woofmcmoose Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Last month my girlfriend and I got married which, apart from being incredibly awesome in its own right , now means I can share some of the fun LEGO related things we worked into the whole process. We got engaged whilst on holiday last summer and almost immediately she suggested we use mini-figures as wedding favours/place settings.In fact we visited 5 LEGO stores during the holiday in a quest for useful bits from the pick-a-brick wall and build a minifigure bins. Coupled with good few ebay job-lots and some of my existing sets we ended up with a personalised figure for every one of our guests (here laid out on the actual table-plan): For some of our guests this was easier than others; there was quite a bit of Facebook profile checking to figure out the best features to work in to capture some aspect of each guest. Over the 7 months of prep we also had a good number of headgear (and head) swaps as various friends' beards and hairstyles came and went: I am so glad we did this as all the guests seemed to love their figures; for the next 5 days my facebook news feed was almost entirely filled with friends changing their profile pictures to pics of their figs. After searching a while for a venue we found a Medieval Hall which then of course led to an excuse for me to buy some Castle sets and produce this vignette for the save the date cards: With the Medieval Hall booked you could perhaps forgive us thinking it was fate when we spotted a 3ft tall 1980's Black Falcon promo statue on ebay nearby. Shortly after he was living in our lounge (and being hidden away every time a relative or friend came to visit). Of course we had to give him a job to do on the day so we made him a banner and stood him outside the venue: He also appeared in the venue on our Ceremony booklet: (His normal minifig self was hidden in several places throughout our invites too). The invites had a vignette for each page of information; for example the menu: There was also a liberal splattering of Pratchett-esque olde tyme rightinge throughout to fit the medieval theme. The reception was actually at another venue a 10 min walk away and we had one of our friends lead a procession between the two with the banner and another carrying the knight on a sack truck. With Becky leading on the production of minifig favours, I set about creating a not-so-mini-figure table plan. Each of the 10 tables had a Lego minifig torch or alarm clock to identify it (excluding the top table which got the giant black falcon), for example here is the 'fire' table: The figs were also given the jobs of holding a set of 'instructions' detailing who on that table had ordered what food. The front side of the instructions were stolen straight from the LEGO movie: Finally to find their seats the guests had to find their name under a list of themes then cross reference it to a minifig scale map of the hall featuring the relevant characters (by the way, the 234 pcs is a reference to the total number of dishes being served, not the number of guests): Ably assisted by the overstaffed LEGO police department: And of course no wedding would be complete without cake (made by my parents): ...or indeed without fancy wedding shoes for the bride : Becky and I got some real enjoyment out of the whole planning side of things and the day itself was just superb; I think we managed to put plenty of 'us' into the wedding whilst keeping it fun for everyone. Hopefully you have enjoyed seeing the LEGO related bits! P.S. My brother in his best man speech also noted we must be perfect for each other as she let me do this (http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=95715) to our spare room. Edited April 7, 2015 by woofmcmoose Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLegGodt Posted April 7, 2015 Absolutely awesome - it sounds like you two had a lot of fun preparing this feast. Congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bemuser Posted April 7, 2015 awesome! you should inform tlg about this! pronto! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jodawill Posted April 7, 2015 That photo of the knight in front of the castle wall is amazing. Could we see more pictures of the venue? Where was this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted April 8, 2015 Congrats. Very cool LEGO wedding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Master_Data Posted April 9, 2015 I think "Slightly" is a little misleading...It looks like a very LEGO wedding! Congratulations! If you have any more pictures, please share them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Freekysch Posted April 9, 2015 Very very nice ! Love the details that went into organizing the wedding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGO Guy Bri Posted April 9, 2015 Congratulations, this is a nice twist rather than staying traditional. Dedication on two fronts. I love the peeled back cake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basiliscus Posted April 9, 2015 Congratulations! A very nice theme and not too overdone. I am sure the guests would have loved it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Breakdown Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) My friend's wedding a year ago we all had Lego cufflinks, 2 X 2 bricks each a different colour. One of the bridesmaids had a bracelet with the same 2 X 2 bricks. We couldn't attach ourselves together because the male lego studs at the top were exposed, but the female connections on the bottom had the metal part for the cufflinks obstructing them. Our only option was to all attach ourselves to the one bridesmaid with the bracelet (unfortunately I don't have a pic) I do have the cufflinks and the lego hinged box that they came in. Your wedding stuff looks epic!! Two thumbs up! Edited April 10, 2015 by Breakdown Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wodanis Posted April 11, 2015 Congratulations on your wedding. This looked like a very inventive and enjoyable wedding experience. I really liked the idea of individual figs for each guess. Very clever! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woofmcmoose Posted April 13, 2015 Thanks for all the responses. That photo of the knight in front of the castle wall is amazing. Could we see more pictures of the venue? Where was this? The wedding venue was the Medieval Hall in Salisbury (UK); it was built in the 13th century as the banqueting hall for the Dean of the Cathedral. You can see it is pretty much dwarfed by the Cathedral and the red brick college buildings (now flats) nearby: Congratulations! A very nice theme and not too overdone. I am sure the guests would have loved it! Thanks, we were a little worried it would end up looking a little bit too much like a kid's birthday party! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert8 Posted April 15, 2015 OMG.... you sure love LEGO Congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jintranpley Posted April 16, 2015 Seems like this would make wedding planning pretty fun! Congratulations, and best wishes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
