Oh, programs. How I struggled with your necessity and design from early on. Are you really needed at a wedding ceremony? Don't people automatically 'get' who the bridesmaids and groomsmen are? Don't people know that at some point the couple is going to say vows and I-do's and kiss? Argh. But after rounds of polling and questioning I gave in and decided ceremony programs were yet another project to add to my list.
So, as with anything else, I researched my favorite wedding blogs and found great inspiration and came up with a plan. Programs small enough to fit in a clutch or in a breast pocket and something that I could create that wouldn't involve anymore than one or two pieces of paper.
Enter the zig-zag program design. I laid it all out pretty quickly in InDesign, dropped in the content and printed it out. Done and done. Little did I realize that zig-zag was shorthand for endless scoring and folding. After I got them all cut to size it was hours hours of scoring and folding, and then assembling. Oh the assembling! Cut out the front cover, cut out the back cover, glue them to the zig-zag piece... over and over and over again. (I gotta tell yah, DIY is fun to a degree. After you've done a dozen repetitive projects there is a point when you just don't want to do the same thing 120 times in a row.)
But, they're done. Cut, scored, folded, glued and ready to be handed out. Yayee!
Now, the quick details: There are four panels. One for my bridal party, one for Keith's a panel outlining the ceremony and, of course, a panel that includes a thank you note. We also included the names of the people reading as well as my brother who is playing guitar as I walk down the aisle. (aaawww.)
The back cover had a little reminder on it for our guests to pick up a direction card to the reception which was yet another DIY project, albeit one of the easiest ones.
(back cover)
(party directions)
8.5 hours to go!
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