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 Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:08 am
Weddings!
Keep in mind, I am a Wedding photographer, and also, as my personal 18th Wedding Anniversary just passed on July 15th, I just had to post this Hot Topic.
Tell me about your Wedding, your Wedding plans, or your Wedding dreams.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:17 pm
aurgh.. weddings seem SO boring..
mine was way too long also.. we opened our gifts at the reception.. NEVER DO THAT!
we had no idea what we were doing.. good times lol
anyways.. now my idea of a perfect wedding would be outside.. a bbq close friends.. or maybe a beach picnic with lobsters (saw that in martha stewart sometime) or sea food.. (thats good rolleyes )
dancing and laughing.. a really relaxed atmosphere would be great.. BUT a wedding can be pretty stressful.. esp when the two families are shy or just dont know each othe ror seem to get along :S
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:20 pm
Dream wedding:
Either be in a cute little church in a beautiful place, or outside in a pretty little court yard. My wedding would NOT have like 500 people. I hate big weddings, it's so unclose. My wedding would be like 100 at the most. There would definatly be dancing (I love dancing! heart ). It would be fun, lots of laughing, like Peekah said. And my aunt would be the photographer. heart heart
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:56 pm
I really just want to do a small ceremony with immediate family, i.e. my parents and brother, my fiance's mom and sister, with a reception of some sort later, possibly not even on the same day. It'd be something really informal and untraditional because neither one of us really like much about the traditional reception.
I know it won't get to be that way, though. We'll probably have a larger ceremony with some extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins), and a reception after. I'm hoping we won't have to compromise and do a traditional one because that really makes me sick to think about. :/
Thinking about my wedding is a lot of anxiety for me because there are just so many things I don't want to have to do. No white dress, no church, I don't want to be walked down the aisle (if I don't have to walk, even better), I don't want to have to dance at a reception, no cheezy DJ music. I know my family would be cool with all those things, but I worry about how much the future in-laws will b***h about how we're bucking traditions. neutral
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:25 am
Some thoughts for DecemberFlower: I have photographed or videotaped, literally, THOUSANDS of Weddings, and I can help you with your family politics. First of all, everyone wants the Bride to be happy on her Wedding day, so right up front that gives you some "leaveway!" Most families are happy if you at least acknowledge certain traditions, no matter how weird your "twist" of that tradition may be.
But, in the cultures that are the most traditional, the traditions are mostly about the ceremony and the wite dress, not the reception, which is good, because the reception is the most expensive part! About the dress and the walking, that's difficult to avoid. Get a very simple dress, doesn't have to be long, and just about any pastel color will do. But, you do want to look a bit like a Bride. After all, you ARE the Bride. It's not a Wedding without a Bride. As for the wallking, find a church or garden with a short aisle. Open door, and you're there. Also, instead of the traditional being "given away" I like the idea of the Bride and Groom entering together. That makes them even, so to speak.
Another way I've seen things done is a small and pretty garden or chapel Wedding wth the party that follows. No one cares if there's no dancing. They can do that any time. Then, if the in-laws are still talking behind your back, have the big church thing another time. Like a year later, on your first anniversary. No reception, except maybe a small family dinner. And if you're doing it for the in-laws, then they can pay for the dinner!
My biggest advice is DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO. Anyone who knows and loves you will agree. Everyone else, well, that's their problem.
Oh, if you want to freak everyone out and elope to Vegas, look me up at RoyalMasters.com. I'm not trying to sell stuff here, but gosh, we're Gaia friends!
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:30 pm
I'm promised right now, but we might as well be engaged. He's working on his wedding shirt in his spare time. I have a feeling that I'm going to be making my wedding dress, as well as the dresses of my ladies. We want a Renaissance wedding. He's making a chainmaille shirt.
My mom made me watch Oprah with her one day and Oprah was talking to a couple who did the Dirty Dancing dance at their wedding. I got the brilliant idea of learning the dance from A Knight's Tale and doing that with the other people that are going to be in my wedding. Would that not be awesome?!
Or, and this couldn't be more opposite on the spectrum, I'd like to have a wedding like my parents'. Dad was off duty one Saturday so he and mom went to the courthouse. The most expensive part of their wedding was the phonecall from a payphone outside Wendy's to tell their parents that they were married.
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