my other sister is having a fairy wedding need ideals!
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I think of lots of twinkle lights wrapped in pink tulle, butterflies, spring colors and flowers. For the tables you could have a glass rose bowl with flowers and glitter in the water with floating candles. Put that on top of a mirror.  For favors they could use flower seed packets with their picture and thank you note.  You could easily make flower garland with silk flowers to hang around.  As a runner between the chairs or pews you could use tulle with flowers & flower petals hot glued to it.  A may stick would be a neat idea too.  This website will help out.\n\nhttp://www.fairygardens.com/parties/weddingDECORATING.htm\n\nGood Luck!
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List your priorities.  What is important to you about your wedding?  Be realistic as you make your list.\n\nGuest list is the hardest part of the wedding.  Lets look at something realistic.  Large family-little money.  Is the family itself large or is it cousins and aunts and uncles?  If it is extended family, then you have a choice.  You can have the small wedding you actually want and save money OR you can have a huge wedding with people you may love, but cant afford...and be paying off the wedding with interest for years.  I was in the same situation.  If my husband and I would have invited more than siblings, parents and grandparents we would have had over 300 people.  No way.  And picking and choosing the aunt that can come and the uncle who cant is a way to have a feud of epic proportions.  So...you need to make your choice.  \n\nOnce you know the side of it all you can go from there.  Dress?  I got my dress for $350.  See if you have a friend that can lend you a veil....that will save money.  A dress that is called a "wedding dress" is more than a nice ivory dress you like.  (generally)  Or tell your wedding dress person that you are on a budget and see what they have.  You wont be the first and you wont be the last to not want or be able to afford a $5000 dress for one day.\n\nPlace?  Esp for smaller weddings, a nice yard is perfect.  It allows people to be more relaxed and have a better time.  What about a campground?  Many have nice indoor/outdoor ampitheaters that also have a bit of shade.  Or a friend's cabin.  I found tent rental to be expensive for here, but price around.\n\nPhotographer?  Is there a college near you?  See if there are any classes for photography and see if the instructor or students are interested.  (make sure you see work first!)  Ask your officiant, they will know of good ones too.\n\nCake?  Culinary school near by?  Small mom & pop's place?  Safeway grocer?  Costco?  All will save.  I found cupcakes to be cheaper and more personal.  You can also have more flavours for people.  A cake stand can rent for $25 or you can buy cupcake trees.  (they can be pricey...see if a cake place can rent a tiered cake thing for less and do the cupcakes on it)\n\nTalk to your hubby to be and see if you can agree on cutbacks.  You dont want your wedding day to be full of dollar signs rather than love.\n\nGood luck.  :)
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There are tons of pictures on this website: http://www.ultimatewedding.com/\n\nTons of pictures, some are posted by real brides like you, they come from multiple locations.  \n\nActually there are just lots of resources on this website period.  I hope you find something that catches your eye.  If not you should be able to work with your hairstylist/florist/baker to come up with something.  They usually have portfolios of hair, flowers, and cakes they have done previously as well as other inspiration pictures.\n\nI hope you find what you are looking for! Congratulations on your upcoming marriage.
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Buy them things and give them money... let them have their way with your sister...
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If you want something creative, try http://www.verseit.com (Under Verse it > Weddings > Respond)\n\nThis one is kinda nice:\n\nM _____________________\n\nLooking forward to the toasting,\ndining, dancing and reminiscing!\nNumber attending ___\n\n__ Can't attend, but we send NAME our best.
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Try contacting Pagan, Wiccan or ULC groups in your area.  The wedding may still not be legal (I'm not sure what the current state of affairs is in regards to that in LA), but at least you'd have a spiritual ceremony that you'd want.\n\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/vn/hm/usca.html\nhttp://ulc.org/index.php?destination=Directory&state=California
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Check Michael's or any craft store. Some specialty wedding shops also carry them. If you can't find one, make it your self, and it will have even more meaning to you.
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hi congratulations !! summer wedding ,well bride ivory silk dress ,bridesmaids gold colour dresses,flowers white roses,with like a gold ribbon coming of the bouquet,\nwinter ,bride dress in to parts skirt again ivory but this time for the top half how about a red and cream bodice with bridesmaids in the same colour of red and how about that christmas red that you see at christmas ?? flowers for that ,red bouquet with maybe cream feathers or something that sparkles have a great wedding and a fantastic life together good luck X
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someones Backyard that you know that will allow you to decorate in the elegance that you want.  My sister is getting married in my brothers back yard which is not real big but a nice size and food will be provided by family to cut even more cost but still all in all she will get what she really wants and that is her parents and family members to see the wedding don't blow your money so friends that you barely see or people you just have to invite come and eat and drink and probably won't even bring a gift.
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In the backyard of my house with a big white tent set up and tiki torches all over the yard and colorful lanterns hanging from the tree. And a band playing all night long to the 100 or so guests invited. =) That's the way our wedding is planned so far.
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My husband and I were in a similar situation and we had a very nice wedding for cheap.  Your best bet...do it yourself.  We had the reception at my parents house.  40 people in the basement and living room and it was great.  everyone had so much fun and it was very memorable because it was once of a kind.  my mom did the food all herself and we got some KFC chicken because my husband is supervisor there.  If you decide to do the food yourself you can contact me through this site and i could give you some ideas and tips no problem.  i got my dress on sale at a bridal shop because the style was no longer made.  it was only $500 (with cleaning, steaming and alterations) marked down from $1000.  There are also alot of prom and brides maid dresses that resemble wedding gowns that you could go for as well.  a plain wedding band can be as little as like $100, then later on in life you can renew vows and give a different ring(thats what we ae doing) and you can make alot of decorations and favours and flowers yourself or get them cheap from like a dollar store.  we got balloons and streamers in pink and silver for the decorations from the dollar store.  under $50 to decorate and you'd never tell we spent so little.  keep the guests minimum and that way you could do an open bar too.  for the 40 guests we bought 5 cases of beer, bottle of vodka, rum and rye and some wine.  it was plenty and everyone was happy not to have to pay for booze.  it was great and such a wonderful day.  we got married a a wedding chapel for like $250, but you could look into doing a ceremony at your home or something for cheap too.  just keep in mind everything that needs to be done can most likey be done yourself for half the price.  dont give up and dont wait if this is what you want to do.  its no impossible and trust me, if you love him that much, its a day you'll never forget.  also remember, you can always renew vows some day and do it the way you want when you have money.  thats my plan. small the first time, then big party when we renew.  best of luck to you.
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Lots of candles always look nice. You could make some candle centerpeices for each table, put a few flowers and braches around each one, keep it simple. And fairy lights are always good too. I saw one where they put the icicle lights underneath the white table cloth of the head table and it was really soft and pretty
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this is your day tell them both how you feel and if you want them to both be there ask them to hide their difference for just one day. dont sit them next to each other either at the ceremony or at the reception they dont have to talk to each other or dance together.but i would think they would want what makes you happy. good luck to you and congratulations
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wedding date,  wedding singer, wedding planner,  ella enchanted, prince and me  1 & 2,  Pretty woman, Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles, etc\n\n\nOther chick flics  --- Only You,  Princess Bride, 10 things I hate about you, Drive me Crazy, etc
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You don't need a theme.  If you like the colors, then get all your extras to compliment those colors.  If you're looking for brides maids in one color then consider putting the groomsmen in the other color.  Or wrap a ribbon around the maids boquets that's the other color.  Just remember, sublty and simplicity are always beautiful.
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1. For a unique party favor my groom and I are giving out lottery tickets. Only $1 each.. I will have a note in the program stating the tickets were chosen because we are so lucky to have our family and friends with us on our wedding day.\nI will also add a line that all winnings will need to be split with the bride and groom!\n\n 2. Instead of having an ordinary guestbook, that you hardly will look at again, I am going to create a photo guest book.  My guestbook attendants will take polaroids of each guest... either individually or in a group, however they come, and put it on the pages of the guestbook/scrapbook.  The guests will then sign on the bottom of their picture.  My fiance and I will then have a photo album of all the guests at our wedding! :) GST\n\n3. We are getting married next year and instead of the traditional wedding we have decided to go with a "rock-n-roll" theme. We are going to have records displayed around the hall with our names on them and a picture of the two of us. Our colors are navy blue, black and silver so there will be plenty of those colors…from the silver glitter on the black tables cloths to the silver spray painted roses.\n\n 4. Since this is a second marriage and there are children that will be blended into a new family, we are decorating the tables at the reception with photo trees holding photos of my future husband and I and our children doing things together. We feel it shows that this marriage is not the union of just two people, but the formation of a new family.\n\n5. We had a shortage of single men and women invited to our wedding, most of our friends and family were already married.  So we needed to come up with something different to replace the traditional bouquet and garter throwing.  We invited everyone to the dance floor and the dj played several lovely, slow songs.  First the dj told all couples married two hours or less to sit down (everyone got a kick out of that).  Then a few moments later, any married a year or less, than five years, ten years and so on, until there was only one couple left.  They were neighbors and friends of my family and had been married for fifty years.  We asked them to stay on the dance floor while I took a seat and my husband made a big show of removing my garter.  We then faced the winning couple, congratulated them on their fifty years and asked them for their best marriage advice as we presented them with the bouquet and garter.  They were very touched and it gave us a great feeling too.
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I AM! I AM!  Actually, we're getting married on the 27th too!  We don't really have a 'theme', but we are incorporating butterflies here and there....congrats to you!