Wedding Hashtag

Knottie21467130 · November 2014

I know some people don't like them, but my fiancé and I love social media and want to include a hashtag so people can post ceremony and reception photos. I'm having trouble coming up with a clever one because my fiancé's last name is Menser. I used the generator that can be found through Google, but nothing was cute enough. I do kind of like #EdwardsMenserMerger but I think it's too long. My last name is Edwards. This is both our second (and LAST) marriage.

atlastmrsg · November 2014

Don't overthink it. If you start telling people to hashtag their pics, it's forced. Leading up to the wedding, if you want to hashtag your own instagrams, tweets, etc, people can catch on and use the hashtag if they want.

Don't put up a cutesy sign to "Hashtag your pics #EdwardsMenserMerger." That's just tacky.

#MenserWedding

Assuming you're taking his last name.

peachy13 · November 2014

atlastmrsg said:

Don't overthink it. If you start telling people to hashtag their pics, it's forced. Leading up to the wedding, if you want to hashtag your own instagrams, tweets, etc, people can catch on and use the hashtag if they want.

Don't put up a cutesy sign to "Hashtag your pics #EdwardsMenserMerger." That's just tacky.

#MenserWedding

Assuming you're taking his last name.

Oh no! Is it tacky? I was going to do this for my wedding hashtag (just in a small frame somewhere around the room). I don't want to be tacky though. What is a better way to promote your wedding hashtag? Or do you just spread via word of mouth?

atlastmrsg · November 2014

Cutsey signs are just a way for the bride to feel less badly about being tacky.

Just use the hashtag yourself and let people catch on if they want. Don't "promote." Hashtagging photos of the events leading up, like rehearsal dinner, is one way to let it catch on. But don't tell guests how to do their social media. If it's so you can round up the photos, set up a sharing site.

LittleWohlscheid · November 2014

I disagree. I don't think it's tacky at all- this way you can then see any photos people take and they can look through too. No extra sharing sight needed- that's more work and more hassle than is necessary. I do think it's a good idea to use it yourself on events leading up to the wedding though.

Cutesy signs can be used for tacky things- hashtags are not one of them. If some people don't like it, they won't use it, and I highly doubt anyone at your wedding will judge you for wanting to be able to see more pictures. There's no reason for it to be looked down on in any way.

Keep the hashtag simple and check to make sure it hasn't been used before. I think you're right about #EdwardsMenserMerger being too long.#MenserWedding or #ANewMenser or similar. Something short and sweet.

Maggie0829 · November 2014

I really don't think having one sign (simple and straight forward) on the bar stating what your wedding hashtag is, is really that big of a deal. I also don't think it is telling people how to use their social media. You aren't putting a gun to your guests head and forcing them to hashtag every photo that they take at your wedding. All you are doing is saying "hey, if you FB/instagram and want to hashtag a photo you take, here is the one that we are using for wedding related stuff."

I think now a days people get too hung up on every little thing. Not everything is tacky and not everything is controlling. It is a fucking hashtag on a small sign. You don't want to hashtag your photos then don't hashtag your photos. It really is not that big of a deal.

redoryx · November 2014

I don't find a sign with the wedding hashtag at all tacky. you're not forcing or requiring anyone to hashtag, it's just an easy way to inform those who *do* want to use it. I would be someone to hashtag photos so I'd appreciate a sign plus it makes it easy for wedding guests to see the photos other people are taking throughout the night.

dcbride86 · November 2014

atlastmrsg said:

Cutsey signs are just a way for the bride to feel less badly about being tacky.

Just use the hashtag yourself and let people catch on if they want. Don't "promote." Hashtagging photos of the events leading up, like rehearsal dinner, is one way to let it catch on. But don't tell guests how to do their social media. If it's so you can round up the photos, set up a sharing site.

I don't think cutesy signs necessarily are an attempt to mask something tacky. For example, I have a cutesy sign for the bathroom basket (filled with hairspray, perfume, safety pins, tampons, etc.). I don't think having a basket like that is tacky, and I don't think a cutesy sign makes it tacky.

I also don't think wedding hastags are tacky. I doubt I'll have one because I don't want to encourage people to take flash photos during my ceremony (it can interfere with the pro pictures), but I don't see anything wrong with them

Maggie0829 · November 2014

ssautter said:

atlastmrsg said:

Cutsey signs are just a way for the bride to feel less badly about being tacky.

Just use the hashtag yourself and let people catch on if they want. Don't "promote." Hashtagging photos of the events leading up, like rehearsal dinner, is one way to let it catch on. But don't tell guests how to do their social media. If it's so you can round up the photos, set up a sharing site.

I don't think cutesy signs necessarily are an attempt to mask something tacky. For example, I have a cutesy sign for the bathroom basket (filled with hairspray, perfume, safety pins, tampons, etc.). I don't think having a basket like that is tacky, and I don't think a cutesy sign makes it tacky.

I also don't think wedding hastags are tacky. I doubt I'll have one because I don't want to encourage people to take flash photos during my ceremony (it can interfere with the pro pictures), but I don't see anything wrong with them

No it really can't. Your photographers are taking about 10 pictures every time they snap the button. So maybe one out of the 10 may be slightly messed up due to someone taking a picture with their phone or much less expensive digital camera. But when you hire a pro photographer they know how to get the shots and not have them fucked up by others.

dcbride86 · November 2014

Maggie0829 said:

ssautter said:

atlastmrsg said:

Cutsey signs are just a way for the bride to feel less badly about being tacky.

Just use the hashtag yourself and let people catch on if they want. Don't "promote." Hashtagging photos of the events leading up, like rehearsal dinner, is one way to let it catch on. But don't tell guests how to do their social media. If it's so you can round up the photos, set up a sharing site.

I don't think cutesy signs necessarily are an attempt to mask something tacky. For example, I have a cutesy sign for the bathroom basket (filled with hairspray, perfume, safety pins, tampons, etc.). I don't think having a basket like that is tacky, and I don't think a cutesy sign makes it tacky.

I also don't think wedding hastags are tacky. I doubt I'll have one because I don't want to encourage people to take flash photos during my ceremony (it can interfere with the pro pictures), but I don't see anything wrong with them

No it really can't. Your photographers are taking about 10 pictures every time they snap the button. So maybe one out of the 10 may be slightly messed up due to someone taking a picture with their phone or much less expensive digital camera. But when you hire a pro photographer they know how to get the shots and not have them fucked up by others.

Oh really? I wasn't going off anything my photog had told me - just things I had seen online, and photos I had seen that were messed up by flashes. Thanks!

Maggie0829 · November 2014

ssautter said:

Maggie0829 said:

ssautter said:

atlastmrsg said:

Cutsey signs are just a way for the bride to feel less badly about being tacky.

Just use the hashtag yourself and let people catch on if they want. Don't "promote." Hashtagging photos of the events leading up, like rehearsal dinner, is one way to let it catch on. But don't tell guests how to do their social media. If it's so you can round up the photos, set up a sharing site.

I don't think cutesy signs necessarily are an attempt to mask something tacky. For example, I have a cutesy sign for the bathroom basket (filled with hairspray, perfume, safety pins, tampons, etc.). I don't think having a basket like that is tacky, and I don't think a cutesy sign makes it tacky.

I also don't think wedding hastags are tacky. I doubt I'll have one because I don't want to encourage people to take flash photos during my ceremony (it can interfere with the pro pictures), but I don't see anything wrong with them

No it really can't. Your photographers are taking about 10 pictures every time they snap the button. So maybe one out of the 10 may be slightly messed up due to someone taking a picture with their phone or much less expensive digital camera. But when you hire a pro photographer they know how to get the shots and not have them fucked up by others.

Oh really? I wasn't going off anything my photog had told me - just things I had seen online, and photos I had seen that were messed up by flashes. Thanks!

I have a funny feeling I know which blog/article you are talking about. The same one has been posted on here numerous times suggesting "unplugged" weddings. Just remember that those pictures are probably pictures that the bride and groom never see and are just one out of thousands of pictures taken that day. Trust your photographer and know that some of your favorite shots from your wedding may come from your guests.

theartistformerlyknownas · November 2014

Maggie0829 said:

ssautter said:

Maggie0829 said:

ssautter said:

atlastmrsg said:

Cutsey signs are just a way for the bride to feel less badly about being tacky.

Just use the hashtag yourself and let people catch on if they want. Don't "promote." Hashtagging photos of the events leading up, like rehearsal dinner, is one way to let it catch on. But don't tell guests how to do their social media. If it's so you can round up the photos, set up a sharing site.

I don't think cutesy signs necessarily are an attempt to mask something tacky. For example, I have a cutesy sign for the bathroom basket (filled with hairspray, perfume, safety pins, tampons, etc.). I don't think having a basket like that is tacky, and I don't think a cutesy sign makes it tacky.

I also don't think wedding hastags are tacky. I doubt I'll have one because I don't want to encourage people to take flash photos during my ceremony (it can interfere with the pro pictures), but I don't see anything wrong with them

No it really can't. Your photographers are taking about 10 pictures every time they snap the button. So maybe one out of the 10 may be slightly messed up due to someone taking a picture with their phone or much less expensive digital camera. But when you hire a pro photographer they know how to get the shots and not have them fucked up by others.

Oh really? I wasn't going off anything my photog had told me - just things I had seen online, and photos I had seen that were messed up by flashes. Thanks!

I have a funny feeling I know which blog/article you are talking about. The same one has been posted on here numerous times suggesting "unplugged" weddings. Just remember that those pictures are probably pictures that the bride and groom never see and are just one out of thousands of pictures taken that day. Trust your photographer and know that some of your favorite shots from your wedding may come from your guests.

There will be no more photos ruined by flashes than by people blinking in them. That's why your photographer will take approximately a bazillion pictures. You don't normally see wedding photos full of people blinking, but that's not because anyone asked them not to blink. Your photographer will handle it.

As to the hashtag... just keep it simple; it doesn't need to be cute. Ours was just FIandLolo2014.

climbingsingle · November 2014

I don't think hashtags for social media are tacky. Just keep it as simple as possible.

ohannabelle · November 2014

I don't think a small hashtag sign is tacky. We had a DIY photobooth thing (frikking behemoth moon, still in my living room pretending to be a giant Halloween decoration) and a sign next to it. Not telling people what to do, or assaulting guests with a heinous poem. More just for fun, if they'd like.

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