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gblauer
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I need some ideas for wedding favors...there are very few rock climbers among the guest list, so I need something that's universal, but, reflects our love of climbing.
Any ideas out there? I thought of SIGG bottles (they come in cool colors) or nalgenes (boring). Any other thoughts?
Thanks for your help
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lhwang
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My husband and I made a donation to the kidney foundation in lieu of wedding favours (my dad had a kidney transplant). Better for the environment, we got to support a charity we both believe in, and I have to say that I've thought most of the wedding favours I've received were kind of useless.
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jenny1980
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That would be cool. A donation to a rock climbing school or something. I always liked the favors with chocolate or some other kind of candy, but I'm not one to "keep" the favors. 
Jenny
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sigg bottles would be cool, if you can swing it. but my two cents is do something cool like that or don't bother. for example: my older sister (teacher) married a firefighter, and they had pencils with firetruck erasers or something. we tied tiny ass little bows on them. probably 80% or more of them were left at the event.
we sent out "save the date" magnets, or you can make your invitations an actual printed sheet magnet. people *loved* the save the date magnets, and i know a lot of our friends and esp family still have them on their fridges. we got a lot of really nice comments on them.
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Or those amazing cider doughnuts from Jenkens Leukens.... you know the ones.... sooooo goood
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clee03m
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One of my friends sent us one of those save the date magnets, and I still have it on my frige. Aside from food ones, that one is my favorite wedding favor so far. May be a climbing picture of the happy couple on it would be cute.
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macherry
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why is this a ladies room thread? i don't mean to be snarky, but both men and women get married.
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wjca
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macherry wrote: why is this a ladies room thread? i don't mean to be snarky, but both men and women get married.
'Cause men don't give a shit about wedding favors for their guests. The absolute only reason it ever pops up on our radars is because the bride wants to make a big deal about it. The groom is there to get married to woman he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with, not to impress the gozillion people the bride's mother wanted to invite to the party. For us, it's a day for two people to celebrate for each other not to impress anyone else. Guys would rather not spend the extra money on such trivial things, but would rather spend the money on something of value like a new lawn mower or a car payment.
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macherry
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wjca wrote: macherry wrote: why is this a ladies room thread? i don't mean to be snarky, but both men and women get married. 'Cause men don't give a shit about wedding favors for their guests. The absolute only reason it ever pops up on our radars is because the bride wants to make a big deal about it. The groom is there to get married to woman he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with, not to impress the gozillion people the bride's mother wanted to invite to the party. For us, it's a day for two people to celebrate for each other not to impress anyone else. Guys would rather not spend the extra money on such trivial things, but would rather spend the money on something of value like a new lawn mower or a car payment.
hmm, this is correct.
but, then again, i'm with you on the whole party favour thing. i think we had mints at the tables, only because my mom was into it. as for gifts, we only had our friends stand up with us at the jop, and we gave them swiss army knives as a gift.
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wjca wrote: macherry wrote: why is this a ladies room thread? i don't mean to be snarky, but both men and women get married. 'Cause men don't give a shit about wedding favors for their guests. The absolute only reason it ever pops up on our radars is because the bride wants to make a big deal about it. The groom is there to get married to woman he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with, not to impress the gozillion people the bride's mother wanted to invite to the party. For us, it's a day for two people to celebrate for each other not to impress anyone else. Guys would rather not spend the extra money on such trivial things, but would rather spend the money on something of value like a new lawn mower or a car payment.
That's funny. It was my husband who talked me down from the 'let's elope ledge'. But it turned out to be a great day, no matter what. 'J' and 'T' home made heart shaped sugar cookies were our favors, and people ate them up. My mom made them. Probably poppin' fresh dough.
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macherry
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wonderwoman wrote: wjca wrote: macherry wrote: why is this a ladies room thread? i don't mean to be snarky, but both men and women get married. 'Cause men don't give a shit about wedding favors for their guests. The absolute only reason it ever pops up on our radars is because the bride wants to make a big deal about it. The groom is there to get married to woman he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with, not to impress the gozillion people the bride's mother wanted to invite to the party. For us, it's a day for two people to celebrate for each other not to impress anyone else. Guys would rather not spend the extra money on such trivial things, but would rather spend the money on something of value like a new lawn mower or a car payment. That's funny. It was my husband who talked me down from the 'let's elope ledge'. But it turned out to be a great day, no matter what. 'J' and 'T' home made heart shaped sugar cookies were our favors, and people ate them up. My mom made them. Probably poppin' fresh dough.
yeah, but did he do wedding favours!
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I think I figured it out...I love the honey crisp apples from our favorite orchard at the Gunks. I think we will give bags of apples to our guests. (it's only 40 people) and make a donation somewhere meaningful to Mitch and me. I don't think anyone will use the SIGG bottles and they are expensive. I may get engraved nut tools for the 4 climbing guests that we are inviting.
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I love this idea. My mouth is watering just hearing about those apples. Wedding favor that is healthy and delicious--love it! Engraved nut tool would be such an awesome gift, but given that most people already own a nut tool, if you are on a tight budget, I say apples are more than good enough.
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iamthewallress
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Another vote for a low trash favor. People who want Sigg bottles probably have a few of them...like most inexpensive things these days.
How about a personal note to each guest telling them why you're glad that they are there to share the day with you as a sort of pre-thanks that requires no gift from them?
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Why on Earth did I think that you and Mitch were already married? Congratulations! LOL, at first I thought you were planning for your daughter...
I am no expert in wedding favors, but I like the apples idea more than Sigg bottles.
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gblauer
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Lena, You are not nuts...we consider and represent ourselves as married. We never did a ceremony and for a variety of reasons we are now going to do the whole thing, wedding dress and all!
Thank you!
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Our cermony is October 24th. It's going to be at my home, with Mitch's brother officiating. I am very excited! As an older bride it's been challenging to work around the the appropriateness of things. For example, do I wear a gown (ultimately, I decided "yes"), how big of an event (small, only a couple of close friends, the rest family), where do I hold the wedding etc.
We plan to honeymoon at our love nest at the gunks, unless the weather is bad. If the weather stinks we will go to the Red (watch out for us Lena) or to Mexico. Upon return, I have the first of two surgeries which will take me out of climbing for 12 (what I anticipate to be) LONG weeks.
I will return to climbing in February with a planned trip to Mexico in March (weak as a kitten I am sure).
I am hoping that the time off will allow me to heal up lots of pesky over use injuries to fingures, elbows etc.
I will post photos of the event.
BTW, I met Mitch right here on RC.Com!
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I can't believe that I forgot to say
 CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
in my earlier post!
Have a wonderful wedding day, and a beautiful life together!
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wjca
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gblauer wrote: Our cermony is October 24th. It's going to be at my home, with Mitch's brother officiating. I am very excited! As an older bride it's been challenging to work around the the appropriateness of things. For example, do I wear a gown (ultimately, I decided "yes"), how big of an event (small, only a couple of close friends, the rest family), where do I hold the wedding etc. We plan to honeymoon at our love nest at the gunks, unless the weather is bad. If the weather stinks we will go to the Red (watch out for us Lena) or to Mexico. Upon return, I have the first of two surgeries which will take me out of climbing for 12 (what I anticipate to be) LONG weeks. I will return to climbing in February with a planned trip to Mexico in March (weak as a kitten I am sure). I am hoping that the time off will allow me to heal up lots of pesky over use injuries to fingures, elbows etc. I will post photos of the event.
BTW, I met Mitch right here on RC.Com!
Photos of the wedding, honeymoon or surgery? Wait, shit, this isn't the Campground. Nevermind, Happy No-Longer-Living-in-Sin Day. Wait, shit, this isn't the Soapbox either. Nevermind, wear white if you want to. F'em if they don't like it. Just make sure you tuck your jacket into your harness.
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Sounds nice, congrats for sure. In the last couple years, I have probably been to 30+ wedding, from makeup and hair all the way to when the dancing starts winding down. Best advice is what you are already doing - keep is simple and don't try schedule things to tightly - give yourself time to enjoy every minute, and not stress too much about what time you have to be where. Oh, and wear comfortable shoes! Coolest climber favors so far have been climbing themed cakes.
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lvpyne
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wes_allen wrote: Coolest climber favors so far have been climbing themed cakes.
One of the coolest weddings I ever went to was a "Hippie Climber Love Fest." (Actually termed this on the wedding invitation.) The bride and groom were climbers and geologists and had this "collection" of small rocks that they collected from different places they had climbed over this years. "This is our rock from Cochise Stronghold..." "This is our rock from Yosemite..." "This is our rock from Enchanted Rock..." etc. Anyway, they took this collection of pebbles and decorated the wedding cake with the (cleaned up) geologic momentos of their various climbing trips and topped the cake off with those little bendy-climbers. Very cute.
This was all fine and dandy -- their dirtbag climber guests had fun trying to guess where the rocks came from. "See that piece of cake that guy has over there? That's totally Wingate Sandstone." However, we were endlessly entertained when the DJ suddenly jumped up and interrupted the music and festivities with a "Folks, I'd like to take a moment to remind you that these are real rocks on the cake. REAL ones. So, ummm, don't bite down on them. FYI."
Oh, and congrats!
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Who cares about what others think as appropriate... you can wear a gown if it strikes your fancy just as well as anyone else.
And yes, I think there is something very sweet about doing the "official ceremony" even if you have been pretty much married in every other way. My friend recently did a small ceremony at home "renewing their wows" for their 20-year anniversary. It was touching.
LOL, I will use my force to send some rain clouds away from the Red and towards Gunks-- but only after October 24th.
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Hey Gail! Congrats on the upcoming nuptials. I, too, completely thought you and Mitch were already hitched. You guys are great together, I know you will have a beautiful and meaningful wedding day.
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The apples sound great! I wish you and your partner all the best on your wedding day!
Definitely wear the dress you want... some people said to me that a big dress with a train was not appropriate for getting married in a meadow full of horse poop. I did anyway (attached a photo since I can't figure out how to embed photos).
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lhwang wrote: (attached a photo since I can't figure out how to embed photos).
Wow, what a beautiful setting for a wedding and a what a beautiful bridal party.
Thank you all for your best wishes.
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Congratulations, Gail! How exciting! (And stressful - hahahah).
I love the bag of apples idea. Maybe you could make a pretty card to attach to the closure.... Simple, with You and Mitch's names and the date, to more ornate, like an image like an old crate label, with your names as the "Orchard" and some cute tagline that somehow ties in with the marriage....
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happiegrrrl wrote: Congratulations, Gail! How exciting! (And stressful - hahahah). I love the bag of apples idea. Maybe you could make a pretty card to attach to the closure.... Simple, with You and Mitch's names and the date, to more ornate, like an image like an old crate label, with your names as the "Orchard" and some cute tagline that somehow ties in with the marriage....
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You could ask family members to contribute recipes for apple pie, etc. and attach those to the bags too. It would be a nice way to involve your family.
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gail...i will never forget time time we were sitting in that bear or bull bar in lancaster (what was that anyway?) and i saw your hands go across his legs, and you said to me...
party favors...
i think of you, gail and mitch as a dogwood tree: flowers; delicate but strong, withstanding all elements and the beauty, the delicatecy, solid arms and a reminder that no matter what ...spring will come
and there is always a smile when you smell that bloom
i am so happy for both of you, you have made me smile and i cant wait to tell ashley and andrew!!!
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It might get pricey, depending on how many guests you have, but there are several local wineries around your "love nest in the Gunks" that will produce a couple of cases of wine with a custom label. If you have any friends who are artists you can ask them to design something climbing-related for the label.
They do custom printed M&Ms in little wedding favor bags, which you can put a photo of just about anything on!
'biner keychains? Probably a little too lowbrow, but you could get your names and wedding date etched on them.
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leemouse wrote: 'biner keychains? Probably a little too lowbrow, but you could get your names and wedding date etched on them.
I thought of engraved keychain carabiners, as well. Lots of people use them, so it's something that's likely to be taken and appreciated. It's climbing themed without being over the top.
Sigg bottles are kind of spendy. I don't know how fancy or casual your wedding will be. One casual idea would be to put flower arrangements in Sigg bottles at each table. One person at each table can take the bottle home. (Pick someone at random and put a label on the inside of their name card.)
For the apples, it would be cool if they were distributed in tiny crates.
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wes_allen wrote: Coolest climber favors so far have been climbing themed cakes.
Wes, wish you could come to our wedding, just so you could photo our cake! It's going to be sooo cool. Won't give away more than that, though.
And we've also been collecting rocks from climbing locations, which will also be part of the ceremony!
But back on topic...
Our favors are simple - columbine seeds (a very pretty wildflower that's the state flower of CO), and a yummy beeswax lip balm from a local company (with a cool graphic we made on it).
Simple, cheap, and what active outdoorsy person doesn't use chapstick or equivalent?
Gail, I think we'll be just a week before you. Where are you doing yours? Near the Gunks somewhere?
Good luck, and have fun!
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I just photographed a very cool climber couple wedding in Estes Park last weekend - cool climber themed grooms cake, but other then that, the most popular climber themed wedding favor is called "open bar", far and away. Should have some photos of it on the blog by early next week, or find my on facebook for a preview set I put up yesterday.
cracklover wrote: wes_allen wrote: Coolest climber favors so far have been climbing themed cakes. Wes, wish you could come to our wedding, just so you could photo our cake! It's going to be sooo cool. Won't give away more than that, though. And we've also been collecting rocks from climbing locations, which will also be part of the ceremony! But back on topic... Our favors are simple - columbine seeds (a very pretty wildflower that's the state flower of CO), and a yummy beeswax lip balm from a local company (with a cool graphic we made on it). Simple, cheap, and what active outdoorsy person doesn't use chapstick or equivalent? Gail, I think we'll be just a week before you. Where are you doing yours? Near the Gunks somewhere? Good luck, and have fun! GO |
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Last two weddings were climbers, have some images on the blog = http://www.wtallenphotography.com/blog Krista and Peter; and Julie and Kenny are the posts. Krista and Peter had a full scale climber wedding - ceremony at Torrent (peter got in a pitch before getting ready), Martines (climbers) did the cake, and Miguels did the catering. Fun day for sure. Plus, the open bar seemed pretty popular!
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Wow, your photography is beautiful!
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