remembering loved ones

I'm not sure how much you need to do - it's lovely to remember them but I wouldn't want to get too gloomy about the whole thing, and I don't think my relatives would have liked it either.

We had a toast to "absent friends" in my Dad's speech - this included my grandparents, who have all died, OH's paternal ones who also passed away a few years ago, but also his maternal ones who were ill and couldn't come. I wore a bracelet of my Grandma's as my "something old" as well - do you have something like that which you could incorporate into your outfit somehow?

I am going to have small picture frames attached to my bouquet, so they are with me when I walk down the aisle.

I bought bouquet lockets from flutterby weddings online, to put photos of my grandparents who are sadly no longer here.

My best friend died a few years ago, and she would have definitely been one of my bridesmaids. So I am leaving a 'space' for her, and my OH will be having one extra groomsman to my bridesmaids.

And then this morning, my mum told me that she has a penny collection from her mum before she died and she is going to cash that in a buy me something with the money for the wedding so that my nan is a part of it. Might have some picture of my other family too in a locket, or wear a piece of their jewellry.

Both of our dads sadly are no longer with us, so Im having the dj play "dance with my father" and request people dance in rememberance- it will be sad and im sure there will be lots tears, but we will make sure that we play something lively to follow. I have my granmother ring as my engagement ring- so she is always with me.

Hi I noticed your thread. I am a registered supplier with Hitched. I run a memorial gift service called Churchyard Angels and supply memorial tributes regularly for weddings. Most popular are my personalised candles, however, other gifts are popular too. I understand that this is a very sensitive area particularly at weddings, where the focus of course should be with the bride and groom, and I empathise with many of the threads I have read on this subject. I suppose it's how we feel as individuals as to how we might want to remember our loved ones on such a special day.

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Kind regards

Derek

We went to a wedding fair last week and seen a great idea from Cancer Research, They do favours, a card with a cancer research badge pinned to it. As both famililies have lost close members to cancer and have members living with the illness we really liked the idea to donate to charity as well as remembering family who sadly cant be with us. ?

H's uncle died just before our wedding, it was a very strange feeling him not being there and it only seemed right to do something. During the ceremony the registrar lit a candle in his memory and we gave it to Hs aunt to keep after. It was sad but people cry at weddings anyway so it didnt feel too depressing if that makes sense?

My cousin had a poem read for hers and H's grandparents and me and my OH are going to have a prayer or light a candle. I also am going to wear (or hold) a locket with my gran's hair in as I was very close to her.

X

I'm doing a couple of things, photo charm of my Mum on my bouquet, black and white photos in silver frames of family not with us anymore on the mantelpiece of the fireplace in the ceremony room, and a balloon release to send the party up to our Angels.

I'm also going down the photo locket tied to my bouquet route. My grandad is the only one of my grandparents no longer with me and the thought of him not being there to see me get married breaks my heart so I want to feel like he's there with me