Wedding Wednesday: Wedding Traditions
One of my favorite bloggers is also getting married around the same time as me! It’s been so fun to follow her Wedding Wednesday posts and she totally inspired me to share the traditions we will be doing and not be doing on our special day.
I am a very nostalgic person and I love traditions. I couldn’t believe there were a few wedding traditions I had never even heard of! Also I don’t judge anyone who chooses to do or not do any of things. It’s just my personal taste and what my fiancé and I want out of our wedding day.
Traditions We Will Be Doing:
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: Though I’ll have a tough time trying to decide what I want for each!
Cutting the cake: I know a lot of people are turning away from cakes these days, but as a traditionalist and cake lover, we will having one! Our venue is so wonderful as well, we can do passed desserts as a late night snack as well!
Veil with Blusher: If Princess Kate did it, I want it. I just thing it’s such a romantic and traditional look!
Not seeing each other before I walk down the aisle: This one was really important for us. And since we’re getting married in a church, our ceremony is at 2:30 in the afternoon, so we’ll have plenty of time for pictures!
Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties—We are going to have the traditionally separate parties. I’m so excited for mine! Every time I’ve been to a bachelorette it’s a lot of fun to get to know each other and learn why you’re all friends with the bride. I decided to relinquish control to my fabulous Maid of Honor (hi Stevie) and bridesmaids because I couldn’t make a choice on where I wanted to go. All that matters to me is being with my friends!
Father walking me down the aisle—I’m such a daddy’s girl and I've always looked forward to this moment with my dad!
Flower Girl/ring Bearer—I have a post on how we asked them coming!
Dances—Father/Daughter, Mother/Son, First Dance—I love these moments so much at weddings!
Honeymoon—We will be going on a Honeymoon after we get married and I can’t wait to share where!
Bridal Party—We have a traditional bridal party: 5 bridesmaids and a maid of honor, 5 groomsmen and a best man! They are the best people and many have asked for a Wedding Wednesday introduction post (Rebecca, Mark).
Bridal shower—I’ll be having a traditional bridal shower.
Bridal Luncheon—The day before our wedding the boys are going to go golfing while a family friend hosts myself and the girls for a gorgeous lunch!
Unsure:
Bouquet toss—I’m not sure if I want to do this or not. Like the garter toss, I'm just not into it, but i know a lot of guests love and expect it.
Grooms cake—I haven’t asked Nick if he wants a groom’s cake yet. Maybe he’ll leave a comment with his answer lol.
Traditions we will not be doing:
Garter toss—It’s not my style.
Burying the Bourbon—I had never heard of this tradition! It’s a super southern tradition apparently. But there’s also no way we could bury bourbon outside our church.
Saving our monogram for after the wedding—We’re moving in together before our wedding so I have no issue using our monogram early. In fact, we had a gorgeous custom painting commissioned! So I can’t wait to hang it on our new home and eventually share it with all of you! It’s going to be used in some really special ways throughout the wedding weekend.
Writing our own vows—We’re getting married in the Catholic Church so we won’t be writing our own vows. Plus I’m an Irish Catholic, we don’t talk about our feelings (lol). I think I’d be too embarrassed to say what I want to say about Nick in front of people! I love him a lot. But we will be writing letters to each other, to read before the ceremony :)
Cake pulls—This is another wedding tradition I had never heard of. I really like the idea of doing it at the bridal luncheon instead!
Did I miss any? What’s your favorite tradition?