My husband and I are planning to renew our vows after 19 years. I want to show a before and after picture of us together. The tip is always take pictures of you and your hubby because in the long run, you're going to go back in time to when you first met.
By Maria L. from Somerville, MA
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For Mother's Day, our last pastor would invite any married couple that wanted, to renew their marriage vows.
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, plan to renew your wedding vows. Done it before? Then, you know how very special it can be. If you never experienced this fantastic opportunity, give it a try.
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My husband and I are going to renew our wedding vows for our 10th anniversary. It will be on December 16th to be exact. We do not have much money and want to be as frugal as we can be. Anyone have any suggestions for a frugal location? Thanks in advance.
By Nancy from Colonial Heights, VA
Why not in your home or church?
This may sound cynical but unless vows have been broken, I don't believe they need to be renewed. And as far as frugal, you really only need the two of you if it's truly about renewing your vows. Not being unkind; just my two cents.
I also think it's rather silly to renew vows and don't think I would ever bother to attend one, let alone give gifts and/or cards! Only reason I can think of anyone having one is the marriage is in stress and rather than get to the root of their problems, One or both think renewing vows would do something to help instead of seeing a marriage counselor.
Hi Nancy,
Our church offers this opportunity at Valentine's Day. We have done this many times and it means so much to us. We do not invite guests because this is vows we made to each other with God in attendance. No matter how you do it, I am confident it will be a special moment in both your lives.
Congrats!
I agree. My husband has broken his vows, so this would apply to us, but I If we renew them, it will be in our Pastor's office. We are already married, it is stupid to do the whole wedding over. Some friends of mine divorced and then remarried after 3 years.
My husband and I just celebrated 19 years of marriage on March 17th. Our first wedding was just with the justice of the peace which was fine with both of us at the time. I just randomly picked a day a month before we knew we wanted to get married.
My husband and I are planning to renew our vows next year for our 5 year wedding anniversary. I already have a dress. We have no kids.
We want a wedding that we never had, but not in a church partially since we have a lot of friends and family. Any suggestions?Why not find an outdoor venue, a garden or park with plentiful flowers?
My husband and I have been married 10 years and it is also his 50th birthday. We would like to renew our vows and have a burgundy theme, but question is what do I wear and how do I combine the celebration of all three events, our 10th wedding anniversary, our vow renewal, and my husband's 50th birthday?
By kath o
On your invitations, say hubby will be 50 years old on our 10th wedding anniversary which is (date). On this day, at (time and place ) we will be renewing our vows, please join us as we once again make sacred promises to each other.
Happy birthday to your hubby and Happy anniversary to the both of you.
I've been a minister for many years and have officiated at a lot of weddings and vow renewals. You can just wear a nice dress if you want to or if you prefer, wear a wedding dress again. Just remember, that your guests will remember your celebration more than what you wear. I've officiated at weddings where the bride wore a tshirt that said "bride" and the groom wore one that said "groom". I've also officiated where the bride wore a wedding gown and the groom wore camouflage.
My husband and I will have been married for 5 years October 2013. Due to things that were happening in our life we had no wedding. We signed papers with his brother and were married. I would really like to have a small wedding or I guess renewal. I already have a dress so that cost is out. There would be no need for a tux. We have three young kids so our budget is tight. Do you think it would be possible to do it all for $300? I would like to not feed a full meal, but snack bar or dessert. Any help would be great! Thank you.
By Chelsea M
The largest cost would be a location if you do not have it in your church or at a home. You could serve "renewal cake", ice cream and punch (alcoholic and nonalcoholic). Choose a time of day when a meal is not usually served, such as mid-afternoon, like 3pm. Select your place, and then price ice cream and cakes if you do not bake. Cupcakes and individual sized servings of ice cream may work the best. I would stick to chocolate and vanilla for both.
I did a revow for my sister in Tucson in 02 for just about what you have. It can be done, I promise.
The dress was $50.00 but you say you have one. Great! Is there a thrift shop close where your hubby can get a suit? Or perhaps borrow one?
Here are the things I did to pull this off...
Her colors were for spring, which left everything else much easier. The "aisle" inside the church was 8/$1.00 pastel bags from the dollar tree, with contrasting colors of tissue paper inside each one, pulled up to show of course. In other words, pink in the yellow, yellow in the blue, etc. We simply weighed each one down with a zip lock of cat litter and down the aisle she walked.
I found some spring wrapping paper that had pretty pastel circles on it, and cut them out for table scatter. Each table had to glass brandy snifter with colored water and a floating candle in it. Each chair had a bow on the back to match the color of water.
A friend made the cake, and I made mini teddies for the topper.
I made a guest book and a pen out of a half a Styrofoam ball glued onto a tuna can. Each was covered in lace, then the pen rested in a cap from a seam ripper that I shoved down inside - I kid you not.
I made a poem and burned the edges then glued it to a pillar candle from the Dollar Tree, and stuck in pretty pearl straight pins around the edges for the unity set.
We decorated a donated arch with flowers from the Easter stash, and I made all the flowers either from crochet thread or from the thrift stores. I re-purposed her veil and then went about to cook.
We have a hot day to work in, so I chose cool foods. I made tuna and chicken salad sandwiches, pasta salad, veggie plate, food colored parfaits, and we had four kinds of soda with coffee and tea.
It was a lovely day and we did pull it off for just around $275.00. I hope this helps. If you need any thing else, please don't hesitate to leave me a message through TF as we have some time.
Best of luck to you both.
PBP
My husband and I have been married for 20years. Our anniversary is in February. Now we are both firefighters and want to have our wedding there? How would you start that? Does anyone have any ideas on this?
By smurfet501 from Vilonia, Conway, AR
Contact a wedding officiant in your state. If they are established as an officiant, they will be able to help you.
I am planning a ceremony where my parents will be celebrating 50 years of marriage and my husband and myself are celebrating 25 years. I just want it simple and was thinking about our entrance into the venue. I was thinking to just have my parents come in together with my husband and myself to follow and have all of us standing together during the ceremony. Can anyone offer any suggestions?
By Jenni B.
My hubby and I are planning to have a spiritual 23rd wedding renewal at the beach, very simple. Any ideas? I have a spiritual friend who will do the ceremony.
By Laly
This is a page about planning a 25th anniversary with renewal of vows. Choosing to renew marriage vows in combination with an anniversary celebration is a common practice.
Many married couples decide to renew their vows later, often during a big anniversary party. It doesn't have to be expensive with these clever frugal techniques.
