Wedding vows

I'm basically writing/putting together our whole ceremony, including the vows, from bits and pieces from other people, pinterest and the samples our officiant gave us. I found the best simple vows off pinterest which I'm sure everyone has seen before but I love it so we're going to use it for part of our ceremony.

pinterest vows

We will be writing our own vows, I want our day to be totally unique to us and the promises and vows should be the same ! I am excited to speak those words to him on our special day! to me it means so much more knowing they are comming right from him from his heart... and he came up with them all on his own lol

That is cute and funny that she said that after her husband said his vows! Thanks for the advice if I choose to write my own vows - I will definitely keep this in mind!

I like that you are thinking of using both! That way you stay traditional but also you can add in a twist to make it more meaningful to you!

We are writing our own vows. (I need to finish editing them before Sat...) Some tips if you want to write your own: start making notes of things you love about your fiance so it will make them easier to write once you sit down to write them. Start early so you have lots of time! You don't have to share your vows with your fiance but you should both agree on a general length so you don't have one person that writes a novel and one that writes 3 sentences. Our officiant was also very helpful and actually gave us a step by step guide on how to write them which was great!

My mom actually went a wedding a couple months ago for her friends and they wrote their own vows. The husband's was super moving and emotional and then they got to the bride's and she said something along the lines of "I didn't have time to write my vows because I was planning all of this. He knows how much I love him and planning this wedding was my way of showing him." Haha good for her! My mom said it was perfect for them. I keep teasing my fiance that I'm going to do that too but I'll be writing something.

Chelsea, another option if you don't want to say your vows in front of everyone is that you can just read them to each other without using a microphone so it's more private. The officiant can make an announcement that you both wish to keep your vows between each other.