My Five Wedding Day Loves and Regrets

I loved our wedding we jammed packed as much fun as we could during the wedding weekend. We had fun events leading up to our wedding day including a welcome party and rehearsal dinner. Coming from a wedding vendor perspective I knew how I wanted my wedding to be. I did a great job and have a lot of things I loved and a few things I regret. I'm hoping by breaking it down for you I help any couples out there planning their wedding.

5 Things I Loved About My Wedding Day

1. Doing traditional vows and love letters instead of personal vows

We decided to do traditional vows at our wedding. Instead of doing personal vows, we wrote love letters to each other. That we read in front of our videographers before the wedding. As a wedding videographer myself, I recommend this if you're not doing personal vows. This helps them have something to use as a voiceover while editing your video.

The reason I did traditional vows is that I didn't want to get personal in front of everyone at the wedding. The private love letter still allowed me to let my husband know how much he means to me.

2. Not having a professional MUA or Hair Stylist

I decided to do my own hair and makeup for my wedding. I had a lot of people question it. Up until the week before my wedding. I am happy that I stood my ground. I enjoy doing my makeup and always wanted to do it for my wedding day.

How can you prepare for doing your own wedding hair and makeup?

What I did to prepare is I tested a lot of different makeup looks. I kept a journal and wrote down the steps. Then I took photos and videos in selfie-form when my makeup was fresh and at the end of the day. Every big event leading up to the wedding was a chance to test out makeup and hair for my wedding day.

I loved the way my makeup turned out on my wedding day and I was happy with how all my bridesmaids did theirs. In fact, by doing our own hair and makeup we had more time to hang out together the morning of and were ahead of schedule.

I don’t think everyone should take this route. For me, it was the option I wanted and I’m happy I did it.

3. First Look instead of Traditional

I’m a wedding videographer and photographer. I’m always going to suggest doing a first look. It makes the day less stressful. You get the photos out of the way and you get to enjoy a little bit of your cocktail hour. It’s a win. I loved doing the first look and having that moment with my husband.

4. Vendors

All my vendors were top-notch and super vetted by me. Some of them didn’t have a lot of reviews on the wedding websites but I loved their vibe when I interviewed them. They pulled the day together for me! Here are the vendors I used for my Wedding:

5. Social Media Point Person

I had my social media savvy bridesmaid capture my videos and photos for Instagram. This was in case I wanted to make content later. On top of that, I had two polaroid cameras and my bridesmaids walked around and captured photos of people.

5 Things I Regret About my wedding Day

I loved everything about my wedding but I still had a few minor regrets.

1. Not Appointing a Clean up Person

At the end of the night, things are a bit chaotic. You’re trying to figure out how to get to the hotel or your “after-party.” In that process, the people that work at the venue are gonna start cleaning up. Have your most sober bridesmaid or groomsmen do a sweep of the venue for decorations, gifts, or cards. This is to ensure everything is packed and in the car. I wish I had this person since I left a pair of shoes and a few gifts behind.

2. Properly Bustle Dress

Make sure your maid of honor or bridesmaids know to lift your dress when walking. My poor dress was being dragged everywhere. On top of that, I don’t think I bustled my dress right. Make sure one of your bridesmaids is on bustle duty and knows the best way to bustle your dress so it looks pretty.

4. Table hop

We had it scheduled, we never did it. During the reception find time to table hop so that you see everyone including the back tables. Have your photographer go with you to capture photos when needed.

5. No Organized Afterparty

If you’re staying in a hotel suite there is a good chance that people will come to your room after the wedding to party. We lucked up and ended up going to a bar nearby. If you know people are still going to want to party plan ahead for an afterparty. At least a bar nearby you can go to after the wedding.

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