fabric take-out boxes

The last couple of weddings I have been to did a real good job with
the music. Enough for folks to dance if they want but not so loud
to be bothersome if you are trying to chat with folks.
There is hope Kathy ; )
Taria

Kathy Applebaum wrote:


I'm in total agreement with you. I can't think of a single wedding I've ever
been to where I've really wanted the favors. I always feel bad, because
someone went to a lot of time and trouble, and it's usually not even
something I can take to the local women's shelter to brighten their day.

And don't get me started on why the DJs seem to be compelled to play music
so gosh darned loud that you can't have a conversation with anyone,
including people who are inches from you.

"Taria" wrote in message
news:WOGof.1872$Ht4.1726@trnddc08...
The last couple of weddings I have been to did a real good job with
the music. Enough for folks to dance if they want but not so loud
to be bothersome if you are trying to chat with folks.
There is hope Kathy ; )
Taria

Come to think of it, the last wedding I went to only had acoustic music. Of
course, it helps that the groom was in his 50's, and an acoustic guitar
player himself.

Maybe I just need better friends getting married. ;-)

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply

Solved the problem of music at DD's wedding. She didn't want any - We
just had a lovely very long meal with lots of good audible
conversation. Everyone except her friend's baby (who was perfectly
behaved) was over 30, so enjoyed conversing too.

Afterwards we had a break when we all changed into less formal
clothes, and those who wanted to (including the bridal pair who had a
suite in the reception hotel) went out for an Indian meal (or rather
only half an Indian meal as I was already so full.

There was more conversation, and we had comments afterwards how much
everyone had enjoyed themselves.

When we were married (40 years ago) weddings were always in the
morning followed by lunch and then about 3.30 the bride and groom
changed into their 'going-away' clothes, and drove away in a car full
of confetti and with lipstick graffiti and tin cans and shoes tied on
the back. Now its afternoon wedding and reception followed by loud
music, long waits and more loud music and more food (provided by the
now bankrupt brides parents). Often the couples friends seem to just
come for the evening food and disco. The bride and groom just don't
have time to leave for a honeymoon till the next day!

I think the 'olden days' were much more romantic.

--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin


On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:13:56 GMT, "Kathy Applebaum"
wrote:


"Taria" wrote in message
news:WOGof.1872$Ht4.1726@trnddc08...
The last couple of weddings I have been to did a real good job with
the music. Enough for folks to dance if they want but not so loud
to be bothersome if you are trying to chat with folks.
There is hope Kathy ; )
Taria

Come to think of it, the last wedding I went to only had acoustic music. Of
course, it helps that the groom was in his 50's, and an acoustic guitar
player himself.

Maybe I just need better friends getting married. ;-)

I agree with you 100 %. why waste the time and supplies?
Gen

"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
news:BrFof.466$Ou3.178@dukeread09...
IMO, as a former bride, former mother of groom and future mother
of groom, awa a guest at numerous weddings, 'gifts/favors' for
guests are not necessary, are waste of time and money, and most
guests don't even do much with them. Most end up binned or at
Charity Shop in a few months. NOT being a Scrooge here ... just
think there are are other, more fruitful, ways to spend money and
time.
PAT in VA/USA

Audrey wrote:
My daughter just announced a wedding for June 2007, she mentioned fabric
take out boxes as gifts for guests. Any suggestions? Are there any
templates available?
Thank you

SAlly...that was the way it was here too !...so many years ago. I was
watching a movie of my
sil and bil's wedding that was in 1958 and they had the wedding in a small
church in town...and went across
the street to the parish hall where there was the reception ..probably put
on by the Altar Society or perhaps
my mil made a lot of the food...
The wedding cake was on a card table....no music...no dancing...but yes,
held in the morning ...as at that
time the priests wouldn't let you get married later than noon !...I suppose
they wanted a day off too !!!
Also, they were nice weddings ...but stiff....and not much fun !!...but
economical and this couple is still
married !!...I don't think they often had dancing as most poeple really
didn't like to dance/ party until it
gets dark...or so it seems in this area. I have gotten annoyed at wedding
when there is a photo shoot after
the wedding...that takes 2 hours !!...unless they serve appetizers and
drinks...so that you have somethng to
do while they are taking all those photos !


..
"Sally Swindells" wrote in message
...
Solved the problem of music at DD's wedding. She didn't want any - We
just had a lovely very long meal with lots of good audible
conversation. Everyone except her friend's baby (who was perfectly
behaved) was over 30, so enjoyed conversing too.

Afterwards we had a break when we all changed into less formal
clothes, and those who wanted to (including the bridal pair who had a
suite in the reception hotel) went out for an Indian meal (or rather
only half an Indian meal as I was already so full.

There was more conversation, and we had comments afterwards how much
everyone had enjoyed themselves.

When we were married (40 years ago) weddings were always in the
morning followed by lunch and then about 3.30 the bride and groom
changed into their 'going-away' clothes, and drove away in a car full
of confetti and with lipstick graffiti and tin cans and shoes tied on
the back. Now its afternoon wedding and reception followed by loud
music, long waits and more loud music and more food (provided by the
now bankrupt brides parents). Often the couples friends seem to just
come for the evening food and disco. The bride and groom just don't
have time to leave for a honeymoon till the next day!

I think the 'olden days' were much more romantic.

--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin


On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:13:56 GMT, "Kathy Applebaum"
wrote:


"Taria" wrote in message
news:WOGof.1872$Ht4.1726@trnddc08...
The last couple of weddings I have been to did a real good job with
the music. Enough for folks to dance if they want but not so loud
to be bothersome if you are trying to chat with folks.
There is hope Kathy ; )
Taria

Come to think of it, the last wedding I went to only had acoustic music.
Of
course, it helps that the groom was in his 50's, and an acoustic guitar
player himself.

Maybe I just need better friends getting married. ;-)

Kathy Applebaum wrote:

"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
news:BrFof.466$Ou3.178@dukeread09...

IMO, as a former bride, former mother of groom and future mother of groom,
awa a guest at numerous weddings, 'gifts/favors' for guests are not
necessary, [...]

I'm in total agreement with you. [...]

I'm going to be the lone voice that says,
but I *like* wedding favors! I like seeing
something that means something to the bride
and groom, especially. I do draw the line
at something that someone else needs to
spend huge amounts of time making, though.
If the OP's daughter were to make the boxes,
that would be fine, but not the mother.

DH and I met doing a musical, so we recorded
us playing two pieces of music and burned them
(as well as the first and second dances) to
CDs, before burned CDs became fashionable.
My cousin makes soap, so she made soap as
favors. My brother and his wife are wine
aficionados, so they gave out red and white
wine with their names as the labels.

-- Anita --

This thread seems to be still going on, so I will repost this "episode"
of quilt show which I found. (I posted this in Audrey's thank you
post).

Crafts : Christmas / Hanukkah / Kwanzaa : Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes
: Home & Garden Television
Address:http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_occasion...284105,00.html

~~Ann in central Tx~~

aha - it's nice to hear that my wedding was actually a nice old fashioned
wedding - morning wedding ( not in a church but in the local castle as that
is where the city does the weddings) and off the restaurant where ex worked
at the time. his colleges made the food - I baked the cake we had Italian
music played quietly in the background and lots of talking :-) after lunch
we got changed and hopped on the train for our honeymoon

--
Jessamy
In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jess_ayad/my_photos
WOK : the ancient art.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAlly...that was the way it was here too !...so many years ago. I was
watching a movie of my
sil and bil's wedding that was in 1958 and they had the wedding in a small
church in town...and went across
the street to the parish hall where there was the reception ..probably put
on by the Altar Society or perhaps
my mil made a lot of the food...
The wedding cake was on a card table....no music...no dancing...but yes,
held in the morning ...as at that
time the priests wouldn't let you get married later than noon !...I suppose
they wanted a day off too !!!
Also, they were nice weddings ...but stiff....and not much fun !!...but
economical and this couple is still
married !!...I don't think they often had dancing as most poeple really
didn't like to dance/ party until it
gets dark...or so it seems in this area. I have gotten annoyed at wedding
when there is a photo shoot after
the wedding...that takes 2 hours !!...unless they serve appetizers and
drinks...so that you have somethng to
do while they are taking all those photos !


..
"Sally Swindells" wrote in message
...
Solved the problem of music at DD's wedding. She didn't want any - We
just had a lovely very long meal with lots of good audible
conversation. Everyone except her friend's baby (who was perfectly
behaved) was over 30, so enjoyed conversing too.

Afterwards we had a break when we all changed into less formal
clothes, and those who wanted to (including the bridal pair who had a
suite in the reception hotel) went out for an Indian meal (or rather
only half an Indian meal as I was already so full.

There was more conversation, and we had comments afterwards how much
everyone had enjoyed themselves.

When we were married (40 years ago) weddings were always in the
morning followed by lunch and then about 3.30 the bride and groom
changed into their 'going-away' clothes, and drove away in a car full
of confetti and with lipstick graffiti and tin cans and shoes tied on
the back. Now its afternoon wedding and reception followed by loud
music, long waits and more loud music and more food (provided by the
now bankrupt brides parents). Often the couples friends seem to just
come for the evening food and disco. The bride and groom just don't
have time to leave for a honeymoon till the next day!

I think the 'olden days' were much more romantic.

--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin


On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:13:56 GMT, "Kathy Applebaum"
wrote:


"Taria" wrote in message
news:WOGof.1872$Ht4.1726@trnddc08...
The last couple of weddings I have been to did a real good job with
the music. Enough for folks to dance if they want but not so loud
to be bothersome if you are trying to chat with folks.
There is hope Kathy ; )
Taria

Come to think of it, the last wedding I went to only had acoustic music.
Of
course, it helps that the groom was in his 50's, and an acoustic guitar
player himself.

Maybe I just need better friends getting married. ;-)

We got married 6 years ago and we had our wedding in a tiny church in
the morning followed by lunch at a local restaurant. In the evening my
parents in law put a small buffet type meal on for everybody and some
friends played ceidlh(sp?) music for those who wanted to dance. We
spent the first part of our honeymoon in London staying with my husbands
grandmother (we don't get to see her very often and it made her really
happy to have some time with us) before flying off.

I think that today when people travel some distance to get to
weddings, that not going on your honeymoon in the afternoon gives you
more time to see your friends.

Sarah