wedding traditions?
After traveling down to my friends wedding this weekend, I realized that I'm getting married soon! Well, not for another 7 months, but time seems to pass really quickly.
I've been hit once again with the planning bug and I've got a lot of great ideas. Other than marrying the most special person in the world, I am excited about the creative aspect of planning. I've been clipping and doodling ideas for months now, and I'm starting to creatively find the direction I want to go in.
I'm feeling rebellious against traditions that make little sense to me. Such as: why do we need to save the first tier to eat a year later? This seems really wasteful, but my mom is insisting I follow tradition. For one, it won't even be good a year later. I'd much rather eat a fresh dessert on our one year anniversary! And two, I don't know if two people can eat what could be about seven or more slices of cake. Okay, we probably could, but its probably not the best idea.
This tradition seems like it was started by cake bakers to get people to buy more layers. I keep hearing "you will remember your wedding night", I'd much rather look at a memory book.
Another thing I don't understand is all of the monogrammed, name and date party favors. There is something seemingly silly and wasteful in buying napkins that have our name on it. Usually these are kind of pricey, but price aside, its a napkin. Again, I've been told it is for "keeping memories", but that is what pictures are for.
Oh! Whats the deal with wedding programs?! Seriously, we've all been to weddings, why do we need a program to tell us what is going to happen in the 30 minutes we are there?
Okay, I'm starting to rant here, but I'm really going out of my way with the wedding planning to prove that you can have a really nice ceremony and reception without spending a ton of money on wasteful stuff. I really want a creative/handmade wedding and I believe I can achieve that with some thought and recycling.
Right now, I'm saving all of my glass jars from jelly and salsa to use for flowers and candles during the reception. I've been looking at a lot of crafty ideas on blogs and magazines for inspiration. Cork boards and chalk boards are really popular right now. Wouldn't it be really neat to have a giant piece of cork cut out in a fancy shape with pictures of us and quotes tacked to it at the reception?
Or what about the curb side painting I got off the street that has the fancy frame? I could paint it with chalk paint and let people sign it with their wishes to us. Then I could photograph it to remember the evening.
I have a ton of creative ideas running around in my head!
I've been hit once again with the planning bug and I've got a lot of great ideas. Other than marrying the most special person in the world, I am excited about the creative aspect of planning. I've been clipping and doodling ideas for months now, and I'm starting to creatively find the direction I want to go in.
I'm feeling rebellious against traditions that make little sense to me. Such as: why do we need to save the first tier to eat a year later? This seems really wasteful, but my mom is insisting I follow tradition. For one, it won't even be good a year later. I'd much rather eat a fresh dessert on our one year anniversary! And two, I don't know if two people can eat what could be about seven or more slices of cake. Okay, we probably could, but its probably not the best idea.
This tradition seems like it was started by cake bakers to get people to buy more layers. I keep hearing "you will remember your wedding night", I'd much rather look at a memory book.
Another thing I don't understand is all of the monogrammed, name and date party favors. There is something seemingly silly and wasteful in buying napkins that have our name on it. Usually these are kind of pricey, but price aside, its a napkin. Again, I've been told it is for "keeping memories", but that is what pictures are for.
Oh! Whats the deal with wedding programs?! Seriously, we've all been to weddings, why do we need a program to tell us what is going to happen in the 30 minutes we are there?
Okay, I'm starting to rant here, but I'm really going out of my way with the wedding planning to prove that you can have a really nice ceremony and reception without spending a ton of money on wasteful stuff. I really want a creative/handmade wedding and I believe I can achieve that with some thought and recycling.
Right now, I'm saving all of my glass jars from jelly and salsa to use for flowers and candles during the reception. I've been looking at a lot of crafty ideas on blogs and magazines for inspiration. Cork boards and chalk boards are really popular right now. Wouldn't it be really neat to have a giant piece of cork cut out in a fancy shape with pictures of us and quotes tacked to it at the reception?
Or what about the curb side painting I got off the street that has the fancy frame? I could paint it with chalk paint and let people sign it with their wishes to us. Then I could photograph it to remember the evening.
I have a ton of creative ideas running around in my head!
posted by Lorrie at 7:45 AM
2 Comments:
Aww, congratulations!
oh my gosh, i know what you mean! i kind of want to try the top layer of the cake thing, just for fun (i'm sure it will taste terrible!), but i hate wedding programs and would so much rather just skip them! i love all your ideas though!!
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