The imaginatively-named Wedding Quiche

[TobyLerone]

Come one, come all.

Getting married? Come and tell us about it so you don't have to go on the scary Bridezilla forums.

Wedding-whore? Come and relive the best day of your life.

Wedding-voyeur? Bugger off, you freak! Get your fix here.

[ViviPru]

Ah sorry, yes I love that link

I don't think karaoke is such a terrible idea - at least its a focus and everyone's expectations will be managed... nothing worse than a vague night out with everyone wanting to go to different places. And it will be a right laugh

[TobyLerone]

Lovely rings, Vivi :) I remember your engagement ring from your thread about it :o

I think karaoke is a great idea! If I were more outgoing, that's what I'd do.

[aufaniae]

We're getting married, at some point. But as I'm pregnant with DC2 now, can't see it happening for a year or three!

[AKissIsNotAContract]

What are you all doing about surnames? I'm trying to talk DP into us both double barrelling (but without the - if that makes a difference)

[memphis83]

vivi yes I saw the episode of DTTB, I can see as my mil loves bingo us doing that then I will venture up the road into the city to the bars with my friends then it keeps everyone happy its only 2 hours of my life to keep me in mil's good books! the night we are going away go karting there may only be a car or 2 of us going so we all have a laugh, two people recently had hen nights who I know and they invited around 30 women to each, different groups from different places like her work, uni, school mates and they all ended up fighting or bitching, also the hen ended up in bed by 10 as she was so drunk!
Toby the only reason we can afford photobooth is dp wants a titanium ring so his is a lot cheaper than expected some photographers provide props and a white back ground at the recetion as an open 'booth' could yours do that?
I am having one bridesmaid and a 'man of honour' and I fear he will probably make me wear a 6foot penis for the 'hen' do!
a kiss I am not keeping my name as my first name is 9 letters and his surname is 12 letters so it is going to be too much of a mouthful without adding mine to the mix, I am also not bothered about losing mine I have wanted to change it for years.
What is everyones colours/themes? I am having navy and also a vintage look like like bunting and lace but only to save money as then we can do a lot ourselves.

[TobyLerone]

Well, yes, memphis. I thought I wanted a plain white gold ring, and DP was going to have a plain palladium one, but then he fell in love with this one. So, considering that we ought to have been able to have got both for less than we paid for his, the photo booth had to go.

I might look into a DIY one if I can be arsed. I don't know...I mainly wanted the booth for the guest book, so I might not bother. And I really don't want moustaches on sticks and feather boas.

I'm changing my name. I've been married before and kept my XH's name after the divorce out of laziness. So it would be weird to keep a name which wasn't mine in the first place.

I don't have a theme. It's all going to be a bit of a mismatch. We'll have whatever flowers we can get from the wholesaler the week before, and they'll be in bottles and jars and jugs dotted around. We'll have candles and fairy lights and sparkly beads hanging from beams etc.

[aufaniae]

AKissIsNotAContract I'm keeping my name, DP is keeping his.

DS has DP's name as a surname, with mine as a (second) middle name (as will bump).

[AKissIsNotAContract]

Our colour is Tiffany blue and we're having a Caribbean theme, Caribbean islands for table names and a Jamaican dancehall disco for the first hour to get the party started.

Does anyone else have good ideas in their heads and then worry that it'll turn out shit and eveyone will be thinking WTF are this couple doing?

[AKissIsNotAContract]

Yours sounds lovely Toby. Am I right in thinking you're not far from me? Brighton area?

[TobyLerone]

I'm in Kent, AKiss.

Are you/your DP from the Caribbean, or did you just fancy it?

I worry that nobody will dance to my ceilidh band.

[littlemissstan]

We're having navy (well, in as far as the bridesmaids are wearing it) too, and masses of bunting which I am making like a loon...

akiss I think this about my table idea - I have made a tablecloth for each table (10 of them) in all different fabrics, so all the tables will be different (though each fabric is in the bunting too). In my head it will look all rustic and vintage, but am worried it will just be a bit of a mess...

[memphis83]

toby that ring is really nice I won't be taking him there for a ring as I wasn't banking on one being that dear! My flowers will also be whatever wholesaler has in as long as they look wild only my flowers will be done with by a florist.
akiss I don't think people will like the fact we won't have a top table so the speeches will be dotted around room but my thinking is then everyone gets to move about rather than wrench their necks in one direction, this is as in laws won't sit together and their partners won't sit without them.

[ViviPru]

I thought about photobooths but was put off by all the moustaches and afro wigs too. I'm going to task my niece with going around with a polaroid getting photos of everyone and asking them to sign them, then I'll compile that by way of a guestbook.

As far as names go, DP's surname is one of those eye-wateringly terrible ones, but I've always despised mine too and it makes for some vey cruel playground taunts, so his is the lesser of the evils. When we got engaged I asked him if he had any preferences about me taking his name or not and he said he'd really like it if I did.

It's also a strange inverted act of rebellion on my part as his family (inaccurately) have me down as some high-flying, womens' libber career woman type and were really shocked when they found out I was taking his name, which I enjoyed

My colours are aquamarine and pale yellow. I design palettes as part of my day job so coming up with one for my wedding was too much of a temptation to resist (Pantones 12-5206 TCX and 11-0616 TCX to be exact )

[TobyLerone]

Your tablecloth idea sounds lovely, stan. It's the kind of thing which makes me wish I cared more, cos I'd do that :o

And I like the idea of having the speeches dotted around the room. We're not having a top table either, and it's raised a few eyebrows, but I don't care :o

[aufaniae]

Ceilidhs are great :) As is dance hall, I love dancehall :)

For both I reckon a liberal supply of alcohol helps!

Tobylerone will there be people there who know the traditional Ceilidh dances?

[ViviPru]

Stan, I've seen that tablecloth thing done on a couple of wedding blogs lately and it can look really nice. I'm having white tablecloths but have collected a load of mishmash printed fabric in the yellows and aquas and am going to make a napkin for everyone's place setting which I plan to free-machine-embroider their names on - they'll double up as placenames too...

[littlemissstan]

No top table for me either - we're such rebels :) Thanks Toby - I really like the idea, I want nothing formal or matching so it's taking that to an extreme perhaps! My stepmother is currently all that I am not having chair covers... Btw, was it you a bit ago having a fish and chip van? I still love that idea if it was!

I am also taking DP's name. Mine is a very common not-quite-Smith-but-nearly British surname, his is much more unusual, I am looking forward to not being one of loads for once!

[TobyLerone]

Ooooh, I love the idea of a polaroid camera! We were going to get people to draw self-portraits and write a little note on them in lieu of a guestbook. But I really like the polaroid idea.

[OTheEldritchManateesOfMadness]

We had a ceilidh. I was too arseholed tired by then to do much dancing though

Tobes, loads of people danced at ours. Our guests' children all joined in as well, which was really sweet. Just make sure you book a dance band who don't try and do anything too complicated: our band kept trying to teach our guests really complex dances and ending up with me us milling about going 'wtf???' instead of stripping the willow or do si do-ing or whatever.

[TobyLerone]

Nope, don't know anyone who will know the ceilidh dances, and I've forgotten all I ever knew, so it'll be amusing :o Every ceilidh I've ever been to has had a caller (as does ours) who explains everything. Hilarity often ensues.

Yes, it was me with the fish and chip van, but we decided to go with a hog roast in the end because it's less for people to moan about, and because they'll carve and serve it inside.

[cookielove]

Littlemisstan - converse rock, i wore some under my dress light blue with white stars, which did feel really odd, but then i don't really wear high heels, they were a real hit!! Pictures on profile

NumTum7 - your flowers are beautiful!!

[AKissIsNotAContract]

I'm wearing gold glitter trainers.

We aren't having a top table either and we aren't even sitting with our parents/inlaws. They don't know yet. I think it might be best not to tell them and just let them see the seating plan on the day.

[RedGreenRouge]

We're having a ceilidh too! My dad's side are very Scottish and will get very into it. My mum's side and dp's family are foreign so it should be interesting.

cookielove your dress is beautiful!

[cookielove]

I really wanted a photo booth, but we really couldn't afford it so my sister offered to buy an album and using a camera took photo's of everyone who attend the day and then later the evening, she got them all to write a message on a index card, even the little kids, they mostly drew pictures she then put it all together for me (matching them all correctly) and then gave it to me a few days after the wedding. Bless her i totally adore it, and there is a great shot of my brother and my nephew which i would never have got if she hadn't done it.

[OTheEldritchManateesOfMadness]

We didn't have a top table. No-one complained. Except DH, who got up during the meal to chat to people on other tables and returned to find they'd cleared his food away