Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The Rehearsal Dinner



We will have the actual rehearsal at the church (obviously) and then we are having our rehearsal dinner at a baseball stadium (not this one though). Fiance loves baseball, so we thought it was fitting. Its going to be a very casual event. I think it will be a nice time for everyone to relax and visit with relatives.

I have been trying to come up with ideas to go with our baseball theme. I think it would be very cute to have invitations that are printed like tickets to a game. I also think a fun centerpiece would be a plastic popcorn bucket with crackerjacks, peanuts and other baseball type items.

Since our extended families have never met, I kind of want to have some type of nametag - but I am not sure about this.

Feel free to chime in if you have any ideas or suggestions!

6 comments:

Lauren @ Adventures of a Southern Newlywed said...

Sounds like fun! It will be so nice to have everyone together for a nice laid back night before your big day.

Unknown said...

I LOVE the baseball theme - my dad and brother both play baseball. Let me think some more about it - I'm really intrigued by this idea, and I want to offer some ideas!

Some Like it Southern said...

I love this idea! It would be fun to have family in t-shirt jerseys with their name on the back and a number on it too. For example,
Grandpa #1 Grandma #2. Or you could skip the #, give out random #s but the name would be fun! If I think of more ideas, I'll let you know.

Anonymous said...

oooh perfect! ok, i'm not sure how into DIY you are, or how many guests you have, but what about making a baseball "program" introducing all of your guests? you could have them printed at kinkos or an office supply store and it wouldn't be prohibitively expensive. just a thought. :)

Etiquettely Correct said...

thanks for the awesome ideas you guys! the baseball program would be adorable

Mrs Branham said...

Hello there. I found you by accident as I was looking for "baseball themed wedding ideas" online, but I couldn't help adding my recent findings. I just saw a very cute inspiration board at Snippet & Ink about a vintage baseball themed wedding. Take a look http://snippetandink.blogspot.com/2008/04/board-181-take-me-out-to-ballgame.html

I also remember seeing a really fabulous wedding in an old issue of Martha Stewart Weddings (perhaps an issue from 2005 when I got married, but I can't find it online anywhere). They used lots of "vintage" looking things like popcorn and peanuts as favors in cute wrapping, and each table was named after a position on the field etc. I even saw the idea that you could have your family play the groom's family in a game. I hope your wedding is fabulous. and Thanks for letting me give you my two cents!