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wedding memorial ideas

Some of us choose to use our wedding days as a way to honor loved ones who have passed away. We’ve featured many touching, unique wedding day memorials over the years including wedding memorial tables with candles, signs, poems, and ceremony wording.

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Check the Star Wars LEGO details at this Philadelphia nerdy wedding

Transformers references in the ceremony, library escort cards, LEGO mini-figs… it’s like a geek’s paradise up in these parts. But it’s all wrapped up in meaningful rituals, EPIC fashion (check out the hats!), and a reallygood compromise between those who love to dance and those who love to chill. You’ll want to steal these ideas, folks.

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Let your absent loved ones walk you down the aisle

Photo memorials attached to your bouquet is one our our reader favorites for making sure loved ones are represented at the ceremony. I spied this little twist on Post Secret recently: the photos are attached to the bride’s shoes so they they are “walked” down the aisle.

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Let’s talk about wedding day memorials

Sometimes weddings can be a painful reminder of the absence of loved ones. Weddings can also be a great way to memorialize your loved ones as well, with some of these beautiful, and tear-jerking ideas.

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Memorialize a loved one after your wedding: leave your wedding bouquet at their grave

Offbeat Brides seem to always be looking for ways to honor deceased friends and family members AND ways to avoid doing the bouquet toss. I love this idea from Amanda W, which combines the two into one beautiful concept: “Rather than a silly bouquet toss, I opted to give my flowers to my grandmother, who passed a few months before our big day.”

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Moving forward with wedding planning after losing a parent

After experiencing an amazingly beautiful moment when my dearest asked me to be his wife, I am now trying to cope with the unexpected loss of my mom, and the deep need to move forward with my wedding. The question I have been asked constantly since the passing of my mom has been, “are you still getting married this year?” My answer has been emphatically “yes.”

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A spiral aisle wedding where the bride had her mother’s ashes in her bouquet

Remember the spiral aisle that we featured? Here they are, along with tons of paper flowers (that look super real), a Banksy guest book, a secret handshake at the end of the ceremony, and of course, their completely awesome way to fix the problem of a lopsided guest list. Oh, and wait until you see the reception skits that included cardboard box masks with giant eyelashes!