Guests soon forget most wedding souvenirs. A page with their own name and photo is different. It goes on the fridge, into a frame or in an envelope to relatives in another town. In this article we explain what this front page looks like and what to plan so it is really about the guest.
The headline: the guest is the main news
At a wedding, a guest is usually a spectator. In a wedding newspaper, the guest is the main news, and the headline is about them. It can be “Marta and Roberts are getting married, but tonight you are our front page” or simply the guest’s name in large letters. The line under the photo can hold the motto of the day, the place and date, or a small joke in your style.
The headline is built from your story in one line and the guest’s name. The masthead, the ornaments and the couple’s story are the same for every guest. At the end of the evening, all the pages together look like one real edition.
What goes into the layout before the day
We create the layout with you before the wedding. Together we choose the era (1925, 1958, 1987 or 2026) and a masthead with your names and the wedding date. The layout also holds the couple’s story for the main article and a place for the guest’s photo. There is no template from a catalogue: before the event we talk about the shots you like and the lines that will make your guests smile.
What changes on the night
During the event only two things change: the guest’s photo and the headline with their name. The photographer takes pictures of the guests at their tables, not in a corner behind a curtain. The print station prints a finished A4 page on 90 g paper in 2–3 minutes. While the guest is congratulating the couple, their newspaper is already waiting.
How the page gets home
The guest gets the printed page during the event. In the corner of the page there is a QR code with a link to the digital copy. Guests can send it to grandma or colleagues, or keep it on their phone. The paper page stays at home, and the digital one travels further.
“The flowers wilt and the cake gets eaten. The newspaper with your name in the headline stays.”
