Thanks for watching this video! Were there any traditions you had never heard of before?

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@reysalvador9698

2 жыл бұрын

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The top table arrangement is hell!

This was one of my favourite videos Lauren, I loved hearing about where the meaning behind different wedding traditions ! I had no idea there was a difference between the US and the UK as to who walked down the aisle first!!

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Aww i'm so glad you enjoyed it. There is so much on traditions and etiquette and i've only be able to name a few otherwise i would have gone on all day haha. I hope you found it helpful! xx

US Wedding Planner- We have gotten away from Many of the more "Formal" traditions. Here, Brides go Last. Most couples choose to have the Groomsmen stand with the Groom at the Alter then the Bridesmaids walk Followed by Maid of Honor and Bride with Father (or person who is giving her away) last. Some choose to have the groomsmen walk together with the Bridesmaids, then Maid of Honor and Best Man. I haven't seen a Recieving line in Years (since my own-40 years ago) Usually right after the ceremony, the wedding party and family go do their formal pictures while the guests are at the Cocktail Hour. Then when they are finished, guests are seated and the Wedding Party makes their entrance being announced by the DJ (or Band) Last- Bride and Groom where the go into their First Dance. Seating- Either the Bride and Groom have a "Sweetheart" table with just the two of them and the wedding party seated at tables directly to the right and left OR a big "Head Table" consisting of Bride and Groom in the middle with Maid of Honor and Best Man next with the rest of the Wedding party on each side. Family tables in front to the right and left. As the Bride and Groom eat First, it leaves them time to go and mingle with the guests at their leisure when they are finished Not many couples do the Bouquet and Garter Toss anymore-But if they do, there's a small "Toss Bouquet", as you said- No Bride wants to Toss her Gorgeous Bouquet out into the crowd of crazy single ladies! Cake-If They have cake, now it's usually a smaller one with a seperate desert table. Gone are the days of the Big wedding Cake! Large wedding cakes are very pricey, not to mention Most guests never eat it-so All that money is getting thrown in the garbage! Gifts-for the most part, are cards with money and given at the wedding itself, while the "Presents" like household items, linens etc... are given at the Bridal Shower from Their Wedding Registry. I didn't hear you speak of The Bridal Shower-is that something that is Not done in the UK? I'm actually glad many of these more formal traditions are not popular anymore and Weddings are More Fun for Everyone, especially for the Newlyweds!!!

Refreshing and practical advice, thanks Bluebird Creative! Love it :-)

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Stomach Kind Thank you for the kind words! Xx

I be would love to do the last one

Seriously, the more I watch your videos, the more I want you to be my wedding planner!! It’s crazy, I can literally see us talking on the phone or texting about the plans and I’m not even engaged yet!! Just saying it would be a dream to work with you.😍

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

This is the cutest ❤️

What an interesting and original video! Wedding traditions seem to be a hazy area with so many variations to consider so thank you! X

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Hannah thanks Hannah. I hope it’s cleared up some of your questions x

We got married in Czech Republic and they have a tradition where they drop a plate and the bride and groom sweep it up to show our willingness to work together 😝❤️ I thought this was very sweet x

this helped so much thank you Lauren xx

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Im so pleased! Theres so many traditions people are unaware of! xx

We're doing a sort of speedy receiving line on the way into the wedding breakfast - everyone will line up before going in but we'll doing a confetti throw here instead of doing it straight after the ceremony! 🎉

Love that someone else knows there is a UK and a USA order to the walking... but...it's UP the aisle for arrival and DOWN the aisle with your new spouse 👍🏼

@helennoble3125

3 жыл бұрын

Love finding a planner whose into the back story as much as me ☺️

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Love this 🥰

I’ve got my wedding next week. Already had the small comments every so often about the all the ‘traditions’ that we’ve not followed along the way. “Traditionally…the brides name is first…traditionally…the mother would sit here…traditionally…you would do x y z” I like a tradition, but I think it’s just annoying that I’ve been expected to know them all as we’re going through the planning and someone makes a comment often when it’s too late to change it. Why make the comment?

Great video - I'm not doing many. My mum and dad are giving me away, we've got a sweetheart table, no receiving line, no cake. We do have a first dance though.

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What lipstick do you have one in this video please? :-)

Love the idea of a charity donation from guests if you don’t want gifts 🎁

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Stomach Kind I’ve always loved that. Such a nice idea isn’t it. Xx

I’m Americana bc my fiancé is British, what things are the most different in the uk then the us? I wnat to be prepared as possible!!

What's the seating if both the bride and grooms parents are divorced and remarried??

Quick question... on top table, why are the parents of bride and groom mixed? Seems a nice idea, I’ve just always assumed it would just be MOB FOB and MOG FOG together!

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Hannah interesting question. And I’m not sure where the tradition started. But it has always been fob and mob closest to the couple. My assumption would be that because traditionally they are the hosts as giving their daughter away, they are therefore the next important couple after the bride and groom and so have the seats either side of them, if that makes sense? Xx

Thankyou for all the info and advice! Very helpful! How do you do the wedding breakfast walk around if people are still eating and there’s no place to sit? Sorry if it seems like a silly question😂xx

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Not silly at all. So just visit each table. No need to sit down, just pop over and have a brief chat with everyone. they may still be eating, but it's not usually an issue and if you go to the tables that were served after you, they'll just be finishing as well. ;) xx

What's the english traditions of walking down the isle if the Bride's father has died? My fiance asked my dads permission to marry me whilst he was in the hospital the day before he died. My Dad always said it would go to his eldest brother, but I don't know him that well. Maybe his youngest brother that I do know? Or my Mum? I want to do right by my Dad but also feel comfortable on my big day.

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jess. Im so sorry to hear about your dad. As far as i'm aware, this is down to you to decide. Do what feels right for you and ask the person that you feel is right. You don't want to feel uncomfortable on your day. Im sure you will work out what the best option is for you. Best of luck xxx

In the US we have the top tier of cake on the first wedding anniversary.

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh I like that. Thanks for sharing ❤️

I’m so worried about traditions, I’m especially worried that guests are going to sit on sides I.e the grooms family on one side and the brides family on the other side. I’m just worried that my side is going to seem empty since I only have 3 family members

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Why not pop up a sign to say ' take a seat not a side'' so that guests can sit freely? And have your ushers on hand to help people xxxx

@debbiefitch-daniels5014

3 жыл бұрын

Bluebird Bride Academy that’s a great idea, thank you. I’m going to start looking at signs on Pinterest. Absolutely love your videos btw, I’m watching them religiously

I noticed you didn't mention speeches as a tradition, every wedding I've been to has them but I find them super boring and wondered how acceptable they are to skip?

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Yes so this is something that is always part of a wedding, but yes it is a tradition. I didn't add it as for me its not a something people tend to decide to keep or not. However it's your wedding and so therefore totally up to you. Just remember you may want to thank your guests and your dad may want to talk about you as will the groom. When you're sitting there as a bride instead of a guest it may have a little more meaning. Do what feels best for you and your day xx

@kimschmidt8436

3 жыл бұрын

In Swedish weddings we usually have a lot of speeches (even though I understood that the UK/US tradition is that the two men closes to the bride are the only ones to give speeches). A scandi solution to handle 5-20 speeches (not kidding) spread out during the dinner is that there’s a time limit is 3 minutes per speech (and the parents get a bit more, say 5 min). Shorter means more variation and less boring. No one want to listen to one person speaking for 20 min 😅

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimschmidt8436 ooh that’s really interesting, but I great solution for sure!! ❤️

Celebrating giving the bride away? No, it’s a throwback to the dowry system. ‘Please take my daughter’.

What if both groom and brides parents are divorced 😭

Oh dear, what a gruesome line that is of people on the chart. Some traditions need to be smashed hard and fast. Who is ever going to feel comfortable in such a set-up? So stop the nonsense and place the mother of the bride next to her husband and the father of the groom next to his wife! Put the maid of honour in the bride's section and the best man in the groom's section. And if the parents are divorced and even remarried, ask them if they want to be in the line at all and next to whom. Let's make it as comfortable as possible from now on. And if a child is raised by another person, please include that person in the line! It's so idiotic to be overlooked there as a foster mother, just because the birth mother wants to eat the whole cake.

If you cannot afford the honeymoon lower your sights and book what you can afford. Bride first always. The bridesmaids are attendants, hence "maids". There is no such thing as a maid of honour - it's a Matron of honour if she is married, otherwise just a bridesmaid. Receiving line: Best Man, Groom's mother, Bride's father, Bride, Groom, Bride's mother, Groom's father, Senior bridesmaid/Matron of honour. The same order is kept for the top table. The cake was to symbolise the wealth of the bride's family. Evening parties are horrible. Get married at 12, have your lunch, mingle, speeches and cut cake, change and go.

@heathermairie5111

Жыл бұрын

I've just started planning our wedding and we're in the camp of no disco! It's a controversial one but I like the idea of an afternoon wedding, evening meal, then cut the cake after dessert and have with the teas and coffees, then off to bed

does the bride actually need to be 'given away'?? it's a SUPER misogynistic tradition and i have my own damn legs, so i can walk myself down the aisle myself thank you very much!!

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

As I always say, ‘you do you’. It’s your wedding day and you need to do what makes you happy. Most wedding traditions are very old fashioned and that one in particular dates back to the days when women were the property of their father, and he gave her away in exchange for a dowry. X

@lanataliamaria

3 жыл бұрын

I’m walking myself down the aisle and shitting it 😭😂

@sylvieclark2983

2 жыл бұрын

I think its really lovely that someone gives the bride away, and its according to the Scriptures in that the man and woman leave their parents and join together as one.

@hieronymusboschful

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Walking on your own is great, screw the idea that somebody, ANYBODY has to give you away.

I once went to a wedding where they not only did a bouquet toss for the single ladies, but they also did a garter toss for the single guys! The new husband had the privilege of taking off the garter for this part and the lucky single wears it around his arm. To be honest I love this idea. I have the feeling it might be a US tradition?

And Grooms😢

We were looking for Welsh wedding traditions, not UK :(

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

2 жыл бұрын

Aww sorry I’m British. I don’t know the Welsh traditions?! but I’d love to hear them? ☺️

@blancaparamo3655

2 жыл бұрын

@@BluebirdBrideAcademy We are in Wales at the moment, we'll let you know. My fiancée is a Geordie by the way. Diolchiadau!

@blancaparamo3655

2 жыл бұрын

@@BluebirdBrideAcademy Hi! We are going to get married in Newcastle now, so your video will be and has been very useful lovely! Keep it up! Blanca and Daniel 🥰

No. Tacky to ask for ANY gift. One foes not have a wedding to cash in. They have a wedding to celebrate their marriage & becoming one in God's eyes. No living together before marriage either. Why? Those that live together prior to marriage have a 6 times greater divorce rate.

Seriously, the more I watch your videos, the more I want you to be my wedding planner!! It’s crazy, I can literally see us talking on the phone or texting about the plans and I’m not even engaged yet!! Just saying it would be a dream to work with you.😍

@BluebirdBrideAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Aww this is the cutest! 🥰🥰🥰