Unplugged ceremony sign

Here’s the sign

The Bride & Groom ask that you please turn off your phones & cameras & be present in the moment during the ceremony. Thank you for coming!

I don't think it's too wordy at all. Honestly, most people will read the "welcome to our unplugged ceremony" part and know exactly what it means. For those who don't know what an unplugged ceremony is, they need those details.

You can just say please put away all devices + enjoy this moment with us.

I think the sign you have is fine, but I think most guests will know what an unplugged ceremony means. We had our officiant make an announcement that we were having an unplugged ceremony. I also made sure to tell my mom since she was being walked down the aisle and wouldn't hear the announcement. My sister-in-law/bridesmaid handled telling my mother-in-law the morning of the wedding just to make sure she knew and wouldn't try to say she forgot. So an announcement is always an option as well.

I think that’s good— before wedding wire I’d never heard the phrase “unplugged ceremony” before so if a sign had said only that ....idk I would’ve assumed you didn’t have a sound system and we’d have to listen closely. I think the verbiage is only meaningful to people in the wedding planning circle — so the more clear you are, the better ! The wording of that sign seems great

We just attended a wedding on Saturday that said it best: "Thank you for keeping our private event private and not posting any photos on Facebook."

I would be careful around not letting people take photos during the ceremony - I certainly would not want everyone getting in the way of the photographer. Perhaps your photographer could tell guests to not film you coming down the aisle so it is not a sea of phones? My cousin snapped a really cool photo of us kissing and she make a canvas print, framed, as a gift.

Good news: We were at another wedding the Saturday before, and as the bride came down the aisle, NO ONE filmed her!!! No phones were out! A few came out when they did their vows but that was about it.

I would, however, approach some people that are FB heavy, as I did not want ANYONE putting anything on FB announcing our marriage - that was our job. Maybe you feel differently!

Your officiant can remind people to turn off their phones, too. Your sign is good!

Nothing wrong with this sign.

Think it is perfect!

Can you add the work "and"..... cell phones, cameras AND any other devices?

This is the wording we used on ours and we also had our officiant announce it. We didn’t have any issues with phones being out and interfering with the photographers!

I don't think your sign is wordy at all. You probably are, but have the officiant make an announcement before the ceremony starts to remind people!

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I don't really think it needs "and any other device". I think cellphones and cameras covers the bases. Is this the sign from hobby lobby? I always see it and it pisses me off because the "moment" is completely cut in half. Such poor placement haha I agree making your own! You could just have it say "Welcome to our unplugged ceremony. Please turn off cellphones and cameras and enjoy the moment with us. Thank you". Could leave the word special in there if you really want!

Our unplugged sign

This is the sign that we used. I found it on etsy. If you need any ideas for other ways to word it though, I suggest just searching for a sign on Etsy. They have a lot of options so you can see various different ways to word it. You don't necessarily have to purchase a sign from there but it can at least give you some good ideas!

View Quoted Comment Hahah thank you! Here’s what we did

also yes it from hobbylobby

Our sign just stated "Welcome to our unplugged wedding ceremony" followed by "Please put away your phones and cameras" - we wanted to be polite, but firm since we had under 25 people observing the ceremony and it would be super obvious if they were attempting to take photos, etc.

Our officiant nicely mentioned it as well, and I think it was also a good reminder for everyone to silence their phones!

Our Photographer was hired to capture the events of today, so please put your Cameras and Phones away (and stay out of his way).
We will share photos once they are provided to us.
Anyone that takes offense is free to depart my event venue for their private pity party.