More wedding questions...

[MrsBump]

Ok so i dont know a thing about weddings LOL! I was wondering when we send out the invites, the wedding is in september, how long we leave it before they have to RSVP, and any other little things i cant think of but (will im sure and then proceed to bug you on here lol).
Also what did you do for centrepeices? We can have a black candlearbra (sp?) and decorate the candles (which the reception supplys) but its not earthy to me, I like all the earthy things. Was thinking of having a candle in a vase and having sand and glitter around it??
Colours are fuschia and silver (finally decided last night LOL)
Thankyou for your help, so so sorry to bug you all!

[Rumpleteaser]

I had flower petals floating in water in 3 different sized vases, set on a glass mirror with tea light candles.
We sent overseas invites first (most people already knew of the dates and had already decided if they were coming) I think we gave them 6 months before wedding and 3 months to RSVP. Local invites went out 3 months before wedding with 2 months to RSVP.

[Moonke]

My wedding is the 1st of March, and I've just sent out the invites. I gave the RSVP date to be 10 days (to allow for some late rsvp's).

I should not that I'm having a small wedding, that will be very casual.

Make sure you have your venue and date secure before you send the invites. out.

[Lucy]

We sent out "Save the Date" fridge magnets about 5 months early as we had a lot of friends/family invited from overseas and interstate.

Then the actual official invitations were sent out 6 weeks before.

In terms of centrepieces we kept it fairly traditional........square glass vases filled with antique roses. And did away with the candelabras and had tea lights in little glass pots on the tables instead. I did use some massive beeswax candles on a fireplace though.

[Erin_25]

Usually the invites are sent out 6 weeks prior to the Wedding or there abouts. Mine were about 7 weeks I think & the RSVP date was 2 weeks before, that allows for late replies or people you will end up chasing. Also had to give the venue plenty of notice of how many people would be attending for catering purposes.
In regards to catering, dont forget anyone who might have an allergy.....not fun if they cant eat anything & enjoy themselves.
On our tables we had a hurricane vase with a big candle inside & dried rose petals....simple & cheap. But the idea with the sand I think is great, or you could use coloured stones. If I had my time over I would have loved a square (not very deep) vase/bowl with rows of rose buds. Don't know if that makes sense but I've seen some pics & looks great.
Remember if you want things to match & you are making your own invites, get enough supplies to make you name cards etc.

[AngelPunks]

there are some good resources on the microsoft website under the templates - thinks like planners, to do lists.

We had funky tree branches made out of wire for our centrepieces that belonged to a friend of ours, we had candles in glasses (like the jam jar glasses & used church style candles). But then again we had a REALLY simple wedding in my brother's back yard with the reception upstairs in the family lounge/dining room & on the verandah.

We didn't have seating allocations, just table allocations & left people to sit with who they wanted, in saying that all our friends were on a huge L shaped table that sat 40, other than the bridal table - we only had 2 parent tables & 1 table for my work mates because we couldn't fit them on the friend table.

Invites were sent out in early Sept, RSVPs for mid Oct (I specifically asked for written/emailed replies, but a few just told me they'd be there when they saw me at my brother's 60th birthday & 30th wedding anniversary party in Sept) and the wedding on 13 Nov. I still ended up ringing a few of them 2 weeks before the wedding to check if they were coming, I ended up having 2 x-friends who RSVPd and never bothered showing up on the day - hence the fact they're x-friends now.

ETA - do the thank yous the same time as the invites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It saves you time after the wedding. I made all our invites & did the thank you cards at the same time with space to write what they gave us & for DH & I to sign.