Wedding Day Must-Haves

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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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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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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Someone has to light 80 votives in ten minutes before guests walk in, and the one lighter in a pocket is always empty. Charge both the night before and give one to whoever is on candle duty. Many venues ban open flame, so confirm before buying real candles.

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Table numbers only work if guests can see them over the centerpiece. Nearly nine inches tall, so the number sits above the flowers. One per table plus two spares; your seating chart already knows the count.

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Another option to Table Number Stands, for a different style or budget.

Low gold holders for table numbers that sit under the centerpiece rather than above it, or for photos on a memorial table.

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Cards often hold cash. A box that locks, and one person responsible for it at the end.

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Another option to Card Box with Lock, for a different style or budget.

A glass box with a lock, for a more modern table. Same job, different look.

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For the cake cutting photo, and plenty of couples use it every anniversary after.

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Your own two flutes show up in every toast and cake-cutting photo and come home as a keepsake, separate from the registry stemware. Plain crystal with no etching, so they suit every couple. Hand wash only.

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Another option to Toasting Flutes, for a different style or budget.

Your names and date on the flutes you toast with, kept on a shelf afterwards. About half the price of the Lenox pair.

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Put it somewhere guests pass on the way in, not tucked in a corner.

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Another option to Guest Book and Pen, for a different style or budget.

The guest book is the thing you keep forever, so this is the one to personalize: linen, with your names and the year.

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One clear zip pouch holds the license, vendor contracts, the timeline and the tip envelopes, and it survives a spilled mimosa. Hand it to one person for the day (a planner, a parent or the best man) and use the spares for the honeymoon documents.

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Tips only get handed out if they are counted, labelled by vendor and given to one person before the ceremony. Write each vendor's name on the front the week before, tuck cash inside, and give the stack to your planner or a parent to distribute at the end of the night.

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Phones work all day as cameras, maps and timelines. Keep a charged one in the bridal suite.

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One cable with Lightning, USB-C and micro USB ends charges every phone in the wedding party off the same power bank. Buy two: one lives in the emergency kit and one stays in the getting-ready room.

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Faster than an iron and you'll use it before every occasion for the rest of your life.

For the veil, a second outfit and anything that creased on the way to the venue.

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A pre-packed kit if you would rather not assemble one. Check what is inside and add your own medications.

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