Entertaining Art
If you're looking for a fun way to break the ice and entertain your guests during that awkward space of time between the ceremony and the reception, then do as many new bridal couples are doing this year and hire an artist!
A fun and quirky idea that is gaining a lot of interest, artists have the versatile capability of providing your entertainment and your wedding favors all in one shot.
Creating caricatures, sketches, or black silhouettes of guests, artist's renditions of your family and friends make the perfect favor-souvenir of your wedding day, as well as offers you the perfect way to fill some otherwise empty time periods.
When looking for an artist, be sure to look for one who has the organizational ability as well as artistic ability needed to insure that all of your guests are rendered and have a favor to take home with them. To help in that aim it is best to give the artist a guest list to work from. As he sits an individual or couple down, have him note their names and check them off of his list, never resting until all the names are checked off to ensure that no one is missed. At the end of the night place all the finished drawings on one favor table, and guests can pick up their renderings before they head home for the evening.
Not only can this act as one final check to ensure all guests have their own drawing to take home with them, it also gives the artist a little extra time during the reception dinner and dance, to add some final touches, fill in his rough sketch, and add an agreed upon wedding symbol or monogram that reminds guests where and why they had their portraits drawn.
Depending on the size of the wedding, more than one artist may be required. Quite a bit of time should be taken with each one to make sure that the end result is a good one. Keep in mind if hiring a caricature artist that the final images will be an exaggerated and funny rendition of the individual being drawn. Something that should only be done in a crowd where you know the humor of it all will be appreciated.
Dependent on the number of guests in attendance, and the dollar amount left over in your wedding budget, you may also like to take your funny favors to the next level by encasing them in frames before you present them ready to take home. Further personalized by a sticker placed on the back, with all your wedding details, these one of a kind favors will render guests speechless.
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