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Weddings
Hello everyone. Hope everyones Thursday is going good.
I wanted to hear about your weddings, if you wouldn't mind sharing. Did you get married in a church or outside? Did you wear a white dress? Did your H wear his uniform? Any tips for planing a wedding? and Anything you wish would have been different at your wedding?? Or anything you can share about your weddings... Thank you all!!!
Re: Weddings
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We got married outside, H wore his Dress Blues and the only thing I wish was different were my pictures and hair, and that it lasted longer because it flew by.
Have you tried the Military Brides board on TheKnot? I know they had some great ideas & stories when I was planning mine.
http://wedding.theknot.com/real-weddings/military-weddings.aspx
We got married inside the little white chapel on base. It was adorable. H wore his uniform and I wore an ivory dress.
If pictures are important to you, ask to see an entire wedding from potential photographer's portfolio. I made a downpayment and didn't ask for this and I ended up hating the photographer, our wedding pictures, the whole photography experience. Also don't be afraid to shop around. I found someone in town on Etsy to do my flowers and they were AMAZING for about the third of the price that a flower shop would have charged me.
I would have changed our wedding song. We didn't have a song and so I just picked a random one that went kind of with the feel of our wedding, when we were dancing, H just said how much the song wasn't us, and I still remember that as being one of the parts I messed up on.
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Our restaurant was outside in July reception was indoors.
I wore a white dress with red trim on the top and in the back.
H wore his uniform.
I wish I would have had some one video tape, or paid extra for a videographer.
My advice is to take a breath, because it goes by so quickly, you blink and you miss it.
Our wedding had a lot of my personal touch on it. Even if I wasn't artistic enough to pull certain things off, it definitely was my brain child and that made it feel extra special.
We also got married at the AFA Cadet Chapel, Catholic part. I wore a white dress, and H wore his mess dress. I went with a trumpet style gown, and while I really liked it, I wish I had gone with something more wedding-y (or what I have in my mind that is wedding-y). I LOVED my veil though.
The wedding day was great. I think because I wasn't uptight about something going wrong, I was able to relax and just enjoy the moment. Keep in mind that something will go wrong, but in the end, no one is really going to notice.
Also, as PP said, it photography is important to you, shop around and find a photographer you jive well with and who you trust. And definitely look at their portfolios. I felt a little off about our photographer, and it turned out that he was difficult to work with after the wedding. So go with your gut.
No church (we're atheists), no shoes (on a beach), but a lot of fun. H wore a linen suit.
We had a DW thanks to the military threatening to make us miss the wedding and thanks to living in a place no one wanted to visit. A DW was actually the easiest/cheapest for most of our guests.
No regrets beyond not being in a position where we could invite more people. Because we were very unsure whether we'd even make the wedding, we just invited close friends and family. I would have loved to be in a situation to invite a few more, but I didn't want anyone having to cancel travel b/c of us. Family would forgive, but I'd still feel guilty.
And, just to AW, I'm back at the place we got married for our anniversary tomorrow. We had no idea 5 years ago that we'd end up living in beautiful Hawaii. So, we'll actually get to have dinner at the same place we had our reception. Not a bad way to celebrate an anniversary
We got married in my church. I wore a white dress, H wore is mess dress. I loved every part of our wedding. I wouldn't change a thing.
Ditto PPs on booking the chapel ASAP. It's tough to get in there.
Our reception hall had multiple rooms so we got married in one and had the reception in the other. I agree with Jilly on the buying the dress too early. I got mine really early and was kind of "meh" about it by the time I got to wear it. M didn't want to wear his blues and I was fine with that.
Get a good photographer! We only have a handful of pictures we like and it's a little bit of a disappointment but our DJ was amazing and the reception was a blast so it all worked out.
I also invited the Obama's but they didn't show. They (aka an Intern) sent a nice card that arrived about 6 months after the big day.
We got married in my childhood church. H wore his AF Mess Dress, I wore an off white dress. I have no regrets, we are big family people so at times it didn't feel like our wedding but in the end I had the time of my life.
My advice would be, don't sweat the small stuff. The day of the wedding I let everything go and I know that was reason I had so much fun. (Even though a BM had to be sewn into her dress and her boobs were hanging out, or BIL was trying to invite people that morning). As long as you have your officiant you will still be married at the end of the day!
I am also a firm believer that a wedding doesn't make a Marriage. For as hard as you work to plan the wedding you should work 1000% more at your Marriage.
Did you get married in a church or outside? Outside
Did you wear a white dress? Ivory
Did your H wear his uniform? Nope
Any tips for planing a wedding? and Anything you wish would have been different at your wedding?? Make sure you're doing what the two of you want and not doing things to please others.
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I did not live in CO at the time. I am from CO, but not the Springs. It was... interesting. DH definitely stepped up and helped out. It didnt seem that much harder to coordinate than most other weddings, but I was in CO like every other month or so for something or another so I was able to do things like visit places when I was there. Also, we had our reception at a little place that had like everything included food, photography, dj... (we could have used their chapel if we had wanted) and they even had a huge lodge out families stayed in that week. That made it so helpful, because then I just had to coordinate with one person for most of the things
If you want to do the chapel the day after graduation (which is a big traditional day there to get married, because cadets cant get married before that) you are going to want to book really early- especially if you want it in the Protestant chapel. It is super busy and fills up quick!
ETA: I did not read all the way to this
so... ditto, lol
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Did you get married in a church or outside? outside
Did you wear a white dress? yes
Did your H wear his uniform? no, he wasn't in the MC yet
Any tips for planing a wedding? and Anything you wish would have been different at your wedding?? Do what you and your FI want, don't worry about pleasing everyone else. Also, things may go wrong or differently than you planned. Don't stress it.
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Did you get married in a church or outside? Outside at our family friend's ranch.
Did you wear a white dress? Yep, veil and all.
Did your H wear his uniform?Yep. That was his one and ONLY request about the whole wedding is that he could wear his Blues.
Any tips for planing a wedding? and Anything you wish would have been different at your wedding?? Make sure you make your day about you and your H. Don't let other people try and influence what you and your H decide on.
Or anything you can share about your weddings...
Did you get married in a church or outside? Outside on a golf course, reception was indoors. We had an Army Chaplain marry us.
Did you wear a white dress? Yes I did!
Did your H wear his uniform? No, a tux
Any tips for planing a wedding? and Anything you wish would have been different at your wedding?? Do not stress out if something does not go exactly as planned the day of. You are probably the only person who will notice/know that it should have been different.
I would not do anything different and the reason why is because my H and I had the wedding WE wanted, I hired vendors I trusted and I let go the day of and relaxed/had fun.
Did you get married in a church or outside? In a church. It was originally supposed to be outside but it had been raining like the entire week before so we had to do a last minute change of plans.
Did you wear a white dress? Yes
Did your H wear his uniform? No, he wore a tux.
Any tips for planing a wedding? Take your time to choose different vendors. It sucks to put down a deposit then discover something better.
Anything you wish would have been different at your wedding? I wish we had gotten a different photographer. I only have like 5 pictures from my wedding that I like.
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Did you get married in a church or outside? In a church.
Did you wear a white dress? Yes, "diamond white" technically. Not bright.
Did your H wear his uniform? Yes.
Any tips for planing a wedding? Don't compromise on what is important to you. For me it was my dress. It was $$$ but I adored it.
Anything you wish would have been different at your wedding? Not a thing. It was short, simple, and not extravagant but it was "us" and we loved it.