Ever wonder what brides thought of their big day after it was over? Did you think about your big day and wonder what you favorite part would be? What you would keep the same or what you would change? Weddings are beautiful and magical events, but sometimes we get so wrapped up in the planning that we may not actually planned efficiently. Here are what these newly wed brides said about their big days! Let them help you plan!
Lisa married Daniel on September 23, 2016
Photo credit to Kari Lehman at Free Your Mind Photography
What Was Your Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“Getting to marry my best friend and my love, for starters! Getting to spend time with family and friends that we do not get to see often are moments that I will cherish for a lifetime. My absolute favorite part was when our photographers snuck us outside for photos while everyone ate it was really the only time we had together throughout the wedding besides the ceremony.”
What Was Your Least Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“It was stressful. A lot of people were having their own party in the farmhouse we rented on the premises of the venue rather than staying at the reception like asked. I spent the entire night of my wedding cleaning up after guests that trashed the venue, property, and farmhouse – I wanted to cry.”
What Is One Thing That You Would Change About Your Wedding?
“I wish I would’ve done a smaller guest list, and a more intimate wedding, so that I could actually spend time with each person rather than running around with my head cut off and everything being a blur!”
Felicia married Isaac on May 30, 2015
Photo credit to Breann Zerbe at Breann Zerbe Photography
What Was Your Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“The gathering of all my family and close friends, my family lives all over the place and sometimes it is 3+ years before I see most of them but they all made it to my wedding and that was amazing.”
What Was Your Least Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“This is a tough question, um, I would say the stress. It is a wedding, they should be a fun celebration but what not everyone realizes is how stressful all the prep is.”
What Is One Thing That You Would Change About Your Wedding?
“Our photographer choice, we didn’t put in the effort to go look for a good photographer, someone at church volunteered and we thought “ya, free pictures!” but they didn’t even turn out. If I could do it over I would fork out the money for a good photographer.”
Erin married Tyler on May 14, 2016
Photo credit to Taylor Glessner at TGless Photography
What Was Your Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“Becoming one with my best friend and being surrounded by close friends and family.”
What Was Your Least Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“My least favorite part of my wedding, as cliche as it may sound- not realizing how fast it will go.”
What Is One Thing That You Would Change About Your Wedding?
“Honestly, there isn’t a thing I would change. It was a beautiful reflection of Gods beauty and love.”
Kayla married Ethan on September 17, 2016
Photo credit to Alyssa Boettner at Tagna Bilden Photography
What Was Your Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“I was so excited to marry my best friend that I don’t actually remember any other part of the wedding. So I would say the outcome of the ceremony was my favorite part!”
What Was Your Least Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“Everyone left the reception early. I don’t know if there was just too much going on or what, but it seemed like everyone was in a hurry to leave. I did not like feeling as though I was rushed to chat with everyone while getting all the reception “traditions” in as well.”
What Is One Thing That You Would Change About Your Wedding?
“I would change the time, not the date, just the time. I would make my wedding later. I was so worried about what everyone would think about my wedding that I went with the “normal” time of marriage and decided to get married at 2p. If I could do it over again, I would probably have the wedding around 6p to make it more of an intimate event.”
Megan married Matt on October 1, 2016
Photo credit to Parascevi Monk and Heather Errington at Creative Interpretations Photography
What Was Your Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
Megan – “Walking down the aisle with my new husband and hugging him once we exited the sanctuary.”
Matt – “Seeing Megan react to the surprise I had waiting for her at our reception, a friend of ours built us a dining room table for our new home, and she had no idea it would be there at the reception, we had our first meal as husband and wife at that table.”
What Was Your Least Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“The day before our wedding as we set up the hall was stressful. We remembered little things we forgot, and worried about other forgotten things for the next day. We prepared a LOT, but still had a handful of things that needed to be wrapped up the day before, we also didn’t have any wedding planner or anyone at our venue to help with those pieces.”
What Is One Thing That You Would Change About Your Wedding?
Megan – “I would have allowed a little more time in the morning with the photographers while I was getting ready to get a few more posed photos.”
Matt – “I would change how much food was there, our buffet caterer ran out of food.”
Laura Married Gregory on June 25, 2016
Photo credit to Elina Riccardelli with Elina Hope Photography
What Was Your Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“My favorite part of our wedding was getting to marry my best friend! Coming down the aisle, I just wanted to get to him! The best thing was knowing I would be married to Gregory no matter what (things going wrong or different from what we had planned).”
What Was Your Least Favorite Part Of Your Wedding?
“My least favorite part of our wedding was being in front of everyone. But I felt better that it was all family and friends!”
What Is One Thing That You Would Change About Your Wedding?
“One thing I would change about our wedding would be going out to take pictures during the reception. It took us away from everyone for about 30 mins. We missed some dancing and some people had left by the time we got back.”
Planning a wedding is stressful, physically and maybe financially. Each of their days were magical and special to each of these couples, just like your wedding will be, even with the hiccups! And now that you have insight from real brides to help you know what to expect for your big day, you can take some stress off knowing what to expect. Almost every ceremony and reception has hiccups, don’t stress over them! The main goal is to marry your best friend! Remember that and you’ll be ok! Happy planning!
