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Newlyweds and other wedding veterans share advice about how they'd plan their weddings if they knew then what they know now. Is there something you'd do/redo? Submit your own advice.

 

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I'd Do
Dessert and Dancing reception - this was great Family brunch before the wedding - this was great and relaxing Dont spend lots decorating (time or money) invitation and thank you notes (homemade) out thank you was a picture that we printed up on stock paper and got tons of compliments

I'd Redo
I'd spend money on a dress i'd loved Dont do cupcakes and frost at home - a couple sheetcakes are a lot easier and taste the same Wait a year of dating before getting engaged and just a 3-6 months of engagement
Posted By: thoughtful, married undefined NaN, NaN
2008-07-26 8:14 AM

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I'd Do
I'd marry my husband again and again and again - no problem there. The food we had at our reception was fabulous too. My flowers were great and my colour scheme worked really well.

I'd Redo
I'd redo the following: read carefully ladies: 1) DO NOT have a big wedding. I should have put my foot down big style with my husband – in fact I should have worn concrete filled boots and put my foot down on him. I wanted a small beach wedding somewhere far away with just a handful of people. I get stressed easily and just didn't want that kind of pressure on me on a day like that. Husband wanted big traditional wedding with lots of family. My family drive me absolutely nuts and I didn't want to have to invite them all (family politics!! you invite one, then you HAVE to invite the other.)There were too many people there I felt and it cost a fortune to feed everyone. At some points in the day I felt like I was being mauled by lions – people grabbing me here there and everywhere and if I could have run away for 30 mins or so I would have. I’m thinking of doing a vow renewal ceremony in 10 years or so on a beach now – I do ‘take two’ so to speak. 2) It rained on my day – heavy torrential cold rain. I could have screamed. See note 1 above on why I should have insisted on a beach wedding. I could have kicked myself on the day. That day - I vowed to myself be much more assertive in married life and not take any cr@p from anyone – not my husband nor my family included. So far, so good. I’ve annoyed some people in the process but being a complete b***h from hell feels good. No-one messes with the Mrs. The beach ceremony vow renewal will be mine to organise how I want. 3) HIRE AN MC OR SOMEONE WITH A LOUDSPEAKER TO GIVE THE GUESTS INSTRUCTIONS – here’s why…. The guests were too busy taking pictures of themselves to get into the official photo's so because of that I’m really disappointed about the photo's. The photo’s don’t look the way I wanted them to look. Also, people didn’t bring confetti – I don’t know why – they were just dumb. Luckily I (the bride) brought 7 packets with me but we had to halt the photo shoot and send the best man off to go find where the usher had put them. MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE YOUR OWN CONFETTI – IT’S THE ONLY WAY ROUND THIS PROBLEM. 4) PICK YOUR ATTENDANTS WISELY - The usher got really drunk, fell asleep somewhere and didn’t really do his job properly – that was really annoying. My bridesmaids were too busy looking pretty and posing for photo’s to help me lift my dress train when I was walking around – luckily husband helped me with this but I ended up having to get 2 friends to help me in the toilets whereas the bridesmaids should have helped me instead.
Posted By: Lola, married April 5, 2008
2008-07-22 9:07 AM

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I'd Redo
my husband and i were on a very tight budget so i had to settle for a small quiet wedding but being latina; inside i wanted the whole cake. the advice i would give to any soon to be bride is take your time to set a date and plan your wedding. i would except my husband's proposal again but i would take my time and plan the wedding of my dreams. that is the only regret that i have. i have the man of dreams but i didn't have the wedding the of my dreams. good luck girls !
Posted By: carol maciel-hardy, married April NaN, NaN
2008-06-30 10:17 AM

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I'd Redo
everything in regard to my wedding. It was a 10 minute gig in a judges office, because my ex was terrified of large crowds. We were only engaged 2 weeks. My advice, have the wedding you want...the wedding of your dreams.
Posted By: Nicole, married July 6, 2006
2008-05-27 7:21 PM

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I'd Redo
Don't fall for getting the dress that is on sale. I really wanted to keep the cost down for my wedding so I got a dress off the sale rack. It was big but the people at the store said that it would be no problem to alter though they didn't alter anything at the store. Now I have to pay another $300 for alterations that are actually hard to do and might not end up looking very good. I wish I had bought a new $400 dollar dress that just fit me in the first place!
Posted By: Fay Hughes, married undefined NaN, NaN
2008-03-21 4:36 PM

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I'd Redo
I have thought of several things after our wedding day and the biggest issue was me listening to other people's opinions. We got married less than 4 months after getting engaged and I felt very rushed. I did not LOVE my dress. It was a pretty dress but a couple people, including my maid of honor told me not to wear big and pouffy and I really did want the princess fairytale gown that would have gone with our wonderful venue. As well, I really wish I had spent the money to have the dream pale pink peony bouquet I dreamed of, instead I did typical roses and it was average. Most of all, I wanted a beach wedding and got a lot of feedback that many of my family members could not fly out. I had to make a judgement call on whether to have all of my family or have the wedding I really wanted. I love my husband however seeing all the wedding shows, magazines and going to other weddings is just a reminder that my wedding was not eally what I wanted.
Posted By: Karla , married September 3, 2006
2008-02-15 7:26 PM

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I'd Do
Do get a wedding website. We had a destination wedding and a website announcing our details, accomodations and such really helped out our guests. There are lots of sites offering these sites for free: theknot.com and weddingchannel.com. Your guests just need to search for your names on the main page or you could send the links yourself to them via email. Neat!
Posted By: Caroline K, married December 30, 2005
2007-12-31 11:46 AM

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I'd Do
I'd do your honeymoon a month or so after the wedding day. My husband and I are both from New York but we had a holiday (December) wedding in Asia. We only had a few days for the wedding and family parties. So, instead of hopping on a plane at once for our honeymoon, we spent a few more days with family and friends then went back to New York. We planned our honeymoon to Europe for Valentine's week. It was great because it gave us something to look forward to.

I'd Redo
For the wedding ceremony, I wore a pair of ivory silk Vera Wang shoes to match my gown. The shoes were very comfortable and looked great in the pre-wedding photos. But with my floor-length gown, I could have worn flip-flops and no one would have noticed! If you want to splurge on wedding shoes, make sure you'd wear them more than once. Also, assign somebody to look after your bouquet. I was so tired right after the party that I completely forgot where I parked my white Holland tulips.
Posted By: Marilen C., married December 27, 2005
2007-12-21 12:26 PM

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I'd Do
My fiance and I just recently got engaged, and we decided to mail out engagement announcements to all of our friends and family instead of trying to call them. By doing this your friends and family call you so you don't have to feel like you are rubbing anything in anyone's face. Also, we saved a lot of money on the announcement card by just going to a bookstore and buying some nice stationary sets and doing them on the computer. Printing out all of the stuff on the computer saved us a lot of money because we didn't have to hire a caligrapher and it was also a lot of fun putting things togeather. We are going to do our envelopes for our wedding invatations on the computer. A couple hundred dollars saved here and there on caligraphy you can use for other things.
Posted By: Jennifer, married December 17, 2005
2007-12-20 7:51 AM

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I'd Do
My husband and I had a very small private civil ceremony where only my parents, my sister, my best friend and a few of his close friends attended. I had no time to be nervous, and once the ceremony was over all I felt was overjoyed. It was actually really nice to be with only those closest to me, I didn't have to worry about a thousand details, get stressed out, or yell at my FH. So now we are doing a big ceremony for everyone later this year, and since the serious part is done we are having fun with it so far. We're writing our own humorous vows, I'm wearing white platform skechers,our 'kids' the dogs are included in the ceremony.
Posted By: Emily, married November 4, 2005
2007-12-18 8:35 AM

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