i am totally on board with the different style but same color and material for the bridesmaids dresses. we did that for our wedding and each girl looked their absolute best! I also opted to have my maid of honor in a different color so that everyone knew who she was, and it worked out perfectly!!! also, another great style tip is to wear a funky colored pair of shoes, my girls had fuchsia shoes (and so did the bride!!) paired with light green dresses (MOH in a light blue dress). They were all the talk of the wedding, right up there with the bride!!! I wouldn't have had it any other way : )

Wow! What a great idea!

I left this one behind! The idea of my new husband sticking hands up my skirt in front of all my nearest and dearest (and oldest relatives!) made me squirmy. It had to be a no-go.

My "something blue" was a monogram cross stitched by my grandmother. It had my maiden initials and the date of our wedding stitched in blue, and was sewn to one of the layers of lining inside my dress.

I've almost never enjoyed the bouquet toss / garter removal as a guest, so I have no intentions of doing it at my wedding. Also, I'm making my bouquet from gifted brooches, so I'm not giving it away! Instead, friends are building us a pinata shaped like a wedding cake. At a point during the reception, we'll break it open - and inside, along with candy, will be a cheap gartner & a fake flower bouquet! (We also went non-traditional with the girls outfits - same style dress, three different colours. Oh, and there are no flowers. Mini-candy bars are the centrepieces!)

We did a fake cake cutting before dinner and then just served it afterwards. We also skipped the whole coming out for the confetti stuff all together and just made a grand entrance at our reception!

I'm ditching almost all of these old traditions (and who said we have to have anything blue? I'm certainly not!) And I got my dress from The Brides' Project - HIGHLY recommend!!! :)

I know a twist on the garter belt removal - My sister changed into her 'going away' outfit at the wedding, removing the garter herself. She did a toss to a crowd of all the single men and the winner had the pleasure of trying to put in on the single lady who caught the bouquet. It was hilarious seeing how far she'd let him get up her thigh! A bit of match making perhaps? lol!

For ceremony, we're skipping the "anyone who knows why this couple should not marry.." and "who gives this woman" parts. Reception, no garter, no bouquet toss, love the piniata idea - thanks! Trying to get out of cake cutting. Father/daughter and Mother son dances will be @ same time - and absolutly NO confetti, bubbles, or any other sort of airborn projectiles! Skipping stag/doe (having wedding we can afford on our own), and I insisted on no bridal showers..:mmm any other traditions we can bust? *L*

What a lovely blog.
Thanks so much for including our zuzu girl handmade ribbon wands in this post!

Part of what is making my wedding so special is using a lot of the older traditions. My Mothers veil, my Great Grandmothers wedding gloves. I want so many of the older traditions that skipping one or two just doesn't seem right. I mean, I wanted my ring and I want to walk down the isle, so the garter and cake cutting just seem right.

Why bother getting married! If you are going to skip everything! You can have a birthday party every year but when you decide to get married what is really wrong with the traditions from the past that make it so special to remember!

You should only do it once! You should remember the "Day" and if you skip everything what is there to remember....