What is a wedding program or a prayer book?
A Mass booklet is designed for religious ceremonies, marriage program is planned for the laity or civil ceremonies.A program is not an obligation, it will tell the guests what to expect and give them the feeling of being more involved. The program must contain details of the big day will be more suited to long religious ceremony or have families with different cultures, it will help them understand the course of the ceremony.
It will also serve to thank the people who helped or participated in the ceremony. The marriage program is especially a nice souvenir of the D-day for your guests. It is generally given to the church entrance or made available at the place of ceremony. You can also arrange in advance on the benches or church chairs.
The content of the wedding program
The wedding program or Mass book may contain different information. It is customary to include on the cover names of married and the date j. Here are some ideas of information that can be included:
The names of participants in the wedding procession: witness names, the bridesmaid and groomsmen list and their relationship with married
The name of officants and bands
The course of the ceremony in chronological order with:
The list of prayers
The reading list
The exchange of vows
The songs or any music
The texts
You can find an example of mass booklet to download to www.livret-mariage.fr/ offering you to download software to create your own Mass booklet.
Ideas for the wedding / Mass booklet program
Usually the Mass booklet is presented as a book a few pages, but if you want a more original alternative, here are some ideas. The wedding program will be in the form of a card that you will stick to the seat of the chairs.
Like Martha Stewart, you can make a prayer book with pages rolled creating a kind of bow. Fold the ends of the card toward the middle and secure by tying a cardboard strip vertically around the map.
If you chose a theme wedding on gluttony , you can opt for an ice rod-shaped card. Glue two cards on a wooden stick .
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You can combine business with pleasure by offering a wedding program as a fan. If you marry during heatwaves your guests will appreciate even more the initiative. You could for example make a range of cardboard in the form of heart. Paste your heart shaped box on a wooden stick .
Another idea: make cardboard strips which will feature your different information. Attach the base of the strips together with a ribbon or a brad range to create a craft.
You can also use a real wood and paper fan and write text directly to your wedding program. Also, consider therange braided fiber which will provide support for the wedding program. Tie your card with ribbon to the handle of the fan.
Alchemy hour design offers a wedding program in hard casserole. Sign factual details on the visible part (married name, J current date ...) and make the program appear in the inner parts. Find the C3line site explanations to realize a custom paper casserole.
If you chose a theme medieval wedding or history, you can opt for a wedding program as parchment. Purchase paper parchmin or older your paper artificially by dipping in a pond coffee bath. Wrap and secure with a pretty ribbon.
The wedding program layout will be an asset to your wedding. Thus a simple cardboard find its originality with a set of fonts of writing and colors highlighting the Mass booklet or wedding program.
Adapt the Mass booklet to your wedding theme. You could for example make a Mass booklet form of passport for a wedding on the theme of travel . Play with specific formulations to travel to present the program of the day.Indicate eg gates at different times of the day.
The wedding program will also be accompanied by a bag of confetti that guests throw married at the church exit.Stick a small bag filled with confetti on your card. You can even join the wedding program a bubble tube of soap that you get stuck in the box by making two incisions to slide the tube.
You can also register your wedding program on a kraft paper bag or white. Slip inside the bag of confetti or rose petals as the guests throw at the church exit. You can also put small gifts.
In vintage style you can present your wedding program on a lace doily paper . You can for example paste the doily on a wooden stick. Another idea: Write your text on the mat and wrap it into a rose petal cone that guests use during the ceremony.
Make your event a ceremony presenting your wedding program on cardboard popcorn. guests will not only enjoy their popcorn during the ceremony. This idea is particularly suited to a theme of the movie . You can also print your wedding program on a brown paper bag and garnish with popcorn.
If you prefer a prayer book in a more classic version, you only need to make two incisions in the edge of your pages and fix it in between pass a ribbon or string through the holes. Make a knot to assemble the booklet. You can also make a booklet-shaped staircase. Assemble the pages of different heights so as to show a title at the bottom of each page.
