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iheart - is she having an advice/good wish guestbook at the wedding? you didn’t mention. if she isn’t, this would be a great thing that wouldn’t take away from the guest book. it helps her remember who was at her shower. we did the same [except with paper hearts/flowers] at a shower that went over really well. the bride still has them in the vase in her dining room.

Miss B, why dont you suggest to the officiant: “I now prounounce you man and wife, you may now kiss the bride” no need for name, right?

Jann–I went to a wedding at a vineyard where they had the area sprayed a few days before. Maybe ask your site coordinator if they offer that option.

miss b: how about something like “i now present the newly married couple: groomfirstname groomlastname and bridefirstname bridelastname.”

i also have a question for the beehive: for those of you who have a day-of-coordinator, how much contact did they have with you prior to the wedding day? and if they prepared a timeline for you, did they just give you a template for you to modify? or did they fill in your info first and have you edit it? i want to know if i’m expecting too much out of the people we hired. thanks!

miss b - for introductions at the reception I’d go with something like: “please join me in welcoming for the first time as a married couple, Mary and John!” No need for last names necessarily.

iheartq - I sent a card in the invites for a friends shower and not many people remembered of the 30 that showed! I had extras that people wrote on at the shower, which worked out better…now, this shower was full of young people too, so there were more well wishes than advice.

I attended a friend’s shower as her MOH and they just passed the cards out at the shower and they read them after collecting them all. That worked really well! And, it’s fun to hear that advice from older women (which is what this shower was) because they have more life experience and wisdom.

I think this is different than anything the bride would do at the wedding, because this will be more personal advice from women close to the bride, so I wouldn’t worry about that.

iheartq: I think that is a neat idea, and am going to do something similar at my reception. You could have the guests mail them back, and also have a small box at the ceremony for them to be dropped into and/or have extra note cards at the reception for other guests…

QUESTION: I am not a big fan of candy as favors. I have so many family members who are diabetic and can’t enjoy much of a treat anyways…and a few kids who I don’t want to encourage with a sugar high. I would rather give my guests something a little more useful. Along these same lines, I would like the favors to be a DIY project…since it ends up being cheaper for me to invest the time and not the money! I have two ideas bookmarks and notepads…but am not entirely sure of either of these, any other suggestions? What are you doing? What have you seen at other weddings that might work for me?

Jann I would definitely ask about bugs at any potential outdoor venues. We’re getting married at a vineyard in the Hudson Valley, and I had him put in my contract that he’ll spray for bugs 2 days in advance. We might also have sprays available for our guests. If you’re super concerned, you can always ask the place for the contact info of people who have gotten married there before (in the month you are thinking of), and contact them to ask about any bug problems. I feel like they would tell you the honest truth.

@ future mrs.job: convert your word files to .pdf’s. talk with your printer first to make sure they’ll accept pdf’s. to convert them to pdfs, http://www.dopdf.com works perfectly. some fonts might not convert properly, in which case, your best bet will be to convert those to images.