Dream Weddings Magazine - Dorset & Hampshire - issue.40

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Planning Makes Perfect The invitations... Your wedding stationery is the first clue day. your guests will have about the style of Invitations should be sent out six weeks before your wedding, so it’s worth taking time to the wedding (see panel for suggested choose something appropriate. wording), but many couples now use an early If you’re planning a big formal affair, stiff cards and warning system in the form of a Save the Date high quality envelopes will sing and dance card – particularly useful if your wedding is traditional glamour. planned for the busy summer months when If your wedding theme is vintage or rustic, some of your most desired guests are likely to you can go for floral decoration or vintage be taking holidays. lace embellishments. Chic and classical? Allow your stationer or printer about three Try contemporary stripes or bold colours. Going months to complete your order. for a theme? Then match your stationery to it. Apart from Save the Date and invitation Once you’re chosen the style, all your wedding cards, you’re going to need order of service stationery should be in keeping, presenting a sheets (one for each guest plus a few unified theme for the whole spares), menus for the reception, place cards, perhaps a table plan. It’s always a good idea to include maps with your invitations to help guests find their way easily, plus details of where guests can park and, for those who are coming long distances, a selection of recommended accommodation. For guests of the groom’s family, the groom’s mother should send a list of names and addresses to the bride’s mother so she can issue the invitations. As a matter of courtesy, an invitation should be English Rose ...and what they should say The traditional invitation, with the bride’s mother and father acting as hosts, is worded as follows: Mr and Mrs Simon Hayes request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Jennifer Anne to Mr Michael Jones at St Benedict’s Church, Bournemouth on Saturday August 19th at 2pm and afterwards at The County Hotel, Bournemouth RSVP 10 Marigold Gardens, Bournemouth In this form, the names of the guests are handwritten in the top left hand corner of the invitation. Alternatively a space is left in the invitation for the guests’ names: Mr and Mrs Simon Hayes request the pleasure of the company of ........................................................ at the marriage of their daughter Jennifer Anne (etc) Invitations for civil ceremonies and partnerships follow the same pattern. Make it clear precisely who is being invited. For a married couple, Mr and Mrs John Jeffries; for a family, Mr and Mrs John Jeffries, Jeremy and Jemima. If you’re hosting the wedding yourselves, change the wording accordingly. Invitations to the evening reception only should be worded as follows: BELOW: Invitations by Hand sent to the groom’s parents and to the minister and his wife. When ordering your invitations, remember you’ll only need one for each family, plus a few spares for emergencies. “...It’s always a good idea to include maps with your invitations to help guests find their way easily...” LEFT: English Rose Wedding Stationery BELOW: Coral Wedding Invitations 2 4 • D R E A M W E D D I N G S I N D O R S E T & H A M P S H I R E Mr and Mrs Simon Hayes request the pleasure of your company at an evening reception to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Jennifer Anne to Mr Michael Jones at The County Hotel, Bournemouth on Saturday August 19th at 8pm RSVP 10 Marigold Gardens, Bournemouth cut out and keep
cut out and keep REGISTER OFFICE To marry at a register office or building approved for civil ceremonies, your first step is to contact the registrar and/or venue to confirm registrar and date are available. Then both bride and groom must each give notice of the wedding in person at the register office covering the area where they live (and where they must have been in residence for at least seven days). If you both live in the same district you should attend the register office together - but whether you do or not, ring your local office first as many now operate appointment systems. Each of you will have to produce evidence of your name, age, marital status and nationality - for example, a current valid full passport. If you don’t have one, you’ll need two documents - for example a birth certificate and utility bill. The fee for giving notice is £35 each and, normally, notices should be with the registrar about eight weeks before the marriage. If either of you have been married before, the notices should be given 10 weeks before. The minimum period before the date of the proposed marriage is 28 days, but if you leave things as late as this you could be faced with the need to postpone your marriage. In exceptional circumstances the Registrar General may consider waiving the waiting period. A notice of marriage is valid for 12 months. THE NORMAL ORDER OF SERVICE FOR A CHURCH WEDDING IS: Entrance of the bride • Hymn • The marriage • Prayers Hymn or psalm • Blessing Signing of the register • Recessional LICENSED VENUES Over the past few years since a change in the law many thousands of venues throughout the country have become licensed to hold civil weddings. They range from hotels to stately homes, zoos to football clubs. You still have to give notice of your intention to marry in the same way as you do for register office weddings and, in the same way, you can personalise the ceremony to suit yourselves although no religious music is allowed. Though this option costs more than a register office ceremony - you will have to pay for the hire of the room and it costs more to have the registrar travel to you - it is becoming increasingly popular as the trend away from church weddings continues. The Ceremony church or civil Religious or civil, register office or one of the new approved venues, a wedding can take place on any day of the week between 8am and 6pm. While most still take place on Saturdays, Fridays are gaining in popularity allowing guests travelling a fair distance to make a long weekend of the celebrations. Church <strong>Weddings</strong> The Church of England welcomes couples who want to marry in church whatever their beliefs, whether or not they are christened and whether or not they are regular churchgoers, though same sex couples are currently limited to civil ceremonies. A marriage conducted in church will include asking for God’s guidance and blessing, adding a spiritual dimension to the ceremony which many couples find particularly special and moving. Your first step is to find a church, which need not necessarily be your local one, and arrange an appointment with the vicar so you can get to know him or her and complete some forms. The vicar will explain the church fees and the system of reading the banns. Banns are the public announcement of your marriage and legally must be called in church for three Sundays during the three months before the wedding. They have to be read in the parish where each of you lives and also in the church where you will marry, if this is different. Although the vows you make to each other in church are those which have been handed down through generations, you still have a huge amount of influence over the service. You can choose your hymns and music, readings and what prayers you would like and family and friends can contribute to the service. Marrying abroad Second Marriages Though the Roman Catholic church does not condone divorce, there are some circumstances in which the Church of England will marry divorced people, so it’s worth consulting your vicar. Even if you are limited to a civil ceremony, some ministers will offer a Service of Blessing afterwards. It’s important to establish early on what the church’s policy is on photographs or video being taken during the service, whetherany secular music is allowed and on the throwing of confetti within the church grounds. Ask too about other couples marrying on the same day as it may be possible to share the cost of the church flowers. Religious services in churches outside the established Church of England require a licence from the authorised registrar of your area and will have different requirements, so see your priest or minister as early as possible. PHOTO BY ROSIE CUTBILL PHOTOGRAPHY Combining your wedding with the holiday of a lifetime is gaining in popularity with exotic destinations luring an increasing number of couples. The sun-kissed beaches of the Caribbean, the Maldives and Bali are among the most popular choices and many tour operators now offer all-inclusive packages. The legal requirements for each country may differ but generally if a marriage is recognised as legally binding in the country in which it takes place, it will be recognised in the UK as well. Consult your tour operator and allow at least three months for all the paperwork to be properly processed. Planning Makes Perfect D R E A M W E D D I N G S I N D O R S E T & H A M P S H I R E • 2 5
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