How are you intending on giving them out? Mine are going on everyones place setting so hoping its obvious who they are for lol

I'm going to put mine on the table with the cake as I'm not having a sitdown meal. It will be a first come first served basis but I have also included candy trees for the greedy folk lol
P.s. any chance of a piccie x

Hmmm You could put names on them but would they take notice? It doesn't sound like a little sign saying they are for each of the guests would make much difference....

Mine are alcohol so hoping they don't get drunk before all the guests get theirs :S

My sister had all her throw away camera's knicked off the tables and some of her pressies, so it seems weddings are a place to fill your pockets lol!!!

OMG mind you cant be to careful though, I remember a lady on here a few weeks ago and her and h2b forgot the card box at the end of the night. It was locked in the managers office in the venue but had been tampered with the next day and stuff was missing out of the cards but they could'nt proove anything. So I'm getting a cast iron postbox one to be on the safe side and h2b will have the key its only about £35.00 to hire but well worth the security cos our venue will be open to the public.

Gosh I would never think people would do things like that :s
Takes sharing in your day to a whole new level

Watch out for ladies with big handbags and men with deep pockets ha! ha!

That's mad - I would never have even thought of that...it's kinda sad :(

Seriously?! That's terrible!

we r having a small wedding so everyone who is attending should be kind enough and caring enough not to steal anything, although i suppose u cant put it past anyone these days! still i would hope that everyone coming to mine is not like that and the venue ppl r just as nice too, so fingers crossed mine will be safe! lol

Lol sounds like my mil And my sister who both think nicking stuff from anywhere like hotel chains, big shops, supermarkets ect is "ok" because "it doesn't hurt anyone" and "they've got loads of money" but forgets that in order to stop the pinching from eating into their profits they raise prices or cut staff hours lol

For some people its not what they nick but the thrill of getting away with it. Our venue have hundreds of steak knives nicked a year and have resorted to plastic shot glasses cos all the glass ones have gone walkies.

Likewise!! :D

im doing plantable sunflower seeds, and there going on the guests placings....were alright as were on a military base x

I can't beleive that someone would go to a wedding and do that!

LOL I think i'm going to have my geusts strip searched on the way out.

My uncle has a thing about stealing cutlery and glasses, he gets really excited about all the 'posh' cutlery he gets, shame none of it actually matches :-/....he has also been known to carry a plastic bag in his pocket so he can take some of the buffet home for supper. The last function I went to, he must have taken enough to feed himself for three weeks!

Also, at every wedding i've been to there is always SOMEONE hovering around snaffling other people's drinks...or going back again for their arrival drinks etc

Omg haha some of the stuff that's coming out is soo appalling and comments are funny ladies making me lol
Can't believe people would stoop that slow I was thinking, but now I think hired bouncers might be a good idea a lot with hand bad and strip searches as people leave my venue, most of them I could trust but Humm not so sure on some, not something u need to be worried about on ur big day :/

only stuff like confetti i have taken but i wouldnt take anything from a wedding. ive got labels for the bottom of my table decs as they are being given to aunts etc at the end i dont want loads of vases lol. ive asked my bridal party if they would keep an eye on the bird cage post box thing and take it to their rooms so no one nicks anything i know h2b side puts cash or cheques in their cards so i dont want anything happening to them.

although when me and h2b go to hotels on occasion we play the "mine" game. glass from the toilet you touch it and say mine. its never been more than a glass or a face towel but we havent played it in a while so i guess cant really say much on that lol xxx

We're having a small wedding so if stuff goes missing we've not got many people to search!! Even the hotel we're staying in and having our reception in is small, so woe betide anyone who swipes anything!!
I've got say I'm a big one for believing in Karma, what goes around comes around and I don't take nothing, as I'm too afraid some bad thing is going to come around and bite me on the assss...my H2Bis always laughing at me for it. But I've had enough bad luck in my life without making it worse!

OMG I am really worried now! luckily everything we're having we have bought ourselves only the chair covers are hired and I doubt anyone would take those plus I know every guest really well and don't think any of them would have the cheek to take something we I hope not anyway although I am now worried about our card and present table I only have a cardboard postbox so may have to super glue down the opening and just rip into it after wedding lol as for presents may have to get an usher or bm to take presents up to the room throughout the day as don't want hotel guests sneaking in and nabbing my pressies x

Dont be sorry, i think.this is a good thread. It brings to light the fact that some people know no limits and steal from weddings. It is worrying, i hadn't thought about it myself but we're now going to talk to.our parents, close family, bm and ushers etc n ask them all just to keep an eye out for people taking things. Most of our decorations are either going to one of my bm for her to.use in her wedding or my aunt to use at her wedding. Things are so expensive nowa days i want to help my nearest n dearest out with what i can for their weddings so.j hope mon our things go astray. Luckily we have hired a big metal pist box with a lock n key so cards should be safe, but not sure about gifts. Its awful to think the people you want to share one the happiest days of your life with would do that to you. So sad xx

I spent a fortune on LED candles for the tables in my engagement party but reasoned with myself that it was ok as i could use them for the wedding too. Unfortunately the guests helped themselves and out of about 50 candles i only had 12 left at the end of the night! x

OMG Samantha that is disgraceful! I can't believe your nearest and dearest would help themselves to what is not theirs.

I was more worried about strangers wandering into our wedding although the whole of the Manor House, marquee and gardens should be exclusive use but some strangers have no boundaries and will happily wander in I'm sure even though there are signs up telling general guests of the very small hotel attached they cannot pass that point unless wedding guests :S

I know, I was gutted :-/ x

this is something i had never thought of before!! it's actually disgusting to think of people you have invited to you celebration, would actually TAKE things from it!! the only things that could be taken really are the centre pieces and the sweet buffet bowls, which is fine as they are candy trees and bowls i'll never use again.

if anything is damaged, we lose our deposit, which we don't mind losing as h2b wants to give the bar staff as a tip anyway.

the thing i'm really afraid of is someone wrecking or stealing my wishing tree. the messages are something we want to keep forever and mount onto a collage, so if someone tries to steal that, i'll break their feckin' legs!!!

our post box is going to be in plain site of everyone but i think i will ask my OH to empty it during the break before the evening reception and everytime it gets a bit full

thankfully our room is locked from the outside so that the entrance from the hotel into it isn't accessible for the public, hence the appeal when we booked it