There’s a lot of parts that make up a wedding: you’ve got the guest list to curate, the gift bags to fill with appropriate trinkets and pieces, the seating arrangement to perfect, dinner and catering that accommodates any and all dietary requirements (and your taste buds!), the right DJ and sound system for the after party, and then the right transport and send off for when you and your partner are off on your honeymoon. It’s a delightful day that’s going to make you one of the happiest people alive, as long as all the pieces are in the right place, and you’ve got some great ways to commemorate it.
There are all sorts of photos you can take and memorabilia you can keep when you’ve got a wedding day album to fill or a DVD shelf that’s got the perfect box sized gap for a wedding film to fit on, but these methods aren’t the extent of what’s available to you. You want to do something that has a little bit of flounce and flair, and you want something that’s going to make sure you’ve got a living and breathing reminder of one of the best days of you and your partner’s lives… But how can you do that? Hopefully, with one of the ideas below, and any like it you come up with all on your own!
Keep a Journal of the Day
Your wedding day is only one day in your life, and even if you get married again someday, it won’t be the same as the experience you’re living right now. And that means you deserve to document the experience as it happens, in your own hand, with your own thoughts and opinions. What better way to do that than to start your own wedding journal?
Of course, you might be a little too busy to try and journal the entire wedding preparation process, but a day or two before, or even just for the day itself, you can take your time and open up a notebook. Get yourself a fancy fountain pen, or even just a sparkly gel pen, and start by writing down the date and time and how you’re feeling right in that moment. And then pen out what you’ve done so far, what you need to do, how your partner is coping and reacting, what your parents think, how much you like your dress etc.
You always have time for a bit of introspection on such big days as your wedding, so why not put those thoughts to good use and make yourself some memorabilia of the day?
Get a Proper Video Made
Everyone takes photos and videos of their wedding, with their best friend armed with a camera, or their younger brother doing his best to capture all the best angles. But that’s not what you want here – you don’t want just any video, you want one that captures the life and soul of the wedding celebration, and makes you feel like you’re right back there whenever you pop it on to watch.
You want a video that has all the right effects and angles that a film of Netflix would boast, and that means you need to look into something like
Documentary-style Wedding Photography. Would could be better than having a whole thought piece around your big day? You could have a long introduction, with plenty of shots of the hours before saying your vows, with you getting into your wedding dress, having your hair clipped up all pretty, your groom and his men straightening their suits and having a lesson in decorum… Maybe you could even include talking head interviews from your closest friends and family? Get to know their real thoughts on the matter!
Keep the Wrappers of All the Snacks You Chowed Down on (and frame them!)
Are you someone who tends to
turn to comfort eating when you’re stressed? Maybe you’ve tried to cut down on all the calories you usually consume, to make sure you look trim for the big day? And maybe, because of both these factors, when your wedding day actually arrives, you’ve got a real hankering for chocolate bars and bags of chips, and you want to eat them in their thousands!
Don’t feel bad for chowing down on a bunch of snacks like this – you’re probably going to need the sugar rush anyway! But make sure you keep all the wrappers and shove them away in a drawer for now. Once the big day is over, and you’ve got a little more time on your hands, you can stick them down on a bit of paper or canvas, and frame the piece to stick up on the wall. It’ll be a great reminder of your special day, and it can be a great way for you and your partner to look back and laugh!
You could even create a snacks timeline, to see how you progressed from small nibbles to huge packets as the day went on.
Spend Some Time Alone with Your Partner
Right after you’ve said your vows and exchanged your rings, and before you all head off to the reception and the after party, be sure to ask for some time alone with your partner. Even just ten or fifteen minutes will do here – it’ll make sure you’re both in the same headspace of happiness and contentment for the rest of the day, and give you both a chance to take a deep breath together and enjoy it!
And not only that, but you can use this time to stop and think about everything you want to remember about this day, and help yourself create an active memory to look back on when everything else so far has seemed a blur. When you come back, smiles on your faces and more of a relaxed spring in your step, you’re going to feel far more energetic for the rest of the day. Hey, all the winks and nudges you get from your bridesmaids when you both come back are sure to give you a real laugh as well!
Take Some Fun and Flirty Photos
Not all the photos you take on your wedding day have to be professional and refined. No, instead, you can spend some time taking pictures on your phone, to get all the silly drunk selfies and the fun and flirty photos with your partner that you want. You want to remember the day with each other in a way you both enjoy, and sometimes that takes being a little more personal and private with the faces you show to the world.
Not to mention, you can craft a
whole scrapbook of photos where you’ve both got lovely smiles on, and ones where you’re giving your younger sister a kiss in the cheek as she looks pretty in her pink page girl dress, and then save a page at the back of the book for the worst photos you took that day. Ones with rolled eyes and funky smiles, or ones in which you’re stuffing your face and having a lot of fun whilst you’re at it!
How would you commemorate your wedding day? No matter what you do, it’s always nice to keep your big day as more of a human celebration than an unattainable standard of perfection, and these methods can do a lot of work for conveying that!
Contributed courtesy of Sam
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