Six and a half months, 72 guests, nine tables of eight, and one binder that went everywhere I went.
Six and a half months, 72 guests, one round trip in a carry-on, and a binder that lived on the kitchen table the rest of the time. What held up, what did not, and who should skip it.
Six months with a paper binder on the kitchen table, and an honest look at what a phone app does better. Written by a mother of the bride who did it once, without a paid planner.
Elise started a spreadsheet the weekend she got engaged. It lasted fourteen days. Here is what the binder did that the laptop never could.
Six and a half months, 72 guests, nine tables of eight, and one binder that went everywhere I went.
Six and a half months, 72 guests, no paid planner, and one hardcover binder that held the whole thing together. Here is the order I did it in, and what I would do again.
Six and a half months with a paper binder, including the pages I filled in, the pages I did not, and what it could not do for me.
One satin gown, one round trip from Savannah to Santa Fe, and four days on a closet rod. What the 72-inch Sleeping Lamb bag did, what it did not do, and who actually needs one.
One you fold once and carry on the plane. One you ship ahead and hope somebody sets it down flat. What each container does better, from someone who flew with one of them.
Ten things I learned from putting a satin A-line in a 72-inch gusseted bag and flying it from Savannah to Santa Fe, with one soft fold line and nothing else to show for it.
A destination wedding, one long dress, and the bag that got it from Savannah to Santa Fe with one soft fold line.
The bag, the fold, the flight and the steam. What actually got a satin A-line from a Savannah closet to a Santa Fe inn without a crease, in the order I would do it again.
A mother of the bride on the 72 inch bag that carried a satin A-line from Savannah to Santa Fe, what it actually solved, and the parts of it that will irritate you.
A guest book either makes signing easy for someone holding a drink and a plate, or it makes it awkward in front of everybody. Here is how this one behaved at a 72 guest wedding, and what I would tell you before you buy.
One collects the wedding as it happens. The other arrives already printed. A mother of the bride on which one earns its place on the coffee table.
What a guest book actually did at a 72-guest wedding, and the ten things that made it worth the table space.
Elise picked it in four minutes. It still sits out where people can reach it.
A guest book with a plan behind it comes home well used. A guest book left on the gift table comes home mostly blank. The difference is about twenty minutes of setup and one sign with three lines on it.
My daughter picked it in four minutes at my kitchen table. I spent the next three months doing arithmetic about it. Here is what a ZICOTO guest book actually does at a 72-guest wedding, and the three things I would change.
I bought this kit in May for my daughter's day-of bag, packed it, flew it to New Mexico, and needed it forty minutes before the ceremony. Here is what it did and what it will not do.
One kit repairs the dress. The other manages the day. I carried one of them to Santa Fe in June, and it earned its place in eleven minutes.
Not a bridal emergency kit. A small hard case that weighs almost nothing, and the forty minutes when it was the only thing in the tote that mattered.
Forty minutes before the ceremony, a bridesmaid's hem let go. What fixed it was a small case I had packed in May.
My daughter's bridesmaid lost eight inches of hem forty minutes before the ceremony. Here is the exact order I fixed it in, step by step, and what I would put in the day-of bag all over again.
A hard case, real folding scissors, and one hem at forty minutes to go. What this kit actually does, what it does not, and who should carry it.
Seventy-two names, two evenings at the kitchen table, and one shoebox that fit in a suitcase. What the Toncoo place cards did well, what they do not do, and who should buy them.
One names the seat. One names the table. Which you need depends on how settled your seating is and how many people walk through the door at once.
Seventy-two guests, nine tables, no planner. The seating chart was the hard part. The cards were the part that made it stick.
One Sunday in April, nine round tables and seventy-two names took over a family Sunday. A pack of folded cards is what kept it settled.
Seating 72 people at nine round tables is a puzzle, not a party trick. Here is the order I did it in, the two evenings it cost me, and how we settled where Paul's brothers sat.
What 120 gold-foil tent cards actually did for a 72-guest wedding, and the parts of the listing that do not tell you the whole story.
Six and a half months, 72 guests, one round trip in a carry-on, and a binder that lived on the kitchen table the rest of the time. What held up, what did not, and who should skip it.
Six and a half months with a paper binder, including the pages I filled in, the pages I did not, and what it could not do for me.
One satin gown, one round trip from Savannah to Santa Fe, and four days on a closet rod. What the 72-inch Sleeping Lamb bag did, what it did not do, and who actually needs one.
A mother of the bride on the 72 inch bag that carried a satin A-line from Savannah to Santa Fe, what it actually solved, and the parts of it that will irritate you.
A guest book either makes signing easy for someone holding a drink and a plate, or it makes it awkward in front of everybody. Here is how this one behaved at a 72 guest wedding, and what I would tell you before you buy.
My daughter picked it in four minutes at my kitchen table. I spent the next three months doing arithmetic about it. Here is what a ZICOTO guest book actually does at a 72-guest wedding, and the three things I would change.
I bought this kit in May for my daughter's day-of bag, packed it, flew it to New Mexico, and needed it forty minutes before the ceremony. Here is what it did and what it will not do.
A hard case, real folding scissors, and one hem at forty minutes to go. What this kit actually does, what it does not, and who should carry it.
Seventy-two names, two evenings at the kitchen table, and one shoebox that fit in a suitcase. What the Toncoo place cards did well, what they do not do, and who should buy them.
What 120 gold-foil tent cards actually did for a 72-guest wedding, and the parts of the listing that do not tell you the whole story.
