To add a special touch to your bouquet, have each bridesmaid carry a bouquet of one type of flower that is in your bouquet. It’s a neat little preview of your bouquet and looks great in pictures.
If you have your wedding dress made for you, have your seamstress save material to wrap around the stems of the bouquets.
“At home” cards are an often-overlooked tradition, but they can be extremely useful to your guests! Not only does the card inform your friends and family of your new address, but it also specifies the name you have chosen to use. As more and more brides chose to keep their maiden name or hyphenate their husband’s name, wedding guests can be confused as to how to address the newly married couple.
Some examples:
At home
after the first of December
111 Main Street
Jacksonville, Florida 12345
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Smith
after the first of December
111 Main Street
Jacksonville, Florida 12345
Dr. Julia Michaels
and
Mr. Jonathan Hall
after the first of December
111 Main Street
Jacksonville, Florida 12345
Traditionally, at-home cards are mailed with the formal wedding invitation, however they can be mailed separately the week of the wedding, or after the wedding. These cards should be ordered at the same time your wedding invitations are ordered.
If you want to share a great map with your wedding guests, be sure to visit Wedding Mapper! You can create a free interactive map that includes the ceremony and reception sites, plus hotels, airports, attractions, restaurants and more! 
You can even upgrade to a map with no ads, a personal web address, and additional links (such as your registry information) for a one-time fee of $9.95.
As an added bonus, Wedding Mapper has partnered with Distinctive Directions to give you 10% off when you turn your online map into a printed version. The graphic they create can be used for programs, map/direction cards in invitations, welcome basket letters, and more!
My new favorite wedding tradition was suggested by Darrin Franz of Deland Entertainment for the wedding of Mandy and Zeus.
When it was time for the last dance, all of the guests were asked to leave the ballroom, leaving only the bride and groom. Even the vendors and venue staff left the room after photographer Nikki McEneaney snapped this pic. (Okay, I’ll be honest - we took turns peaking in through a tiny window!)
What a romantic way to end the evening. And when the dance was over, the guests were all positioned outside to send the bride and groom off. What new or unique “traditions” can you start at your wedding?