Saturday, October 13, 2007

Other Reception Ideas

Ideas on fun things for the reception
Paper bag lanterns are cheap and look great at night. But do they look like, well, cheap paper bags, during the day?
Very cute. If we put lemons in the theme these could be lemons. They couldn't use them as a pre-dinner snack like they could if it was an apple. But they could take it home and have, you know, a lemon...


read about this idea here
ding ding, don't break the bell.
I love this. I really want to do it.


If Princess was still with us you can bet some good money she'd be doing this for our tables. Would it be too weird to photoshop table numbers with pictures of her? j/k.

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Things I need:

(well, besides me and Eric making some decisions about this stuff)

- I'm fairly sure I want lights strung over the tables to a) look pretty b) keep it from being really dark. I don't know if I want white paper lanterns or just a string of lights. But I don't want x-mas lights. Mariah had pictures from Carrie & Corrie's wedding and they had strings of lights that had full size light bulbs in them. I need to find out where they sell such things...

UPDATE: I found some. They're not cheap. But I guess neither are paper lanterns... http://www.partylights.com/Strings-Bulbs/CommercialStringers-Medium http://www.hometownevolutioninc.com/C9-7Watt-Multiple-Socket-Power-Cords.html http://www.offthedeepend.com/c-118-commercial-lighting.aspx

- ummm... I guess that's all I can think of for the moment. If you think of things I need please remind me.

5 comments:

Jenny said...

great ideas, the stings of lights with big bulbs will look awesome, I tried to click on where it says "here" and it took me to the knot.com sign in page, is that right?

theothermelissa said...

oh I guess you have to sign in to see the pics on the knot. You can use my sign in. It's the first part of my e-mail address and the password is the city I live in and the number 1

Unknown said...

i like the idea of stings of lights, that would look really nice.ps-miss princess. is the reception at the church?

Christine said...

I am such a fan of the big white lights! Also, chinese paper lanterns are cheap in China town. Maybe Ikea, too? If you want to scrounge around LA's China town for some, I can look in SF's China town, too! Let me know =)

Christine said...

By the way, you totally scared me with the Princess pic idea. Funny, veeeery funny ;)