Are you ready to create the ultimate wedding program for your wedding day? These programs aren’t just handy – they’re your guests’ roadmap to all the happy moments, joyful tears, and celebrations to come! Whether you’re going for a classic timeline or a fun-filled itinerary, we’ll walk you through how to outline the sequence of events that keeps everyone in the know and excited for what’s next!
Let’s explore the essential elements to include and some cheerful design for the perfect program!
Program Sections
1. Introduction and Welcome
The best place to start is with a loving welcome. Many of your guests have come far & wide, and a heartfelt greeting message will start off the ceremony with love. We would recommend you include your names, the wedding date, and the location of your big day.
2. Order of Events
Map out the flow of your big day with a clear and stylish outline to lead your guests seamlessly through every joyous moment of your ceremony. This way if you’re including a song or having a poem being read, it allows your guest to know the name of it. You may want to consider a traditional structure like this:
- Processional
- Opening Words
- Exchange of Vows
- Ring Exchange
- Pronouncement of Marriage
- Recessional
3. Wedding Party
When you’re introducing your wedding party, include the bridal party, groomsmen, and parents. In this section, you can share how you know each person in your wedding party, (childhood friends, cousins, siblings, etc.) You can also thank your wedding party for all their help during the wedding process.
4. Ceremony Details
This is where you can add any special instructions or guidelines for your guests. For example, you might encourage them to turn off cell phones or throw the confetti that’s under their chairs when the couple goes down the aisle.
5. Additional Information
This is where you can include as much or as little as you like. For example, important details about the reception, transportation, and accommodations as well as providing the venue address and timing for the reception.
Design & Layout Tips For Your Wedding Programs
- Choose fonts and colors that match your wedding theme.
- Incorporate imagery or quotes that represent your style.
- Experiment with different layouts, such as single-page formats or folded booklets.
Design Ideas
Programs come in many shapes and sizes, it’s important to find the program that’ll bring that extra sparkle to your wedding ceremony!
Fan Programs
If you’re planning an outdoor Spring or Summer wedding, then a fan program will help keep your guests cool, it’s a two-in-one!
Tri-Fold Program
By choosing a tri-fold program you can add more information about your love story for guests to enjoy. There’s extra space to include a few beloved photos
Two-Sided Program
For many couples, a simple wedding is all they want. A two-sided program allows for condensed information for all your guests.
Timeline Program
If you have a lot of things planned for the wedding and reception, a timeline program is a fun and unique way to help you guide your guests to when everything will be happening.
Now that you’ve explored our collection of beautiful wedding programs, why not stick around and discover what other products we have to offer? Such as wedding invitations, welcome signs, and favors which you can link to your wedding color scheme or design in the same theme. We wish the soon-to-be-married couple all the happiness in the world!
Lucy is a Content Specialist at Zazzle in Cork, Ireland. Originally from America, she is now settled in Ireland with her husband and Corgi-mix puppy Dug (yes, like from Disney’s UP!). It’s the simple things in life that matter, so give her a bag of M&M’s and she’s happy. She loves to relax with a good book, cozy up on the couch for a movie, or go to the park for a stroll with the family.
