Guest Cake boxes
We sourced lilac cake boxes from China which arrive flat packed for you to assemble. After a few tries we got there in the end. Now that we are closer to the big day, our confirmed guest numbers have decreased to 140 from 150, so I sat in the Trinidadian sun with J and we commenced the origami fun!
And here are 70 completed boxes! We found that on one corner we needed to put a bit of glue to stick together, not leaving a gap and giving it an all round professional look, but apart from that they only took 4 hours to assemble :)
Personalised Toasting Glasses
During the speeches at the reception, I got J and I some personalised toasting glasses, which will be nice for us to keep and use to celebrate each anniversary we reach! These were from eBay and really reasonably priced too - perfect.
Church Wedding Decor
Our florist is designing 4 large church flower stands to match the wedding colour theme and follow the flowers in the bouquets. As I love orchids all bouquets and boutiniers are going to consist of purple/lilac/white orchids.
However, for the flowers seen down the aisle, I didn't fancy a fresh spray of orchids, so I decided to get some silk flowers instead, which are inexpensive and do the job just as well. These were ordered from a florist in the USA and look the part!
Wedding Table decor
Our guests will have a favour in the form of a pair of personalised steel chopsticks (from China), a thank you fortune cookie (from the USA) with a personal message inside from J and I; instead of writing out 150+ thank you cards, we thought this would be more appropriate, and lastly the cake box with a slice of fruit cake to take home.
Name places came from the same supplier in China and are butterflies which will balance on a glass rim, with the person's name on.
Once the tables have been set up I will take a photo to show you.
Now to hand write 140 name places....!
Love,
International Bride
xoxo
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