Your wedding is supposed to be one of the happiest and most memorable days of your life. However, we hear from brides and grooms all the time that the day itself just flew by and the hours felt like mere minutes. As much as each couple want to appreciate every moment of their big day, it often passes in a blur of happy faces and camera flashes. This is of course one of the reasons why you have a wedding photographer, so that you are able to look back at the day with fond memories.
Lots of people getting married now also place disposable wedding cameras on their guest’s tables so they can get a sense of what the day was like through the eyes of their loved ones. The pictures taken with these can be a fantastic addition to your official wedding photo album. Your guests will probably have taken their own cameras along to your wedding too, so these pictures provide more cherished memories.
It can prove difficult to get copies of these unofficial pictures as you often don’t remember to ask for them and get swept up in the whirlwind of the honeymoon and then writing out your wedding thank you cards after the event. This is why it’s a good idea to include a note in your wedding thank you cards asking your guests if they can forward any of these pictures onto you.
The more pictures you have of your special day, the better, and you’ll have more memories for years to come.
An 18th birthday celebration is a big deal. It’s a coming-of-age event, where you are allowed many more rights legally and you are finally seen as an adult in society’s eyes – yes, it is something that absolutely must be celebrated in style!
If you are planning a party for your own 18th – or have been put in charge of party planning for someone else, there are many things that you’ll need to think about so start by making a list of everything that you need to do.
You will first have to pick a date for the party – brilliant if the birthday already falls on a Friday or Saturday but otherwise it will be a case of picking the weekend before or after. There’s no hard and fast rules for which is better – base it on availability of people and avoid clashing with big events such as imporatnt football matches or other family functions.
Once you have the date, you should secure your venue – whether this is a club, hall or even your own home. Get that date in the diary and make sure that everyone knows about your intention to use that particluar venue.
Now that you have your date and your venue, you need to start inviting your guests so make sure that you order your 18th birthday invitations in plenty of time so that your guests can make plans to celebrate your special day with you.
When you’ve sent all your invites, the hard work really begins and you’ll need to sort out the food, entertainment, and all of the things which will make your 18th birthday celebration go off with a bang!
If you are currently planning your wedding, we know that there are countless things that you’re going to need for your special day. In the chaos of appointments to attend and lists that need to be made, one thing that is easily forgotten is the wedding guest book. Wedding guest books are a lovely way to remember your wedding day, and the messages that your loved ones leave in the book are a wonderful reminder of how special your big day was.
Wedding guest books come in many different designs and can even be personalised with the name of the bride and groom on the front – or any other wording that you wish to have on the cover. They come in many different colours too, so you will be able to find one which matches your wedding colour scheme – no matter how bright or unusual!
You can even match your wedding guest book to your other wedding stationary, such as your invitations, thank you cards and table plans. This ensures that all of the items from the wedding are coordinated and will make your wedding day flow in it’s colour scheme.
No doubt you plan on keeping a collection of things from your wedding such as a wedding favour box, order of service, etc. If you are doing this, the one thing that will bring back more memories than anything else will be your wedding guest book. When you look back at it there may be people who you haven’t seen or heard from for years, so it’s lovely to read once again about how they enjoyed themselves on your wedding day.
