Anyone else doing anything different or straying from the traditional wedding route?

I like the idea of introducing the wedding party yourselves as opposed to the DJ doing it. That’s a really cute and more personal idea!

We also aren’t doing the garter toss...I think I would die of embarrassment.

No kids, other than the flower girls.

I’m wearing a blush dress.

We’re having an after party at a brewery down the street from the venue. FH is VERY excited about this! Haha

We’re hiring a school bus to shuttle people so no drinking and driving!

For the ceremony, my father will be marrying us and we’ll have personalized vows.

Hi! I would say we are straying from traditional a little bit because we will not have a bridal party, are making it a destination (intimate guest list — not without family backlash tho), and my FH will be wearing a burgundy suit. We are trying to be unique to us and the colors we like instead of the “norm” black or navy tux

I don't know if we're gonna do a wedding party dance.
I never liked dancing with someone i really don't know, so I don't want them to do it and i know they'd feel uncomfortable. If they're both in a relationship when the time comes, i'll do it and they can just dance with their person

Basically everything. We are eloping. Our only "guests" will be our three kids (1.5, 3.5 & 7) and our photographer (also my bestfriend of 20yrs).

My fiance will not be having a traditional wedding band, but instead a wedding band tattoo in which I will "unwrap" in place of exchanging rings. His attire will also be non-traditional as he will be wearing a button down with dress pants, dress shoes and suspenders and no boutonniere.

My dress is non-traditional in both color and style as it's champagne and loose fitting v-neck, bobo style. I'll also be wearing flats vs heals for both safety and comfort. I'll be doing my own hair and makeup (natural curls with faux pearl barrettes).


My bouquet will be very minimal, I haven't purchased them yet, but I'm leaning towards lavender stems.

We are getting married in the mountains on a cathedral ledge.

We’re doing a dark wedding and my dress is a beige color with some lace patterning over it. We’re doing a surprise mother daughter dance for my mom. No garter and bouquet toss and i’d like to think our songs are a little different too. We’re also doing a potluck style dinner but a caterer dessert and appetizers.

My dress is pink. No bridal party except for all the kiddos in our lives who mean so much to us. I have a 26 year old who was an exchange student with my family who is dying to be in the wedding, so I've let her in as a bridesmaid, but no MOH or other bridesmaids to speak of. She and all the kids will wear white while I'll be in full color. We're designing our own ceremony as we are not religious and don't want any prayers or anything like that. We're using contemporary pop music for the ceremony rather than traditional instrumentals. Basically when everyone leaves, I want them to think "Wow, that was a fun wedding!" I don't want it to be stuffy or too traditional. Trying to plan it as such.

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You look so beautiful! I love that you planned the exact wedding that you wanted!! 🖤

My wedding dress is a boho burgundy dress and bridesmaids and groomsmen are wearing black. We are having a Spice of Life ceremony while Faun, Loreena McKennit, and Niamh Parsons is playing. At the reception, we are having a sweetheart table instead of a wedding party table. One of my favorites is we are having touches of "woodland creatures" at our reception: fairy jars as centerpieces on the tables, a gnome statue as the centerpiece on our sweetheart table, and our wedding topper is this adorable gnome couple that I painted to look like me and my fiance.

I LOVE your black dresses!

We are not having a bridal party.

My father is deceased and I have two teenagers from a previous marriage and they will be giving me away.

Not doing the garter toss or bouquet toss.

We probably wont do a cake cutting either.

No DJ my Fiance has been making a Spotify playlist for me since we first started dating so we have hours and hours of music that means a lot to us so that is what we will use.

We also went non traditional and rented a small riverboat for the reception that covers all the catering and alcohol as well. We just want to party in a cool relaxing atmosphere with our favorite people.

Here is the boat for an ideaThe views are out of this world

I really like your idea of introducing your bridal party yourself. That makes it more personal and noone will have their name butchered by a stranger!!!!

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I like your school bus idea, I am going to look into that. Thanks for sharing!!

My fiance and I are doing a treehouse wedding. A small, 15 person ceremony. I'm wearing a white, tea length dress and I wanna buy the kate spade keds. We are getting married on a tuesday, then he and I are staying the night at the treehouse. We are doing our first dance there at the treehouse.
That weekend we are doing an informal reception/celebration where we will have food, music (not a DJ), a caricature artist and yard games.

I tried to get a black dress... nobody was having that since I basically live in black clothing. But, my second dress is gold/champagne! No flowers, courthouse wedding first, reception a year later. No bouquet toss.

LOVE the black lace one!!! Girl it’s y’alls day. You get to do what you want. We aren’t doing traditional either. I’m wearing a blush dress 💗

We're getting rid of most traditions for our destination beach wedding. We just want a big fun party. No bridal party. No first dance. No bouquet or garter tosses. Definitely no dollar dances. No grand exit because we want to party til the end lol
-thinking about doing a sparkler entrance instead
-ceremony and reception outdoors in the sand
-custom wooden dance floor that will shoot out fireworks to open the dance floor
-bonfire
-2 plated meals: dinner and a midnight meal
-Gelato bar, margarita bar, cigar bar and tequila and whiskey tastings