One thing I am passionate about is trying to make weddings a little more unique and interesting, and slightly different from the normal boring, set in stone procedures that many couples go through when getting married. It’s so refreshing when a couple do a few things different on their wedding day to what convention says they should do. It’s their day and they should be able to do with it what they want.
To be clear, I’m not necessarily talking about major things. Much of wedding tradition is the way it is because that’s what people want. But if you can maybe bring a unique touch to it, through the speeches, the food, the music, live entertainment, the cars, the venue, a theme, etc, then it can be so much more fun.
On my site, Rhyming Speeches, we provide a guide on how to make your wedding day speech rhyme. The reason we suggest this is because it’s funnier, easier and more unique than the normal type of speech. We even provide a guide specifically for a Bride on making a speech. The bride giving a speech can be quite unique in itself and a nice break from tradition.
One other great touch, which we talk about in more detail below, is to make the wedding invites themselves rhyme. Rhyming wedding invites not only bring a smile to people’s faces but it can also help with the slightly awkward wording of informing them about your gift list or requesting contributions to the honeymoon (if that is what you are doing). While it is now considered quite acceptable to do this, wording the request in a polite and un-pushy manner can be quite a challenge. Making your speech rhyme helps to solve that.
Here’s a few verses that can slot into your wedding invite or just use as inspiration to compose your own unique verses.
The date has been set,
And we’d love you to come,
To our wedding in (place name),
A long way for some
All you must do,
Is decide what to wear,
Put on your jewellery,
Perhaps comb your hair.
There will be music and food,
And people you don’t know,
Just please RSVP,
And pray it don’t snow!
We’ve not done a wedding list,
For reasons which we’ll explain,
But it will save you hassle,
As shopping can be a pain.
We’ve lived together for quite a while,
And already have a kettle and two toasters,
Our kitchen is filled with pots and pans,
Plus dinner plates and coasters
If you really do want to give a gift,
To help us celebrate,
Some money for our honeymoon,
Really would be great
Now please don’t think we’re cheeky,
Or that this comes from greed,
But we’ve lived together for quite a while,
And there’s really not much we need
But obviously the most important thing,
Is the purpose of this request,
We’d love to see you on our special day,
As one of our wedding guests
This is just a short excerpt from a wedding invitation which I wrote sometime ago. Feel free to use it exactly as is, or add in a few verses of your own. You’ll certainly receive compliments from your guests for the originality. You don’t even need to make it this long. You could just address the wedding gift list issue through rhyme, and make the rest of the invite normal.
One other nice touch I have recently seen in a wedding invite is, in the RSVP, the couple had asked for you to recommend a song for the playlist for the wedding reception. This gets your guests involved and lets them all feel they are contributing. Plus, you can guarantee they will be straight up on the dancefloor when their song is played!
