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Tree Bee
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What a classy but simple wedding LMM! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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la vie en rouge
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Frocks! frocks everywhere!
The dresses for my grown-up bridesmaids have turned up in the post (ordered from the UK because attractive, tasteful, made to measure dresses here start at about 400€ each ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) ). They are very golden and shiny and I was worried I was going to get upstaged but I think it’s going to be ok. Guess it would have been my own fault anyway, seeing how I picked them ![[Biased]](wink.gif) They are 1950s style peplum dresses, not big skirts because my own dress is huge and I was thinking of the photos – acres of poof and somewhere underneath we think there might be some people…
I also went to pick up my small bridesmaids’ dresses this lunchtime. They have frills and bows and froof and they are cuteness itself. Their dresses are poofy (frilly petticoats and all) because I figure that at that age, wearing a big poofy dress is kind of the whole point of being a bridesmaid. The two little girls who are going to wear them are Malagasy and they are going to look adorable with their dark skin and black hair and black eyes and red bows.
My dress is also ready and I am going to go and pick it up from mother en rouge this weekend.
To be honest I’ve spent the month of March feeling horribly stressed out and fed up and having a fit of the blues. At least the house move is over now (and I no longer live with the housemate from hell ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) ), so I’m hoping it’s going to get more enjoyable from hereon in. Six weeks to go…
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Scots lass
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Yay, dresses! I am frankly envious of LMM's sewing ability and dress, it looks fab. I have an appointment next week with these people and despite the rather un-me sounding name, I'm very much hoping that will be fun.
Bonne chance, LVER!
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Little Miss Methodist
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Originally posted by Scots lass:
Yay, dresses! I am frankly envious of LMM's sewing ability and dress, it looks fab. I have an appointment next week with these people and despite the rather un-me sounding name, I'm very much hoping that will be fun.
Bonne chance, LVER!
I had the Fairygothmother dresses in mind when I was choosing the pattern for mine! I loved the dresses on their website but simply could not have afforded or justified the expense on such a small budget. They are simply beautiful though, so I hope you find the right one for you. I'm a tiny bit jealous!
I loved making my dress, and am totally pleased that I did, but it had some stressful moments! People kept asking me when I was going to get on and do it (I think I started it with about 3 weeks to go, and sewed the buttons on the back the night before the wedding!). I was confident enough in my own sewing ability to not be concerned, but other people who don't sew were concerned for me and their concern ended up stressing me out!
I think my one regret of making my dress was not going and trying on wedding dresses! I was worried that i'd see something I couldn't afford but fell in love with and then have second thoughts about my choice. I never had regrets about my choice, but I have a slight twinge about not getting to play dress up for a day!
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Augustine the Aleut
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Originally posted by SvitlanaV2:
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Originally posted by Scots lass:
(NB, I am familiar with the Crappy Choruses etc thread and none of the horrors feature in our possibles list, especially not that awful one which appears to confuse Jesus with Michael Flatley)
But isn't it a good idea to choose the obvious (and possibly crappy) hymns simply because your non-churchgoing guests might actually know them?
Of the last few weddings I have attended, only one would have had more than a fifth of guests with _any_ knowledge of church services. With people meeting their mates at the workplace and voluntary activities, only a very few people are marrying within their religious tradition and, of course, likely it is only a minority of the (Ontario) population which is religiously active, and that's spreading it between various Christian tribes, several sorts of Muslims, a range of South Asian traditions, and two sorts of Jews. I think it's safe to say that almost nowhere -- saving church groups or the miitary- could one assume any hymn knowledge at all, with the exception of Abide With Me, which folks know from Titanic reruns.
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Sarasa
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Lovely ideas for frocks ScotsLass. From the name I was expecting black bin bag type ones. I think I'd be very tempted if I was getting married again.
I love your frock LMM, the colour is one of my favourites.
I'm really looking forward to the photos of your LVER. I hope M.LVER is recovering from the flu.
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Derf
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LMM I'd've been very concerned if you hadn't made your own dress! Somewhere I still have the bolero-jacket you made to go with mine - it might even have been worn again since, unlike the dress. You look stunning, and the dress is so very you ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Scots lass
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Originally posted by Little Miss Methodist:
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Originally posted by Scots lass:
Yay, dresses! I am frankly envious of LMM's sewing ability and dress, it looks fab. I have an appointment next week with these people and despite the rather un-me sounding name, I'm very much hoping that will be fun.
I had the Fairygothmother dresses in mind when I was choosing the pattern for mine! I loved the dresses on their website but simply could not have afforded or justified the expense on such a small budget. They are simply beautiful though, so I hope you find the right one for you. I'm a tiny bit jealous!
I'm not sure they're in my budget either! I just couldn't resist going and trying them on... My mum has actually offered to pay, so will see how I get on. I'm also debating Kitty & Dulcie, who do lovely things for significantly less cash!
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Welease Woderwick
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So how is it all going?
Anyone else planning on getting hitched this year?
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MrsBeaky
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Our youngest daughter is getting married in October and we will take our annual leave and return to the UK two weeks before so we can be involved in the final preparations.
Thank goodness for email, Skype etc. so that we can be in communication, otherwise it could be stressful.
She has just changed her choice of colour for the bridesmaids dresses as the men are now going to be in blue morning dress so waiting to hear which colour she chooses to put her sisters and friends in. She has found a style which will flatter all the different shapes and sizes which is good!
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la vie en rouge
Parisienne
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I am back as Madame
Don't have the photos yet but they shall be forthcoming once we've got them from the various people.
Everything went extraordinarily, surprisingly well with basically no hitches - all the providers (florist, caterer, venue) were amazing and the sun even shone. They had been forecasting rain the whole week but in the end it was fine all day. We even put the aperitif outside. Then on Sunday there was an apocalyptic storm when all the rain fell that had been waiting in the sky and not falling on Saturday. My Mum's dress was much admired.
I think everyone had a good time.
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Sarasa
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Congratulation Madam and Monsieur LVER. Sounds lovely, and I'm glad you enjoyed yourselves. I was so blitzed by the whole thing that the day went by in a haze. My husband and I wrote notes shortly afterwards that we still look at now and again to remind ourselves about the day.
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Piglet
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Huge congratulations, Madame & Monsieur en Rouge!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by Piglet:
Huge congratulations, Madame & Monsieur en Rouge!
Amen! I'm so very happy for you!
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Japes
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Congratulations Madame et Monsieur en Rouge
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Ariel
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
I am back as Madame
OMG, I didn't realize that was coming up so soon - congratulations, and yes do post pics, would love to see them!
Glad all went well. Your descriptions earlier sounded sumptuous.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Excellent Madame, so pleased all went well. Congratulations!
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Lucia
Looking for light
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Felicitations LVER!
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Scots lass
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Congratulations Madame LVER!
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Dafyd
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Congratulations, Madame and Monsieur.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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...and belatedly from here, too.
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Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Zacchaeus
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Looking forward to some pictures.
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Jemima the 9th
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Congratulations To The Pain & Callanish, from a very occasional poster. Those are some truly lovely soppy photos of you both.
[Soppy not sappy. Learn to type Jt9]
[ 23. June 2015, 21:32: Message edited by: Jemima the 9th ]
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by To The Pain:
Probably not getting hitched in 2015, but I proposed to Callanish this weekend and she accepted!
My side of things (basically, how to persuade a chocolate cake to do the hard work).
Her side of the story and a plethora of soppy pictures of us.
Congratulations!
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Piglet
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Congratulations TTP and Callanish.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
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Brilliant! Congratulations.
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Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Congratulations!
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Banner Lady
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Woohoo to all celebrating weddings! Much flag waving from me.
I have a question on wedding etiquette (where's Sine when you need him?).
Two weddings this year in my family, both events relayed by my eldest sister during a recent visit. One is a nephew's second marriage (to a Buddhist in an Orthodox Church - still trying to work that one out). And the other is a great-nephew's first marriage by a marriage celebrant. No invitations came our way - which is fine - we live a couple of thousand kms away and are not a close family.
I was able to send a card and an antique bible back with my sister for the great-nephew's wedding in August. But the other one (nephew's second marriage) occurred last month, and the bride and groom are currently honeymooning. Should I send them anything other than a belated card? If so, what?
Lord, these things can be complicated!
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Dafyd
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Congratulations TTP and Callanish.
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Scots lass
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Congratulations! That's v exciting news!
Tip for relatively stress free wedding planning: be as organised as you know how, and don't care about small details. That's getting us through it at the moment (18 weeks to go!).
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Piglet
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... No invitations came our way ...
I'm no expert, but I'd have thought that if invitations weren't forthcoming, a card is quite generous enough.
Just my 2p.
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L'organist
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Rule of thumb in my family is that you give a present first time around, not second - and that the rule applies to people who're invited to the bash, not others who are 'aware' but NFI'd.
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Brenda Clough
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My sister is getting married for the 2nd time next month. She is a banker, and essentially owns everything she could possibly want; it is not possible to buy her anything that she actually needs. I can't think of even a token present to buy her. Was in a hardware store yesterday and found myself contemplating gourmet wooden spoons.
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Ferijen
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A bottle of wine to be drunk on a 5th/10th wedding anniversary is now my default gift. Which reminds me, can any Australians recommend a wine company who could send something like that in Melbourne.
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Scots lass
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We're at two months to go. We think most things are in order (although musicians are proving difficult, as one of them is being elusive and he's MCing that bit, so delaying everything else). What might we have forgotten?
Also, it turns out that a pixie cut looks ridiculous with a classic veil and a birdcage veil doesn't work either. What else can I try? It's acceptable to just have nothing on my head, isn't it?
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St Everild
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Of course it is acceptable to have nothing on your head, Scots Lass. You are the bride, you make the rules!
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Lucia
Looking for light
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Or have something on your head that is not a veil if that doesn't work - flowers, tiara, hat, - whatever you like!
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Sarasa
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I had very short hair when I got married. I wore a tiara which I think looked fine with the haircut. My mum's suggestion that I got hair extensions was firmly ignored.
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