Wedding vow renewal Q

somethingblue06

DH & I were married at SCC, we recently met with a priest regarding Jack's baptism.  During our meeting, the priest said, you know, if you ever wanted to, you could have a church ceremony here.  We really hadn't ever considered doing this, but since then its been on my mind as something we might consider doing at some point.  DH agreed that he'd consider it as well.  So, the girly side of me wonders, what should I wear to my vow renewal at a small church...I won't be wearing my original dress as it was my something borrowed and I'd like to do this in something I own and less casual than the traditional bridal gown...What would you wear?  I was looking at some Jim Hjelms' for bridesmaids dresses, but really am not sure which direction to go.  Advice?  Two cents?  What say you!

fran13

I would probably wait until a big anniversary (5 years, 10 years...) and buy a nice dress and have a luncheon after it.  I'd buy a dress I could wear again- simple, maybe white? 

ladybug11780

I have no clue, but what is SCC?

My friend is wearing a bridesmaid's dress to hers. It's tea length I think, either in pink or blue. I don't remember. Are you supposed to bring gifts to a vow renewal?

EML0907

My parents did a vow renewal for their 25^th anniversary.  My mom used the occasion to go outside of her normal style.  She wore a really plain off the rack dress that she loved, but was just not a splurge.  For her renewal she wore something fun that she loved just as much as her original dress and it wasn?t white, it was pink.  She told me she felt so pretty and so girly in it. 

 

 

So that?s my suggestion, wear something fun, appropriate and that you love.  Don?t wear anything traditional, but something special.    

beknmike

i'm glad you brought up this point... not about what to wear, but about the blessing of your marriage. DH & I opted out of a church ceremony for various reasons, but will want our children baptized. it's good to know your priest didn't give

now back to the more important issue at hand... I saw a TON of white dresses in the windows at West Farms this weekend. Some were dressy & some were more casual. I think J.Crew has a nice selection as well.

somethingblue06

bug~ SCC is St.Clements Castle, sorry bout that.  And I don't know about the gift question.  The way we've discussed doing it is either on a Saturday afternoon or a Friday evening, and just having immediate family there & going to dinner or a luncheon afterwards.  I toy with doing it before the family gets too big & outta hand in 5-10 years but would consider doing it in the next 2 years.  Erica, fun sounds good.  I like fun.  I like the fun in shopping for it too, long or short, color or neutral...

beknmike

oh hey, how 'bout i finish a thought..

it's good to know that your priest didn't give you a hard time about not being married in a church.

EML0907

And I would totally make it a dress that you can wear again. 

 

I?ve actually thought about re-vowing with DH if I ever do convert so we can actually sign our Ketubah.  Second time around I wouldn?t wear white, I wouldn?t go full length and I?d try to be as trendy as my non trendy body allows. 

Jennicap

We got married by a JP but we tried finding a church on the cape to marry us but we couldn't, we decided when we buy a house we will join a church and have a blessing ceremony at the church. I will make sure this happens before we have kids so that means that it'll probably happen sometime this year! I would go out and find a dress, to me it's a big deal and should be treated as such, certainly not as big as the actual wedding but the meaning and symbolizing is just as important. We'll have just our immediate family and best friends there, nobody else really needs to know.

Dee79

We thought about reknewing our vows after just about 90% of our day went bad. But after almost 3 years of marriage (holy crap 20 days) we have other things on our mind. I still would like to do something big for our 5^th because our day was cut from over 200 people down to 29 people and we insulted a LOT of people. (Huge traditional Italian and Irish family on his side) but they all understood why we rushed. It was rushed because of his father but we are both happy and blessed that he was able to be there.

 

Anywho. Wear whatever you want! I?ve done plenty of research so you can wear whatever you want. Wear a white dress, wear a red one. Doesn?t matter!

Just don?t ask for gifts from your guests. That?s tacky. 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. I've done enough research on this to know just about everything when it comes to reknewing