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1.My hair would have been much BIGGER!
2.I would have went to bed earlier the night before! (3AM the night before, oops!)
3.I would have scheduled the bus transportation for the guests differently.
4.I would have taken off my veil immediatley after the ceremony.
5.I would have done more push ups for my arms!;-)
What would you do different if you could do it all over again?
im going to second the push ups haha
i left my veil on for our introduction and first dance as well as cake cutting but took it off right after - i liked having it on - why would you change to take it off right after? just curious
@tdizzle: oh i just noticed we have the same wedding date! best day ever!
These are the only two that keep making me kick myself
1) I would have had the guys take pics with me and the girls with Hubby
2) I would have gotten good pics of our sweetheart table.
1) I would have marked the more important photos on my list of desired photos -- like me with the GM and my DH with the BMs. Oh, and a pro photo of the reception tables.
2) We skipped our sunset photo shoot to visit with our guests. I don't regret visiting, but I wish we had had more time so that we could have had some awesome sunset photos.
3) I would have prepared our speech before the cake-cutting a little more. =)
1) I would have made sure to have someone there to watch out for the one visitor we didn't want coming, who ended up coming, so she wouldn't have been let in!
2) I would have had my corset lace up better- BM tried, but it was too tight at the top and too loose at the bottom >.>
3) I would have been ready earlier, LOL. And not forgotten the BM jewelry!
4) Gotten more 'fun' pictures, and a picture with all the BMs shoes.
5) I don't know if I actually want to change this, but I wish I could have something fun and quirky to set our wedding apart... we're quirky people and our wedding was great and lovely, but the quirkiness wasn't there. Like maybe getting married at the anime convention where he proposed? :)
I would have gotten videography
I would have worn my hair down or half up
I would have taken it upon myself to do all of the decorating the day of
I would have budgeted more for photography
@PitBulLover: May I ask why you would have worn your hair down? I'm thinking of wearing mine fully up, so I'm just curious.
@.twist.: I just think I look a lot better and more like myself with my hair down. I wore it up because it was hot and because my hair wasnt that long, but if I could go back I would have worn it down which is what I had always envisioned for myself on my wedding day
@PitBulLover: Thanks! I think your hair looks beautiful. I also wear my hair down most of the time, I'll make sure to try both to see which ones feels best!
Funny that we are all talking about our hair. Sometimes I think I should have wore mine up! The grass is always greener on the other side, right? lol
@totheislands- Feb 12!! whoohoo! :-) I wore a birdcage veil, and I look at the pictures later in the evening when I took it off and I like them better. That's my only reason! Silly, I know.
1. something more to protect my hair from the ga heat/humidity attack.
2. had my dress made by a seamstress and skipped all of the name-brand hoopla. and would have saved a boatload of money.
3. gone into the smilebooth more
@Moffy: Just wondering...What kind of speech takes place before a cake cutting?
I just thought of another one. I would have done my nails differently too!
@SnowPeony: I must know more about the guest that you didn't want coming. This sounds juicy!
I just had my wedding on Sat, and still in post-wedding blues. (Honeymoon doesn't start until this Fri so hopfully that all changes.
1) I would of made sure to make people not stand so close to me. They squished my ball gown making me look like a triangle in a lot of the group pictures
2) Would of worse make up... I have NO eyeliner on.
3) Wouldn't of let my drama queen BM be a part of the wedding party. She caused so much drama between the girls AND the boys in the wedding party it almost hade it uncomfortable for us all to be in one room after a while.
4) Would of made more time than an hour to take pictures. I feel like I got NO good pictures, and I am seriosly upset about that.
5) Made sure the seemstress bustled my bustle better... It was nearly falling out by the end of the reception.
6) Instead of taking my time eating and socializing, I wish I would of done the dances and garter toss first etc. Everyone started leaving and we were like, "Oh crap, better start cutting cake and dancing!"
DEFINITELY would have gone on my honeymoon immediately after the wedding, like early the next morning. Waiting two days later was I think the biggest mistake we made. People found out we weren't leaving right away, so they booked an extra night in our hotel to 'hang out wiht us' I would have given my left arm for a day alone with DH after all the craziness of the wedding.
Toned down the flower and lighting package. It was beautiful, but not worth the $.
Gone with a different photographer. Should have done my research ahead of time on this one, but of course I didn't know the right questions to ask considering it was my first time getting married.
Hired my DOC for the entire planning process instead of just day-of.
Your #2 made me think of this- I am having a Christos-inspired dress made by a seamstress I found on etsy and one of her 'showcase' dresses in her shop is a dress she made for a bride that was YOUR dress. She did SUCH a good job with it, I couldn't even tell the bride did not buy it from Christos :
http://www.etsy.com/listing/55185371/polka-dot-wedding-gown-inspired-by
1. I would have bought the veil I wanted instead of borrowing one I didn't love, to save money. That thing is in practically every picture now, taunting me... ;-)
2. I would have experimented with more hairstyles.
3. I would have started getting ready earlier. I think I gave myself 1 hour to do everything, including shower. That definitely was not enough time!
ETA: Oh yeah. 2 more I just remembered:
4. I would have made my own cake! This was something I always wanted to do, but I let myself be talked out of it. Our cake was great, but it wasn't really worth the zillion dollars it cost. (Watch out, future daughter/niece....unfulfilled cake-making fantasy alert!)
5. If I'd had more time, I would have done my own centerpieces. They were overpriced.
@stillme
I did the same thing as you did #3! I took a shower the night before so I slept in until I left for the hair dresser. I decided I wouldn't bring my makeup with me to the salon but all the girls ended up taking too long and I only had 20 minutes to put my makeup on, and then I was 40 min late for pictures so I had NO time to get ready!
So glad to see a post like this. My weddings not until may. But i have got some ideas from things you wish you had done for me to do on my big day. Thanks girls. :)
I LOVED my wedding, and these little things in no way take away from how awesome the day was, but I'll nitpick anyway:
1) I would have actually used our fauxtobooth at least once (I was dancing the whole time, so never made it over there)
2) I would have made sure to get individual photos with each of my bridesmaids
3) I would not have delayed our entrance into the reception in order to wait for our Dj (who was running late) to set up his equipment-- that was valuable reception time gone!
4) I would have just worn flats so that when I took off my heels to dance at the reception, my dress wasn't dragging all over the floor and tripping me up
5) I would have remembered to clean my e-ring
@kelly105: She was his ex who kept trying to break us up because she's always hated me. I absolutely loathe her, and told her I never wanted to see her face again. Luckily, I didn't see her- husband made sure she was kicked out ASAP.
I wouldn't have upgraded my bouquet from the bouquet that came with our elopement package. I didn't see where it was any larger, although it did have some different flowers in it besides roses.
I wouldn't have dropped of the brooch I wanted on my bouquet. I would have put it on myself, because the florist forgot to put it on.
I would have had my photographer take pictures of my shoes on my feet... All the pictures she took of my shoes were off my feet...
I would have convinced my husband to stay an extra day at the B&B so we could have explored Savannah more.
1) I would have chosen a different resort with a nicer beach to get married on - but no way i could have known this because i knew someone who got married there and said it was amazing, i guess we have different standards, sigh.
2) I would have made sure there was more time allotted for photos, factoring that things take longer than planned - always (as a result, i have no pics of me and BMs on the beach as bridal party pics were super rushed)
3) I would have given my photog a short must have photo list of some little details shots i was hoping for (this one i am not upset about anymore, but when i first got my pics back, i was kinda bummed about a few things missing)
That's all, everything else was perfect!
i guess also, sometimes, i wish i would have waited till we had more money - then we would have chosen a different resort for sure and perhaps help paid for my hubby's sister and kids to come (they couldnt afford it).
BUT all that being said, i am soooo happy to be married to my husband, and despite the above reasons i cited, i don't think i would have been happy waiting any longet to get married!
Brides to be--note that so many of these have to do with the photographer and leaving enough time to get ready!
I would have made my reception an hour longer. It was 5 hours including cocktail hour and just seemed too short.
I would have had more food. My venue was skimpy on portion sizes and even though I upgraded, I should have had more appetizers, etc.
I would have budgeted for a videographer from the beginning. I had enough money at the end but literally hired him 2 days before. My video is OK, but I could have done better for the money. I am just glad I had the video
My photographers, cake decorator and florist were all fails. I did research, but maybe I should have looked into a couple more people--especially florists.
I would have left more time for pictures. We had too many family and bridal party for the hour and a half allotted.
I would have someone be the art director for pictures. My photographer took really boring shots and didn't take everything on my list. Everyone was too tied up to really notice.
I would have given myself more time to get ready! I thought I left plenty of time between hair/make-up and all the errands I had to run the morning of the wedding but we ran behind all day! Our first look pictures were rushed and we arrived at the ceremony site exactly when the ceremony was supposed to start. I really wanted 10 minutes of down time to de-stress before it was time to walk down the aisle!
Love this thread, thanks to @mzlouis2b: for reviving it! More please :)
*I would have spent more time relaxing... in a midst of getting ready...
I read (just last night... 2 mths too late) of a Bride that collected notes & cards throughout her planning and wrote her Hubby to be a note of how she was feeling, her heart, her love, etc every hour the day of until the ceremony.
^ So wish I would've thought of that... to stop regardless and just pour my heart out.
*Also, I would've gotten a videographer... b/c moving so fast I missed alot of the ceremony (it really is all a blur)
*As much as I wasn't really worried about family pictures.... I wish I would've gotten a few more.
ie. With my grandparents... they aren't going to be around forever and I feel like I really missed something.
MAKE A LIST AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IT PRE-WEDDING
Otherwise there really isn't anything that I feel like I missed.
1. I would have remembered take pics in the photobooth with my hubby
2. We would have practiced our first dance
3. We would have made a game plan to line up for our grand entrance (one of our groomsman took a seat inside with the other guests haha)
4. I would have done a bigger reveal for my dad
5. I would have called my bank ahead of time to warn them I was about to charge a ton of big ticket items, they put fraud holds on my debit card and credit card which resulted in me yelling at my phone for 30 minutes during rehearsal dinner
6. More hairspray, my hair was looking rough after a few hours
The only one out of all these that REALLY bugs me is forgetting about the photobooth, thankfully my Bms dragged me in there with them
I always feel weird and ungrateful somehow when I post this stuff but on the other hand I have to be honest with myself....
1. I am still not happy that we had to travel so far to have a legal wedding. I am no big fan of my home state (Texas), and have nothing against Iowa.. the town we married in was especially lovely with some amazing geographical features.. but I am still very sad that many of those we hoped to celebrate with us couldn't afford the trip, and if we'd married here in Texas we'd have had ALL our friends with us.
2. In consideration of number 1, I think I might have chosen a summer wedding after all. We were both hung up on doing it during spring break because we wanted to enjoy the cooler weather in Iowa during that time, and hopefully enjoy some snow. Well, the weather was gorgeous and there was snow on the ground for most of the week, but if we'd waited until summer, more people might have been able to come and it would have been a much less stressful planning process.
3. I seriously underestimated how much we'd have to run around and do the week before the wedding and like many others on the thread, ended up crunched for time and not getting enough sleep and I had NOWHERE near the "getting ready" time I needed on the wedding day.
4. For some strange reason I didn't practice much with makeup, ended up late for the ceremony so I just kind of slapped it on and I am not happy with the look in photos.
5. My hair went wonky on the day of, something I could have fixed if I'd had enough time but I didn't so there are issues with it (that probably only I notice) in the pics.
6. I let my stylist's husband (a colorist) talk me out of the original color I wanted and go for something more natural, but it's not "me" and ended up looking brassy in pics anyway.
7. MORE pics. There just weren't enough. There ended up being 3 blank rolls but if I'd pushed my photog to take more overall the negative effect of this would have been minimized.
8. Outdoor wedding. this was another sacrifice for having the wedding in Iowa over spring break. Parks are closed. we really wanted an outdoor wedding or at least reception but because we couldn't be sure about the weather in March, we ended up going a different route.
9. REception was no fun. Probably because we were late getting to the restaurant, the owner had called me, stressing about where we were, and we felt rushed. We forgot all about music, and it seemed stuffy and no fun. In our desire to have a "fancy dinner" we ended up with something that really wasn't "us" at all.
10. Finally, because I don't want to suck up the entire thread with my bitching and moaning, but I would have chosen the FIRST dress I fell in love with, cost be damned.
I would have:
- had posed photos and not just candids;
- added an hour to the reception;
- actually danced less and spent a little more time talking/visiting with guests;
- made sure my bff/dyslexic (sp?) MOH didn't swap around the longest rectangular table seating;
- DJ was the most fantastic spinner/musical genius but he didn't talk or guide the party through the rituals, like bouquet toss, cake cutting, etc. (or at least I didn't hear him)!
- bought the THIRD wedding dress I was considering;
- had the double/triple bustle done up permanently (since I wore my dress bustled for the ceremony too since I liked it so much that way)!
- tasted our wedding cake;
- shortened my toast (and this post)!!!
I wish I didn't leave any tasks for the wedding day. That way I could've spent more time relaxing with my girls in the morning while getting ready, instead of packing my overnight bag and finishing up minor details.
This post is awesome...but it's making me stress about the photography stuff. I'm making a list of photos I have to have!!
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