Unplugged Ceremony...

I'll be having an unplugged ceremony! We'll just have the officiant make an announcement before hand. It'll also be on our wedding website.

We will just have our officiant make an announcement about it. I didn't want to buy an additional sign. You could also put a note on your wedding website if needed.

I went to a wedding where the officiant just requested, before the wedding started, that the couple requested phones to be put away. It worked better than signs or anything else in my opinion!

I dislike the idea of putting it on the invitations because it seems really controlling and bridezilla-y and plus people won't remember it by the time they get to your wedding so it won't have much effect. A lot of folks like having signs, but I have mixed feelings about it... to me it also feels a little controlling, albeit less so.

I think your best bet is to have your officiant make a little announcement at the start of the ceremony. If people are literally asked right that instant to please leave their phones in their pockets and be present with you during the ceremony, a guest would have to be awfully frickin' bold to flout that request.

View Quoted Comment Great idea about the officiant making an announcement. Thank you!

View Quoted Comment Yea the signs can get pretty pricey! Thanks for the suggestion

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Definitely have the officiant make an announcement. You don’t need him/ her to state it is the couple’s request.

View Quoted Comment Yea I wasn’t sure how I felt about putting that on the invitations. Thank you

I like the idea of putting it on the wedding website!!!

We put it on our programs and had our officiant make an announcement. He told our guests to refrain from photos and videos until the couple is pronounced husband and wife. We then allowed photos, but very few people actually took any.

It will on our wedding website and the officiant will announce it in the beginning.

I love the idea of having it announced! That helps me so much and now I can use my chalkboard for something else

I have a sign that says “please respect our wishes, absolutely no photos of the Mr&Mrs”
i got a chalk board sign on a metal pedastool stand on clearance at hobby lobby. $30
i am also doing hand fans and I am putting the programs on there and mentioning again
”no phones, photography or videography until the reception please” (reception is at another location altogether)

It will be unplugged and we will have our officiant make the following announcement:

The greatest gift you can give us today is to be truly present, so please turn off all phones and cameras and enjoy this special moment with us. ”

We are just having the DJ make an announcement

We put on our website, we made a small sign and we are going to have out officiant make an announcement

I have not had my wedding yet, but we've purchased a sign off of Zazzle, during a sale, and it was only $15... then I purchased a frame from Michaels, during a sale, and that came out to $10. I've been to an unplugged ceremony that had the information on the invites and, honestly, I didn't think anything of it... just "ok, I'll be sure to put my phone away." If you don't like the idea of having it on your invites, maybe have this information on your wedding website (if you have one), the sign (if you decide on one), and have the officiant give a friendly reminder before the processional begins. That's how we're doing it.

Good luck!

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Where did you put in on you wedding website. I was thinking about adding because our photographers have requested we do unplugged, but I am not sure where to put it.

We have a sign and we are having our officiant make an announcement before the ceremony. We rented our sign, and it wasn't too expensive after all. I think we spent 5 bucks on the sign.