Calling past brides: Please post your 'One Thing I Learned'

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Posted by Soon2bMsZ

Here is some more advice that is posted on my review:

A little advice from one Bride to another....

You can never take enough pictures!!!! I was so tired of smiling and taking pictures at the end of the night that I asked the photographers to give us a break. Now looking at my proofs even though there are a tun you'll always want more! ( or at least I do b/c Im greedy!) I am already saying we should have taken this pic or done this one different or tried to take some more over here... the day only comes once and these pictures are all you will have of it once its over. Suck it up and take as many pictures as possible! .

If anyone ever wonders ' do the little things count' the answer is YES! Its the little ideas and personal touches that make the day personalized to you. Its what makes it not everyone else's cookie cutter wedding and what makes it stand out in your guests memories. I added the caviar bar, extra entrees to the menu, but you know what impressed people and what people commented on??? The slippers that I spent .80 cents a pair on and the air freshers that cost $1.10 each!!! It really is the little things that make the biggist impression.
Don't let you and your new husband get seperated! It is so easy to get dragged apart but its hard to find eachother again!! Im sure we missed plenty of nice photo ops while we were seperated and running around looking for eachother!


DEFINITLY try to sneak away during the CH with your DH and look at your ballroom while it is all set up and no one is in there yet!! It was soooo amazing to see my centerpieces and the table names and menus and cake and everything set up picture perfect before the guests arrive. Once you make your grand entrance and are dancing and running around and taking pictures you will never get the same image of your ballroom. Once the guests get there they mess everything up! lol It was so nice to see everything 'fresh' plus we got 1 of my absolute favorite pictures in our empty ballroom just the two of us in the middle of the dance floor!!!

Trust your vendors!!! These are professionals who do this day after day after day. Have a little faith in them. You picked them for a reason. Now let them earn their money!
Smile all the time!! really always try to relax, have fun, and let things roll off your shoulders .. you'll feel better and those random pictures will come out better! I have a few where it looks like stream is going to come out of my ears any minute!

I took this quote from a website that was recently posted on here but it really is the truth so for anyone who did get to read it hopefully you will read it now:
My wedding day advice: After all my months and months of planning everything in meticulous detail, one morning I woke up and it was actually my wedding day. I had done everything I could to make sure it went off as seamlessly as possible. Now all I could do was actually enjoy the fruit of all my labor. The day was going to unfold as it unfolded and it was basically out of my hands at that point. The only thing I could control was making sure I got down the aisle, said the vows, and got the ring on my finger.
You’re in charge. Not the wedding industry. I’m so tired of brides asking “Can I do this?” or “Would it be ok if I did this?” When it comes to your wedding, YOU are the ultimate authority, not Martha Stewart, and not a chorus of anonymous women on the Internet. Of course there are protocols to help guide you, but that’s all they are: guidelines, not legal doctrines written in stone. Don’t be afraid to deviate from them and follow your gut. The only way to make your wedding truly memorable is to make it truly yours, not to make it a carbon copy of every other bride’s.

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