Reception Must-Haves

Cards often hold cash. A box that locks, and one person responsible for it at the end.

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Another option to Card Box with Lock, for a different style or budget.

A glass box with a lock, for a more modern table. Same job, different look.

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One sign for the card box, so guests know where the envelopes go. Same maker and style as our In Loving Memory table sign, so the two match.

Pairs with the card box.

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For the cake cutting photo, and plenty of couples use it every anniversary after.

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Your own two flutes show up in every toast and cake-cutting photo and come home as a keepsake, separate from the registry stemware. Plain crystal with no etching, so they suit every couple. Hand wash only.

~$70 · Prices are approximate and can change. Check the shop for today's price.

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Another option to Toasting Flutes, for a different style or budget.

Your names and date on the flutes you toast with, kept on a shelf afterwards. About half the price of the Lenox pair.

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A mirrored Mr and Mrs assumes the couple. A topper with your names or a phrase means every couple finds one that fits. Allow one to two weeks for personalisation and tell the baker the width.

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Put it somewhere guests pass on the way in, not tucked in a corner.

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Another option to Guest Book and Pen, for a different style or budget.

The guest book is the thing you keep forever, so this is the one to personalize: linen, with your names and the year.

~$25 · Prices are approximate and can change. Check the shop for today's price.

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Tips only get handed out if they are counted, labelled by vendor and given to one person before the ceremony. Write each vendor's name on the front the week before, tuck cash inside, and give the stack to your planner or a parent to distribute at the end of the night.

~$20 · Prices are approximate and can change. Check the shop for today's price.

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The bar menu, the guest book sign, the card box sign and the favor sign all need to stand up, and leaning one against a vase lasts ten minutes. Two packs cover six stations with a spare; the eight-inch size takes a 5x7 or 8x10 sign.

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Table numbers only work if guests can see them over the centerpiece. Nearly nine inches tall, so the number sits above the flowers. One per table plus two spares; your seating chart already knows the count.

~$20 · Prices are approximate and can change. Check the shop for today's price.

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Another option to Table Number Stands, for a different style or budget.

Low gold holders for table numbers that sit under the centerpiece rather than above it, or for photos on a memorial table.

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At a Quaker wedding every person present signs the certificate as a witness, and couples of any tradition now commission a certificate as a guest book; it hangs in your home afterward, so the ink has to be archival rather than decorative. Six pens across the signing table keeps the line moving, and the calligrapher who makes the certificate can tell you which width suits the paper.

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Ice water with sliced citrus at the ceremony entrance is the first thing every hot-weather guide recommends, and a dispenser with clear cups looks better than a case of small bottles. Plan one per 50 guests and refill it before the ceremony ends.

~$40 · Prices are approximate and can change. Check the shop for today's price.

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A toast read off a phone looks bad in photos, and phones lock mid-sentence. Give a few heavy cards and the case to the best man and maid of honor a week out, and keep the rest for your own vows and thank-yous.

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For the toast or the send-off when the venue does not supply glassware. Check what the venue provides first, then order one per guest plus ten percent. Clear, not frosted, so the champagne shows in photos.

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A simple mirrored topper for the cake-cutting photo.

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Guests leave before cake or take one bite. A stack of small boxes by the exit means the cake gets eaten and you are not carrying three tiers to the hotel. Order half the guest count and confirm the caterer will box slices.

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Saving the top tier for your first anniversary takes a sturdy box and someone assigned to take it home. Tall enough for a 6 or 8 inch tier with its topper, and the board lifts out for wrapping and freezing.

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Most couples barely eat at their own reception. Bring these so the caterer can pack your plates and the extra food; some will only send food home in containers you provide. Leakproof, stackable and freezer safe.

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A charging shelf by the bar with a small sign keeps guests' phones alive for the send-off and the photo uploads. Add a mix of USB-C and Lightning cables and let the bartender keep an eye on it.

~$45 · Prices are approximate and can change. Check the shop for today's price.

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Late-night food revives a dance floor every time, and plain kraft cups make fries, sliders or pretzels easy to carry back to the floor. Plan one per guest plus 20 percent, and ask the caterer first whether serviceware is already included.

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Every bar needs napkins; these say whose wedding it is. Three-ply, so they survive a wet glass.

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Another option to Mr and Mrs Cocktail Napkins, for a different style or budget.

Your names and date on every napkin at the bar. Choose the color and design on the listing.

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The one sign in front of the two of you all night, and in the background of every toast photo.

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Makes an ordinary cake look like it was the plan all along.

For couples doing their own dessert table.

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