I love our wedding... BUTTTT.... Help!!!?

Here's the deal... I ?LOVE? everything my fiance and I have picked out for our December wedding. Our colors are: apple red, white, black %26amp; accents of gold. The ceremony and reception is going to be in an older restored Opera House. It's gorgeous. But, I feel like I need something that kind of *pops* out at people. Both my fiance and myself are out going, fun people. I feel like while our wedding is going to be beauitul, and classy. I want something that is totally 'us', crazy, and unique. Anyone have any ideas for a cool cake, decorations, favors??

Thanks in advanced!

I love our wedding... BUTTTT.... Help!!!?comedy club

red, white, black w/gold in an old Opera House?? OMG, you could do SO much with that!!! Does Phantom of the Opera ring a bell???

I mean hey, if you're talking "crazy"...during the bridal dance when he's supposed to carry you off...have him put on the phantom mask before whisking you away...you'd be the damsel in distress like the movie!

For "favors", you could simply place a long stemmed rose at each place setting w/your thank you note attched w/a pretty white or gold ribbon tied to it. My friends had a live "brass band" at their reception and they actually danced to "The Phantom of the Opera" song...it started out like the traditional version and then they switched over to a pre-recorded dance version of it...it was SO awesome!

Centerpieces could be assorted from table to table to include top hats/white gloves-opera glasses w/operal gloves-lace fold out fans w/strands of pearls...etc...surrounded by tealights/votives-representative of the candles they used to use on stage.

Your wedding program, should you choose to do one, could be fashioned to look like a playbill....

I could go on and on, but who's to say you even like the Phantom idea!

Hey, you could also do a vegas theme and give scratch offs as favors, have poker chips and cards as part of the centerpieces (people may actually play w/them!)...gold plastic coins thrown about the tables.....there's alot you can do w/that theme as well!

I love our wedding... BUTTTT.... Help!!!?sheet music opera theater

I once went to a wedding where instead of cake it was a bunch of different types of pie.
just cause you sasid apple red, Caramel apples might be cool! A freinds sister had an ice cream sundae booth set up at hers, I thought that was a cool idea, some times unique treats work to stand out!
Maybe for the favors, make some masks in your wedding colors. Like in Phantom of the opera (with the stick to hold it up). People will have fun holding them up to pose for pictures. And you can get really creative with them.
have an opera singing santa to give out your favours.
Have your wedding cake look and be shaped like an opera mask? Favors could be iced and decorated sugar cookies in shapes of opera masks or anything opera?
Gourmet Cupcakes (The company Sprinkles comes to mind if you have a location near by).

Espresso Stand

Ice Cream Sundaes

Rootbeer Floats

Petting Zoo

Bungee Jumping Ride

Okay the last two were jokes. Where is your honeymoon? If Mexico, perhaps you could provide a bottle of kahluha or tequila per couple as a favor. Include a tag that says something to the effect of their celebrating in spirit with you.

Or go to a winery and have wine made with your label. Send a bottle home with the guests.

pssst: If children will be attending, make gift baskets or buckets with crayons, color books, and other inexpensive distractions. You can find great things for great deals if you shop smart, and the parents, children, and you will all be grateful.
Opera singers, check with local universities and theater groups. Mimes all dressed in gold with gold faces. Rent period costumes for serving staff. Request guests wear opera style clothing. Not everyone will dress up but I've been to fun dress up weddings. Lots of people will make the effort. Renting clothes is less expensive then buying new ones and your photos will be memorable. Have simple red, black, gold and white masks as table decor and favors These might even function as place cards. Include oversized champagne glasses, pearls and/or diamonds as part of your theme. Opera is very dramatic so lighting could be a big part of your decorating scheme. You might be able to find a theater student to help you with lighting and ideas inexpensively. Long stemmed red and white roses in crystal vases with shimmery gold accents. Black overlays with red rose petals on the tables. Individual or table sized wedding cakes.
Get a neat Ice sculpture
I would try your wedding cake being a bunch of cheese cakes with different toppings. We were going to do this but thought of it to late.

Also, how did you guys meet? Was your proposal done differently?

Just think about things you guys do or how special things in your relationship have taken place. I was engaged at Niagara Falls and we met online so we could give out wedding favors in computer looking boxes or internet program for yahoo..something like that. My wedding favors were seed packets with our names, wedding date and photo on it.
I would definitely suggest the multiple desert thing with a small wedding cake not only is it less expensive but most people just don't really like cake try pies, cheescakes, dessert rolls, candies, petit fours, whatever you like it worked out really well at my wedding.
Well if crazy and unique is what you want but still want the wedding cake why not have an upside down wedding cake made where the bottom layer is the smallest and the top layer the biggest. It might take a little while to find someone who could do it, but it would be really neat.

Here is a website that I found where a lady does it, you can get an idea of what it could look like: http://www.seventhheavencakes.com/cgi-bi...

You could also get creative with the cake topper, try to find one of the groom running away or something other than the two figures just sitting there....

Or if you want to cut down on cost but still want something cake like why not do a cup cake tower. Wal-Mart did have the stands, if not any party/craft store should have them.