We always ask how many guests you’ll be having (approximately) and I make sure the book isn’t too big or too small for your wedding. That way no matter what you have a filled book with signatures from all of the guests at your wedding.  SO unique!

How neat, right?! Hope you enjoyed this Wedding Uniqueness! Here are a few more guest books from other weddings we’ve done! Have a great Tuesday evening!

the really unique part about this ceremony is that it gives you something to look forward to 25, 30, or 50 years down the road when you’ve hit a milestone in your marriage and you get to open this box, read the letters, share a glass of wine, and take a few minutes to remember one of the happiest days of your lives, the beginning of your life as a married couple. being able to bring back those moments on your wedding day through love letters you wrote just days or hours before saying i do – i think it is one of the sweetest things of all time!

here is a series of images from their love letter unity ceremony, at the bottom I will be sharing a sample of what you could have the officiate say to explain to your guests the uniqueness of this part of the ceremony. You can always find more sayings through the internet or just by writing your own. when i got married i wrote my own ceremony, i had guidelines, but i tweaked parts and pulled portions of other ceremonies to create one that really reflected joe and i.  if you don’t want to take the time to write your whole ceremony you could always write what this box and these letters mean to you and share that with your guests in your own way!

Does that give you chills? I love everything about it!  Here are a couple of examples of what you could have your officiate say for the love letter unity ceremony:

EXAMPLE 1:

“I’d like to draw your attention to the box in front of __(Lindsey)____and _____(TJ)___. (insert your own names) They have written love letters to each other expressing their feelings as they begin their marriage.  We will include these letters in the box along with a bottle of wine. Together they will seal this box, and on the happy occasion of each anniversary, they will open the box, read the letters, drink wine, and add new love letters to the box each year.  As time passes, they will have a record of the yearly reflection of their relationship and a living document of the growth and depth of their ever evolving relationship.”

EXAMPLE 2:

“This box contains a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a love letter from each to the other. The letters describe the good qualities they find in one another, the reasons they fell in love, and their reasons for choosing to marry.  The letters are sealed and have not been seen by anyone but the writer – a romantic time capsule to be opened on your 5th (or ‘x’ number) wedding Anniversary.”

Hope that gives you a unique idea for your wedding ceremony! You can also include photos or any special items that you might want to look back on in the box! Hope you are enjoying the nixon wedding uniqueness-es! OH! real quick, how cute is this sweet heart table? Check back for later wedding uniqueness-es to see more about their wedding reception at Polen Farms in Kettering, Ohio.

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When planning your wedding it is definitely important to make sure you have a place to get ready. A lot of venues and churches have bridal rooms that you can get dressed in and even get your make up done on location.  Having a nice, pretty atmosphere to get ready in is definitely something to consider for your photography and wedding album.  Brook chose a stunning location to get ready at.  The available light was A+!  Having this allowed us to get some great bridal shots before the Bride and Groom met for their alone time and ‘first look’.

Thanks for checking out this week’s wedding unique-ness, I’ll be posting these every Tuesday! See you next week!

The second unique-ness about her wedding was her flowers and table decorations.  She used artificial flowers for her bouquet, bridesmaids, groomsmen’s boots, center pieces, ect.  This concept might scare you as a bride because you want that fresh real flower “look”.  It’s amazing how REAL artificial flowers look.  A good family friend of ours, Sauni, has a business called, Arrangements Made. With her, we made all of the flowers for her wedding and had them done 2 months before the wedding! Everything was ready to go and that was just one thing checked off the list.  Not to mention, if you are looking to cut your budget in anyway, this can definitely help in that area.  The best point about having artificial flowers is that they don’t die! Myself and my sister have both decorated our houses with the beautiful arrangements made from our weddings.  continue reading..

The last uniqueness is definitely a DIY tip for all of your DIY-ers AND it is a GREAT money saver when planning your wedding!  We all know that renting linens can get costly and can run your budget up.  Deanna definitely knew she wanted a table runner for the middle of her table.  So after some creative thought she came up with the idea to buy a couple rolls of wrapping paper that she found in her colors at Hobby Lobby, then she cut the rolls of paper in half and put them on her table as a table runner! they were GORGEOUS and you would have never known they weren’t a real linen.  HOW UNIQUE! Hope you all enjoyed our 2nd wedding unique-ness post! Happy Valentines Day, make sure you kiss that person you love today!  

sense it is not yet wedding season and we still have a couple of months until we’re gung ho with shooting a wedding every weekend, i thought we needed a little wedding love on our blog and facebook! it doesn’t feel right not posting images that aren’t wedding oriented on the regular!

what i truly love about weddings is that they are all different, every time i go to a wedding there has never been one wedding EXACTLY the same. i shoot a lot of weddings, so i don’t always remember every single little detail that they do but there is always a one specific thing that stands out to me from every wedding i shoot. i want to share these special unique-nesses (new word! haha) with you! until wedding season starts i will posting about unique-nesses that i’ve found through out my career and hopefully you may find something you want to incorporate into your day.

unique-ness #1 – dad and bride first look. i want you all to know that this wasn’t necessarily planned prior to the wedding, it just sort of happened, the bride new that she didn’t want her dad to see her until she was completely ready but the moment and set up was coordinated on a whim. now, this was one of the sweetest father daughter moments i’ve seen. you can just tell there are a 100 different emotions out of her father’s expression from this series of images. you can tell how truly blessed he father feels to be able to give his daughter away to the man she loves. it’s just beautiful.

hope you enjoy this little series! maybe this will be something you want to create with your father on your wedding day.