December 2010 Weddings
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Wedding Regrets
Is anybody else having these? When I first saw friend's pics on facebook I had a breakdown and I was so upset about the way I looked, etc. I haven't seen all my pro-pics yet but I'm pretty happy with them and I think once I see them all I'll feel much better.
But if you could do it again what would you do differently?
We're going to second-line into the New Year! 
Re: Wedding Regrets
I think less bridesmaids...they caused too much drama and no support.
I also wish that I was thinner, but it wasn't for lack of effort. I look at some of the pics and see wobbly turkey arms and know looking at the beauty of each photo and emotion captured is what I should be focusing on.
I wish that we planned more time for pictures even though I left several hours...we cut the "group" shots with bridal party to an absolute minimum due to weather delays, etc.. I seriously have like (2-3) decent shots of them.
Of course there is always that "I wish I talked to that person more or at all" feeling. I parked it on the dance floor and had fun with the hubby instead which isn't that bad either.
Also H and I didn't really get a chance to take many pics in the photo booth. Everyone else raved about it.
That's all...I remember it as the best day of my life to date. Above are just some tweaks.
I think that I would have done some things differently... But in the long run, the way I look at it, everything in the world could have gone wrong, and I know that everything wasn't perfect, but I think that it was the little things that happened that makes it so memorable...
I think that once I get my pro-pics, I will love everything no matter what all happened
I think I might have had my sister be my maid of honor. She's 15, so when we were picking the wedding party I thought she wasn't old enough. She ended up doing a lot of the stuff anyway.
Also, my dad and my other sister were horribly sick the night before the wedding, and they still weren't feeling well. I would like to figure out a way for them to be healthy.
Other than that, I think my wedding was absolutely perfect and I wouldn't change anything. People kept telling me to be prepared for something to go wrong, but other than sickness nothing really did. It was wonderful.
Proud Newbie Gardener
Sounds like most of our regret is coming from the photography and I would have to agree.
I love my photos, but I wish he would have taken more close up photos of me and my husband. That's not his style, but I asked him specifically to do so and he did not. I should have pushed him more on the day of. Also, I've said it before, I wish we would've had more outdoor pics, but it was raining, so that's not really a regret it's a *sigh* because I can't do anything about the weather.
My hair in some photos isn't exactly how I wanted it, but that's me being knit-picky. And yes, I should've been a bit more mindful of my expressions like Julie just said--some photos are like YIKES!
I should've bitten the bullet and hired a trolley too, but spending another grand that late in the game was so unappealing. It would've helped big time and my BM's wouldn't have gotten wet (stupid rain). Also, I would've hired a different planner because she ended up being an unorganized spazz. At least it didn't show.
Other than that, the day was wonderful and worth every penny.
Cheers!
142 Ready To Celebrate!
I feel a little better knowing others feel the same.
I thought looking at wedding pics would make me feel great about myself but its done the opposite. I feel like I look like I'm in a ridiculous costume with a veil and hairstyle that makes my face look very round. I've only seen maybe 10 pro pics so far but I only like the ones from far away. I asked her to send me something I could use to put in the paper but I don't really like any of them. I'm seriously hoping we just have a difference of opinion in what looks "pretty and posed." She keeps sending me ones where I'm laughing or doing a stupid cheese smile that gives me a double chin. I don't have a double chin, so why would I put a stupid pic of me in the paper that makes me look like I do?
My mom says that they are beautiful and I just look very happy... I just don't feel like I look pretty in them. I am almost in tears thinking about it. I'm probably overreacting... and low self-esteem is never becoming. I just wish I would have worn my hair down and purchased my own veil instead of borrowing SIL's. Its too poofy for my round face shape, esp with the hair up. Sigh... thanks for listening to my rant.
Umm...well I guess I would say that I would communicate more. I wish I had given the information for the baker to my mom, so that at ten minutes to the ceremony she didn't come over and tell me that the cake was missing and I was the only one who could find it. I wish I had communicated to my MIL that our photographer would be at our condo to take "getting ready" photos. I assumed that bridesmaids and such always got ready together, and they knew we would be at the condo and that they were welcome...I guess I didn't make it clear that I'd like them all there....
I also would have communicated more with my (brand new) wedding venue coordinator. She had only been on my event for a couple weeks, and I wish I had made sure to tell her every little detail of what I was making and doing at home DIY. But I didn't and she didn't know how to set up our tables, and she lost some of our stuff.......
But I'm such a chill person that I handled it all just fine and had a wonderful time just the same. My mom was the only one who stressed.
Everything pretty much went great! I wish I would have hired a better photographer. The lighting in EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM SUCKS!!!!! The composition is ok, but the lighting is horrible. I have my photos back already because I opted for a copyright released photo disk instead of prints.... GOOD THING cause this guy had NO CLUE about lighting. Of course, you couldn't tell from his samples which just happened to be PERFECT. Probably because he spent a lot of time EDITING which is something he obviously DIDN"T do with ours. Super nice guy and totally easy to work with, but the lighting made the photos UGLY! And, I don't know enough about photoshop to fix them! UGH!!!
I wouldn't have let my friend Tammy be my coordinator. I didn't know until then that she does NOT handle stress well. And I wouldn't have let her girls be my guestbook and gift attendants either. They didn't stay on post, they wandered in and out of the sanctuary (as was caught on video tape), and our photo book that we wanted everyone to sign like a year book, didn't even get touched! LUCKILY I had an address Book there too and had asked people to put their information in it. So, I have SOMETHING. But, sheesh, all that money for the photo book could have been saved for a wedding album instead. BLAH!
Over all though, everything went well. It really did.