This weekend, we are attending the wedding of a girl near and dear to our hearts. She is marrying a wonderful young man and we couldn’t be happier for both of them.
As I’ve been putting together our wedding clothes (Yikes! Do my boys have ANY nice pants without holes in them?!), my own wedding has been on my mind. Matt and I are going on 16 years (awwwww). All those wedding details were so important to me 16 years ago when I was planning my wedding and I knew I would never forget any of them.
Yeah, I forgot.
I can not remember the song playing when our grandparents walked down to the aisle. I can barely remember who was in attendance (um, if you happened to be one of the people that came, of course I remember that you were there). I can barely even remember who all was in our wedding party until I carefully look at the pictures. Good grief.
What I do remember is the look on Matt’s face as I started walking down the aisle. And how my dad could hardly perform the ceremony because he was crying too much. And how Matt and I were also crying the entire time and we only had one sorry little kleenex to share between the two of us.
I remember how beautiful my mom looked. And how beautiful her voice sounded when she sang (our family had pre-recorded many of the songs played during the ceremony).
I remember that the best man seemed to have “misplaced” my ring in an effort to freak out the bride. I’ve mostly forgiven him. ;)
I remember how happy and excited I was when we were pronounced “Mr. and Mrs. Matt Coppinger”!!!!!
I remember that our colors were navy blue and rose. I still love those colors.
So, I have a very simple question for you if you care to share: What were the colors you used in your wedding? (Or if you aren’t married yet, what are the colors you might like to use someday?) And…if you remember any other details about your wedding, we’d love to hear them!
Tracy says
My husband and I celebrated eleven years this March. We were married outdoors by a lake and used light blue, yellow and white. The men wore black and it was hotter than we expected…poor guys. (My father in law, who married us, is quite long winded.) My favorite flower is daisy and that’s what my bridesmaids carried. There was one other thing for which we did not plan: the ducks were quite vocal that day. :) It gave us a nice chuckle.
Stina says
Our wedding was in the Denver LDS Temple. I remember kneeling at the alter and the Spirit filled every inch of my being. I knew this was who I was supposed to spend eternity with. I remember being overwhelmed and crying the rest of the ceremony….and not just any cry…the UGLY cry. Ugh! Snotty and everything. He still married me though. Sucker. ;)
Our reception was a month later (after the holidays) and our colors were red and black. My husband is half Japanese and I put orchids and little zen gardens on the tables…along with little bowls of goldfish. There were only supposed to be one or two goldfish per bowl…but somehow my SIL ended up putting five or six and goldfish were dying left and right. It was insane! Also, my husband swallowed one towards the end. No alchohol was involved. I remember looking over just in time to witness that and thinking, ‘well, my reception just turned into a frat party’.
Good times. good times. :)
Katie M. says
A very timely post, as my husband and I will be celebrating our 6th anniversary this weekend! Our colors were lavender and silver- and yet I forget most other details also :) I remember my husband, weak in the knees, green, with lots of tears as I approached him down the aisle. and I remember the wave of peace and sincere joy that washed over me as I saw him standing there, in the church where we first met. God is SO good, what beautiful memories! Thanks for sharing yours!
Anna Whiteside says
I was married eight years ago come January. I had TEN bridesmaids and two groomsmen. A little different, but exactly what we wanted. My bridesmaids wore gold and carried a few ivory roses, but mostly greenery (eucalyptus and various berries). It was perfect. The only mishap was a small kitten that got stuck under the church stage before the ceremony. I never saw him, but the groomsmen rescued him before things got under way!
Laura J. says
I’m not married yet, but turquoise and teal are my favorite colors, so I think I would use them for my wedding. I’d have turquoise/teal for the bridesmaid dresses with various shades of blue and green and white for the reception decorations. It’ll be interesting to see if I actually chose that when it comes time to planning an actual wedding (not just imagining it in my head)!
Laura Cherry says
Our wedding took place in the Portland, Oregon Temple. Beautiful. White granite. Hello gorgeous.
Our reception was more our style… in the Walterville Grange – an old “semi-restored” barn painted white. Our only lighting came from oil lamps on every table… It was January, so naturally, we had cedar boughs, spiced candles, red berries…
The food was inspired from our own pantry… a harvest party of sorts. Pickles from the year’s garden, homemade cheeses, pork roast from one of our pigs slaughtered the previous month, homemade breads from a bunch of women in our church and community, pickled green beans and green tomatoes…
What I remember most is that there were so many kids there. We played music, we sang, and the kids danced the night away. They were everywhere. And they were having SO much fun.
It was a slice of heaven.
Laura Cherry
Marla says
We just celebrated our 9th annniversary in May. Our colors were silver, hot pink, and white. I remember all of the details of my wedding. Probably more of the bad, then the good. I wish I didn’t. We were not Christians when we married and already had a son together, he was 22m. My husband also had 2 sons with his ex wife. My son walked me down the aisle to his daddy. The older was 3, and I remember him running wildly all over the stage before the ceremony as guests were being seated. Then he screamed in the middle of our vows. The flowers were baby pink instead of hot pink, the layers of tule in my dress fell apart as we were getting dressed, the cake had a layer of icing so thin you could see the cake through it (looked awful), and the food at the reception was so bad that the guests were complaining. Most of our friends were angry that we were getting married, so even though we had a 7 month engagement, they didn’t come to our wedding. It was very frustrating.
But, I am very glad that I married my sweety. I do remember that look on his face as we walked down the aisle. We are considering getting remarried for our 10th anniversary. We were married in a church the first time, although it wasn’t really “under God”. So we would like to do it again, making him the focus, and not all of the details (which can go wrong anyways).
Marla says
Sorry, the older one was 5, not 3.
Janine says
17 years this year for me & my hubby. I was only 20. My colour was burgundy. My father married us, he walked me down the isle & then turned around to perform the ceremony. He had a great joke when he asked who was giving away this woman, he paused for a moment & then joked that he might as well be the one. Lol, lame I know. We only had the one bridesmaid and best man. I wish I had more of a memory of my sister playing the wedding march as I walked down the isle. My sister passed away from cancer 8 years ago :( She also sang while we were signing the register.
We had what we call a church wedding, manly the reception food was provided my members of the congregation who all brought plates to add to the table. I loved my dress, big puffy sleeves & an inside hoop & a great big bow on the back at my waist. Only regret I had was that we didn’t pay a photographer to take photos, we thought that getting photos from all the people & friends taking pictures would be enough.
Janine says
Meant to ask where the photo of you was so we could all have a gander. Would l Would love to see Would love to see one :)
Jenny says
We celebrated 11 years this June and I loved our wedding! It was perfect except for the photographer but thankfully I have family members who took excellent pictures. When we were planning our wedding, I said I wanted the guests to blow bubbles at us when we left the reception(which was at my parent’s house.) My dad didn’t “get” that and kept insisting that we just use birdseed. He said we could just have a big bucket of seed and everyone could grab a handful. I think he was just kidding but the thought terrified me! Of course he gave in and we had super cute little bottles of bubbles which everyone was blowing at our reception. Except my Dad. He met me at the end of the walkway with a big bucket of birdseed and threw a few handfuls at us. Gotta love him!
Jen B says
I have been married for almost 13 years. After having kids, I don’t much of a memory, but I do remember some of the details. Bridesmaids were in long black dresses, not the original ones I wanted though). The guys in black tuxes. I was in white with a bouquet of over 4 dozen red roses. It was beautiful!! The song that was played, on the piano, when the girls walked down was the song from “Robin Hood” Bryan Adams-Everything I do (I do it for you). Or maybe that was when I walked down. See, I can’t remember. :)
But, the main thing I remember was going to Disney World for our honeymoon. :)
Semalee Bilbrey @ Nailing Jello to a Tree says
We’ve been married 14 years this month. We actually got married and then had our wedding a year later because I was pregnant when we got married and I didn’t want to have my wedding while I was pregnant :) My son announced our wedding on the announcements and he looked so cute in his little tux!!! I remember arguing with my dad about whether he should leave my veil on my face or not as he kissed my cheek. Funny I don’t even remember which way it ended up!!! My bridesmaids wore burgandy and forest green. Because we were already married we didn’t have a huge crowd, and I remember initially being disappointed about that, but ultimately being glad because it truly was the people we were closest to who shared that day with us!
Vanderbilt Wife says
Navy blue, silver, and bright pink–very similar! We’re actually celebrating 6 years today!
I recently wrote some about our wedding music: http://www.vanderbiltwife.com/2010/07/music-our-wedding-thanksmas-and-my.html
We also had a friend read an Elizabeth Barrett Browning sonnet. I remember how I didn’t cry–I bawled during our rehearsal, but when my dad was in the back room with me before we walked down the aisle, he said very firmly, “THIS IS A HAPPY DAY.” So we both held it together.
Heather says
We kept it frugal (and beautiful) by going with the colors of the season. We were married on Nov. 3rd, so we used pumpkin, cranberry, and shades of green with some touches of goldenrod yellow. See you can even talk about them in food colors! The girls dresses were the cranberry color and the decorations included actual pumpkins, different decorative squashes (very cheap and free since it was after Halloween), and lots of glass jars, glasses, and such with candles, dried peas (yellow and green ones) and assorted flowers. It was so beautiful and so seasonal and we got lots of the cranberry and green non-natural decorations and assorted doo-dads for the wedding at post Christmas sales the Jan before for 75% off. Frugal and beautiful and wonderful!
Loved my wedding day, love my husband!
Heather
Vanessa says
Our colors were a deep purple and silver.
In two weeks we will be celebrating our third anniversary. I have been thinking recently about how little I remember about the details of that day….they have been completely overshadowed by the experiences of the past few years!
The other day I put in the cd of love songs that I made him right after we were engaged and he was set to move west for a summer internship and I was set to move east for a summer of counseling at a Christian camp. The first song was the song our mentors sang at our wedding. It was a fun reminder of that special day.
Michelle says
My husband and I will have our 10th anniversary in March. We were married in the same spot his parents were 24 years before…the living room of my husband’s aunt. His uncle was our minister at the time and also married my in-laws. We were planning on being married 8 months later than we were but I got a promotion at work and we would be on completely opposite schedules so on a Friday we decided to get married. In our state you have to have marriage counseling or you have to wait three days after getting your license to be married, so we got married on Monday. :) This turned out to be his grandparent’s anniversary so they were at our wedding along with only 8 more people (including the minister). We had no bridesmaids, no grooms, no music, no flowers, and we wore jeans. I remember every moment of our ceremony including each time his mom sobbed. She is a very sweet woman but was marrying off her only child. Everyone went out to a steakhouse afterward where we had a terrific time and were given great wisdom by all our married attendees. Okay I guess, that is more my wedding story than just memories. ;)
My in-laws have an even better story! They were planning on getting married three months after they actually did. My FIL had an argument with his mom and left the house saying “Well, then I will just get married tonight.” He called his bride and told her and she laughed not really thinking they would. He spoke with her father and he agreed to it. When my FIL picked up my MIL she was in jeans and a peasant shirt and he was in the suit he was planning on for their wedding. They went to her sister’s house and were married. Soo funny!
Thanks for bring this topic up,
Michelle
Amy Lynne says
My girls wore periwinkle dresses and were beautiful. The accent color was pale yellow. My bouquet was about a million Hollywood roses bound tightly and the girls had a beautiful mixed bouquet with these beautiful hot pink flowers as a pop of color. It was beautiful and perfect for a summer wedding. I still remember seeing Kenny down at the end of the very long aisle and my dad crying as we walked down. It was an awesome day! Thanks for reminding me!
Angie says
This October will be 5 years and are colors were…(I need to find the pictures) okay our colors were goldish brown, burnt orange and burgundy.
Jessica says
The dress was white, the wedding party wore black, the flowers were red. Pretty simple!
Crystal says
I had an October wedding (will be 6 yrs this October). My bridesmaids word a deep red and they carried a boquet of orange tiger lilies, baby red roses and some kind of little yellow flower. I carried red roses. It was the most perfect day… breezy and about 75 degrees! We had the gospel shared and also my new husband and I had the Lord’s supper to start off our marriage. It was truly a wonderful day!
Oh and the FOOD!! The reception was FANTASTIC! It was a feast! Although we didn’t eat much, we did get a care package to eat chen we got to our hotel… but you know what they forgot?? CAKE! The only bite of my wedding cake I got was the one we fed each other for pictures! I was so upset! The cake was 4 layers huge tiers, 2 of red velvet and 2 of carrot cake with butter cream icing! They did remember to save the top tier for us. But a year old cake just wasn’t the same. I kid my mom (who put someone else in charge of packing our care package) that she owes me a red velvet cake every year on our anniversary!
beth says
We just celebrated 16 years in May, and our colors were the same as yours!!! Navy Blue, and Mauve or Rose!! How funny! Marriage isn’t easy but it’s definetely worth it!
Bethany says
We got married 5.5 years ago on New Years Eve at my home church in Miami, FL. Our colors were a deep crimson red and white and it was the most fun wedding I have ever been to :) The bridesmaids bouquets were Stargazer lillies and Stephanotis and my bouquet was white lillies and red roses. The church was decorated beautifully (leftover from Christmas, so it was free!) with white lights, candles and red poinsettias. It was a beautiful sunny day in the upper 70s! We worshiped together and when they pronounced us husband and wife, I hopped up in my dress and said “Yay,” which got a laugh from everyone.
The day was just perfect, but truthfully it would have been perfect no matter what, as long as I married my sweetie :)
Thanks for prompting us to take a moment to reflect back!!
Kari says
Nineteen years ago in October, our wedding colors were the same as yours: navy blue and rose.
patty r. says
we had a very simple, small wedding, yet very beautiful. I too, remember the sweet look on my husband’s face and the way my sweet dad tried to “hold it together” as he walked me down the aisle. The memory that my husband and i will never forget is when i blew out the unity candle!!! I was so nervous and after my husband and i lit the unity candle it started flickering. since i had just blown out my own candle, the “logical” thing seemed to just blow out the unity candle as well…ooopps!!! the look on my husband’s face was priceless!! the best part is that we have it all on tape, so we get a big kick out of it every year when we watch it on our anniversary!! my husband teases that he should’ve known then that i’d be a handful!!!!! :)
~patty r.
Linda says
We will celebrate our 10th anniversary in Jan. I was 33 and he was 29.
The brides maid dresses were very dark green. The music was sung by friends from church and it was unbelievably beautiful, accapella music. I remember my neice, who was the flower girl, threw the flower pedals at people instead of on the isle(no one told her what to do with them). My nephew, who was the ring bearer, started taking off his clothes and had to go sit down with his dad up front. The one thing that I always remember first when I think about our wedding, though, is the fact that when we were saying our vows, it was as if no one else was in that room. It was like it was just me and Daniel. Precious moments that I will always cherish.
Linda
Jamie says
We were married 11 years ago this past April. Our colors were navy blue and light pink. Not sure exactly what you mean by “rose”, but if it is light pink, I think I will start saying “rose” too – it sounds prettier :)
Laurie Holcombe says
We have been married 16.5 years. I married the love of my lif and the man of my dreams….seriously he met all but 1 criteria on my index card of what I was looking for! ( Th one criteria he didn’t meet was he had a mustache!) We were married in the first Nazarene church built in Texas. I really wanted to get marrie din the church I grew up in but since his parents were already in their 70’s I knew they couldn’t make the 8 hour trip. It was hot. Like really hot. We were talking about it the other day and were saying that you take for granted that in Texas in June you assume someone would turn the a/c on! (The caretaker forgot)Mt color was blue since my flower was the bluebonnet. One of my dad’s best friend married us and we still keep in touch with him. Our reception was short and neat. It was in a restored one room schoolhouse. Since we were both teachers this was perfect. There was no running water in it so everything had to be brought in. My photographer had trouble with hercamera so we have very few photos. I do remember it, though and consdering how much I forget this is no small feat!
Laura says
We have been married (almost!) a year and a half. Our colours were green and blue, with very colourful flowers. It was funny that nothing turned out the way I had planned it, but it was all perfect!
Tammy says
My husband and I were married on March 24,1995,we had our 15th anniversary this year.My colors were pink(carnations) and white(daisies) and we made it a family affair.My son walked me down the isle and my hubbies father was his best man.My sister was my matron of honor and my oldest step-daughter was my maid of honor,my 2nd step-daughter was the ring bearer,and my 3rd step-daughter was the flower girl.It was a great day and the pater brought us all together as a family.
sally says
This Veteran’s Day (Nov 11) will be 10 years for us. I remember every single detail, and I can’t imagine ever forgetting them. My 3 bridesmaids wore navy blue dresses, and I carried lots of red roses. My FIL married us, and although it was an amazing ceremony, I’m glad we gave him a time limit. =) Hubby got misty eyed during the unity candle, and it was so sweet. At our reception, hubby handed out American flags to all the veterans, and it went perfect w/ our red, white and blue theme.
Rebecca says
Our colors were periwinkle and pink. I still love that color combination!
I had a traditional cookie cutter wedding…it was totally what I wanted, but if I had been given the opportunity to attend lots of weddings beforehand (we were one of the first in my friends’ group), I would’ve gone with something more laid back and casual (as in a casual reception). Our limo was late, making me 40 minutes late (and they tried to charge us for going late because of it!), but that’s okay, because my singer was also 40 minutes late. The cake wasn’t the one I ordered, our card box wasn’t put out, the heirloom tablecloth was put out upside-down, and the handkerchief my mom had saved since birth was taken away with the napkins, never to be seen again. LOL! I can laugh about this now 8 years later, but not at the time! Not planning on getting married again, but cookie cutter is not the way to go! :)
Bella says
We will celebrate 22 years of marriage in December! I remember my colors because we used basically Christmas colors! LOL My bridesmaids(all 8) wore burgandy and my Matron of Honor wore a beautiful green dress. The groomsmen wore coordinating cumberbuns/ties with their black tuxes. We decorated with holiday greenery and had two beautiful, large Christmas tress with tiny white lights flanking the alter. Candles were in every window and all around the alter and Poinsettias were everwhere. My bridesmaides carried hurricane lanterns decorated with flowers and ribbon. I had 2 little flower girls who wore miniture, white wedding dresses complete with trains. My wedding dress is still in my closet and occassionally I have tried it on (to make sure it still fits…somewhat!). My daughter, when the time comes, plans to have the dress “restyled” to fit her dream wedding.
We had a very large wedding and it was beautiful BUT, if I could do it again we would have had a much smaller affair as the only negative I can remember is that my dear, sweet husband and I seemed to lose touch with each other right at the end of the engagement because of all the crazy wedding activities/planning! I really wish we had shared more intimate, special time together during that time. Otherwise, it was a wonderful send off to our new season of life and what God had planned for us! I can honestly say, I would do it again with the special man God created just for me. I love weddings!
melanie says
Pink and green. (No, I’m not that preppy either ~ even tho I graduated high school in the early 80’s) I found a wedding dress on clearance that was “blush” color ~ so that decided our wedding colors ;-) Found a geranium print polished cotton fabric for the bridesmaids ~ my bf suggested we do an underlay of pink to pink up the cream background ~ she also did most of the sewing. My mom wore a very hot pink dress (I wanted her to wear a pale pink one she had worn at my brother’s wedding ~ but she didn’t think that was good enough). My MIL found a beautiful pale green one that she wore again last month for a grandson’s wedding =) Oh, it will be 18 years in November for us!
The guys wore black tuxes, but I got their ties and cumberbunds in HOT pink ~ wouldn’t do that again ~ Tim’s were white or black(?) I could look at a picture I suppose… Also wouldn’t have mandated my sister’s hairstyle, etc. (I was almost a Bridezilla?)
We were married the day after Thanksgiving, so rehearsal dinner was Thanksgiving Dinner with turkeys and all the trimmings. We had an elaborate dinner reception with LOTS Of music ~ actually ran out of time to have all that I had on the program. :o Oh, and my uncle had laryngitis, so my aunt sang in his place ~ Sunrise, Sunset.
I was thankful for so many seamstresses in the family available to alter tuxes… Among others, the best man’s pants were hemmed with his inseam measurement as the outseam, I think ~ very funny but a bit stressful!
It was a beautiful wedding… makes me want to watch the video again =) Plenty of memories ~ mostly good! And the honeymoon… ~ ♥ ~ ♥ ~ ♥ ~
Cindy says
We have been married for just shy of 8 1/2 years. Our colors were eggplant and pale yellow. We each had 2 attendants. It was the perfect day! The only time either of us shed a tear was when his brother tried to give a toast at the reception and he was bawling! It was by far the happiest day of my life. Have babies has come close, but that is still the best day ever!
trisha says
Black and white with red accents. I felt like a princess. I fussed at the florist because she didn’t want to let in someone arriving late (how dare she say they can’t come in, it’s not her wedding!). This happened while the moms were going in. earlier someone tossed a towel over my curling iron (I didn’t know that) and I picked up the towel and sat down, resulting in a 3rd-degree burn almost on my rear. I thought it was a scorpion. Glad I didn’t have my dress on yet! My 6-month-old nephew LOVED the ice bag when I was done with it. It must have felt great on his gums. His mouth/face was so red from the ice bag. I’ll never forget the look on the best man’s face when he saw me earlier (after I was all dressed and ready). Guess he didn’t know I could clean up so well ;) Definitely one of the best days of my life!
Danielle says
Hubs and I just celebrated 14 yrs on June 24th! My colors were Tiffany blue and off white. I’m a Tiffany’s girl, so I had to have Tiffany blue! We had 5 groomsmen, and 5 bridesmaids (who of course wore Tiffany blue dresses!), and 2 flower girls. (no ring bearer) My bouquet was beautiful lots of green, and ivory flowers, w/some blue ones too of course!
A friend of ours sang a song she wrote for us for me to walk down the aisle to. Both of my parents walked me down the aisle.
Our reception was wonderful! lots of friends, family, dancing etc. the food was awesome (leftover.. whoever has time to eat at their reception lol) Our cake was a 4 tier chocolate mousse w/white fondant icing. The cake had a pretty blue ribbon around the base, and Tiffany blue dots all over! Fireworks topped off the night. (they aren’t really expensive… so worth it tho!)
We went to Tahiti for our honeymoon. Since I’ve been to both Hawaii and Tahiti… Tahiti is 1,000 times more beautiful!
Danielle says
oops June 22. that’s what i get for not looking at the keys!
Travelin Pilgrim says
We have been married for 15 years now. I don’t think I’m old enough to be married that long! In fact, I shouldn’t even have children the ages that I do, because I’m not old enough for that either. (In my head anyway!)
Our colors were burgandy and rose. I had to think about that. I remember more and more as I think about it. I’m glad you posted this, because it is a good reminder! My dad and I were grinning from ear to ear as he walked me down the aisle. My hubby looked so handsome. I don’t remember either one of us crying though. I remember when we left for our honeymoon, my husbands cousin had climbed into the back of the vehicle without us knowing it. We were about to leave the parking lot and out he pops! I’m just glad we weren’t saying or doing anything embarrasing!
Good Memories! and I’m looking forward to even more as the years go by! (I’m still not old enough!)
Shannon says
We were married two days after Christmas. The seven bridesmaids all wore a modest black dress of their own choosing, the groomsmen wore their own black suits and we bought them matching forrest green ties. The flowers were red and white roses from Costco and we decorated with discount poinsettias since it was right after Christmas. The church still had all the Christmas decorations up. It was lovely and very frugal. Lots of white candles everywhere.
Camille says
I love this!
Mary says
We celebrated our 30th anniversary this past June. We were married in the church I grew up in and my colors were dusty rose and lavendar. I still love those colors. I just love color period. A friend’s daughter is getting married this next weekend and her colors are tangerine and fushia. Beautiful!
Julia says
We will celebrate 10 years next month. Our colors were navy blue. I remember one of the bridesmaids was VERY pregnant and informed me after the ceremony that she had found out that week she was dilated (she ended up having to be induced a whole month later!). My sis was the maid of honor. My uncle preformed the ceremony which was all beautiful. And I also remember the photographer wouldn’t leave us alone to chat with our guests. It was a cool August evening (hard to come by in the south) and the sunset was gorgeous (I guess he didn’t want to miss out on anything). But we missed out on eating and talking with friends. And then we were about to arrive at our hotel (completely famished and exhausted) when we remembered my uncle hadn’t signed the license! We had to turn around and head to their hotel to get his John Hancock. And now it has already been 10 years, 4 kids, 4 homes later and we haven’t slowed down at all! Life is good!
Teresa from NanaHood says
Bill and I will celebrate our 30th anniversary August 30th. I had nine bridesmaids and they were rose colored dresses and hats (I had a hat instead of a veil) and the groomsmen wore gray. Bill says I have the memory of an elephant (my memory better be the only thing he compares to an elephant) One of the funniest things I remember about my wedding was that my mom freaked out because one of the bridesmaids had striped panties on and you could see them through her dress. Mom couldn’t think of a tactful way to tell her to change her underwear so she made me do it!
Andrea says
This is fun, because my husband is doing a wedding today. I am helping by organizing a the wedding party and giving cues and such. They are both 18 and my husband (and I) have taught their Bible classes for years. It’s special.
Our wedding, four years and 7 months ago today, was perfect. :) Wonderful friends, delicious food, a beautiful setting, and a marriage that lots of people (including us) had waited a LONG time to see (7 years, like Rachel and Jacob!)! As a December 31st wedding, I wanted winter (but not Christmas) colors of forest green, gold, and ivory. I couldn’t find a dress ANYWHERE in that color green. My mother was traveling home to Ohio and found these gorgeous dresses in a lovely plum color–and they were modest and they were on sale for $35 and they were at a chain that could find the dress in all my bridesmaids’ sizes. :) So, my colors were now Plum, green, gold, and ivory. I remember I working the church booth at the fair when my mom called me, and I paced behind the booths as she tried to describe them to me long distance. My wedding dress is an even weirder story. :)
But we were so blessed. The best blessing of the day is that we could relax and enjoy the event that honored our marriage, and we could in turn, honor the people who came. We didn’t dance, but we sort of danced inside. :) I have never been to another wedding that I loved more. :) My dad performed the ceremony and didn’t disolve into tears as I expected him to. I was very nervous before the wedding. I knew what I was doing was so serious. The minute I said my vows, all apprehension and fear and worry went away and I have never regretted them for one second.
Here are a few pictures. Have fun scrolling through the little album:
http://www.facebook.com/andrea.k.smith#!/photo.php?pid=50296&id=555066891&ref=album&fbid=5236686891
Andrea says
That link didn’t work. Hmm. Here’s another. If this doesn’t work, you are welcome to go to our wedding pictures in my photo albums.
http://www.facebook.com/andrea.k.smith#!/album.php?aid=2176&id=555066891&op=12
Katie Pretot says
My husband and I have been married 10 years this July. I can’t really remember a lot about my wedding now that you mention it. I would have to look as photos to jog my memory. Our colors were a sparkly navy blue and white. I had white roses, my uncle married us, and he said he was more nerve racked then when he had be interrogated by the Chinese police. One of my bridesmaids pass out and fell on the floor, and during the ceremony we gave each of our mothers a rose. I can tell you something that I know now that I did not know at the time. My husband has turned into the most wonderful, Godly man, and I love him more today than I would have ever dreamed! God is so awesome how he picks someone for us that we have no idea how well it would work out! Thank God for such great men!
Katie
Misty says
My blog post about my love story, complete with a few wedding pics, is here: http://womanlearning.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-love-story.html
Our colors were navy, cream and red and it was so classically elegant but oh-so-very simple…perfect for us. It was a wonderful day. :) August 8th will be 13 years for us!
Chrissie says
Well, I remember almost ever detail and it will be 15 years this month. My parents and I had gone to the beach like 3 hours from our house for vacation and were going to go deep sea fishing but were late and the boat had already left, so we decided to go dress shopping instead. Of course I found a dress and my mom and I had to drive back like 2 or 3 times for fittings and to pick it up. My bride’s maids (4) wore burgundy pants suites that my mom made with a little lace ‘jacket’. I thought they were amazing at the time!!! I was hoping it would be something they would wear again…yeah right! I wanted them to carry sunflowers, as those were my favorite at the time but my mom and MIL both told me they weren’t right so they carried a mix of small ‘wild flowers’ and they were beautiful. So our colors were like burgundy and almost a school bus yellow. Oh and my mom made my bouquet with silk flowers and I remember telling her how beautiful it was and that I just didn’t think it would turn out so beautiful. The guys wore black tuxes and my hubby wore and off white tux. My dress was also an off white “candle-light”. My father in law preformed the ceremony in the church next to where his met. (His was a new church meeting in a store front at the time). My brother in law flew in from Mississippi and sang in our weeding but my SIL couldn’t come cause she was home very pregnant. My BIL practiced with the girl he was singing with only a few hours before the ceremony but they were great together! The girl he sang with also played the piano and sang (while people were being seated). I remember being very calm all day until my FIL came in before the ceremony to pray with me and I LOST it, and cried all the way down the isle. I still remember hearing people whisper, ‘smile, smile’ as my daddy and I walked down the isle. I remember our reception was done by ladies in the church and the antique car club my parents were a part of. And hubby and I were so busy that night we really didn’t get to eat. We had our reception at a ‘lodge’ of some sort…that was a crazy place with a door that lead to a bar where people we didn’t know were drinking. We were only 19 (me) and 21 at the time. Oh and I also remember there was a tropical storm the night we were married.
Thanks for letting me share all of those great memorizes with everyone. There are many more I still remember too!
Tami says
My colors were actually red, white, and blue. We had planned to get married on July 4th but them moved it to the 11th in honor of my husband’s Great-Aunt’s birthday. Very small wedding but very nice.
Ashley Hill says
My husband I have been married for 3 years as of this Wednesday…being from South Carolina and die hard Carolina Gamecock fans our colors were black white and of course Garnet!
We had ten on each side and because my husband has so many good friends he also had about 10 being ushers. We took pictures beforehand so Kevin and I had a special time before where just he and I got to see eachother first and get pics taken together…I remember the way he looked at me and remember him telling me how beautiful I looked. I remember trying to hard to make it through the vows without the waterworks coming on….but of course being the helpless romantic I can be..that didn’t happen…it wasn’t too bad though :) I remember how incredibly handsome my husband looked in his black pants/shirt and white dress coat ensemble and how incredibly happy I was to be getting married to the love of my life! God spared me from a life full of mess in a previous relationship and graciously brought Kevin into my life! I love him so!!!
Christy says
Fun fun, to read everyone’s wedding stories. I will be married 22 years in Oct. My girls wore HOT pink with Black lace over the top of the top of the dress (does that make sense?) My mom made my veil – think Aztec sun goddess as the tulling stood up like 10″. I had 8 attendants and there were 10 guys all handsome in their black tuxedos. My mom and Mother-in law wore black also.
Very, very 80’s!
lisa says
we will have been married 8 years come November. We got married in Nashville (where we met) in an old stone church. We had a very simple black & white wedding…4 bridesmaids in simple black dresses of their choosing and 4 groomesmen in “morning suits”. My husband was also in a morning suit comeplete with an antique top hat. Bouquets were dried roses and lavendar and made by me. The only other flowers were 2 wreaths that hung on the doors decorated with dried roses and other flowers. Then we had lots of white candles up front.
I remember it was freezing outside & I remember walking out to bagpipes.
Mia says
My husband and I just had our sixth anniversary. Our colors were silver and a deep red. My wedding dress actually had red in it and that was the hardest thing in the world to match. I was very proud of myself for not crying! I hate crying in front of people. We had a great reception. My grandparents, uncle, and aunt cooked all the food. Only thing that would have made it a more perfect day would have been cooler temperatures!
Laura says
My husband and I have been married just over a year and we used very simliar colors to you! Navy blue and pink. I love those colors together!
Samantha R says
We got married 6 years ago this past month in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. The ceremony was simple and beautiful. My husband and I arrived at the temple early so we had some time to sit together and enjoy being together before going into the room where we would be married for eternity with our families and very close friends there. My colors were pink and white. My sister was my only bridesmaid and my husband’s best friend was his best man. I had a very simple dress, so the guys wore black suits and I had my sister pick out a simple dress she liked that was pink. We had a reception in a beautiful garden area that is behind an old house which has been made into a reception center. The food was wonderful and the people who ran the reception center took care of it all, along with decorations for about what we would have spent doing it ourselves somewhere else. It was a very simple, low stress day and I will be forever grateful for the amazing man I married!
Hezzie says
We were married 9 years ago this coming October. One standing for each of us. We were on a budget, so I told my MOH that she could pick any dress she wanted as long as it was a fall-ish color. We cleared out a local greenhouse of their leftover mums and it was really nice. She chose a deep teal color and the mums were burgundy and rust and kind of an orangy color. Very fall. I kept telling myself that it’s the marriage, not the wedding that was important.
Lee Scott says
Apple Red! We got married in the fall 8 year ago (almost!). I thought the red would look gorgeous against the fall leaves at our outside wedding. It was hot that year and the leaves stayed green way past our mid-october wedding. Kinda funny actually. My husband cried, I did not… My Dad walked me down the aisle and both my gradnfather and my dad preformed the service. 4 weeks before our wedding I nearly lost my husband in a very serious car accident. He was allowed to take his neck brace off just 2 days before our nuptuals. Our first dance was the only one we danced at our wedding because his pain, and he still deals with nerve damage and hearing loss all these years later. But I will never forget how much more grateful I felt that he was there with me that day!
Amanda Fletcher says
12 years. I’d been planning it a year ahead, for a December wedding. Colors were dark green and dark red, cuz I’m obvious like that. In January we learned I was pregnant and moved the wedding up to the end of May. It all worked out fine, except that we still had the holly colors, and my dress was still heavy and long sleeved, for almost summer, outside, in California. That was slightly less than comfortable. I remember plenty of other things, but for some reason none of the food.
Deb says
Did you go to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding?
Becky C says
Hunter green and Navy blue… Moms walked down to “Be Thou My Vision”, and the songs sung were “Forever and Ever, I Do” and…???? Been married 9 years. It’s ok to forget one late at night, right? I remember it was our very first kiss, I remember his teasing me that he would kiss me, I remember my students coming, and I remember the absolute thrill.
Laura says
I remember my two brothers – one older, one younger – walking me down the aisle just over 13 years ago as Bob Carlisle’s Butterfly Kisses played off a CD, in honor of my daddy who had passed away 2 years before. I made my bouquet that morning, three roses, that were antique white on the outer petals and rusty red-orange on the inside – with my great grandma’s floral pale yellow and red handkerchief tucked around the stems.
I wore the wedding dress my sweet MIL had made for me, out of chiffon and Italian satin – with a mother-of-pearl brooch sewn at the V-neck, trimmed in pearls, flowing down to my ankles. My hair had babies breath (“little white flowers”) all tucked up inside ringlets… and my toenails were painted baby blue, for something blue, haha!
The thing I remember the most is my brothers handing me off to my groom, who smiled the sweetest smile and bent down and gave me a sweet little kiss – and the preacher laughed and told him that he was supposed to wait til the END of the ceremony for that!
The ceremony was very small – my siblings and their families, his parents, brother, and grandparents – and his best friend, and my best friend, as our Best Man and Matron of Honor. In a small country church with wood paneling, down a dirt road – 23 hours after my husband graduated from high school (we told his parents we’d wait until he graduated), 2 1/2 years after we began dating.
Here we are, over a decade and two children later, living happily ever after… The End.
Chrissie says
What a sweet story! I can almost see it, even though I don’t know you tee-hee.
Thanks for sharing.
Chele says
Ivory and fuchsia – the girls wore simple dresses they could wear again. My MIL made the little girls dresses in pink. My niece stepped on my short train as we walked away. My uncle-in-law thought he could twirl me around the dance floor – I was not impressed. My FIL put wine in the glasses that were suppose to have sparkling grape juice (Jewish/Christian wedding). My father walking me down the aisle, my groom trying not to cry. And my matron of honor telling me moments before I was to walk the aisle, that we could still elope….yes, she’s a tad crazy. LOL Just celebrated our 13th
EllaJac says
10 years. White and gold. Barefoot bridesmaids dancing to worship music and dropping daisies along the way (outdoors, late may). Crying too much when trying to read words of gratitude to parents. Making my dress, the cake, some bridesmaid’s dresses. A yellow jacket in MY dress during the ceremony. Forgetting what pastor was even saying while trying to determine what was crawling in my sleeve. Yelping when it stung me and flew out my neckline. There is much I would change, were I to be in charge of it today, but we were married and that was the point, so it was a success. :)
Jen says
We were married 4 years ago this past June. We had an outdoor wedding planned in a beautiful flower garden. I remember it was a very dry May and June and hadn’t rained in weeks. Well of course the day we chose to be married it poured all day. Thankfully there was a gazebo available in the park but I unfortunately didn’t get to have my dad walk me down the flower lined sidewalk. I am still sad about that, but it ended up being a nice ceremony. The pictures are beautiful because of the vibrant green trees and flowers in the background.(All pictures were taken in the gazebo)
Amy says
11 years ago this September. Butterflies, birds, cranky minister (wow, was he cranky!), my brother playing the guitar, plastic rings, fans, water, very slow photographer, very hungry guests, meeting new relatives, starting new family traditions, group photo, mops. I had a great wedding. I wouldn’t change a thing. I studiously avoided tulle in my wedding, but the cake showed up with tulle. Love it!
Jenelle says
10 years ago, navy and silver December wedding with white poinsettias and white lights covering the front of the church. I remember my dad leaning in to kiss me on the check as we headed down the isle and the photographer got a picture of it. My dad’s been gone 7 years and that picture is one of my most precious keepsakes of him. Walked out the to Hallelujah Chorus with the man of my dreams.
Monika says
Two years ago, so of course I remember the details. However, we didn’t have specific colours. I wore white, he wore black, and we didn’t have maids, grooms or coordinated table decorations. We got married in my parents’ garden, by a civil servant. After the two-minute ceremony, we toasted, and my nephew (5) said “But *when* are they getting married?” – I doubt I’ll ever forget that, it was so funny.
Lanna says
Mine was only 8 years ago. :) And really? The details of the wedding kind of annoyed me – it was more for my mom and MIL than for me. I would’ve been happy staying out of the spotlight and eloping. I was getting married for the marriage, not for the wedding.
Colors were a medium blue and forest green and cream. The cake guy totally didn’t do what I asked, but eh, at 2 hours beforehand we didn’t have any recourse. Hubby managed to smush himself up against a corner of the cake in his tux, we locked ourselves out of my place when we went driving off in the balloon-filled car afterwards (accidentally left my keys at the church), my uncle who went to Julliard played the piano for our service, my bonus grandmother did the catering, etc. Ah, good times. It was goofy and most certainly not perfect, but it was my wedding, and I was marrying my Mr. Right. :D
Terri-Ann says
Our colours were red and orange and yellow! I hardly ever would have guessed to pick those colours, but our outdoor wedding in the summer begged for a bright burst of summer colour.
DorthyM says
Our wedding colors were blue. It started out as Royal blue. By the time the wedding took place the wedding party was wearing navy, royal, teal. No one matched except the two getting married. We both were in white. No one knew until the last minute if the bridesmaids– my two sisters and niece would even show up. The best man was taking his SAT’s in another town. It poured down raining all morning. If you watched the tape of the wedding, you can see everyone. You can’t hear Jim and me saying our vows. We were too quiet. I think we forgot everyone else was there. It’s been 20 years for us.
victoria says
Dear Hubby and I have been married for 19 years………..June wedding….bridesmaids wore red tea-length gowns that we had sewn by a local seamstress, men wore classic black tuxes. I still remember smiling so much my cheeks hurt by the end of the day. I remember my groom had a very red face from being out on the golf course with his groomsmen that day:) I remember being so very tired, but also so very blessed as we left the reception late that night. We spent our first night together as husband and wife in our own apartment and then left the next day for a wedding trip to Canadian Niagara Falls. We drove and it was pretty much the first vacation-type “road trip” I’d ever taken. I remember our first glimpse of the falls and thinking I had never seen anything so incredible!
Dayle says
A week from today, I will celebrate 30 years of marriage with my wonderful husband. I will be posting about this milestone, in detail later, but to answer your question, I had a garden wedding at my parents’ home, with only family and a handful of close friends invited. I remember ever detail, which didn’t include anything fancy, but sure rendered some beautiful wedding pictures. My colors were pastel green and peach. My music was recorded and consisted of three songs. The bridal processional, The Lord’s Prayer, and the recessional. Not much to it, but it was so me.
Jessie says
Ours was a little over 4 years ago. Sage and lavender. Perfect. I still love those colors.
I remember that the minister told me that sometimes I’ll have to stop crafting and pay attention to my husband. :-D
I remember that my dad (who NEVER dances) danced the silliest dance ever to “Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard”.
I remember that I had lovingly and carefully prepared about 1 gazillion little tulle circles filled with dried lavender for people to throw at us instead of rice. For some reason people were confused about what they were for, and they just started throwing the packets — WHOLE — at us, while we were still in the building.
And I remember that people expressed their sorrow that it was raining on our special day, but that we loved it. In the summer in Oklahoma, rain is a blessing! What a great omen! (And consequently, our daughter was also born in a thunderstorm.)
Sandee says
sage and lavender here too… just over 4 years ago :)
Kelly says
As our 15th anniversary approaches on Wednesday, the 4th, i too have been reminiscing. Our wedding was perfect!!
Our colors were teal and dusty rose (so 90’s). Our song during the unity candle was “Endless Love” and then my best friend sang “It takes Three”.
The laugh of the ceremony was lighting the unity candle. We had rented the no-drip candles for the big candle-stands but didn’t consider it for the unity and just used what came in our kit. Each set of parents lit a candle as they entered then when it was our turn to light the unity, upon removing the drippy candle and tilting it all the candle wax covered our unity candle wick. This made for a terrible time lighting the thing. Luckily “Endless Love” is a long song so we managed to get it lit. My father-in-law who performed the service did make note to the audience “let the record show, the candle did light”. It was great. I still have those head over heels, newly in love feelings for my husband even today!!
Gina Simpson says
On Tuesday, August 3rd, we will be married 36 years. It doesn’t seem possible at times, it has gone by so very fast. Our colors were lavender and mint green. Does anyone remember “dotted swiss” material? That’s what the bridesmaid dresses were made of. We were married at our Church that we both grew up in. My grandfather walked me down the aisle and my grandmother made my wedding dress (which I have hanging on our guest bedroom door). Being 17 and 18, we didn’t have enough money for a honeymoon, so we stayed in our apartment that night and went to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri the next day (couldn’t go very far, I started school in 2 weeks-wanted to graduate). We’ve had many good years and some sad times, but I wouldn’t trade my husband for anything in the world.
Step says
Emerald green and yellow with some orange scattered here and there. We were married October 22, 1994, so 16 years for us this year as well. The fall colors in Michigan were brillant. It was a perfect, crisp autumn day in the low 60s with sun and high, fluffy clouds.
Our wedding was very a-typical for our part of Michigan. My SIL who is from the south originally said that it was a very country/southern type affair. We had 80 guests and the reception was in the church fellowship hall with cake, coffee, punch and a lunch of assorted sandwiches and salads. Family and good friends participated in many of the arrangements — flowers, cake, music, and hubby’s aunt made my dress — a special keepsake indeed! We were so happy with the day and wouldn’t change a thing.
Bobbi says
We have been married for 6 1/2 years. Our colors were mostly a deep wine/burgundy color mixed with evergreen decorations (we married shortly after Christmas time) We married on a Friday evening at 6:30pm and didn’t see or talk to each other the entire day! The anticipation was overwhelming…but his face was the only thing I saw amongst the 400+ guests when I walked down the aisle…
Lois says
We’ve been married 18 years. We were both in the Air Force, stationed apart, so I planned my wedding long distance. We were married in the base chapel where we met, with the chaplain and my father officiating. We didn’t send out invitations, just called people. It’s a good thing because we had to change the time 2 weeks before. I didn’t have “colors” except I wore my sister’s wedding gown, and told her to buy a dress she liked that she would wear again. The best man was in the Honor Guard and was on stand-by that week-end, so my husband asked someone else to be our best man’s stand-in. The chaplain was called away during our wedding rehearsal, so his wife stood in for him, reading his notes. In the end, everyone who was supposed to be there was there, and on the video we couldn’t hear our vows because two 141s (military cargo planes) flew overhead. My dad was too choked up to pronounce us husband and wife, so the chaplain did. My dear husband always said, if he had the bride, the ring, and the chaplain, that’s all he needed. Everything else was cake. (We had that too, but if I did anything differently, I’d have a sit down reception so I could talk to all the people who came!)
Lanie says
My husband and I celebrate two years of marriage tomorrow. Our wedding colors were turquoise and chocolate brown with ivory thrown in. We went for a vintage/modern fusion and it was so beautiful. We still love those colors and actually decorated our bedroom in that color :)
Meredith says
We used yellow and a deep purple. I remember getting dressed and hearing a banjo being played in the room next door. There was some meeting in the church and a guy was playing banjo. The wedding photographer had to get a picture of that!! Strange… I remember leaving in my wedding dress and going to our tiny little one bedroom apartment and it being a lunar eclipse that night. :)
Heidi Sink says
We were married 7 years ago on a beautiful fall day! We had an outside wedding and red, white and black were our colors. I will never forget walking down the aisle and seeing my husband standing there crying. I couldn’t stop smiling that day. I was an amazing day…God was there with us and I remember feeling that very vividly. We had about 400 guest and just served cake and icecream, and dipped white chocolate pretzels. We were limited on money and so we, along with the help of our family, did a lot ourselves…flowers food pictures invitations programs sewing music…It was very rewarding to have a wedding that cost so little when our culture screams out that you have to have ___________. One thing I think it is hard to remember is that in all the planning it is really for a lifetime and not just one day! We were going to Outer Banks for our honeymoon and a hurricane happened so the day of our wedding, our trip got cancelled. We had to switch gears and figure out something else -very last minute- we found a resort in the Smokey Mountains that we drove too. We are still holding out for an ocean adventure ( :
Dana says
We’ve been married 11 yrs, our colors were country blue and rose, We did practically the ENTIRE wedding ourselves because neither of our families were in any position to give us a wedding.
My dress was 150.00, the flowers from the florist included my bouquet, and my 3 bridesmaids bouquets, that cost 200.00 my parents paid for both.
I found my bridesmaids dresses for 19.99 each, my flower girl dress was also 19.99
I made my own veil
We bought flowers and made all the boutineers and coursages.
We had a great meal at the reception, my mom helped me shop for and cook everything.
We had ham, green beans with potatoes, potato salad, pasta salad, veggie tray, chips and dip, rolls, meatballs, chicken wings, rolls.
The song we danced to was Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse, the song I danced with my daddy to was Wind beneath my wings
My mom cried through the whole thing.
I think I got married on the hottest day of the year and my reception had NO AC!!
If I had to do it all over again I would still do everything myself but would have a late evening wedding, and have it outside even though our church was beautiful it wasn’t big enough!!
I would also give myself more than 4 months to plan,pay for and put together a wedding!!!
Cathy says
We just celebrated our 4th. Our colors were navy blue and yellow. I had decided to get just one nice engagement ring instead of an engagement ring and wedding band (I’m frugal like that!). So, I had carefully tied my ring and hub’s ring to the pillow for the ringbearer to carry. When we got to the ring part of the ceremony, the best man gave the pastor our rings. Then the pastor held them up and that’s when I saw not 2 rings, but 3. Hubs had surprised me by buying the matching band. And that’s when I had to fight back tears… even the pastor had to fight back tears because he knew it was a surprise to me. :)
katherine says
we were married two days after christmas almost seven years ago :) our colors were red and pink, which worked great because we were able to pull in the colors of the poinsettias in the sanctuary. the brides maids wore black dresses.
fun memories :)
Ariana says
Periwinkle and yellow. Much of our color that day was put into the flowers. I can’t stand spending money on flowers but I did that day and haven’t regretted it. I probably took a wiff of my bouquet every 30 seconds.
Gabi says
Olive green and chocolate brown with a hint of burnt orange displayed throughout the flower arrangements. It will be 1 year this Oct. 1st!!! It was my dream wedding since I was 12…and it was perfect! One of my favorite parts was our “unity ceremony.” We had an oathing stone (I call it our love rock). It was basically our “stone of rememberance (Joshua 4:6).” It signifies the work that God has done in our lives by bringing us together to serve Him. I walk by our “love rock” every day and am reminded of the gift God has given me. Wow I have been so blessed! http://michaeljamesthompson.smugmug.com/Weddings/Proofs/Grant-and-Gabi/10688557_qRqsW#744314327_487Zo-A-LB
Karen O'Dell says
Laura… I remember when the doors of the church building opened, and you walked in with the sunshine at your back. The sun rays bounced off of your veil, and we all thought an angel had entered the building!! (well, in a way, you are!). I still remember you as a beautiful bride, and now, as a beautiful wife and mother!
Laura@HeavenlyHomemaker says
Aw, thanks for making me smile (and cry a little bit)! :) I love you!
Carmen says
Cranberry for a June wedding, 14 years ago. I remember our little flower girl was being stubborn, but the ring bearer took his “job” very seriously! Our biggest glitch of the day was that we didn’t have plates for serving cake. Fortunately there were lots of extra wedding napkins.
Cassie says
We were married about 2 1/2 years ago…as some would say, we are still newlyweds! We didn’t really have “colors” for our wedding, but if I had to say it was likely black, silver and lilac.
My brother, sister and SIL were my “maids” and my husband had three of his/our friends stand up on his side. It was great, we really tried to keep it down to earth, simple and focused on us.
We didn’t go crazy with flowers (and actually used a local nursery) – we only had “people” flowers. Nothing on the tables or anything. We used a family friend to make our cake…really the day was wonderful.
It was a mid-april day in Nebraska, I was hoping for a nice spring day – NOPE! It snowed a bit that morning and then rained all day long. I really wanted to take some outside photos, but our photographer and my husband would think of it! Looking back, I should have been more determined! Oh well.
I walked myself down the aisle – keept my eyes on the prize…my future husband standing there waiting for me.
Jen says
We got married 3 1/2 years ago (December 30) on a beach in Maui. We were older (middle 30’s), and it was a second wedding for me. We just wanted to run away together, and it was our dream wedding! It was gorgeous, at sunset, with only the minister, photographer, and wedding planner present. It was so warm, and we were barefoot. I remember the way my husband looked at me, and said to the wedding planner, “Look at that smile… that smile is why I fell in love with her”. :) I wore a knee length, cream colored lace dress, and my husband wore dress pants, dress shirt and tie. I had a coral and cream colored crown of flowers in my hair instead of a veil, and we both had cream colored, flower leis. It was such a wonderful, and beautiful evening!
We were blessed with a baby boy, just after our first anniversary, and we’re going to have another baby just after our 4th anniversary. We are so happy!!!
Jennifer says
Our wedding was on June 7, 2008 – 06-07-08. I thought that was such a fun number, and can always easily remember our wedding date!
Our colors were red and white. Every time I look at the pictures the cheerful red of the bridesmaid’s dresses just makes me so happy. I love red!
Meghan says
Our colors were pale yellow and white. Yellow is an unusual color for weddings, but ours was in the spring and it made everything look so cheerful.
Janelle @ The Smudge Curve says
I’ve only been married for five years, so I still remember quite a bit. :-) Our colors were periwinkle blue and silver, and we got married the weekend of Spring Break (we were both still in college). I’ll never forget how after we were pronounced man and wife that my husband tried to escape down the aisle! I had to nudge him a few times to get him to slow down. :-)