(Closed) Do you think paper programs are a waste?

• PNWbee24
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: October 2015

We used a window frame and then afterwards used it to display some wedding pics! 🙂 

• queennen
• 4 years ago

Natalie101985:  I did these ones pretty much exactly. The font was a little different. I only had to print 120, and it was $18. I downloaded the fonts from dafont.com and then had them printed at FedEx Office. They cut them for me too. Personally, I think older guests like to know what’s going on. I included all the people in the wedding party, a thank you note, a memorial for lost loved ones, our hashtag, and I even included my “lucky charms” (something borrowed, etc.). I know I love to look at them when I go to weddings too! 🙂

• CaliQT
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: January 2015

What if you did a program/ day of events like this:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/87542309/custom-diy-printable-wedding-timeline

When I go to weddings, I always like to have an idea of what is going on 🙂

• jennmariee
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: August 2014

Natalie101985:  The majority of the programs will be thrown away.  Correction – all of the programs will be thrown away, except any you keep yourself and maybe, maybe your mother’s.  And she will probably secretly resent having to store it away somewhere, if she’s anything like me.  Feel free to save your time and money.

And trust me when I tell you that nobody has watched the bridal procession and thought “gosh I sure wish I knew the names of each of her bridesmaids, if only it was written down on a program or a chalk board or something.”  But that glass window dealy does look pretty cool, so while I wouldn’t care what was written on it I’d admire your artistic ability 🙂  But I’d save that kind of project for last so when you’re scrambling for time and looking for something to nix you’ve got something non-essential.  Unlike me, finishing the seating chart the day before…

• tnfuturebride
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: April 2016 - Loveless Barn

So, I personally think they are a bit of a waste of time but after some discussion with my fiance, we both agreed that we have some family members that would feel lost without them. So we did print some at FedEx Office and they were cheap. I don’t really mind if people throw them away and they did turn out cute. We are using a few other chalkboards and I didn’t want to overdo those.

• shortstop
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: June 2016

• Anon721
• 4 years ago

I care 0% about the names/relationships of the bridal party, but I DO prefer to have a timeline of readings, songs, etc to follow along. 

• wineplease
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: August 2014

We will be having them at my brother’s wedding.  The main reason is that my Future Sister-In-Law would like a poem on the back to honor her father.  He died in January.  I am making the programs.

• Beegritte
• 4 years ago

aubreeleann03:  i love this. Whats on the paper in the top left corner?

• Brielle
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: May 2009

Natalie101985:  I acknowledge that I am not in the majority, but my wedding program was of great importance to me.

I had an eight-page, ribbon-bound booklet printed in the same fonts that were on my engraved invitations. (I didn’t have the programs engraved, however.) I spent $1,100 on 125 programs. I loved them.

Also, I have kept nearly every program from every wedding I’ve ever attended, with the exception of weddings that my husband performs (he’s a pastor), since, in those cases, I do not really know the couple.