We just got married a week ago and thought I would share some tips that I learned along the way with the help of others.
1. For the kids in your ceremony: Buy disposable cameras for them and let them take pictures while standing up with you. They feel really special when you tell them that they are for them and they can take any pictures that they want as long as they don't run around and move too much. I am really curious to find out if any of the pictures will be usable.
2. For the kids at your wedding: You can go online and make your own coloring books for all the kids there and attach the book with a ribbon of one of your colors. I didn't do make the coloring book since I ran out of time but I saw them made for a wedding sometime ago.
3. Think about saving your bouquet before the big day. There are ways to do it and spend a few hundred or you can take them apart and dry them and then put them back together. I gave this task to my Mom and if it works, I plan on buying a display case and having a nice decoration and preserving my beautiful bouquet. I honestly didn't think I would like it as much as I did but I just didn't want to let it go.
4. Take time to look out and see all the friends and family as you stand at the altar. It is great to see your close friends and family smiling at you and it is one of the things I will remember.
5. Do what you can before the wedding but don't worry about what you couldn't get around to. I had bought chocolate to put into heart shaped molds but spent too much time looking for borrowed pictures that I was frantic to find (and still have yet to find them)
6. If you are going to thank people for coming while using a microphone, jot out what you want to say. I had words thought up in my head but forgot to thank those who traveled from other states and forgot to thank the bridal party and a few other things I wanted to share.
Most of all, enjoy the day.