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Read 7 creative tips to preserve your wedding day memories in unique and thoughtful ways.
There are lots of ways to preserve your wedding day memories
Your wedding day is supposed to be the best day of your life. However, as magical as it may be, there’s no escaping the fact that it’s over in just a few hours. That being said, the memories of the amazing time you had can, thankfully, last forever. From photographs to replica cakes, there are lots of ways to preserve your wedding day memories. Your big day may only happen once, but with these seven creative tips, you can relive the wonderful time you had again and again.
1. Keep A Planning Journal
Planning a wedding is a major task, which is why most brides keep all of their ideas and research in one place, like a planning journal. Rather than throw this away once your big day is over, you should add to it and keep it as a lovely memento. You can use it to write about your proposal, keep fabric samples for your dress, and even draft your vows. Any sort of journal will do for this task, but you may want to decorate yours or spring for something a little fancier.
2. Take Some Beautiful Snaps
When it comes to wedding mementos, photographs are the option most couples first thing of. After all, a picture can tell a thousand words. That being said, not all wedding photos are on the same level. If you want to enjoy looking at yours for years to come, then ensure you shop around for someone with lots of experience, like Rachel Howden Photography. To see your wedding from other perspectives, you may also want to give your guests some disposable cameras.
3. Get It On Video
Although wedding pictures are crucial, it’s just as important that you have a videographer on hand. This will allow you to relive your wedding vows, your first dance, and view must-see candid moments of your guests. Unless you capture your big day on video, you’ll miss out on this opportunity and only see a small fraction of what went on during the biggest day of your life. Just like with photographers, you should ensure you find a videographer with skills and experience.
4. Stash The Wine Bottles
Wine, Prosecco, and champagne are classic beverages almost every couple offers at their wedding. Rather than throwing away all of your empty bottles, you should keep one or two for later. After being cleaned, these can then be used to store petals from your bouquet, confetti from your ceremony, or even well-wishes from your guests. You could also keep a few full bottles to drink together at your wedding anniversary celebrations.
5. Create A Cake Replica
After spending so much on something so beautiful, most new couples decide to keep a tier of their wedding cake and freeze it for later. The only issue with this is that so many things could go wrong. Your cake just might not taste the same after being frozen, or freezer problems could leave it ruined. For this reason, you may want to eat the entire thing sooner rather than later. To keep the memory of it alive, you can take pictures of it and hire an artist to create a clay replica.
Consider altering your wedding dress so you can wear it again
6. Makeover Your Wedding Dress
Wedding gowns are garments that are typically only worn once. Instead of leaving your dress to gather dust in a closet, you should consider giving it a makeover. You could turn it into a skirt, for example, or even alter it to create a shorter, more casual dress. This will allow you to wear your gown whenever you feel like it. If you can’t bear the thought of this, then you could take some lace from your gown and use it to create jewelry. This way, your dress can always be with you.
7. Press The Bridal Bouquet
With flowers as beautiful as the ones in your wedding bouquet, it can seem a shame only to enjoy them for one day. Thankfully, you don’t have to. As long as you keep your flowers close to you, or order another bouquet to toss to the ladies, you can preserve them for later. There are lots of ways to do this, but one of the most popular is pressing them. This is a traditional and simple way to preserve your flowers, which you can then frame and display in your home.
Your wedding may only last for one day, but, with these sentimental and creative tips, you can create keepsakes that you can enjoy for a lifetime.
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It recently came to my attention that a fan of my work has tattooed various parts of my life's work on his inner bicep. I did not believe it until I saw some photos of it.
HE TATTOOED THE ENA THEORIES ON HIS INNER BICEP
Truly I am blessed to have my work touch people so much, that someone would tattoo it on their bodies.
I am touched and honored today to find out that someone valued my original emotional needs theories so much (my life work in dating and relationship coaching) that he TATTOOED them on his body. Just WOW.
What an testament to how my work is helping others
I am so honored. It feel really nice to have such an homage to my work.
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Your Emotional Needs Analysis Mastery System of men and women has helped me understand what can help build a relationship and what can also lead to it’s demise if needs are not addressed or even worse violated.
They are something I want to stay mindful of going forward throughout my life so I can focus on making my relationship as strong as possible.
Here are some images of my tattoos to show the placement better.
I’ve got a cheat sheet concept going on my arm like your cheating on a test but it’s all life lessons.
So I added those tattoos for emotional needs in relationships and I'd always liked the S.L.A.P. Theory (From Creepy To Charisma: The Art of Calibrationprogram).
It also doesn’t hurt that when I first learned of them I was a single 20 year old guy, and now I’m in a great relationship with the most supportive person I’ve ever met and have a beautiful daughter who is about to turn 3 in a few months.
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