“After Thoughts” from some of our Brides…
Experience is a great teacher…but you only get to do this once…
We thought it might be helpful to share a few tips and afterthoughts from Brides who have been there…
“I totally regret not appointing a couple of “point people” for the “day-of”…I really needed someone to field all the questions & look after all the details so that I could enjoy the day…”
“A lot of problems could have been avoided if I had given a hard-copy timeline to everyone in our families and our wedding party. As it was – I was the only person who really knew what was supposed to happen…”
“The day went by so quickly… we always seemed to be rushing through things. I wish I had chosen a reception venue closer to the church to reduce travel time, and I would also have cut out the trip to the local public gardens for photos. We could have had at least two more hours to enjoy our guests...”
“I should have kept a better eye on the clock and taken time to dance with my husband more than just for our first dance…”
“If we were to do it again, we would spend the money to have the photographer there throughout. We cut corners on one of the few things that will last long after our wedding day…”
“We bought wine and beer ourselves. It’s a great way to save money, but we didn’t do a wine tasting. One of the reds was fine, the other was awful…”
“I should have gotten a decent night’s sleep the night before — nerves and lack of sleep made me quite sick the morning of the wedding…”
“I would have invited my mother-in-law to go dress shopping with my mom & me...and to join us for the photos before the ceremony…”
“I should have gotten another hair and make-up trial. My hair and make-up was ok at the trial - I didn’t love it. But I just figured that it would be ok on my wedding day. Boy was I wrong…”
“We should have scheduled the hair appointments earlier & insisted on more stylists. They ran late and I had no time to enjoy the “getting ready” time with my mom and my “girls”…”
“I should have given someone a check list to make sure everyone who really mattered was there before I walked down the aisle… and we should have planned to start the ceremony at least 10 minutes “late”. I was so concerned with our schedule that some of the family missed most of the ceremony…”
“I should have pointed out family members to the photographer so he could get some shots of them. I forgot all about it…”
“We ended up throwing an impromptu after party in the honeymoon suite at the hotel and I wish I had actually planned this. We should have brought wine and beer and had our caterer pack up some treats…”
“We left for our Honeymoon the next morning. I wish that we had waited a day so we could have had brunch with our family and an after party with friends before we left. Some people came a long way and we barely had a chance to speak to them…”
“Somewhere along the way I just wanted to make everyone else happy… and I forgot about myself…”
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