Inside LFW’s Emergency Kit!
By admin | No Comments“It may be your PERFECT wedding day, but things can still happen! You will want to be prepared to handle anything…. Your dress gets a snag, your shoe gets a smudge, and your freshly manicured nail polish has just been chipped!”
Wedding days are fantastic and special, and while they seem to be perfect, they sometimes have hiccups along the way! You can make an “Emergency Bag” containing a variety of little tricks and fixes used by the pros, to ensure your magical day is not interrupted! Keep a bag or pouch in your hotel room or reception room for easy access…just in case! LFW brings a large toolkit filled with everything you could imagine and more. This monster list is what Lynn and her team come armed with onsite. The kit is replenished after every wedding to ensure they are always prepared! Here are a few of our must-haves:
1 –Baby Wipes – for cleaning dirty Ring bearer faces, to removing liquid eyeliner smears, without destroying your make up.
2 – White Chalk / Tide stick / Shout Wipes – useful to cover up any unfortunate smudges on your dress
3 – Clear Nail Polish – stops any run in stockings
4 – Change of Shoes – Nothing ruins a dance-a-thon evening more than blisters from your new wedding shoes! Try a comfortable pair of shoes with the same height factor that have already been broken in. Platform flip flops are a great idea and can be embellished with ribbon to match the wedding.
5 – Extra earring backs
6 – Mini Sewing Kit – Make sure to have threads of the colours you and your bridesmaids will be wearing! Black is also important for the Guys’ suits.
7 – Safety Pins – in all sizes. Extra large ones are essential in case your bustle comes undone or the snaps break.
8 – Medicine – Include things such as Advil (for tension headaches that are common when you are nervous), Imodium (just in case…if this the unthinkable happens, you’ll be glad you packed it!)
9 – Make-up – you will probable have fantastic make-up professionally done, but just some of the basics for freshening up
10 – Small Scissors
11 – Deodorant – for obvious reasons. Use a spray type so many gals can share.
12 – Toothbrush and Toothpaste
13 – A back-up pair of panty hose – For you or your bridesmaid!
14 – Emery Board – nothing is more annoying than a rough nail that keeps catching on things
15 – Tampons or Sanitary Napkins – Again…just in case! If needed you’ll be glad you have them!
16 – Tissues – I’m sure you or someone will be crying at some point! We have fancy little packets just for the Moms and put one on each of their chairs.
17 – Hairspray – the little travel size ones are handy to have!
18 – Nail Polish – in the colour you are wearing!
20 – Mole Skin – the best for blisters.
- A photo of LFW’s Emergency Kit
Some OTHER important items that are a good idea to keep handy are as follows:
Air freshener… Baby powder… Batteries – AA and AAA… Bobby pins… Breath mints and breath strips… Chapstick…Cologne-small…spray…Comb…Concealer…Condoms…Contact lens solution…Cotton balls…Cotton swabs…Cough drops…Dental Floss…Detergent stick…Double stick tape…Drinking straw (protects lipstick)…Elastic hair ties…Facial Blotting paper…Finishing Spray…First aid kit…First-aid kit…Fix Gel…Floss…Garment tape…Gravol…Gum…Hair brush…Hair gel… …Hand lotion – unscented…Hard Candy/ Lollipops…Individual packets of an OTC pain reliever like Advil or Excedrin…Individually wrapped toothpicks…Kleenex…Krazy glue…Lighter…Lint & Freshness Roller…Lint roller…Lip balm…Lip Balm…Lipstick…Matches…Mirror…Mouth wash (scope)…Nail Clippers…Nail glue …No Sew Glue…Notepads…Pens…Ponytail holders…Q-Tips…Regular size pad……Shout wipes or other stain-remover wipes…Silkening Gloss…Silky Hand & Body Lotion…Small pair of scissors…Socks – black…Socks – white…Static Guard…Sunscreen…Tide Pen…Travel bottle of hand sanitizer…Tums…Water bottles…Werther’s Original Candy
Reception Bathroom Baskets
Many of the items included in the “Emergency Kit” can be also used for the Washroom Baskets, at the Reception. We also like to add little cards with local cab numbers in all the washroom baskets, as well as at the bar to help ensure everyone gets a safe ride home after celebrating!
Listed below are a few of our favorite “Amenity Basket Poems”. Feel free to borrow these for your Washroom Basket to create a chuckle with your guests!
Poem #1
Here is a basket for all of our guests,
To make sure everyone feels their best!
The hairspray will help hold your hair in place,
The bobby pins to keep your hair out of your face.
If you break a nail, don’t worry! There’s a file and some glue,
It can also fix a broken heel on a shoe!
The polish will stop that darn run in your hose,
Use the tissues to stop a runny nose!
We hope that you’ll find what you’re looking for.
Take a mint and now go hit the dance floor!
Poem #2
So happy you’re here to share in our special day!!!
But should something happen to go astray,
Please help yourself to the contents within,
Hair spray (or Wet wipe), hand lotion, gum and even aspirin,
Use only what you need and leave the rest,
It may be useful to another guest.
So repair the damage that may have been done,
Then hurry on back and join the fun!!!
Compliments of the Newlyweds
Poem #3
Compliments of the newlyweds,
To help you feel your best!
Just use a little…freshen up,
And leave for other guests!
Poem #4
If your skin feels dry, your hair out of place,
Your throat is parched, or whatever the case.
We’ve put this together to help you along,
Now get yourself out there before the next song!
Here are some photos from LFW Weddings of Brides getting ready for their special day!
Andras Schram Photography
Andras Schram Photography
Andras Schram Photography
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