- Write a special note to your fiance/fiancee to let him/her know just how special he/she is to you. Consider including a poem or words to a special song. Mist with your favorite perfume/cologne.
- Wear your mother's or grandmother's dress. If age has discolored it, take it to a bridal gown restorer to have it cleaned and restored. Another special touch would be to carry a replica of your mother's or grandmother's bridal bouquet.
- Hang old wedding photos of guests at the end of each pew. Hang with a ribbon that matches your color scheme. Guests can guess who is who!
- As each guest arrives to the ceremony, have a groomsmen hand a piece of fabric. Each guest then signs their name and writes a message to the bride and groom. After the wedding, sew the squares together to make a quilt.
- As each guest arrives to the ceremony, have a groomsmen hand a piece of fabric. Each guest then signs their name and writes a message to the bride and groom. After the wedding, sew the squares together to make a quilt.
- Right after the ceremony, gather all your guests on the steps of the church and have your photographer or a friend take a group shot. Then get the negative and make copies and send them to your guests along with your thank you notes.
- After the ceremony, if possible, chime the bells of the church while all your family and friends are gathered together giving you best wishes.
- If you have children from a previous marriage, allow each to write their own wedding vows or include them in the unity candle ceremony. Consider giving the children Family Medallions along with the ceremony.
- After you exchange your vows, have your parents come up to the altar with you and tell them how special they are to you.
- At the end of the ceremony, hand each mother a rose.
- Have all your guests sign a magnum of champagne and celebrate your first anniversary with it.
- Take the handkerchief that your mother or grandmother carried on their wedding day and tuck it into your bouquet or sew into your hem.
