Discussions by SHINY OBJECTS

Did any of you use wax seals on your outer envelopes? If so, did you have any trouble with mailing? I'm planning to hand cancel/get the hand cancel stamps, but I have heard the process can vary...

Any ideas for what to do with extra sparklers? We ended up with a LOT of extras of the longest (36" I think), smokeless/wedding sparklers, and I hate for them to go to waste, but can't figure out what...

I know this is really subjective, but I’m just curious about other experiences. We’re starting to look for houses, and keep seeing things we like, or that are close to what we want, but with varying...

Recently I was talking to a good friend of DH who is getting married later this year. While trying to illustrate the value of a DOC, I mentioned a small seating issue at a wedding I attended to show...

Yesterday I posted about DH's friends wedding that won't have dinner and will only have seating for about 1/3rd of the guests. After the responses I got, I told DH that he should consider saying...

We received a few gifts signed "from X and Y and family" from friends/family in which the parents and adult children were all invited. It's pretty clear on most of them that the parents bought/sent...

I'd like some advice on passable etiquette for invitations. I went casual with the stds, but the invitations are more formal, so I do want to follow etiquette somewhat. However the completely...

I have a friend who I don't keep in close contact with, but we still have long chats and catch up every few months (this is a lot for me, I'm terrible at keeping in touch with people). She just texted...

Someone posted yesterday (and today I found from searching) about doing a memorial table or chairs or part of the ceremony or whatever. The response was pretty heavily against it, and I agree with...

I have a few questions specific to Jewish weddings, I hope someone out there can help! Have any of you seen/did it happen that the glass didn't break on the first stomp? I want to have FH step on a...

After a long and stressful process my invitations finally came in! The design was for all of the info to be letterpress, and then our names large in purple foil. A pretty simple design, the point was...

Another post got me thinking-what's the best wedding reception you've been to (other than your own) and why? Or what was something interesting or memorable from someone's wedding? I'll go first-a...

I am very honored that I will ultimately have 2 showers. Most of my bridesmaids live oot, but one is local and will be coming to both. She gave me a very nice gift at the first one, but I don't think...

For my bridesmaid dresses I told them any short black dress of their choosing. I didn't specify sleeve length, but I asked for final approval. 2 of the 6 have come back with long sleeves and the...

Is anyone getting 2 bands/did you get 2? I really want an eternity ring, but for religious reasons for the ceremony I have to have a plain band w/o gems. I’ve thought about having FH give me the...

The basic utensils at our venue are plastic ware, but we are getting a silverware package. Do we need to use this for vendors, or will just the regular plasticware be fine? They are eating/having...

How are we still answering questions on dry weddings, hashtags, and honeyfunds? I guess I haven't been here long enough, but when I joined I searched for at least 5 seconds and found out these...

We're using kegs for beer, and we've been talking in circles about options. FH got the idea to use cider (on top of a dark and a light beer), but we're wondering if that would be a waste? Do you think...