Commemorating deceased loved ones

I'm very sorry to hear that! I lost my father 10 years ago and I have been looking on Pinterest for some ideas. I have come across this candle as well as having a table with pictures of loved ones who have passed as you walk into the ceremony.

Here is the table with photos picture!

Do you have something of hers? Put it in your bouquet.

Playing her favorite song and dancing with someone special to it at the reception?

I'm so sorry for your loss Nicole.

Framed photos, a moment of silence, wearing some of their jewelry - there are a lot of ways to honor your loved one!

12 Unique Ways to Honor Loved Ones Who Have Passed Away

I plan to put family photos (including my grandparents' wedding photo) on out escort table. I have my grandmother's wedding gloves that I'm going to display with the picture. I'm also planning to have bouquet charms with pictures of my grandparents. I wanted to have pieces of them there, but no overt memorial. My grandmother also passed away recently so I would be too emotional if I had anything that was blatantly in memoriam.

I'm so sorry for your loss. That must be difficult to be planning such a happy occasion while going through such heartbreak. DH and I both lost our grandmothers within a few months of each other in 2014 and as soon as we got engaged we knew we wanted to honor them in some way at the wedding. We decided to display their photos at the reception (people loved this) and also to include their names and a prayer at the end of our program. I also chose to wear my grandmother's ring on my right hand and wrap her rosary around my bouquet. At my friends wedding, I made her a little bouquet charm with her a photo of her niece (who had passed away) and she really liked that. Sending you hugs and prayers, OP.

I included this poem on the back of our program and included the name of our fathers and close family members who had died recently (4 people total). I showed it to my mom before our wedding day and it made her tear up. I also got a thank you from my cousins husband for remembering her, he was really touched.

I shared this on a couple other threads but along with the chair with pictures of FH mom and one with pictures of my dad, I'm going to wrap my bouquet in 1 of my dad's ties.

We are having our officient say something mentioning and honoring those who can't be there and list our family members who passed away.

I'm having a separate table set up I'm going to put a lantern on their with a lit candle and I'm going to put a picture frame of each family member that died with a wood sign that says "we know you would be here today if Heaven weren't so far away"

Do you have her wedding dress? What if you put it on a dress form and used it as sort of a decoration? I don't know if that will fit with your decor or not but just an idea! You could also display her jewelry, accessories, or photos of her on her wedding day. I wish I had my grandmothers dress to do this with. She passed away when I was young and I so wish she was still here. So sorry for your loss.

I don't know how you could adapt this for multiple loved ones, but I am pinning a beauty portrait locket photo of my grandmother when she was 18 to my bouquet to keep her close.

I just thought of this too from reading some comments. On the base of my bouquet I'm going to use my grandfather's bible he carried with him in the war. My grandmother used it and so did my mom and my aunt. If you have something like that of hers see if you can use it in your bouquet.