Wedding What info. do you include in the programs?

[zoebartlett]

Is there a typical format to follow when writing the program for the ceremony? I''ve seen them at every wedding I''ve attended but for the life of me I can''t remember how they were set up and what information was included.

Is anyone else working on this? I''ll post what I have once I begin but I was wondering if anyone''s gotten further than me.

 

[v!v!]

Hey ZoeBartlett, I just did a search and this is what I found. Hopefully this is helpful!

When opened, one side should list the order of the service and the other side should list the members of the wedding party. On the back cover, you can write a thank you to those who have been of particular help in planning the wedding, or place a photo of you and your groom,or leave it blank. Either on the front cover or at the top of the left inside page, you should state your name and the groom''s and the wedding date and location. When listing the order of the service, you can be as detailed or as simple as you choose to be. If you know the pieces of music that will be played, you can list them. If you don''t, don''t worry about it. When listing the wedding party members, begin by giving the names of the parents, the name of the minister, and of the musician. Then, list the names and something about the members of the wedding party, such as "maid of honor - Susan Brown, college roommate of the bride." Your guests will be interested to know who the people are and how you relate to them. If you want to communicate something to your guests, you can do it at the end of the order of the service. You might communicate such things as, "Please remain seated until the ushers dismiss you," or "Please join us for a reception at the Bishop''s House immediately following the ceremony," or "We have asked the photographer to take a group picture of all of our guests. Please join us in front of the church immediately after the ceremony." You can print the program yourself on your computer, or, if you don''t want to use up your ink cartridge, have it printed at a quick copy center. Many of them are open 24 hours, so you can even take the program in after the rehearsal and pick it up the next morning.
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Glenna Tooman, Wedding Expert, ForeverWed.com

 

[zoebartlett]

Thanks v!v!

I think I''ve figured out how I want it to look. I''ve tried attaching files but they''re too big and I''m having trouble resizing them.

 

[sumbride]

Zoe - writing the program was the worst part of wedding planning for me! I had such a hard time finding good examples online, trouble lining it up and coming up with the right term for my MIL''s boyfriend (I posted about it and got my answer!) and deciding how many to make. Once I was done with the layout, I passed it on to my mom''s marketing manager who got it printed but had the holes put in the wrong place! So then I was agonizing over how to use the ribbon to bind it together.

So I wrote all that to say they can be VERY time consuming! Once you have a good pic, post it because I''m sure others are having a hard time coming up with good examples.

 

[Pandora II]

Here''s mine - it''s for a non religious ceremony. In the UK, for a church service, you would include the words of the hymns that everyone sings, and maybe some of the prayers.

Front Cover:

 

[Pandora II]

Monogram came out very weird as I resized so low - it''s a very thin line really. Ooops!

Here''s page one...

 

[Pandora II]

Page 2:

Wow, it''s resized nastily! The actual thing is A5 size.

 

[doodle]

i cheated sooooo bad on these, haha. i found a website that makes programs, and they had samples you could download to use as templates. i completely stole someone else''s program, filled in my information over those, and voila, DONE. one of my best friends used the same exact format that was used at her sister''s wedding, and it got to the blessing of the marriage (they''re episcopal), and her mother had forgotten to change the names of the bride and groom from her sister''s and brother-in law''s to hers and the grooms! many of the people reading it out didn''t even notice, so most of the people there blessed the marriage of the wrong couple. afterwards, my friend''s brother-in-law said, "well, my marriage is good to go now with that extra prayer. they''ll just have to fend for themselves without the blessing of God." it''s a running joke now--every time the bride and groom get annoyed with each other, one of them says something to the effect of, "you''re just doing this because our marriage wasn''t blessed!"

 

[Elmorton]

Doodle, LOL!


I attended a wedding with the longest program ever - and I totally stole everything from it, because I loved having the reading material while I waited for the ceremony to start.

My favorite thing about that program (and ours) was that the bride and groom had written a little paragraph about each attendant - a memory together, how they met, or why the friendship was special. While waiting in the limo before the ceremony, all my BMs read the program which was a really special moment

Ours was:

Cover - our names, date, and place
Inside cover - Wedding VIPs (not titled that) - our parents'' names, grandparents, officiant, greeters, readers, solist, etc.
1st page - Ceremony order
2nd/3rd page - Wedding party, with paragraphs about each one
4th page - In memory, explaining significance of the candles we''d lit for our g-parents
5th page (inside of back cover) - Directions to the reception, explaining that we''d be greeting guests there (no receiving line)
6th page (back of cover) - our new address

 

[Sabine]

doodle, that is too funny! Any chance you still have the website and could post it?