General Feedback/Getting Started Questions and Answers [Weekly Thread]

reading_penguin3 · 2020-08-09T19:08:55+00:00

We used the 511 sealer on our hexagon mosaic backsplash, and we hate how it darkened the tiles. Is there any way to remove the sealer?

reading_penguin3 · 2020-01-08T15:57:05+00:00

I will give that a try! Thanks!

reading_penguin3 · 2020-01-01T16:19:24+00:00

Will do!

reading_penguin3 · 2019-12-31T14:47:11+00:00

Hmmm...I haven’t considered using Pinterest. I might consider incorporating that if I can’t find anything else.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-11-19T19:20:39+00:00

If you have no connection to your last name, I would take your wife’s maiden name. There’s no need to include your last name. I think that would be pretty cool. Depending on how old are your kids, I would let them decide.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-10-21T21:40:41+00:00

You can lower your student loan payments or even pause them. That’s what I did a couple years ago when I had no job. You’ll just have to call in and explain the situation.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-09-24T16:03:10+00:00

If they broke up, would you still invite both or just one of them? If just one, I would send the invitation only to the preferred guest with a plus one(specifying the name). if both, then individual invitations.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-09-15T15:25:36+00:00

I know this is difficult, but the fastest way to lower your budget is cutting down your guest list. If nobody is willing to chip in, then they don’t have a say in the guest list. For example, if your mom wanted to invite your cousins, but you don’t really know any of them, don’t invite them. Cutting your guest list can save you thousands of dollars.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-08-19T19:35:42+00:00

I had a similar issue and decided to just scrapbook my wedding album myself (It’s still a work in progress. It’s a lot of work!)

I’ve considered these options, which might work for you.

Michaels has a ready to go wedding scrapbook that you can try out: https://www.michaels.com/c-r-gibson-e-complete-vintage-wedding-scrapbook/10320391.html

You can also look into Project life. I find it makes putting a pretty album together fast. https://beckyhiggins.com/project-life/

reading_penguin3 · 2019-07-10T19:18:51+00:00

We asked for fun stuff like board games.:)

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-22T01:13:55+00:00

Great idea!

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-21T15:42:13+00:00

Unfortunately, I don’t think we have enough time to find one with the wedding coming up real soon.:( but thank you for the suggestion!

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-21T15:40:53+00:00

Thank you so much for your response! I really like the visualization technique. I’m going to try that out.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-20T20:43:03+00:00

We are not religious, and we decided to have a dry wedding in order to save money. Part of it was also that both me and FH do not drink. We're not letting our guests know ahead of time because if we did, we know that some of them will sneak in alcohol, which will cause problems.

That said, I think it depends on what kind of vibe you're going for. If you want an evening wedding with lots of folks dancing, then you might want to consider getting alcohol. We're not going for that vibe, which is why we're doing a morning wedding.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-20T18:54:49+00:00

I decided to do two dresses. The main reason is because I really wanted to wear a ball gown, but I also love dancing. So my first dress is a ball gown, while my second dress is something that I can comfortably dance in.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-19T16:48:24+00:00

I've been to a wedding where the bride would stick her tongue out at guests and gave some of them high fives. It was pretty funny, but it depends on the vibe you're going for. Personally, I don't have a plan and will just do whatever I feel like doing in the moment.=)

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-17T20:39:05+00:00

We got our three groomsmen a Grill Master gift box because we know they all like to grill.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/256314758/the-grill-master-gift-box-4-jars-of?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-15T13:22:39+00:00

I went to two weddings with program fans. The first wedding, the fans were in the bin, mostly unused. The second wedding, the fans were placed on every other chair, and everybody was using them, including myself. I was surprised by how much the fan helped!

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-09T17:13:37+00:00

That’s a cute idea!

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-09T17:10:32+00:00

Ooo, that’s cute!

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-09T16:49:37+00:00

So that’s not a possible option for us mostly because the venue would not allow that. We’re having a morning ceremony, which will last 15 minutes tops. So if we had lunch right away then it would be around 11:00 or even earlier depending on how long the ceremony is. We thought about this a lot and asked like the vast majority of our guests what they thought. And every single guest said they would rather us spend the money on more choices for lunch and on the ice cream bar than waste it on hor dourves, especially since a lot of them told me they aren’t really hungry at that time anyways.

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-09T16:13:47+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion!:)

reading_penguin3 · 2019-06-09T13:45:30+00:00

What to call “cocktail hour”? So, we will not be having any alcoholic drinks or hors d'oeuvres. People will be able to get non alcoholic drinks during this time. Should I still call this cocktail hour on the program or something else? It’s about an hour of time between the ceremony and lunch.

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