Ashtray Ideas

I guess it depends on your crowd, but I also would not hang around long if there were people smoking all over. I assume in this day and age, your friends are used to going to a separate area to smoke. Also, do you really want your dress to reek of cigarette smoke? Gag.

Painting the cans and filling them with sand sounds nice, particularly if they are in your wedding colors.

You might also be able to rent the stand up kind from the city. Additionally you could look for old school vintage ashtrays. They can be very decorative, I feel like I see them at thrift stores and estate sales a lot.

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Happy to help! Not sure what your budget looks like, but here's a couple from amazon;

https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Standing-Ashtray-Adjustable-cigarette/dp/B01CGT1F1K/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1520196174&sr=8-14&keywords=ashtray+stand

https://www.amazon.com/Ashtray-Iron-Standing-Clawfoot-portable/dp/B00DHLTCT4/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1520196174&sr=8-17&keywords=ashtray+stand

Also a turtle! Because o my god adorable!

https://www.amazon.com/Cigarette-Ashtray-Creative-Holder-Outdoor/dp/B01IP3VY3U/ref=sr_1_30_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1520196174&sr=8-30-spons&keywords=ashtray+stand&psc=1

The standing ashtrays are impressive, but they don't look at all appropriate for a backyard wedding. I would just use your paint cans or look for some ordinary ashtrays in your wedding colors. Nothing is going to make an ashtray look cute. It is unusual to hear of any group of smokers who thinks it's ok to smoke in the midst of non smokers at any social event.

Abalone shells are very pretty and cheap ashtrays. You can find them on Amazon, people use them as "smudging" bowls too for when they sage their homes.

Cheapy cut glass ashtrays that look like crystal are also available at thrift shops though. I had all sorts of them when I was an "evil" smoker.

The nasty responses about smokers on this thread are ridiculous. Some people responded as if you'd asked where you could find the fanciest spoons for your heroin addict friends to heat their drugs before shooting up, jeesh.

Smokers are addicted folks, They're going to smoke somewhere outside at your wedding.

I literally had to STOP READING and STOP GOING OUT for TWO YEARS when I quit. I still can't read a book without wanting a cigarette, and it's been six years. Quitting is much harder than you can imagine. There's no reason to be so ugly towards smokers who made a dumb decision when they were teenagers and ended up addicts. We all make stupid mistakes when we're kids.

She did say it was a vintage wedding, back yard or no they have a vintage vibe.

And anything can look cute, or elegant. People used to smoke in the highest class of establishments, and they had elegant ashtrays that fit with the decor.

Speaking as an ex smoker who also made a dumb decision when I was young, I do not view any of the responses as being ugly towards smokers. What we all are saying is that we are long past the day when it was acceptable for smokers to smoke in the midst of others. I am quite sure you are aware of the side effects of second hand smoke.

It is inconsiderate of the OP to encourage the smokers to mix and mingle with the other guests, rather than have a designated smoking area. This topic is no different than any other matter of etiquette. If you post publicly that you are going to be inconsiderate of your guests who do not smoke, someone is going to tell you so.