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How was your wedding?
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My husband and I got married 2 years ago at a place called the Windmill Garden. www.windmillgarden.com. It is a beautiful place and we buy almost of our plants there. We had about 100 guests and being the freak that I am, I don't remember much of it. See I have terrible stage fright. What was I thinking when I planned this thing out? We honeymooned in Las Vegas and all was good.
We had a "Murphy's Law" wedding - whatever could go wrong, did. Our big mistake was to do everything on one day - the civil ceremony (required in Germany) and the church ceremony. Most people here schedule them days, weeks, or months apart, but we wanted to get things over with as quickly as possible, and it was extremely strenuous. Our witnesses to the civil ceremony got tied up on the autobahn and were late, the registry office gave me a hyphenated "double" last name (which I made them change before I would sign anything), the priest who performed the religious ceremony thought I was marrying my brother-in-law, and used his first name, almost making me a bigamist, my maid of honor had never been baptized in any religion (a hitch nobody but the priest thought to ask about), and almost all of our wedding guests ended up staying overnight, so we had to sleep in a storage closet our first night as a married couple, because almost every square inch of the apartment was "occupied"!
Monday is our silver anniversary (25 years), so obviously we survived our "day of horrors"!. If I had to do it over again, I'd simply elope.
Monday is our silver anniversary (25 years), so obviously we survived our "day of horrors"!. If I had to do it over again, I'd simply elope.
My wedding was beautiful! We married in the church I grew up in since I was 12. My old youth pastor married us. It rained cats, dogs, monkeys, and elephants but I hardly noticed. Except for leaving the hair salon with my bridesmaids and I all wearing plastic bags on our heads to cover our do's. Our reception as in a beautiful ballroom. It was a wonderful day surrounded by our family and friends. The only thing I regret is not hiring a professional videographer. My cousin's boyfriend video taped it so the picture is a little......well........not professional. Oh well! It was also very hot in the church for some reason. The whole day was special. I did all the flowers and the decorations were hung by my MOH and some other friends and family. My cake was a fabulous octagon shape. My mother's friend made it as a gift to us. She drove at least 6 hours to do it. She had also made my mother's cake for her wedding. She came out of retirement to do mine. It was very very special! I basically got to design it myself. And oh did it ever taste gooooo! Clarie used a raspberry filling. It was to die for! I was very very happy with my wedding. I still feel like just the luckiest woman to have married such a wonderful man. He has his butthead days but then so do I! We just love each other anyway!
Oh you poor thing! A storage closet! That is one I've not heard yet! But congratulations on 25 years! I look forward to hitting that mark and beyond with Nathan.
My husband's band was playing in Florida and I went to visit for the Christmas/New Year's holiday. I had our rings made by a jeweller friend of mine here in Toronto and took them with me.
The day after New Year's we got our license in Plant City, had blood tests done and 3 days later got married in Tampa. I had to fly back to Toronto that night and my husband's band came home several months later.
I cried from happiness so much the minister didn't think I would get through the ceremony. I threw my bouquet to the patrons at the Holiday Inn in Plant City that night from the stage and my husband threw my garter. Some lovely folks asked me to sit with them so I wouldn't be alone while my husband was playing and several gentlemen danced with me.
Then one couple took me to their ranch just outside town to show me their pet lion, Jason. They wouldn't let me in the cage with it (I would have gone) but it was awesome for me. When I got back to the hotel, my husband said "I bet you wanted to get in the cage with it"! He already knew me by then! The folks down south really treated us well.
When my husband came home we had a party for all our friends to celebrate.
The day after New Year's we got our license in Plant City, had blood tests done and 3 days later got married in Tampa. I had to fly back to Toronto that night and my husband's band came home several months later.
I cried from happiness so much the minister didn't think I would get through the ceremony. I threw my bouquet to the patrons at the Holiday Inn in Plant City that night from the stage and my husband threw my garter. Some lovely folks asked me to sit with them so I wouldn't be alone while my husband was playing and several gentlemen danced with me.
Then one couple took me to their ranch just outside town to show me their pet lion, Jason. They wouldn't let me in the cage with it (I would have gone) but it was awesome for me. When I got back to the hotel, my husband said "I bet you wanted to get in the cage with it"! He already knew me by then! The folks down south really treated us well.
When my husband came home we had a party for all our friends to celebrate.
We decided to get married
, which after thinking about the cost we decided to go to the Justice of the Peace
. We was excited but not as excited as if we was getting married with friends and family around. We really had come together after a few years of some really bad times so we wanted to show everyone how much we loved each other and things had changed for the better
.
We hadn't talked about the wedding to much we just new that it was coming soon. The date was for Jan 11th 2003. November 20th just a couple months before I found an old dress white dressed that had some wear and tear I bought it and decided to fix it up. I paid $75.00 in total for the dress, material, flowers and bits for it. Then I got to work. I went to my hubby and said you know what we can do this. We can have a big one. We really can..
We got started right away. We found a hall, music, bar, and a friend to do the food. I made all the flowers, bouquet and baskets for the wedding even designed my own cake. We made our inventations and program cards for the church. I could not believe how this was all coming together. Everything was done with White, Silver and Royal and saphire Blue. I always wanted a winter white wedding and that is was. It even snowed on our wedding day it was beautiful.
If you would like to see some of the pictures of the wedding and reception the link is below. The link for the reception is on the bottom of the wedding page this also has our wedding song on it and if you know our story the sond is most fitting.
Our Wedding Page
We hadn't talked about the wedding to much we just new that it was coming soon. The date was for Jan 11th 2003. November 20th just a couple months before I found an old dress white dressed that had some wear and tear I bought it and decided to fix it up. I paid $75.00 in total for the dress, material, flowers and bits for it. Then I got to work. I went to my hubby and said you know what we can do this. We can have a big one. We really can..
We got started right away. We found a hall, music, bar, and a friend to do the food. I made all the flowers, bouquet and baskets for the wedding even designed my own cake. We made our inventations and program cards for the church. I could not believe how this was all coming together. Everything was done with White, Silver and Royal and saphire Blue. I always wanted a winter white wedding and that is was. It even snowed on our wedding day it was beautiful.
If you would like to see some of the pictures of the wedding and reception the link is below. The link for the reception is on the bottom of the wedding page this also has our wedding song on it and if you know our story the sond is most fitting.
Our Wedding Page
Not married here, but I'd love to.
We got married in a huge beach house duplex that my sister & brother-in-law own in Orange Beach, Alabama. My other sister got married there just three months before us, out on the beach. We had ours in February so it was a bit cold for that, plus we wanted something different than hers, so we set up the great room on one side with an "altar" in the corner and rented chairs in rows... lots of candles every where with a big blue ocean view out the big windows. We timed it perfectly... it had rained all day the previous day and every day of our honeymoon after, but it was BEAUTIFUL for that one day... we knew what time sunset was so we waited until it was just starting to set. The photos after on the balcony had the most perfect orange sunset! I wore a white dress (even though it was my 2nd marriage, my first was not formal at all), with a train too long for the space so when I was at the front it ran up the aisle nearly to the back row!
We had a formal dining room set up in the great room on the other side of the duplex. My brother-in-law and sister also own a restaurant so they catered chicken parmesian with lots of fancy appetisers. While we were finishing our dinner, a couple of the guys went back over to the other side and dismantled the chair rows into a big circle to make a dance floor.
The crowd was light... cancellations started pouring in two months in advance so I knew it was going to be and was very disappointed. After all, the house was 4 hours away from our home/work/friends and 9 hours from my family in Tennessee. The dancing didn't last long... maybe just a few songs, and people started leaving. I had put a lot of work into the details so it was beautiful (and I, too, can barely remember it so I have to look at the photos!), but I wish more people could've gone. We might've just found a little chapel in town had we known!
Here's our Wedding Photo Album , although most of my favorite pictures aren't in there for some reason!!! Sadly, hurricane Ivan plowed through our house seven months later, so we'll never get to go back.
EDIT: Oh, I found a good sunset photo!
We had a formal dining room set up in the great room on the other side of the duplex. My brother-in-law and sister also own a restaurant so they catered chicken parmesian with lots of fancy appetisers. While we were finishing our dinner, a couple of the guys went back over to the other side and dismantled the chair rows into a big circle to make a dance floor.
The crowd was light... cancellations started pouring in two months in advance so I knew it was going to be and was very disappointed. After all, the house was 4 hours away from our home/work/friends and 9 hours from my family in Tennessee. The dancing didn't last long... maybe just a few songs, and people started leaving. I had put a lot of work into the details so it was beautiful (and I, too, can barely remember it so I have to look at the photos!), but I wish more people could've gone. We might've just found a little chapel in town had we known!
Here's our Wedding Photo Album , although most of my favorite pictures aren't in there for some reason!!! Sadly, hurricane Ivan plowed through our house seven months later, so we'll never get to go back.
EDIT: Oh, I found a good sunset photo!
Not married yet myself, but I know when Bradley and I DO get married (which will hopefully be not too to far off!) it will be the best day of my life!
Have been married 2 years this July (2nd marriage for both of us).
We lived directly across from the beach so we figured why not? We had an open-house reception-like party in & around our condo...then marched the entire wedding across the street to the beach. It was beautiful. We got married right on the sand. Lot's of heads sticking out of windows to watch & passerbys. I think the real attraction was that it was a "traditional biker" wedding. My husband loves his Harley's so it was a "please wear your best biker" attire. Lots of bikes...lots of tattoos...lots of very big men wearing black. It felt like one big bike run/party was a lot fun.
Probably one of the best weddings I've been too was my own.
Was a bit difficult figuring out what I should wear because not only were our friends all invited, but of course our family...some conservative.
I ended-up wearing a very short white mini skirt with a white bustier...and of course a white veil. Interesting to say the least.
Would do it all over again and not change one thing.
We lived directly across from the beach so we figured why not? We had an open-house reception-like party in & around our condo...then marched the entire wedding across the street to the beach. It was beautiful. We got married right on the sand. Lot's of heads sticking out of windows to watch & passerbys. I think the real attraction was that it was a "traditional biker" wedding. My husband loves his Harley's so it was a "please wear your best biker" attire. Lots of bikes...lots of tattoos...lots of very big men wearing black. It felt like one big bike run/party was a lot fun.
Was a bit difficult figuring out what I should wear because not only were our friends all invited, but of course our family...some conservative.
I ended-up wearing a very short white mini skirt with a white bustier...and of course a white veil. Interesting to say the least.
Would do it all over again and not change one thing.
I'm not married yet, but I will be in December! I'm just excited because it will be winter time and we're going to have a winter theme- with pointsettias instead of flowers at the alter, jingle bells as favors, etc. We're going to have a traditional protestant wedding because neither of our families get too into the whole Quaker worship thing. I am keeping some Quaker traditions though, with hand calliagraphed wedding certificate and traditional Quaker vows incorporated. I just love the vows! Nate's grandpa is going to do the ceremony at his Brethren church.
I love hearing about everyone's weddings!!
I love hearing about everyone's weddings!!
This is what I wrote in my wedding dairy a few days after we came home from our honeymoon. Hope noone gets bored reading this
We started our day in a flurry of activity, with hair appointments starting a 7:30am. All of the wedding party took over the hair salon and had a great time getting our hair done for the big day.
At noon we had to be at the church for the makeup artist to start on all of our makeup. For the next couple of hours we all had fun getting dressed and doing makeup. Me I was a nervous wreck with all of the activity and noise that was going on. But of course I made it through that. I just took a few minutes by myself and walked around the church grounds for a minute or two of reflection.
When the photographer got there at 2 we started the pictures of the bride's family and wedding party. My flower girls shoes were in our car so at first everyone was upset because we didn't have their shoes. My photographer just went ahead and did a few candid shots of the fgs without their shoes. He did say that they would make great shots of them without the shoes and would be really cute so I agreed to that.
As time grew nearer I was more and more nervous. When the music started for the wedding party to go into the church I almost thought that I would faint. As my Dad and I stepped into the line for us to go into the church I spotted my handsome husband to be, as soon as I looked at him I felt an incredible calm come over me and the nerves were all gone. I remember as I was being escorted up the aisle that I had the biggest smile on my face.
My Dad was in tears and you could hear it in his voice as he handed me over to the man of my dreams. As my husband took my hand and told me how beautiful I was the whole entire church just faded out and we were the only two people there. We said our vows with sincere love and devotion to each other as my maid of honor and the entire wedding party was quietly crying. I held my tears in check but you could hear the quiver in my voice as I spoke the words to my husband.
When my husband put the ring on my finger and I put his ring on his we both had an enormous emotional surge of happiness go through us. The kiss was one that took my breath away and made me forget that we were in a church. When the Pastor introduced us to the guest seated in the church as Mr. and Mrs. it was the happiest day in my life.
After the ceremony we had a few minutes of pictures to take and then we went to the reception. Every thing was as I had always pictured it would be with the guests enjoying themselves eating, laughing and having a good time.
My advice to new brides is to take a minute to reflect what this day means. Smile and enjoy the day for there will be no other like it. Time goes by really fast on the big day just remember to have fun.
We started our day in a flurry of activity, with hair appointments starting a 7:30am. All of the wedding party took over the hair salon and had a great time getting our hair done for the big day.
At noon we had to be at the church for the makeup artist to start on all of our makeup. For the next couple of hours we all had fun getting dressed and doing makeup. Me I was a nervous wreck with all of the activity and noise that was going on. But of course I made it through that. I just took a few minutes by myself and walked around the church grounds for a minute or two of reflection.
When the photographer got there at 2 we started the pictures of the bride's family and wedding party. My flower girls shoes were in our car so at first everyone was upset because we didn't have their shoes. My photographer just went ahead and did a few candid shots of the fgs without their shoes. He did say that they would make great shots of them without the shoes and would be really cute so I agreed to that.
As time grew nearer I was more and more nervous. When the music started for the wedding party to go into the church I almost thought that I would faint. As my Dad and I stepped into the line for us to go into the church I spotted my handsome husband to be, as soon as I looked at him I felt an incredible calm come over me and the nerves were all gone. I remember as I was being escorted up the aisle that I had the biggest smile on my face.
My Dad was in tears and you could hear it in his voice as he handed me over to the man of my dreams. As my husband took my hand and told me how beautiful I was the whole entire church just faded out and we were the only two people there. We said our vows with sincere love and devotion to each other as my maid of honor and the entire wedding party was quietly crying. I held my tears in check but you could hear the quiver in my voice as I spoke the words to my husband.
When my husband put the ring on my finger and I put his ring on his we both had an enormous emotional surge of happiness go through us. The kiss was one that took my breath away and made me forget that we were in a church. When the Pastor introduced us to the guest seated in the church as Mr. and Mrs. it was the happiest day in my life.
After the ceremony we had a few minutes of pictures to take and then we went to the reception. Every thing was as I had always pictured it would be with the guests enjoying themselves eating, laughing and having a good time.
My advice to new brides is to take a minute to reflect what this day means. Smile and enjoy the day for there will be no other like it. Time goes by really fast on the big day just remember to have fun.
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OOH, girl I'm so jealous! That's the way I wanted my December wedding to turn out. But D(ex)H couldn't be sure he could get home on leave, so we wound up doing an impromptu family ceremony:
We decided to get married while DH was home on leave over Christmas, so we drove to the courthouse on Dec 26 to get the license, and on Dec 27 we gathered (me, DH, my parents, his parents & little sister) at my home church for a very intimate ceremony. We both had colds and were absolutely miserable. I wore an outfit I had worn to a funeral four months before. my MIL stopped by the grocery on the way home to get a 1/4sheet cake, which we shared at his family's home before I went home with my mom to sleep off my illness. So, we spent our wedding night in different houses!
I'm not sure what you're interested in hearing, so I'll do my best!
I just got married last July - it's almost been one year! We got married in San Diego, CA, right by the water. My father is retired US Navy, so we were able to use one of their facilities. It looked just like Hawaii! Due to my heritage, our love of Hawaii, and the location, we had an Asian/tropical theme. Our wedding was small - approximately 65 guests. I had two attendants, friends from college; my DH had his two brothers as his attendants.
I have problems with anxiety so it was actually kind of a rough week and day for me, but my doctor prescribed me anti-anxiety medication for the day-of. I take it VERY rarely, but it really helped me to calm down and appreciate the celebration.
Our ceremony started at 6:00, so we got to watch sunset during the reception. The ceremony was brief - about 20 minutes - but really nice. Our officiant personalized the ceremony really well and worked in the all the pieces we wrote. We had a nice dinner, socialized with guests, danced. Our cake was so good! We chose two flavors: pineapple marscapone and peaches and cream. Our cakery makes a fresh, free "top layer" for each couple for their first anniversary. I just put in our order (pineapple marscapone) and we're looking forward to having that cake again!
The night was sort of surreal. Sometimes I felt like I was watching it all happen through someone else's eyes. But what everyone says is true - it goes by really fast, so be sure to step back and take it all in. Enjoy the moment!
If you're interested in photos, I have some here; just click on the little link that says: "View photos without signing in" under the orange "continue" button.
I just got married last July - it's almost been one year! We got married in San Diego, CA, right by the water. My father is retired US Navy, so we were able to use one of their facilities. It looked just like Hawaii! Due to my heritage, our love of Hawaii, and the location, we had an Asian/tropical theme. Our wedding was small - approximately 65 guests. I had two attendants, friends from college; my DH had his two brothers as his attendants.
I have problems with anxiety so it was actually kind of a rough week and day for me, but my doctor prescribed me anti-anxiety medication for the day-of. I take it VERY rarely, but it really helped me to calm down and appreciate the celebration.
Our ceremony started at 6:00, so we got to watch sunset during the reception. The ceremony was brief - about 20 minutes - but really nice. Our officiant personalized the ceremony really well and worked in the all the pieces we wrote. We had a nice dinner, socialized with guests, danced. Our cake was so good! We chose two flavors: pineapple marscapone and peaches and cream. Our cakery makes a fresh, free "top layer" for each couple for their first anniversary. I just put in our order (pineapple marscapone) and we're looking forward to having that cake again!
The night was sort of surreal. Sometimes I felt like I was watching it all happen through someone else's eyes. But what everyone says is true - it goes by really fast, so be sure to step back and take it all in. Enjoy the moment!
If you're interested in photos, I have some here; just click on the little link that says: "View photos without signing in" under the orange "continue" button.
Not married yet but I do know that I would LOVE to get married at Turner Field in Atlanta(home of the Atlanta Braves)
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We got married this past January, and it was a really small and casual outdoor wedding. I'm talking less then 75 guests and it was under a huge oak tree next to a lake!! (I didn't even wear a dress) but then again I hate dresses. I'm not a big attention seeker so we had a lo-key wedding. Afterwards we had a party for the younger crowd (no family) and the next day we left for our 7 day cruise which was AMAZING!
Pic is huge, so I linked it
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Pic is huge, so I linked it
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