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.
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…
Project your photobooth images at your reception
We know how many of you are doing DIY photobooths, and here’s a new twist on the ol’ printed photobooth pictures: project your photobooth shots on the wall at your reception! Granted, you might need the help of your favorite A/V Club nerd to get the set-up working… but I love that guests can see the goofy shit people are doing in the photobooth real-time on the wall of your reception!
Give your guests YOUR camera for instant gratification wedding photos at the end of the night
SarahP left an awesome comment on our post, “13 things I wish I’d known on my wedding day.” She recommended that couples leave a camera in a conspicuous area and let their friends go wild with photos.
13 things I wish I’d known on my wedding day
Well, the wedding was beautiful and fun and awesome by all accounts, but now I have the “shoulda-coulda-wouldas” and it’s getting me down. But please, LEARN from my mistakes! I offer you this advice as a bride who didn’t think of all of these things before the wedding…