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Cruise Wedding Welcome Bags
Kelly, on January 26, 2018 at 1:06 PM

My fiancé and I are doing a cruise wedding with all our guests coming along for the trip. I want to create a welcome bag for each guest, but don’t want to be too cheesy with what I put it in. Any...

Happy Hedgie, Jan 26, 2018 4 742
Happy Hedgie
Fyi: 40% off Sola Wood Flowers
Happy Hedgie, on January 25, 2018 at 3:16 PM

Just wanted to let any others who are considering using Sola Wood Flowers for their bouquets that there is currently a 40% off sale until January 26th. Code word is "SALE" https://solawoodflowers.com/...

Happy Hedgie, Jan 26, 2018 16 396
HarrisEverAfter
diy Uplighting and Pipe and Drape
HarrisEverAfter, on January 24, 2018 at 10:49 PM

I am having my reception and ceremony in the same venue. While the reception space is lovely, the ceremony room is not cute. It's a room for meetings with yellow walls and pictures that the venue...

HarrisEverAfter, Jan 25, 2018 6 265
MrsRies&Love
Irrational invitation stress..and 100 Days!
MrsRies&Love, on January 24, 2018 at 8:04 AM

I finished assembling most of my invitations last night. And then I immediate panicked and wanted to rip them all open to make sure I didn't forget to put anything in any of them. Anyone else feel...

Julie, Jan 24, 2018 18 335
Shannon449
Poster seating chart
Shannon449, on August 4, 2016 at 8:12 PM

I want to do a poster seating chart instead of place cards. Does anyone know a place to find a template and then print it? I don't know anything about printing posters and whatnot. Thanks!

brandon, Jan 24, 2018 22 5,025
Ashley
Baby's breath amount- per mason jar? Paging @centerpiece
Ashley, on December 7, 2016 at 9:27 PM

Hi All! So my mother and I plan on doing our own flowers for my wedding in July (we've done 5 previous weddings so far!). I thought I had a nice table center piece plan, until I realized just how many...

Sarah, Jan 24, 2018 9 8,959 1
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Decoration to hide windows. sos
vriz, on January 22, 2018 at 3:18 PM

So at our venue there are these windows on one side. There is a shelf in front of the window so that you can sit things. I want to completely hide these windows and the odd shadows. I am not able to...

Jenafer, Jan 23, 2018 7 1,303
Courtney
Ideas on how to hide an ugly pole at our ceremony location??
Courtney, on January 22, 2018 at 5:32 PM

Hello all! I was wondering you have any ideas on how to hide the concrete pole that’s in the picture. This is our ceremony site at an arboretum (the same one FH proposed at 😍). The chairs will be...

Courtney, Jan 22, 2018 6 2,902
Larry
Wedding Favors - Lindt
Larry, on January 14, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Has anyone used Lindt chocolate truffles for a DIY wedding favor? If so, what size box did you use? We are looking to use lindt chocolate for our favors, but can't decide what size box would be best....

MeantToBeLoughry, Jan 22, 2018 7 1,842
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Wedding arbor decorations
Kaitlin, on January 17, 2018 at 12:12 AM

Is anyone having an arbor? If so what are you using to decorate it? I don't have a florist and I'm making the bouquet and centerpieces with silk flowers from hobby lobby. I would love all ideas and...

MeantToBeLoughry, Jan 22, 2018 18 4,889
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Welcome bags
Khayla, on January 12, 2018 at 1:57 PM

Good afternoon ladies, my wedding is next month, and I'm seriously starting to freak out. My mom is telling me now that I should have welcome bags for guests. We have a hotel room block for the...

MeantToBeLoughry, Jan 22, 2018 14 535
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Wedding day timeline
Micayla, on January 21, 2018 at 10:58 AM

Hi all! We are having our ceremony and reception at the same location and I am stumped on a wedding day timeline. I've seen some sample timelines online but I wanted to hear what other people are...

Micayla, Jan 21, 2018 8 474
firstoneat56
Lip Sync Battle Champion Belt
firstoneat56, on July 25, 2017 at 8:33 AM

We are having a Lip Sync Battle at our wedding. Besides prizes, there had to be a Championship Belt. Put my own spin on this Party City version. What do you think?

firstoneat56, Jan 20, 2018 20 597
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diy Wedding Invitations
Kayla, on January 18, 2018 at 9:54 AM

Has anyone bought the DIY wedding invitations at Michael's or Joanne Fabrics? Considering this as an option since invites aren't really a high priority on my list. I'd like to save money if I could,...

Kayla, Jan 19, 2018 9 272
kahlcara
How can I rearrange the order of the pages on my WW website?
kahlcara, on June 22, 2013 at 1:48 AM

I've added some custom pages but they keep showing up first, and I want to change the order so welcome page is first. clicking and dragging doesn't work. anyone know how to do this?

Ariana, Jan 18, 2018 12 2,018 1
DoctorSq
Travel themed engagement party
DoctorSq, on January 2, 2018 at 11:04 AM

Hi everyone! My FH and I are hosting our own engagement party (I know many say that it is tacky, but this is what we have chosen). We got engaged in Venice, have previously been long distance for a...

Malei, Jan 18, 2018 12 467
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Real Touch Flowers
Ashley, on January 16, 2018 at 6:53 AM

Hey All - has anyone made their own bouquets, centerpieces etc with real touch flowers? I have never seen them in person and want to be able to by in bulk to make my own to save on florist costs if...

Kaitlin, Jan 17, 2018 16 492
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How Many Mixers?
Sarah, on January 14, 2018 at 7:48 PM

We are supplying all of our own liquor and mixers for our wedding but we’re having a hard time coming up with the right numbers for mixers? We’re planning on cola, diet cola, ginger ale, sprite,...

Chelsea, Jan 16, 2018 15 4,973
T2018
Ikea Centerpieces
T2018, on October 31, 2017 at 2:43 PM

So I feel like I just hit the jackpot on the IKEA website with centerpiece supplies. Lanterns, pretty candle holders, frames for signs etc. Did anyone else use IKEA for decor/centerpieces? If so show...

Hayley, Jan 15, 2018 17 1,771
SoonToBeMrsS.
Succulent bouquet advice.
SoonToBeMrsS., on January 26, 2017 at 4:58 PM

I love the look of,using succulents. I would like to,make them myself so I can customize each bridesmaids a little bit. How far in advance should I make them, or how,long will they keep? Will they die...

Corinna, Jan 15, 2018 11 3,628
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