I recently came across a bride wishing to have only a select number of close children at her wedding, but she wasn't sure how to tactfully exclude others.
I think a great way to handle this situation would be to give the children you hold close to you a role in your wedding (if possible) perhaps as junior bridesmaids, pages, etc ... With this you accomplish two things at once ... you've found a way to not only have them there, but also have a special job on your special day and you can follow up with other guest, via telephone after invitations have gone out, letting them know space/budget constraints only allow for children in the wedding party.
18 July 2011
10 July 2011
We've Got a New Look!
Welcome to the new Bum Bum & Button blog! We’re so excited about our beautiful, new look and want to give HUGE thanks to Fran at Small Bird Studios for all her hard work … thanks Fran!!
It is my desire to update regularly about various topics dealing with children in weddings from incorporating them, entertaining them, and cute wedding fashions for little ones. Children tend to be overlooked in this area and I really want to change that, so I hope you follow along, enjoy the blog, and maybe even consider it a bit of a resource.
"A person's a person, no matter how small." -Dr. Suess
It is my desire to update regularly about various topics dealing with children in weddings from incorporating them, entertaining them, and cute wedding fashions for little ones. Children tend to be overlooked in this area and I really want to change that, so I hope you follow along, enjoy the blog, and maybe even consider it a bit of a resource.
"A person's a person, no matter how small." -Dr. Suess
15 April 2011
A Little Background
I had written this very lenghty blog post when my computer decided to update on its own and restart ... WHY????? Of course I don't recall what I typed other than I was talking about my journey into wedding sitting and saying how I'm going to start blogging more regularly, though my now gone post certainly didn't get me off to a good start, so I'll try this again ...
My son was invited to be the ring bearer in an "adult only" wedding, but then was not allowed into the reception afterward. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that or "adult only" weddings per se, BUT I do feel if you want to include children in the actual wedding to help enhance it, you should certainly allow them into the reception afterward and provide something special for them to do as a thank you and job well done, but I digress ...
That was 3 or 4 years ago and since then I have been trying to figure out what it is I really want to do. I always knew I wanted it to be something that included my children in some way and allow me to be creative (I wanted to be an Architect when I grew up, but I'm beyond horrible at math and still use my fingers to count, so I realized that probably, really wasn't the way to go).
When I originally started Bum Bum & Button (named for my children) I wanted to plan children's parties and events, but after doing childcare subbing at my daughter's school, I thought back on the wedding incident and after doing some research, realized wedding and event sitters really don't exist. I have managed to find a few, but it's a tiny market just waiting to grow ... think of all the weddings that happen every year and how many of the guest likely have children, but might not have a sitter, especially with an out of town wedding.
SO, there's my little synopsis about wedding sitting and I plan/hope to give lots of insight into this up and coming trend.
My son was invited to be the ring bearer in an "adult only" wedding, but then was not allowed into the reception afterward. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that or "adult only" weddings per se, BUT I do feel if you want to include children in the actual wedding to help enhance it, you should certainly allow them into the reception afterward and provide something special for them to do as a thank you and job well done, but I digress ...
That was 3 or 4 years ago and since then I have been trying to figure out what it is I really want to do. I always knew I wanted it to be something that included my children in some way and allow me to be creative (I wanted to be an Architect when I grew up, but I'm beyond horrible at math and still use my fingers to count, so I realized that probably, really wasn't the way to go).
When I originally started Bum Bum & Button (named for my children) I wanted to plan children's parties and events, but after doing childcare subbing at my daughter's school, I thought back on the wedding incident and after doing some research, realized wedding and event sitters really don't exist. I have managed to find a few, but it's a tiny market just waiting to grow ... think of all the weddings that happen every year and how many of the guest likely have children, but might not have a sitter, especially with an out of town wedding.
SO, there's my little synopsis about wedding sitting and I plan/hope to give lots of insight into this up and coming trend.
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