starting point for your own ideas - grab one of these thoughts and run in your own direction! And remember to have fun every single day along the way! This is an exciting and fun time in your life -- make it fun and not stressful! And make your wedding the most unique ever!
A Surprise Guest At the Wedding Reception
The Big Surprise at the Wedding Reception! Here's Cocky!
Cocky and the Bride
A Few Wedding Ideas
Kathy used our wedding cake topper. We had saved it for 40 years under a glass case! What fun to use it again!Kathy's aunt sent her our mother's wedding garter. Rather than try to carry that somehow in her bouquet, we simply had it stitched into the underside of her dress. It did not show (it is very very old and ragged), but we knew it was there - and that was meaningful to all of us. She also had stitched into her gown a handkerchief from her two great-aunts! Again, loving symbols that sent her down the aisle with a touch of her ancestry!
Instead of the usual, boring, white guest book, we borrowed an idea we saw at a cousin's wedding. Kathy chose a beautiful "coffee table" book of photographs of South Carolina and the guests signed that. Now the book is used on a coffee table in their home -- and it is fun to grab the book when visiting and look at all the notes from the wedding guests.
Guest Favors -- We typed Kathy's favorite quote (using her wedding colors), cut into bookmark size, and she laminated those. Each guest received a bookmark.
One of our most favorite purchases was Photofetti! This is round confetti that is filled with photos of the bridal couple during their courtship! You simply choose your favorite pictures and send them to the company. They will then send your Photofetti! I am sure you will be as thrilled as we were! Photofetti was scattered on each table in the reception hall as part of the decor! Some guests even said they grabbed some to take home! A real conversation starter at the tables! Delightful decoration for parties and showers,too! Just click the banner for more information!
Wedding Guests' Book - a beautiful record of best wishes!
Guests signed the book at the reception!
South Carolina Wonder and Light (Wonder and Light series)
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 11/21/2008) 
Create An Original Dance!
Dirty Dancing UK - Julia and James First Dance
www.thebigidoredo.com This is our first dance at our wedding...it seems to have taken the world by storm! If you live in the UK and you fancy getting back into your wedding dress for charity, then go to www.thebigidoredo.com and join us on November 1, 2008 for the nation's biggest wedding event.
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Hospitality room at the hotel
Hospitality Room
Kathy's aunts very graciously provided a hospitality room at the hotel. Mountains of food and drink, music, laughter and a place to visit -- the room quickly became the gathering place for folks who stopped by and those staying at the hotel. The entire wedding party returned to the hospitality room after the rehearsal party. It was an entire weekend of fun!Kathy had created a tri-fold board filled with pictures of the wedding party. This was on display in the hospitality room. There was also a trivia game about the bride and groom -- just random facts for people to guess!
The Wedding Party
Family and Friends Fun in the Hospitality Room
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Bridal Bargains, 8th Edition: Secrets to throwing a fantastic wedding on a realistic budget (Bridal Bargains)
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 11/21/2008)
The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner: Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette, Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 11/21/2008)
Good manners for all occasions: Including etiquette of cards, wedding announcements and invitations
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More Ideas
Another reception featured cookies from friends and neighbors. In the hallway outside the reception hall, cookies were arranged on long tables. Each cookie tray was identified as "a gift from Joe and Sally Smith, wish you the best!" It was a great way for friends and neighbors to participate and add their own special note to the wedding festivities.
One bride and groom distributed a card for guests -- their photo was on the front, their new address on the back.
Wedding guests with digital cameras sent 100's of pictures after Kathy's wedding. Kathy compiled those into a photo book from Shutterfly. She added notes, names, comments. The book is a treasure! Why not make your own?
My sister created a Shutterfly Photo book for each of her son and fiance's wedding showers. Those are great fun too and such nice hostess gifts as well!
Create your Own Original Dance! Surprise Your Guests!
t&a: wedding dance (the ORIGINAL youtube surprise wedding dance)
we came up with this idea back in 2005. our dance was also featured on good morning america: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2NOXFdi7Z4 (song names: johann strauss/blue danube; afrika bambaataa/looking for the perfect beat.) we don't know how to waltz. we don't know how to poplock. but we do know how to have fun. we came up with the choreography ourselves. married: july 3, 2005 in oakland, california. please do not ask me for the mix, i no longer have it.
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Wedding Lenses to Visit
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Wedding Music - Videos and Lyrics
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Choosing your wedding music is one of your most important tasks as a bride. Do find music that is meaningful for you and your groom. In this lens, I am using music from our daughter's wedding last summer. She spent a great deal of time choosing exact...
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Wedding Program - Make It Yourself!
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A wedding program allows you to show the order of the ceremony, introduce the wedding party, thank guests for participating in your special day, and communicate any other information as needed. Your program also provides a warm welcome for your guest...
Are You Inspired?
I hope your creativity is flowing! Leave a note!
Please tell us about any great wedding ideas you have seen or ones from your own wedding!
JustBon-Crochet-Designs wrote...
Looks like it was a special and fun time! Love these personal lenses :) 5*s
Posted October 03, 2008
debnet wrote...
Super lens Joan and obviously a lovely day was had by all. 5*****
Posted October 01, 2008
Jimmie wrote...
Clever ideas to make a wedding truly special and not just run of the mill. I certainly had no Cocky mascot at MY wedding. Humph... I feel miffed. (grin)
Posted September 12, 2008
marg wrote
realle emjoyed this. Shor do bring back memories. Keep it up miss Joan and little kathy
Posted September 06, 2008
Charlyjl wrote...
Joan - I wish I had something like this lens when I got married! As I_Love_Puppies said, we had 'The Chicken Dance' as our dance - apparently, you could hear a pin drop when we did it - very staid families!
Posted September 04, 2008
I_Love_Puppies wrote...
Love this lens, my mum had the Chicken Dance as her wedding dance when I firtst heard this I LOLed.
Posted September 04, 2008
Laura Whitelaw wrote
Hey Joan - Love this lens - it's so much fun. Makes me think that maybe I should post some of my wedding vid on YouTube - although some of it is X-rated - the groomsmen were wearing kilts and after a few drinks felt compelled to show people that they weren't wearing anything underneath! LOL
Laura XO
Posted September 03, 2008
Debbie wrote
Great lens! All I can add is that you guys should have sent in the tape of Kathy and Whitey dancing to YouTube. It was an fantastic dance...such fun to watch father and daughter!
Another 5*
Posted September 01, 2008
kathy wrote
Awesome lens!!!! love the dances! fun! fun!!
Posted September 01, 2008
OhMe wrote...
Great lens. Wonderful memories. That youtube is hysterical. Love it. 5*
Posted September 01, 2008
Don't Miss This Chance to Do Something Really Special!!! Dance!
Wedding First Dance- with "Crank That" surprise!
This couple wanted to start off their reception right! No traditional introductions were done, instead, they enter to their own music separately. They then shock their family and friends with a choreographed first dance and Soulja Boy "Crank That"! April 17th, 2008: Honors for this video (2) #44 - Most Viewed (This Month) - Travel & Events #56 - Top Favorites (This Month) - Travel & Events
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