May 2013 Brides

[bride81]

You def need boas!  Anything Mexican themed like sombreros..... Halloween is coming up for I am sure you can find some fun and cheap things!

Originally Posted by Jenna1511 

We are going to DIY the photo booth, they can get a bit pricey and we will need it all day! I thought about a buying a big canvas and having my future husband paint a beach scene (he's a very amateur artist, more like a hobby haha). I also want to have a beach umbrella set up some how and a table with props. The props I'm thinking straw hats, snorkel gear, beach towels and bags, big sunglasses, etc. if you have any other ideas I would love them!
I want to get an instant photo camera like fuji or polaroid and buy a lot of film. We are going to have one of my finances former students (he's a high school teacher) man the booth and take two photos of the groups so they can have one too, like an extra favor. Our copy would go into our guest book and they could sign their best wishes next to it! Im also DIYing the book too! What do you think? Anything you would change or add?

[Jenna1511]

You def need boas!  Anything Mexican themed like sombreros..... Halloween is coming up for I am sure you can find some fun and cheap things!

Great idea! We do want to bring a little bit of mexico back with us! Thanks for the input, I'm going to start searching now!

[melnryluvco]

Originally Posted by Jenna1511 

 

Mmmm.....that might be a better idea with the camera and printer set up instead of the instant camera and do love the idea of being able to upload them later to share!

Thank you so much for your input and I'm going to see what I can work out for props with my space! I like the tan sheet for sand and beach chairs idea, it's going to be casual attire so guests might be up for sitting! Haha thanks again!

Just saw that they have a ton of DYI photo booth stuff on the Oriental Trade company website. I got their catalog and they had a TON of stuff!

[Jenna1511]

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Just saw that they have a ton of DYI photo booth stuff on the Oriental Trade company website. I got their catalog and they had a TON of stuff! [/quote Awesome I'll check it out! Thanks for all help ladies!

[Jenna1511]

That post turned out weird.....my response was supposed to be separated from yours. Anyways thank you ladies, I'm so lucky to have all this wonderful input! I'm going to check out all the ideas!

[melnryluvco]

So a little off topic from Photo Booths...but are any of your girls doing a signature cocktail for your coctail hour or reception?? I think we want to and that it would be a nice touch but I just don't to spend a ton of money buying the booze and trying to make it ourselves or worse spend all that money at a bar. If you are let me know what kind of coctail/drink you are doing and what you are naming it? Thanks ladies.

[Jenna1511]

We are planning to have a signature drink at our AHR. It's going to be a margarita type drink.....we are still getting the recipe down. And having fun in the process haha!! So far it's a margarita with cactus cooler! We are going to call it "The Carlson Cooler" ......Carlson being my new last name! We thought a margarita would be cool to add the Mexican flare. The only other drinks that we plan to have at the party is beer, wine, sodas, and water. Our thought of doing the signature drink would eliminate having to do open bar. Hope this helps with more ideas!

[melnryluvco]

Originally Posted by Jenna1511 

 

We are planning to have a signature drink at our AHR. It's going to be a margarita type drink.....we are still getting the recipe down. And having fun in the process haha!! So far it's a margarita with cactus cooler! We are going to call it "The Carlson Cooler" ......Carlson being my new last name! We thought a margarita would be cool to add the Mexican flare. The only other drinks that we plan to have at the party is beer, wine, sodas, and water. Our thought of doing the signature drink would eliminate having to do open bar. Hope this helps with more ideas

 

Ooooh sounds tasty!! Margs are a good idea since we'll be in Mexico as well. One of our colors is blue so maybe we could just add blue curacao. We tried making a few different drinks tonight and they were good but they weren't WOW! So we'll keep trying. Oh shooooot more drink tastin for us

[ChocoTaco7568]

Originally Posted by melnryluvco 

 

So a little off topic from Photo Booths...but are any of your girls doing a signature cocktail for your coctail hour or reception?? I think we want to and that it would be a nice touch but I just don't to spend a ton of money buying the booze and trying to make it ourselves or worse spend all that money at a bar. If you are let me know what kind of coctail/drink you are doing and what you are naming it? Thanks ladies.

There's no shuch thing as "off topic" in the May 2013 Thread, that's what make us so great!

 

I will actaully have two signature cocktails to represent both of my colors, chartreuse and sangria. The first will be a pomegranate mojito and I want to think of a name for this, The second one I found online and purchased all the ingredients to test it out...love it! It's called "Lucky in Love" and uses honeydew melon, mint, lime juice, cointreau, vanilla vodka and champagne. I want to experiment a bit with the ingredients because I don't really want two mint drinks.

[Jenna1511]

Mmmmm...your drinks sound delicious ladies!