I was surprised that my S and DIL had a photo booth. But what they do is print 2 sets- one for the attendee and one to put in a book for the bride and groom.
Well, @intparent should combine the photo booth with the putting green and everyone will be happy.
Went to my hair stylist today and we tried a few styles out. She took pictures that I can show the stylist in the venue city. I learned that my hair is going to need a tighter curl to start and some sort of holding product as the curls have pretty much fallen out 2hours after I left the salon. Glad I figured that out now versus on the wedding day.
@intparent glad you’re happy with the music change.
My D will have a photo booth next June. That was the first vendor they booked after the venue and planner. I don’t think S and his fiancé have a photo booth.
@intparent, how about a compromise and let the groom have that music while he and his groomsmen are lining up, before the processional starts? IMO, it is the bride and grooms day, and their song selection should be honored, not yours.
How about you accept that we’ve come to an amicable agreement?
If the putting green thing winds up not working out, @intparent, you could always consider a groom’s cake with a golf theme to inject a reference to his love of golf in another way.
If it has been agreed upon , and the bride, groom and his parents are okay with it, I don’t see how it would help anyone, @CottonTales , to keep belaboring the point. Seems like time to move on and look forward to the big day.
My favorite of myself from D1’s wedding was from the photo booth. I was dancing with some of D1’s friends, and I “asked” them them to do some pictures with me. Next day, D1 thanked her friends to include me in their photo booth pictures. D1 was shocked when her friends said, “Oh no, your mom made us take that picture. It was all her.” I told D1 that I vaguely remember it.
Just couldn’t stop myself from imagining the theme from Caddyshack as the recessional…
We had a photo “booth” and a gelato bar, both of which were very popular! Their photographer set up a backdrop, a stationary camera and a prop box. The pictures were printed for the guests and my S and DIL have a digital file with all of the photo booth pictures from the wedding. It’s a fun way to remember!
Its hard to believe DS got married 2 months ago. He just got his photos back and it was really helpful to see things I either didn’t see or didn’t remember. So am putting in a vote for the photo booth, as it adds to the memories of who might not have been caught in other photos. When they gave us the second set to put in the book for the couple, there was a place to also leave a message. I think they will enjoy that book.
The photo booth is for the guests’ enjoyment as much as it is for the bride and groom. It gives them a little bit of fun, and they get a photo (texted to them and/or printed out) to remember the wedding.
I recently saw this on Instagram. How cute would this be for an outdoor wedding?
http://tinytinphotobooth.com/
@doschicos my D’s photo booth is similar to the one you posted.
I think photo booths and lawn games give the guests who aren’t into dancing something to do. They have been a hit at several weddings I’ve attended in the last few years.
The photo “booth” at D’s wedding was a screen that guests stood in front of & a photographer took their pictures. The pictures are awesome! They are posed, but in a casual way. My son doesn’t like to get pictures taken, but he & his GF got some great pictures. My H is particularly proud of a picture with D, me, and two of my best friends. Having that casual photo opportunity was wonderful, and had I realized how good they would be, I would have made all of my relatives get their pictures taken.
The photo booth was a big hit at my sons wedding and I had a lot of fun looking at all the pictures afterwards. The Mother-Son dance was very, very special to me and I am glad we did it.
It has been 4 weeks since the wedding. It was absolutely perfect. However in hindsight I would have changed a couple minor things. The wedding was 60 miles from our house (depending on traffic it could take 1-2 hours). We drove down on Friday midday for the 3pm rehearsal. If I had it to do over again I think I might go a day earlier to enjoy the hotel a little and not feel so rushed. The second thing I would have suggested is to have DS go to a barber for a shave the day of the wedding. He is not a super hairy guy, but he shaves with an electric razor and never quite gets the mustache area all the way. I know no one noticed but I think it would have been nice.
.My son’s wedding was back in Feb and near perfect I believe. Everybody had great time from what I’ve heard. Perfect weather was a huge plus.
I pretty much played MOG and kept my mouth shut and bought a dress for the occasion. We hosted the rehearsal dinner.
MOB said her part was pretty easy too. The wedding and reception was at a beautiful club so it was pretty much a one-stop shop. (125) The wedding was outside, the reception was in another great space with passed appetizers and then the dining/dancing was in another large space (gorgeous) that was immediately adjacent. The pretty room didn’t require much except some table decor. The venue provided all the linens. We had sit down dinner (our preference) and was actually cheaper than having a buffet as others have discovered.
They had a wedding planner for the day which kept everything moving and on schedule.
Had a DJ (two guys with a great set up) for both the ceremony and dancing. Nice thing about DJs is it is easier to get them to turn down the music if it gets too loud.
We hosted the rehearsal dinner (heavy appetizers) the Friday before at a really cool bar that had a private Belgium basement (couple met in Belgium) . The owner’s wife pretty much set the appetizer menu for us (we were pretty clueless) and had some really fun suggestions. We did an open bar with a time limit but had the staff check with us every half hour after the time to see if we wanted to continue. Worked out great.
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I loved the father/daughter dance and mother/son dance. It was very special to me but then again I understand how sticky that could get under different circumstances.
I remember some of the songs but have no idea what the processional or recessional music was.
They had a good photographer but a photo booth or other set-up would’ve been great. Got some good shots from guest photos (so easy to share these days!) but it would’ve been more complete to have that extra set-up.
Takes a dedicated person but stationing someone at the guest book to take a photo as guests sign in would’ve been a cheap way to get everybody.
Realize that you don’t get professional wedding photos back quickly. My son who frowned on me taking pix when they already had a photographer was the first one begging for photos from me after the wedding–they had nothing to show (I tried to refrain from saying “I told you so…”.
Even if you don’t have a videographer let someone at least record audio of the ceremony–just turn on the voice recorder on a phone and set it near the front.
Record audio or video the toasts given at the reception. Assign someone to do it. We had great toasts and I fortunately realized I was missing it and turned on my phone–the speeches were wonderful and very fun to listen to.
I’m the only one who got it.
One other thing I’d look at in venues is the noise level. We went to a rehearsal dinner recently at a small club which was great in the lay out of the space but so noisy that you couldn’t hear the person standing next to you. Looking around I noticed it was all wood and glass, no curtains, high ceilings with not even a picture on the wall. It was essentially an echo chamber.
The wedding reception was at another club that had a beautiful dining area/dance floor. Very nice but they had a five piece band that while really good was so loud you couldn’t hold any conversation at all. And they played some during the dinner so you couldn’t talk even then. I’d guess at least 40% of the guests left early due to the music volume (and the fact they played not one slow dance song for the older crowd to dance to).
@gouf78 what a wonderful description and some good tips.
I’m hopeful that at my S’s wedding the noise level will not be an issue. The dancing and dining are separate areas which I hope helps. We had a evening with he couple where they showed us the table seating arrangements. I made a couple of suggestions but I had to tell myself it’s their wedding and while I might do the seating differently it is not my call.
I need some advice- I realize I have a very obvious watch tan mark on my wrist. I only have one watch which i won’t wear for the wedding as it is a casual band. Has anyone had experience in self tanning a small area such as a watch line?
Do you have a bracelet you could wear?
Or if you are getting a corsage, what about a small wrist corsage and wear it on that wrist