What is Wedding Day Content Creation? And do you need it?
Today we are talking all about Wedding Day Content Creation… What it is and why it might be your new must have vendor!
The newest wedding vendor to hit the market is Wedding Day Content Creation and couples are obsessed! Today we are talking all about content creation, what it is, why it is so popular, why we are adding it to our repertoire of services, do you need it for your wedding, and what other events could you have captured? If content creation is something you have been curious about… We are about to dive in!
What is wedding day content creation?
By definition wedding day content creation is “A professional who captures and curates real-time content from a wedding day, focusing on short-form videos, Instagram Stories, TikToks, and other social media-friendly content. They are not a replacement for photographers or videographers but rather a compliment to their work, offering instant access to wedding footage for sharing and quick memories.” According to Google.
It isn’t all about the gram thou, one of couples biggest regrets is not having video content on their day and they don’t always have the budget for a professional videographer. The difference is we are not out here posing you, or telling you what to do to get certain shots, we are capturing the behind the scenes moments, the fun times in the morning with your wedding party, the adventures that play out on the day, raw, un-edited, good stuff! You want some fun videos for social media, we can do that too, but the roll of a content creator is to be your shadow on the day of, not interfering with the other media professionals you have hired.
Why is it so popular?
The beauty of wedding day content creation is that it isn’t a cinematic production, it doesn’t need editing or anything like that, so you get to re-live it all 48 hours post wedding, and that is priceless! It is an affordable option for couples who want some video memories of their big day!
Why we started Dos Goats Captures…
We LOVE creating content (have you seen our Insta? Naturally we are already taking videos throughout the day, but adding it on as a service came from a passion we have of doing it on more of a professional level. Adding it on as a service allows for a desginated Assoat there to shoot the content! If you are a Dos Goats couple, you still have your planning team their to do all of the Dos Goats stuff, while another person is their capturing everything! It also gives us a chance to be creative with our couples, and it seemed like a seamless service to add on.
Should I Hire a Content Creator?
best ways to figure out if wedding content creation is worth the investment is to think about your priorities. Start by ranking your vendors in order of importance to see what they should spend the most money on. If capturing behind-the-scenes moments, getting content sent to you within 48 hours, having tons of raw footage for Social Media or just to share with your loved ones is high on your list, it may just be what you are looking for!
Not just for the wedding day!
The best part about content creation is it’s not JUST for the wedding day, we could add coverage to your Engagement party, engagement photos, wedding showers, rehearsal dinners, welcome parties and more, there is no shortage of content to be filmed when it comes to your wedding!
Have I got you excited yet?
I firmly believe that content creation is here to stay and is only going to become more popular, if it is something you are now interested in, we have a great group in Minneapolis (including us) So reach out and let’s chat about how we can capture all of your finest wedding moments!
From Yes to I Do: Couples Guide to Intentional Wedding Planning Journey!
Today we are talking about how to go into wedding planning with intention!
You are about to embark on your wedding planning journey, WHOO HOO! Wedding planning can be extremely fun, but what I often see online is people stressing out over every little thing, and some end up hating the process. I see so many vendors talk about “Intentional” wedding planning, but I don’t see anyone talk about what that actually means, or ways to implement intention into your wedding planning, so I thought I would talk about that today!
Intentional wedding planning is about approaching your engagement with purpose and mindfulness. It means making decisions that align with your values, celebrating your unique love story and staying true to what truly matters tou you as a couple. Instead of getting lost in the pressure of perfection, intentional planning focuses on creating a wedding experience that feels joyful, meaningful, and authentic to who you both are. It’s about enjoying the journey just as much as the destination.
So where do you begin? Before you start any actual planning, sit with your partner and go through this guide together, we have listed out some intentions, along with some prompts to help you walk you through how you want wedding planning and the wedding day to feel and mean to you two!
Ready to set some intentions for an easy, stress-free engagement? Let’s get started.
1. Setting Your Wedding Intentions
The first step to intentional wedding planning is setting your wedding intentions. Think of these as guiding principles that will keep you focused and grounded throughout the planning process. Here are some examples:
• Prioritize Connection Over Perfection: “We will focus on creating moments that bring us closer together rather than stressing over achieving a picture-perfect wedding.”
• Celebrate Our Unique Story: “We will make decisions that reflect our personalities, values, and relationship, rather than conforming to traditions that don’t resonate with us.”
• Honor Our Budget Without Guilt: “We will plan a wedding that aligns with our financial goals, ensuring we can enjoy this season without unnecessary stress.”
• Keep Fun at the Forefront: “We will seek out moments of joy and playfulness throughout the engagement process, keeping the planning experience lighthearted.”
Take some time to discuss what feels most important to you as a couple. These intentions will serve as a roadmap for your engagement and wedding planning journey.
2. Prompts for Setting Intentions
Not sure where to start? These prompts will help you clarify your goals and set meaningful intentions:
For Connection and Communication:
• What moments during our wedding day do we want to feel most connected to each other?
• How can we support one another throughout the planning process?
For Personalization:
• What traditions or personal touches will make our wedding feel like a true reflection of us?
• What are three words to describe the vibe we want for our wedding day?
For Mindfulness and Presence:
• How can we embrace the engagement season as a time to celebrate our love, not just as a checklist to get through?
Answering these questions together will help you create a vision for your engagement and your big day.
Samantha K Photo
3. Navigating the Planning Process wih Ease
Wedding planning doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. With the right approach, you can stay focused and have fun. Here are some tips:
• Stay Organized: Use tools like a shared Google Doc or wedding planning app to track tasks and deadlines. Start with big-ticket decisions like your venue and guest list to create momentum.
• Communicate Boundaries: Let your families know where they can offer input and where you need to make the final call. For example: “We’d love help with the guest list, but we’ll decide on the décor ourselves.”
• Stay Flexible: Not everything will go as planned—and that’s okay! If your dream venue is booked, see it as an opportunity to discover something new.
4. Keeping the Fun in Your Engagement
Amid the decisions and details, don’t forget to have fun! Here are some ideas to keep things light and joyful:
• Celebrate Small Wins: Booked your dream venue? Found the perfect photographer? Pop some champagne or plan a date night to celebrate.
• Take Breaks from Planning: Schedule “no wedding talk” nights or spend a weekend binge-watching your favorite shows.
• Find Joy in the Process: Treat fun planning moments like tastings or DIY projects as opportunities to connect and create memories together.
Now that you are going into it cool, calm, and collected, check out our next blog on where to start wedding planning!
Your engagement is about so much more than planning a wedding—it’s about celebrating your love and building a strong foundation for your marriage. By setting intentions and approaching this season with mindfulness, you’ll create a wedding experience that truly reflects who you are.
Take a deep breath, stay connected, and enjoy every moment. You’ve got this, and if you need help? Hit us up!
TIPS FOR ELEVATING YOUR GUESTS EXPIERENCE AT YOUR WEDDING
Looking for fun ways to entertain your guest on your wedding day? Today we are sharing wedding details that will elevate your wedding day and your guests experience!
When planning a wedding, it’s natural to focus on creating an unforgettable day for you and your partner. But as you meticulously plan every detail, don’t forget the guests who are there to celebrate with you as well! Elevating your guests experience can turn your wedding from a beautiful event to an extraordinary memory that people will be talking about for years to come! From thoughtful amenities, to creative vendors, there are so many ways to ensure your guests feel special, we wanted to share 9 of our favorite ways to truly make a memorable experience for everyone at your wedding, if you are getting married in 2025 or 2026, keep reading for some vibey wedding inspo!
Live wedding painter
Steena Anne Photography | Artist - Christina B.
I love when our couple decided to get a live wedding painter! This wedding in particular the groom surprised his wife with a painter, and she did a replica of her dress and bouquet!
There are other live painters that will recreate a scene from your wedding as well. It is always fun for you and your guests to see the painting come to life throughout the evening! Plus it is a unique way to capture your day!
2. Llamas or other barn yard animals
Brynn Wheatly Photo
Is there anything more fun than getting your picture taken with adorable Llamas? This picture is actually from our wedding, we hired Llamas from Carlson’s Loveable Llamas to greet our guests as they came into our ceremony, and they stayed around for the social hour to take photos with guests as well! This is our go-to when couples want a little something quirky for their guests!
3. Sip N’ Solve
Sip n’ Solves are not only a way for your guests to get to know you as a couple better, but they also are great for getting your guests to interact with each other!
4. A coffee cart!
Coffee Cart MPLS
Photo - Studio Twelve 52
A coffee cart might be my favorite! It energizes your guests, and the coffee from Coffee Cart is SOOOOOOO GOOD! This can be a pre-ceremony and social hour activity, or it can be something that comes for after dinner and dancing!
5. Interactive food stations
There are so many interactive food ideas, but one of my favorite is a build your own smores indoors! North Mallow is a great company that will come out and set up a cute table with gourmet chocolate and home made marshmallows!!! Seriously, guests love this and couples do too!
6. Photobooth
We love a good photobooth, after guests get some drinks in them, they love it too! The best are ones that are super interactive and have props! Northerly Photo Camper is one of our faves!
7. Tarot Card Reader
How fun would it be to have someone doing fortune telling, Tarot cards, or palm readings? Setting up a vibey little area for them to chat… I think this is such a fun and different idea!
8. Conversation cards at each table
Another activity that guests can do at their table, conversation starters!
9. Live musician mixed in with your DJ
This is always a hit at weddings, live music mixed in with your DJ! They play along to the DJ songs, and get in with the crowd dancing, it is seriously one of the best ways to keep your dance floor hoppin!
Photo Wildly Connected Photography
10. Drag Performance
Starting your party off with a drag show is literally the best idea ever!
11. Casino Games
12. Have a sketch artist do personalized sketches of your guests
Our Amazon Black Friday Picks!
We are sharing some of our must have Black Friday deals on Amazon! Find wedding decor, dance props and more!
Black Friday is coming and if you are getting married in 2025 or 2026 and you need wedding decor, BF is a GREAT time to get all your goodies! Our wedding planning company comes with decor for our couples, so I am sharing some of our favorites that we use every weekend!
Let’s start with one of the most popular items we see people purchasing, bud vases! We have these in clear and amber, and our couple LOVE using them! They are small, but they look so good on a table with a single stem flower or a few flowers! These come in a variety of colors!
We love getting votives off of Amazon, and these are just a few of what we have on our storefront! Clear votives are classic, but colored votives can really help your centerpieces pop!
Taper candles are all the rage right now and these holders are awesome because they are modern and sleek! If you get these and you are using real candles, your venue probably requires the hurricane vases to go over them, and we have those on the storefront too! These are heavily discounted for BF so I would totally snag these!
If your venue doesn’t allow real flame, check out these LED candles!
Get your guest on the dance floor with these fun sunglasses that can double as a favor!
The foam glow sticks are a fan favorite, plus they give your guests something to do with their hands while they dance!
Lastly, pretty hangers to hang your dress on for detail photos! These are a must! No one wants their spendy dress hanging on an ugly plastic hanger!
We will be rolling out some more of these this week, so stay tuned!
Let's Talk About Common Mistakes Couples Make While Wedding Planning...
Today we are chatting about common mistakes couples make while wedding planning, this is here to set you up for success, so if you are newly engaged, keep reading!
Photo - Uppercase L Photography
If I can save couples a few menty b’s while wedding planning, I will, because I see so many people getting married on social media sharing their frustrations with wedding planning, and I thought I would write a quick blog on 7 issues I usually see people struggle with when they are planning their wedding, no gate keeping here, I will give you some actual solutions to help with this shit!
Image - Storytellers
Catherine Chapman
Underestimating your budget vs. the actual cost of things
We often time see couples go “venue broke” because they didn’t really price out everything before landing on a venue. They went with the venue, that took up more of their budget than they planned for, and now they are pancaking. It is important to do a bit of research before signing contracts with some of your big ticket items like venue & catering.
Not paying attention to the max guest count of your venue.
If your venue has a max guest count of 200, that does not mean inviting 250, hoping that 200 will show. The max guest count is MAX for a reason, if you want your guests to feel comfortable, and ensure they have a chair, don’t over invite guests.
3. Not setting goals and priorities - We often see couples get caught up or overwhelmed in small details and forget or lose sight on what truly maters.
4. Procrastinating on planning - We see so many couples get planning anxiety and freeze up, if this is you, a partial or full- service wedding planner is the easiest way to eliminate this problem, because we take over most if not all of the communication an d organization with vendors, and that takes a lot off of your plate, being organized immediately and have a really good and thought out checklist really help from getting overwhelmed!
5. Neglecting communication with vendors - Keeping vital information from your vendors is only going to lead to a hectic wedding day. Timeline info, delivery info, set up info, all should be clearly communicated ahead of time so that people are not coming up to you with a million questions on the day of. This is one of the reasons we give all of our couples a Google Drive that helps keep all of this information in one place for us to access on the day of!
6. Not planning for the weather - We’re not just talking about rain, but wind is probably a bigger issue that we have to deal with. Or let’s say your venue doesn’t have a fridge for your cake, and it’s displayed outside, on a hot Summer day, getting set up at 2pm but not eaten till 8… That isn’t going to work…
7. Poor day of timeline planning - Planning your day of timeline is one of the most difficult parts of planning, people like to just assume you work around the sunset, but so much more goes into creating a day of timeline.. Your photographer typically will help if you don’t have a coordinator to help you, but they might not take into account how long hair & makeup is going to take, if a room flip needs to be done, how long will it take? How long catering service is going to take, there are tons of little details that go into creating a solid day of timeline. We have another blog to help create your timeline (here)!
8. Not having a proper day of emergency kit. Having a solid kit with any and all emergency items one of the best ways to avoid stress on the day of the wedding! Click the link to download our wedding day emergency kit checklist!
9. Not understanding your linen choices - Floor length linens will make or break a wedding design, couples often don’t really think much about the linens they are going to use. Most of the time linens will come through your venue / caterer - These are usually basic “lap length” linens, and often do not come pressed. You can rent linens, this is the best way to guarantee they will be pressed and the correct length. You will have a really great variety to choose from as well if you rent your linens! You can purchase your own, this is time consuming and often doesn’t save that much money. We always suggest renting linens, the quality is just always better when you rent!
10. Not having an end of night plan. You need a plan of who is taking down decor, who is taking decor with them at the end of the night, who is taking gifts and cards, and most importantly, who is taking YOU TWO home! This is by far the most over looked thing we see at most weddings, proper end of night planning!
Marit Williams
These are just a few of the things that we have witnessed over the past couple of years, we are hoping that you found a nugget of wisdom in here so that you can plan with less stress! If you find yourself ever in need of a planning buddy, we are always here for you!
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Happy Planning!
Things we DON'T think you should DIY for your wedding.. And a Few Things we Think you should!
A wedding planning mistake we often see, couples taking on too many DIY projects, so we came up with a list of things we think you should never DIY for your wedding, and a few that we think are ok!
As wedding planners, the number one thing we see couples stress out about when planning their wedding, is taking on too many projects of their own, instead of hiring the respected vendors to do it for them. Adam & I always ask our couples “What is your time worth?” Because DIY projects tend to be a time sucker, and we don’t want that for anyone!
Rachel Leigh Photo - Venue: Urban Daisy in Minneapolis, MN
The thing is, there is always couples that really want to DIY some of their stuff for the wedding, we are not agents doing some projects, but over the years, we have seen couples get majorly stressed out by doing TOO MUCH DIY wedding stuff… So today we are giving you a list of things we see that tend to stress people out to much when it comes to doing it yourself… And a few things that we actually don’t think are that bad! Please understand, this is our opinion, and you know your limits and if you choose to take on these projects, were not judging, we’re just here to let you in on what we often see…
Photo Type & Timber
Tablecloths
I will put this bluntly, buying your own table cloths is such a pain for not that big of a payoff… There are so many rental companies that have really amazing quality linens, they come pressed and the fit the tables properly. Most catering companies will offer tablecloths as well, these are not as great of quality as rentals, but they are better than buying them. *note that most catering linens will not be floor length!
When you buy your tablecloths, you have to make sure they are the right size, you need to take them out of their bags and they are going to be super wrinkly and mid quality, so you will need to steam and iron them, then you will need to find a proper way to store them so that they don’t re-wrinkle.
Hair & Makeup
This is your wedding day, you will have thousand of pictures taken of you through out the day, this is a time to spoil yourself, so please please get your hair and makeup professionally done!
Pro Tip - Get a quality skin care routine started early, like right when you get engaged! Having your skin be in tip top shape is going to make your makeup look absolutely flawless on your big day!
Center Pieces & Other Big Decor Items
Do you want a room, or even worse (we have seen it) a basement, dedicated to decor for the next 6 months?
Also, do you want to spend weeks post wedding cleaning all the decor to try and resell it on FB? Probably not, so we always suggest renting decor, or getting decor through your florist. T
Now, if you want to add some personal touches to your day, we love that! We had a couple who had lots of brass animal figures, we used those around the space to bring in a touch from home! Cute personal items are not the same as making vases and collecting candles.
Catering / Bar
This is pretty obvious, but I see couples on the internet all the time seeking venues that allow you to bring in your own catering… You need a professional licensed and insured caterer for so many reasons, but properly cooked food is probably number 1, the other reasons, well, do you really want your aunt Sally cooking beans at your wedding? Who is going to serve and clear the plates? You don’t want your family doing that!
Flowers
If you are creative, it might sound fun to go buy buckets of flowers and create your bouquet and other flowers elements on your own, but what you might not think of is… Where will you store the flowers? Do you know the proper temp to keep the flowers alive? The time it takes processing the flowers, the things you need to properly assemble the flowers.
Photo - Type & Timber Floral: Florology
Photo Rachel Leigh - Venue Urban Daisy - DJ Benny Nord
DJ & Entertainment
Couples now a days seem to think they can create a Spotify playlist and rent a speaker and that is going to be equivalent to a professional DJ, but things that you might not realize a professional DJ does, like announcements and over all MC the evening, read the crowd and play music that keeps the dance floor poppin!
Day of coordination, Set - up, and Tear - down
Rachel Elle Photo
You should get to enjoy the big bash that you planned, and hiring a wedding coordinator is the best way to do so! A proper wedding coordinator will have planning documents to help keep you organized, they will create a top notch timeline for you, they will be your buffer between all of your vendors on the wedding day, and they will assist in the set up and tear down of stuff, so that you and your partner can be present in your day!
Things we think you could DIY for your wedding
Signage & or Invites
If you are a crick person, or you like to get creative on Canva, designing your own invitations and save-the-dates can be a fun and creative way to set the tone for your wedding. Sip n Solves, signage, programs, escort cards, these are all things that you could create on-line.
There are plenty of online templates and design tools available, and you can personalize them with your unique style. Just make sure you find a local printing company to get everything printed!
Photo by Uppercase L Photography
Favors
Handmade wedding favors can be a sweet and memorable gift for your guests. Consider homemade jams, candles, soaps, or personalized items like custom keychains or ornaments.
Guest Book
Make your guest book special by creating a unique version. Ideas include a photo book, a fingerprint tree, or a custom artwork piece where guests can leave messages.
So there you have it, what do you see yourself doing for your wedding? Are you a crafty type that sees yourself doing a lot of wedding projects? Don’t let this blog leave you discouraged, feel free to take on as many projects as you feel called to, just try to give yourself ample time, and deadlines! Also don’t be afraid to pivot if you feel like you are in over your head! I often see couples continue through with their projects because they feel they need to, but honestly there is no shame in ending a project and finding a vendor to do it for you if it saves you your sanity!
Happy Wedding Planning!
Wedding dress shops in Minnesota that don’t Disappoint!
Sharing some of our favorite wedding dress shops around the Minneapolis area!
Wedding dress shopping might be something you are super excited for, or it might be something you dread, we often hear it is not something people are excited to do, so when that comes, we try to give them options where we KNOW they are going to be taken care of a little bit more then some of those… Let’s call them “big box” wedding dress shops!
These are all local to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, while some might have nation wide sister stores. But I would say that lots of couples choose to look in Minneapolis, because it can be more affordable than others like Chicago, or the Coasts. So if you find yourself wedding dress shopping in the Twin Cities, this is for you!
What we like about all of these dress shops, our couples have told us they overall have had really great experiences here!
Xandy’s Bridal - Located in Anoka, MN
Luxe Bridal - Edina, MN
Flutter Bridal
Ivory Bridal Co.
VOW’D Minneapolis
Bridal Aisle Boutique
Effie’s Bridal Trunk
Che Bella
Grace Loves Lace
A&Be
The White Room MPLS
Local Dress Designers for those looking to have something custom made…
Tara Latour https://www.taralatour.com/2023-collection
Once you get you dress, you have to do alterations!
Alterations - Also check with the dress store that you got your dress from, but we love these two!
Amazing Alterations - Anoka
https://www.amazingalterations.com/
Mode Haus Bridal
https://www.modehausbridal.com/
Let's Talk About Things You Don't have to Do at Your Wedding
Today we are talking about things you don’t have to do at weddings! When to leave traditions behind and do what feels right to you!
Our jobs are to help couples create a wedding day that feels truly them! Weddings are expensive and they are suppose to be one of the most greatest, magical days or your lives! Why get caught up in having to stick to traditions? We often work with couples that are looking to have non-traditional weddings, and we are always up for that! So today we came up with a list of typical wedding traditions that you simply don’t have to do anymore! If you are planning a wedding, and find yourself wondering if these traditions are for you, just keep reading!
You don’t have to have a wedding party
There are so many alternatives to the typical wedding party now a days, so much so, that we started calling them “matrimony homies”! But if you don’t want to do the huge wedding party, you might decide to not have one at all. Maybe you just have 2 close friends or family members that sign the marriage license.
Along the same lines, you also don’t have to have a big getting ready production in the morning. Adam and I got ready together the morning of our wedding with Adam’s sister’s and our Moms, and it was really fun and low key!
You don’t have to get married in a church!
Church weddings are beautiful, they are traditional, and for some couples, it is what feels right to them. Some don’t see it as any other way, but times have changed and so many reception spaces include ceremony spaces, that couples have started to prefer the convenience over the tradition.
Image Uppercase L Photography
3. You don’t have to have a plated meal!
This is one we are super passionate about! Buffets and Food Stations are our favorite style of catering! Plated meals again are very traditional, and most likely, your parents are very opinionated on this subject. But trust us, there is nothing wrong with buffets and food stations! We wrote a whole blog on this subject, you can read that (here).
While we are on the subject of meals, we also don’t need to have water glasses at the tables. We understand that it is a nice touch, but if your catering doesn’t do water service, and your bar doesn’t do water service, it might be easier to just do a water station, and forgo water at the tables.
4. You don’t have to wait till the ceremony to see each other!
There are so many reasons to see each other prior to the ceremony… For starters, you can get more photos done so that after the ceremony you can spend time with your guests. Secondly, and most importantly, your wedding day is going to fly by, and after the ceremony, you are pulled in a million different directions, don’t you want to spend as much time as possible with your person? A first look allows you two to spend more time together on your wedding day, and we feel that is super important!
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5. You don’t have to have a guest book…
There are so many other guest book ideas out there! Or you don’t have to do anything, but the days of a old school book and pen have gone. Couples now take this opportunity to really personalize their guest book, you can see some of those examples on our Pinterest.
6. You don’t have to do the bouquet toss and garter toss…
I can’t express how outdated this is. Garter toss, the history of the garter toss is strange and creepy, so it doesn’t surprise me that people are not into it anymore! Some will do a bouquet toss, but what we think is cool is to give the bouquet to the couple who has been married the longest!
7. You don’t have to do the traditional cake cutting!
Desserts are way more personal now, and while cake is always going to be a favorite, the options are endless to customize your desserts to really fit your taste and personality!
8. You can walk down the aisle however you want!
There are no rules, you don’t have to have your Dad walk you down the aisle. It is ok if you don’t like the idea of being given away.
Some other ideas we have seen
Walk down together
Walk down alone
Walk down with their pet
Walk down with their siblings
Walk down with a Grandparent
9. You don’t HAVE to do parent dances.
This is another one of those, if you don’t feel comfortable dancing with your parent, don’t feel obligated to!
10. You don’t HAVE to have an open bar!
Oh my gosh, do not feel it is necessary to do an open bar, again, there are options! You have options!
You can do an open bar for a number of hours, or up to a certain dollar amount.
You can host just beer and wine, while giving guests the option of buying their own cocktails.
You can host two signature drinks, and do cash for everything else.
YOU CAN DO CASH ONLY!
11. You don’t have to wear “White” or a Black Tux… Get creative!
There are some amazing dresses right now! Dramatic sleeves, splashes of color, the possibilities are endless!
Same goes for the suits! More and more couples are wearing suits, and you can really get creative! Textures, colors, styles… We are always ok with a fun suit moment!
Photo Uppercase L Photography
12. You don’t need to do favors.
What traditions do you find yourself wanting to do? Or which ones do you think you will skip? Let us know in the comments below!
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Let's Talk About Head Tables!
Let’s talk about different head table styles! Today on the blog, we talk you through the different styles of head tables!
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Hi friends! Today let’s talk about your head table, the different styles of head tables, and what is best for you two! Your head table is going to be your most photographed table, so the style and how you design what it is going to look like is important!
Starting out, you need to know how many people you plan to have at your head table. Typical head table has you two and your matrimony homies (what we call your wedding party). Next question, if your matrimony homies will be sitting at the head table with you, do you want to include their partners? Third, do you want your ushers and personal attendants sitting up there as well?
Once you know these things, it will help you decide on what style of head table will fit your vibe the best! So if you are curious about head table styles, just keep reading!
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Sweetheart table
For the couple that wants to spend dinner canoodling with each other!
Love Big Live Small Photography
The sweetheart table is great because it allows you two to just enjoy some time with each other during dinner. Couples will also do a sweetheart table if they don’t have a wedding party. If you like the idea of a sweetheart table, make sure you talk to you venue about table size, Some will do a small cocktail table, while others will use a 4-6 foot rectangle. A half round is also a great option for a sweetheart table.
A common question we see is what do we do with our wedding party if we sit by ourselves… You could still do a homies table off to the side, or you could sit them among the guests.
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Harvest Table
For the couple that want their matrimony homies to be more interactive with each other!
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Harvest tables are going to be a grouping of rectangle tables fit together to make a huge table!
Harvest tables are great because the couple gets to be surrounded by their people, and it is better for conversation among the whole wedding party!
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A harvest table is also going to be the best option if you want your head table to include your wedding parties partners.
Beware of your head table size if you have 8 homies on each side, plus their dates, that is going to be a 30 person head table, which is cool (see pic below) but, your venue might not be able to accommodate a table that size, so just make sure to check with the venue manager when discussing your room layout!
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We like to call the third style “Jesus Style”
For the couple that wants them and their wedding party to be on display!
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Last supper / Jesus style is where everyone sits on one side and looks out to the guests, sometimes if the venue offers it, you can be on a stage, which really puts you on display! This is for the couple that really wants to feel like royalty! It allows for guests to come up to you during dinner and chat, which some people love, others are not too into. Typically the couple sits in the middle and the wedding party sits to the sides.
Sometimes this can be set in the corner of a room as well, it really depends on the layout of the space.
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Ways to spruce up your head table!
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Rent chairs that are super comfy and a statement piece! We love when couples do different seating for themselves, it’s an easy way to add style to your head table!
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Statement linens! Doing specialty linens for the head table allows for it to pop among the other tables!
You can also add chargers or fancy flatware or goblets to the head table to really give it a pop!
No matter what style you go with, remember that dinner lasts about an hour, and you are there to soak in the love with your partner!
Photo Credits
https://www.justjamesstudio.com/
https://shanelongphotography.com/
www.jeremyleephotography.com
https://lindseywhitephoto.com/
https://www.mattlien.com/
http://rachellynnphoto.com/
Vow House Studio
https://wildtrailstudio.com/
https://www.vbphotomn.com/
https://www.uppercaselphotography.com/
https://rachellahlum.com/