As brides plan for their big day, I thought it would be nice to share experiences from other brides. So I asked some of my previous brides (now wives) to give me their perspective of their wedding day. Below are the responses from Stephanie who married Walter on May 25, 2008. Click here and here to see the original blog posts from their wedding.
Best part of the wedding day:
The best part of the wedding was walking out of the church into the crowd of our friends and the bubbles. The bubbles were absolutely amazing. It was nice that we got to chat with friends and family at the time.
Fondest memory of the wedding day:
The Duck bus tour going by and cheering, seeing my grandmother so happy, my mom giving me the garter my Aunt Marmee made for me, meeting some of Walter’s family and seeing my mom and two aunts dance the WHOLE night.
(The Duck tour runs through historic parts of Baltimore and passed them as they took pictures at various monuments. The buses seem to come by every 10 minutes.)
Unexpected things we loved:
The Duck bus riding by, all of the people for the garter and bouquet toss and the charger plates.
(I surprised the couple with gold charger plates for their sweetheart table)
Aspects that were unnecessary:
The “Banquet Manager” was completely unnecessary. He talked to us once the whole night…when he greeted us. On the other hand, the bridal hostess was AMAZING.
If we could change anything:
Send the DJ a copy of the exact song we wanted played for our entrance. He messed up our entrance song by playing the wrong Kill Bill song. Plus he played country music and trendy rap music which we did not want. Otherwise, he got people on the dance floor and we had a blast, so I won’t complain.
Having a stronger bustle. Encourage your brides to have more than one loop for a bustle, because wedding dresses are HEAVY and will probably demolish one bustle hoop. I didn’t really mind, since it gave me a break to absorb things but I did have to miss Thriller.
(The bride’s wedding gown had a lot of beading which caused the loop on her bustle to break. I was able to secure it with safety pins from my emergency kit)
Anything we wish we had spent more time or money on:
Confirming with the florist and cake designer about the design. We wanted the large centerpieces to be in trays and the cake to have the same scroll design as the linen pattern. I sent a picture to cake baker of the linen design and called a couple of months ago but I had not confirmed the design closer to the event.
Anything we wish we had spent less time or money on:
The extra guest book. We order 2 Polaroid guest books. I would advise brides to by 1 Polaroid guest book per ½ their guest list. And we bought WAY too much Polaroid film. Everything else, was worth the time spent
Unexpected surprises or issues:
-The DJ playing the wrong Kill Bill Theme song and playing country/trendy rap music even with our specific instructions and the bustle breaking, multiple times…and during THRILLER!
Number 1 tip for future brides:
Don’t sweat the small stuff; this day happens once in your life. Try and spend it all being happy. Don’t let little miniscule things stress you out. You can deal with them later! Take 1-2 days off after your wedding to relax AND THEN go on your honeymoon. You can use the time to catch up with family and friends, gush about the wedding and see wedding pictures…sooo much fun!
How did we feel after the wedding:
ECSTATIC, so excited about the pictures, like a million bucks! I wanted to wear the dress more so we went to Power Plant (after the wedding) and got some great reactions 
Thanks Stephanie for participating. Readers click here to see our other brides’ perspective posts.
