Going the Extra Mile for the Guests

Usually a wedding is a “look-and-see” event for guests. They come to the ceremony and watch the bride walk down the aisle, witness the exchange of vows, and then move to the reception. Here they see the spotlighted cake and enjoy the delicious food. The bride and groom mix and mingle with their guests, but leave the guests sometimes wondering what they should do. Now, there is finally a solution to enhance the your guests experience at your wedding. There are new ideas popping up all over the place on ways to add unique experiences at your wedding.

Perhaps, photographs are a real passion and have a important role in your life. I recently helped coordinated a wedding where the bride and groom wanted to have a photo booth. Who would think of that at a wedding? It went over extremely well, and everyone looked like they were have a good time. They also included a speech bubble that you could use for the pictures to send couple wedding greetings or something along those lines. It was also a way to get the guests to meet new people and the family to get to know each other better. Some other ideas may be caricature or silhouette sketches. It is still important to have these activities be representative of the bride and groom. If they are avid beer or wine drinkers, it could be fun to have tastings perhaps, of their favorites kinds. Another thing that could be used would be a hands-on activity like cigar rolling. Things like this make sure your guests are still having fun and create memories. Not only, will the guests remember the memories from something like this, but it makes your wedding stand out in their minds.

Today, weddings are all about personalization and being remembered for something that is a little out of the ordinary. With something as easy as a hiring someone to sketch caricatures, the guests have received a favor from your wedding that is personal to the bride and groom, but also to the guests. Make sure that if you choose to do something like this, that it doesn’t draw attention away from you, but compliments who you are as a couple. Everyone likes to act like a kid every once in a while, so why not make it at a wedding and with the people that have come to share your special day with you.

Written By: Jenna Howe

Wedding Coordinator

Green Lily Events