Ways To Honor Grandmother

I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmother, but you're absolutely right that she would want you to keep living your life and have a beautiful wedding. Fortunately, FH and I are lucky enough not to have this sort of situation, but I have seen ideas from other ladies in the forums.

I love the bouquet charm idea and I also really like having a "seat of honor" for her at the ceremony/reception with a framed photo of her and maybe an additional corsage/bouquet. If you have other late relatives you'd like to honor, couples will often have a memorial table for framed photos/memorabilia. I hope this helps

I'm sorry for your loss. If you want something more visible for her you can add her picture next to the candle or at an empty seat. You can also ask your officiant to say something during your ceremony.

We will have a memorial table with pictures of my FW's mother and our close friend. We'll include their pictures and a candle. We're also putting up a rainbow wind chime we think they would both like. It's our way of hearing them on our big day.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my grandmother a few years ago 2 days before my birthday and I think about her always.

We plan on having our officiant lead a prayer for those who couldn't join us in his opening remarks.

Then, my dad and I will be dancing to one of her favorite songs (La Vie en Rose) for our father daughter dance.

I lost my grandma, she was my best friend and i’m so sad she won’t be there. we reserved her the first chair in the front row there will be a photo of her and a sign that says “i know you’d be here today if heaven wasn’t so far away.” and my florist is putting a rose on her chair as well.

I'm so sorry for your liss, especially right before your wedding I know that's super tough on everyone..My sister passed away 6 years ago and I'm making her the honorary maid of honor. Also, they sell lots of different signs and special candles for just this kind of situation. They say, this light is to honor those who can't be with us today (candle) or I know you would be here today if heaven weren't so far away, and you could put her picture right next to it. I've even seen frames that say that too. Check Oriental trading company.com, Etsy, Amazon, Wayfair.com they all have them. I'm also getting one for my sis. Good luck to you and again, so sorry for your loss!!

I sorry for loss, I know the feeling of losing some one who was a big part of your life. I recently lost my sis and nephew in dec 2018. I will be doing lots to honor them at the wedding
-I’m having both my man of honor, matron of honor walk down the isle holding the bouquet and boutonnière and placing the on 2 reserved seats with pic of them
- a video slide show of pics
-she would bug me about wearing chucks so the whole wedding part minus me will be wearing them for the ceremony
-I have a bouquet charm to honor them
- as well a few days before the wedding we will be going to the cemetery and placing different bouquet of flowers on her grave.
-she was my maid of honor and will remain that way as well my nephew was my ring bear.
- to honor all past relatives I’m lining the isle with pictures of each one that passed on.

I’m sorry to hear this, my Grandma is no longer on this earth either. They are both gone. We have dedicated our flowers to “those who are no longer on this earth but with us in spirit” and we will have a sign saying this. We are also donating all of our flowers to the big Atlanta children’s hospital because when my grandma and grandpa were alive they used to visit children’s hospitals in their clown gear (yes they were professional clowns) and bring joy and happiness. We are hoping our wedding flowers will do the same thing. 💗 My FW’s father is no longer on this earth either. We have an ice cream bar set up in his honor because they both used to eat ice cream together all the time. There’s a sign with this dedication as well. 💗

We're doing a small memorial table with items from our grandparents who have passed. I like the idea of things rather than pictures, so we're including items like my grandmother's nurse pins and my grandfather's barbers shears.

Sorry to hear this. It depends on how you can handle things. My sister passed in January and its still to fresh for me so while I thought about some of the below ideas I decided against it because I knew it would be to out there for me to be looking at and would cause me to be sad. I plan on doing a sign "we know you'd be here today if heaven weren't so far away." with pictures of all the people we wanted there. and I will do a charm around my bouquet. But I did contemplate a few different ideas.
My sister and I will probably still do this picture

I am doing this love this idea but I couldn't handle it this soon.