As a vendor at many Bridal Shows, Sizemore Selectives (invitations, save the dates, and seating charts) we wanted to share a tip for Brides and Grooms that attend Bridal Shows.  Many vendors have special prize drawings in their booth and to enter you have to fill out a drawing slip.  Normally, the drawing slip asks you for your name, address, phone number and email address, plus your wedding date.  

Our tip:  Bring pre-printed labels with all your information on them.  Then all you have to do is stick your label on the drawing slip.   This way you are not spending alot of your time entering the drawing(s), which would then allow you to spend more time obtaining information about the product(s) the vendors have to offer.

It can be very confusing when trying to decide where everyone should sit at your wedding.  Traditionally, the Groom sits to the right of the Bride, the Bestman sits to the left of the Bride, and the Maid of Honor sits to the right of the Groom  Breaking from traditional, you could seat women on the bride’s side and men on the groom’s.   If you are having a ring bearer and a flower girl, you could have them sit at the head table, or if their parents or grandparents are not in the wedding party, the ring bearer and flower girl may feel more comfortable sitting with them. 

Spouses of the bridal party, traditionally they do not sit at the head table, but there are times when a ‘spouse’ may not know anyone else at the wedding, so it is okay to sit them at the head table.

Parents of the Bride and Groom are assigned their own tables.  There may be times when divorced parents are involved, so you may need to have more than 2 tables.  Each set of parents can decide who they want to sit at their tables, such as Grandparents of the Bride or Groom, Aunts and Uncles, Godparents, or close friends.

Deciding on the guest sitting can be very stressful due to you wanting to make everyone happy.  There will be situations where some guests may not know other guests, or maybe they do not get along with some guests.  Do the best you can to sit your guests with other that they know and get along with, but that may not always be possible.  In the long run, the normal outcome, is that everyone will have a great time at your wedding no matter where they sit.

I wanted to let you know about an alternative to a normal bridal registry, or even an addition to your normal bridal registry.  It’s called a Honeymoon Registry.  Along with my business of invitations, announcments, etc., I also have an on-line travel agency business which features this Honeymoon Registry. 

For those couples who already have enough toasters, can openers, pots and pans, etc., you can registry for things for your honeymoon.  Say for example, you are going to Hawaii for your honeymoon, you can register for things from Golf Club Rentals, Helicopter Tours or maybe a Sunset Dinner Cruise.   The Honeymoon Registry is yours at ‘no cost’, there are no set-up fees, and you even receive a ‘free’ wedding website where you can post pictures, and at the same time you could reserve your travel plans.

So if you get a minute, check out the site, it’s called www.sizemoreselecttravel.com

Just wanted to let everyone know that Sizemore Selectives, your invitation specialist,  will be a vendor at the Bridal Show on Feburary 15, 2009 at the new banquet center in Shelby Township, called:  Palazzo Grande.  I will have a booth at the show displaying invitations, announcements, save-the-dates, shower invitations, seating charts, and accessories that I offer as a dealer of Carlson Craft, Birchcraft, and Regency.  The show is going to give away a $30,000.00 wedding to a lucky winner.  The winner must register with the Brides-To-Be website, and the winner must be present to win.  My invitations will be part of the winning package.  I hope you will be able to attend, it will be a great show.  For the non-winners, I will be having an additional drawing at my booth for $50.00 off of your total invitation order, if you order through Sizemore Selectives, in addition to receiving my discount offer of 30% your total invitation order.  Before the show check out my website at sizemoreselectives.com, I offer an on-line store for those who want to order their invitaitons via the internet, and for those who want to browse the many invitations available.  Hope to see you at the show!

A unique way to let your guests know where they will be sitting at your Wedding is to have a custom designed Seating Chart by Sizemore Selectives.  Seating Charts is an alternative to the traditional Place Cards used when there is assigned seating.

Rental includes the frame, easel and printing of the Seating Chart at the low cost of $125.00. In addition, a ‘refundable’ deposit of $125.00 is required. Customers are responsible for picking up and returning the frame and the easel after the event. Once they are returned, your deposit will be returned to you. The printout is yours to keep for a long lasting memory.

Sizemore Selectives works one-on-one with you to personalize your Seating Chart for your special event, whether it is a Wedding or maybe an Anniversary with special designs, lettering styles, ink colors and special wording.

Steps to Customizing your Seating Chart

• A template will be emailed to you.
• You are responsible for inputting the guest names and table numbers
• You email the template back to us.
• We work together to select the lettering style and ink color
• We then do the rest.

On Sunday, January 11, 2009, Sizemore Selectives, will be a participant at the Brides-To-Be Show in Clinton Township, Michigan at the Fern Hill Country Club. 

We hope you can stop by our booth to view the many items that we have to offer:

• Wedding invitations
• Bridal Shower Invitations
• Engagement Announcements
• Save-The-Date Announcements

and

• Accessories (from favors to gifts for the bridal party)
• Seating Charts (personalized) 

We will be having a drawing for $50.00 off your total Wedding Invitation order.  Make sure to stop by our booth and entry for the drawing.