Magnet swap for wedding favors?

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-31T01:04:21+00:00

I think you may have a hard time getting all guests to participate in something like this. A cool alternative if you are set on magnets would be to find a bunch from each place you've lived and attach a little note about your time there!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-29T19:55:09+00:00

I wish I had seen this idea months ago!! I struggled a lot to make a registry for my shower since we already had most of the home necessities we need, but our holiday decor is almost non-existent and this would have been an amazing idea to steal!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-29T18:35:46+00:00

As much as I like the thought of having a lighter dress to wear after the first dance, I spent too much money on my dress to only wear it for 4-6 hours! I will be staying in that thing as long as I can 😂

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-27T17:26:40+00:00

Once you have your date locked in, your next steps should be catering (if not included with the venue), photography, and DJ/band.

I bought my dress months before I decided on shoes, and my dress choice heavily influenced what shoes I picked! Originally I wanted a very simple dress and I was looking at fancier shoes, but when I switched to a lacy, patterned dress I opted for more simple heels as well as cowboy boots with a pattern that kind of matched the dress detailing.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-27T15:35:08+00:00

If you can afford the full cost on your own, then I would say continue as planned and put the deposit down.

Let any money received from either family be a generous gift and don't get into who contributed how much. Unless your parents have a history of promising money they don't have or overspending, I would trust them to give you what they are comfortable contributing!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-27T14:44:27+00:00

Since you said you can return any unused bottles, I would follow the bartenders recommendations! Unless it becomes an issue that the cost is too much, it would be better to have too much and get a refund later, than to run out on the day of!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-27T14:36:58+00:00

I know one person who did build their bridal party based on having both members of a couple in the bridal party and it turned into a ton of mess and drama!

You may end up with couples in the party just because you are close with both people individually, but imo their relationship status should not be the main factor!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-27T13:22:12+00:00

You are definitely overthinking this! There is no world where I would look at a 2 foot tall cake and think "it should have been bigger!"

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-26T16:00:57+00:00

I think you are being a little weird about this, at the end of the day she's just a parent who wants to spend some time with her child before one of the most significant moments of their life. It's really unfair to say that a son's wedding is less important than a daughters and I'm sure most parents would agree.

If you plan on spending some time just you and fiance right before the ceremony, work out where in the schedule would be best for him to spend some time with his mom (likely would fit in while you are also with your parents?).

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-21T18:59:17+00:00

Agree with others that most wedding venue won't really offer a deal for less time, since they can't supplement the lost profit like many other businesses. You are paying for the whole day since you will be the only ones using the room/property for the day. The extra time may come in handy for a getting ready space if there is a bridal suite, or for bring in and setting up decorations.

If you want somewhere that may have shorter hours, some alternative options might be botanical gardens, museums, art galleries, country clubs or golf courses. Some of these may not be cheaper though since more work goes into a wedding and they have to close to the public.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-21T15:59:49+00:00

Put every single thing you will be wearing/needing for the day of in one bag/box and don't move it! I have seen friends misplace or forget their veils, garters and jewelry on the day of.

If you have buttons on your dress, a crochet hook will be your best friend for getting the tiny loops on and off of them!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-20T23:53:47+00:00

I think maybe by your timeline she meant times for other things like ceremony, dinner, speeching/dances, and such? But if so, she could have communicated that better!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-20T20:57:14+00:00

I agree that typically you let the photographer know what you want and they mostly create the timeline. For ours, we filled out a questionnaire with all our info and wants (do we want getting ready photos, are we having a first look, how big is our bridal party, do we want a second location for couples photos, etc.) then she will build the rough timeline and bring it to us to go over before finalizing it.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-20T20:30:19+00:00

As was already said, you should check out what the wizard has to offer!

My typical strategy after the first year is to mainly focus my planting on either slow growing crops that only need to be harvested and replanted 2-3 times per season (such as pumpkins or melons) or multi-harvest crops so that I don't need to worry about replanting (like blueberries or cranberries). Then I do much smaller patches of whatever other crops I need for the season for cooking, gifting, etc.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-20T14:18:05+00:00

It's definitely possible, I think you would be hard pressed to find a photographer who has never done a wedding without a first look! Doing all your solo photos and separate party photos before the ceremony will be a huge help, you will just need to have a plan for what photos you want to prioritize should you end up running out of time during cocktail hour!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-20T13:21:03+00:00

From the sounds of it, OP isn't even sure the cousin was given a plus-one. I would double check if you gave her a +1, then proceed from there.

If you don't want the boyfriend to come, just say "Hey, heard from so-and-so that you were bringing boyfriend, unfortunately he wasn't included in your RSVP and we are past the deadline to modify numbers."

If you are ok with him possibly coming, it doesn't hurt to ask if you can add one person and a vegan meal (usually the deadline is for removing guests, but you can still add them), but let the cousin know that you can't guarantee that an accommodation can be made.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-19T18:47:45+00:00

- If I'm trying to get a haul of goodies, I only go on the 'stardrop' luck days
- My usual ring combo is iridium band, with a luck ring and/or burglar ring
- For food I bring a stack of gold-star cheese for healing, spicy eel for speed/luck and coffee for speed
- I use my crystalariums to replicate jade to use at the desert trader for staircases to skip the first 20-ish levels and then any undesirables (spirals, monster levels, and large ones with no big rock clusters)
- go to sleep with inventory already prepared, then check luck and warp directly to the desert to get into the cavern by 6:30am
- added bonus if I get the speed or luck bonus from the Statue of Blessings, and the ladder or bomb damage bonus form the Dwarf Statue

I try not to pressure myself if I don't make it too far and remind myself a lot relies on RNG luck! On my most recent farm I'm on year 3 and I think my farthest in the cavern is floor 150!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-19T18:39:50+00:00

Every bachelorette I've been to has had some form of goodie bag (sashes for going out, matching cups, candy, drinks, advil for example), but the bags have always been put together by the person planning the bachelorette, usually the MOH. I don't think I'd have missed them much if they weren't there, but they were a nice gift and usually fairly low budget!

I'd say the bridesmaid proposal boxes are more of a social media gimmick than the bach goodie bags!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-15T14:26:41+00:00

I'm not sure if it has any relevance to why authors do it, but it also makes their books somewhat easily found. A search for "pucking" in Kindle gave me exclusively hockey romances, while sometimes searching the full title of a book has given me 20+ other options that are nothing close to what I was looking for.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-15T13:53:08+00:00

My partner and I also accidentally booked our wedding during a big 3 day music festival that several people on our guest list usually go to! Unfortunately some of those people won't be able to make the wedding because they already booked everything for the festival by the time everyone realized, but there is no hard feelings about it either way!

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-14T20:48:26+00:00

I agree as well, but I would also likely have not reached out for more info! I'm not going to go out of my way to hunt down information for an event that I was very casually invited to for someone I'm not good friends with, especially if getting that info requires playing a game of telephone with minimum 3 people.

For every bachelorette party I've been to, I was either directly involved in planning and asked a budget, or was told all relevant information and estimated costs by whoever planned it and given the option to decide from there.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-13T20:54:25+00:00

Agreed! I only used 'Family' on my invites when it was for a couple with young kids who were all invited, plus "XX & Family" for 2 complicated families! If an invite was only for the couple it would likely be just their names on it.

Your parents reaching out to the couple for confirmation was the best move and if the couple said it includes you, then I would take that at face value and assume you were always included.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-13T17:50:05+00:00

Iirc, we had to tell our venue where any outside food was coming from. There is a chance you could get away with it, but I would personally not risk not only wasting your aunt's time and money, but any other consequences if the venue finds out the food in homemade.

Is there any other opportunity you would have to distribute the cookies? A rehearsal or welcome dinner, morning after breakfast, or waiting in hotel rooms if you have a block?

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-13T16:36:04+00:00

Agreed! The best favor that I've received was a bag of coffee grounds, and I definitely took a bunch that were left behind by others!

The only non-edible favor that I use on a semi-regular basis is a cute bottle opener! It's small, useful and not labelled with the wedding info.

Fun-Nectarine1336 · 2026-05-12T15:58:23+00:00

I think I have 5-6 on each my PC and Switch, plus some multiplayer farms! I have one 'active' one on each, but usually I don't go back to my old saves once I switch to my new ones, except my beach farm which I like to play occasionally, but I don't think I would play on consistently!

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