Avoid These Wedding Ideas

1 Jun 2011 by Charlene, View Comments

Use your noggin when viewing wedding websites. I’m always poking around on various sites just to see what other people put out there for wedding ideas. I’ve implemented some, I’ve been inspired by others that spawn into yet another idea, and then there are some ideas that I just sit back and ask, “What were you thinking?”

Think through every idea you see and dissect it from beginning to end. Instead of getting caught up in the photograph, think about and test out the logistics of the ideas. I’ll give you a few examples of what I’m talking about:

Idea: Instead of place cards, hand out a bottle of lemonade or any other natural fruit juice with your guest name and table number tied onto the neck of the bottle on a cute little leaf shaped card. Place a fun bendable straw into each bottle and line them up on your place card table for guests to enjoy. The photo that suggests this idea looks absolutely adorable!

Problems: Who wants to drink a warm bottle of anything? Assuming you’d use this idea when it’s warm outside to act as a thirst quencher for your guests you must consider this; If you pre-chill these bottles, some poor soul has to pull them out of the ice, wipe them down, insert straws and then place them in alphabetical order on the place card table. Certainly after all of this time and handling, the bottles will be far from cold. Also, how do you stop bugs from flying into them if it’s an outdoor wedding? Will it be easy for your guests to see their names on rows of bottles?

Idea: A crepe layered wedding cake or a fruit marzipan wedding cake or better yet a wedding cake with an exterior of cookies.

Problem: Try this out on a smaller version at home and see what happens when you cut the cake. It’s a bloody mess that looks awful when presented to your guests!

I’m by no means trying to to shoot down every idea out there. It’s simply a matter of thinking about how realistic some of these items really are. Before you get your heart set on anything, be sure to think it through!