The most important day of your life is coming up. Your head is swimming with memories of weddings you have been to or weddings you have seen on TV. In all of them there are things you remember and more often than not they are little details. There is the saying "the devil is in the details" but so are the angels. Even the smallest thing like place card holders can be memorable and add a special touch. For instance placecard holds that echo the garden theme of the wedding and that is just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many touching things you can do to make your wedding special and unique.
Many of the special and unique touches you can add involve breaking tradition and using family or friends in ways not normally done. One such thing is having both parents escort the bride and groom down the aisle. In Jewish weddings it is common but more and more non-Jews are opting for doing it that was so that neither parent is left out. There is another tradition that fell out of favor for a brief while but is making a happy come back is the Father/Bride dance. If you think back though child hood the perfect song will come to you making it all that much more special. Another way to bring in the family is to decorate the cake table with the wedding pictures of the parents, grandparents, siblings. If you still have room use Aunts, Uncles, the gardener, or whoever. It is your wedding so you get to set the rules.
A nice idea for the rehearsal dinner is to have a blessing. When couple discuss this they will almost always come up with the same name. Do make sure you give them plenty of warning. Nobody likes to get caught with their pants down on such an occasion. Now the best man always gives the first toast but there is no reason the groom can't give the second one. He is speaking for himself and the bride and he should toast the guests.
Now this is hard but it really is the most precious part of the wedding, the vows. They are always nice to hear but to hear them written for that moment is incredible, especially when well done. You should not be intimidated by "well done", it is not as hard as it sounds. Now in a perfect world, the groom would write his, the bride hers and they would never be heard together till the wedding when they come together in a beautiful duet. This is not a perfect word so just get that notion out of your head. That would be a disaster waiting to happen. Yes, each should write their own but together. Otherwise one will write a sonnet and the other a haiku and it will be a very cold honeymoon. Now even if you both are not poets a few guidelines can help.
Make an outline and start at the bottom with your goal. Ask your family and friends how they see your relationship; you'd be surprised what they see. Make small personal references to their favorite movie or book. Now is the hard part because how you say something coveys a lot so you want to do it right. Use a song in your head. It will put a rhythm in your head and add lift in your voice. It makes it sound so much nicer.
There are so many things you can do to make your special day unique. Only you can make it personal. - 30299
Many of the special and unique touches you can add involve breaking tradition and using family or friends in ways not normally done. One such thing is having both parents escort the bride and groom down the aisle. In Jewish weddings it is common but more and more non-Jews are opting for doing it that was so that neither parent is left out. There is another tradition that fell out of favor for a brief while but is making a happy come back is the Father/Bride dance. If you think back though child hood the perfect song will come to you making it all that much more special. Another way to bring in the family is to decorate the cake table with the wedding pictures of the parents, grandparents, siblings. If you still have room use Aunts, Uncles, the gardener, or whoever. It is your wedding so you get to set the rules.
A nice idea for the rehearsal dinner is to have a blessing. When couple discuss this they will almost always come up with the same name. Do make sure you give them plenty of warning. Nobody likes to get caught with their pants down on such an occasion. Now the best man always gives the first toast but there is no reason the groom can't give the second one. He is speaking for himself and the bride and he should toast the guests.
Now this is hard but it really is the most precious part of the wedding, the vows. They are always nice to hear but to hear them written for that moment is incredible, especially when well done. You should not be intimidated by "well done", it is not as hard as it sounds. Now in a perfect world, the groom would write his, the bride hers and they would never be heard together till the wedding when they come together in a beautiful duet. This is not a perfect word so just get that notion out of your head. That would be a disaster waiting to happen. Yes, each should write their own but together. Otherwise one will write a sonnet and the other a haiku and it will be a very cold honeymoon. Now even if you both are not poets a few guidelines can help.
Make an outline and start at the bottom with your goal. Ask your family and friends how they see your relationship; you'd be surprised what they see. Make small personal references to their favorite movie or book. Now is the hard part because how you say something coveys a lot so you want to do it right. Use a song in your head. It will put a rhythm in your head and add lift in your voice. It makes it sound so much nicer.
There are so many things you can do to make your special day unique. Only you can make it personal. - 30299
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