Comments on: How-To Tip of the Week: DIY Wedding Seating Chart http://www.withthisfavor.com/blog/557/how-to-tip-of-the-week-diy-wedding-seating-chart/ Wedding Tips and Ideas for Wedding Favors, Wedding Planning, Bridesmaid Gifts, Wedding Accessories and more! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Swansea wedding photographer http://www.withthisfavor.com/blog/557/how-to-tip-of-the-week-diy-wedding-seating-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Swansea wedding photographer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:36:40 +0000 http://www.withthisfavor.com/blog/?p=557#comment-831 great idea - just make sure you don't leave it all until last minute though as the stress of doing things yourself can put a lot of pressure on the bride the day before the wedding. Make sure its all completed well in advance. Even though the seating plan seems a simple thing to do, you'll most probably run into problems at the last minute. Usually what can go wrong does! great idea – just make sure you don’t leave it all until last minute though as the stress of doing things yourself can put a lot of pressure on the bride the day before the wedding. Make sure its all completed well in advance. Even though the seating plan seems a simple thing to do, you’ll most probably run into problems at the last minute. Usually what can go wrong does!

]]> By: Kara http://www.withthisfavor.com/blog/557/how-to-tip-of-the-week-diy-wedding-seating-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Kara Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:24:25 +0000 http://www.withthisfavor.com/blog/?p=557#comment-107 Thanks for the suggestion! Although I wouldn't advise having family members to have the final say in seating arrangements, I do think it is very respectful and beneficial for the bride and groom to have some input from family members (like who gets along in the family and who does not). With any area of wedding planning, whether it comes down to: venu choice, invitation style, musical arrangements, to even who will be giving the wedding toasts, sometimes family members and friends will not agree with what the bride and groom want for their wedding. As a wedding planner, I am sure you understand the need for the bride and groom to make sure family members and friends know at the beginning of the wedding planning stages that compromise is very important, as is the vision of what the bride and groom want for their wedding. If your wedding is small and intimate, sometimes less input will be needed from family members. However, not all weddings are small these days, and some weddings even top over 300 guests. With a larger wedding, the bride and groom might need more help from family members to understand the dynamics of relatives that the bride and groom have not seen in years. For example, a recent friend of mine had a cousin she hadn't seen in years. If she didn't ask for help from family members with the seating chart, she would not have known that the cousin had remarried, and the cousin's ex-husband was now dating a friend of the family. All of these people were coming to the wedding. Thus, the bride and groom needed to know that these wedding guests should be seated at separate tables. Each bride and groom will choose to plan their wedding differently. Some brides and grooms decide to: take complete control over the wedding planning , others have a wedding planner to do it for them, or their mothers and family members to plan. Also, some brides and grooms plan their wedding and include the thoughts and ideas of others while still moving forward with their wedding day vision. In the end, there will be roadblocks and challenges as you wind your way through the wedding planning stages, but sometimes it is nice to know that family and friends are there to love and support you every step of the way. Thanks for the suggestion! Although I wouldn’t advise having family members to have the final say in seating arrangements, I do think it is very respectful and beneficial for the bride and groom to have some input from family members (like who gets along in the family and who does not). With any area of wedding planning, whether it comes down to: venu choice, invitation style, musical arrangements, to even who will be giving the wedding toasts, sometimes family members and friends will not agree with what the bride and groom want for their wedding.

As a wedding planner, I am sure you understand the need for the bride and groom to make sure family members and friends know at the beginning of the wedding planning stages that compromise is very important, as is the vision of what the bride and groom want for their wedding.

If your wedding is small and intimate, sometimes less input will be needed from family members. However, not all weddings are small these days, and some weddings even top over 300 guests. With a larger wedding, the bride and groom might need more help from family members to understand the dynamics of relatives that the bride and groom have not seen in years. For example, a recent friend of mine had a cousin she hadn’t seen in years. If she didn’t ask for help from family members with the seating chart, she would not have known that the cousin had remarried, and the cousin’s ex-husband was now dating a friend of the family. All of these people were coming to the wedding. Thus, the bride and groom needed to know that these wedding guests should be seated at separate tables.

Each bride and groom will choose to plan their wedding differently. Some brides and grooms decide to: take complete control over the wedding planning , others have a wedding planner to do it for them, or their mothers and family members to plan. Also, some brides and grooms plan their wedding and include the thoughts and ideas of others while still moving forward with their wedding day vision. In the end, there will be roadblocks and challenges as you wind your way through the wedding planning stages, but sometimes it is nice to know that family and friends are there to love and support you every step of the way.

]]> By: Wedding Seating Planner http://www.withthisfavor.com/blog/557/how-to-tip-of-the-week-diy-wedding-seating-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Wedding Seating Planner Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:35:34 +0000 http://www.withthisfavor.com/blog/?p=557#comment-105 I wouldn't really advise sitting down with family members to plan your wedding seating. It can be a tough task as it is without other people trying to influence who you sit where. I wouldn’t really advise sitting down with family members to plan your wedding seating. It can be a tough task as it is without other people trying to influence who you sit where.

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