20+ Ways to Let Your Wedding Guests Celebrate the Happy Couple with Photos 

If you are planning a wedding, you probably want to make it unique and memorable, for you, your family, and your guests. One way to do this is to personalize the wedding experience. By using photos of the happy couple throughout your wedding day, you can all celebrate the special union on the magical day and beyond.

Here are a myriad of ways you can use photos of the special couple on your wedding day:

Top 8 Ways to Use Your Engagement Photos in Your Wedding Planning

1.    Save the Date Announcement / Wedding Invitations with Photos

Your future wedding guests will delight in receiving a photo of the soon-to-be-celebrated couple as part of the wedding stationery. Use your engagement photos for the Save the Date Cards or for Your Wedding Invitations. You can choose how prominent to make the engagement photo. It can be incorporated into the design or added to the envelope separately. You can work with your photographer or a printer or you can choose to DIY by creating your own photo card or think outside the box and use a photo headshot template to feature the happy couple.

2.    Photo Guest Book

Instead of using an off-the-shelf guest book, create a custom photo guestbook using your engagement photos. This allows you to lay out photos and space for guests to sign in at your wedding reception and write some lovely thoughts about the special couple. You can choose a printable hard cover photo book, a printable soft cover photo book, or a standard hard cover photo book, depending on your style preference and budget. Standard hard cover photos books even have an option for a photo window on the cover.

3.    Framed Photo Table Numbers / Seating Arrangements

Another wonderful way to use your engagement photos is to incorporate them into your seating arrangements planning. You can create table numbers with engagement photos of the couple. Use different photos/poses at each table so you can put the selection of engagement photos to good use! You can frame the engagement photo table numbers or create a tabletop photo plaque or an acrylic encased print that make great take-home gifts for someone at the table.



4.    Photo Thank You Cards

Wedding photos can take quite for you to get after the wedding. If you’d like to get your thank you cards out early, you can use your engagement photos for photo wedding thank you cards. Again, this is a great time to DIY on a budget by creating your own photo thank you card. You can still send out the wedding photo thank you cards in a few months if you like, but this gives you an opportunity to thank your guests promptly and with a personal touch.

5.    Wedding Website

Many couples are creating wedding websites to keep their friends and family informed about the festivities. Your wedding website is a great place to use your engagement photos to share your story in images.

6.    Photo Gifts for Family and the Wedding Party

As you plan your wedding, you will soon realize how many gifts you will be giving. Your family and friends are thrilled to be celebrating this special time for you and will fondly remember being part of it. So, why not incorporate some of your engagement and/or wedding photos in your thank you gifts to family and members of your wedding party. You can choose distinctive and original gifts for each family member. The parents of the groom may appreciate a framed wall portrait or a canvas print. For members of you wedding party, you can create customized thank you gift baskets and include a photo mug or photo water bottle or a photo beer stein. For young members of the wedding party – flower girls and ring bearers, you can create a kids photo puzzle so they can remember the important part they played in your special day.

7.    Create a Wedding Reception Gallery Wall / Photo Backdrop

Your wedding reception is a time to celebrate your story and your friends/family. What better way to do that than a Wedding Reception Photo Wall Gallery with your engagement photos that can be simply admired. Or you can get extra creative and use the photo gallery as a photo backdrop for guests to grab some props and take some new shots!

8.    Photo Wedding Favours / Bonbonnieres 

The trick to selecting wedding party favours or bonbonnieres is two-fold: memorable and useful. This is an opportunity to let everyone at your wedding depart with a little something to take home to remember the day, so do something special for them. By creating personalized photo gift items with your engagement photos, your guests with treasure your special day and still walk away with something practical. Some great options: photo notepads, heart-shaped photo magnets, wine bottle labels, photo puzzles, or photo playing cards.

Other ideas for incorporating your engagement photos into your wedding celebration:

• Collect Stories and Advice – either via your wedding website or go old-school with a book or box for collecting stories and advice for the newly married couple – use printed photo cards or photo prints featuring your engagement photos for folks to jot their thoughts down.
• Rehearsal Dinner / Wedding Reception Slideshow or Photo Display – allows you to share a larger selection of your engagement photos with the ones you love most.
• Incorporate as Part of the Centrepieces or Cake Topper – acrylic prints are a great option for this.
• Event Cards with Website – an easy way to share your online gallery of wedding photos with guests.
• Wedding Ceremony Program – a lovely way to create a memorable keepsake of your special day with your engagement photo.
• Framed Photos on the Welcome Table or the Gift Table – a wonderful way to greet your guests at your wedding reception.
• Chair Décor – a cute idea: baby photos of the happy couple and the wedding party.
• Photo Charms – great for wine bottles and wine glasses and they make a sweet keepsake.

Other ideas for incorporating photos into your wedding celebration:

• Disposable Cameras – place a disposable camera with a note asking guests to take photos of the wedding festivities and leave the camera on the table so that you can develop hundreds of photos and discover the fun that occurred in every corner of the event.
• Instant Cameras – place an Instant Camera, like a Fujifilm Instax Instant Camera, on each table. Set up an Instant Photo Wall at the wedding reception to allow the guests to pin up the photos they take of the joyous event. The beauty is that there is an Instax Camera to match any wedding colour palette or style: Lilac Purple Instax Mini 12, Blue Instax Mini 12 or Instax SQ1, or Retro Instax cameras like the Instax Mini Evo or the Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic to give a nostalgic feel.
• Shared Cloud Drive for Guests to Upload Their Photos – inexpensive/free and easy for everyone so you have the biggest selection of photos after the wedding.
• Celebrating Loved Ones from the Past – Boutonnieres or your bouquet with photo charms, a photo locket, photos on welcome table, a photo wall in black and white or sepia, or a family tree photo display.

Using Photos at Your Wedding Can Make for a Unique and Memorable Experience for the Happy Couple and Guests

Your wedding will be one of the most special days of your lives. And your family and guests are all there to celebrate YOU! So, give everyone a magical and personalized wedding day by using photos in creative ways before, during, and after the wedding. Your wedding day memories will be as special and long-lasting as your love.

If you are planning your wedding, reach out to our wedding printables experts at Annex Photo to help you create a photo wonderland for your special day!