A Great Gift for your Guests
If you’re a guest at a wedding, what do you do with the program after the ceremony is over? Do you scrunch it into your purse, leave it in your car during the reception, or do you immediately throw it away? You would be more likely to save the program if it was really a personalized memento of the bride and groom’s relationship.
I think people forget that it is a “gift” to be invited to another person’s wedding. You have been asked to experience a very intimate, and therefore very vulnerable, moment in his/her life that can never be replicated (even if this person marries several times). Programs can then act as a physical representation of this “gift”.
As a bride, why not save the money you would spend on baubles and hoo-haas for your guests, and instead make your programs a little more personal. Veteran brides will tell you that cheap trinkets can easily end up running you five hundred dollars. Put this money towards your well-deserved honeymoon.
The best way to personalize your program is to tell your guests more about yourselves than about the ceremony they will be watching. By all means, tell them the march by Bach that will bring you down the aisle, but maybe also tell them how long you two have been together before walking down the aisle. Don’t just tell them who your Maid of Honor is, but also how you know her-maybe even thank her for all the help she’s given you these past months. A wedding, like a music album, is a major production; why not create your own “liner notes”?
Should you prefer keeping the personal information from your guests, it is still possible to make the programs into a gift. J.Sullivan Design can perforate one of the pages of the program so that your guests can leave with a memorable bookmark. Or programs can be printed on objects that will come in handy for your guests (especially in the summer), such as a fan, or the paper around a bottle of water.
Wedding programs as gifts can save you money and stress.
Megan
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