Comments on: Wedding Tips – Involve Your Family and Friends http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/ Money Management, Small Business, Career Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-16548 Patrick Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:28:24 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-16548 Hello Carolyn, Thank you for contacting me. That sounds like a big wedding, so the bride will want to make sure that there is enough room for each child, plus the children's parents if they will be invited. Involving 40 children may be difficult, and I'm not a wedding planner, but here are a few ideas: <ul> <li>The kids could sing during the service or they could sing at the reception.</li> <li>The children can file down the aisle after the bride's maids/flower girls and before the bride. Have the kids drop flower petals. They can file up the aisle to the front and then keep on walking around the sides and return to the back of the church again (In other words, they wouldn't stay up at the altar with the official wedding party.)</li> <li>The children can stand along both sides of the ailse (like a military honor guard) as the bride and groom exit.</li> <li>The kids could draw pictures for the bride and groom, the those pictures could be already hung up at the reception somewhere.</li> <li>The kids could be the ones who stand outside of the church and throw flower petals/bird seed/bubbles/etc.</li> <li></li> </ul><p></p> I hope these ideas give you a good place to start, and I hope your daughter has the perfect wedding! :-) Hello Carolyn,

Thank you for contacting me. That sounds like a big wedding, so the bride will want to make sure that there is enough room for each child, plus the children’s parents if they will be invited. Involving 40 children may be difficult, and I’m not a wedding planner, but here are a few ideas:

  • The kids could sing during the service or they could sing at the reception.
  • The children can file down the aisle after the bride’s maids/flower girls and before the bride. Have the kids drop flower petals. They can file up the aisle to the front and then keep on walking around the sides and return to the back of the church again (In other words, they wouldn’t stay up at the altar with the official wedding party.)
  • The children can stand along both sides of the ailse (like a military honor guard) as the bride and groom exit.
  • The kids could draw pictures for the bride and groom, the those pictures could be already hung up at the reception somewhere.
  • The kids could be the ones who stand outside of the church and throw flower petals/bird seed/bubbles/etc.

I hope these ideas give you a good place to start, and I hope your daughter has the perfect wedding! :-)

]]> By: Carolyn http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-16533 Carolyn Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:42:24 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-16533 my daughter would like to have the Sunday School age children be involved somehow in her wedding, however, this could amount to 40 kids. Any suggestions? my daughter would like to have the Sunday School age children be involved somehow in her wedding, however, this could amount to 40 kids. Any suggestions?

]]> By: It’s Wedding Season! Tips to Keep the Costs Down http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8879 It’s Wedding Season! Tips to Keep the Costs Down Mon, 26 May 2008 13:32:02 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8879 [...] Wedding Tips - Involve Your Family and Friends [...] [...] Wedding Tips – Involve Your Family and Friends [...]

]]> By: Personal Finance on an Apple Macbook Pro Sunday Roundup | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8547 Personal Finance on an Apple Macbook Pro Sunday Roundup | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning Sun, 11 May 2008 16:01:32 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8547 [...] Money Life suggests that we should involve our family and friends for our wedding!  I must say that this is a good idea for anything because not only does it save us money but also [...] [...] Money Life suggests that we should involve our family and friends for our wedding!  I must say that this is a good idea for anything because not only does it save us money but also [...]

]]> By: Shanti http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8531 Shanti Sat, 10 May 2008 22:17:11 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8531 I am ITCHING to know which job you have picked!! I would have gone with option B because then I would have money to go to school MORE! I love school! And I prefer a relaxed schedule - after all, I work at home, get up whenever I want, and work as much as I want (which usually translates to either 20 hours or 80 hours... depends on the week). But that's me. When will you announce it?! Sorry, off topic. I just really am eager to know! I am ITCHING to know which job you have picked!! I would have gone with option B because then I would have money to go to school MORE! I love school! And I prefer a relaxed schedule – after all, I work at home, get up whenever I want, and work as much as I want (which usually translates to either 20 hours or 80 hours… depends on the week). But that’s me. When will you announce it?!

Sorry, off topic. I just really am eager to know!

]]> By: The Best Wedding Tips and Stories Giveaway | Moolanomy http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8503 The Best Wedding Tips and Stories Giveaway | Moolanomy Fri, 09 May 2008 21:05:22 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8503 [...] Wedding Tips - Involve Your Family and Friends at Cash Money Life [...] [...] Wedding Tips – Involve Your Family and Friends at Cash Money Life [...]

]]> By: Jarhead http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8496 Jarhead Fri, 09 May 2008 16:36:06 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8496 Want to do it cheap do what I did Justice of the Peace. LOL Or you can always do the Vegas thing that works well too. Want to do it cheap do what I did Justice of the Peace. LOL Or you can always do the Vegas thing that works well too.

]]> By: Patrick http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8491 Patrick Fri, 09 May 2008 15:31:55 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8491 Lisa, That is a wonderful story! What kind of money can buy that kind of wedding? No amount. Only love and friendship can. :) Lisa,

That is a wonderful story! What kind of money can buy that kind of wedding? No amount. Only love and friendship can. :)

]]> By: Lisa http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8489 Lisa Fri, 09 May 2008 15:14:37 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8489 15 years ago my soon-to-be husband and I decided on a Wednesday to get married that coming Saturday. We were just going to go to the Justice of the Peace and tie the knot, but his brother declared that we were going to have a real wedding. He said, "you two always talked of getting married at a mountain lake and you're gonna do it!" He found us a minister who was going up to said mountain lake fishing for the weekend and the minister agreed to marry us. My husband's large family all showed up from 300 miles away on two day's notice with cake, wedding favors, music for the ceremony (several violinists in the family) -- everything we needed for the wedding. And my dress? I didn't have time to find a dress, there was only one that I wanted and it was way over my minimal budget, so the best man and all the groomsmen chipped in at the impromptu bachelor party to buy me that dress. And as we left the makeshift alter, in August, it snowed. Big, fat snowflakes that rained down on us. Now, what kind of $$ can buy that kind of wedding I ask you? 15 years ago my soon-to-be husband and I decided on a Wednesday to get married that coming Saturday. We were just going to go to the Justice of the Peace and tie the knot, but his brother declared that we were going to have a real wedding. He said, “you two always talked of getting married at a mountain lake and you’re gonna do it!” He found us a minister who was going up to said mountain lake fishing for the weekend and the minister agreed to marry us. My husband’s large family all showed up from 300 miles away on two day’s notice with cake, wedding favors, music for the ceremony (several violinists in the family) — everything we needed for the wedding. And my dress? I didn’t have time to find a dress, there was only one that I wanted and it was way over my minimal budget, so the best man and all the groomsmen chipped in at the impromptu bachelor party to buy me that dress. And as we left the makeshift alter, in August, it snowed. Big, fat snowflakes that rained down on us. Now, what kind of $$ can buy that kind of wedding I ask you?

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-8483 Mrs. Micah Fri, 09 May 2008 13:24:02 +0000 http://cashmoneylife.com/2008/05/09/wedding-tips-involve-your-family-and-friends/#comment-8483 Our friends and families also made major contributions to our wedding. It was great...it was fun to work with people we knew and get excited together and it also made the wedding much less expensive. Our friends and families also made major contributions to our wedding. It was great…it was fun to work with people we knew and get excited together and it also made the wedding much less expensive.

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