Thank you so much for watching my video! I'm not kidding when I say please leave any speech questions you have below and I will do my best to help you out! You're gonna do awesome giving your speech, I'm rooting for you!
What a great and helpful video! Thank you SO much for starting with an outline! Writing is NOT my forte and having a form to follow will make this so much easier! You seem like such a sweet and a godly girl. Gonna check out more of your videos!
@@desneigebrandt Sorry I didn't respond sooner! I would mention how proud that person would be to see them today, and you "know they're here today in our hearts".
Would it be weird to write the speech a few years in advance? I want to spill out some thoughts then forget about it so I can look on the speech freshly before the actual wedding and make slight changes
I'm on the autism spectrum and struggle socially with what to say. Your video helped me so much to write my speech and understand what to do at the wedding. Thank you so much.
This video helped me so much! My sister's wedding is in 5 days and I have been stressing over what to say, but I finished my speech after watching this and am confident in it! Thank you so much!
I'm 5mins into this video and I already feel such a sense of ease now. You reminded me that this isn't supposed to be a daunting experience. It's like we're all too focused on how we're going to feel a little awkward but if you just turn that focus outwards, it reminds you that it's not even about you haha if that makes sense. Basically, thank you 🙏😊
Notes to myself : I’m honored to be here Relation to the bride Thank you to the parents of the bride and groom Thanks to the bride for organizing everything Memories about bride Dynamic between the couple Bring out the best in each other End with a quote Toast
I’ve been stressing myself out for weeks over writing this, and I’m soooo happy I found your video! I feel like I can actually do this and I won’t fail!! Thank you for calming me down!!!!
I’ve been putting off doing my Moh speech writing for almost two years now, the wedding is in 4 days! Every time I go to do it I’m so nervous I get choked up. Decided today’s the day and was searching for inspiration to get the groove but this is perfect! Also your voice is so calming.
I kept it pretty short! I knew I would probably cry if I told any stories etc. I went first, and everyone clapped at the end! So I think it went well! The best man went after and he had 3 pages! I had 2 and a half small paragraphs lol.
So I am my Best friends Man of honor for her wedding and i cannot tell you how nervous I am to write this speech for her and her soon to be wife. this really really helped me get started with how to write a speech.... THANK YOU
My wedding is this weekend, I meant tomorrow 😫 and I don't have my speech written at all as the Maid of Honor. Your video is giving me the confidence that I need to get it right. Thank you very much h. God bless 🙏 ❤️
First of all, let me just say how helpful your guidance was in writing my speech for my sisters wedding this past weekend 6.18.22. I had something written up in March and then when I went to add to it , I wasn't happy with it. I watched your video and then totally scrapped what I originally had. Once I followed your guidelines and put more of my own personality into the speech vs trying to me too much like others it ended up being a hit. It was both sentimental and funny without even trying to be funny . I had the guests laughing and crying so I just want to let you know how truly helpful this was for me. As someone who is terrified of public speaking this gave me so much confidence and I was so happy with my speech and everyone was blown away by it as they kept coming up to me all night saying how great it was. You truly helped me so much! :)
I’m so glad to hear that Sarah! Public speaking can be really scary, but it truly does come so naturally when you are talking genuinely about those you love 💕
Hi Maddie! This is such a helpful guide! I'm usually pretty good when it comes to speaches and public speaking, but I was a bit unsure when it came to maid of honor speeches. Your video was the first one that came up when I searched for some help! My older sister is getting married at the end of August, and I want to leave some lasting words for the beginning of their new life together. Thanks for the tips! I was pleasantly surprised when I heard you were also a Christian, I feel so many people in the event industry are not😅 I'll be subscribing and watching through more of your videos! Thanks for posting this 😊
You're going to do amazing! What a great way to kick off your first wedding by being the Maid of Honor! Let me know if there's anything you need advice or help with!
lol this is exactly my situation too! The wedding is the day after tomorrow and I’m still editing my speech cos I have no clue!! 😫 Hoping this video will help! 🤞🏽
This is so helpful! My best friend's wedding is in September and I'm a slacker who procrastinates until I literally can't anymore lol. I have mine almost completely done now! Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for this. I’m still feel so unprepared for my sister’s wedding 😂😅 but this has given me a lot more peace about what I want to say to her as I send her off with my new brother in law. You are amazing! God bless you!
this was so extremely helpful thank you so so so much!!! I'm a brides maid for my cousins wedding, and I was choosing to give the speech. this is my first ever speech, so again thank you❤❤❤❤❤
GIIIIIIRL this helped me SO much. I’m my sisters MOH and the wedding is in a week 😫 I’m barely starting on my speech but this gave me such an easy outline so THANK YOUUUU
Thank you so much for this video! Working on writing my sister in laws speech (my husbands sister) who doubles as my best friend. Of course I want it to be perfect and this definitely helped me work out the order and content that I should include
This is legit the most helpful video I have come across in writing a MOH speech 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for making this video! So cool that you shared from a Christian perspective too ❤️🙌🏻🙏😊
Thank you so much! I love trying to share things about my faith when I can and it makes sense, and since a lot of weddings are faith based it only made sense :)
Thank you so much! I’m not a maid of honour or a best man I’m the daughter of the bride/bridesmaid but I’m still going to be making a speech at my mom’s wedding and had no idea how to write one. I don’t know if it’s any good but it came from the heart
I'm the maid or honor at my best friends wedding. Im also the officiant, because my bestie thought no officiant would put on skates and skate around for the whole time. (The wedding is at Skateland, which is a skate rink)
Thank you so much! Im 13 and the Maid Of Honor at my sisters wedding and I started freaking out bc they didn't sound like the ones online. Thank you for this! I have my whole speech changed now but still what I wanted to say thank you.
@-Clxudy_Skies- I literally just said it about 2 hours ago it's so much easier than it looks, trust me!! I had too much fun tn! Good luck to you on your speech!
@-Clxudy_Skies- Yeah, you will do great! It's scary when you first start, but then when you look back, you're going to love that moment and look back to it a lot. It's normal to be scared the best men's were in their 20s, and they were telling me their scared. What I did was right before the speeches when everyone was talking. I got up and I said my speech quietly and that helped a lot to pretend I was doing it. Idk when the wedding is for you, but you'll do great. I promise it's not as scary as you think!!
@@alyssa_issocool thank you! The wedding isn’t until October but if I didn’t write my speech now I would procrastinate until the night before which wouldn’t be a good thing
Thank you for your helpful tips, and watching you give your speech at the end was a really lovely touch!!! I was tearing up listening to it! Much love, Emma
I’m my little sister’s maid of honor and I’m so nervous about the speech. I’m an awkward person and tend to go off topic when nervous. I’m afraid she won’t like it. Thank you for these tips!
@@maddievasiliev actually, I do now! I’m just reaching the end of my speech and the bride has said that she does not want or need a toast.. what’s an alternative way to end it? Thank you in advance!!
I thought about doing it that I want to write wedding speeches for my cousin to her next wedding anniversary and if my one of my male cousins gets married or if my one of my female cousins gets married I Will write speeches or I go to speech for his or her wedding 🥰🥰🤗🤗 and my wedding wishes I hope his or her make me a bridesmaid or maid of honor I hope that's my wishes come true
Don't ever be ashamed to shed some tears! She's your sister and it's such a joyous occasion, happy tears are always welcome! (But practice it a few times beforehand so you're at least prepared for the tears!)
You’ve got this! If you’re anxious, just speak directly to the bride (your best friend) and make eye contact with her. The speech truly is about her so it won’t be awkward, and remember in just a few minutes it will all be over. There’s nothing to worry about, you’ve got this!! 💕
You said DO NOT mention exs and divorces, but what about widows? I'm the daughter of the bride. My mom and her fiance's are both widows. I would like to talk about the lose of my father, how our family moved changed, how my mother was the rock for all of us and what her fiance brings to our family, a rock for her. A companion, a love to grow old with. Is that ok?
Sorry I didn’t respond sooner! I think that’s totally appropriate! It’s not like there was a big nasty split that would open old wounds, it’s a natural topic on how both of them arrived to where they are today! I would maybe not talk too long about it in case it makes people weepy.
If during the toast my maid of honor doesn’t start singing to the bride (to the bride to the bride) and my whole wedding party doesn’t break out into Hamilton....I don’t want it.
Is it okay if I cry during my wedding speech? Because since teachers I cry during my teacher 's Day speech I cry because I think that's embarrassing and laughed at me
OOOH! That’s so incredibly special!!! This would be a great opportunity to thank your mother for all she’s done for you over the years and tell her how special she is to you. Maybe a line like “I feel so blessed to know there’s another person in my mother’s life who loves her as much as I do” to reference her spouse!
Hahahaha, to be fair, I barely knew my best friend’s husband from the speech above. Because of Covid I only was able to meet him once before the wedding. You could even mention that in the speech “Even though we don’t know each other very well, if *bride* is in love with you, I know you are going to be an incredible husband and I can’t wait to see your relationship grow and to get to know you more.” 💕
@@libz.yaknow I get the feeling 😂 I gave a speech at one of my best friends rehearsal dinners, I had only met the bride a few times. So I turned it into a roast of the groom. 😂
Thank you so much for watching my video! I'm not kidding when I say please leave any speech questions you have below and I will do my best to help you out! You're gonna do awesome giving your speech, I'm rooting for you!
What a great and helpful video! Thank you SO much for starting with an outline! Writing is NOT my forte and having a form to follow will make this so much easier! You seem like such a sweet and a godly girl. Gonna check out more of your videos!
What if there was a very recent death in the family of the bride/groom? Any tips?
@@desneigebrandt Sorry I didn't respond sooner! I would mention how proud that person would be to see them today, and you "know they're here today in our hearts".
Thank you for this video!
Would it be weird to write the speech a few years in advance? I want to spill out some thoughts then forget about it so I can look on the speech freshly before the actual wedding and make slight changes
I'm on the autism spectrum and struggle socially with what to say. Your video helped me so much to write my speech and understand what to do at the wedding. Thank you so much.
This video helped me so much! My sister's wedding is in 5 days and I have been stressing over what to say, but I finished my speech after watching this and am confident in it! Thank you so much!
My sister wedding is in 6 days😆
I'm 5mins into this video and I already feel such a sense of ease now. You reminded me that this isn't supposed to be a daunting experience. It's like we're all too focused on how we're going to feel a little awkward but if you just turn that focus outwards, it reminds you that it's not even about you haha if that makes sense. Basically, thank you 🙏😊
Just found out that I have to give a speech tomorrow. This made it easy to get a speech done. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Notes to myself :
I’m honored to be here
Relation to the bride
Thank you to the parents of the bride and groom
Thanks to the bride for organizing everything
Memories about bride
Dynamic between the couple
Bring out the best in each other
End with a quote
Toast
Omg this is helping me so much 😂
I’ve been stressing myself out for weeks over writing this, and I’m soooo happy I found your video! I feel like I can actually do this and I won’t fail!! Thank you for calming me down!!!!
I’ve been putting off doing my Moh speech writing for almost two years now, the wedding is in 4 days! Every time I go to do it I’m so nervous I get choked up. Decided today’s the day and was searching for inspiration to get the groove but this is perfect! Also your voice is so calming.
I hope your speech went well!! I am in this position today 😂 do you have any tips?
I kept it pretty short! I knew I would probably cry if I told any stories etc. I went first, and everyone clapped at the end! So I think it went well! The best man went after and he had 3 pages! I had 2 and a half small paragraphs lol.
So I am my Best friends Man of honor for her wedding and i cannot tell you how nervous I am to write this speech for her and her soon to be wife. this really really helped me get started with how to write a speech.... THANK YOU
My wedding is this weekend, I meant tomorrow 😫 and I don't have my speech written at all as the Maid of Honor.
Your video is giving me the confidence that I need to get it right. Thank you very much h. God bless 🙏 ❤️
First of all, let me just say how helpful your guidance was in writing my speech for my sisters wedding this past weekend 6.18.22. I had something written up in March and then when I went to add to it , I wasn't happy with it. I watched your video and then totally scrapped what I originally had. Once I followed your guidelines and put more of my own personality into the speech vs trying to me too much like others it ended up being a hit. It was both sentimental and funny without even trying to be funny . I had the guests laughing and crying so I just want to let you know how truly helpful this was for me. As someone who is terrified of public speaking this gave me so much confidence and I was so happy with my speech and everyone was blown away by it as they kept coming up to me all night saying how great it was. You truly helped me so much! :)
I’m so glad to hear that Sarah! Public speaking can be really scary, but it truly does come so naturally when you are talking genuinely about those you love 💕
Hi Maddie!
This is such a helpful guide! I'm usually pretty good when it comes to speaches and public speaking, but I was a bit unsure when it came to maid of honor speeches. Your video was the first one that came up when I searched for some help! My older sister is getting married at the end of August, and I want to leave some lasting words for the beginning of their new life together. Thanks for the tips! I was pleasantly surprised when I heard you were also a Christian, I feel so many people in the event industry are not😅
I'll be subscribing and watching through more of your videos! Thanks for posting this 😊
Thank you so much!! I’ve never been to a wedding and my first one I’m the maid of honor, so I’m really nervous! Thanks again!!
You're going to do amazing! What a great way to kick off your first wedding by being the Maid of Honor! Let me know if there's anything you need advice or help with!
@jona young I'm literally in the same situation lol so nerve wracking! I hope your speech went well :)
@@dollEuhh thank you! I think it did haha it could have been a little longer, but the bride liked it:) good luck on yours you got this!
lol this is exactly my situation too! The wedding is the day after tomorrow and I’m still editing my speech cos I have no clue!! 😫 Hoping this video will help! 🤞🏽
@@daphnehuari4655 how’d it go??
This is so helpful! My best friend's wedding is in September and I'm a slacker who procrastinates until I literally can't anymore lol. I have mine almost completely done now! Thank you so much!!
Okay you're definitely not slacking because I've written speeches the night before! LOL! Let me know if you need any help!
Thank you so much for this. I’m still feel so unprepared for my sister’s wedding 😂😅 but this has given me a lot more peace about what I want to say to her as I send her off with my new brother in law. You are amazing! God bless you!
Thanks Maddie, it's my best friend's wedding this coming weekend. I'm preparing a speech. I'm shy🤣🤣🤣🤭. Good luck to my self
Good luck!!
This was super helpful to get my wheels turning! I felt so much more confident in starting my speech after watching this. Thank you!!!
this was so extremely helpful thank you so so so much!!! I'm a brides maid for my cousins wedding, and I was choosing to give the speech. this is my first ever speech, so again thank you❤❤❤❤❤
Giving a maid of honor speech for the first time in just a few days and I'm so incredibly nervous and excited!!!
GIIIIIIRL this helped me SO much. I’m my sisters MOH and the wedding is in a week 😫 I’m barely starting on my speech but this gave me such an easy outline so THANK YOUUUU
Of course friend! If you need any help, hit me up and I can give suggestions :) You're going to do awesome, I know it!
my sister’s wedding is in less than 48 hours and i’m just now starting mine 😭😂
@@xlovatoswag you got this!!! i paused the video after every tip she gave lol i think it helped me out sooo much!
@@xlovatoswag You will be amazing! Let me know if there’s anything I can help you with 💕
Let me know if you'd like more content regarding weddings! I'd love to do a series on how to be a great Maid of Honor, planning ideas and DIYS!
Yes! More on weddings bridal showers etc
@@seneunderwood5663 Sounds good! I'll add it to my list since I'm going to be standing up in a wedding this year :)
You have a very calming demeanor! Thanks so much
Thank you for this video! I have to write a speech as a MOH and I felt lost.
Thnk you. This gave me soooo many ideas
Thank you so much for this video! Working on writing my sister in laws speech (my husbands sister) who doubles as my best friend. Of course I want it to be perfect and this definitely helped me work out the order and content that I should include
This is legit the most helpful video I have come across in writing a MOH speech 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for making this video! So cool that you shared from a Christian perspective too ❤️🙌🏻🙏😊
Thank you so much! I love trying to share things about my faith when I can and it makes sense, and since a lot of weddings are faith based it only made sense :)
Thank you so much! I’m not a maid of honour or a best man I’m the daughter of the bride/bridesmaid but I’m still going to be making a speech at my mom’s wedding and had no idea how to write one. I don’t know if it’s any good but it came from the heart
Thank you, Maddie, for your comments and tips! I’m working on my MOH speech for my sister’s wedding next month! 🥰
Oh my goodness! That so exciting 💕 Wish you all the best, if you need help let me know 🥰
@@maddievasiliev will do! Should I just comment here for your help? 😍
@@heidimartin9970 Yes! I have it set up so I get notifications specifically for this video so I should see it pretty quickly 💕
I'm the maid or honor at my best friends wedding. Im also the officiant, because my bestie thought no officiant would put on skates and skate around for the whole time. (The wedding is at Skateland, which is a skate rink)
Super lovely and really great advice! Thank you for being so thoughtful about your advice
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind comment! :)
Thank you so much! Im 13 and the Maid Of Honor at my sisters wedding and I started freaking out bc they didn't sound like the ones online. Thank you for this! I have my whole speech changed now but still what I wanted to say thank you.
I am so glad im not the only 13 year old here trying to figure out how to write a speech! 😂 Best of luck to you with your speech ❤
@-Clxudy_Skies- I literally just said it about 2 hours ago it's so much easier than it looks, trust me!! I had too much fun tn! Good luck to you on your speech!
@@alyssa_issocool that makes me feel a lot better and it’s great to hear yours went great!
@-Clxudy_Skies- Yeah, you will do great! It's scary when you first start, but then when you look back, you're going to love that moment and look back to it a lot. It's normal to be scared the best men's were in their 20s, and they were telling me their scared. What I did was right before the speeches when everyone was talking. I got up and I said my speech quietly and that helped a lot to pretend I was doing it. Idk when the wedding is for you, but you'll do great. I promise it's not as scary as you think!!
@@alyssa_issocool thank you! The wedding isn’t until October but if I didn’t write my speech now I would procrastinate until the night before which wouldn’t be a good thing
Thank you for your helpful tips, and watching you give your speech at the end was a really lovely touch!!! I was tearing up listening to it!
Much love, Emma
This was helpful and calmed me. Thank you Thank you!
Thank you so much , that was really helpful. God bless
I’m my little sister’s maid of honor and I’m so nervous about the speech. I’m an awkward person and tend to go off topic when nervous. I’m afraid she won’t like it. Thank you for these tips!
Don’t be afraid to have notes with you! No one will judge you for having a piece of paper! It will definitely help keep you on track!
Thank you so much for this, ma'am! This is a great help, especially for someone like me who's a first-time maid of honor. God bless you always!
Just saw your Alexis Rose reference, subbing! Thank you for this video.
Now I have to go back and watch the video again because I forget what reference I made! 😂
Thank you so much for the video! 🥰
you are my absolute hero, thank you!!!
Hope your speech goes well! Let me know if you have ay specific questions that I can help you with :)
@@maddievasiliev actually, I do now! I’m just reaching the end of my speech and the bride has said that she does not want or need a toast.. what’s an alternative way to end it? Thank you in advance!!
Yes, you can always end with a sincere quote and just go in for a hug! Or ask people to give a round of applause to celebrate the new couple!
@@maddievasiliev Thank you!!
I thought about doing it that I want to write wedding speeches for my cousin to her next wedding anniversary and if my one of my male cousins gets married or if my one of my female cousins gets married I Will write speeches or I go to speech for his or her wedding 🥰🥰🤗🤗 and my wedding wishes I hope his or her make me a bridesmaid or maid of honor I hope that's my wishes come true
If only you’d made this last year when I had to write a maid of honor speech 😁
I think it's time to build a time machine... ;)
Omg this was so helpful! im so nervous my sisters wedding is in a month! my biggest concern is crying in the middle of my speech i dont wanna ruin it
Don't ever be ashamed to shed some tears! She's your sister and it's such a joyous occasion, happy tears are always welcome! (But practice it a few times beforehand so you're at least prepared for the tears!)
My best friend's wedding is in two weeks and I am so nervous about the maid of honor speech.
You’ve got this! If you’re anxious, just speak directly to the bride (your best friend) and make eye contact with her. The speech truly is about her so it won’t be awkward, and remember in just a few minutes it will all be over. There’s nothing to worry about, you’ve got this!! 💕
1 week now haha. Good luck!!:)
I hope your speech went well! I have no doubt that you absolutely rocked it :)
@@jonayoung6214 how did it go?!? ☺️
Incredible video and speech! Very helpful.
Thank you so much! My goal with this video was to help others so I'm glad that it did!
Help me out wit my speach for wedding for dis satday
You said DO NOT mention exs and divorces, but what about widows? I'm the daughter of the bride. My mom and her fiance's are both widows. I would like to talk about the lose of my father, how our family moved changed, how my mother was the rock for all of us and what her fiance brings to our family, a rock for her. A companion, a love to grow old with. Is that ok?
Sorry I didn’t respond sooner! I think that’s totally appropriate! It’s not like there was a big nasty split that would open old wounds, it’s a natural topic on how both of them arrived to where they are today! I would maybe not talk too long about it in case it makes people weepy.
My sisters wedding is in like about I think four days
Thanks❤❤
Amen ❤
I have to write a speech, and I don’t have any appropriate stories . What should I do ?
I would stick to complimenting the bride and the groom, or maybe talk about how your friendship began!
If during the toast my maid of honor doesn’t start singing to the bride (to the bride to the bride) and my whole wedding party doesn’t break out into Hamilton....I don’t want it.
HAHAHAHAHAHA - I'll start auditioning people now! This wins comment of the year!
Is it okay if I cry during my wedding speech? Because since teachers I cry during my teacher 's Day speech I cry because I think that's embarrassing and laughed at me
Totally fine to cry! It adds a touch of being genuine, bring tissues 💕
Do you have tips for daughters that are their mothers maid of honor??
OOOH! That’s so incredibly special!!! This would be a great opportunity to thank your mother for all she’s done for you over the years and tell her how special she is to you. Maybe a line like “I feel so blessed to know there’s another person in my mother’s life who loves her as much as I do” to reference her spouse!
@@maddievasiliev Aww yes, I love that! Thank you😊
You're so sweet.. 🥰
Ooo my God thanks
Hope your speech goes SO well 💕
What about if you barely know the groom😅
Hahahaha, to be fair, I barely knew my best friend’s husband from the speech above. Because of Covid I only was able to meet him once before the wedding. You could even mention that in the speech “Even though we don’t know each other very well, if *bride* is in love with you, I know you are going to be an incredible husband and I can’t wait to see your relationship grow and to get to know you more.” 💕
So glad you asked this bc I’m in the same boat lol
@@libz.yaknow I get the feeling 😂 I gave a speech at one of my best friends rehearsal dinners, I had only met the bride a few times. So I turned it into a roast of the groom. 😂
Also side note you kinda look like Jennette McCurdy!!
I've heard that from a few people! She's absolutely stunning, so thank you so much!