The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

Monday, October 2, 2017

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

From the moment you announced your engagement until right up to your big day, does it seem as if everyone has the best words of advice, pearls of wisdom and suggestions for your wedding? This definitely rang true for S and I. And while most of the advice we received was only in good nature and only with the best of intentions, it was definitely a bit overwhelming at times.

However, some of the advice we received was actually really good and I'm so glad we listened! Today I'm sharing the 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding. Also these are the rest of our engagement photos I promised (wedding photos coming soon!).

Photography: Studio Underground

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

1. Do It Your Way

This really is your day and your chance to do it your way! You will receive a million pieces of advice from friends, family and even neighbors you have no intention of inviting. Even though it is an extremely personal day, absolutely everyone will seem to have an opinion. From why a plated dinner is better than family style to why that shade of white is better suited to your skin tone.

Take the advice with a grain of salt, consider it and than do it your way! Love Tacos as a couple? Have a Taco Bar! Only listen to country music with your soon-to-be husband? Hire a country band! You both love magic and hate music? Hire a magician and forgo the dance party! Get creative and quirky. This is your day! Consider these 8 Creative Ideas For Your Rehearsal Dinner from Wedding Wire as a perfect start for making your Big Day your own!

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

2. Enjoy Time with Each Other Away From Wedding Planning

Leading up to the Big Day it can sometimes feel like you are spending all your time with your fiancé wedding planning. Someone suggested that S and I take time together to do something each week that was completely unrelated to our upcoming wedding.

While some weeks this was easier than others, especially as we got closer and closer to tying the knot, we did our best to either schedule or be spontaneous with un-wedding related activities at least once a week. This included visits to the Seattle Art Museum, dinners out at our favorite restaurants, evenings of Netflix and chill and a bit of exercise for self care, like going to the Wedding Wire x SoulCycle Bride Ride together.

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

3. On Your Wedding Day: Take Time, Step Back and Soak It All In

I heard this piece of advice from numerous people and I'm so glad I followed this piece of advice. At numerous time over our wedding weekend, during our rehearsal dinner and at our wedding, I took time to step back and look around and see our community of family and friends gathered, the love and laughter all around and to sneak peaks at my soon-to-be/new husband.

These snapshots stand out to me now as some of my most precious from our wedding day and weekend; I'm so glad I took time to take a step back and soak in all that was happening all around on our wedding day to remember always.

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

4. You Probably Won't Get Everything Done, But Only You Will Notice!

We definitely didn't get to a few things on our to-do list and we are super thankful either loved ones or vendors stepped in, or they just weren't that important in the long run. We totally spaced on a tablecloth for our bar table at our rehearsal dinner and our venue was kind enough to step in with an alternative.

And those cute signs we planned for around the venue, yup those just didn't quite happen, but no one knew that signs were supposed to be there except S and I. We only heard from our guests what a beautiful day it was.

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

5. Hold Hands With Your New Spouse For the Entire Reception and Experience Your Wedding Day Together

This piece of advice came courtesy of our friend Elizabeth and what wise words they were. During our rehearsal dinner and welcome events, S and I had spent most of the time apart with our own family/friends that had traveled near and far to see us. We were finding that we were having very different experiences and not getting to see each other at our own wedding weekend.

As soon as Elizabeth told us that she and her husband held hands their entire wedding and suggested this, S and I both knew we wanted to do the same and we are so glad we did. Our Wedding Day was a shared experience, as we held hands throughout our ceremony and into our reception with memories we now cherish together. Highly recommend this! Thanks for such great advice Elizabeth!

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

6. Know That Your Wedding Will Be Perfect, Even If It's Not the Exact Perfect You Imagined

Expect that there will be hiccups along the way leading up to your wedding and also on your Big Day (our DJ was really, really, really late . . .), but your wedding can and still will be absolutely perfect! And it is more than likely that only you (and maybe your fiancé and parents) will notice the hiccups.

Our Wedding Day was absolutely the best day of my life and absolutely perfect, but honestly in almost every way I didn't imagine (other than marrying the love of my life, of course!). Everything I thought could go wrong didn't, and many hiccups that happened were completely unexpected. But it was still absolutely the best fairy tale of a day as S and I married surrounded by our friends and family, because really, all you need is love!

The 6 Best Pieces of Advice We Received Before Our Wedding

What advice do you have for Brides (and Grooms!) To Be? Please feel free to leave tips in the comments! And stay tuned for our wedding photos, coming soon!

xoxo

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3 comments :

  1. Great suggestions! It is the love in the end that matters, for life and for a wedding. That's what people actually remember though your wedding was so very beautiful in so many ways. Your thoughtful planning created such a magical time for all of us. And what we all say is: wow, what a love fest! Hearts open and celebrating...and so blessed by your radiant love for each other.

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  2. It was all so very beautiful...what I remember most is the music you selected...it was the perfect background to a day full of love

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  3. I loved hearing how you two planned the wedding together. What a beautiful event and lovely, memorable experience! Also a lot of fun!

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