Special Wedding Moments/ideas...

Two of my young friends got married on Halloween and had a costume wedding and reception. Everyone came in costume. They had a Mexican food buffet and there was a DJ (lots of dancing).

The most touching thing was each of them had grandparents who had passed on. As one entered the reception area, there were decorated chairs with each grandparents name. It brought a tear to my eye.

Have a wonderful wedding and life long happiness!

Blessings....

I had purchased feather roses, my husband gave one to my mother and I gave one to his mother. We did not tell them during the rehearsal so they were both very surprised. This was done at the very end of the ceremony before we walked out of the church. Everyone thought that was a nice touch.

We got single white roses to represent our grandparents that had passed. We attached a ribbon and small card with their name written on it, and our moms carried them as they were escorted down the aisle. Then they were placed in empty seats to represent how special they were to us, and that their memory was there with us on our big day!

My groom had two Aunts and Uncles that were like 2nd parents to him. His mother passed when he was young. I wanted to include the Uncles some how. I made them ushers. They wore black suits to go with the tuxes, and then I got them boutineers. The Aunts did not participate in the wedding, but hubby gave each of them corsaiges that matched his step-mom.

Then while my cousin played the piano at the beginning of the ceremony, the Uncles carried candles down the aisle and lit the candles for the ceremony, in the windows, etc.

LOL @ our back to back wedding questions... our days are coming up soon!! :)

I'll tell you, I'm thissuperclose to eloping. If I hadn't already spent so much money, and if my parents hadn't already spent money, I'd elope!!

I hope you get lots of great feedback and ideas :)

Instead of the traditional guest book make a photo book online at
Walgreens, Costco, Walmart etc.. Around $20 for canvas (leather for a little more $) bound 20 pages front and back.

Include pictures of the two of you and your lives leading up to the wedding. They have several backgrounds and colors to choose from, each page completely up to you to customize amount of pictures, theme etc..

Then purchase sharpie pens in your wedding colors and have guests sign directly on the pages in the blank areas near the pictures. At the end of the wedding pack it in a safe place and don't read it until your first anniversary! Split a bottle of champagne or sparking cider and enjoy!! :)

Good luck and congratulations!

We had immediate family members of family that had passed (my cousin for my uncle and his aunt for his grandparents) light candles in honor of those that weren't with us anymore while a great song played.

I love the Unity Candle lighting- it is very symbolic and makes great pictures.

We had someone who REALLY knows us do the 'sermon/ dedication' part of the wedding because the pastor that was marrying us didn't really know us that well.

Finally- we each said a little something about our parents and what they had meant to us before we gave them their gifts.

My wedding day was one of those that hear about that was a day full of BS. Yah, in-laws caused problems. I gave in to their wishes and ended up with a day that I, the bride, regret!

With that said, I can say that there was one thing I tried to do that a friend did and that was get a bunch of balloons filled with helium with long streamers on the ends. They were put up on the ceiling of the dance floor and the streamers hung above the heads of everyone to add a great festive touch, all done in the wedding colors. You can do that in the dining room as well. Just trim the streamers if needed. Then people could take balloons home with them if they'd like. Just don't use the tanks you can buy at Walmart that come with little balloons. They don't work well. If you'd rather, you can just have balloons filled up by volunteers and place all over the dance floor. Helium balloons should be filled and picked up the same day as the reception.

K. B
mom to 5 including triplets

I officiate at weddings and like to include a sip of wine, or sparkling grape juice (always white) and a small piece of cake or quick bread to stand for the nourishment you will give to each other, emotionally and physically, in your life together.
I use a white wine or white grape juice in case any get spilled on the brides dress. We nurish our spouses emotionally, simple gestures, hand holding and our hubby holding us through morning sickness ect. Physically by taking care of our home, preparing meals, running errands ect.
I do this right after the unity candle. If the bride and groom wish the bread or cake can be passed around to the guests also, since those in attendence also nurish the couple.

I shocked my New husband by making a Dedication to him ! LOL The DJ announced that the Bride made a special 'request' to be played for the groom - he just whipped his head around and I was on the dance floor and then "Aint No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera came blasting out ! that was so FUN hahaha

Our parents walked us down the aisle - mine with me, his with him. And our Grandmoms walked in the procession together. It was super sweet and they loved being included. We had the cake for dessert, and we had an ice cream sundae bar - very fun. If there is something that's tickling your brain that you want to do for your wedding, I say go for it. Just because it's not "typical", doesn't mean it can't be wonderful :)