In loving memory...

At the ceremony, maybe you can place a picture of him on a chair in the front row so he is there for your vows?

View Quoted Comment We’d considered that, but we are getting married in a chapel with pews so it might slide easily and we are already going to be pushing it on our max capacity so we thought we should leave seats open 😕

I saw someone else post on here how their fiance was going to have a deceased relative's picture up at the altar with them as his best man. Maybe something like that? He could be an honorary groomsman, so to speak?

Have you thought of him wearing something like this with his picture? They have lots on Etsy

View Quoted Comment Oh that’s a cool idea! I wonder how we could do it without the boutineer though, FH will be in a button up and suspenders, maybe a vest too

There are some that have a safety pin too that you can attach that way

I used objects from their lives around the reception space
my greatgrandpas Pinocchio sat at the bar
my grandpas race program was on the gift table in a frame
and my greatgrandmas brooch was on my bouquet.
Can you do something similar? Maybe the hat from his uniform or put some of his pins (medals?) in a shadow box? Whatever your FH has from him/of his you can use to represent him.

View Quoted Comment Oh that’s a really neat idea!

We are giving a chair at our ceremony for those who are in heaven and won’t be attending. We will have their pictures there too

our venue is is too small to have a whole table dedicated to it, but I am on the hunt for a skinny cocktail table or a tall stool I can throw a table cloth over for during the reception.

I'd recommend a lapel pin from Etsy as well.
I plan on doing a pin of my grandparents on my bouquet.
My grandparents passed away 20ish years ago, but it's important to me to "have them there".

You could incorporate one of his items into your bouquet i.e. have is watch around the stems, wrap a rosary around the base, or have a special flower that was his favorite or reminds you of him.

Have your FH wear a pin or something a bit smaller from his uniform, you can also get a picture or two and just incorporate it into your head table decor I think it may also be a nice touch to bring any remaining flowers to his gravesite the day or so after so you FH has a chance to share the great time at the wedding everyone had. I also think depending on your wedding theme since he was in the Navy if he has traveled several places while serving maybe name each table after a place he has been rather then doing table numbers, it’ll be a conversation piece and a nice personalize touch

We are having a display of family member's wedding photos to include our passed family members in the wedding. We think it's a nice way of including them without being too somber. I will also be taking some of my bridal photos before the ceremony wearing my grandpa's flannel shirt over my dress.

I am giving these to my FH on our wedding day as a gift with a picture of his father who passed away! It is small, but so meaningful!

https://www.etsy.com/search?q=memorial%20cuff%20links&ref=auto1&as_prefix=memorial%20cuff

Here is one of the many choices they have on Etsy!

I officiated my friends wedding and the groom had lost his father a few months before he proposed. I mentioned his dad in my introduction and said he would be overjoyed to have the bride joining his family and that he was with us in spirit, the family really appreciated it.

I have a pendant from my grandmother that I'm pinning to my bouquet. If you have a small picture of him, you could place it in a locket and attach it or put it on a safety pin! Also, I'm honoring my grandfather by cutting up a shirt of his and patching it in to the inside of my dress. We always had inside jokes, so having a shirt of his sewn in to where only I know about it is really cool.

We both lost our parents, he's lost 2 brothers and a sister, and i've lost my cousin/best friend and my grandma. I'm going to do a collage frame

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