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Jack the Lass
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Originally posted by Scots lass:
It's acceptable to just have nothing on my head, isn't it?
Oh totally! I was always very sure I didn't want a veil, ever since I went to my first university friend to get married's wedding, watched her husband lift her veil at the start of the ceremony, and just thought 'ugh' (I wasn't expecting that - they were a lovely couple, we were all GLEs - but it was a very visceral reaction to the symbolism of the action). As it happens, a lovely shipmate from the other side of the world, on hearing of our engagement, asked me if she could make me a tiara as a gift. It was stunning (she did my necklace and earrings too), really understated, and just perfect for me.
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Piglet
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I've had fairly short hair since Methuselah was a wee fellow, and when I got married I didn't want a veil* either, so I had a little circlet of plaited pearly things with a wee fancy doo-dah at the back, which looked OK with short hair.
* More specifically, I didn't want a train: just before we got engaged, I played the part of the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury and had to appear as a (jilted) bride. The dress I was given had a very short train (no more than a foot long) but every time I took a step backwards I trod on it, and decided that I didn't want that kind of hassle on my real wedding day. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Zacchaeus
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Originally posted by Jack the Lass:
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Originally posted by Scots lass:
It's acceptable to just have nothing on my head, isn't it?
Oh totally! I was always very sure I didn't want a veil, ever since I went to my first university friend to get married's wedding, watched her husband lift her veil at the start of the ceremony, and just thought 'ugh' (I wasn't expecting that - they were a lovely couple, we were all GLEs - but it was a very visceral reaction to the symbolism of the action). As it happens, a lovely shipmate from the other side of the world, on hearing of our engagement, asked me if she could make me a tiara as a gift. It was stunning (she did my necklace and earrings too), really understated, and just perfect for me.
Many veils these days go nowhere near the face but sit somewhere at the back of the head.
Not that you need to have anything you don't want.
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Scots lass
Shipmate
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Thanks for the reassurance! I get a bit of "but that's what everyone does" based surprise from my mum every time I suggest doing something a bit different, and it starts me off worrying. The birdcage veil I acquired to try (only to discover that did't work either) came with a little ivory flower clip, so I think I might work out how best to wear that and go with very simple indeed.
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la vie en rouge
Parisienne
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After a mere four and a half months, we've finally got round to dealing with our photos.
For the viewing pleasure of the fine folks hereabouts, a picture of the wedding of the century
(Bragging rights: dress made by my mother; make-up by yours truly; cake made by my father (and half of it is still is my in-laws house - guess we'll get round to eating it at Christmas ![[Biased]](wink.gif) ))
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Kelly Alves
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WOOOWW! ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
Love the cake, love the dress, love the lipstick, but most of all love the shoes!
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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Beautiful all round. Congratulations again
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la vie en rouge
Parisienne
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Scots lass, hopefully the comments above should make you feel better. Red shoes are definitely not what everyone does, which incidentally is why I wore them You can see how well they went down.
Personally I never quite get why people want to do things exactly the same as everyone else. Something about tradition I suppose, but a lot of that stuff just ain’t me.
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Piglet
Islander
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Wow cubed - you look lovely. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
In the picture of the shoes, I was expecting you to click your heels together like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz ...
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St Everild
Shipmate
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Beautiful LVER - many congratulations to you. You looked lovely - I love the shoes and the matching smile!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Great photos and I love the hat!
I have some Marxist friends in UK and when they married the bride wore the most outrageous bright red shoes with enormous heels - fab!
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Ariel
Shipmate
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So elegant! Lovely pictures, thanks for sharing!
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Sarasa
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Wow LVER - you, your husband, the cake and the car look wonderful. I too have a severe case of shoe envy.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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That's a perfectly judged outfit: the hat, the lippy, the dress length and the shoes all add up to a look that's stylish and individual while still being recognisably bridal.
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Scots lass
Shipmate
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Wow, those are great photos! Congratulations!
I love that it's all obviously bridal without being incredibly traditional - very reassuring for my veil-skipping plans
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Scots lass
Shipmate
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Our wedding is now a week tomorrow. What might we have forgotten to do...?
We have clothes, a church, a minister, the paperwork, a reception venue, food, wine and a band. Those are all the important things, aren't they?
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Lucia
Looking for light
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Someone to take photos/video for you?
Transport to get you to venues?
[ 23. October 2015, 19:56: Message edited by: Lucia ]
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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An idea of timings. I forgot to divide time available by number of guests and spent too long chatting to some, with the result I barely spoke to others.
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Sioni Sais
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Witnesses? Do make sure they are qualified (age, not undischarged bankrupts, whatever).
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MrsBeaky
Shipmate
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Well tomorrow is the Big Day.....
Our three weeks leave back here have flown by and I've had laptop problems so haven't really been able to visit the Ship.
All the family are safely gathered in from across the globe and our lovely youngest daughter has caught a vile cold just in time for her wedding.
But she is getting married and at one point we weren't even sure she'd make it this far- so we're thankful she is still in remission and that she has such a wonderful husband in the making.
Here's to the champagne tomorrow and the red eye flight back to Kenya on Monday!
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Scots lass
Shipmate
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Oh, congratulations MrsBeaky and daughter! That sounds lovely, I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful day.
I have a groom, a photographer, witnesses and we're meant to have guests. If they don't show, I'm having their wine ! Thanks for the time tip, NEQ - it's going to be tight to get to talk to everyone and I'm resigned to not getting to talk to some friends for as long as I would like.
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Piglet
Islander
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Hope you have a wonderful day, Mrs. Beaky, and that Miss Beaky's cold takes a running jump so that she can have a wonderful day too.
SL, good luck for your nuptials next week too - hope everything goes well and you don't forget anything ... ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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Sarasa
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Hope Miss Beaky has a wonderful day, cold or no cold, and that you all enjoy being together.
I think that's the best things about weddings, I loved having all my favourite people in one place for the day when I got married.
Scots Lass, what we did was wirte down our diary of the day while we could still remember it - so many things were going on it's easy to forget them all later.
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la vie en rouge
Parisienne
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There are a whole load of small things that you could try to bear in mind (remember tissues, touch up for your makeup, spare tights, needle and thread etc etc etc), but if you have a capable chief bridesmaid, I highly recommend farming this job out to her.
Delegating stuff is a key to feeling less stressed, I think. In our case, the major job that needed delegating was transport - our reception was in the middle of nowhere so we needed to make sure everyone had a ride. In a flash of inspiration we realised that my second witness/bridesmaid is German . This job was subcontracted to Teutonic organisation and consequently it all went like clockwork.
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Scots lass:
Oh, congratulations MrsBeaky and daughter! That sounds lovely, I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful day.
I have a groom, a photographer, witnesses and we're meant to have guests. If they don't show, I'm having their wine ! Thanks for the time tip, NEQ - it's going to be tight to get to talk to everyone and I'm resigned to not getting to talk to some friends for as long as I would like.
On the subject of time do remember that it takes time to assemble the various groups and some photographers are better organised than others. Photographs matter but it's a wedding first.
At the best organised wedding from this point of view canapés and drinks were served so those who weren't in shot had something to do.
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Scots lass
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The wedding went off without a hitch, all the planning made it a really good day. Absolutely exhausting by the end of it though, there were a lot of people to talk to and I know I didn't talk to some of them as much as I would have liked. Fortunately, my friend who came all the way from NZ for the wedding arrived a couple of days early so we had a chance to catch up then.
Our photographer has put some photos up on her blog (and if you're Edinburgh based and need a photographer, she was very good), so if you'd like to see some pics they're here.
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Piglet
Islander
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Huge congratulations, SL (and Scots Bloke) - you look lovely, and it looks to have been a wonderful, smile-filled day.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I agree, it looks like a super wedding! Many congratulations.
The photographer is obviously talented, some great shots there, and it sounds from the blog that she had fun on the day, too.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Very familiar streets and buildings - Southside Rools OK!
Long life and happiness!
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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Fabulous photos - you all look so happy
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Sarasa
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Congratulations Scots Lass and Lad. The pictures are lovely, as are your dress and shoes. You both look smashing. Glad you found a great solution to the what to wear in your hair problem.
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Ferijen
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Look at those lovely shoes! Congratulations.
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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How long was everyone waving sparklers around before the fireworks photo came out?
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LeRoc
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Sioni Sais:On the subject of time do remember that it takes time to assemble the various groups and some photographers are better organised than others. Photographs matter but it's a wedding first.
(I really hate this part of weddings. This is where I normally go for the booze.)
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
... Photographs matter but it's a wedding first ...
Absolutely. We were lucky that our photographer was quite happy to restrict himself to what we wanted, without faffing about with posed shots in studios and pretty gardens.
As the reception venue was right across the road from the cathedral, once he (and the guests) had snapped what they wanted, we led a sort of procession across the road, rather like the Pied Piper. That way we got there first and could greet the guests as they arrived.
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St Everild
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Congratulations to SL and Scots Lad too - what a happy day!
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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Congratulations Scots Lass and Lad! What wonderful pictures - you look absolutely beautiful!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I must just come back a moment to agree with everyone else who has already said it that the shoes are FAB!
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Piglet
Islander
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I must just come back a moment to agree with everyone else who has already said it that the shoes are FAB!
Me too.
shoe-fetishistic piglet
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Scots lass
Shipmate
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Thank you everyone!
The shoes are indeed fabulous and I will be wearing them again at every opportunity!
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