In almost all cultures, it is traditional to give a bride and groom a gift on their wedding day. This is to help get them started in life, up until recent times a married couple would not have lived with each other before their wedding so it was customary to offer a gift of money or something for their new house.
The perfect wedding anniversary gift is based on the length of time a couple has been married for. You may well have heard of the more popular and celebrated anniversaries, such as the golden anniversary celebrating fifty years of marriage. What is less known is that each year of marriage has a traditional gift associated with it. To help you make the perfect wedding anniversary gift choice, we have provided you with the breakdown.
Have you ever been at a wedding where the officiant invited all the married people to reaffirm their love during the couple's ceremony? It's a well-intentioned concept, but it can make many of the guests feel uncomfortable and left out -- gay, single, children, widowed, grandma... Affirming love is not the exclusive domain of married people.
A more inclusive variation on the theme would be to invite everyone to "close your eyes and take a moment in silence to consider a way in which you can commit, or re-commit, to expressing love in your life."
Be sure to face your guests when the officiant asks them to do this; you'll want to see them beam! And the subject makes a great ice breaker at party time.
Preserve your bouquet in a beautiful shadow box and include a copy of your wedding vows too! It's nice to save the flowers, but it's the vows that are going to get you through the marriage. This is a great way to keep them on display and a part of your everyday life. Here's a company that can do it beautifully for you: click here
Valentine's Day is a great excuse to do some wedding ceremony preparation. Make a list of the "Top Ten Things I Love About My Partner." Write it down. Wrap it up. Deliver it with a kiss. And then give it to your wedding officiant to include in your ceremony!
Publish your wedding photos in a book and give one to your parents and each person in your wedding party as a "thank you" gift. (Make sure you include at least one good photo of them your selections.) For an added touch, begin the book with a reprint of your vows and hand-write a personal thank you note at the bottom of that page.
"Lulu" is an on-line, self-publishing site you can use: click here
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