October 2012 Weddings

Help on the wedding day

I have been thinking about doing candles on the tables to reduce costs instead of floral arrangements.  My FMIL brought up a good point about who would set them up.  She said at least with floral centerpieces the florist is the one responsible.  I was thinking this would be a task for the day of coordinator, or maybe my aunt if I asked her.  It got me thinking about all of the little things, like the guest book, table cards, decorations down the aisle/wedding arch.  Who would be setting that up?!  I hope not me with my hair done, etc.  So my question to you ladies is who will be helping you the day of and if you have a day of coordinator, is this is their scope of work?


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Re: Help on the wedding day

  • I've hired a decorating company and they're doing the linens, head table, cake table, head table back drop, gift and guest book table, etc. Had I gotten the linens from the venue (which were ugly and limited in colour choice) the DOC would be doing it. The DOC will be onsite while the decorator is setting stuff up and the DOC will be doing the centerpieces. 
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  • There are people at my venue who will set things up on tables etc.  For the centerpieces we have to have them assembled and they will place them on tables, light candles etc.  I would call your venue and ask.   Or ask a close family member that you trust and has a good eye to help with that kind of thing.   If I needed to I could ask my Aunt Kathy to help out she has a great eye and would do anything for her family. 
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    I have a DOC. While the florist will be setting up some things (centerpieces etc) the DOC will be setting up the guest book, escort cards, etc. This should be your DOC's job, you should check your contract to see specifically what they are in charge of, but I can't imagine that tese tasks are not in their job description.
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  • We are doing candles also. I am planning on having my personal attendant ad/or another close friend who has great attention to detail head to the reception venue asap after the ceremony to light all the candles. We're also relying on family to help with other set up needs. They are more than willing to help and don't feel its an inconvenience like some families might.
  • I'm doing candles for my centerpieces as well, I'm paying the florist a setup fee to do them. My DOC and the vendor are doing the rest.
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  • my wedding party, family, and I are setting up everything the morning of our wedding but we have enough time since we can get in at 10am and our ceremony isn't until 6pm.
  • My wedding venue does the set up, I don't know about your specific area but like one of the other girls said I'd email or call your venue and ask them. It would be a huge help if they did. It does feel good knowing I don't have to worry about anything to set up! 
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  • If we need it, our venue will do it for an extra charge.

    I plan on talking to my family (aunts and cousins) to help at the recpetion venue. They may let us in on Friday night (if we're really lucky), but otherwise, I'll have family go there on Saturday am and have them do it.

    Our church has volunteers who act as 'wedding hostesses.' They make sure that everyone is in the right place and church decor is set up and all of those details at the church.
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  • I am using candles as well for my reception. I have some friends/personal attendants that will be helping out, however, we are going out the night before to do a lot of the Wedding Decor setup at the Venue, then the final touches will be done the next day by my friends.  My MOH's brother is our designated candle lighter for all the candles in the venue.
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  • Our venue has church services the morning of our wedding, so we're going to have to set everything up about 2 hours before the ceremony. My best friend is my DOC (she's done it professionally in the past and just DOC'd a friend's wedding yesterday) and she'll be in there with a small army of mine and FI's family members getting everything set up. We can't have open flames, so we're using LED candles which will all be turned on by her and the helpers while we're taking photos.
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