5 Ways to Make Your Wedding Meaningful
Photography by Missy Loves Jerry
As a newly engaged bride, you may feel overwhelmed with the thousands of options you have to choose from. Everything from invitations to dinner napkins, a global pandemic and more, you’re wondering how you’ll ever create a wedding that is both meaningful and unique. We are here to tell you it’s possible. Below, we’re sharing five of our best tips for making your wedding meaningful.
Personalize your ceremony
The beautiful thing about modern weddings is the ability to honor tradition while also making the experience your own. Your ceremony is the perfect time to reflect this to your family and friends. Write your own vows to each other, choose readings that reflect your relationship and personality, or select an officiant who can tailor your ceremony unique to you. Ask a close friend to officiate their weddings (did you know you can become a legal temporary officiant online?), plant trees together, wash each other’s feet, or read stanzas of a meaningful poem to your guests.
Incorporate an heirloom
It could be a grandparent’s handkerchief that you wrap around your bouquet, a piece of your mother’s wedding dress sewed into your own or a family member’s silver platter that you use at the dessert table. Heirlooms are an incredible way to incorporate heartfelt touches into your wedding day. Most family members are thrilled that you want to include their special item in your day, and because they already own them, it’s one less thing you have to purchase or budget for! Let your wedding give back. More and more wedding registry options are popping up that allow you to give back to a charitable organization of your choice. Whether you choose this as your entire wedding registry or just donate a percentage of your honeymoon fund, this option adds just one more layer of heart to your beautiful day.
Lean into your history and heritage
Looking into your geological roots is an amazing source of inspiration. Whether it’s the hometown you grew up in or the country of your ancestors, a little bit of research can yield so much inspiration to be found in history. This could be a Second Line if you grew up in New Orleans, a bagpipe processional if he has Scottish roots or a signature cocktail that matches the national drink of your heritage country.
Start with your story
Whether you met on the top of the empire state building, online, or just in a local bar, your story is beautiful and can provide endless inspiration for your wedding day. Start with the basics. Where did you meet? What time of year? Where was your first date? What did you eat or do? What are your favorite activities together? The answers to these basic questions can help guide you in making personal, meaningful choices for your wedding day. Still not sure how to take these answers and make them wedding reality? With a little bit of work, and mostly heart, creating a meaningful wedding day is unquestionably within your reach!
Cheers to your beautiful and heartfelt wedding day, sweet bride!