I would have posted this sooner, but I've been so sick... blah.
My MOH's wedding was this past Saturday and I wanted to give a review of what I liked and didn't like in the hopes it may help someone out... it certainly gave me a lot to consider with my own wedding. I apologize in advance for the length!
Perfect weather, all of the vendors were on time, everyone showed up on time, everything was perfect.
What I really liked:-Detailed timeline. The bride gave a detailed timeline of when the vendors were expected and when we had to be ready by, when everything started, etc.
-Put someone in charge - I was pretty much in charge of running the show and making sure everyone was where they were supposed to be. It was super easy and let the bride relax on her big day.
-The ceremony was a traditional Catholic mass but she was able to choose the readings she wanted and made it very special. It was beautiful.
-PARTY BUS. The entire WP took this from the church to the reception. Even though our bus was full, there was still
plenty of room. And the stripper pole was a huge bonus. I just wish we got to hang out in it longer!
-Photo list/Photographer. Her photographer was fantastic. He really helped keep things organized and moving along and even helped me with her corset and veil (no one else knew what they were doing so I pretty much helped her get dressed). The bride and groom gave him a detailed list of who they wanted pictures with and they were able to get them all done after the ceremony, so we were able to join the cocktail hour!
Things I would do different:-The bride didn't add any wiggle room to the timeline - We ran late getting ready because some of the girls changed their minds and wanted their makeup done by the pros... so we ran out of time to take getting ready pictures. Had anything else gone wrong, there would have been a lot of things that would have ran late.
-The limo from the bride's house to the church was not big enough - the bride's father had to drive to the ceremony with the photographer. For whatever reason, the bride gave the party bus to the boys for prior to the ceremony and we got a tiny limo.
-The bride made it her responsbility to make sure the WP's guests got to and from the ceremony, reception, etc. It gave her so much more stress prior to the wedding, whereas it should not have been her problem.
-The bride put every individual name on an escort card when she didn't have to. She could have easily grouped couples onto 1 card. It was really hard to search through ALL of those cards.
-During a Catholic mass, there is a part where the priest/reader reads a list of things to pray over. At this part in the mass, the bride listed a number of people that had passed on. There was at least 25 peoples' names read aloud and it was incredbily sad and pretty much everyone was sobbing by the end. It was just too much IMO. (This helped to decide that I'm not going to do anything like this, or put out pictures at the reception, because it really takes away from the joy of the wedding)
-The reception had too many breaks. There was a break for the first dance, the cake, speeches, more special dances, etc. By the time everything was done, there was less than an hour left of the night and people were having so much fun.
Overall, I'm sure no one noticed half of the stuff I did, but since I'm also planning a wedding I looked at things different. It's very overwhelming!! I plan on rubberband-ing tissues/a handkerchief to my bouquet because I can't NOT cry at weddings. Also, it most definitely goes by SOOOOO fast!!
I was so busy during the wedding, I didn't have the chance to take many pictures. Here's a few I stole from my friends on Facebook:
Getting her into the dress (her mother, me, and her cousin).. corsets are beautiful but they're a PITA.
After the ceremony:
Father Daughter dance:
Me and my FI.... feelin good hahaha:
I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO BE OUR TURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!