Are you the kind of sentimental bride? More than wanting to keep your wedding perfect and under control, you value more the moment and experience of planning and celebrating your own wedding. San Diego weddings are leaning towards this path, as more couples these days nothing more than having a memorable celebration than it being flawless and impeccable. Here are some ideas that you can steal to create a sentimental San Diego wedding:
1. Use your mother’s wedding dress and turn it into your modern-day wedding gown
For sentimental San Diego weddings, brides are keen to incorporating their parents’ wedding into their very own and one idea of doing it is by using the fabric of their mother’s wedding dress. Similar to the television show Something Borrowed, Something New, brides nowadays are keen on this idea however for those who are quite skeptical about it, why not take a piece of that fabric and blend it into your own dress? In this manner, your dress is still brand new but with a touch of sentimentality.
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2. Display your parents’ own wedding photos on your wedding venue
Another way of honoring your parents and putting more sentimentality on the occasion, most San Diego weddings put up their parents’ and even grandparents’ wedding photos on display. It’s just nostalgic and evokes good memories, so why not?
3. Take a photo of you and give it to mom and dad
San Diego weddings are all about the emotions and sentimentality. One sentimental idea for your parents is to take a solo photo of you on your wedding day and give it to them as a surprise. You will always be their little girl. This will surely make them teary eyed so prepare for some Kleenex!
4. Exchange love letters with your groom on the day of your wedding
To make things more romantic and sentimental, it is a tradition to exchange love letters with your future husband on the day of your wedding. It will keep the excitement alive and it will be memorable for the two of you. Keep the letters for and read them again together after a few years, trust us this idea never gets old.
5. Engrave sweet nothings on your wedding rings
When you hear someone say that San Diego weddings are about sentimentality, believe them. One way in making your wedding sentimental and romantic is by engraving a few words on your wedding rings. Who says you can’t have this?
6. Visit the place where you went on your first date and have your photos taken
San Diego weddings can evoke wistful memories by embodying sentimentality to them. A great and memorable idea is to visit the place where you had your first date. It could be in the cinemas, beach, park or at a fancy restaurant and have your wedding photos taken there. This is certainly sentimental, trust us.
7. Honor your grandparents by letting them have the first dance
San Diego weddings are not just about the couple but they are also about the guests. One of your special guests would be your grandparents so be selfless enough by asking them to do the first dance with their very first song as newly weds for their background music. They will certainly love this idea and you would surely get inspired by their everlasting union.
8. Include your fur babies on the day of your wedding
Ohh, isn’t it such a cute idea to include your fur babies at your wedding? More than being adorable, having them witness your wedding celebration is also quite sentimental.
9. Snap a photo of you and your flower girl and give it to her on her wedding way
Then again San Diego weddings are about the special people. Make sure to take a lovely photo with your endearing flower girl and keep it until it is her turn to finally get married. Nothing more sentimental, wistful and nostalgic right? It will certainly remind you of your wedding day a decade or two after.
10. DIY aisle runner
Make your wedding ceremony unique and memorable by using a Do-It-Yourself aisle runner that tells your story as a couple from your first date until the happy proposal.
