I'm excited!

[bella9802]

First, the proofs for our cake toppers have come in.  They're cute!  She still needs to add my FH's goatee....but I like them a lot!  The third one is smaller...it's my son, who's 5...and his feet are dangling over the side of the cake.  :)

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[dulyoncourt]

Your cake topper looks awesome! The prayer flag is very sweet idea :)

[bella9802]

Thanks! My mom giggled at them because we all look the same... but the way I figured is that if we bought generic ones, we'd all look the same anyway! And this way, they're dressed in our clothes and it's a replica of my dress...down to the pearls I'm wearing. And you can't see it but there's a flower in my hair...like I'll be wearing. So...they really are us! :)

[poppins17]

Awesome! FH wanted Tibetan prayer flags for the ceremony decor, but I wanted something to fit in with our purple color scheme. Luckily while surfing we came across these awesome flags as a compromise.

Mind if I ask where you ordered yours? I'm going to have to consider incorporating them elsewhere now...

[bella9802]

I got them from Nepalesepaper.com

I love your purple ones! They'll look great!

I thought about the fact that these don't match...we're doing brown and blue. But, they're not decorating our ceremony...so the color addition will be very subtle. And, they're all being tied up scroll fashion in a brown ribbon with the program rolled up on the inside. And the program will have the brown and blue. So, I got over the not matching.

And what I ended up doing is making the majority of the ceremony flowers cream/white...with just little touches of color.... so I think one bold pop of color will be fine for ours. :)

[cosmicwonder]

I love the Tibetan flag idea, very original!

[bella9802]

thanks! I saw them in a magazine where someone had decorated with them.... and I liked the thought and symbolism, but wanted to use them in a different way. :)

[trinity3x]

This is completely disregardable as I'm nothing, but an internet stranger and you didn't ask, but...

I'm all for special touches at weddings, but I'll have to admit to some heartburn with the idea of cutting up prayer flags (see also: changing a cultural tradition to suit your desires). You may want to make sure none of your guests have a significant tie to Tibet as this practice may also disturb them. Also, the ink used could make for some very messy hands. If you're having children present, that's something you may want to consider.

[bella9802]

Saturday is never a good day to hang them. We got around it by not hanging them. :) We're also not saying prayers to them...or burning incense or offering yogurt and a lot of other things surrounding them.

[bella9802]

Oh no...I appreciate all comments. (but I do want to respond :) )

I only have 17 guests attending (and 3 are under the age of 6) and since they're parents and siblings and grandparents...I know they won't be offended on any level.

But, actually, I did verify the global significance. It was easy (I'm a writer...and my company is well known...we make a magazine with a yellow border with lots of pretty pictures of very Geographic places). From first hand sources, all the flags can be separated (and I didn't cut any of the flags themselves - just the string tying them together). They're generally kept together when you're invoking the spirits of all the elements. But each individual flag has it's own special meaning, so it's appropriate to separate them. The important part of them is not the flag itself, but the intention.