Ways to remember those no longer with us.

We are listing their names in a prayer at the ceremony. We're also printing their names into our program.

Some of the centerpieces will be old milk jugs (the glass kind) to represent my gramps who was a milk delivery guy for years. I'm trying to think of a way to use tap shoes to honor my granny who used to be a dancer with the USO. I'm not sure what I'll do for my other grandparents.

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I plan on having a sideshow at the wedding

Im the same way. Were having my grandparents wedding pictures on a memory table. We are also including FH's grandparents wedding/hs prom pics (one set eloped) and both of our pare Ts wedding pics as well

I'm planning on wearing some of my grandmother's jewelry. And maybe light a candle for her at the beginning of the ceremony.

We are doing a memory table as well as a family slideshow which will have their pics included

We are printing their names in a program. Plus they will be in the prayers of the faithful.

Whatever you do, keep it very simple. Empty chairs and large photographs seem sweet but they tend to "slap" guests in the face and the invoke a lot of sad memories. Sadness is not something you want at a wedding

Personally I don't care for the memory tables and things like that because it makes me sad on what is to be a happy day- in my family tables with pictures of somone who has passed is what you do at a funeral or a gathering after a funeral.

But I'm not surprised when I see memorial tables at weddings because I know a lot of people take comfort in having them and they are pretty common.

My husband and I didn't do anything like that at the actual wedding, but we toasted everyone that we would have liked to be there before we left the house to go to the wedding, and shared a memories and fun stories about them over our wedding breakfast we had in private.

One thing that people I know have done that I personally liked was to decorate the cake table with a variety of different colors of flowers and ribbons and things. The colors were the favorite colors and favorite flowers of those that had passed. Another is playing a song that a passed loved one liked.

I had a few things that had belonged to my grandparents with me that day in my bag just as a way of taking comfort in happy memories of them. Like a key chain I bought for my grandpa when I was in Paris, and string of pearls that my grandmother gave me to wear to my first prom.

The roses in my Bouquet were white/ivory like my grandmother had on her wedding day. I did a lot of things in memory of my loved ones, I just didn't do anything that was obvious to anyone but myself and my husband.

FH and I don't have any living grandparents either. I have his grandmothers right. i will be pairing that with my grandmas skinny band and we are getting my grandpas fixed for FH to wear. My grandma just passed recently and we will be putting a picture frame with a quote similar to the ones @Aubrey posted. That will be next to a red vase filled with a white rose per loved one who is no longer with us, but we miss dearly and wish could be here.

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We did a memory table. We chose pictures of my grandparents and DH's passed aunt and uncle from their wedding days, as well as other family wedding history that we had, such as my great-grandparents ornate framed marriage license. We included pictures of DH's passed uncles who weren't married as well, of course. We also included names in our program under a section that said "In loving memory". We actually got compliments from guests because they thought it was a unique way of remembering loved ones and incorporating family history, especially since our venue was a historic mansion.

My FH lost his dad last year, we are mentioning the alter flowers are in his honor in the program. I lost both my step parents awhile ago so they will also be mentioned. Which will please my mom and dad (who are obviously no longer married but get along).

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I found a very pretty candle with a poem on it and then had framed pictures placed around it. We put it near the cake so it wasn't staring everyone in the face the whole event. But for me it made me feel like in some way they were still there.

Whatever you do keep it subtle. @Becky, I love that idea!!!

ITA with MrsToBe, keep it simple, not sad. Memory tables are nice. I wanted to do one but DH has no family pictures. I just put a charm with my mother's wedding picture on my bouquet, another pin from my grandmother on the bouquet and it was wrapped with a handkerchief from my other grandmother.

Because FH's mother died when he was only 11, I felt the need to honor and remember a few special people we're doing a subtle table softly lit with some flowers and their pictures with a sign that says something like the one attached.

We had a memory table as well.

I had pictures of my grandparents, my 2 uncles who passed, and my best friend of 16 years who passed.

It was beautiful, and very well received.

We are having a photo memorial near the waterfall that is right next to the ceremony space. When my mom hands me off to FH, he will hand me a glass of champagne/sparkling wine and we will toast to their memory before the ceremony starts.