The Question Game

These are some pretty good questions to ask and answer when planning a wedding. I was pretty happy that I had the answers to most of them a year before our wedding date!

Decision Topics:

Do you want to send engagement announcements? No

Do you want to take engagement photographs? Perhaps next spring if budget allows

How much are you willing to spend on invitations? $150

How important are creative or unique invitations? Made them myself

How important is the quality of the invitation paper? N/A

Response cards or email and phone calls? Email/phone

Do you want to include photos in your invitations? No

Do you want to set-up a wedding website? Done

Pre-printed or print your own invitations? Print my own

Do you want to use photo stamps? Undecided

Indoor or outdoor ceremony? Outdoor ceremony

Indoor or outdoor reception? Indoor

What time and on what day of the week do you want to have the ceremony? Saturday around 6 or 6:30

Do you want the ceremony and reception at the same place? Yes

Are you going to rent or buy table linens? Buy (cheap!)

Do you need to rent tables, chairs, and possibly a tent and dance floor? No

Do you want the same number of bridesmaids and groomsmen? One attendant on each side

Who do you want in the bridal party? Matron of Honor-Jill Grozev, Best Man-Boyd Kelley
The rest will be done by a committee of angels!

Are you going to help pay for bridal party expenses? Yes

How many ushers do you want and who? Four? Mike Sims, Bryan Piccola, Spencer Ramsdell, and Seth Pentecost?

Do you want a flower girl and ring bearer? If so, who? I want two little leaf girls: Lexi & Audrey

Who do you want to perform the ceremony? Undecided

Do you want programs for the ceremony? Yes

Are you going to purchase or make the programs? Make

How long do you want the ceremony to take? 30 minutes

Are you going to have any special music such as soloists or congregational hymns? Yes, Tarina & Chrissie

Are you going to light a unity candle? No

Are you going to take communion? No

Are you going to write your own vows? Undecided

Do you want live music during the ceremony? Yes

Professionally catered food or do-it-yourself? Undecided

Dinner or hors d’oeurve and dessert? Dinner

Served dinner or buffet? Buffet

Served buffet or self-serve buffet? Self-serve

Meal cooked on site or cooked off site? Undecided

Wedding cake or dessert? Dessert

Do you want to serve alcohol? No

China or paper or plastic plates and cups? Plastic

Silverware or plastic eating utensils? Undecided

Cloth or paper napkins? Paper

Are you going to rent or buy your china, silverware, and cloth napkins? N/A

Live music or recorded for the ceremony? Recorded

Live music or D.J. for the reception? Friend

Music style? Eclectic

Are you going to do your own flowers or pay a florist? Myself

Are there particular flowers you do or do not want to use? Fall flowers

Are you going to hire a photographer? Just for reception, candid shots during dance etc.

Are you going to videotape the ceremony? No

Are the bride and groom going to see each other before the wedding (affects photography schedule)? No