Memorial Table: What did you include?

We are doing a round table with a single chair. On the wall behind we will have a board that has the photos of the loved ones that have passed that we wish where there. The table will have a reserved card on it so no one sits at it. We wanted to make it so it wasn't extremely obvious but it was still there.

View Quoted Comment That's a beautiful idea! The last thing we want is to create a looming or eerie kind of display. Thanks!

I was going to do something simple like this. With a single rose in a vase and the in loving memory note in a nice frame. I would love to do a photo table, but I’d be afraid to miss someone.

My brother died in 2012, my fiance has been really helpful with me getting upset. We found this on pintrest I never liked copying ideas so we are adding different things he loved yellow so I'm getting a white table cloth and spraying it with gold spray paint. We are doing the pictures he was 9 so he loved transformers and fire trucks so I'm adding toys and I'm going to put a chair by it and put one of his shirts over it. I've always felt like he was closer when there were butterflies in the area so my fiance has been buying butterflies to help make the table.

I’m going to do a sign like this with a picture of my fiancé’s parents who both passed away when he was younger

I'm doing basically what your reference picture is.

I lost two of my grandmothers (I have 3). One was in December 2011 and my Mimi, who I was incredibly close to, in October 2015. I also wanted to honor my Papa, my mother's dad, who passed before I was born. My FH just lost his grandmother last month.

We're going to have their pictures and a sign saying "We know you'd be here today if heaven weren't so far away."

I'd also like to have a candle burning in their honor as well.

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We are doing something like this but not in a rustic theme. We decided not to do an empty chair or something similar, I didn't want it to be a sad reminder that my dad isn't there. More of a where we came from and reminder of our family history.

UPDATE: Love all of your beautiful ideas and I'm so sorry for the losses we've a dealt with. Our florist just emailed to say she could sprinkle rose petals and votives across a table of wedding photos. She also offered to make little bags of forget-me-not seeds as an additional favor for guests who stop by the table. Thoughts?

We’re having a candle lit and pictures. And for the people that we don’t have a picture for like my grandma brown we are doing a little figurine with a card and her name. And I’m having a sign made saying something sweet.

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I would rethink this, honestly. I thought it would be a good idea at first as well, but truth be told, you never know how this will affect your guests. I was at my sisters wedding over the weekend, and while they only did a photo collage, when I saw the photo of my grandparents, I lost it, like all out bawled my eyes out - all of this of course before family photo's so I look like my eyes are completely swollen. I mean, you know your guests, but just try to see how they may end up feeling.

We are doing a table with flowers and one candle that says "This candle burns in loving memory of those who are forever in our hearts". We we're originally going to do a table with pictures but I have lost 6 people in my family, he has lost 7 family members, so we decided that might be extremely crowded. It would be better to just light one candle.

View Quoted Comment That's true, maybe there's a happy medium. I know I'll absolutely tear up over my dad's wedding picture on the table but that's the one relief I'll have when I'm walking down the aisle before the ceremony is that his picture is waiting for me at the reception, before I see my fiancé of course!

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I would rethink this, too. You never know who people will react on an already emotional day. I was at a wedding with my ex husband and we had to endure: A dove realease, two memorial poems/prayers with our heads bowed, a Deceased Father/Daughter Dance plus references to the deceased during the wedding, Oh, and a good friend of the deceased dad gave a toast that was all about the deceased dad, not the couple.

I know I am in the minority in this forum these days per this issue, and that's okay. My parents would be horrified if they knew pics of them were out at the wedding. "Girl, this is your day!!!"

Like the above poster, this may too much for some folks.

I'm not doing a table as my mom will only be gone a year and I don't want that much of a reminder. I'll have bouquet charms for my mom and grandma.

View Quoted Comment Love the idea of bouquet charms!

We are doing a memorial table that will have a glass candle holders with lovely statement and the names of our love one engraved in it. We will also have the lyrics to “One Sweet Day” displayed in a picture frame. The table will also be adorned with white and Tiffany blue rose petals.

I lost both my dad's 2 years ago this april/may...my wedding is right between both of their departure dates. And, we just lost one of my aunt's last week.
We're just doing a lantern with a single withe rose and their bouts and a sign that reads "we know you'd be here today, if heaven wasn't soo far away. Forever in our hearts."

I want to have my parents wedding photo on display but then I started thinking about my uncle and my grandparents who are also gone and it feels weird to not include them but at the same time if I have all of these photos I'm sure my mom's family would get upset... and I don't want that. Considering the last time I saw them was my dad's funeral. .. I want this to be a happy occasion for them. I'm torn.

We just did a simple table with 4 picture frames. We surrounding the pictures with votive candles but didn't make any signs or anything. We didn't want anyone to have to see it if they didn't want to, so the table was set up in an alcove so you kinda had to want to see it.

I lost my mom 17 years ago and my fiancé lost his dad in 2015. I am thinking of having a separate table with their pictures as well, and my officiant, who is my cousin, will acknowledge them during the ceremony as well.