What traditional things are you not doing?

* having our ceremony&reception in our backyard.
* close family friend officiating
* no flower girl or ring bearer
*no favors...I mean we are providing food and alchohol... and both ain't cheap Haha

Parent dances, flower girl, ring bearer, bouquet and garter toss. Skipping all of that stuff.

♡The Best Man is only 11 years old (My son. My heart literally melted when my FH asked me if I would mind if he made my then 10 year old his best man)
♡Wedding & ceremony at same location, not a church
♡No ring bearer
♡ Two flower girls
♡ Outdoor wedding during hurricane season on the East Coast
♡ Having a Maid of Honor, Matron of Honor and 2 Jr Bridesmaids (12 & 7). No regular bridesmaids.
♡ Serve yourself bar (Beer or Mini wine bottles in galvanized tubs).
♡ My father is not walking me down the aisle, my favorite uncle is.
♡ None of my immediate family (other than son) will be attending the wedding.
♡ My Aunt is our officiant.
♡ Non traditional guest book. (Haven't chosen which one yet)
♡ Sola flowers for all bouquets
♡ Our French bulldogs will be at the wedding and reception.
Im sure there is more but that's all I can think of right now!

View Quoted Comment Curious on your input, why no honeymoon? I honestly don’t see the point of engagement parties.

*I got engaged without a ring and then we picked the E-Ring out together.

* No engagement party, bridal shower, bachelor and bachelorette parties, rehearsal dinner.

*No registry / no gifts.

*No save the dates. Made our simple invitations myself, RSVP is via email.

*No dress shopping experience. Bought two dresses online. One ivory, one champagne. Haven’t decided which to wear yet.

*Wedding and reception outside at a state park.

*Fully bilingual ceremony. My vows are English, FH vows are Spanish.

*Live streaming the ceremony to family in other countries.

*Will be together the night before, will get ready together, will drive together to the ceremony.

*No bridal party at all

*No getting ready pics. No bridal portraits. Only 3 hours of professional photography on the day of.

*Father walking me halfway down the aisle, FH meeting us and walking me the rest of the way.

*No honeymoon

*No formal cocktail hour. Instead we’re doing aguas frescas (non alcoholic real fruit drinks) with a chips and homemade salsa bar and lawn games.

*Buffet dinner of taco bar and tons of Guatemalan food.

*leaning toward pineapple upside down bundt cakes instead of traditional wedding cake.

*No DJ. Our original DJ canceled on us so we will do a playlist.

*No formal send off

*No hired transportation

View Quoted Comment My fiancé and I are doing a 4th of July theme because it’s our favorite holiday and I was born the day after so it’s really exciting!

View Quoted Comment Oh how cool. Congrats!

We aren’t getting married with a pastor, it’ll be in a courthouse.
Our reception will not be fancy dining, it’ll be a cookout in someone back yard.
Were not doing party favors, we’re handing out handheld mist fans due to the season we decided to have it on.
We’re not wearing dresses or tux's, we’re wearing blue jeans & and casual shirts.


*My wedding will be short, sweet, and private for just us and very close family. Then when decide we will do a small reception holding 40 people max. where we will let everyone get their “party favors,” eat, we will share our vows, and then we will end with a lovely bonfire where we roast marshmallows and tell stories! * Nothing too costly or fancy, but perfect!

View Quoted Comment Thank you. Same to you!

A lot actually.

*Not a church ceremony

*Doing a first look

*No ring bearer and flower girl

*Brother walking me down the aisle (dad passed away when we were little)

*Not doing father/daughter, mother/son dances

*not doing bouquet / garter toss

*no actual favors

*minimal flowers and decorations

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Honestly, it's a time and money issue for us.

We might not be doing a toast. If we are, we will be using apple cider for everyone and I dont really feel like providing “champagne flutes” even the plastic ones lol (i may change my mind later) Just pour some cider in your cup lol.

No favors

Buffet Dinner

& ik this isnt part of the wedding but no bridal shower.

Once you start listing them, it makes us seem more nontraditional than we are, lol.

-My brother walked me down the aisle.

-I had two guys along with my 3 sisters on my side, and he had one girl along with 4 guys on his side.

-We did a first touch instead of a first look. Idk how traditional or not that is.

-No flower girl or ring bearer.

-We didn't have an engagement party or any showers.

-We had a dry wedding.

-Because of that, we didn't have champagne for toasts; we used actual toast.

-We didn't do parent dances, though DH and I somehow ended up each dancing with our moms to one song.

-No bouquet or garter toss.

That's all I can think of, but I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a few more things, lol.

I've been married before yet I AM wearing a veil, AND wearing it over my face (gasp)

reception at a restaurant

no alcohol will be served (gasp)

im walking down the aisle alone

wearing a more simple second dress to the reception.

party will be over at 5pm... and then we're going home. No partying until the wee hours of the morning..lol No wedding night hotel stay. Leaving for honeymoon the next morning.

View Quoted Comment I love that your bridesmaids are in their 70s! Grandparents?

We have so many!

One of FH's friends will be officiating our ceremony.

No flower girl or ring bearer
No bouquet toss
No garter toss
No wedding cake (we will have cupcakes instead)
Non-traditional dinner (we will be doing food stations)

No real flowers at the wedding. I am making paper flowers out of maps to go along with our travel theme and will also be using artificial flowers along with them.

We will be doing a first look instead of FH seeing me for the first time walking down the aisle.

We will be spending the night before our wedding together.

Our guest book will be a globe that our guests sign!

View Quoted Comment I look forward to seeing your map flowers.

We are not getting married at a Church. We are not having separate venues either. I'm walking down with my sons too. No rings. No parents dances. No bouquets or garder toss. No grand exit. No shoe game. No cocktail hour. Haha. No traditional wedding music.

-No church wedding or unity ceremony. I even told our coordinator that we're not the "blessing" types haha

-Uneven wedding parties

-No bouquet or garter toss

-No favors

-No first look

-FHs best friend is officiating

-No mother/son dance (My FH decided not to do one with his stepmom)

-No kids outside of FG and RBs

-No Church wedding

-Ceremony and Reception will be in the same building, though different rooms.

-Only having two bridesmaids and a Man of Honor, Man of Honor is also walking me down the aisle as both my dad and brother are passed away.

-No kids other than those closely related to my FH and I (such as our nieces and nephews)

Not sure what else so far, our wedding is still pretty far off.