Ways to incorporate family wedding photos

[misysu2]

I really love the idea of incorporating family wedding photos into the big day, whether it be in the ceremony or the reception. I''ve heard some different ways to do this, but had some thoughts.

1. I heard people putting them in the ceremony program. I suppose it''d be easy to do if you digitize it all. Would you put them in the back? Anyone see any examples of this? I wouldn''t want 8 pages filled up with photographs.

2. I''ve also seen photos of each reception table having a different photo in a nice frame along with a little story or at least names and how they are related to couple. My only problem with this is-- I want to make and use copies of any photos used because I don''t want to be the one to lose a keepsake. Then I''d have to buy frames to match them all and they''d all be different sizes, etc... sounds a little troublesome...

3. Make a big poster or something similar with photos pasted on...sounds a little cheesy??

Does anyone have any thoughts on these ideas or others? I''d really like to use photos, and thought it''d be a great way to facilitate discussion between the two families.

 

[rockzilla]

My cousin had them on the gift/card table. I''ve also seen them next to the sign in book.

You could go to a pharmacy and have them blow them up to 5x7 or 8x10 size and get some matching frames - you can always get discount frames somewhere!

 

[HollyS]

I had a variety of silver toned frames in which I had set wedding portraits of various family members. We had pictures of his side, my side, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, siblings, nieces, nephews, etc., along with a couple of photos both casual and posed of Dave and I. Several of them were on the guest book table, some of them were scattered over other locations throughout the room. Lots of people looked at them and said it was a great touch.

Skip the poster idea; nix to any type of collage. Frame them beautifully and find a specific spot -- or frame them and have one at each guest table at the reception. If you''ve got lots of tables, just copy the photos until you have enough to go around. We got some great frames from Hobby Lobby for next to nothing.

This idea was very important to me as my mother has passed away, Dave''s dad has passed away, and we are of the age that grandparents have long since passed away. And, my older sister could not be there because she was at the birth of a grandchild, so I needed to incorporate those missing members of my family in the celebration. It was one of my favorite personal things we did for ourselves, and I hope my photographers captured them for posterity.

 

[MustangFan]

I think that''s a wonderful idea to place near the guest book. My parents had a very low key affair when they got married, so no photographer, but I might blow up a photo that someone had taken. I wonder if we have my grandparents photo, never saw them if they did have photos taken... My Oma was a couple months pregnant with my Dad, so I''s sure it was rush, rush to get married. Yes, it even happened in 1936!!!! hahaha

The bridal shop that I went to had a collage frame of great grand parents, grand parents, mom and daughter, I thought that it was so special to have something like that. Maybe you purchase a long frame and see if you would be able to hang it on the wall...?

 

[October2008bride]

I saw one online where the pics were on the cake table - a picture of each set of parents cutting their cake on their wedding day!

I thought it was really sweet and would make for a nice picture