Looking for wedding reception fun ideas? We are continuing the series from our blog category about “Meeting the love of your life,” and the story of my husband and I when we first met and then got married.

If you have been following us, this time I am going to invite you to the scene of our reception. It was fun and memorable to say the least.

Show off your Personality at your Wedding

Use items at your wedding to show what shaped who you are. It was nothing big, yet it was big in the eyes of my friends and family. You see I did not grow up with much money. It was not the usual wedding reception you would expect. My mom and I had fun buying items for the big party and finding them for 75% off. It took a while deciding what to do for our wedding cake. You see, I am a practical kind of girl who has expensive taste. According to my mother, I am just like my grandmother (or her mom who has since passed away now). She had expensive taste on a frugal budget. Growing up in a family with limited resources, yet not really knowing it shaped who I am today.

I am beyond grateful for everything I have today. My parents figured out how to be creative and make my two brothers and I feel like we have money through making crafts out of nothing, making learning fun, and bonding with us using everyday items.

I say all that to say, I have always wanted a great wedding like other girls, yet value money at the same time. My fiance (at the time), Mark, and I agreed that we would rather spend the money saved from our wedding to put on a house. We know how to make a wedding fun with or without money.

Finding the Perfect Wedding Cake

I say all that to say, after looking at several wedding cakes, we decided to be creative and purchased a cake from Walmart. Walmart??? (you are thinking). I know, I know. It  is not the traditional answer you would expect. We bought two large sheet cakes and one smaller cake for my fiance and I. We found a cute gazebo decoration to use as a cake topper with a picture of ourselves in it. It was a big deal to us because it showcased our personality in the cake, and still tasted great. Besides, by having two sheet cakes we could please everyone with flavor and have one white and one chocolate cake.

Be Creative at your Wedding Reception

other things that set our reception apart were the cute goldfish swimming in a bowl on our table where we sat as the bride and groom. My dad had this brilliant idea to get the fish and put them in a bowl to surprise us. The fish were strange to some, but as we told the story, it made sense.

The fish had memories to me as our family always had fish in a pond somewhere growing up throughout my life. I remember the days of sitting together and watching the fish swim in our back yard. I wanted to have fireworks at the end of my wedding too, but that idea got banned.

We all have our weird, yet fun quirks. It is important to make your wedding reception, yours. It is your one day to shine and show who all has influenced your life and made you the woman or man you are today.

Other Fun Wedding Reception Ideas

For other fun wedding reception ideas check out this link here.

1. Be yourself

2. Be entertaining

3. Include activities for all ages.

What advice would you give to help other with fun wedding reception ideas? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

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“Do you want to go camping?” – Mark says

“Um No. It is cold. It is Winter.” – Marcie says

“I know. I have an idea” – Mark says

“That is never a good thing” – Marcie Thinks

Next thing I know, I have a tent pitched up in our living room next to our fireplace.

“Awe. How Romantic.” – Marcie Thinks and says.

Are you running out of ideas of how to keep their spark going in your marriage? Are you frustrated by the mundane nights spent in front of the television? The internet is filled with ideas of how to help marriages. Thank you for reading our article or blogs.

As a counselor in the past, I have worked with many young couples, frustrated in their marriage. I also have a love for DIY and craft projects. I learn something new every day about my husband. How about you? The key is to be open-minded to learn and listen for something new, about each other.

Creative Communication

A great way to communicate your thoughts, feelings, hopes, and dreams, can be through a fun crafts. Be creative and create memorable milestone moments in your marriage. In counseling, I would teach couples how to create a decorative jar, they make together, and then fill with slips of paper with a few word phrases or sentences of topics or ideas to talk about or do, nightly at dinner, or at least once per week. You write the topics or things to do on small pieces of paper, then fold them up and put them in the jar. Then, just like drawing numbers from a hat, draw a piece of paper from the jar, to have an idea of what to talk about or do together that night, bonding you closer to each other. When you write ideas of things to do, make sure you choose projects or things that do not take more than one week to accomplish. You do not want to get overwhelmed and quit this bonding activity to strengthen your marriage. You could even have your guests at your wedding reception; use the guest book area to write down ideas on slips of paper to put in the jar, as a guest sign-in project. How fun is that?

Marriage Conversation Starters

When you fill out your slips of paper, you are discovering the “story of us” or you as a couple. Growing closer in any marriage takes work, but you can make your work fun. Another creative idea is to put your slips of paper or projects you have done already, in a decorative wedding time capsule. Then years later in your marriage, open the time capsule and look back at what all you have done together and how far your marriage has come since then. This alone, will be a touching and loving milestone moment together as you reminisce about what all you both have accomplished together in life.



Similar Creative and Helpful Ideas

Check out this similar idea of how to create a similar way to stay attracted to your spouse. Make a “Can of Dates,” with helpful tips from http://www.mycreativestirrings.com/2010/05/creative-wedding-gift-idea-can-of-dates.html. You can also get a list of 240 starter questions or topics to put on slips of paper for your jar at http://beautyandbedlam.com/conversation-starter-questions/.

We hope we could help you today with this blog. Now, do not put off tomorrow, what you can start today. Your first strip of paper you pull from our jar of help, is to make your jar together, today. What is the first idea you would write on a strip of paper, to put in your jar? Comment below to share your ideas with others. Let’s help each other, create better marriages in their world.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

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