After being engaged for more than two years (sheesh!), we are officially kicking off the wedding planning! Anyway, like most of us do, I've had a vision of how I thought my wedding would be since as far back as I can remember. Now, as we are choosing our colors, invitations, flowers, cake, dress, etc, the things we are choosing are nowhere near what I thought! We are coming out quite untraditional in almost every way with nary a rose or white cake in sight! As you were/are planning your wedding, are you finding that it's ending up the complete opposite or the spitting image of your childhood vision?
-- Edited by LMonet at 12:38, 2005-01-19
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I'm picking the total opposite of what I thought. I always wanted a Haloween wedding as a child and wanted everyone in costumes and masks. Yet I'm going v traditional, white cake, roses elegance. Nothing like what I pictured. Also I keep changing what I like and don't like. Initially I was dead set against any red, now my dresses and all my flowers are red!
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quote: Originally posted by: Collette "I'm picking the total opposite of what I thought. Nothing like what I pictured. Also I keep changing what I like and don't like. Initially I was dead set against any red, now my dresses and all my flowers are red!"
Me too! I always thought I'd want my colors to by white and green - the colors we are going with are Chartreuse, Coppery Chocolate Brown, and Burnt Orange/Red and have a completely different feel!
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment ~ {Ralph Waldo Emerson}
i always wanted to get married in the late spring, outside, everything white/green. we ended up picking a date at the end of the summer, and we're still getting married outside, but the colors will be different. the flowers that i wanted to use (lily of the valley, peonies, etc) will be out of season so i had to choose something else and work with a different pallete. the main color of the wedding is a deep teal and we'll be using peacock feather accents in the bouquets and centerpieces. this is the swatch for the bm dresses (along with the inspirational feather!)
i basically tried not to think very much about my wedding before i got engaged because i knew that my taste would change and any ideas that i thought i wanted would be tossed once i got engaged and actually started planning. that's how it has been for everyone that i know.
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"to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its night and day to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop trying." - ee cummings
I never thought that much about my wedding when I was younger, other than that I wanted to be outside. However, I never would have wanted to get married in the late spring/summer (my absolute least favorite time of year), and I always wanted to get married in Sedona. But...I ended up in Phoenix, in June. Who knew?
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I guess that i never thought much about it as a child. I assumed that i would get married in a catholic church because i grew up in an Italian Catholic houseshold. However, we are getting married outside at the beach, in late spring with my best friend marrying us.
I have not picked any colors, cake, dress, flowers etc and we are getting married on May 7, 2005. I think i'm seriously considering having people bring beach chairs or towels.