Memorial table ideas?

We skipped it. Way too morbid for a wedding.

I have a beautiful Lenox vase that my aunt left me when she passed. I'm putting 6 white roses, baby's breath and greenery in it. I might put a sign there too, still undecided.

Light a candle in their memory

A candle with a sign. And maybe my parents wedding picture ( they both have passed )

No memorial table. Too weird and morbid. I'm thinking about just adding a charm with a picture of my dad to my bouquet.

I'm doing a chair with a candle and single flower. I also wrote a short note for each person. Like "Reserved in memory of _____ may he soar above the clouds." He was a pilot. And I'm going to put the notes on the chair too

We have a table with pictures and I'm having a sign along with a candle

I'm doing a table with a sign and some pictures in frames. This is the sign and I'll do navy picture frames

A bride I was bridesmaid for repurposed a window and put their pictures on different panes of that window and had a candle lit throughout the night. I plan on doing something similar since it was originally my idea.

I don't think it's too morbid myself. I lost my mother about 3 years ago, and since she's been an obviously huge part of my life, I feel like not including her in some way would be a disservice to her memory, especially since I would want nothing more than to have her there for my day.

Still, depending on how many deceased family members you have, there's nothing wrong with putting a limit to who you include with the memorial table, i. e., just include those closest to you.

I personally feel the empty chair is too much & as a guest, would feel a bit uncomfortable. I do like the bouquet charms & those that have a family tree of living/deceased relatives pictures/not all of the deceased.

The more I think about it, I'm leaning towards not doing any of it. We would have 10 pics...that's a lot. It's not that we don't care; but is it a necessity? When did this become a thing?!?

This is ours it's not finished but you get the idea....my sweet FH and I have been working on it together. We both love it

No way! If we had a photo of my grandfather there, my grandmother would have been crying all night.

FH lost his mother 2 years ago. I asked him if he wanted anything special to honor her and he said he wanted a picture of her and of his aunt who recently passed. We are having a memorial table, located in our cocktail hour room. The table will feature pictures of each person on their wedding day. We are keeping it simple (no candles, no flowers) to honor those that can not be with us.

I would be very careful doing something like this.

I lost my mom two years ago (it will actually be right at two years in four days). I was originally going to do the rose in an empty chair thing, but then decided that was way too graphic. So, then I decided I would have my officiant do a short little reading/mention about her in her honor. But I went to a wedding yesterday, and she the officiant invited the parents of the couple to come pray with them, I lost it. Like, to the point I thought I was going to have to step out. I couldn't even keep my composure at someone else's wedding when the mothers (who are both alive and were present) were mentioned, so I know I would be a wreck the second anything about my mom was mentioned at my own wedding.

Just be careful. Your emotions will be through the roof on your wedding day, and it likely won't take much to upset you. I'm probably going to wear a piece of my mom's jewelry and let that be it.

I plan to have a lantern on a table with a few photos. No signs or sayings because I feel like that would be too morbid

I'm doing a photo board with all those close relatives and friends who are no longer with us. I'm also having all my grandparents pictures on my bridal bouquet.

I've been to weddings that had the small single table with the chair tilted, the salt and lemon with bible and the single red rose and turned upside down wine glass for military missing. I believe there is a black napkin too. Others missing have been only mentioned in church service during the petitions.

I put a sign with the names of the people who have passed with two mason jars of white roses and a lantern. It was really special to my family we did it. A butterfly landed on the sign the day of our wedding.

This was mine for my brother. Really simple and off to the side of the reception so it wasn't in-your-face to my family. The lantern had a candle inside

I'm making a sign and will have their pictures but I'm kind of rethinking it. I always wanted grandpa to walk me down the aisle so I'm afraid seeing his picture will undo me.