Online Invitations

    The Q:  I’m hosting a bridal shower.  Is it OK to send out online invitations?  Must I send paper ones?  I haven’t ever hosted a shower before and I’m not sure what the designer prom dresses  etiquette is. The A:  As I think I’ve posted before, I personally, love a paper invitation because we get such crappy snail mail these days, it feels so lovely and special to receive a paper invite.
     HOWEVER, I am getting with the program, and while I still feel like it’s NOT OK to send digital invites for the wedding itself, it is perfectly acceptable for showers, luncheons and I might go as far as to say informal engagement celebrations. Now, that’s not  an excuse to use send an email or a text message with the time and date!  Let’s not cut all the corners, but it is an OK to design an html email OR even better- an electronic invite with style. Maybe it’s my age, but there is something about Evites that SCREAM my early 20′s to me, so I was delighted when I got the link to Pingg – one of the more stylish, discount prom dresses  ADVERTISING FREE e-vite like sites that I’ve ever seen. AND it is so easy to use. I created a fake invitation in preview to show you gals without having to register (I hate having to register) Obviously, at some poine, you must register to use it, but it’s awesome! And it’s free.  Here is the image I picked for a potential bridal shower or bridesmaids luncheon. 
     You can even share through facebook. Please remember though, drop ship prom dresses  with things like showers that involve several age groups, you need to be sure that grandmothers and others who might not be online are able to get the information that they need, and not feel that they were somehow slighted!      

No Photos Please

    The Q:    I have one quick question I’m hoping  you can help with!One of my biggest pet peeves at weddings is when guests become too focused on taking pictures with their own cameras…especially during the ceremony.  I’ve seen guests get out of their seats and cause a drop ship prom dresses  distraction during the ceremony, just to get a picture for themselves.
     Now that I’m planning a wedding of my own, how on earth do I politely let my guests know that I want them to relax and enjoy the wedding instead of acting like a bunch of rouge photographers?!  Especially since we plan on having two great photographers present!  Our ceremony will be short, so I don’t plan on making programs, or else that might be a good place to get the message out.  Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated! The A:  This is a tough one, because it’s hard to tell elegant prom dresses  people what to do in a polite way, especially with no program.  I hear what you are saying though, especially in this age of digital photography when professionals can often make their photos available online.  The only two options option you really have, and I don’t know that either will be adhered to or well received, is an announcement or signage.
   You could have your officiant or some other person announce prior to the ceremony that they would like to ask guests to refrain from taking flash photos during the ceremony, but the bride and groom will make the photographers photos available to their guests in the near future?  Or you can place signage at the entrance or near your guest book or escort table (if those are around) that expensive prom dresses  asks guests to refrain from using flash photography during the ceremony. Asking to refrain from flash is a much more polite way of saying "don’t take any pictures at all please".