Post by countthestars on May 16, 2012 11:00:58 GMT -5
I wouldn't have changed anything. It was a little longer than I would have liked (about 35 minutes), but there are no parts that I would have wanted to skip.
Lovely church (my parents and grandparents were married there too), priest is a family friend, pretty decor, nice sermon, no real mishaps except MH shaking like a leaf
My only real complaint is that the music director pretty much ignored everything we asked of her (example, I wanted a certain piece to be organ-only since I dislike her voice, and she sang it anyway). We would've had to pay her even if we didn't use her since she's the regular church musician so we figured we'd be MM ... in retrospect I wish we'd hired someone else.
It was $500, I think, to rent. It's the chapel at my alma mater, so it was special for that reason.
I wouldn't change a thing. Our ceremony was short and sweet. Our goal was to have everyone in and out in under a half an hour, and we achieved that. No stupid frippery like unity candles, friends singing awkwardly, or sand ceremony. Basic vows. Everyone was thankful it was quick since weddings are boring.
It was really nice. We got married in my grandparent's church. It was MM because instead of the non-parishioner rate of $800 we only had to pay the parishioner rate of $400. But then we hired an organist and singer so that was another $300 I think. I forget.
It would have been nice if the church had air conditioning but it wasn't so bad.
This is the only picture I can find on this computer.
Our ceremony was a traditional Hindu ceremony. Even though it was shortened, it was still long at maybe 1.5 hours? Indian weddings are long and most people are aware of that. We included a warning of sorts in our invitations which was a description of the wedding and the length of time it would take so that those who weren't familiar with the ceremony would know what they're in for.
Post by Rachael070707 on May 16, 2012 12:14:01 GMT -5
The ceremony itself was very MM. I bulk ordered the long stemmed calla lillies cutting the price more than in half and hand tied them the morning of. DIY programs and small DIY aisle/pew decor.
(not related but I'm laughing going through my pics bc the Best man looks 12 and still does to this day. It cracks me up)
Post by countthestars on May 16, 2012 12:21:18 GMT -5
Sorry you had a terrible groom, Opera! Your ceremony looked really beautiful, though. Are you remarrying? I only ask because you were asking for reco's in your OP.
We got married in the church my husband grew up attending & the same church his parents got married in. It was absolutely beautiful, but I could not stand the pastor of the church, so I brought in a priest from the parish I grew up in (luckily, my husband and I grew up in the same city). My MIL doesn't like the choir in our church, so she paid to have one imported. With those two changes, our ceremony was fantastic. I've since broken away from the Catholic church, so I'm a little disappointed we had a Catholic ceremony, but as far as Catholic ceremonies go, we had a fairly awesome, personalized one.
Post by countthestars on May 16, 2012 13:41:04 GMT -5
Of course its still okay to post! We had another Bride's mom that posted. I feel terrible that I don't remember her screen name but she had a gorgeous pic of her grandkids in her siggy.
Everyone in my family kept asking me why we didn't get married in the church I grew up in. They stopped asking once they saw how much prettier my husband's church is, haha. The church I grew up in was filled with fantastic people, but it was a really dark church with grey brick walls.
Right on the sand. No shoes. We had a "shoe valet" for people to take off their shoes. It was about 75 of our closest friends and family.
It was 15 min long. We served frozen margaritas on the beach and had the reception at a restaurant in a marina with floor to ceiling windows over looking the intercoastal and some very gorgeous yachts.
I wouldn't have changed anything. It was a little longer than I would have liked (about 35 minutes), but there are no parts that I would have wanted to skip.
Gorgeous chuppah! My family's jewish, and his is christian, so we went for non-denominational in a gazebo, lol.
I wouldn't have changed anything. It was a little longer than I would have liked (about 35 minutes), but there are no parts that I would have wanted to skip.
Gorgeous chuppah! My family's jewish, and his is christian, so we went for non-denominational in a gazebo, lol.
Thanks! I am Catholic (H is Jewish). The Rabbi didn't like that we didn't have a "ceiling" but we loved it.
We had a very simple church wedding. The ceremony was definitely mm, just the cost of a 100$ donation and some fake flowers on the pews. A friend of my Mom cut a few bouquets from her garden for the front of the church. I wouldn't have done it any other way, I had no desire to have an over the top fancy wedding. At the end of the day the idea is to get married and to enjoy the event with family and friends
Post by bella90422 on May 16, 2012 14:32:27 GMT -5
Welcome opera!what a beautiful wedding, love all the candles! Stinks that the groom turned out to be a db. Hope the best for your daughter! Stick around, maybe mm can use a mom 's voice of reason every now and then
Post by whitepicketfence on May 16, 2012 14:45:52 GMT -5
These aren't the best pics, but there the only ones I can find at the moment.
You can kind of see some of the details in this pic:
We had a very MM ceremony. The church didn't cost us anything (although we gave a small donation, I don't recall the amount). It was my childhood church that my parents still attend.