Share Stories of Your Courtship


	Share Stories of Your Courtship With Your Wedding Guests In A Unique Way By Kathleen Storment

This is one of the most clever ideas I have witnessed at an outdoor wedding and reception. The bride was from New York City, and the groom's home was rural Oregon. Obviously the bride's guests and the groom's guests did not know each other. To help people mix at the reception, the bride and groom wrote as many "stories" as they could about their courtship...how they met, first kiss, dating stories, engagement, etc. Both are excellent writers so it was not a difficult task for them. They even included digital pictures.

Sometimes they wrote opposite versions of the same event.Then they decoupaged them to large ceramic tiles. The tiles were randomly placed on the reception tables. Guests wanted to read all the cleverly written stories so much mingling occurred. Because guests were from both coasts, and the couple's courtship had spanned the continent also, guests could laugh and talk together more easily. It was fun to visit with others and read the tales. Also there was a light breeze that evening. The pre-planning of the anchoring of the stories paid off. Not a single one moved unless it was picked up and read to another. We all felt we knew the couple even better than we had before. What a clever idea!

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