Twenty years ago, all weddings were pretty much the same: the bride entered to solemn music, the couple said “I do”, and walked out to the wedding march, and then went to eat and dance with family and friends afterwards. Granted, there is something to be said about tradition, but even with a traditional ceremony, you can still make your wedding…yours.

Traditional weddings are nice, and they are chic…but generally they are not special to you. To make the traditional wedding more unique, maybe pick a non-traditional piece of music. You can say vows that are different or even write your own. Including family and friends to sing or read a piece of poetry, an excerpt from your favorite book or a favorite movie line helps to add that individuality.

Better yet, if you and your fiancé share a passion for something together, create your whole wedding around it. If you like to play cards, have a perfect pair wedding; have the ceremony talk about how perfect your love for each other is, serve dinner with commonly paired foods like chicken and mashed potatoes, and have your reception set up as a casino with a variety of card games for your guests to play. Maybe you like to go fishing together; you can have a “hooked on you” wedding, with the ceremony discussing how you hooked each other, serve dinner with a seafood twist, and have fishing lures as your wedding favors and decorate with a nautical theme.

Maybe those ideas are a bit extreme for you, and you need something more the middle of the road. If the two of you like a book or a movie, maybe using that as a basis for your wedding.. For example, think “Casablanca” or “The Notebook” and create your decorations, food, and entertainment to reflect the time period these movies were set in, but without actually placing a strict theme on your day.

No matter how you choose to add a bit of ‘yourselves’ to your wedding day, you can’t really go wrong. After all, it is your day, and it should reflect the relationship and the activities you share.

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