Wedding Blog

Elena - From the July 2007 board on the knot: safety pins, bobby pins, tissue, cover-up makeup, breathmints, lipstick, floss, spotstick, little scissors, pen/notepad.

From my day-after advice: Bleach pen, sewing materials (thread and needle), goo gone, mouth wash, chaffing cream/talc, immodium AD, safety pins…I think that’s it. The bleach pen, goo gone, and sewing kit were at the home where we got ready, but could be helpful (goo gone was to get a sticker off a glass we were using in the ceremony–probably not a necessary part of a kit).

I didn’t use my brooch until the reception either, so I might say it was part of the kit.

I might recommend flip flops, and/or mole skin or second skin or something for painful shoes…even the BM’s had shoe issues.

Rachel, I have been to many weddings with hymns. And all have had guest participate, having it printed in your programs, or with the hymn number. Depending on your tradition, it could be anywhere in the ceremony. My tradition usually has it after vows, but before kiss and pronouncement of marriage.
If you are getting marriend in a church, the coordinator or clergy should be able to help you.

Is anyone doing/have done a hand ceremony?
I’m interested in having one, but haven’t been able to find too many specifics. What is the process?

Grace - one of the biggest factors will be the city you live in - expect to pay more in a big city, especially if you are using a bakery with a reputation, as opposed to a lady from your church who does them on the side. Expect to pay more for things like fondant work, sugar paste decorations, sometimes even elaborate icing designs. Don’t forget to also factor in travel (usually a set price per mile) and set up, and any items you may need to rent (cake stand, pillars, etc)

To give you an idea, my four-tiered cake (14″, 10″, 8″ and 6″) feeds 130 (not including the 6″ tier, which we are saving) and will have nothing but icing and ribbons. We are paying $355 for the cake, $25 for set up, and $21.75 for travel. For living in the DFW metroplex, we are getting a really good price ($2.50/slice base)

Hope this helps a little

Does anyone have any recommendations for calligraphers ?

Thank you!

Another question for the hive:

Vows & Ceremony - does anyone have recommendations on how to fill out a ceremony? We’re having 2 friends officiate, and don’t think it’s quite long enough.. they’re doing an intro, discuss what a chuppah symbolizes, talk about us, we’re doing vows, ring exchange, then they talk about the glass breaking, anything else??

Programs - what do you put into a program aside from the names of people in the wedding party? We’re not having any special readings, unless this is what we end up doing for the ceremony to fill it out..

hi jw - i answered your question in the last beehive, but will email you as this question has been asked in the past.

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We were going to have a hand ceremony as well, I just loved the idea of throwing something celtic into the ceremony since we both have scot-irish ancestry…

but, I researched it on the net and most hand ceremonies are pagan now- plus its pretty elaborate because you have a cord or cloth wrapped around your hands. I wasn’t for sure if my officiant would be up for all this…

so now we are going to have a blessing of the hands. I have a copy of this beautiful verse for the officiant to read that incorporates the ‘celtic concept’ in an americanized way. I can post it here if you are interested.