Planning Tips :: 7 Modern Wedding Traditions You'll Want to Use

Tradition and etiquette both certainly have a place in weddings, but in today's time new traditions are being passed down. While these new ways to do things are accepted these days, they're definitely not what's thought of as traditional! Check out some of these ways to make your wedding personalized and more your own!

Venue Chapel Creek Ranch :: Photo by The Mamones

Flowers by Michéll Events :: Bridal Gown from Terry Costa

1. Pick A Seat, Not A Side
In time honored tradition, there is a bride's side and a groom's side at the wedding ceremony. Nowadays, its acceptable to mix the guests and allow them to "pick a seat, not a side". You can let guests know by having an adorable sign at the entrance to the ceremony telling them to sit wherever they'd like!

2. Family or Friends Reading Special Words
This can be a scripture, a poem, a writing by the family member, a favorite quote or saying, or any other special words you'd like to be said by a special person at your wedding.

3. Groom's Grand Entrance
The bride isn't the only one who can make an entrance! The groom can be escorted in to his own fanfare song with parents or other family. Wonderful start to the ceremony! The groom can also have attention moments throughout the reception as well...do something special and make his garter toss something to remember!


4. Write Your Own Vows
You can personalize your words of love! This is a personal and romantic way to promise to love one another forever!

Venue Chapel Creek Ranch :: Photo by The Mamones

Flowers by Michéll Events :: Bridal Gown from Terry Costa

Venue Chapel Creek Ranch :: Photo by The Mamones

Flowers by Michéll Events :: Bridal Gown from Terry Costa

5. Replace wedding cake with your favorite dessert.
Have a buffet of your favorite dessert(s) rather than wedding cake. Make it personal and make it what you love! Or you can do it both ways....have a smaller cake to keep the tradition of cutting and photos....then you can have sheet cakes in the back to serve to guests (if you wish), or provide them with a dessert buffet to enjoy!

6. Include your pet.
Pets are part of the family, so of course they should be included in a special day like wedding day! They can carry rings, flowers, signs...so many fun and cute ways to include the family pet!

7. Make it your own!
Are you an Aggie? Incorporate that into your wedding cake somehow. Is ice cream your favorite thing in the world? ? Have it made and served at your reception for the wow factor.  Do you travel a lot for entertainment? Share your travel stories and pictures as table numbers. Take each detail into consideration and really make it personal and your own!

Venue Chapel Creek Ranch :: Photo by The Mamones

Flowers by Michéll Events :: Bridal Gown from Terry Costa

Venue Chapel Creek Ranch :: Photo by The Mamones

Flowers by Michéll Events :: Bridal Gown from Terry Costa

Venue Spotlight :: Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas

Today I had the opportunity to tour the Longhorn Ballroom and see the renovated event space! I visited back in April while the renovations were going on, and I have to say the finished product is amazing! If you love music history or country + western, this venue should be right up your alley! Longhorn is the oldest ballroom in north Texas, and a lot of the original wood, signs and materials were used in the renovations.

Some of the all-time music greats have played right here on this stage! How memorable would it be to get married right where the Sex Pistols played? Or George Jones? Or Selena? This place really is a local legend!

Longhorn Ballroom can seat up to 1200 guests, so it's not a small space by any means. It can be sectioned off for events like a wedding....ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner & dancing....and there are many spaces available for each. There's the classic Longhorn stage that would be great for ceremonies, an outdoor space by the water that is in the process of clearing, and the perfect bar space for rehearsal dinners! Give them a call to take a tour and see the newly renovated amazing piece of Dallas history!

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