Re: What are the best wedding details you have seen at a wedding?

ok.. now to add a few things that we did that i thought were very special.

1. DH walked his mom down the aisle, rather than one of the ushers.

2. Halfway through my dance with my dad, DH asked my mom to dance. I did the same thing with my FIL halfway through DH's dance with his mom.

3. On our gift table, we had pictures of all of the weddings of our parents, grandparents, great grandparents and even one of DH's great great grandparents.

4. We did an anniversary dance instead of the bou-q/garter toss. The 'final' couple was DH's great aunt and uncle who were about to celebrate their 49th anniversary!!

hope these things help! best of luck

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Posted by mjf1010

- At one wedding we went to, we found our names on the seating chart and our names said 'The Future Mr. and Mrs. XXXX' rather than just saying 'Mr. John Smith and Ms. Melissa Doe.' For all engaged couples at the wedding, the bride and groom had their names listed as 'The Future Mr. and Mrs.' on the seating chart. This was such a pleasant surprise for us to see as an engaged couple.

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Please please please be careful about this one. Not everyone takes their husband's name and you may end up offending someone rather than flattering them. Ask the couple first and then if you are sure, I mean 100% sure, then this is a very cute idea. Just my two cents.

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After reading the above, I was gonna do this...

Do you really think someone would get offended...I mean even if they were not taking the fh's name, its just the thought of recognizing them that is there?

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I would, yes. Especially since anyone who knows me well enough to invite me to their wedding should know that I was not taking DH's name. (of course my mom thinks I am way too sensitive to this issue) All I'm saying is to be sure before doing it. If you are not, then I would just use each person's name.

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Unique plans for my own wedding...

- Wine vineyard instead of regular catering hall with wine tasting table set up... unique by design.

- Will have a picture table complete with baby pics, growing up pics, engagement pics taken by my dad (saving some money here ladies)in Babylon village by the waterfalls in that little park on Montauk Hwy, our house pics, our parent's and maybe grandparents (if possible) weddings. BUT would not be complete without a digitally edited photograph of our 3 cats... the 2 girls will be on either side of the boy cat and the girls will be wearing a veil (God willing) and the boy cat a big, fat black bow tie! Wish me luck... I'm not the most technologically advanced bride and I have 3 finiky kitties who don't like to be told what to wear

- My tables instead of numbers, will have the names of different wines or numbers in Italian.

- My DJ will play the 'first dance' songs played at my parent's and his parent's weddings.

- Both my parents will walk me down the aisle, and I'm trying to push for his parent's to both walk him down the aisle.

- My ring bearer may be M.I.A. - that should be VERY unique... not sure if FH's ex will allow him to attend so I have to arrange the wedding to go either way... not too big a deal... right?

- If my RB is there, I have considered an 'acceptance ceremony' whereby the child of the previous marriage is invited up to 'accept' the new step parent into the family, he is then presented with a gold medallion with 3 rings on it symbolizing the marriage and him as a family.

- I'm going to be 33 when my big day comes and don't want to be 'given away' so my dad will also make an 'acceptance speach' accepting FH and his step grandson into the family.

- Centerpieces will be candle pillars surrounded by red rose petals and grapes!

- Cant think of anything else right now This was good, first time I've put all my unique ideas in writing - thanks guys for creating this thread!

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In reply to above post regarding the seating chart idea:

I am actually undecided about whether or not I am going to be taking my fiance's last name, but at the same time it was exciting for us both to see 'The Future Mr. and Mrs...' on the seating chart at the wedding we went to. I do respect your words of caution; however, I still did really love seeing it (this was just my opinion.)

By the way girls - the ideas on this thread are AWESOME - keep them coming!!

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We had a very small wedding, so it was a lot easier for us to do, but we played the wedding songs of all the married couples to dance to.

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Do you really think someone would get offended...I mean even if they were not taking the fh's name, its just the thought of recognizing them that is there?


I agree w/Sandy & Ben. I was pretty annoyed (although I understood that it all came from a good place) when virtually all our cards were made out to Mr & Mrs Hisfirstname Hislastname, and would not have been pleased to see people assume that I was taking my husband's last name at weddings we had attended prior to our own (indeed, after our own!).

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Barakabella - What are in those cute fortune tellers from sonic stef designs? Do they have happy fortunes for the bride and groom? They are really adorable - I am curious as to what they say inside.

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I am going to try and attach the original picture from stef. It is a version of the fortune teller we used to do in grade school -- you know fold the paper, stick your fingers and then open a certain number of times. There are instructions and you put your fingers in it and find your fortune. You can customize it to say anything -- ours said things like request a song, get on the dance floor...and were a hit. Sonicstef herself, and others have used them in glass bowls as part of CH but given our color scheme, we liked the ide of them at each place setting and they were darling. We also had black and white table cameras which we put on favor tags in our colors of dark red and plum -- the theme of black and white with dark plum and dark red accents was striking so these fit right in with the starkly colored flowers.

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I am going to have my wedding party release butterflies at the church.

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We're releasing butterflies too

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More pics
1: is from the band -- love that shot by our wonderful photographer
2: are the monogrammed cards to sign for wishbowl--same monogrammed tags on the black and white cameras on each table and around ch tables.
3: Chuppah brought in by people we love -- so full of meaning for us
4: Monogrammed programs with rich dark red silk ribbon, detailed all the little special things -- like the story of the tradition of putting ring on second finger, why we picked to use each item that we had, to let all of the guest share in what was an intimate experience.
That is the feedback we get, that the wedding invited you to come with us and share our joy, and that is exactly what we had planned for.

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Votive placecards

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Thanks so much for posting these pictures! These are great!

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My pleasure -- I guess I really want to share my experience with brides who are trying to figure this stuff out -- I remember being there! Little things that are so special - don't need to take incredibly large amounts of work or ridiculous amounts of money. We made the monogrammed cards for the wishbowl (which we got on clearance on Martha Stewart for $10) two days befroe wedding; same for hanging tags on the B+W cameras. Folks loved B+W(black and white) table cameras for drama--and the pix are really great. What I also learned what that it is not good to stint when you figure out those things that really matter to you. People would not believe what I spent on the custom ketubah and engraved invites and programs, but I adore them and they made me happy so a great splurge for me.

Most of all we loved how it was an occassion that reflected us. Our loves, our families, our passion for living, and the unique aspects of our travel. Family was such an important part of the day as they are to us in life. And I would say that is my take home point -- let the little details merely be a reflection of who you are as individuals and as a new family and then everything becomes so meaningful.

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Posted by heidla

Things that were a little different at our wedding.

1. DH and I wanted someone that knew us to marry us. So, we had our friend ordained online and he married us.

2.We wrote our entire ceremony.

3. Our programs were designed like show playbills. We had headshots and bios for us, our parents and the entire BP. They were a hit.

4. Our RD invitations were theatre tickets.

5. We named the tables after shows we had done since we have been together.

6. I handed my Bo-K to a friend that was getting married a week later in the exact same place.

7. Our ceremony music was a song written by a friend and was sung accaplla by 6 of our friends.

Those were just some of the things we did to make our wedding tailored to us. I am not sure that they are that different, but they all went over well.

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That sounds AWESOME. I think I'm stealing that program idea, if you don't mind!


ETA: That's exactly the kind of wedding I wish i could find a way to pull off. We'll see!

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I'm thinking of having a lemonade stand(free, of course) set up by some neighborhood kids outside the church since it will be a hot day in the middle of July.

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I'm thinking of having a lemonade stand(free, of course) set up by some neighborhood kids outside the church since it will be a hot day in the middle of July.

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That is a very COOL and original idea!!

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BUMP please -- this is SO helpful to a newly engaged girl trying to make decisions. More ideas please! Love the idea of strolling music.

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Posted by Sandy&Ben

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Posted by mjf1010

- At one wedding we went to, we found our names on the seating chart and our names said 'The Future Mr. and Mrs. XXXX' rather than just saying 'Mr. John Smith and Ms. Melissa Doe.' For all engaged couples at the wedding, the bride and groom had their names listed as 'The Future Mr. and Mrs.' on the seating chart. This was such a pleasant surprise for us to see as an engaged couple.

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Please please please be careful about this one. Not everyone takes their husband's name and you may end up offending someone rather than flattering them. Ask the couple first and then if you are sure, I mean 100% sure, then this is a very cute idea. Just my two cents.

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After reading the above, I was gonna do this...

Do you really think someone would get offended...I mean even if they were not taking the fh's name, its just the thought of recognizing them that is there?

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I am not taking FI's name. I am completely staying the same. But I would not be offended.

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1. I walking down the aisle with my mom and step-father

2. FH is going to meet his parents half way down the aisle so they can walk him down to the altar

3. I am thinking of handing out Candy Apples after dinner

4. I am making Candy Bags for all of the kids

5. My cocktail hour centerpieces are going to be Tri-Fold towers. The center will have Cinderella and Prince Charming along with our names and wedding date, one side will have 'how we met' and the third side will have 'how he proposed'

6. We are dedicating a song to our Bridal Party. 'I Hope You Dance' by: Leann Womack

7. Instead of 1 Best Man and 1 MOH, we are having 2 couples of honor. Our Best Man and his wife and my MOH and her husband. We will be giving the husbands garters and presenting the wive's with a gift of some sort.

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Posted by am470

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Posted by dm24angel

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Posted by Sandy&Ben

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Posted by mjf1010

- At one wedding we went to, we found our names on the seating chart and our names said 'The Future Mr. and Mrs. XXXX' rather than just saying 'Mr. John Smith and Ms. Melissa Doe.' For all engaged couples at the wedding, the bride and groom had their names listed as 'The Future Mr. and Mrs.' on the seating chart. This was such a pleasant surprise for us to see as an engaged couple.

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Please please please be careful about this one. Not everyone takes their husband's name and you may end up offending someone rather than flattering them. Ask the couple first and then if you are sure, I mean 100% sure, then this is a very cute idea. Just my two cents.

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After reading the above, I was gonna do this...

Do you really think someone would get offended...I mean even if they were not taking the fh's name, its just the thought of recognizing them that is there?

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I am not taking FI's name. I am completely staying the same. But I would not be offended.

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I am undecided on taking his name, but I am offended when people ASSUME that's what I'll do.

In general I don't really like that seating chart/placecard idea. We are who we are now. I don't need it advertised that we will be married in the future. It's not as if we need married to validat our realtionship validates our relationship or that our relationship needs to be validated to anyone.

But I know, some people like the whole future Mr. & Mrs . . .thing.

I really like the lemonade stand idea though.