This one is on your wedding gown and there are a few things I’d like to throw out there about the gown.

1} Yes your gown is beautiful. You shopped til you nearly dropped to find “the one”. Make sure it fits. Especially if it is strapless. You don’t want to be hiking it up All. Day. Long. That isn’t flattering, neither is your bits nearly falling out. your gown should fit so well that you don’t have to mess or fiddle with it.

Kate never had to fiddle with her gown

2} When you are having it fitted, be sure to bring the correct underwear and SHOES. The other thing that is just awful to see is a gown that is too long. I’d rather see a gown just slightly too short {with some fabulous shoes underneath it} than a bride pulling it up, lifting the skirt and just looking like she simply can’t handle wearing it. Standing up straight helps a lot with this too.

3} Practice walking in it! With your shoes! A gown is not the type of outfit you wear on a regular basis so practice at home going up the stairs gracefully, sitting down, standing up, bending and talking, even dancing. Get used to wearing it and get comfortable in it.

4} and this may be the most controversial, it will drag on the ground. It will. If it has a train of any kind it’s going to drag on the ground {unless you are Kate and you have Pippa to carry it}. That means the underneath will get dirty. Try to get through the ceremony and photos first before taking unnecessary risks with it but you bought it to wear so don’t panic if the underneath gets a bit dirty. Again, hiking up your skirt and holding the train up all day is a fruitless effort and just looks silly and uncomfortable. Learn to bustle it and you will be fine for the night.

So that’s my 2 cents. Look good in your gown and wear it well!!

Annie

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Like this little blush pink tu tu dress by Bella Bean Couture on Etsy

Or this one

Absolutely adorable.

Going for vintage elegance? This is lovely

by Elena Collection also on Etsy

Is your little one the more natural organic sort?

Fresh cotton flower girl dress from Olive and Fern {also} on Etsy.

This little dress is luxurious looking ankle length

by the aptly named Best Little Dress

Or how about these high street dresses from Monsoon

Vintage with gold accents or this super soft yellow {I am all about yellow right now!}

Or pale pink with beading

So you see, there is as much style and prettiness for your little bridal party members and there is for your big ones so have fun with them and let them have fun. Just, in my opinion, don’t put the young ones in just a smaller version of your bridesmaids. Everything after all should be tasteful and age appropriate. – and exceptionally adorable!

Annie

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I know you don’t see posed family shots on the All Things Pretty wedding blogs because no one wants to see someone else’s family photos, but really everyone wants {and should have} the shots of them with their bridal party and them with each set of parents and the proper family shots that you don’t ever get unless someone gets married. Sorry but you do want them and those shots are not only a record of your day but your family history too. What you don’t want is for them to be boring. You know, everyone lined up saying “cheese!”

And how do you do that? Here are a few ways,

Take yourselves out of your comfort zone.

Photos by Tanya Plonka

And what I mean by that is step away from everyone else like in the photos above. Give yourselves the chance to be a bit silly and have a bit of fun with your bestest friends.

Use Props

Anything as simple as lovely sofas or puppies!

Photo by Eclectic Images via Elizabeth Anne Designs

Photo by Furious Photographers

Photo by Natalie Moser

You know how much fun props are in your photobooth, try them {maybe in a more subtle way} in your relaxed formal photos.

Have a second shooter

A second photographer can catch the sometimes great sillyness that happens inbetween the ‘formal’ photos

{source}

Photo by Jen Hopkins

You can’t beat a genuine smile!

Add a kid

Because you don’t know what they are going to do they can add a funny side to the seriousness of formal photos

Photo by Allegro Photography

Photo by Anna Kuperberg

{Kids are kinda like another kind of prop it seems!}

My next point is Discuss it with your photographer! Make a list of the must takes and don’t go crazy duplicating and creating every single possible combination of shots. Set a time limit and have someone on hand who can gather the people who will be included. – better yet, tell the people who will be included that they are included and when they will be needed.

And finally and quite simply, know the look you want and ask for it. Do you want fun and funny? Props and quirks? Or really are you just happy to have your families together and take some really nice photos? Because that’s ok too.

Annie

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