Comments for The Wedding Lens - Blog http://blog.theweddinglens.com Wedding tips, advice, trends, and photos from real weddings. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide by Anne http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/12/23/planning-your-own-wedding-a-how-to-guide/#comment-270 Anne Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:53:17 +0000 http://blog.theweddinglens.com/?p=452#comment-270 This is so super helpful! Thanks for breaking it all down, a great resource for those just starting out! Anne This is so super helpful! Thanks for breaking it all down, a great resource for those just starting out!

Anne

]]> Comment on Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide by Justin C http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/12/23/planning-your-own-wedding-a-how-to-guide/#comment-223 Justin C Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:04:39 +0000 http://blog.theweddinglens.com/?p=452#comment-223 Great list. What about the programs? Great list. What about the programs?

]]> Comment on Would You Like Chocolate With That? by Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide « The Wedding Lens - Blog http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/11/17/would-you-like-chocolate-with-that/#comment-222 Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide « The Wedding Lens - Blog Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:15:14 +0000 http://theweddinglens.wordpress.com/?p=372#comment-222 [...] Guestbook, favors, seating chart, options - photobooth, ice sculptures, chocolate fountains, other [...] [...] Guestbook, favors, seating chart, options - photobooth, ice sculptures, chocolate fountains, other [...]

]]> Comment on What To Do About Wedding Gifts by Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide « The Wedding Lens - Blog http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/11/08/what-to-do-about-wedding-gifts/#comment-221 Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide « The Wedding Lens - Blog Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:14:53 +0000 http://theweddinglens.wordpress.com/?p=313#comment-221 [...] Gift registry/other gift options [...] [...] Gift registry/other gift options [...]

]]> Comment on Kid Free Weddings - Yay or Nay? by Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide « The Wedding Lens - Blog http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/11/14/kid-free-weddings-yay-or-nay/#comment-220 Planning Your Own Wedding - A How-To Guide « The Wedding Lens - Blog Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:14:34 +0000 http://theweddinglens.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-220 [...] Guestlist (kids or no kids?) [...] [...] Guestlist (kids or no kids?) [...]

]]> Comment on Creative Guestbook Ideas by effecobia http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/12/03/creative-guestbook-ideas/#comment-197 effecobia Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:57:56 +0000 http://theweddinglens.wordpress.com/?p=393#comment-197 Hello! simply super resource Hello! simply super resource

]]> Comment on Tuxedos - Renting or Buying or Using Your Own by Anne http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/12/12/tuxedos-renting-or-buying/#comment-177 Anne Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:20:41 +0000 http://blog.theweddinglens.com/?p=424#comment-177 I am all in favor of the ivestment of buying a tux. One will always have it to wear again and again. It is a great memory, plus it will fit so much better :) I am all in favor of the ivestment of buying a tux. One will always have it to wear again and again. It is a great memory, plus it will fit so much better :)

]]> Comment on Centerpieces! by abncparties http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/12/16/centerpieces/#comment-166 abncparties Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:56:42 +0000 http://blog.theweddinglens.com/?p=435#comment-166 Great ideas for different centerpieces. Great ideas for different centerpieces.

]]> Comment on Tuxedos - Renting or Buying or Using Your Own by manofhonour http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/12/12/tuxedos-renting-or-buying/#comment-161 manofhonour Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:37:45 +0000 http://blog.theweddinglens.com/?p=424#comment-161 at a recent wedding i attended, the bride coordinated tuxedo rentals through a large men's clothing store chain. it turned out to be a really great idea, since all of the men in the wedding party could go to their local branches of this chain before the wedding, get fitted, pay a deposit, and the specifics were then forwarded to a store in in the city where the wedding was taking place. all we had to do after we got there was drop by, pick up our tuxes, try them on to make sure they were altered correctly, wear them at the appropriate time, and then return them the next day. so much easier than worrying about a wrinkled tux in a suitcase or forgetting something important at home (like cufflinks!) and the store even provided shoes. very highly recommended! at a recent wedding i attended, the bride coordinated tuxedo rentals through a large men’s clothing store chain. it turned out to be a really great idea, since all of the men in the wedding party could go to their local branches of this chain before the wedding, get fitted, pay a deposit, and the specifics were then forwarded to a store in in the city where the wedding was taking place. all we had to do after we got there was drop by, pick up our tuxes, try them on to make sure they were altered correctly, wear them at the appropriate time, and then return them the next day. so much easier than worrying about a wrinkled tux in a suitcase or forgetting something important at home (like cufflinks!) and the store even provided shoes. very highly recommended!

]]> Comment on Kid Free Weddings - Yay or Nay? by Lauren http://blog.theweddinglens.com/2008/11/14/kid-free-weddings-yay-or-nay/#comment-145 Lauren Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:51:34 +0000 http://theweddinglens.wordpress.com/?p=357#comment-145 I went to a wedding in which the ceremony was interrupted - more than once - by the bride's niece, who was (albeit joyfully) shouting "ME COLOR! ME COLOR!" while brandishing crayons and a coloring book. Cute? Sure, under other circumstances. But not in that situation! My feeling on kids at weddings in general is this - little kids shouldn't be forced to sit through wedding ceremonies and receptions (especially ones that go late into the night), and adults who want these events to remain adult shouldn't have to worry about stepping on guests' toes by insisting on a kid-free environment. If you want to include kids, good! Enjoy it! But if you don't, I think you can politely and tactfully handle it and hope that your guests will understand. Personally, I plan to have qualified, well-compensated babysitters taking care of the oh, say, ten-and-under set during my wedding. ("On-site and out-of-sight" is my goal, but we'll see). And I sincerely hope that any guests with kids see this not as a slight of any kind, but as a way for them to enjoy a grown-up night (or at least few hours) out during which they won't have to entertain their kids or worry about them running around driving other guests crazy. I went to a wedding in which the ceremony was interrupted - more than once - by the bride’s niece, who was (albeit joyfully) shouting “ME COLOR! ME COLOR!” while brandishing crayons and a coloring book. Cute? Sure, under other circumstances. But not in that situation!

My feeling on kids at weddings in general is this - little kids shouldn’t be forced to sit through wedding ceremonies and receptions (especially ones that go late into the night), and adults who want these events to remain adult shouldn’t have to worry about stepping on guests’ toes by insisting on a kid-free environment. If you want to include kids, good! Enjoy it! But if you don’t, I think you can politely and tactfully handle it and hope that your guests will understand.

Personally, I plan to have qualified, well-compensated babysitters taking care of the oh, say, ten-and-under set during my wedding. (”On-site and out-of-sight” is my goal, but we’ll see). And I sincerely hope that any guests with kids see this not as a slight of any kind, but as a way for them to enjoy a grown-up night (or at least few hours) out during which they won’t have to entertain their kids or worry about them running around driving other guests crazy.

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