15 Ways to Personalize Your Wedding

15 Ways to Personalize Your Wedding

A wedding exemplifies a connection between two people that is unlike any other. Injecting your big day with a little creativity to personalize your wedding can be one of the most rewarding activities you undertake throughout the planning stages. Here are some creative, romantic, loving, and fun ways to make it all about the two of you.

1. Put table numbers in snow globes or different types of picture frames.

2. Decorate the couples' chairs with real flowers and vines embroidered with the couple's initials.

3. Play up a garden setting by interspersing urn planters and a fountain among chairs.

4. Instead of assigning seating, surround the dance floor with a lounge-like mix of banquettes and sofas to encourage lively conversation.

5. For a beach wedding, opt for centerpieces that incorporate driftwood and seashells and, at each place setting, a bottle containing a copy of a romantic poem.

6. Cocktail hour is a great time to serve food inspired by your heritage. Guests, especially those unfamiliar with your traditions, have the opportunity to sample cuisines they may never have tried before.

7. Have fun with your food. Consider serving fun finger foods.

8. Seek out meaningful favors, like small bags of your favorite house blend if you two met at a coffeehouse.

9. Instead of combining traditions, party twice with celebrations honoring both cultures.

10. If you or your groom already has children, honor your blended family by inviting the kids to join in lighting the unity candle.

11. Instead of having the wedding guests throw rice, there are many creative ways to send off the bride and groom such as: dove release, butterfly release, balloon release, or theme related items.

12. Traditionally a bride and groom will leave the wedding location in a limousine. There are many other options for you two to ride off into the sunset such as: horse drawn carriage, red convertible, motorcycle, or hot-air balloon.

13. Use a wish tree, rather than a guest book - bring in an actual small tree. Friends write loving wishes on cards and hang them on the tree. The bride and groom keep the wishes and plant the tree wherever they would like to always have a special reminder of the wedding day.

14. Use creative bridesmaids’ bouquets for your day. Each bridesmaid carries a bouquet made of only one type of flower. The bride’s bouquet is made of a combination of all the types of flowers. This symbolizes how the special people in the bride’s life have affected her and made her the person she is on her wedding day.

15. The toast need not be just for the best man and maid of honor. Allow everyone to participate. Open the mic up to the floor and allow any guests who want to speak the chance to make a special comment about the couple. The toasts are many people’s most memorable and favorite part of weddings, so don’t cut the fun short.