Creative ways to Remember a Loved One at your Wedding

<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many couples about to wed have a mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, brother or sister who have passed and cannot be there to celebrate with them on their special day. It can be very important to a lot of couples to remember these people by adding a special gesture somewhere throughout their day. We stress the importance of keeping it light and simple so as not to over-upset the couple or the guests.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have compiled a list of ideas, if you have an idea to add to this list please feel free to share it as a comment below:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Have a special table set in memory of your loved one with a photo, fresh flowers and candles set aside the alter at your church or next to your bridal table at the reception. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohyyC-yUWp6Su0529CijRftIGvvNnAvxTVA9XBYY8-rWGOz-imD02kMr8Cn7im_3dZ76IFDxPHmM16NAs4aPa14NNzEwNljNWdd4F-CNpenkClkTbSU_XL0hznkk27LjClcSz6HeTMnGP/s1600/IMG_5798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohyyC-yUWp6Su0529CijRftIGvvNnAvxTVA9XBYY8-rWGOz-imD02kMr8Cn7im_3dZ76IFDxPHmM16NAs4aPa14NNzEwNljNWdd4F-CNpenkClkTbSU_XL0hznkk27LjClcSz6HeTMnGP/s320/IMG_5798.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. If your loved one had a favourite song have your musician sing it in honor of them.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. After your ceremony you may like to release some white balloons. We like the idea of having your loved one/s names written on the balloon or on a tag attached to the balloon. A chosen member of your family may like to say a few words before the bride and groom release the balloons into the heavens above. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DEOdG1QGJHBE0oZ-H2Us1AI_71L1Fu9Yi_AldnDxYp7P-IBO7Q-K52UNUvUWwrBMvjh4iboxXEWVVfYN5ZF29iXvyHKOV8M4MV2Vs9kJbVg5TULWq4ffzZ6frzsrTc612yiIjAEUYc5c/s1600/Balloon+release+remember+loved+ones+wedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DEOdG1QGJHBE0oZ-H2Us1AI_71L1Fu9Yi_AldnDxYp7P-IBO7Q-K52UNUvUWwrBMvjh4iboxXEWVVfYN5ZF29iXvyHKOV8M4MV2Vs9kJbVg5TULWq4ffzZ6frzsrTc612yiIjAEUYc5c/s400/Balloon+release+remember+loved+ones+wedding.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Set aside a chair at the ceremony where they would have sat. The bride might like to carry a single white rose down the aisle and take a moment to set the rose on the chair. You could place a tag on the rose stating "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">In loving memory of -insert name-"</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xrItOS6VYcqDq00rhHJQkTFVjit_RO4fs48IKxGzI8yjMKlL2VICRTddAYYJOiKbOgkBh4xqH_Vd6myYq2Ph_YOAO9uI2No-VUg-R5c64YMEIgqsIfFxcdmfCLQpoZ4cdbOF3kNqTHsk/s1600/rose+at+wedding.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xrItOS6VYcqDq00rhHJQkTFVjit_RO4fs48IKxGzI8yjMKlL2VICRTddAYYJOiKbOgkBh4xqH_Vd6myYq2Ph_YOAO9uI2No-VUg-R5c64YMEIgqsIfFxcdmfCLQpoZ4cdbOF3kNqTHsk/s1600/rose+at+wedding.JPG" /></a></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. The bride and groom may like to light a unity candle during their ceremony in memory of their loved one. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Wearing a piece of your loved ones clothing or jewelry is a great way to remember them whist keeping them near. If your grandmother wore a particular piece of jewelry on her wedding day it is lovely for the bride to do the same and maybe one day pass it on to her child too. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. If your loved one was buried at a cemetery close by you may like to visit them. My husband and his groomsmen stopped to visit his father on the morning of our wedding and left a buttonhole on his gravestone to have him included in our day. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. You may like to set aside a page in your ceremony booklet with a poem or verse that represents your loved one. Alternatively you may like to write "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Today we honor the memories of those who could not join us here (list of names)."</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">9. Create an arrangement of photos of your loved ones.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq9y421flCzF1tm_JTB7H9lHxb26XMsj9rpKImdImWSeFljkIv67wWKZQt1HXFGnrMop-qlBGgnYrTq5fha4kDLRt_JBHbOc7uvWv8k7t7WKCSN6tcn4_NpZNLtKQ1h9PAUjAeuyCBDNx/s1600/Wedding-loved-ones-frames.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq9y421flCzF1tm_JTB7H9lHxb26XMsj9rpKImdImWSeFljkIv67wWKZQt1HXFGnrMop-qlBGgnYrTq5fha4kDLRt_JBHbOc7uvWv8k7t7WKCSN6tcn4_NpZNLtKQ1h9PAUjAeuyCBDNx/s400/Wedding-loved-ones-frames.gif" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">10. Attach photo lockets to your bouquet or buttonhole.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZI5n2wyBR08uDQmFsMJKRljjKuV_FJZrQiXwMSJKKn36GEiApfYmQaBRQvIvEfBuILG3cKO2OgnV67NpHOIX-Sey8HUm3wqH5z7ayZgET0n_5H9_e9xMru37wA_F1GkybLbYIuXVWOo3/s1600/remembering-loved-ones-at-wedding-boutique-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZI5n2wyBR08uDQmFsMJKRljjKuV_FJZrQiXwMSJKKn36GEiApfYmQaBRQvIvEfBuILG3cKO2OgnV67NpHOIX-Sey8HUm3wqH5z7ayZgET0n_5H9_e9xMru37wA_F1GkybLbYIuXVWOo3/s320/remembering-loved-ones-at-wedding-boutique-2.jpg" width="320" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMidlnH2dTfMHHkdB_J6IKK3o-CNw56vlTNiCCftMLsuDXzn8UnMD_ORghJaarDODmw6HUyVSXtdlaNDmHdbr2DrRRBWLnviRmBwvwjX4y6jkulxVAChSmLUk4wJlE66ZvHvm6i2QXWBQf/s1600/Wedding-loved-ones-boutonniere.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMidlnH2dTfMHHkdB_J6IKK3o-CNw56vlTNiCCftMLsuDXzn8UnMD_ORghJaarDODmw6HUyVSXtdlaNDmHdbr2DrRRBWLnviRmBwvwjX4y6jkulxVAChSmLUk4wJlE66ZvHvm6i2QXWBQf/s200/Wedding-loved-ones-boutonniere.gif" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Yasmin xx </span>

Creative ways to Remember a Loved One at your Wedding

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