One year ago, you and your spouse tied the knot. It was an exciting time in both your lives. The first wedding anniversary will give you and your spouse a chance to celebrate your love for one another so go ahead and make this anniversary one of several special celebrations in your lives together. Here are a few tips on how to celebrate your one year wedding anniversary.
Plan a Wedding in a National Park
National parks are affordable settings for wedding ceremonies and receptions. These family-friendly vacation spots feature not only venues for weddings, but camping opportunities, views of local foliage and cultural activities. National parks are sure to be appealing to the bride and groom, as well as local and out-of-town wedding guests. Plus, national parks provide scenic backgrounds for wedding photographs.
Do Your Own Wedding Makeup
Most women don't stress out over the makeup they put on before leaving the house. However, your wedding day is not just your average day, and you want your look to be special and bring out your best features. Doing your own wedding makeup can be a breeze when you follow a few simple steps. Does this Spark an idea?
Write Wedding Invitations When Parents Are Deceased
When parents are deceased before couples plan their wedding, they have to make the difficult choice on how to word their wedding invitations. Parents often become remarried to someone else, and the couple has to decide on a proper way to word the invite without hurting anyone’s feelings. There are many ways to word wedding invitations, so write what feels right to you. If including the name of your recently deceased father on the invitation may bring up awkward moments at the wedding, then you may choose not to include his name.
Make a Hand Tied Silk Wedding Bouquet
Flowers arrangements and bouquets are expensive. However, these flower arrangements and bouquets are a big part of most weddings and other special events. One way you can save money and be sure to get what you want is to make the bouquets yourself. With silk flowers, this is very easy and can be done ahead of time so you will have one less thing to worry about the week of your big day.