Keepsake wedding
Whether you've been dreaming about your wedding for as long as you can remember, or its advent has taken you completely by surprise, it is an extraordinary day that you will remember for a lifetime! Celebrate your special union with memories of your past, promises of the present and dreams of your future together.
Share Your Blissful Memories
Showcase your love for each other by decorating a table
with photos, albums and memorabilia from the various
unforgettable times you have spent together. Vacations
you have taken, special events and outings you have
attended, and basically any fun times and activities you
have shared could be displayed in the form of sporting
or musical event tickets, a stuffed animal, or countless
other small tokens of your lives together. (Reception
halls will be very happy to help you set up such a
display table.)
Capture the Memories of the Moment
On the individual tables where your guests will be
seated, put disposable cameras so you will receive
plenty of photographs of your guests and their dates.
You can also be a little more original and distribute a
special decorative notebook for your guests to sign, to
leave personal messages, inside jokes, old memories and
best wishes. Better yet, get a his and a hers notebook,
and one for the both of you together. Going through the
pages and reading each message will be something for you
and your other half to do together one relaxing day
after your honeymoon, or whenever!
Take a Walk Down Memory Lane
For a more sentimental approach (or in addition to the
previous ideas), compose a slideshow containing pictures
of you and your sweetheart growing up until you get to
the present. (If you would rather be surprised with the
outcome, perhaps your mom or your bridesmaids would
compile it.)
Group pictures of you both growing up separately on the
same slidesfor example, try to put corresponding photos
together-your baby photos, first days of school, and so
forthwhatever you can get your hands on! The more
similarities, the better- but be careful as you grow
into your teenage years. This is your day as bride and
groom, so avoid including former flames if you include
prom photos and so forth.
As the slides progress through the baby photos, young
childhood, middle childhood, teenage years, and so
forth, coordinate appropriate music to fit with those
themed slides. You can easily do this through Microsoft
Powerpoints slideshow functions, or custom create a CD
with proper timing to your slides.
Finally, conclude with your grand finale of photos when
the two of you met, and progress through the present.
This sentimental display will serve as an adorable and
emotional keepsake for years to come. Doubtless you will
need a few boxes of tissues for your moms and very dear
friends.