6 Non-Traditional Things I am doing for my Wedding
My wedding is less than traditional and I love it! As I flick through the wedding magazines I see lots of different weddings but mine feels different again. but some of the reasons for not having some things or having things differently isn’t what you may think.
This wedding, well it’s about me and my partner. We popped together all the things we wanted in a list, our top three, minus getting married of course and those are what we focused on. My dress and photography mattered most to me, and food and music for my partner.
Here are 6 things I am doing for my wedding which are different.
Not Having bridesmaids - even before I was engaged and we decided to elope I decided I didn’t want bridesmaids. I’ve always been independent and I didn’t want to play favourites, do more admin, or pop costs on to others. Groomsmen and Bridesmaids just didn’t feel right to me and I never thought it was an option until Megan Markle led the way with no bridesmaids.
The schedule - It took forever to land on a plan that works for us, but when we did it all felt right. Our schedule feels anything but traditional, but it works for us, and it works with, dare I say it, COVID. We are eloping in Queenstown, and then 5 months later we are having a massive party.
It was all within the same month but with COVID causing problems we just decided to ease the pressure, and push it out and BOY does it feel good. Plus now I get to have two wedding photoshoots. Win-win.
Eloping and everything that comes with it. - No being walked down the sale, no his and her seating sides, no pre-dinner or post-party. Just my partner and I in Queenstown having our day together just the two of us. I cannot wait. I love the idea that the two of us can just be in the moment and together and not worry about everyone else, something my partner is great and I love him for but this day, I just want it to be about us.
No wedding cake - Don’t come at me, but I just don’t feel like a wedding cake. At all. I might change my mind, plenty of time but cake just doesn’t interest me. It is expensive, and I always see so much left and I just don’t want it. Easy.
Music - We are going double whammy with a Band and a DJ - I’m not sure if this is really breaking tradition but I think it’s cool and it feels different, but at our party, we will have an artist play at the start, and finish the night with a DJ. - Because well we like a good party.
Mask wearing - A non-traditional thing I would like not to care for. but we will be wearing masks at some point in our day because - COVID restrictions. I refuse to make that a memory.
There are probably lots of things I am forgetting, basically, if it doesn’t have a purpose I don’t want it (Aside from dress and veil) I don’t want printed seating charts, cake, I’m not even sure I will do a wedding fragrance! Ekk. But honestly, as long as I am happy, that’s all that matters.
Hannah x