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Avoid Wedding Day Disasters - The Rescue Kit

June 09, 2009

The wedding rescue kit, bag, box, bundle, sack or whatever name you want to give it, is much of the time ignored or thought of as one of those little unnecessary extras found stuck on wedding organizing lists. Not true, I say! A Wedding Rescue Kit can be a lifesaver not just for the bride but also for the entire wedding party including the groom and his attendants. In fact, it does not hurt to have a kit just for the groom and the children in the wedding. The idea is not to fill the kit up with everything but the kitchen sink, the idea is to have rescue items. What is a rescue item? A rescue item is anything that will rescue you from a potential disaster or at the very least an uncomfortable situation on the day of your wedding. On a day when all eyes are on you, when everything is being photographed and recorded for the world to see, why on earth take chances?

The Rescue Kit is so easy to put together, just get a small or medium size gym bag, label the outside of the bag in big bold letters "Wedding Rescue Kit - Bride", "Wedding Rescue Kit - Groom" and " Wedding Rescue Kit - Kids" or the name of the child and start packing your rescue items. Items that can spill put in zip lock bags. Items that can spoil wait until the morning of the wedding before adding them; items that will wrinkle fold with tissue paper and sandwich between two pieces of cardboard and tape. The idea is to make your rescue items helpful not another problem.

If you have children who are going to be in the wedding whether they are your children or the children of a friend, make up a rescue kit for them. Give your friend an empty gym bag already labeled and tell them; please fill this bag with rescue items. Here is a list to help you. Trust me, you will be glad you did and so will they. How enjoyable can it be for you when children are fussy and adults are scolding and irritated? It is your day to relax and enjoy, you have spent a lot of time and effort to make it right so give yourself a little insurance and be prepared for the unexpected.

Rescue kit template

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We hope the articles here will help you in planning your wedding.

We have been a part of close to 3,000 weddings and hope to share with you all we've learned and observed over the years.

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About the Author

Mary Spies has written numerous articles on weddings drawing on her 30 years as a wedding professional. Mary writes a weekly blog, What Every Bride Should Know When Planning A Wedding, is producing a series of wedding planning DVD's and has just completed her first book.

Mary is also the owner of Weddings On Church Street's Church House a quaint wedding cottage in Salem, Oregon and NW Bride & Groom, a service which provides wedding offciants for NW Oregon and SW Washington.

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