help with my program?

sarack

there is a TON of info on one thing.. it will be folded in half and the corners will be rounded. and it will be put on a stick, as a fan. help... i need all that info right?? and how do i put the officiant's name? i was told somewhere i need to put all the parts of the ceremony.. is it necessary?? and some one said songs? i don't want to name all the songs..

jennuinne

As with everything, you can do whatever you want.

It seems pretty common to include the songs with the parts of the ceremony, but you don't have to.  The ones I've seen, and what I plan on doing is listing "wedding party" and then including parents, and the officiant in that section.  To save some room you could put "parents of the bride" and list both on the same line, and "parents of the groom" on one line.

Looks good.

sarack

so what would the section be called that includes everyone?? or do i not need titles?

jennyann28

Guess what?  It's your wedding & program, so you get to do what you want!  I am choosing NOT to put the order of ceremony on mine.  Just the important people.  I also listed our attendants in two columns.  Like:

MOH.... name here BM.....    name here

BM.....    name GM.....   name

etc.

That saved me a lot of space.

sarack

Ok, i totally didn't want to put the order of the ceremony.. i just really don't want it to look soo damn cramped! Thanks for the advice!

melissa82

The whole point of a program is so people can follow along with the ceremony?? I would definitely include that.

I put songs and readings mine, but I had space. Since you really only have one side, some things need to be cut and I think that's a good place to do it.

melissa82

We wrote:

Two candles have been placed on the organ in memory of our loved ones in both families who celebrate with us today in spirit. We know their light shines with us today, as always.

Those we love remain with us,
for love itself lives on.
Cherished memories never fade,
because one loved is gone.
Those we love can never be
more than a thought apart,
for as long as there’s a memory,
they live on in our hearts.

Probably too long for you (and the candle part probably makes no sense, lol) but maybe will help give you ideas.

niq24601

Some ideas on making things look less cramped since that seems to be getting to ya:

(1) Put all the BM's on one line, separated by commas:

Alice ... MOH
Betsy, Cathy, Desiree, Edna ... BMs

Aaron ... Best Man
Bob, Chris, Donald ... GMs

(1a) Maybe you could do this with the grandparents so they're all on one line?

(2) don't use a smallcaps font for the entire program ... now it's your wedding so you can totally tell me to pound sand, but the smallcaps fonts are a lot wider. Maybe reserve it for the officants name?

(3) Don't put a full row of "..."s between the title and the name. In word or powerpoint just make a table that has two columns, put the title in one column and the name in the other column.

(4) Put some information on the front side ... maybe the officiant's name? That might be a good place for it.

(5) Names of songs or readings ... it's nice to have them in the program in case anyone liked them and wants to go look them up on iTunes or to put in their own wedding ^_^.

dreamwinds

I think the thing for me about the program is that it was a little confusing. I wasn't sure if I should read the ceremony part from left to right and then down a line or top down and then to the next column.

I went to a recent wedding where they only listed the wedding party, including the officiant and musician, but not the ceremony itself. It was pretty straightforward though, no extra readings or singings, just a prayer and some words from the pastor, letters they wrote to each other, and then their vows.

If you don't want to, you shouldn't feel like you have to include a program of events for the ceremony.

jennyann28

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[QUOTE]The whole point of a program is so people can follow along with the ceremony?? I would definitely include that.
Posted by melissa82[/QUOTE]

See, to me, the whole point is to recognize the people who are up there with us.  But, like I said earlier, it's your wedding.  So you get to do whatever you want! =)

jennuinne

If you want to include everything, you could make the title and flower smaller and add the ceremony info to the front and keep the people on the back?

KST_

I personally like to see the ceremony order & songs to follow along. I think most of Niq's suggestions are pretty good. (Pound sand? NEVER heard that).

1) definitely put all BMs on one line, ditto GMs and it really looks like you can fit the grandparents on one line.

2) Since both parents of both you and FI are still married if I remember, definitely just put "Parents of Bride" "Parents of Groom"

There, you've now just cut the length in HALF.

sarack

my parents aren't married but fi's are.. i don't want his parents to think that my parents get two lines and they get one..?

also, it wouldn't look weird with the ceremony on the front??

Tygirljojo

How long is the ceremony?  what would you have as part of the ceremony info?

alyssa324

I think all the suggestions are great. I would include the ceremony. After I asked a few old ladies ha in the family they all said I HAD to list the ceremony especially since I am having a hand fastening. I think you could make it fit nicely if you want to add it by moving info to the title side. But if you are having a simple ceremony you could skip it