If you’ve already begun to lay the groundwork for your wedding, you probably know this will be a stressful time for your finances. When it comes to wedding gifts, you may already live with your fiancé and have no need for household items, or you may assume that simply asking for money as a gift will be the best way to offset wedding expenses. While both of these are reasonable justifications for asking your guests for cash, there are tactful (and not-so-tactful) ways to ask for it.
Calm Your Nerves Before a Wedding
Your wedding day is sure to be one of the most memorable days of your life. The joy and excitement that accompanies planning that special day is often coupled with fear and anxiety as well. Plans surrounding the dress, the ceremony and the reception are enough to fill any bride or groom with wedding day jitters. Luckily, when wedding day nerves are at their highest, usually the day of the wedding, a little break from tradition could be just what you need to calm those nervous anxieties and get your head back into the wedding day game.
Ward Off the Post-Wedding Blues
A wedding day can have so much buildup that many brides feel a great sense of loss and lack of purpose after the big event passes. This can be marked with depression, a lack of motivation or even resentment. Though true cases of depression should be treated by a professional, there are ways that newlywed women can nip these feelings of loss in the bud and start enjoying their new lives.
Become a Registered Officiant for Weddings in New Orleans
In New Orleans, an officiant must be a state judge, priest or clergyman to legally perform marriage ceremonies in the state, according to Louisiana Civil Code. Qualified officiants must register with the Department of Health and Hospitals prior to performing ceremonies. However, judges and justices of the peace are not required to register as marriage officiants. Performing wedding ceremonies in the city of New Orleans without following the proper registration procedures is considered a crime.
Make a Wedding Wagon
If there are little members in your bridal party that are much too young to walk down the aisle, consider one of the latest trends in weddings. Many brides are embracing the idea of incorporating a wagon in their wedding ceremony. The smallest members of your bridal party can ride in a decorated wedding wagon and be pulled by the flower girl down the aisle. Some brides even request that their pet ride in a wedding wagon. Give a wedding wagon a personal touch by using the colors and themes used in your wedding.