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What saved my day? The white pair of flip flops I bought. My formal shoes were GORGEOUS but painful, as soon as the post-ceremony pictures were over I took them off and place on the flip flops. I would advise finding a touch a small bit prettier, because when you're dancing at the reception and hold up your skirt a bit, your flip flops will show up in your pictures and won't look very classy! I had a pair of ballet slippers with me, but I forgot to go from the flip flops to those. Oh well.
I got a lot of comments on the bridesmaids dresses. I picked the color, length and designer and let them each pick their own style. They all looked gorgeous, and their dresses really flattered their figures and reflected their personal styles.
Also, we didn't divide our marriage party up by gender. I have two brothers and my husband has two sisters, and we wanted them in the marriage party, but didn't see the top in putting his sisters on my side and vice versa. But, it worked out well for us because my brother's fiances were in the wedding, as was one of his sister's husbands. So, when we could, we paired people up based on who they are accurate to in real life, instead of some arbitrary order. It makes for nicer pictures and also a less-trying to maneuver marriage party dance.
We were really lucky in that we utilized our friends to save money:
- I hired a friend who is a stylist to do my hair. She did an AWESOME job and that was her gift to me.
- We hired a friend and her friend to be our photographers. They both have other day jobs, but majored in photography and do it on the side. They took AWESOME pictures and were so simple to work with. And because they're our friends, and know a lot of our other friends, they were really able to capture everyone's personalities. I also urge whoever you do hire for photography, don't do a surroundings and formal pictures during the reception. Leave your photographer free to take lots of candids during that time.
- We were able to be our own iTunes DJs because we had access to speakers, a microphone and a PA system from our friend, and he set them up. If you have access to this equipment and a laptop (or iPod) all you need a excellent playlists and someone to introduce the marriage party.
Before the wedding, make a "must take" list of wedding pictures - posed formals, candids, ceremony moments - whatever is vital to you. Give that to your photographer so they know which shots are most vital. Also, try to get all the proofs from your photographer. Our photographers uploaded what they thought were the best shots to shutterfly, but then sent me CDs with every single pictures they took. I found well over 100 more photos on there that I thought were fantastic.
Also, candids are fantastic! The disposable-cameras-on-the-tables are on their way out. Instead, since everyone has digital cameras, make a "collection" on shutterfly, and share the link with everyone at the reception, encouraging them to visit that link and upload their candids. We used magnets to share the link, and got tons of fantastic pictures!
For gifts, we got jewelry for the ladies to wear with their dresses and ties for the guys (we didin't make them rent tuxes, instead told them to wear black suits with black shirts and shoes, and we bought different ties in the our wedding color for them to wear, and keep after the wedding).
If I could go back and do it all again I would keep the band instead of a D.J. It was really the best place to splurge. They were wonderful, everyone raved about them and it really made the reception feel like a formal event and not just a high school dance or a touch. We spent too much on the cake and don't unhappiness it. So many pictures are taken of it and people always remember it. We didn't do many flowers, other than bouquets and used hurricanes with candles for centerpieces. Much cheaper and I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't have spent so much on the photographer. Once the wedding was over the pictures went into a box and only one of the hundreds of shots is framed and hanging in our home. The best pictures were the ones that family and friends gave us afterwards and with digital pictures now it's not necessary to have an expensive photographer. I would tell you to pick 3 things and splurge on them. Whatever is vital to you. For me it was the dress, cake and band. For you it might be the flowers or a touch else. All of the other things are what you should save on.
What saved my wedding day………well let's see my top three things that saved my wedding day were……..
1. The first bottle of champagne
2. The fact that my husband showed up on time for a change
3. The fact that we had our son be the ring bearer.
Our wedding was crazy……there were so many things that went incorrect that my advice to you is remember that it is one day out of your life……..it is a day that people will not talk about forever so if some small things go incorrect……take it in and let it go…..then just make sure you alone are in charge of the huge stuff………everyone knows that men shouldn't handle any of it!!!
Five years later my family is still talking about the harpist I hired for cocktail hour at the reception. It extra such an element of elegance to the proceedings.
As for what saved my wedding day? - a Safety Pin! Yep, for some reason the 'pull' part on the zipper of my gown had fallen off so we had to use a safety pin to pull it up and then pinned it to the top of the dress so the zipper didn't fall back down.
Not go without….hmmm, that would have been the wedding pictures we had of our family members - grandparents to siblings - that we framed and had the caterers scatter on the cake table. It just so happened that they place the one of my parents in perfect residency so that when the photog took the pic of us cutting the cake, it's the only picture showing - especially nice since both of my parents were already deceased.
A touch fun I did for the bridesmaids - I had bought rhinestone 'tattoos' for them all, and since we had a limo 'bus' there was plenty of room for us to go around in and during the trip from the church to the reception hall we all place them on each others shoulders. The tats didn't show up glaringly, but it place some sparkle on and it was just a touch fun that we shared.
What to tell you: Organization! It's the key to everything. Find a large portfolio and place everything in there, all organized. From pics of the bridesmaids dresses to samples of fabric to thoughts of flowers, etc. Make sure you place copies of any contracts you sign, as well as write down any thoughts you have, thoughts of how you want a touch, odds are you won't remember it when you want to otherwise. The florist will appreciate a copy of the dress pics, as well as yours if possible. My husband had been a project manager on a number of various jobs and we all laughed at him when he drew up an agenda for the day, giving a breakdown time-wise of the entire day from waking up to leaving the reception hall. I mean he had it in 1-2 small increments at some points, but it truly helped to see it on paper exactly what you want to do and how long it should take just so you know if it will all work together and what it'll take to make the whole day run smoothly.
The most vital things to remember :
1. This is an vital day, but don't get so caught up in the seriousness of it all that you forget to delight in it.
2. You are a bride for a day, not a queen! While you will feel like a VIP, please don't expect everyone else to bow and scrape to you.
3. Except the ceiling caves in or a touch drastic like that, if a touch goes incorrect 99% of your guests doubtless won't realize it so don't stroke out over it.
4. Most of all - relax and delight in your day - you're never going to have another one just like it!
Excellent Luck and Congratulations!!!
saved our wedding was cameras on the table, everyone talking about these things.choc fountain,heart shape sparklers,candy buffet our favorite candies like m&ms kitkat bar.kopers and more candy.flower boutonnierer for everyone at church. kids color kit for church. cept the family occupy. We went overboard. but we are only going to be married once in our lifetime.
For gifts we gave everyone in the wedding party laptops and iphones. need to say they were very pleased. know I can talk to them anywhere.
i reckon the best thing is to buy disposible cameras to have at every table, that way u get a wide diversity of pictuers of your day
That's a lot of questions! lol! But here we go!
My must haves:
my husband of course! lol
the personalized ceremony
memorial candles to honor my family
fantastic food
liquor are the reception
friends & family (most of which like to drink that liquer)
Nothing really saved my wedding day. I didn't have any major issues other than the music stopping just as I started to walk down the isle (someone trying to tell me a touch?).
Guests were most impressed with the food, my dress (how could you not be impressed by a pink dress!), & the invitations.
If I had to do it again, I could not go without some liquer the daylight of (takes the edge off! lol).
What would I tell a soon to be bride…
You WILL want to give up on the whole thing the week before the wedding.
You WILL get owing to it.
Have someone stay with you the night before to help you with jitters & to relax with.
A touch WILL go incorrect, but it WILL be fixed by friends & family or it won't matter.
You dress WILL get dirty.
Your dress WILL get uncomfortable about 3/4 of the way owing to the reception.
Wear comfortable shoes.
Remember to eat!
If you have a family that like to clink glasses to make you kiss, BRING LIP BALM!
Oh yeah, and my gifts to the marriage party were:
engraved items from Things Remembered for the groomsmen
cool purses, lip gloss, fuzzy socks (to wear at the reception), and some fun small things like ring pop's. Each girls stuff was a small different.
Honestly, the best thing that helped was makingt sure that everyone knew what they were doing. We didnt want to seem pushy but at the same time it is an vital day. Everyone in the wedding got together for dinner a few weeks before the wedding and we went over the wedding. We made a schedule of our whole wedding.. and it helped. They were pleased that they were able to see the line up counting the menu, songs, timeline. That way they could still have fun at the reception but made sure they were bestow for everything. They were impressed.
During the rehearsal dinner we gave everyone a gift. I found some really gorgeous frames with quotes for each bm and each one was different. I got them all matching jewelry so they didnt have to worry.
I wanted to have more pictures of everyone that attended. We got all the pictures of the wedding party but not enough of all our friends and family that I would have liked. I thought about putting cameras on the tables but got so caught up with everything that I forgot.
Make sure that the wedding represents you and your grooms taste. Make sure that you are pleased with what you brilliant and if not then change what you need to.
I reckon we should have place someone in charge of making sure that the small kids didnt keep getting up and in succession around. That is very vital!!!!!
The one thing that did save the day was my maid of honor. (my best friend) She kept me cool and made sure I had nothing to worry about. She made sure everything was taken care of..She also made very sure that the groom did not see me.
i dont know what you mean by what saved my wedding day
i would not be able to go without straps on my dress lol
the thing people were most impressed with were..the cake..the favors..and the food..
the cake was very very pretty
the favors.my mom hand made every one of them..and everyones kept them so thats fantastic..there wasnt even any left for me or my hubby to have one..and there were at least 5 different types!
and the food..i reckon it was because it was different..we did a taco bar..
for advice..i would say place your own spin on it..weddings get to be sooo dull because everyone is too worried to reckon outside of the box..but for my wedding i thought outside of the box in every aspect of it..and to this day we are still getting greetings from people that attended our wedding when we run into them..
dont get over stressed about it..noone likes a stressed out bride..it stresses everyone else out..whatever happens happens..theres no reason to worry yourself over it..and when it happens theres nothing you can do after the fact so just roll your eyes shrug your shoulders and take up again partying..
and then..i would say..really talk to your guests and dont invite so many people that you dont get the chance to talk to all of them
my husband invited so many people that i dont even recall most of the people being there…our guest book was a fire helmet that we had a shield with our names made on it..and half the names on that thing..i didnt even remember seeing them at the wedding..