The wedding tips you never thought of

Every wedding I work, I learn something new. I’ve picked up a lot of tips along the way that I personally never thought of as a bride but wish I would have. I decided to make a list of some of my favorites.

When at the altar, HOLD HANDS.

So, when you’re standing at the altar, you really need to hold each other’’s hands the entire time. It may feel weird, your hands will definitely sweat BUT it will look so much better from a guests perspective and in photos. If you don’t hold hands, it tends to look super awkward and can even make it appear that you don’t really like each other.

Stick together during the reception.

This one may seem obvious but more often than not, couples forget about it. Typically couples end up separating during the reception and hanging out with their respective “sides.” She goes to her sorority sisters and he goes to his old college roommates then at the end of the night you realize you really never saw each other after your first dance. DO NOT DO THAT! You’ll regret not spending every minute possible together at your wedding. If you stick together, it also makes those adorable candid photos more attainable!

Have gifts and cards locked up

This is disheartening but gifts and cards being stolen from weddings is pretty common. Cards tend to have money in them making them a target to be snatched. You may be thinking- “my guests would never steal!” well it’s not usually guests. There’s often a lot of staff that you don’t know personally at weddings and depending where you wedding is, it may be easy for someone to just walk up and take stuff. Don’t risk it. Have your coordinator or someone you trust lock up those gifts and cards at the beginning of the reception.

Have Lipstick

Lots of kissing and lots of photos on wedding day. Either choose your lipstick yourself and give it to your makeup artist to use so you can do touch ups or ask them what they’re using so you can buy it.

Have a sweetheart table not a head table

This is more of a personal preference and what your wedding party is like. Unless your entire wedding party is single or dating each other, forego a head table and do a sweetheart table and let your party sit with their dates. The other option is have the dates with with you at the head table but that can make for a very big head table.

Holding the bouquet

My favorite saying to tell brides is “bush to bush.” A little inappropriate humor never hurt anyone! But seriously, hold your bouquet around your belly button/hips area. When we get nervous there’s almost an instinct to hold the bouquet high. It looks awkward when it’s too high plus it will take away from showing all the detail of your dress.

At the altar…

Think about how whoever is walking the bride down and how they will give her away at the altar. It can be really awkward if there is no exchange between the groom and the father/brother/uncle/mother who walked the bride down. Will they hug? Shake hands? Talk to your fiance about their vision of that moment so it flows smoothly during your ceremony.

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