Your Dolls in Your Wedding??

if i ever get married (i probably wont) FOR SURE my i'll bring some of my dolls and put them in tux and all x3

 

For the win!

I think including dolls at a wedding is a really cute idea. Should I ever get married, I don't think I'd like a big ceremony-type thing. I would definitely like it to be very personal and with as much meaning to me and my BF as possible. My dolls are a nice big chunk of my life, so, why not get them involved? Edward would look great in a little top-hat :3

 

Interesting question
I would like to say "Yes I would definitely want them there" but when I think about it more...
It's really beautiful idea, I would definitely made them wear some nice wedding clothes but dunno where to put them - if somebody would hold them or to firmly secure them to some table or what. It would all depend on what my Wedding would be like - like I don't really know right now XD There is still time and when it will come I will see if it would be possible or not to have them there. It would also depend on the man I would like to marry We will see

 

Been married for years. We had a very simple wedding with very few guests. I can say I probably would not have wanted my dolls to attend.

I think the idea is very cute, but it is not for me.

 

Going to restart this thread hopefully!

I'm getting married this September, and I really want to make my wedding different. So I thought of having a table with me and my friends dolls. There are 3 friends that are coming to the wedding that collect, and one actually is a bridesmaid! My wedding is going to be small (about 26 people) and there will be no drinking (fiancé hates it). I was thinking of letting them have their own table with chairs on top for them to sit in during the reception. We are also going to have a table dedicated to playing magic the gathering (my fiancé loves it lol).

I was thinking to make a little note card to include with the invitation to briefly just kind of say what were doing, and to be very careful with the dolls, and maybe a little picture as well? I don't want anyone shocked to see them on a table, i think it's best to prepare them a little. ^^

 

It's never crossed my mind before, but I probably could since I will have a victorian goth wedding. It will already be unconventional, so why not dolls as decorations? The number of guests will be less than 10, with no children in attendance. So, that will help in terms of worrying about whether someone will snatch the doll(s).

 

I would totally have my doll on hand on my wedding day, if it were not so distracting to constantly worry about where my $700 work of resin art was at every 5 seconds. I wouldn't include her in the wedding ceremony, but me being as funky as I am, I think it would be cool to incorporate her into the after party decor in some way. Haha. But I'd be too worried about making sure no one touched her. I'm so protective it's sick.

 

I didn't have my dolls when I was married. But even if I did have them it wouldn't have worked, because I had a destination wedding, and already had to much stuff to bring as it was. Given different circumstances sure, It would have been nice to have them at the reception at least.

 

I'm only 15, so I don't have to worry about this for a while (LOL), but I know I wouldn't bring my dolls. It's not just the fact that they're too precious to me for them to potentially break, but I have a LOT of shady family members that would probably jack them.
Not to mention, 40 years down the road, would you really want your dolls in your wedding photos? (Of the actual ceremony I mean, not the reception or anything like that). I think it would distract the attention of the looker from you and your mate unto the doll. I know I would want the day to be about me and my new tie to another human being, not a tie to my dolls.
HOWEVER I would deffinitely come let them jam at the reception ^_~
Why not haha? As long as there would be no drinking (which I'm not concerned about, because I'm NEVER drinking!). You would have to be careful of a drunk guest who might think "Oh look a toy!" and break it or something tragic O_O
It's kind of a difficult subject. I think that they'd probably be safer at home though Dx

 

I saw someone have a whole doll wedding here
it was nicer then any human wedding I've ever been too, I think if you and your partner had dolls that wanted to "marry" you could have two birds stoned at once

 

My girlfriend and I talked about this, and we decided that if we ever marry, we'd like to have one of our BJD couples there as well. Her Celine and my Kalix, both dressed up in each other's arms, safely away from grabby hands in a glass case on a table somewhere. Collecting dolls is a big shared hobby for us, and those two are very special to us. It'd be odd not to have them there. They wouldn't be present at the ceremony itself, as neither of us needs to worry about them then and there, but they're getting their own 'wedding' this summer anyway. xD

 

I doubt I would. If possibly it was a very small and intimate wedding of people who knew about my hobby (not many) and if my husbands hobby was represented I might consider it, but it's doubtful. It is more of an issue of where? The present table would be nice, but I'd be worried about the doll being taken, or touched and I find it highly selfish to ask a friend, or even allow someone to volunteer to watch the doll, because shouldn't they be able to enjoy themselves and not babysit a doll?
Logically, I think the only dolls I'd allow would be Puki's as cake toppers, or as a little centerpiece at the bridal party table (or whatever those are called ) which would be more for my benefit and set away from the masses.

 

I wouldn't have a doll at my wedding. It's a day about ME and my to be spouse. It's a day to share our affections and blend our families formally and 'share our joy'. I can imagine a doll being a lovely ornament but personally I wouldn't do it. Not only do I know some people are scared of them but the risk of accidents would stress me out and weddings are stressful as is. Plus honestly I will probably be too enamoured with my husband and having fun with him and the friends/family. It's a hobby and no matter how much time I spend on dolls, etc, it's not what makes me me, or what life should revolve around to me.

Some of these ideas for ornamental display sounds lovely though, and bridal showers are silly so definitely more appropriate.

 

No, I wouldn't have dolls at my wedding.

I guess I'm one of the rare enthusiasts who doesn't want to really showcase any fandoms or hobbies on her wedding, I'll stick with a traditional (if lavish!) wedding. I just don't feel like it's the time to be emphasizing a hobby that's just mine, when it's supposed to be a celebration of love. I think it should be day where I should be focusing on my husband-to-be, the love I have for him, and the love we both have for all our friends and family. Not about what I do with my disposable income. I have my entire life to enjoy my hobbies, but my wedding (hopefully!) will only happen once.

Though I can certainly understand why some couples would want to make their wedding unique by adding touches of the things they like, I myself don't plan on doing that. I want a celebration where everyone can feel welcome -- everyone understands love, but not doll collecting.

And, at any rate, weddings usually means partying. And, with some alcohol, it can get rowdy. Definitely not a safe place for dolls. They can safely stay at home for the day.

 

Considering if I ever find a guy who wants to put up with me for the rest of his life I want to have a cosplay wedding, I don't think adding dolls to it would be that much more far-fetched. ^_^; However, I most likely wouldn't do it for a lot of the reasons already stated, particularly because there wouldn't be anyone attending to them. It's not MY friends and family I don't trust, but my friends' friends..>.>

 

I don't trust my (extended) family
my guest list would consist of 4 people, so I would sorta need a few seat fillers (dolls don't talk and don't take up a lot of space in a car lol)
unless the girl is anti doll...though why I'd marry an anti doll girl is a mystery in that scenario
(I have a lot-2 ball jointed, 6 porcelain and a wack of clown dolls, room of fear, my friend refuses to go in my "doll/game room") its pretty funny

 

No way. Partly because I want a big rowdy wedding with loads of kids and drinking, I don't want to worry about delicate dolls getting broken/stolen. Partly because I have to admit as much as I'm into dolls they're not a big enough part of my life to need a reference at my wedding, like any of my other interests. Anyway if I had dolls, the fiance would have to have his Warhammer....
I might have to take one on the honeymoon though - you never know when you'll find a good doll photoshoot opportunity!

 

Isn't there another thread about somebody else who wanted their doll at their wedding? *confused*

Anyway, I think if you want to have a group of expensive dolls at your wedding that's great as long as
- the people you're inviting to the wedding, from both sides, are going to be respectful of your prized possessions and not get too drunk and start grabbing the dolls or any of that, AND
- there's somebody who can keep an eye on the dolls through the whole party until the dolls are removed and sent home with their owners or trusted family members.

Weddings and receptions are really nuts and if you bring any valuable possession there that you don't want to get lost/ stolen/ damaged while you socialize, you really need to have somebody keep an eye on it. A friend of mine brought a couple of stuffed animals to her wedding - they weren't valuable, just standard cartoon character animals, but they had GREAT sentimental value to her. And they really did need to be watched the whole time so that they didn't get lost or moved around by anybody.

Even if you trust all the guests, remember there are going to be all sorts of waiters and caterers and musicians and photogs and maybe party crashers around, and it's impossible for you to know whether each and every one of those people is honest. And even if everybody's honest, all it takes is someone to have one drink too many and bump into the doll table for someone's expensive resin doll to go crashing to the floor. I personally can't imagine a wedding without drinks (my family is Irish) but even if people aren't drinking, they're wandering around having fun and maybe thinking more about their socializing or walking straight on their high heels that they only have on once a month, than they are about "don't bump into the doll table."

Maybe your friends can each have an assigned time slot to watch the dolls, if some of them are also collectors. And someone could be in charge of packing them up and seeing they get safely home - it's amazing the stuff that gets lost at weddings, we ended up with half of our cake going home with the wrong people. If someone's not willing or able to do that looking out, I think it is a bad idea to have expensive breakables at your wedding. Too much risk.

 

I still have to post that pic of my tiny fighting a Hive Tyrant lol

 

Personally, me? No. The dolls would definitely not be in the wedding ceremony, due to both the sacred nature of it--I am unapologetically religious--and the location. Dogs are another no go (I'm allergic and don't have one). Am I getting married? Not any time soon, as I have no boyfriend at the moment. My wedding day will be about uniting two families, not just two people. As for the reception, I still probably won't have them there, for the previously stated reasons. My family alone is huge; I can't imagine how many others will be there on my hypothetical husband's side. There will be lots of kids and boisterous adults (though alcohol isn't likely), and I would not wish to have my dolls in that kind of chaos. I'd rather have them safe and sound at home.

But I'd totally do a photoshoot and make costumes beforehand. And have them at the bridalshower? Oh, that'd be cute!