Wish Tree
Reception Advice, Wedding Porn
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on January 04, 2008
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Yet another great concept for the "steal this idea!" vault, this one courtesy of Hope Meng, founder of Stich Lounge:
Red envelopes are traditionally given by chinese people on days of celebration filled with money. instead, we asked that all guests at our wedding participate in our ceremony by writing their wishes for our marriage on a card and placing it in the red envelope. the bridespeople and groomspeople walked down the aisle with baskets and collected all the wishes from the guests, then placed it at the altar. we were then married surrounded by everyone's good wishes for our marriage. each envelope had a number written on it, from 1 to 60. We will open all envelopes labeled "1" on our first wedding anniversary, all envelopes labeled "50" on our 50th wedding anniversary, etc
Lots more pictures from Hope's gorgeous wedding are over on Flickr!
About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.
Angel said
I've heard of wish trees before, but the way this couple did it is both beautiful and unique. Yes, this one will be tucked away in my "ideas that rock" folder.
Kat said
I also saw this great lantern idea, that I posted at offbeat bride tribe. Check out: http://www.wishesinthesky.com/
Kit said
I hate myself because all I could think of was, this would be the saddest thing ever if one spouse died before they ran out of anniversaries.
skies_n_pies said
Saw these at a wedding a few weeks ago, magical!
www.lanternshop.co.uk
Didn't make the kids cry like fireworks do either, even granny loved them.