September 2009 Weddings
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PIP: Compliments
PIP the wedding things you got the most compliments on.
Re: PIP: Compliments
I got a lot of compliments on the dress and food, but I think everyone says that. More specific things:
My bracelet, which was my birthday gift from Robin that year
The whole lights and lanterns look
The cookie buffet. A year later, one of my cousins even whispered (at a wedding) "Your wedding was better. You had cookies."
The car, a 56 Rolls. This was my little surprise for Robin. He didn't know about it until just before the ceremony. The guys were oogling over it.
The back of my necklace got more compliments than anything else I think:
The invites:
The cardbox:
Bridesmaid dresses and the flowers. The girls loved them and the flowers were so brightly colored and different from a lot of the other weddings we went to that year.
Our reception and the (not pictured) food. It was really a unique location with unique and interesting decor and the food was AMAZING.
People also complimented our invitations (no pic), the weather (which was perfect and of course we didn't plan), and our pictures after the fact.
Oh and EVERYONE raved over how delicious the cream puffs were at dinner - the reception hall is "famous" for them.
I'm still p!ssed I didn't get one. We're going to a wedding there in October and I'm totally hoarding a whole plate for myself.
I seriously couldn't imagine a wedding without booze here. There would be an OUTRAGE. I know it's common other places, but here we apparently love our alcohol too much.
Centerpieces, using my grandma's old mason jars with candles that had a "fresh linen" scent (josh's favorite candle.)
Our colors (red, black, and white) and the shoes. And...they were $7 each.
Our decision to use the three strand ceremony. Background: Josh's parents are not a part of our lives. I've actually never met them, and I've known Josh since elementary school. His grandparents raised him, but unfortunately they both passed away before we were married. We wanted to do some sort of unity ceremony (I've always had my heart set on the candle one involving both parents)...but obviously, that wouldn't work. Instead, we chose the cord of three strands ceremony. It's based off Ecclesiastes 4:12 "A cord of three strands is not easily broken." And the white cord represents the bride, the purple cord represents the groom, and the gold cord represents God. The groom hold the brass hoop, the bride braids the three cords together and the pastor says "In braiding these three strands together, Josh and Brittany have demonstrated that their marriage is more than a joining of two lives together. It is a unity with God as well. They have chosen to allow God to be at the center of their marriage, woven into every aspect of it."
And finally............our Father/Daughter thingy. We didn't do a dance, because I didn't want Josh to feel left out of the parent traditions. Instead, when my dad and I reached the end of the isle to josh, we had this song played:
Everyone cried, and after I was literally told 98798128763487236482 times that it was the favorite part of the ceremony.
We got the most compliments on our venue/food
And our candy buffet, that thing was attacked the minute people were let in the room!
I w ill be a little braggy and say we still get a lot of compliments about our wedding. My cousin who has been to over 100 weddings says that ours is in his top 3 and that makes me feel pretty darn good!
I don't have a picture of it, but we had a mashed potato bar with our cocktail hour. It had four different types of mashed potatoes in martini glasses and toppings (butter, brown sugar, marshmallows, sour cream). To this day, people still tell us how much they loved it!
Also, everyone loved our DJ. He was probably overpriced for this area ($300/hr), but he was fantastic and had all of the latest equipment. At my brother's wedding, I had some approach me and whisper, "You win. Your music was awesome."
The location - most of our families had never been to Colorado before, let alone one of the most beautiful mountain towns and the beautiful resort we got married at, during a beautiful time of year. The aspens were bright yellow, the weather was beautiful. Eveeryone just keps saying "oh my gosh, it's all so beautiful!" I'm pretty sure we could have had no decor or anything (we actually pretty much didn't at the ceremony) and people still would have been in awe.
Of things more unique to us - my shoes! My photog was obsessed with them (I probably have over 30 pictures of my shoes alone), and I got compliments on them all night.
The things we get the most compliments on are:
-the color of my dress (that didn't photograph that well)
-the venue
and how much fun our wedding was. Like law, people still tell us our wedding is their favorite/ the most fun they've ever had at a wedding/ had the best bar/ whatever. It was fun because we planned it specifically to be fun and easy for our guests, which most people in our circle do not do. It was slightly awkward to be told that people had more fun at our wedding than the one we were attending last weekend.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Not in the bible belt, friend. I'm the only person I know who didn't get married or have their reception in a church.
I had never heard of this before. I mean, I know about Handfastings, but I didn't know the Church decided to adopt their own version of this tradition as well. Is this something new?
updated 10.03.12
Our ceremony -- short, sweet, and to the point.
Our DJ -- awesome music, the dancefloor was never empty
My Dress -- blah
The Food -- it really was amazing
I'm too lazy to PIP right now...
updated 10.03.12
I'm not sure if it's new or not. To be honest, I was google searching unity ceremonies and it just popped up. And, when I purchased the kit, I was actually nervous because I had never heard of it! I loved it though.
I am right in the heart of the bible belt, and I got married in a garden.
Although, it was an argument with my parents. haha. We didn't have booze though, not because i don't love it....but because of our budget, the time of the wedding, and the rules of the venue.
I'm late, but I'll play.
Short and sweet ceremony, and our vows were awesome.
The food/clambake style
And generally how much fun it was, including the after party and the location (which I've already PIP'ed)