paying for a winter wonderland?

We've been meeting with several DJs and they've presented lots of cool options. Of course, these options come with a price tag and so I turn to you, my dear readers, for some advice. I'll list the different upgrades below and hope you can comment on what you think we'd need or wouldn't need...

Uplighting. This is when colored lights are placed on the floors throughout the room in order to accent the walls, tables and chairs. You can have multi-colored uplighting, where the room changes colors all night long or you can stick to just one color for the evening. The Venetian will provide the uplighting for $500 or we could have one of the DJs light the DJ booth and the sweetheart table for $250.

Since we're having a winter wedding, we would go for a blue uplighting like below:

Gobo. This is the description I found on Wedding Aces:

"A gobo refers to a small disc about the size of a silver dollar. The gobo has a design on it, and when a high power lamp is shown through it, the design is projected. The word gobo is used interchangeably to describe the small disc with the pattern, the pattern itself, and the actual projection you see. Gobos can be simple or intricate. They can also include colors. Depending on the pattern needed and the lamp used, they can be made out of several material… typically glass, metal, or plastic."

Most DJ companies charge around $200-$300 to have a customized gobo design created. If we were to have one for our wedding, we'd probably have our initials surrounded by snowflakes. It would be somewhat of a combination of the two pictures below:

Photo Booth. These are becoming more and more popular at weddings nowadays. I'm actually going to a wedding with one this summer. I'm not sure how the look of these booths vary among different vendors but the point is to have a Boardwalk-esque photo booth where your guests can take wacky and fun shots. They can cost anywhere between $800 and $1400 to rent for your reception.

There are lots of creative ways to use the photo booth. The two most common involve having guests keep their photos as favors/souvenirs or having the guests place their picture strips in a guest book along with their wishes for the bride and groom. Here's an example from Atlantic Studio as to how the pictures might look:

Snow Machine. Last, but not least, we were presented with the option of a snow machine. How. Cool. It would be AWESOME to have light snow falling over our heads as Gianfranco and I share our first dance as husband and wife in our snowy-themed wedding! For an additional $250, Gianfranco and I could be waltzing in our own personal snowstorm. I love it, I really do.

Now, my main concern was that the "snow" would wet the floor and cause my guests (and myself!) to slip and fall. There is no carpet in our room at the Venetian so I was afraid people would slide all over the place. The DJ assured us that the "snow" dissipates pretty quickly and would probably dissolve by the time it reached the floor. He also showed us a pretty cool shot of the bride and groom dancing as the snow fell. Although I don't have that exact picture, I did find an image from a Canadian studio, Studio Cabral, that shows just how cool of an effect the "snow" would have:

I think all of these additions could really enhance the wedding but I wonder if any of them are REALLY worth it. I know, I know, we're planning to spend an incredibly stupid amount of money on the Rolls Royce for just a couple of minutes. But Momzilla offered to pay for the limo so I don't mind the ridiculousness of it all. The DJ package, however, will be our purchase so I'm being a little more practical.

So what do you think? Do any, if not all, of these effects cross the line into Cheesy-dom? Am I not aware of any other cool add-ons?