Are you the mother of a San Antonio bride or groom? Congratulations and may the joys of wedding planning begin! Here is our top list of local resources to help you prepare for your role in the celebrations to come.
First and foremost, we would like to highly encourage the inclusion of a wedding planner on the journey to come. The milestones will pass by more quickly than you realize, so having a planner by your side can help to bring you back to what really matters: making magical memories that will last a lifetime with your child. The San Antonio area has some amazing wedding planners, and with a little help from them, you are bound to enjoy the journey to “I Do”.
Whether you are looking for day of coordination or a planner to be there through it all, the best of San Antonio is right here.
You might not be the one standing at the end of the aisle exchanging vows… BUT- you will be walking down that aisle, and we want you to look your best while doing it! Brides by Elizabeth and Bridal Connection are two local bridal salons that also have amazing options for you as the Mother of the bride or groom. Supporting these locally owned San Antonio businesses will have you #lookingfresh and #feelinggood!
When looking for your Bridal Beauty solution, make sure to find a team of artists that knows how to work with a variety of skin and hair types! You might not be the “star of the show” but you are still a crucial supporting role in the cast that deserves to look and feel beautiful. The diverse group of ladies at Love, Lipstick, and Lashes will know exactly what to do to have you looking like a million bucks on your child's special day.
If you are looking to give the gift of an heirloom stone or piece of jewelry, think about getting it revived by a local jeweler. Nicole Mera is an expert in all things custom, and the family team at Stone Oak Jewelers couldn't be happier to help you create that special generational piece to pass on to your child or their partner.
That sums it up for our list of best local resources for the Mothers of the bride and groom. Looking for more local inspiration? Find more #OntheBlogNow!
Sentimental Bridal Shower Wishes
Share your heartfelt sentiments with a message of love and congratulations. Use any combination of these for a bridal shower or bachelorette card message to let her know how happy and excited you are to celebrate with her.
• After the "Yes," before the "I do," happy shower to you!
• Congratulations on a wonderful partnership and the many happy years to come! I can’t wait to celebrate you on the big day!
• Happy shower. Happy couple. Happy wishes!
• Wishing you all the best on your wedding day and in the many blissful years to come.
• Just wanted to shower you with happy wishes!
• Love and blessings to you on this joyous day!
• May your marriage be filled with love, laughter and happiness!
• Cheers to many happy years!
• The best is yet to come! Cherish each moment along this journey.
• May your wedding day be as beautiful as you! Can’t wait to see you walk down the aisle.
Funny Bridal Shower Wishes
If you want to give the bride a laugh, share a funny moment or joke in your card. Just be sure the bride will appreciate the message and that it is appropriate for the setting. You don’t want to embarrass her in front of all her family and friends!
• Congratulations on finding the one person you want to annoy for the rest of your life!
• There has never been a happier occasion for me to buy a blender!
• You two are like Cholula and tacos; hot and perfect together!
• I can’t wait to watch you act surprised as you open the gifts from your pre-selected wedding registry.
• Not sure if I’m more jealous of the fact that you’re getting married, or of all the cool gifts you’re going to get. (Just kidding, it is definitely the gifts.)
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Advice for the Bride-to-Be
If you want to give the bride-to-be advice as she gets ready to start a new chapter of her life, use these ideas or offer wisdom from your own experiences!
• Success in marriage is the sum of small efforts focused on showing love and appreciation, repeated every day.
• Choose to love each other, even in the moments when you are struggling to like each other.
• In every disagreement in your marriage, remember that there is not a winner and a loser. You are partners in everything. It is you two working together to find the solution to a problem.
• The ingredients for a happy marriage are trust, patience and communication. Their combination creates a love that will last for years to come.
• It’s not about getting married, it’s about staying married. Take time to cultivate your love so it continues to blossom.
Bridal Shower Quotes
Sometimes the perfect words have already been said. These quotes are great for any bridal shower card message. Use them on their own, or combine them with another sentiment to wish the bride well.
• "The best thing in life to hold onto is each other." – Audrey Hepburn
• "A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short." – André Maurios
• "Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years." – Simone Signoret
• "We love because it is the only true adventure." – Nikki Giovanni
• "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." – Aristotle
• "Before you marry a person you should make them use a computer with really slow Internet to see who they really are!" – Will Ferrell
• "You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not." – Jodi Picoult
• "It’s amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and suddenly, you can’t remember how you lived without them." – Anurag Prakash Ray
• "A marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s the way you love your partner every day." – Barbara De Angelis
• "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." – The Beatles
Choosing a Gift for Your Bridal Shower Greeting Card
If you're still shopping for the perfect bridal shower gift to go with your card, we can help with that too.
While registries are great to help the bride stock up on home essentials, sometimes they lack a personal touch (because let’s face it, towels aren’t exactly inspiring). If you’re looking to go off-registry, check out these bridal shower gift ideas.
Buy a Happy Bride Gift CardNo matter which bridal shower card sayings you use, the best message is one that is heartfelt and sincere. Having friends and family around to celebrate her love is the best gift of all, but a meaningful gift and a handwritten message are great ways to remind the bride how much you care.
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If you're daughter or son is getting married then emotions are probably running high. It's a huge day. For them as well as you!
But as parents it can be tricky to know what to say to your children on their wedding day or in a card.
How can, on arguably the biggest day of their lives, you truly express what you're feeling? To see your baby daughter or son walking down the aisle is going to be overwhelming.
What words can you use to fully reflect those emotions and how proud for them you are?
Well if you're struggling then these wedding wishes should be just what you've been looking for. We've put together a great selection of wedding messages from parents that will help you find the perfect thing to say or write in a card.
• Wedding Messages From Parents to Couple
• From Parents to Son
• From Parents to Daughter
• From Parents to Son in Law
• From Parents to Daughter in Law
Wedding Messages From Parents to Couple
• We couldn't be any happier or more thrilled to see you get married. Congratulations and wishing you both a wonderful live together
• Congratulations to you both! Wishing you endless happiness and love that will last a lifetime
• Here's to you both on your wedding day. May your love only grow stronger as each day passed
• We are delighted to be there to witness two people so in love get married. May you live happily ever after
• Best wishes from your parents as you begin an amazing new life together. This is just the start of a truly magical future as man and wife
• May all the years you have to look forward to be filled with love and happiness. Congratulations!
• We are wishing you all the best for your married life. May you bring each other untold joy and love
• Just to see our darling son/daughter get married is the greatest gift we could imagine. You make the perfect couple and we are so happy for you both
• Thank you for letting us share in the magic of today. We wish you every bit of happiness for your wedding and lives together as man and wife
• Congratulations and thank you for letting us share in this joyous day
From Parents to Son
• We can't express the joy we feel to see our son getting married. Congratulations and all our best wishes for your big day
• We have been looking forward to this for years. You have grown into such an incredible young man and we are delighted to see you get married
• May you enjoy a special day that you remember forever and your marriage brings you a joy you never though possible. Congratulations
• We have watched you grow, seen you fall and get up again, and now we get to see you find true happiness with the love of your life. To our son – congratulations and all our love on your wedding day
• You have found that one person who makes you happier than anyone else, and as your parents we are so happy to share in your love today. Congratulations son and we will be raising our glasses to you and your partner
• We wish you a spectacular day and all the love in the world for the future. Congratulations
• We know this is just the beginning of an exciting future that will bring you such happiness. With all our love
• To our son, may you make memories that last a lifetime and you can treasure forever. Have a wonderful day
• To witness your wedding is going to be so special for us. Congratulations and all the best from your loving parents
• From mom and dad, we are wishing you a life that is filled with love and laughter with the person you care about more than anyone
From Parents to Daughter
• We are so happy to see our little princess get married. We hope you have the wedding of your dreams and enjoy all the magic of the day
• To our daughter on her wedding day – you have made us more proud than any other parent and we can't express how happy we for you. Have a blessed and wonderful day and life with your new husband
• Our loving Best wish to our daughter on this amazing day. You will be the most beautiful bride and we can't promise there won't be tears when we see you walking down that aisle!
• Wishing you our blessings and love on such a happy day. You deserve all the happiness in the world and we know you've found it with your husband-to-be. Congratulations
• There is nothing more important to us than your happiness and today we get to see you take those first steps to a future of such joy and love. Congratulations from your parents and wishing you all our love today and always
• Sending our love and best wishes to you our daughter on your wedding day. May it bring you a happiness that lasts forever
• It's hard for us to really believe you're getting married. Life goes by so fast and it feels like only yesterday you were that little girl who we could pick up and hold in our arms. But you're a grown, beautiful woman now who deserves an incredible day and future to look forward to. Congratulations
• You have found the person to share your life with and we are overjoyed for you both. With all our love and blessings have a magical wedding
• On this truly joyous day we celebrate you, our daughter, and the love you have found. May all your dreams come true
• Congratulations to our daughter and the man who has stolen your heart. May every day be filled with love and laughter from now on
From Parents to Son in Law
• We welcome our new son in law and know that you will make our daughter very happy
• We are thrilled our daughter has fund such a wonderful partner and we couldn't be happier to have you as our son in law. Congratulations
• We can see just how happy you make our daughter and the love between you both. You have our blessings and our best wishes for your marriage
• You were meant for each other from the first moment you met. And now you're making an honest woman out of our daughter. Congratulations son, and make sure you treat her right!
• We wish you and our daughter a truly wonderful wedding. May your love conquer all and last through the ages
• I know you will bring my daughter true happiness. You have proven what a fantastic man you are and I am delighted to see you marrying my baby. Congratulations and all my love
• May today mark the first day in your life as man and wife and be the beginning of such a happy time together. We are thankful to have such a great son in law
• Wishing you and our daughter a love that never dies and only gets more powerful. You are such a perfect couple – congratulations!
From Parents to Daughter in Law
• We are over the moon to welcome our new daughter in law to the family! Congratulations and sending our love
• We have never seen our son as happy as he is with you. You've brighten his world and we are thrilled to see you two becoming husband and wife
• Its been a pleasure to see our sons and your love grow and how you've become such a strong couple. So to witness you becoming husband and wife is a real joy. May your happiness last for all time
• We wish you and our son a life that is filled with only the best. May you laugh, love and always make each other smile. Congratulations
• Here's to you becoming part of our little family! We welcome you with open arms and look forward to spending lots time together after the wedding
• We are absolutely ecstatic you are marrying our son. We know you will make him so happy. All our love and best wishes
• It will be an honor for us to witness you marrying our son. You make the perfect couple and bring each other so much happiness
• Wishing you a long and happy life with my son. You making him so happy makes us almost as happy! All our blessings for the wedding
We hope these wedding messages will have helped you to wish your children a happy wedding.
On the most important day of their lives they are going to want their parents to be wishing them all the best. So use these wishes and messages to show just how happy for them you are.
Wedding Wishes to Parents - Marriage Congratulations for Parents of the Newly-Wed
Congratulate the parents of the newly-wed couple with the best marriage wishes to the parents. Enjoy our HQ wedding messages.
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• Wedding Wishes To Parents
You’ve been more like a family and less like neighbors. Congratulations on the wedding of your adorable daughter!
From our family to yours - Best wishes on the wedding of your daughter!
Heartfelt best wishes on the wedding of your son!
Heartiest congratulations from our family on the occasion of the marriage of your daughter.
Congratulations on the wedding of your son! May they find love and hope in each other’s heart forever.
A time to love and feel loved. A time to be happy and spread happiness. Congratulations for this wonderful time.
Congratulations and celebrations on the grand wedding of your lovely daughter.
You’ve been dreaming of this day for so long. Congratulations on the wedding of your daughter.
It’s such a lovely feeling to see your children get married. I wish you lots of joy and love on this special occasion.