InstantForum.NET v4.1.4CanadianBride.com Talkboardshttp://forums.canadianbride.com/bounce@canadianbride.comFri, 16 May 2008 09:42:34 GMT20http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxThose are awesome!Wed, 07 May 2008 23:15:33 GMTlstreethttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxThey look awesome, I can't believe you did it so cheaply!Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:22 GMTparadise83http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxGreat idea thanks for sharing the tip Sunbride :)Fri, 02 May 2008 22:42:33 GMTcstauberhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxanother idea rather than confetti is that dollarama sells little bags of tiny little plastic "shells". You could probably do like 20 bottles with a 1$ bag of shells. The "shells" actually have holes in them to use as beads but they would be a nice size for this project.Fri, 02 May 2008 16:29:36 GMTSunBridehttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxI love these! I would really like to do something along these lines, I might just steal some aspects of your idea!Fri, 02 May 2008 15:52:51 GMTgfreyhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxThanks guys!! :PFri, 02 May 2008 13:36:24 GMTBeachBride09http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxOh wow! I love them!Fri, 02 May 2008 12:57:12 GMTbutterpurphttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxLOL! Love the title to this thread! :P</P><P>Your STD's look fantastic, congrats on doing such a great job!Fri, 02 May 2008 11:50:32 GMTjmheinhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxWow thank you soooo much for sharing the details in where you found everything and for how much. I love the end product and it's even greater that it came out cheap :D!!! Me likey good deals!!! I leave in TO so will be checking the places you mentioned. <br>I was also thinking of hand delivering most of them, since I know that shipping them will be expensive.<br>Will be looking for the fruit juice on my next trip to Loblaws, LOL!<br>Another question I have for all of you ladies. Our wedding is on Nov 4th. Now everybody knows the details for some time now because I created a website, so when would it be a good time to send the invites?!Thu, 01 May 2008 21:33:27 GMTcstauberhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxwhat an awesome idea! i love it! good job! :)Thu, 01 May 2008 21:08:01 GMTJle24http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxOh ya, but if you hadn't said so, I wouldn't have been able to tell lol. Picky bride vision eh? lolThu, 01 May 2008 19:46:49 GMTBrandyGhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxwe were really worried about that too which is why, well FH mostly cause he's an engineer, put them through rigorous vibration and quality control testing and the passed with flying colours. In fact after a while the sand will settle and the glass will look like brand new again.</P><P>I don't know if you can tell in the picture but the second bottle (I think) from the right is cloudier than the rest. That was because it was just "tested", in a few minutes it looked like the rest again.Thu, 01 May 2008 19:44:14 GMTBeachBride09http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxOk, I was worried that everything would be a jumbled mess by the time it got where it was going lol.Thu, 01 May 2008 19:41:41 GMTBrandyGhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxLove your STD's. What a unique and creative idea! Great Job!Thu, 01 May 2008 19:40:17 GMTlovemrkhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxthe sand is loose but we tied the twine around the message and around the cork on the outside of the bottle. This way the message comes out with the cork.</P><P>We did a test with the confetti and when you shake the bottle the confetti rises back to the top, its great. lolThu, 01 May 2008 19:35:04 GMTBeachBride09http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxno not at all, this is why I posted them.</P><P>Well after lots of time and frustration and spending probably hundreds of dollars in gas just to find the cheapest products...we found them!! LOL Keep in mind there's some grunt work involved in doing it really cheap.</P><P>We went all over the city looking for the perfect bottles. We didn't want to go with wine bottles because they were too big and heavy so we scoured and scoured and finally found the perfect size and price. We couldn't find 6"ish bottles anywhere, we looked at the party store, walmart, zellers and 3 different dollar type stores. As a last ditch effort we went to Loblaws in hopes that we could find a cheap drink and just dump it out and use the bottle and voila!! we found them in the pop section for .66 each (make your own wine stores wanted .85/bottle), Grace tropical fruit drinks. We dumped the juice out cause it was gross and had to clean the labels off but they worked. Here's a pic of the drinks...</P><P><IMG src="http://forums.canadianbride.com/Uploads/Images/a7c27fe4-057e-4154-9e0e-fe58.jpg"></P><P>The labels were easy to get off but you need to scrub to get the glue off. This is perfect for getting FH involved. Here's FH scrubbing with SOS pads lol</P><P><IMG src="http://forums.canadianbride.com/Uploads/Images/d655a197-1f11-4746-9af7-7011.jpg"></P><P>The confetti we bought at Michael's and at the party store (the party store had a better beach selection), same price.</P><P>The corks we took from wine bottles (free), which fit perfectly (just go to any bar and ask them fo their corks)</P><P>The sand we got from Walmart - $4.50/bag (does about 30 bottles)</P><P>Shells, twine and paper (card stock paper) we bought from Michael's </P><P>Unmbrellas we bought at the party store - $11 for 144. It was pricy I think but by then we were tired of shopping and took what was there. The cool thing though about these umbrellas is that they don't have any design on them that the cheap ones do.</P><P>The next hardest thing was the boxes but we finally found them from a place called Avenue Industrial Supply located in Mississauga. They charge about $1/box but they're the perfect size and type. But after finding out it costs $7.87 to mail each bottle out we have decided to only mail them out to people who will really appreciate the work we put into them. The rest will get them handed out to them or just get the little card in an envelope . lol So you may not need boxes.</P><P>So in total each bottle cost about $1.50 without the box and about $2.50 with the box. It cost us more searching for the stuff but hopefully the wisdom I've imparted on you will make it cheap for you.</P><P>The plus side for all this work is the feeling you get when people recieve the bottle. It makes it all worth while, it really does!Thu, 01 May 2008 19:33:33 GMTBeachBride09http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxHow do you stop the sand from going all over the place, or is it just loose in there?Thu, 01 May 2008 19:15:30 GMTBrandyGhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxI love them. Great job!Thu, 01 May 2008 19:10:32 GMTArielaKhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxI want to go with the message in a bottle theme as well. Do you mind sharing, where you got the items and how much it was? The look awesome!<br>CoraThu, 01 May 2008 19:03:46 GMTcstauberhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxwow, those look great!!Thu, 01 May 2008 18:38:16 GMTsmurf993http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxthey are too cute... what an awesome idea!!! GREAT JOBThu, 01 May 2008 18:25:32 GMTwendyladyhttp://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic648549-9-1.aspxNow that everyone's mind is in the gutter with mine, I just wanted to share my STD's in case someone out there was thinking of doing the message in a bottle theme. </P><P>The first batch has gone out and they've been a huge hit! In fact they've been such a hit people are refusing to open them as they look too cute the way they are. FH's co-workers are actually running around trying to steal each other's bottles to open them and read them so they don't ruin their own. lol</P><P><IMG src="http://forums.canadianbride.com/Uploads/Images/6a4d714b-b9de-44e2-837b-2894.jpg"></P><P><IMG src="http://forums.canadianbride.com/Uploads/Images/8057dd36-2099-40a8-b94f-7ccc.jpg">Thu, 01 May 2008 17:59:30 GMTBeachBride09