10 Ideas For Brides To Have A Stress-Free Wedding Day
Whilst bridal stores are where you go when looking for what you will wear on your special day, including your wedding dress and shoes, they can be so much more useful to you than just that.
Bridal stores have years of experience in all things weddings and brides, and in doing so have gathered a huge array of hacks and ingenious ideas to create a stress-free wedding day, so we thought we should share ten of their top wedding day secrets for brides.
Wedding Day Idea #1 – Surrender Your Phone
Your phone will ring constantly on your wedding day, and given that you are going to be pre-occupied with so many things, including becoming the most stunning bride ever, you should hand your phone to a designated person, such as one of your bridesmaids, to take your calls and pass on messages to you.
Wedding Day Idea #2 – Break In Your Wedding Shoes
Your wedding day should not be the only time you wear your wedding shoes other than when you first tried them on in the bridal store as they will surely hurt your feet.
Instead, in the weeks before your wedding day wear them occasionally around your home to break them in.
Wedding Day Idea #3 – Emergency Wedding Day Kit
Accidents and mishaps can happen on your wedding day so emulate the Boy Scouts and ‘Be Prepared’.
Create a small emergency kit containing safety pins, deodorant, perfume, wipes, double-sided tape, band-aids, and a small sewing kit.
Wedding Day Idea #4 – Fun Bags For Kids
Children are a joy at weddings…well they can be. Otherwise, they can be little horrors.
Help them channel their energies by providing fun bags containing toys, games, colouring sheets, and sweets which will all help to keep them occupied…and quiet!
Wedding Day Idea #5 – Memorial Table
On family occasions like a wedding day we often sadly reflect on those loved ones who are no longer with us.
However, they can be there on your special day if you set up a memorial table with photographs of those who are with you in spirit, even if not in person.
Wedding Day Idea #6 – Place A Small Handkerchief On Each Seat
How many people do you know who say, “I always cry at weddings”?
Help them out by placing a small handkerchief on each seat so that those who do shed some tears of happiness do not have makeup or mascara running down their cheeks.
You could even have them made especially with your names and the date.
Wedding Day Idea #7 – Prepare A List Of Photos You Want
Given how hectic a wedding day is, it is easy to forget things and one of them is wanting photographs with specific people.
To avoid disappointment, before your wedding day create a list of photographs including names of people you want in them and ensure your wedding photographer has that list.
Wedding Day Idea #8 – Umbrellas For Sunshine Or Showers
One thing is for certain, you will have weather on your wedding day. What that weather will be we cannot possibly predict so it could be sunshine or showers.
Prepare for both, and help your guests, by having umbrella racks containing umbrellas that they can use to shield them from rain, or to have shade from the sun.
Wedding Day Idea #9 – Water Bottles And Fans
If you live somewhere that is almost certain to be hot and dry on your wedding day, then a great way to look after your guests is to ensure that there are plenty of bottles of water and small fans available for them to hydrate and stay cool.
Wedding Day Idea #10 – Take Some Time Outs
Your wedding day can feel like you are in a whirlwind, which is why our final ingenious idea is simply that you occasionally take time outs away from all the hustle and bustle to sit and relax away from it all, even if it is only for five minutes.