Can anyone help with me with suggestions as to which activities to include at a friend's wedding reception?
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Games at a wedding reception? Aren't there enough things going that your friends can't entertain themselves. You must have a dull group coming...
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I'm a big fan of the website www.theknot.com.  You can go under real weddings and choose the catagories summer and outdoor weddings.  Get creative ideas from others and then cater it to your own vision.  \n1. A pot luck picnic is a great idea, especially if it's family only.  To coordinate the menu though, you will want to designate who brings what.\n2. Make your own invitations and use a postcard for the rsvp (it will save on using an additional envelope plus the postage).  Get ideas off of the knot website.\n3. Compile your own cds.  My brother is going to be the master of ceremonies for ours and has now recruited others to join him.  \n4. David's Bridal is always advertising dresses for $99.  You can also check out what they have online and print out your favorites to bring to the appt.\n5. Enlist the help of the amateurs...that have a bit of skill.  Know anyone who takes good pictures...there's your photographer.  Know anyone who can make a cake...there you go!  You can go with a simple 3 tier round cake with white frosting and decorate it with cascading daisies.\n\nHope this helps!
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be more specific, what kind of reception site?
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make wedding cakes, \nmake craft Items and resell them at craft shows.
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here is a website on etiquette for starters\n\nhttp://ourmarriage.com/html/wedding_etiquette.html
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have the groom's cake done like a bat and ball.  serve food similar to a concession stand.  wedding colors could be that of your favorite team.  the tableclothes could be white with red stitching to resemble baseballs.  invitations could be bat and ball or baseball diamond shaped.  if it isnt too hot at that time of the year, maybe even get married at a baseball field.  it all depends on how into it you want to get.  you can get a ton of ideas from the ladies at http://www.theknot.com  just go to the reader boards.
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Have a HUGE party at a huge backyard of a house with a pool. Decorate the pool with those floating candles, buy some tiki things, have a BBQ, get a LOT of drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic), have some music (a dj if possible), and just invite a s*hitload of friends. If you want to blow people's minds, have an all guy party and hire a stripper... that'll definitely "blow" their minds *lol*
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You could have a small ceremony like on a beach or something with a reception at your house in backyard with a bbq or something. I just attended a wedding like this and it was really fun.
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Well, start with colors – I would do bright, sunset colors (like reds, pinks, yellows, and oranges) or bright greens and blues, like tropical foliage and skies.  Orchids would be great for some of the flowers, because they come in such a range of hues, and a few of them in a bouquet or centerpiece make a nice statement.  If you can find them, hibiscus trees would be cool to have at the reception – put a few in the corners of the room or right in front of the entrance.  When you think of tropical locations, you think of lots of plants, so use a lot of greenery in the decorations – this can help save money in some cases.  Try to use big things – big leaves (banana leaves, palm fronds), big flowers (hibiscus, protea), etc.  You may be able to put small centerpieces in coconut shells.  Use seashells, too.  My wedding wasn’t a tropical theme, but it was a beach theme, and for the centerpieces we borrowed some big hurricane lamp style things and put some sand, a pillar candle, and shells, starfish, and sand dollars in them, then put tealights on the table, too.  You could also do something with floating candles and/or flowers.  If there’s a buffet or a drink table or something like that, place tropical fruits all around the table – pineapples, mango, kiwi, papaya, etc.  Big paper lanterns in the right colors, or little ones on a string of lights, can look cool.  Have seashells (made of fondant) on the cake.  A tropical theme is pretty versatile, because it can easily be made more formal or more casual.  Hope this helped!
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The Bride is the BOSS at the wedding.\n\nIt's her day... what she says goes... \n\nIf she doesn't want Bridesmaids... done.  Next question?\n\nOh yeah... there IS ONE?\n\nHave them give a toast at the reception... or help with the carving of the cake or something... or just let them enjoy the ceremony as a GUEST.
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1. For a unique party favor my groom and I are giving out lottery tickets. Only $1 each.. I will have a note in the program stating the tickets were chosen because we are so lucky to have our family and friends with us on our wedding day.\nI will also add a line that all winnings will need to be split with the bride and groom!\n\n 2. Instead of having an ordinary guestbook, that you hardly will look at again, I am going to create a photo guest book.  My guestbook attendants will take polaroids of each guest... either individually or in a group, however they come, and put it on the pages of the guestbook/scrapbook.  The guests will then sign on the bottom of their picture.  My fiance and I will then have a photo album of all the guests at our wedding! :) GST\n\n3. We are getting married next year and instead of the traditional wedding we have decided to go with a "rock-n-roll" theme. We are going to have records displayed around the hall with our names on them and a picture of the two of us. Our colors are navy blue, black and silver so there will be plenty of those colors…from the silver glitter on the black tables cloths to the silver spray painted roses.\n\n 4. Since this is a second marriage and there are children that will be blended into a new family, we are decorating the tables at the reception with photo trees holding photos of my future husband and I and our children doing things together. We feel it shows that this marriage is not the union of just two people, but the formation of a new family.\n\n5. We had a shortage of single men and women invited to our wedding, most of our friends and family were already married.  So we needed to come up with something different to replace the traditional bouquet and garter throwing.  We invited everyone to the dance floor and the dj played several lovely, slow songs.  First the dj told all couples married two hours or less to sit down (everyone got a kick out of that).  Then a few moments later, any married a year or less, than five years, ten years and so on, until there was only one couple left.  They were neighbors and friends of my family and had been married for fifty years.  We asked them to stay on the dance floor while I took a seat and my husband made a big show of removing my garter.  We then faced the winning couple, congratulated them on their fifty years and asked them for their best marriage advice as we presented them with the bouquet and garter.  They were very touched and it gave us a great feeling too.
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For weddings and other important events
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Do you mean questions from customers & clients?  If so, expect everything, even things you wouldn't imagine.  I kid you not, these questions are all over the map!\n\n--Can I bring my dog to the ceremony?\n--Can the favorite motorcycle be at the head table?\n--Where can we "park" the carriage horses while we dance?\n--Can you find that Swiss wine my Aunt Jill served 2yrs ago\n--Can you arrange a minister in the banquet hall?\n--Will you install a pool table for our bash?\n--Is there a babysitter for the children?\n--Can we have sandboxes for the kids birthday party?\n--and so on, etc., and jada, jada, jada!!!
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www.theknot.com \n\nFirst make your guest list.  One for engagement party (if you're going to have one), one for wedding, one for reception. . . Then, trim it down.  Decide on a budget, then decide if you want to DIY (Do it yourself).  Pick everything from that budget:  The venues, caterers, rentals, dress, accomodations, florals, etc.  Decide on a date before you pick the above mentioned things.  It's easier to schedule a wedding that's at least a year away, because the dates you want are more likely to be open.  I could go on and on. . . just go to the theknot.com, maybe get a coordinator or some software.   You'll be fine, congratulations!!
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Fist thing you will want to do is set the date and figure out how many people you are looking at so you will know how big of a church, reception hall, invitations, etc. that you will need.  You will also need to figure out your budget so you will know what you can spend and where you will need to do things yourself to save money or whatever.  There are things that you will need to reserve as soon as possible like a DJ or band, reception hall etc.  Below is a good list with time frame.\nhttp://www.festive.com/wedchex.html\nHope that helps!  Good Luck!
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after wedding festivities like the banquet, dancing, toasts, cake, etc.?
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My wedding coming this September is country themed.  I'm using mason jars with either fresh flowers or floating candles for my centerpieces and my colors are black, white, and pink.  I'm also going to have horse shoes for decorations.  I'm still looking for white wedding boots though.  And if you have can drinks or beer at your wedding you could get a big metal wash tub and fill it with ice and put your drinks in that!   Congratulations!