Signature Platter, Picture Frame Card Box, and Sparkler Send off 3 Unique Wedding Ideas



Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009

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The Signature Place By Naked Plates

Both my wife and I work in the wedding industry. She is the event coordinator for a banquette facility and I run a website creating hand painted wedding gifts. Both of us have traveled to a number of bridal shows throughout the New England area. We have seen many of the same old ideas used over and over again at weddings. We were married this past August 2008 and during the planning of our wedding we wanted to make sure we added some unique and fresh ideas to our day. We wanted personal touches that made our day stand out in the minds of our guests. I want to share with you our three favorite fresh ideas that we used on our wedding day. I hope these ideas help inspire you to create a great wedding your guests will not soon forget.

1.) Our card box The card box is often an after thought for many brides and grooms when they are planning their wedding. We made our box stand out and our guests loved it. The best part of our card box was that both my wife and I created it together. We purchased a wooden lazy Suzan from IKEA, four wooden 5"x7" picture frames from the Christmas Tree Shops, and some metal L brackets from our local hardware store. Using the lazy Suzan as the base, we attached the four pictures frames to the lazy Suzan using the metal L brackets. The frames were also attached to each other using the L brackets. A top to the box was made from two pieces of wood. The wood was screwed in to the top of the frames. We made sure to leave a gap between the two wood pieces on the top for the cards to go in. We created a box with four sides being picture frames that we then filled with our favorite pictures of the two of us. Our guests all went up and spent time spinning the box and looking at all the pictures. Our card box created an interactive display that was unique to our wedding. One tip I would give you is to make sure you put the pictures in before you screw on the top. You will have to unscrew the top to get the cards out later.

2.) Our wedding guest book Just like our card box, we wanted our guest book to stand out from other weddings our guests had attended. We ordered a wedding signature platter as our guest book. The platter was hand painted and made to order just for our wedding day. We selected the shape, colors, and design on our signature platter. Our names and wedding date were added to the platter. The day of our wedding the signature platter was signed by the attending guests using a special ceramic pen. After the wedding we baked our signature platter in our home oven to seal on the signatures. We now have a great display piece on our mantel. When we have company over they are always asking about the platter. We also use our platter for special occasions such as birthdays and holidays. The platter is food safe and usable. We ordered our platter from The Signature Place by Naked Plates.

3.) Our end of the evening send off Again we wanted our send off to be special. This is the last chance you have to make sure your guests will remember your wedding day. We made sure our guests remembered ours! We had a sparkler send off. We purchased extra large sparklers from The Fireworks Company. These sparklers burned for five minutes each. At the end of the evening our guests went outside and lined both sides of the walk way. Using smaller sparklers the event staff went around and lit the extra large sparklers. Once they were all lit, we made our grand finale. My wife and I took a slow walk down the walk way. The lit many sparklers against the evening sky made for some of our best wedding photographs. Everyone had smiles on their faces and enjoyed playing with the sparklers. I do have one tip for you and that is to make sure you have a large 5 galloon bucket full of water near by to dispose of the sparklers. To this day my wife and I can not go to a family event without someone bringing up the sparklers.

I hope these three ideas have helped to inspire you to create a wedding day that will be both special and unique. There are many areas you can add something new to your wedding day. Feel free to use these ideas or come up with your own. Have a great time planning your wedding day.

Matthew Wood is owner of Naked Plates, LLC a paint your own pottery studio in Dover, NH. He has been part of the ceramic industry for more the ten years specializing in creating hand painted signature platters and plates for weddings, anniversaries, bridal, and baby showers. Matthew’s complete line of signature platters can be found on his website http://www.thesignatureplace.com. Information on Naked Plates can be found at http://www.nakedplatespottery.com.

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