The world of weddings is a wonderful world to work in. Even though we could be considered to be on the periphery of everything that goes on (and we’re hardly main-stream in our approach) we do get the opportunity to feel so connected to someone’s big day. I’ve written before about how good it feels to re-connect to a couple, who’ve previously used one of our gift lists, a year or two after their big day - we’ve had one couple send us pictures of their baby born a year later, while we recognised the name of another couple who set up a gift list as a christening list around two years after their big day.
We’ve recently had another great connection, this time with Pauline and Trevor. A couple of years ago we produced some wedding favour cards for Michelle and Andy, simple cards to use in lieu of ‘traditional’ wedding favours such as chocolates, sugared almonds etc, whereby the couple make a donation to a charity instead – a pound or two per guests to a charity makes so much more sense than a fiver per guest on some expensively wrapped sugared almonds.
Well earlier this year we got a note from some friends of Michelle and Andy, asking us to produce another set for their own wedding. We often find there’s a very specific reason for some of the charity choices on couples’ wedding lists, and the reason behind Pauline’s choice of charity for her favour cards was no different (and, incidentally, was the same reason that same charity was chosen by Michelle and Andy). It’s been lovely (and a privilege) to chat to Pauline – fortunately, in some ways, I’ve been able to read the emails from Pauline while working at my desk in the evening, so no-one’s been able to see the odd tear rolling down my face as I’ve read Pauline’s beautiful notes telling me about her big day and those people around her that will make it both so special and so poignant.
It could be because of what we do, maybe because of how we do it, or maybe it’s just the particular people that get in touch, but it’s lovely when so much joy and warmth can come through in a conversation between strangers hundreds of miles away, and a really warm feeling to feel you’ve been allowed in, even in a small way, to someone’s big day.
I’ve been promised an update after the honeymoon – can’t wait.
Andy
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