Wedding Do-Over: Brides Reveal What They Would Have Done Differently

This is my do-over.

I'm stressing less

I'm doing what WE want and what works for us

My gown is a real color

I'm not paying for anything I don't need or want

I'm not doing anything just because its tradition

Keeping things simple. Not over-complicating or over-thinking every little thing.

Putting more focus on the marriage, and not the wedding

Thanks for posting.

I would already do over more dress shopping for myself, even though I love my dress I think I could have done better, started saving more $$$ further in advance, I wish FH was more involved but he thinks things can be done 4 weeks before the wedding and doesn't understand all the stuff I'm doing, for example he thinks we dont need a photographer, 18% gratuity for the staff, feeding out guests an actual meal and lots more. Ugg!

I love these, I find them super helpful as I am planning

Paris, your last one is especially good advice I am trying to take!

I would start doing things earlier -- packing up everything to go to the venue, making the bouquets, figuring out the centerpieces.

I would have figured out a way to make ornament boutonnieres.

I would have waited to go dress shopping, I'm convinced I could have found a great dress for less.

I wouldn't have sent STD's so that when it was obvious that my PR family couldn't make it, we could have easily downsized to a super intimate, 20 person wedding. (This one is a maybe... our wedding at 66 ppl was fun but still somewhat intimate.)

I would have figured out what to do with my hair, or put my foot down on having my hair curly.

I would have researched more venues to ensure I couldn't find a better or as good a deal closer to home.

I would have ordered fewer cookies for the favors or gotten larger bags.

I would have made my invites different to ensure people treated it a bit more formally.

I would have had the venue coordinator announce it was an unplugged ceremony.

Thanks for the post! I wish I would have found WW way sooner than I did and I think if I would have hired a planner from the beginning, I would have saved a lot more $ on other vendors :-(

@We'llAlwaysHaveParis: Like you, I sort of was having a do-over this time, since it was my second wedding. I still ended up with an ivory gown, primarily because NotFroofy (who had never previously been married, and whose mother designs wedding dresses for a living) wanted something that looked to her like a "wedding" dress. But I think we followed all your other rules.

While this is my second marriage it is my first wedding. I feel I have learned a lot observing others planning and prepping. I will take your advice ladies. I made it a point to incorporate something both of us love and enjoy (Lord of the Rings) and I am spending as little as possible. Perhaps that sounds weird, but everything is very nature based. I can see how easy it would be to spend a small fortune on this stuff, but at the end of the day the memories made will be the best part

Not even one single thing.

Oh no wait, I wouldn't have been in the bathroom when the DJ played "Born This Way."

Otherwise, my wedding was actually perfect.

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