Ceremony Essentials

A two-slot box for the ceremony and for the ring shots your photographer will want.

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Another option to Ring Box, for a different style or budget.

A wooden ring box engraved with your names or initials and the date, for the ceremony and the ring shots, then the dresser.

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Reading from a small book looks better than reading from a phone, and you keep it after.

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Another option to Vow Books, for a different style or budget.

The vow books, with your names and the year on the covers, kept together afterwards.

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A friend officiating otherwise reads the ceremony off a phone in every photo. A clean black book with room for the script and a pen for the license.

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Many counties reject a marriage license signed in gold, blue or erasable ink, so a plain black archival gel pen belongs clipped to the license envelope. Keep one with the license and hand the spares to the officiant and witnesses. Check the ink instructions that came with your license, since requirements vary by county.

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Florists include one pin per boutonniere and one is never enough after the first hug. Plan on two pins per boutonniere plus spares, and keep a few in the emergency kit since a pearl-head pin also fixes a slipping sash.

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Pinning a boutonniere through a lapel takes five fumbling minutes and leaves holes; a magnet takes two seconds. Count the groom, groomsmen, fathers, grandfathers and ring bearer. Magnets grip poorly on very thick wool, and anyone with a pacemaker should use pins instead.

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Grooms cry at the first look and fathers at the vows, and a silk pocket square is decorative. Six plain white cotton hankies cover the groom, both fathers, the best man and two spares. Wash and press them once before the day.

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Holds the welcome sign or the seating chart. Venues rarely have a good one.

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The sign at the entrance, with your names and date. Clear acrylic reads as modern and photographs well against any wall. It fits the gold floor easel.

Pairs with the floor easel.

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Guest phones in the aisle ruin the processional shot; this is the sign photographers ask for. Plain acrylic on its own stand, or on the easel at the ceremony entrance where everyone walks past it.

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Without them the front row fills with cousins and the parents end up in row four. Six covers both front rows; tie them on during setup and have an usher point the family to them.

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See-through dome umbrellas keep you dry without hiding you from the camera. Worth a few for any outdoor wedding.

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Another option to Clear Bubble Umbrellas, for a different style or budget.

The same see-through dome with a scalloped edge. Prettier in photos, a little more expensive.

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Where the ceremony site has no tree cover, a basket of white parasols at the aisle is the only personal shade there is, and it photographs beautifully. Plan one per two guests, and expect them to come down for the vows since they block the view.

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A badge, dark glasses, an earpiece and a lockable case for the decoy rings; it gets a laugh in the aisle and keeps a small boy in character. The real rings stay with the best man.

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Tie on decoy rings and give the real ones to the best man.

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Check whether your venue allows real petals before you fill it.

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The best man is not carrying a wooden double box in his trouser pocket for four hours. A small flat leather pouch keeps both rings together and out of sight until the officiant asks for them.

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For the vows, the speeches and the first look. Hand a pack to anyone who will cry.

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Another option to Pocket Tissues, for a different style or budget.

One on every ceremony seat for the happy tears, or one in every welcome bag. Seventy-two covers most guest lists.

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You will cry, a handkerchief photographs where a tissue does not, and a cotton one with lace becomes the keepsake. Have a date or initials embroidered on it if you want an heirloom, and keep it tucked in the bouquet wrap for the ceremony.

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For the aisle, a mantel or the head table, real-wax pillars with a flickering LED read as candlelight in photos and do not blow out in the wind. Nine sizes make a staggered cluster; set the timer during setup.

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For a summer ceremony. Some couples print the program on them.

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For a backyard, beach or park ceremony without a DJ, a battery speaker with a wireless mic is what lets row eight hear the vows. Pair a phone over Bluetooth for the processional and hand the mic to the officiant.

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Readers holding a page need both hands, and so does anyone reading vows from a phone. A stand holds the ceremony microphone at the right height for each person.

Pairs with the ceremony PA: its microphones come without a stand.

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Folding chairs and pews get hard around minute twenty. Reserve a dozen or so cushions for the front rows so grandparents and anyone with a bad back can settle in. Three sets cover two family rows.

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Paper luminaria lining the aisle or the walk to the reception cost pennies each and read as a design choice. Weight each with a cup of sand and an LED tealight, one bag every 3 feet on both sides, and they ride out a breeze.

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Most venues ban open flame, and real tealights burn out before the first dance. Set the timer once and they glow all night without anyone lighting them. Count tables times votives, add ten percent, and check the battery type.

Pairs with the luminary bags; never a real flame in a paper bag.

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In a ring warming, the rings pass from guest to guest during the ceremony so each person can hold them and wish you well before the exchange; all it takes is a secure pouch and a short line in the program. Assign someone to make sure the pouch gets back to the best man before the vows, and for a large wedding use the ring box at the entrance with a sign instead.

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A faux flower crown that makes her look like part of the wedding party, for the price of a coffee rather than the sixty dollars a florist quotes. Try it on with the dress a week before so the ribbon can be shortened.

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For the dog walking down the aisle: a tuxedo front with a bow tie, adjustable to most sizes.

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Carried down the aisle by the ring bearer or flower girl, a moment before the doors open.

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Another option to Here Comes the Bride Sign, for a different style or budget.

The niece or nephew's version, with their uncle's name. Guests always photograph it.

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