20 creative wedding ideas

1. Get Creative With: Your Look

This one's a no-brainer: Your bridal look should be just as individual as you are. Even if you want to keep it traditional, add personal touches with gloves or colorful shoes, or by donning a unique veil.

2. Get Creative With: Your Bridesmaids

Let your bridesmaids stand out at the altar too. Even if you're asking them to all wear the same dress, leave a little room so they can express their own personalities - either by picking their own hairstyle, shoes or jewelry.

3. Get Creative With: His Boutonniere

Repeat after us: The groom doesn't have to wear a flower if he doesn't want to. Or even if he does, you can spice it up by including feathers, ribbon or succulents. Another idea we love? Instead of matching your bouquet, have the groom wear his mother's or grandmother's fave flower.

4. Get Creative With: Your Bouquet

Your bouquet will appear in tons of photos, so make sure you love the way it looks. Mix in ribbons and feathers, or go another route by tying a cameo, rosary or other keepsake to the stems.

5. Get Creative With: Your Dress

We know you pored over magazines and websites for endless hours to find "the one." Now, make it your own. You can go subtle by adding a hidden "something blue" ribbon to the inside skirt, or go bold by wearing a colorful crinoline underskirt to match your bridesmaids.

6. Get Creative With: Their Shoes

Put a twist on the trend of bejeweling your own shoes by doing something special with your bridesmaids' heels instead. Use stick-on jewels to spell out your new monogram or your wedding date.

7. Get Creative With: Your Ceremony

If you want to make your ceremony feel more intimate, try seating your guests in the round. You can also personalize the actual program in a number of ways, by including your own traditions or writing your own vows.

8. Get Creative With: Your Rings

Step up the personalization factor on your rings by having them engraved with your favorite song lyric or even an excerpt from a poem. Just use initials if you can't fit the entire phrase.

9. Get Creative With: Your Cocktails

Signature cocktails are a must. They can complement your color palette and help set the tone for the evening. Keep yours personal by using a creative garnish (think: ginger, jalapenos or lavender) or by naming each one after someone in the bridal party. For instance, if a Lemon Drop is your maid of honor's favorite drink, rename it for her on your cocktail menu.

Creative Wedding Ideas To Highlight Your Unique Personalities ...

Most couples light a Unity Candle during their wedding vows, but here’s an additional idea to implement into your own ceremony. On a table near the entrance set up a memory candle to honor those that could not be with you on this joyous occasion. Print up a card that contains the names of family members and close friends that you wish to remember in your hearts. As an extra special touch, print out a second card with a meaningful poem, verse or lyrics to a song. Frame both cards and place them next to the lit candle. Paste some of your favorite photos onto the pages of a typical guestbook or scrapbook. Leave space on each page so that guests can sign their names and invite them to leave some advice or comments as well. Everyone will enjoy looking at the pictures you’ve included and you’ll have a lovely keepsake filled with fond memories to take home. I recently watched a video clip online where the bridal party started off the reception, not with the traditional “bride and groom” dance, but with a choreographed dance to the soundtrack of Michael Jackson’s song Thriller. It was quite creative and the guests loved it. Why not do something similar? Pick a favorite song and get your attendants together to practice some choreographed moves to entertain your own guests. It can be as simple as learning to do the tango or a line dance together up to something more complicated like copying the moves in a video music clip. However, stick with whatever you and your attendant’s feel most comfortable with.

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