I love balloons and i always just assumed we'd have them, but h2b has said that he doesn't really like them. He doesn't mind if we have them, but he wouldn't choose them. I don't know whether to have any or not now. Is anyone having balloons, or is it not something people really do? lol i'm a bit clueless sometimes as i've never really been to a wedding. Also, what do people think about balloon arches? I think they look great, but again h2b has said he doesn't like them. What do you all think?
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I really love them, but i don't want to just have everything i want as it's h2b's wedding too, so may have to give up on this idea

i hate balloons as i hate the sqeaky noise they can make when people play with them and I am always terrified in case they pop so we are deffo not having them at our wedding. My mum had them at her wedding and they were gorgeous!

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No balloons here either, each to their own but i personally dont like them at weddings

I am having pearlised ones I think, 3 coming up from the centre of each table. I also have kids coming so after the meal they can play with them in the dead time between the end of the meal and the start of the evening party xxx

We didn't have them at our wedding - they wouldn't have fitted in with the venue and everything. We did have them at our evening reception back home though - but just a display of half a dozen in each corner of the dance floor. They looked good really, and at the end of the night we gave them to any children there and guests who had children but hadn't brought them.

no balloons for us i really dont like them at weddings lol
also dd1 and H2B hate balloons

our venue has wooden beams so we're having bunting!! i guess it depends on your style and theme!!

we are having them on the tables and to fill the corners of the hall, also tying one to the back of each childs chair for then to play with, we were thinking ofhaving some in a net above the dance floor to drop later in the evening, we have a lovely party shop in sleaford and ours are coming from there xx

i am terrified of balloons lol yes balloons so we are only having 2 clusters of 5 heart helium balloons at either side of top table but its ur choice hun wether to have them or not xx

me too mrscookie lol wont let kids have them in my house wont let any1 blow them up around me or anything foil helium 1s im not too bad with tho lol xx

I'm not a huge fan myself, we aren't having them at our wedding - but I think they can look fab if done properly!

We're having them, I think they are fun but I don't like balloon arches. They are cheap and cheerful and I'm hoping the lady who is doing them for us can get the silver double heart weights I want. I have a balloon phobia where people blow them up then let them go whizzing round the room, I was scared when I went to visit the balloon lady when she blew them up but she didn't let them go thank goodness lol. I said "I'm glad you didn't just let them go then!!" lol

hmmmm, still don't know what to do about the balloons. There seems to be such a mixed opinion. We've got fishbowls for our centrepieces so no height there. I really like them, but i don't want it to look like a kid's party and we've only got 4 kids at the wedding lol x

I'm not a fan of balloons at a wedding, to me they are more birthday party but everyone is different and you should have what you and your h2b really like and want.

My h2b spotted bowls with floating candles and flower heads and decided he liked those for table centers so we'll probably go with those.

Maybe instead of the typical oval shaped balloon, you could get those ones that are in the shape of letters and get the first letter of your name and his name?

We're having balloon clusters on the tables and two large arrangements at the end of the top table which can be moved later to by the dance floor and they have those double balloons (one inside the other) and have a weddingy print

We are not having them..... we were always flowers from day one (you will see why on the wedding photies) and we said that we really didnt like them because we were worried that, like others said, they may make a wedding look like a childrens party (given how other people have had them at their weddings, wasnt nice).
HOWEVER, I went to as friends wedding a while ago and was dreading the balloons but because they did not go OTT and literallt had two on a table (one purple and one white) with confetti scattered it looked really nice and so I took back my hatred of balloons. Still not for us but if you do them right they can look great. Just dont go too mad haha! (says the girl who doesnt do things in moderation)

im not having balloons at my wedding, instead ive chosen martini vase centrepieces but it is everyones own personal taste.
i had balloons at my engagment party and they looked really nice but half an hour into the party all the balloons had been moved into the corner of the room by my two neices and then the room looked bare and ppl who were still arriving didnt get to see all the hard work that i had put in to the night.
the same neices are coming to the wedding and they are just one of the reasons why i aint havng ballooms again. lol
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Were not as I dont like them, reminds me of kids parties and I would like my wedding to be a bit more grown up (sorry to any that are having them just my opinion).

H2b did try to convinse me to have one of those " cloud nines" to go over the top table until I showed him some prices lmao

Kylee 48 tables??? thats loads! You must know hundreds of people. I only have 4 tables and a top table lol

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I was originally looking at hiring a lady who specialised in special balloon models to make a balloon bride and groom and then a canopy over the dancefloor but i have since gone off the idea. Now i just need to get her to stop pestering me!

We're having bunting, which i am making myself, along with the centrepieces of button stems, wooden roses and feathers in vintage style bottles. We may have a few balloon clusters scattered around on the sweet buffet/cake table but not too OTT.

Wow, 48 tables! I think i've only got 5 lol.
I think if i do decide to include balloons, i won't have too many of them. Maybe at either end of the top table xx

H2b is fussy and doesn't want balloons near the cake...not sure why lol. He doesn't like them at the top table either because he thinks it will get in he waiters way but i'm sure they'll manage! lol xxx

True lol. I think he's concerned about the waiters because he used to be a waiter when he was a teenager. Just send him away and you and your bms decorate! lol xxx

not having balloons ... i hate them and tbh think that they belong more at a kids party than a wedding