You Will Leave your Mother’s House Immediately and “Honor thy Bride”

Of course we’re talking about wedding vows.  Standing in front of the minister, your friends and your relatives is not the time to vent about what you’ve gone through as a couple to even get to the alter about those relatives who tried to hijack your wedding plans. Though vows can be just about anything you want them to be these days, there are some traditions couples are expected to follow. Keeping with a traditional ceremony in your wedding keeps your guests at ease and comfortable as well as seated.

You don’t want the ceremony to be too long as it will put your audience to sleep or make them grumpy, fidgety, and anxious to leave. Bear in mind, the older generation (mine), need to stand and/or use the facilities about once an hour. On the other hand, you don’t want it too short as stragglers continue to sneak in late for about the first five to ten minutes.

If you have a Catholic/Episcopal type of wedding, most young couples will go to "Corinthians" in their family bible for the vows requested of them from the priest/minister to insert into the ceremony. However, if you are having an event at a private home or chapel, you can grab tidbit lines from a favored soap opera wedding scene or from a favorite wedding movie or wedding vows a friend suggests. You can always make up your own if it’s not at a church.

It’s safer to go with the work of a professional who has compiled vow examples to springboard from to compose your own ceremony/wording utilizing their experienced suggestions as a strong base. Whatever you do, make it meaningful, as you only get one chance to do it right!

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Why this Wedding Blog? Do you cover Wedding Toasts, Vows & the Ceremony?

Absolutely, and a whole lot more.  This Wedding Blog is for you, your bridesmaids, the wedding planner relative you grabbed for advice, your wedding party, ushers and minister, your parents and those wanting to attend your wedding, and just about anyone who has anything to do with your wedding planning.   Hurry, send this link to them right now!

Why the blog?  After having been privy to a ridiculous number of weddings with two wedding chapels in the family (one of which was mine), it became apparent that most couples couldn’t afford to do the wedding they really wanted within their current budgets, but could have come close if they had the right information given to them.  Without good directions, many routine steps that should have been addressed before the wedding ceremony would fall out of place and sometimes get ugly with blame games between various wedding party elects throughout the course of the event.   Who wants to deal with this nonsense on their wedding day? 

However, with the right information, you can create incredible memories with very little money out of pocket.  Why not have the wedding of your dreams for less than you'd originally thought possible, planning of which runs smoothly and with total control.   Even the entertainment crew will be impressed by how much you know.  Knowledge is still power. 

Over the coming months, these posts will provide useful tips and direct connections to on-topic areas you need help with when organizing your perfect wedding in addition to noting various ways of preventing possible embarrassing "hiccups" before the parties, during the pre-wedding events, through the expected wedding rituals, and even up to moment the bride and groom drive away to their honeymoon.

All you need is a blog of directions (this one) filled with great advice and solid vendors with useful material.  Mark this page as a favorite, forward it today to your family, friends, wedding party and even co-workers who are planning to get married. 

Now, let’s get started!