| How to Design Your Wedding Programs to | | | | the event. |
| Coordinate with Your Invitations | | | | Some other optional elements to include in wedding |
| Wedding programs are a traditional way to let your | | | | programs: |
| guests know the order of your ceremony, who is in | | | | - Titles of special music that is played or sung |
| the bridal party and to thank your guests for attending. | | | | - Names of soloists or instrumentation-for example, |
| You may also want to add a special thanks to your | | | | we're having a bagpiper at our ceremony so his name |
| parents. | | | | will be included along with the title of the songs he |
| What do you include? The basic components are: | | | | plays |
| - Names of bride and of groom | | | | - A thank you to wedding and reception coordinators |
| - The officiant | | | | for their parts in the event |
| - The date, time, and place of the ceremony | | | | - A special recognition of a deceased relative who is |
| - The order of ceremony | | | | with you in spirit |
| - Special thank you to your guests for attending | | | | There are a lot of ways to design and layout your |
| - The names of those in your bridal party-you may | | | | program, from simple to elaborate. The key thing is |
| also say how they're related to you, such as the "Joe, | | | | that your it's coordinated with your other print material |
| brother of the bride" | | | | as closely as possible, so you may need to design one |
| I added a "Bride's Escort" in with the bridal party list. My | | | | yourself. |
| son will be escorting me down the aisle for our | | | | When I bought my invitation kit, I was able to copy the |
| ceremony so I included him as the Bride's Escort. | | | | design over to a publishing program then design the |
| I've never seen wedding programs where the bride's | | | | layout. My program then coordinated with the design |
| escort mentioned, possibly because it's automatically | | | | of my invitations. You can also search for |
| assumed that it's the bride's father. But there are many | | | | pre-designed programs that go with your color theme. |
| weddings where this is not the case. | | | | The inside would be blank so you can set it up |
| Very often a bride's brother, uncle, grandfather or | | | | however you want. |
| children often escort the bride to the altar. I just thought | | | | Make it special-this is a memorable keepsake for your |
| it would be appropriate to recognize my son as well | | | | guests to take home! |
| because the bride's escort is a very important part of | | | | |