Tell me about your wedding

jensavicci · September 2014

Ok, you know this is my thing so, tell me about your weddings! Or if you aren't married yet, tell me about your ideal wedding

Was there a theme? Colors? Your dress? Time of year? The cake? Venue? Flowers? Did you have a cocktail hour? Etc. Just give me all the details and describe it as best as you can. Details are the best part you know!

I'm surprised I haven't asked this yet.

darkangel42 · September 2014

Me and the OH ran away to get married. It was us, DD1 and an old couple who lived nearby were our witnesses. The venue was a blacksmith's forge (historic site because my OH is a history nut).

He wore his army dress uniform, I had a vintage wedding dress that was cream with gold trim, bouquet was a dozen cream roses and had a 60s style updo. My daughter was bridesmaid and wore red because it's her favourite.

It was January so freezing cold and our cake was small, toffee-chocolate and sprinkled with edible gold and our first dance (in our hotel room, just us) was to our song, A Day To Remember - You Had Me At Hello.

shortstack930 · September 2014

Our theme was Happily Ever After and I wore a poofy ball gown and a cathedral style veil. My bridesmaids all wore dark pink and my MOH wore light pink and they all has bouquets of roses to match. The boys all had ties and flowers to match the girls. We got married July 8, 2012 so it was about 85 degrees and I remember sweating as we were taking pictures outside. Our cake had a Minnie and Mickey cake topper.

Our venue was great because they only do one wedding at a time. We had a cocktail hour but didn't go because I wanted to get all the pictures done then so that they wouldn't pull us out of the reception. DH and I danced alllll night and I made sure I ate a lot because I had been dieting for like ten months.

I wore pink shoes and pearl jewelry and our wedding song was Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat. My dad cried when he and I danced to Wind Beneath My Wings. We had a Venetian hour that was to die for!

Best night of my life until DD was born!

Here's a couple of pics:

Skeemer · September 2014

Yay! Thanks @jensavicci ! My mom just picked up my kids so I'm sick in recliner with not much to do but cough. Brace yourself for epic wedding details.

jensavicci · September 2014

DW and I were saving up for future children and living in this tiny one bedroom apartment. That's where almost all of our money went at the time. So, when it came to our wedding, we did 90% DIY. First, we went all the way to Massachusetts to get our licenses because at the time, that was the only place we could legally marry. Then, we had our ceremony in a local Philly park and had our reception in my MIL's back yard. I wanted a shabby/Vintage/English/Fairytale theme lol. We hung white Christmas lights up all over the trees and had lots of candles. There were lots of old books, vintage nick knacks, rose petals, roses and cherry blossoms everywhere. My colors were a deep cherry pink, blush pink, cream, chocolate brown, gold and accents of green (floral). My dress was white with a dropped waist, scalloped edging, and lace sleeves. I also wore a rose in my hair and had pink heels. We made basically all the food ourselves including help from my sister. Our escort "cards" were caramel apples and our wedding favors were these pretty pink and gold tea cups with a candle inside. We tied the tea cups up with ribbon and a vintage key. There was lots of dancing and a couple of games but, it was without a doubt the most magical day.

I would write a ton more but, this lady is at work lol.

darkangel42 · September 2014

@jensavicci that sounds perfect!

jensavicci · September 2014

LOL wait wait. I still remember. We were lighting our unity candle and poor DW dropped some hot wax on her hand and yelled "SHIT!" in the middle of the ceremony

) I felt so bad but it's funny as hell now. She was ok btw. No injuries.

Skeemer · September 2014

We got married in 2008. We wanted it to be "us" so we broke all the rules & did everything we wanted to do.

Here's the best pic I can find on the net of my dress. I didn't wear the veil. Just a tiara. The dress is very beautiful & simple from the front. No one in my circles had seen or worn a wedding dress with color on it so it was really new to us.

DH wore black tux pants, black shirt, black vest, white jacket & this tie

Bridesmaids wore black dresses (cannot find on the net) & groomsmen wore black pin strip tuxes with vests & white ties. Bridesmaids carried wrapped red rose bouquets.

By now I'm sure you've figured out we did black & white. I'm so glad we did too. It kept everything super duper simple. There was no saying "Does this blue match our blue?!" & such. It was either black or white.

We had our wedding & reception in one room. It was DH's idea to do this & it saved us a ton of money. We had round tables set up all around the room but made an aisle down the middle. Our guests sat at the tables, watched us get married, then ate there too.

We played a variety of music before we got married while everyone was being seated. It's funny because not very many people noticed that the classical theme to Star Wars & the theme to The Office was mixed in with a variety of love songs. Lol. Again, this is us.

I met DH at a corner in the hallway prior to getting married. We have pictures of us holding hands around the corner. He gave me a Bible with my married name on it. I gave him monogrammed handkerchiefs. We actually exchanged the same card. Lol. We're meant to be.

The bridal party walked in to "Better Together" by Jack Johnson. I walked in to "Forever" by The Beach Boys. We did a prayer ceremony to "My Desire" by Jeremy Camp. We walked out to "I'm a believer" by SmashMouth. We wrote our own vows in which DH promised to kill all the spiders for me & I promised him he'd never have to eat another canned biscuit as long as we both shall live. Both of our fathers are ministers so they did our ceremony. Our Scripture was Ruth 1:16 "Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. ^a]'>Your people shall be my people and your God my God." We forgot to light our unity candle, came back in, did it & ran back out. Lol. Everyone laughed.

Here was my cake. Minus the bow. The polka dots & ribbons were just black. I honestly can't remember what our cake topper was.

I also had a snare drum cake which was peanut butter & chocolate. It was similar but not exactly like this -

Dh wanted cheesecakes so we went to Sam's Club & bought frozen Cheesecake Factory cheese cakes for $10 a piece & put them on his table with lots of various toppings. Those things were GOOD. Everyone wanted to know who made them. hee hee.

Our first dance was to "Son of a preacher man" by Dusty Springfield. When we were dating I told him that song reminded me of him & we shared ear buds to listen to it.

A friend drove us to my parents house in his sparkling white Hummer & even wore a chauffer's hat. Lol. We drove halfway to our destination to stay the night then spent a week in Dahlonega, Ga in a cabin. We've always wanted to go back there but never have. Maybe we'll celebrate an anniversary there someday.

ETA: We rented a Coke fountain & had a pasta station. It was so epic & so affordable. Also, now I want pasta & a Coke.

darkangel42 · September 2014

OH is a spoilsport and won't let me put proper pics up but this is dress and flowers:

I cried as I said my vows and he asked me after if it was because I'd realised I didn't want to marry him which made me cry again.

nolemomma14 · September 2014

I was married in April of 2013. The ceremony and reception were at the same place. A community party hall located on the intercostal waterway. The ceremony was outside under a big tree, and I swear it was the last weekend before the unbearable Florida summer temperatures really set in!

Our theme was a "tying the knot" nautical theme. Out colors were navy blue and hot pink! The boys wore tan suits with white shirts, navy ties, and pink pocket squares. DH wore a striped navy and pink tie. The girls wore navy blue dresses with hot pink shoes.

We used a trolley to get guest from the hotel to the venue since it was about 25 minutes away. We tried finding a hotel within walking distance, but the spring break beach prices made it impossible. The trolley was one of my favorite details of the day though! We rode it back to the hotel at the end of the night with our guests. Our transportation to the venue was a hot pink stretch limo. I tell people we got it since it matched our wedding colors, but we waited till the last minute and that's all they had left haha

Our ceremony was nice and sweet, 10 minutes top, and the pastor from our church performed it. After the ceremony the bridal party rose the trolley down to the pier for pictures and we had a cocktail hour for the guests. Our venue had an amazing deck on the water, and we had high top tables set up there. My dad catered the wedding, and my biggest regret of the day is that DH and I didn't get to eat any of the appetizers! We had chicken and beef empanadas, buffalo chicken dip balls, Mac n cheese balls, and coconut shrimp.

Inside the venue we had blue up lighting, the tables had navy blue table cloths. We had giant knots on the table that held the table numbers. The center pieces were three mason jars, and they were filled with gerber daisies, and something else, I don't remember. We did a sweetheart table for myself and DH. DH built a boat where we hung the name cares for our guests to find what table they were at. Our cake was made by my aunt. It was half vanilla flavored, and half red velvet. We had a dj, an open bar, and overall the vibe was pretty laid back and relaxed. My main goal was to dance the whole night, have yummy food and plenty of alcohol! Sorry for the phone pics!

mcvgal · September 2014

Got married over labor day weekend 4 years ago. Colors were purple and white, with DH wearing a black tux with pink vest and tie. On our first date we saw the movie Up, so our wedding cake was 7 tiers and made to look like the waterfall at paradise falls. The topper was the Up house with the 2 chairs to the side. The grooms cake was a tres leches cake in the shape of a red chevy pick up truck, since DH sold his truck to pay for the reception hall, We also had 4 other sheet cakes to accomodate the 900 guests (which includes kids and all)

Our first dance was a ranchera (think polka type beat) called "un rinconcito en el cielo". It means a little corner of heaven. Whenever we hear that song, we stop what we are doing and started dancing only know DS1 joins us too:)

With so many guests we opted for buffet style dinner. I am sure plating that would have been horrible.

We didn't have a traditional wedding party, rather we had our closest friends wear purple. During the ceremony, my family and DH's sister walked down the aisle. (The rest of his family lives in Mexico). Both my parents gave me away, which I loved because I have matching pictures from my quiceañera and now my wedding in the same church.

Me and several of my closest friends are Zumba instructors, so after the first dance, throwing the boquet and garter and the mexican tradition called "la vibora" we performed a a zumba routine to a slower paced song called "el amor".

La vibora is an old tradition where the groom holds the bride's veil while the couple stands opposite each other on chairs. Then all the single ladies hold hands and run ala "London Bridges". Well we had 3 different versions: ladies (single or not), men, and finally all the children.

Speaking of veils, my something borrowed was a french lace mantilla veil that my mom made for my sister's wedding 13 years earlier.

DH did not want to be thrown up in the air during another mexican tradition - dead man walking. The grooms friends carry the groom around on their shoulders signifying that his bachelorhood is dead. His friends didn't listen and they walked him around the entire hall and trough him up in the air 3-4 times which made for some really awesome action pictures.

nlearl · September 2014

I was married September 14, 2012 which was exactly 3.5 years to the day my DH and I met. There was no real theme but out colors were plum, orange, and magenta. My bridesmaids wore plum dresses and carried bouquets with the other colors in them. One of my favorite details is that the groomsmen wore suspenders instead of vests. My nephews tux bag didn't have pants so that was a huge scramble that ended with my godfather running to Mens wearhouse for pants. My dress was a drop waist Maggie Sotterro with a beautiful ruffled skirt. Fell in love with it before I was engaged. The ceremony was very simple outdoors on the venues patio. We had gorgeous lanterns and flower arrangements as center pieces and the room was lit with amber up lighting. We danced to "Stand By Me" by Seal which had been out song since the beginning of our relationship. The cake was HORRID! It looked like a Halloween cake because the plum ribbon I supplied them with soaked up the oil in the buttercream and looked black against the orange scrolling. But overall we had a blast and I'd love to relive it.

Mamanorris81 · September 2014

We got married on June 9, 2007 at Fort Ontario. It sits right on Lake Ontario and we had perfect weather. We were young and poor and paid for most of the wedding ourselves so it was a lot of diy. My amazing brother gave us $1000 as a gift towards the wedding and gave me away. My girls wore red and the MOH wore black. The only thing my mom offered to pay for was the cake. When we ordered it she ordered extra because she is a fatty. A week before the wedding she said she wasn't going to be able to pay for it. Then at the reception took all the leftover cake home without asking. She's a peach for sure! I spent our wedding night alone, my new hubby and my brother stayed up getting wasted. He is a real romantic! All in all it was a great day and the best decision I have ever made.

Prncesta · September 2014

What an awesome thread! I love talking about weddings!

DH and I got married in June 2012. The day was absolutely perfect. It had rained and rained and rained all of May and I thought for sure it was going to rain on our wedding day too. When we woke up that morning, the rain has cleared and it was gorgeous!

We got married in church and since DH works for NYPD we had the NYPD bagpipers there. When I pulled up to the church, my guests knew I was there bc they started playing. I'll never forget walking down the aisle to him.

The party was so much fun. We had it at a yacht club and had a DJ. It was a black tie affair. My colors were all white flowers and my girls wore blush dresses with pewter jewelry. My dress was a monique lhuillier two piece dress. We didn't have a theme. We had a coctail hour that we missed because we were stuck in traffic coming home from manhattan where we took our pics!

Great thread @jensavicci‌!

Eta: Realized my recap video I posted had our last names in it. Oops! Here's a pic of our day instead!

lindslalala · September 2014

We were married in July, the colors were kelly green with pops of hot pink. Cake was white with raspberry filling. My dress was lace with beading. Of COURSE we had a cocktail hour

our first dance was to Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. I wore a pink gerbera daisy in my hair for the reception once my veil was off. Here's my favorite picture from the day. We've been married 4 years now!

jensavicci · September 2014

Awwww you guys!!! These are awesome details and stories!

this stuff just makes me all mushy gushy inside.

Prncesta · September 2014

Here's the pics...I'm having a mommy moment...there's one of me and DH and then me and dad...which was one of my favorite parts, him walking me down the aisle...

lowen83 · September 2014

DH and I were married at 5pm on May 1st 2010. There were aprox 160 guest.
Colors were black, fuchsia with pops of lime green. There were 5 bridesmaids and groomsmen. They carried hot pink roses. I carried an assortment bouquet which included black Calla Lilies, white hydrangeas and hot pink roses. I wore an ivory A line pleated gown and fuschia shoes. We were married at my family church which is huge, beautiful and downtown.

The reception is in a historic building downtown. It is exposed brick, hard wood floors and huge wooden beams everywhere. It has a massive balcony over looking a restored to original area of downtown.

The reception had a wing and beer station, a wine and cheese station and a salad bar for starters.

We served tilapia with mango salsa and chicken devan. Served with roasted potatoes and asparagus or mashed potatoes and green beans and rolls.

We had a three tier yellow cake with mascarpone filling and icing.

Black damask stripe table cloths covered the round tables. The center pieces of hot pink Gerber daisys in low vases or three different height glass cylinders wrapped in Black and fuschia lace with candles inside alternated tables. We had a Dj who is FIL best friend.

We drove off in FIL fully restored 1947 Ford!
We danced, we drank we had a "American bandstand dance line"!
One of the greatest days of my life and I would do it again with DH!

JLHV1909 · September 2014

We were married on the beach on October 20, 2012. It was an absolutely beautiful day. Our colors were black and purple. We didn't really have a theme, other than being at the beach. My dress was from David's bridal and unlike anything I ever imagined. It was the 2nd dress I tried on and was perfect for a beach wedding. We did a lot of DIY (centerpieces and decorations) but a huge part of the wedding was taken care of by the small resort we had the wedding/reception. We were married on the beach, then had the reception across the street under a tent and on top of their deck, and then we had an after party at the resort's tiki bar! My wedding cake was black and white and I had it created after seeing one that was similar on Pinterest.

One of my favorite details of the day was that I took my mom's veil and had bracelets made for me and her to wear that day!

On a fun note, my best friend/moh conceived her third baby that night thanks to the after party- and her hubby officiated the ceremony!

mrscutforth · September 2014

Lets start off by saying all wedding costs were up to DH and I. So I did a lot of DIY. From the invites to my bouquets.

Was there a theme? No theme. Mine was very laid back actually. A lot of DIY on my part and polka dotted cake for crying out loud.

Colors? Red, black, and white. I can look back at my wedding pictures in years to come and not wonder what I was smoking by picking the color trend at the time. That sounds snarky, Sorry.

Your dress? My dress was white and had red stitching on the bodice from David's Bridal. Time of year? Fall. It was in October but it was still hot as balls outside.

The cake? I had a 3 tier square cake that was polka dotted.

Venue? A tree enclosed park area at my aunt's apartment complex. We joke and say it was the dog shit park. After the shit was cleaned up it was beautiful and quiet and didm' t stink.

Flowers? I made my bouquets and boutiniers (sp?). I used red and white roses. I bought long stem roses in both colors. My bridesmaids had red bouquets that I had trimmed wrapped in black polka dot ribbon. And my bouquet I used the rest of the red roses and the entire dozen of the white mixed kept them kong stem and wrapped in red satin ribbon and wrapped again with the black polka dot ribbon. The mens flower I used artificial white cherry blossom flowers.

Did you have a cocktail hour? No cocktail hour. We did finger food and cake. Nothing too fancy.

We spent all our money on the honeymoon to Maui, where we spent a week. It was heavenly.

Nichole8787 · September 2014

I'll post when I get home but pictures should be mandatory :-)

hgtvmom · September 2014

Kiddo is being a screamer right now, but I had to comment. @Skeemer‌ I had a wedding dress with color too a LOVE it!! And we totally had a snare drum cake at our rehearsal dinner (DH is a drummer)

reg202 · September 2014

Oh it's been a fun evening reading about all these weddings!

We got married late June 2012 in Bucks County. I'll add in the details of the places since you may actually have seen/will see the venue @jensavicci. Ceremony was in the church I grew up in. Colors were green and tangerine. My dress was a ballgown with detailing in the bodice. Pic attached. The men wore tuxes with green vests to match the green bridesmaid dresses that my sisters wore. Since I have 2 sisters and 2 sisters-in-law, those were my bridesmaids; DH had to pick 4 friends to stand by him.

Our reception was at a vineyard called Sand Castle Winery which is along the Delaware River. It was a tented reception but the tent was connected to the building where there was a large area with a bar so guests had the option to go inside where there was A/C or stay outside to dance. That really worked out since it was in the 90s that day. As the sun set, we had gorgeous views of the river and got nice breezes.

Yes we did a cocktail hour which I didn't attend because we were taking pictures in the vineyard. Oh and we also used a trolley to get the wedding party around. That's actually what my avatar is.

Our food was from a great caterer in Newtown who basically served everything in stations so it was all piping hot. The options were steak or crab cakes. I believe he also had a vegetarian option that involved portobello mushrooms and peppers, etc. All I know is, it was the best wedding food I ever had and I was too busy to actually enjoy it.

So music. For the ceremony, I knew I wanted flute since I studied music and that is my instrument. So I got 3 of my best friends (also flutists) to play our music from the balcony of the church. They played classical music for the prelude and I walked down the aisle to Pachelbel's Canon which was my one dream since the preteen years, At the reception we had a DJ.

We did a candy bar at the reception so that was the favor for guests. One fun detail was that since we got married the weekend before July 4th, at around 9pm, a fireworks show started down the river that we got a perfect view of. It was totally unexpected but the DJ took the opportunity to put on 'Firework" by Katy Perry. Such a fun surprise!

Then DH and I left and we actually stayed at the Golden Plough Inn in Peddler's Village that night. Small world right?

Artistmom30 · September 2014

DH and I got married October 29th, 2010. I would have chosen Halloween but we would not have been able to get married in our church if we did. Our colors were red, black, and white. I wore a traditional ballroom gown with simple beading and a long train. My mom made my veil. I had a friend do my hair and makeup and she have me a pinup look. My bouquet was made of black magic roses and deep purple calla lilies. My shoes were zombie heels from Iron Fist.

My DH wore a white dress shirt, black slacks, a black tie with clock gears on it (just a small portion of the tie), and black suspenders. His boutonniere was a deep purple calla lily.

My bridesmaids wore black, knee length dresses. I tried to find them matching ones but bc one of my bridesmaids was older, I gave up and let them pick their own. Their bouquets consisted of white daisies and baby's breath. My MOH had white daises, white roses, and baby's breath in hers.The groomsmen wore a black dress shirt, black slack, white suspenders, and a white skinny tie. Their boutonnieres were the black magic roses.

The ceremony was at our church. We made an arch out of long branches and red mum flowers. We had rose petals scattered down the aisle and tea lights along the chairs. The alter had wicker pumpkins and black candle lantern. We had 3 of our friends, who also happened to be on the worship team for church, play music at our wedding. It was simple and beautiful. They played mostly worship songs written by member of our church, but the song I walked down the aisle to was "Samskeyti" by Sigur Ros.

The reception was held at Mellwood Art Center. We did all the decorating ourselves and the food was catered by friends and family. It was gothic themed. The cake was 2 tiers, with a skeleton bride and groom on top and spider webs and roses adorning the cake.

The music was 50's themed, with some modern stuff thrown in. No one really danced but they did have a blast with the Photo Booth we provided.

I loved my wedding and DH and I did a majority of the legwork ourselves. We had a limited budget and so, we had to get creative. I think we did a great job.

squnkie · September 2014

Love hearing about all of y'all's weddings! We were married December 22nd, 2012. (4 days after finals, and 3 days before Christmas. Yikes!) We had a Scottish themed wedding since my husband is proud of his Scottish heritage, and it worked well to do evergreens and plaid for the wedding! Our colors were green, blue, and cream. We got married in a chapel with about 90 guests, and had a hot chocolate bar during the reception (alcohol would have been a bad idea with DH's side of the family. Cops were called about a big fight during the last wedding on that side!) I wouldn't have changed a thing at the wedding, it was perfect for us! We waited until May for our honeymoon, when we went to England, Scotland, and Wales for two weeks!

INmommy871278 · September 2014

Our wedding was almost completely DIY; we originally wanted to just go to the court house and be done but family threw a fit so we married 3 months after DH proposed. We were married 9-10-11, celebrated 3 years of married bliss Wednesday! Our colors were hot pink (my fav color), royal purple (DHs fav color), and red (both our number 2 fav color).

My dress was a strapless A line with rouching (sp?) in the mid section from David's Bridal. I carried a bouquet of white roses with a single red rose in memory of DHs mom who passed the December before from cancer. My sister let me borrow her veil that she wore at her wedding and my sister in law gave me one of their moms necklaces that was a blue stone and gold. I straightened my hair then pulled it part way back and did a flip under. DH wore his black suit with a burgundy shirt and purple tie. My bridesmaid wore a royal purple tea length dress and carried a bouquet of red roses. DH's niece was a junior brides maid and wore a purple dress with hot pink trim. The groomsman wore a black suit with a white shirt and purple tie; his son was the ring bearer and wore a mating suit. My sister in law got ordained online so she could marry us and wore a black suit with gold trim. My dad walked me down the aisle to the song "I loved her first" by Heartland I think is the bands name.

We had tacos and chicken and noodles to eat. DH made the taco meat, his step aunt made the salsa, and my mom made the chicken and noodles for the kids and anyone who doesn't like tacos. I made cupcakes in place of a cake. We had strawberry, french vanilla, German chocolate, and white flavored cupcakes.

I put together little grab bags with candies in them and wrote everyone's name on them for favors and name cards. The ceremony and reception took place at FIL house in a tent. DH and I went to pick the tent up the day before and the very pale yellow and white tent ended up being a very bright yellow and white tent, but it all worked out. Decorations were very simple. We did pink, red, and purple table cloths with satin rose petals and after dinner mints down the center. I found little heart shaped candle holders at goodwill and had several of the little dessert shooter buckets from Logan's that I used as center pieces as well. On the bridal party table I had two vases set out for the bouquets myself and the girls had. The ceremony lasted a whole five minutes.

Our wedding wasn't fancy,but I loved it and wouldn't change a thing about it!

emeek · September 2014

we have been married just over 4 years now. there was no real theme. my colors we chocolate brown and tiffany blue. bridesmaids wore chocolate brown tea length dresses with tiffany blue ribbons tied around their waists. my dress was a sweetheart neckline with beading on the bodice and pick ups in the skirt. very princess like and i loved it. my DH and the groomsmen wore pinstriped black suits with black and white spectator shoes.
my flowers were white and pink roses. my mom wore a gardenia flower in memory of my grandmother because that what she carried when she got married. got married in the same church that my parents and my sister were married in. the reception was at a conservation club with a pond and woods and it was just a beautiful view from the reception hall. no cocktail hour because we had our pics done earlier in the day. our entrance song was slow ride by foghat and our first dance was dont think i cant love you by jake owen.
since it was labor day weekend we had picnic/cookout food for our reception that my aunt catered for us since we were on a tight budget. we had things like potato salad, baked beans, ham sandwiches, salad, etc.. we have pies instead of cake because DH doesn't like cake and i love pie. it really was just one of the best days of my life.

Nichole8787 · September 2014

Date: August 13, 2011.

Weather : It rained the entire morning and stopped right before the ceremony. So it rained just long enough to give us some good luck and make it a cooler day.

Theme: No real theme....maybe southern? Our colors were yellow and chocolate brown but we really let the location stand alone and didn't decorate very much. It was just so beautiful that we only added a couple twinkle lights and a sprinkle of flowers.

Location: The barn of valhalla. A beautifully restored barn with a wrap around porch and attatched decking system that went out into the woods. Ceremony outside on the deck in the woods, cocktail hour on the large wrap around deck, reception inside the barn.

Music: For the ceremony I walked down the isle to a friend playing Happily Ever After Is In Your Eyes on the acoustic guitar. We had a dj and our first dance was a montage my husband made. It included the twist, cotton eye joe, bye bye bye, thriller and many more awesome songs.

Food and beverage: For the cocktail hour we had beer, wine, and a signature cocktail. I think it was a spiked lemonade. We also had fried green tomatoes with a balsalmic glaze, pickled ocra wraps, fresh fruit and cheese during the cocktail hour. The dinner was in true southern style and was north carolina styled bbq, squash casserole, macaroni and cheese, slaw, hush puppies, green beans and baked beans.

The cake: We had a cake buffet made by my grandmother and her best friend. My husband is Korean and Puerto Rican and I really wanted them to get a good taste of all the wonderful southern desserts. Our main cake was a 3 tier red velvet cake and then we had a pig pickin cake, pineapple upside down cake, 3 different types of pound cake, 16 layer cake, coconut cake, carrot cake, a few types of cookies and some cupcakes. Only about half of the cake buffet is pictured below.

The flowers: My mother grew all of the flowers in her garden and I made my own bouquet. My bouquet was made out of broaches that my friends and family gave me. I have earings in the bouquet that were my great great grandmothers and several other very special pieces. It is so special to me. I hope to give it to my little girl one day or my sons wife.

My dress: I tried on maybe 50 dresses and was just about to give up and just pick one when I sighed and said I would try on one last dress. It was very unique and had sleeves and a stand up collar. It fit absolutely perfect and needed no alterations. It was silk, only cost $250.00 and we ended up winning a trip to vegas when I bought it. I paired it with diamond earrings from my grandmother, a pearl bracelet from my other grandmother and yellow oxfords.

Dh wore: A tan 3 piece Calvin Klein suit and oxfords.

cookiemomma14 · September 2014

We were married May 30, 2009 (hence part of my name on here). We were both finishing up our Bachelor's degree and working full time while also remodeling a major fixer-upper house. So we had a limited budget to say the least so there was a lot of DIY.

We did a loose beach themed wedding based on the proposal...DH proposed the year before on the beach while hiding the ring under a shell while we were watching the sunset. Sounds very cliché until I ruined the proposal... it was the ugliest flipping shell on the beach and I refused to pick it up and look at it. When I finally caved I picked up the shell and was looking at it so intently that I didn't' see the ring! He then asked me and showed me the ring, and I was like, "seriously?" I guess I never said yes because on the way back from the beach, he said, "So you never said yes. Is that a yes?" haha

Anyways, wedding. My gown was simple but had a sweetheart neckline and it was an A-line dress. Our colors were yellow and a blue, almost teal color. At the church we had palm trees near the altar and blue and yellow ribbons on the pews. (very simple decorations at the church) The party favors I made included small (like tea light holder size) pails with sand and tealights in them and blue matchbooks with our names, wedding date and a sea shell engraving on them. For the tables we had sand pails filled with planted yellow flowers. There were also shells and bags with palm trees and sea shells cut out with candles in them to light the room when the lights were turned down.

We were married in a small church that was a sister church of our church because this church was closer to our reception. We were married in Indiana and had our reception across the bridge in Illinois at a bar/restaurant that my father owns. We saved big money by having our reception here because my father provided the alcohol and food (win!). A lady from our church made our cakes with the beach themed and even made a sand castle cake and home made sea shell mints.

At the ceremony we did a sand ceremony instead of unity candle. I'm so happy we did too. I still have the sand displayed in our living room. It is the blue and yellow sand that we mixed (united) and it's in a glass jar that is engraved with our names and wedding date. We did non traditional music in the wedding. I came down to the Jonathon Cain version of the bridal march. Google it. It's beautiful. On the departure DH and I and all the bridesmaids and groomsmen danced our way out of there to "I'm a believer" by the monkeys. It was a good laugh. We had a wonderful carriage ride from the church from the church to the reception. It was beautiful, especially because it was storming like crazy earlier in the day and then it was sunny and beautiful then.

At the reception we also did a choreographed dance, including "like a virgin" "foxy lady" "can't touch this" "hotel room" and many more. Our family and friends got good laughs from it. It was an awesome time that went way too fast.

Love reading about everyone's special days. Gets me all emotional.

Hilee18 · September 2014

I got married in Vegas, we had planned a May wedding locally, but had some health issues come up. So we called everyone and asked if they'd come out in September for a Vegas wedding everyone who really mattered said yes so we did it at MGM Grand with about 30 friends and family.

SuperTinkerham · September 2014

Married in March of 2005. Theme was a mad hatter tea party. It was at a cute little bed and breakfast, with about 60 people. We served tea, sandwiches, cake. It was perfectly us. All the guests wore hats.

I wore pink converse.

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