Can't have your dog at your wedding? Cardboard cutouts to the rescue! #Wedding Porn#animals#photo booth#steal-this-idea#wedding dogs Updated Nov 3 2020 (Posted Apr 7 2015) Chris Wolfgang mswolfgang Photo from Julie & Tim's garden party family and friends wedding by Fernando Gonzalez Chances are if you've got a pet and you're reading Offbeat Bride, you'd really like to have them at your wedding. But sometimes you can't have your dog at your wedding because Fido just isn't cool with crowds, or maybe you'll be the one who's stressed, or you know your cat would just be bored. Still. You'd really like them to be a part of it all. And wouldn't it be cool if your guests knew just how much your pets mean to you? Related Post Give your guests face time with cardboard cut-outs of your gorgeous mugs When you're determined that everyone at your wedding can get some real face time with you, employ the use of some fakes! Yep, we're talking... Read more Julie and Tim solved that problem with "Flat Zooey." They had a huge cardboard cutout made of their real dog (Zooey, obvs) and included the cutout as a stand-in during their ceremony. Bonus — the paper pooch made more than a few appearances as a photo booth prop! As Julie said "I had a three-foot cut-out of our dog made as a joke, since our real dog, Zoey, couldn't be there. It would have been too stressful for me to be worrying about her the whole time. We ended up using the cut-out in the ceremony and she became a prop for the photo booth. Half of our photo booth photos have our Flat Zoey in them. It's hysterical!" You can totally get your own full-sized cardboard cut-out of your dog for about $50 over here. (Alternately, get a couple of these to celebrate the couple, or guests who can't attend!) Better yet, maybe you'll be getting texts from your very own Flat Zooey for months after your wedding, like Julie does: My mother loved it so much she kept the cut-out and is now taking pictures of Flat Zoey doing weird things and texting them to me daily. It's like the wedding never ended. Ceremony stand-in? Photo booth prop? Guestbook attendant? How would your cardboard cutout canine (or cat or chameleon) help out at your wedding? Chris Wolfgang Chris is a writer and editor in Omaha, Neb. She'll talk your ear off about independent webcomics, animated film, and Ultimate Frisbee. @chriswolfgang @mswolfgang PREVIOUS This magical Harry Potter-themed, majorly DIYed wedding wins the internet today NEXT Embrace the "Pura Vida" lifestyle on your honeymoon in Nosara, Costa Rica Show/Hide comments [ 6 ] I love this idea! We could not have our 2 furbabies at our wedding, so I set up a photo shoot with them and a sign that read "Our humans got married!" Then I framed the pic and put it on our sweetheart table so they could be there with us in spirit. I also used the pic in a few other small places at the wedding, like next to our card box. Reply This solves my problem perfectly! Can't wait to get cardboard cutouts of my dogs for my wedding!! Reply Oh, yes! THIS! This is what I have been searching for! We have two cats and they are our children! (I know I am kinda crazy cat lady, but I embrace it!) I have been struggling with ways to include them, since they will have zero desire to be out of the comfort of their home. This is perfect! Also, my flower girl, who doesn't want to be referred to as a "flower girl," can now be my "Cat Wrangler." #stealthisidea, is right! Reply This makes me want to have a pet already, just so I can do this! (No pets allowed in this apartment, and rent is just too good to give up ð ) Reply Sooo… I just ordered one of my dog for our wedding from cardboardcutoutstandees.com and I cannot wait for it to arrive. This is a wonderful idea for the offbeat, pet-lover in all of us. Thanks for sharing. Reply We shamelessly stole this idea for our wedding two years ago. There are even some great pics of the toddler flower girl dancing with cardboard Charlie (our black lab mix). It was a big success, and our Charlie cutout is still a conversation starter in our house today. Reply Join the conversation Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. Our comments are not the place to pimp your website. If you want to promote your stuff on Offbeat Bride, join us as an advertiser instead.
I love this idea! We could not have our 2 furbabies at our wedding, so I set up a photo shoot with them and a sign that read "Our humans got married!" Then I framed the pic and put it on our sweetheart table so they could be there with us in spirit. I also used the pic in a few other small places at the wedding, like next to our card box. Reply
This solves my problem perfectly! Can't wait to get cardboard cutouts of my dogs for my wedding!! Reply
Oh, yes! THIS! This is what I have been searching for! We have two cats and they are our children! (I know I am kinda crazy cat lady, but I embrace it!) I have been struggling with ways to include them, since they will have zero desire to be out of the comfort of their home. This is perfect! Also, my flower girl, who doesn't want to be referred to as a "flower girl," can now be my "Cat Wrangler." #stealthisidea, is right! Reply
This makes me want to have a pet already, just so I can do this! (No pets allowed in this apartment, and rent is just too good to give up ð ) Reply
Sooo… I just ordered one of my dog for our wedding from cardboardcutoutstandees.com and I cannot wait for it to arrive. This is a wonderful idea for the offbeat, pet-lover in all of us. Thanks for sharing. Reply
We shamelessly stole this idea for our wedding two years ago. There are even some great pics of the toddler flower girl dancing with cardboard Charlie (our black lab mix). It was a big success, and our Charlie cutout is still a conversation starter in our house today. Reply