How will your reception be different from the norm

We're having Slavic folk dancers perform during the dinner hour to celebrate the FHs Croatian heritage.

Instead of the bouquet toss I'm dedicating/giving mine to my Grandma and saying a lil speech about how much I love and appreciate her :-)

Ab Z! That's genious! I'm stealing that idea, but giving it to my mom! Mostly everyone that will be at the wedding is married, so the tossing of the bouquet is kinda dumb for us!

At our reception, we will have a firepit (we are going to be at a barn) for roasting marshmellows, horseshoes, bull riding...etc! It's going to be a blast...I have a feeling my dress will be trashed by the end of the night, but as long as everyone has fun!

Instead of having all the single ladies & guys for the tosses. We asked anyone who wanted to be 'lucky in love' step on up. I made it so my toss bouquet broke apart when I threw it so more ladies could be lucky in love. Then the garter had "Lucky You" embroidered on it.

LOVE that FMS!

It's fun because even the little kids got envolved. All my nieces and nephews got a chance to catch!

Well, CRAP, now I don't know which one to do!!!

I guess I could still do both. We will have so many kids there, it would be fun for them I think!

Let's see...

Skipped the garter toss, bouquet and toasts (more time to party!)

Had our reception in a pub with great food, instead of a conventional venue

Used pinwheels instead of bouquets

MIL made cookies for the dessert table, which also had a tower of Twinkies and Ho-Hos.

No assigned seating - people just loaded up their plates and mingled

After-after party featured Krispy Kreme Donuts, fried chicken, Gatorade...and bourbon

Everyone sang along during the first dance

I'm liking this post Juanita! So many cool ideas

I made custom coloring/activity books for the kids. They all got a box of wax crayons and a pencil. Funny how many adults had one later in the night! The coloring pages featured some of our favorite things growing up; carebears, rainbow brite, transformers, stawberry shortcake, Scooby doo, Super mario, even a big mack truck for DH! Then it had customized word finds, word jumbles, etc for the older kids

My wedding party only has 2 adults in it the rest are under 18. We are getting married in an old opera house not a church tho it will be a christain ceremony. Probally not do traditional toasts since our best man as Autism and can ramble on about everything but we love him. My escort down the asle is my son not a adult male of my family. Have nto decided alot of the other details but know the favors will be homemade and reflect our favorite things. Homemade vanilla extract is my favorite favor right now.

Our reception will be at a restaurant instead of a traditional venue and will not have a DJ, just lots of booze (which is more conducive to spontaneous dancing then ANY DJ in the world).

Not doing the bouquet toss because almost everyone there is married or in a long-term relationship so I gotta think of something else to do with that part.

This will be our cake (the figures will look like us and the bridal party). Nuff said

One idea is to have an anniversary dance & give the garter & bouquet to the last couple standing, then ask them to give you their best marriage advice.

Well....it's a biker themed weekend event. Think "Wild HOgs" meets "Big Chill." The wearing of riding group vests is encouraged. I am completely clueless as to what our BM and MOH are wearing. I told them fall colors.

I will have a runner of fall leaves, inside a building(probably land mined with whoopie cushions if my brother has his way).

Immediately after we are introduced, weather permitting, we will take a maiden ride as Mr. and Mrs. with our group, just for one mile though.

No bouquet/garter toss. We are doing an anniversary dance, as a way of honoring my parents for their 51st anniversary.

We will spend the night together the night before. I need that last time night of fornication. We will probably even help each other dress.

Ashley P! That's the image we gave to our baker for inspiration too!! We are actually going to have the zombies crawling out of the groom's cheesecake which will be chocolate raspberry and decorated like a graveyard, then crawling over cupcakes to get to us! So excited!

We are also having a giant bouncy castle that is strong enough for adults. I made a lawn sign on Vistaprint that says "Rule #1 - The Bride and Groom get cuts. Rule #2 - Drink and bounce responsibly!"

No Garter or Bouquet toss, FH said no kissing on demand, we are going to lunch at a lovely restaurant. It will be a MIRACLE if he even dances through our first dance with me! No DJ, NO ALCOHOL (people are driving over 2 hours each way and working in the middle of the day). Despite all the things we aren't doing, I am marrying the man I love and that's all that matters.

lol Carole - I already told FH that he has to take the night before the wedding off work, he said "what for, I can be home by 5am, shower and go!" He better not be thinking he will be going to work on our wedding night!

I am having a mother daughter dance and half a dance with my father and the other half with my stepdad.. my future hubby and I have a hilarious dance planned that we are just gunna randomly break out in during the reception!

A few things:

1. We are having and bride and son dance

2. We are playing the gummy bear song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0

and before we cut the cake, our friend will come out in a gumby suit!!!

3. Funny cake topper. It's the bride dragging the groom away from the Call of Duty game...lol

The question in our case was whether there were any ways our receptions would be the same as the norm:

1. We had two receptions: a luncheon for a dozen people in the private dining room of a restaurant in Massachusetts, and a second reception back home in DC.

2. The first reception had food, alcohol, and toasts, but that was about it for traditionalism. There were no tosses, no music, no dancing, not even a wedding cake (although there was delicious nonwedding cake). However, the menu included choices of lobster and fillet mignon.

3. The wedding party wasn't there for our second reception. The "head table" was just an ordinary table like all the others, where we sat with people who had been of particular help in planning.

4. Our first dance was a swing dance. There were no other "special" dances.

5. We had an acoustic guitarist instead of a band or DJ.

6. A dog attended our reception.

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