How to Beat the Post-Wedding Day Blues
The post-wedding day blues. The cake has been cut, the vows have been exchanged, the guests have been greeted, and the party’s been had. After months of planning and hours of celebration, your wedding is over. For many brides, this leads to the post-wedding day blues. But fear not! If you’re feeling down, here’s a list of activities and tasks you can busy yourself with to preserve your special day and keep your special wedding day memories alive.
Make a Scrapbook
To beat the post-wedding day blues put your addiction to your local craft store to good use and start scrap booking! You likely have flower petals, notes, invitation samples, fabric scraps, and, of course, photographs from your special day and all the events leading up to it. Make a scrapbook of all those memories and decorate it. Do it soon after the festivities so you won’t forget the little details. Those are the memories you’ll treasure later on.
Shop For the Honeymoon
Even if you’re not leaving on your honeymoon trip for some time, you can still use the time after the ceremony to start preparing, planning, and shopping. Be sure to leave some room in your trusty scrapbook for the honeymoon mementos as well.
Preserve Your Big Day
From floral arrangements to leftover cake, there’s no limit to the things you can preserve and save. Just because you didn’t get to finish all the cake doesn’t mean you have to dump it. Save the top tier in the freezer and enjoy it over the next few days to a week. Dry some flower petals for your scrapbook. You might want to create a ‘treasure chest’ where you can save the items that either won’t fit neatly into a scrapbook or to have instead of a scrapbook. Include your wedding invitation, ceremony program, your garter, something blue, greeting cards, shower invitation, RSVP response cards (fun to read the comments again and again), and more.
There are so many things you can do to preserve your wedding day memories. Your anniversary will be the perfect time to dig up your treasure chest and re-live the magical memories of your big day.
Save the Dress!
You didn’t think that gorgeous white gown was going to stay that way forever, did you? Wedding dress cleaning and preservation is crucial, and you need to have it professionally done. You can find reputable online wedding dress cleaning and preservation companies who will clean, preserve, and beautifully package your gown and mail it back to you in a lovely preservation chest that you can keep for years to come. It’s well worth it, especially if you might be able to pass it down to your daughter or niece later on.
If you are concerned you might not be able to look at your beautiful dress again once its in the chest, not to worry. Most companies will not void their guarantee if you open the preservation chest; only if you completely remove it. Be sure to wash your hands or use latex gloves so you won’t soil your dress with the natural oils from your hands.
Plan For the Future
The wedding might be over, but your life as a married couple is just beginning! Take this time after the ceremony to talk to your new partner and plan for the future. You have a wonderful opportunity to plan events, trips, and day-to-day details. Talk about how you see your life unfolding and what you both want from your marriage. Create small yet meaningful daily rituals that allow for connection before and after a busy day at work. Now is the time to bond on a whole new level.
Post-Wedding Photography
To beat the post-wedding day blues your dress, your shoes, the flowers, and everything else can still be photographed, even after the wedding. Before you have your wedding dress preservation done, take it to a photographer and have it photographed along with your shoes, veil and other accessories if your wedding photogrpaher didn’t get those shots. It’s a beautiful way to preserve the dress and your wedding day. Be sure to save a photo of you in your dress onto a flash drive.
Some wedding gown preservation companies offer personalization of your preservation chest to include a photo and your wedding date. Of course you’ll be selecting your best photos from your photographer which is always a great way to re-live the memories. Is there an absolute favorite picture of you and your new husband? Consider having it made into a large canvas print for your living room or bedroom that you can enjoy every day.
The Best is Yet to Come
There are many ways to preserve your special day and beat those post-wedding day blues. Remember, the ceremony was just that – a ceremony. Your married life has just begun. You’re a newly married couple, and that means more fun, and for a longer time, than the day you made it official. Take steps to preserve your special day, but remember that most importantly you have your lives ahead of you. Plan new traditions, decide on holiday festivities, take a small trip, and make more wonderful memories together. It’s only the ceremony that’s over; you can still celebrate your marriage every single day.
