I do agree on the cheesy group shot front!

Requesting your hand in marriage
My fiancé asked my dad before asking me even though we are both in our 40s
– as some others have said, it’s about showing respect for what will be your new family.

Confetti
I happen to think bubbles are worse than cheesy! – they were fun and novel in the late 80s but now they are just old hat. At least paper confetti has ‘vintage’ value, especially if you can find some of the old style stuff – multicolour tissue paper cut in different shapes – horseshoes, rings etc – no biodegradability issue with tissue paper that I can see – I’d be more worried about the chemical soap in bubbles. However mine is a pagan, not a vintage, wedding so my guests will be throwing wild bird feed seed in lieu of rice – though I’m thinking of substituting dried mealworms and not telling anybody *wicked grin*

Seeing the Bride before the wedding
I will be staying at my mum’s house the night before the wedding along with my sisters so that we can have a girly night and all get ready together in the morning.

Carrying the bride over the threshold
If he can manage this, I will love it!

Tin cans and ‘Just married’ signs on the wedding car Simply put – cheesy!
Weddings are like Christmas – you’ve got to have a little bit of cheese or it’s not a proper wedding
We’ll be going back further to the older tradition of tying on old shoes brought by our guests.

Father of the Bride pays for the wedding
Dad’s paying for the honeymoon
We’re paying for the wedding with a bit of help from my mum – hence our tiny £2000 budget – for EVERYTHING!. It has forced us to be very creative though and at the moment it’s looking like people will enjoy it far more than an expensive bash – boy do you get to know who your real friends are too – we’ve had hundreds of amazing offers of free stuff for it and presently feel cocooned in a bundle of warm friendship and family love – no better gift to start your married life with.

Best Man’s Speech
My dad, Stepdad and the best man will be making a speech at my wedding but so will my mum and possibly me – My stepdad and the best man have been instructed to make their speeches completely unserious and cheesy with plenty of bad jokes about the bride and as silly as they like. My mum and dad are allowed to do the emotional/serious stuff as long as they don’t get too ‘earnest’ (we are English after all :D)

Cheesy group shots
We will be throwing this one out entirely – we have a lot of amateur/artist photographer friends with pro abilities and about 8 of them will be bringing their equipment with them and taking informal/reportage style shots throughout the day and evening – we think the resulting mix of different styles and subject matter choices will be really interesting. We also have one professional photographer friend who will be making sure that all the important/essential shots are taken. He does do weddings but specialises in gigs and concerts so this will make for an interesting style we think. Plus, it’s all free

In fact if seen another lady who does a similar type of thing:
http://deathandglorytaxidermy.com/#

I LOVE the crow hat and mouse angel