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Tips & Tricks For Making Your Own Programs
How do I print ceremony programs with Microsoft Word?
Download our free template to print any of our blank wedding ceremony programs at home using Microsoft Word or another word processor. Simply visit our instruction page and follow the easy step-by-step instructions!
Printing Templates For Ceremony Programs
Creative Wedding Programs, Part 1
The wedding program serves a special purpose for your wedding. Besides being a unique keepsake for your guests, it can provide helpful information about the ceremony and meaningful insight into what brought you together as a couple. Wedding programs traditionally include important details such as the bride and groom’s names, date and location of the wedding, the officiant’s name, as well as the names of the wedding party attendants.
Along with the information just mentioned, other items often included are:
Creative Wedding Programs, Part 2
The wedding program plays an essential role by outlining the day’s activities. It is the perfect way to inform your guests of the order of events, as well as any special traditions that you want to recognize. Your guests will also want to take their program home as a memento of this special event. It pays to be creative! The more you personalize your program and make it uniquely “yours,” the more it will be appreciated and cherished.
Wedding programs come in many shapes and sizes. Depending on your taste, you could have a one-page program on basic card stock. For more elaborate programs, you could opt for a bi-fold or tri-fold style, or even a booklet. Choose slim folding programs for an elegant, formal look (shown below).
Scrolls are another option that adds an elegant and romantic touch that is reminiscent of ancient times. Any single sheet of printable paper can become a scroll, so take your time choosing the right colors, textures and patterns to fit your wedding theme. For example, you might print your program on soft handmade cotton paper and roll it up into a scroll. Tie it with ribbon or fasten with a scroll ring or seal. Using a fine calligraphic font will add extra flair and formality. LCI's scroll wedding programs use flecked Japanese Tairei paper and a vellum band that you can use to print first names and wrap around the scroll (shown below).
Get creative and customize your program. One couple who dated in high school reprinted their senior prom photo onto a piece of vellum and overlaid it onto the program. If you have a distinct theme or color scheme, try tying it into your program. Any special touches you add can only enhance your affair.
Present your wedding programs creatively, too. At the entrance to the church or ceremony site, display them in baskets, antique trays, or attractive containers. This way, guests can take one as they arrive. Do you have a family member or special friend who isn’t part of the wedding party? Ask that person to pass out the programs. It’s a wonderful way to involve a close relative or friend in your big day.
Is there a standard paper size and thickness that I should use for my event program?
Event programs can be created using most any paper size or thickness. Folding tri-fold brochures are generally lighter weight than bifold programs. If you are printing your own programs, check your printer manual to see what the limit is for paper thickness. To be on the safe side, choose a paper that has a medium thickness and can be folded easily. Avoid extra heavyweight card stock that could jam in the printer or prove difficult to fold.
If your program uses a folded cover with printed insert sheets, the cover may range in thickness from lightweight card stock (70-80lb Cover) to heavyweight card stock (100-120lb Cover). If it is a heavier weight, consider having it embossed or professionally printed. If you own or have access to a laser printer with a manual straight-through paper feed, this will work better with heavier stocks. Lightweight insert sheets, on the other hand, can easily be printed on any type of home printer.
If you are printing at home, make sure to test a sample to ensure that your printer is able to handle the paper thickness.
How do I print ceremony programs with Microsoft Word?
Download our free template to print any of our blank wedding ceremony programs at home using Microsoft Word or another word processor. Simply visit our instruction page and follow the easy step-by-step instructions!
Printing Templates For Ceremony Programs
Creative Wedding Programs, Part 1
The wedding program serves a special purpose for your wedding. Besides being a unique keepsake for your guests, it can provide helpful information about the ceremony and meaningful insight into what brought you together as a couple. Wedding programs traditionally include important details such as the bride and groom’s names, date and location of the wedding, the officiant’s name, as well as the names of the wedding party attendants.
Along with the information just mentioned, other items often included are:
- Elements of the ceremony (unity candle, vows)
- Musical selections (as well as lyrics if they hold special meaning)
- Composers and performers of your musical selections
- Titles of your readings and optionally, the full text
- Authors of readings
- Readers’ names
- Brief description of each attendant’s relationship to you along with any anecdotes you might like to share
- Thank you note to both sets of parents (and guests as well, if you like)
- Traditions, rituals, or ethnic customs with explanations if they might be unfamiliar to your guests
Creative Wedding Programs, Part 2
The wedding program plays an essential role by outlining the day’s activities. It is the perfect way to inform your guests of the order of events, as well as any special traditions that you want to recognize. Your guests will also want to take their program home as a memento of this special event. It pays to be creative! The more you personalize your program and make it uniquely “yours,” the more it will be appreciated and cherished.
Wedding programs come in many shapes and sizes. Depending on your taste, you could have a one-page program on basic card stock. For more elaborate programs, you could opt for a bi-fold or tri-fold style, or even a booklet. Choose slim folding programs for an elegant, formal look (shown below).
Scrolls are another option that adds an elegant and romantic touch that is reminiscent of ancient times. Any single sheet of printable paper can become a scroll, so take your time choosing the right colors, textures and patterns to fit your wedding theme. For example, you might print your program on soft handmade cotton paper and roll it up into a scroll. Tie it with ribbon or fasten with a scroll ring or seal. Using a fine calligraphic font will add extra flair and formality. LCI's scroll wedding programs use flecked Japanese Tairei paper and a vellum band that you can use to print first names and wrap around the scroll (shown below).
Get creative and customize your program. One couple who dated in high school reprinted their senior prom photo onto a piece of vellum and overlaid it onto the program. If you have a distinct theme or color scheme, try tying it into your program. Any special touches you add can only enhance your affair.
Present your wedding programs creatively, too. At the entrance to the church or ceremony site, display them in baskets, antique trays, or attractive containers. This way, guests can take one as they arrive. Do you have a family member or special friend who isn’t part of the wedding party? Ask that person to pass out the programs. It’s a wonderful way to involve a close relative or friend in your big day.
Is there a standard paper size and thickness that I should use for my event program?
Event programs can be created using most any paper size or thickness. Folding tri-fold brochures are generally lighter weight than bifold programs. If you are printing your own programs, check your printer manual to see what the limit is for paper thickness. To be on the safe side, choose a paper that has a medium thickness and can be folded easily. Avoid extra heavyweight card stock that could jam in the printer or prove difficult to fold.
If your program uses a folded cover with printed insert sheets, the cover may range in thickness from lightweight card stock (70-80lb Cover) to heavyweight card stock (100-120lb Cover). If it is a heavier weight, consider having it embossed or professionally printed. If you own or have access to a laser printer with a manual straight-through paper feed, this will work better with heavier stocks. Lightweight insert sheets, on the other hand, can easily be printed on any type of home printer.
If you are printing at home, make sure to test a sample to ensure that your printer is able to handle the paper thickness.
