Cut an adorable 2D cake topper out of a greeting card!
Can’t find the cake topper of your dreams in 3D? Do what Kristen did. She cut out their fabulous tandem-bike cake topper from a greeting card. Think of the possibilities! From a Happy Hallooween to a Just Because – any greeting card could be cut out into an adorable 2D representation of your loooooove!
Rock star guestbook alternative: Sign a guitar!
If you and your partner are musically inclined, immortalize your wedding day with an autographed instrument. Ask all your guests to rock the guitar. Not into the rock and roll? Mulling over a Mahler-inspired version? Sign a violin! Toot your own(autographed blue French) horn! Make beautiful music with this guestbook alternative.
Flexibility & hand-holding: 5 tips for having a successful costume wedding
A costume wedding isn’t all that different than a regular wedding. Most weddings are actually costume weddings, unless you wear white formal dresses and tuxedos on a daily basis, which isn’t out of the realm of possibility (and is totally awesome — is your work hiring?).
But for these instructions are for a full-on costume wedding, in which you ask the wedding party and guests to dress up around a specific theme. And here is how you can successfully pull that off…
Toss two-player plushies instead of garters and flowers
I am squicked out by the idea of my husband reaching up my skirts to remove a garter to throw to the male people of the reception crowd. But he thinks “tossing stuff at your guests” is, apparently, one of those things that needs to stay in the program. So here’s what I decided to do…