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Since I'm having a Christmas wedding (Dec 23) and a reception at my home, I
thought it would be fun to make ornaments for my guests. I was thinking along
the lines of buying either clear or white christmas ornament balls, use a gold
marker to note our names and the date, and then finish with a decorative ribbon
on the top. Does anyone else have suggestions for decorating ornaments? |
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-Just one question:
Do all your guests celebrate Christmas?
If so, then head on over to this Wedding Christmas FAQ:
http://www.thinds.com/jmh/xmaswedFAQ.htm
Hope this helps, -I would stay away from the name/date thing. Why not do a "love" "peace"
"joy", etc. theme (?) People will still look at them and think..."We go
that at Kristen & Joe's Wedding"...
I have seen some great ornaments that are made by swirling metalic,
multicolored oil-based paints on water, then dipping the glass ornaments
into the water, creating a swirl effect. You then let them dry, and write
phrases on them in gold paint. -buying either clear or white christmas ornament balls...Does anyone else have
suggestions for decorating ornaments?
If you still want to give clear crystal ornaments, but want to go with the
advice of others and not print your name and wedding date, then you have other
options to consider. For instance, purchase packages of crystal ornaments.
They're rather inexpensive, sold in dozens, available at most craft shops.
Remove the metal cap from the top of the crystal ornaments and insert some red,
green, gold shimmering confetti or strips of curling ribbon (or maybe confetti
or ribbon in your wedding colors). Maybe even add a pair of fake gold or
silver wedding rings if the opening of the ornaments is wide enough. You might
even find mini silk flowers that could be put inside the ornaments that match
the flowers in your wedding bouquet or those used in the centerpieces of the
reception tables. There are lots of ideas for what to put inside the crystal
ornmanets that might serve as a nice reminder of your wedding.
But I still don't understand why some people believe dated ornaments are a bad
idea. Hallmark and other companies sell tons of dated Christmas each year, and
the date is specifically what makes the ornaments so valuable to the recipient.
I think you should still consider presenting guests with an ornament that you
write your names and wedding date. IMO, I think that personalization is what
makes it such a nice idea as a wedding favor. Why is personalizing an ornament
wedding favor such a bad idea, but it's OK for other couples to personalize a
box of Jordan almonds? -, I will say that we have a tradition in my husband's family of
giving really nice ornaments as gifts or getting them when we travel to
a special place as a memento. I tend to mark on the back of mine in
black fine-point Sharpie who/where the ornament came from and the year.
So every year when Kev and I put our tree up, we can think about our
friends and family or the places we visited or whatever. I suspect as
we have children it will become part of our family holiday tradition to
tell stories about the ornaments and the people who gave them.
BUT ... I still am not sure I'd use an ornament that was personalized
with another couples names/wedding date - even tho I might mark the back
of it myself with "John & Jane's wedding, 2000". Heck, I don't like
ornaments personalized with OUR wedding date. *grin* But that's just
me. |
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