After yesterday's post, I decided lighting should be on the Must Do list. So I searched the web and finally found a solution. 28.5 foot long strings of 100 lights (not globe lights, but they'll do) that can be strung 3 long for $6 each. My venue is 85 feet in length (28.5*3=85.5 Wow) so I can do 6 criss-cross lights for a mere $108. I told C that I could do the lighting for less than $200 so I got the go ahead there.
My only issues now are how to power them and they don't recommend stringing more than 3 together so each string will have to be plugged in to it's own outlet. Without being able to actually climb up on the balconies to see, I don't know if this is actually possible. So now I need to e-mail our coordinator to find out. He's been pretty accommodating though so he will probably try to make it work.
Other lighting elements I'm trying to include are the wrapped table numbers. Something that looks a lot like this. I'm pretty sure I can pull this off with minimal effort but I've never done it before. I'd also like to line the stage in the ballroom with candles but I'm not sure that's safe since it's right next to the dance floor and that just doesn't seem like the best combination. Though, I can always invest in battery operated tea lights and save myself some potential fires I suppose.
And hanging lanterns would also be beautiful but again, fire hazard not to mention head injuries.
Maybe if we dumped the open bar I wouldn't have to worry about these things. But then I would have to worry about people not showing up...
PS. Speaking of things showing up, I'm officially not pregnant. For those who were dying to know.
Showing posts with label Reception. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reception. Show all posts
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The Wants
While yesterday's post was about the things I HAVE to do, today's is about the things I WANT to do.
For instance, our photography package includes a second shooter who will be manning a photo booth for us during the reception. It's a very basic set up, just some professional lighting and a backdrop. And they'll provide the backdrop for $100. BUT, what I really want to do is buy some fun fabric and make a backdrop! I think it would be easy enough to construct a stand out of PVC pipe that can be taken apart for tranporting and some fabric.
C thinks it might be a lot of work but I think it's completely do-able and will be really fun.
Another thing that I am completely lusting after is cafe lights to string across our venue. How romantic and lovely does this look? So I thought, "They're just lights, how bad could it be?" $500 for 6 strings of lights bad! What?!? But, oh my gosh, I see pictures of other weddings and I want it SO BADLY. But I have absolutely no idea how to find it for anything less than the $500 and there's just no way I can justify spending that much on lighting.
I did find one alternative that's basically Christmas lights but they come in 32-ft strands and I could get enough to cross the room 6 times for only $180+ tax. The only problem is that I'd need to connect 3 strands so there'd be obvious lengths where the plugs were but maybe I could cover those spots with paper lanterns?
Another "want" is cutesy signs to mark the path to the pavilion for the ceremony. I do want to mark the path, but I probably don't need a ton of signage or effort to do so. I'm sure we could get away with posterboard and balloons but wouldn't it be nice to have wooden signs? Holy crap though, I'm pretty sure C would murder me if I spent that much money on a silly sign. So now I want to make them myself...
Where do I think I'm going to find the time for all this?
For instance, our photography package includes a second shooter who will be manning a photo booth for us during the reception. It's a very basic set up, just some professional lighting and a backdrop. And they'll provide the backdrop for $100. BUT, what I really want to do is buy some fun fabric and make a backdrop! I think it would be easy enough to construct a stand out of PVC pipe that can be taken apart for tranporting and some fabric.
C thinks it might be a lot of work but I think it's completely do-able and will be really fun.
Another thing that I am completely lusting after is cafe lights to string across our venue. How romantic and lovely does this look? So I thought, "They're just lights, how bad could it be?" $500 for 6 strings of lights bad! What?!? But, oh my gosh, I see pictures of other weddings and I want it SO BADLY. But I have absolutely no idea how to find it for anything less than the $500 and there's just no way I can justify spending that much on lighting.
I did find one alternative that's basically Christmas lights but they come in 32-ft strands and I could get enough to cross the room 6 times for only $180+ tax. The only problem is that I'd need to connect 3 strands so there'd be obvious lengths where the plugs were but maybe I could cover those spots with paper lanterns?
Another "want" is cutesy signs to mark the path to the pavilion for the ceremony. I do want to mark the path, but I probably don't need a ton of signage or effort to do so. I'm sure we could get away with posterboard and balloons but wouldn't it be nice to have wooden signs? Holy crap though, I'm pretty sure C would murder me if I spent that much money on a silly sign. So now I want to make them myself...
Where do I think I'm going to find the time for all this?
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