GTKY: Your wedding

[doublehammock]

When did you get married? July 2008

Where was the venue? Fancy hotel

Describe the wedding and reception: colors were blue and green. We had a simple paisley design on everything. We had a beer pong grooms cake. It was a blast.

Describe your dress (or pics): A-line with lace detail. Had lace cap sleeves. I loved it.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? Well a guest got so drunk that he took a fire extinguisher and sprayed it under the doors of guests rooms. We were all evacuated from the hotel at 2 am. Also, my future boss was staying there that evening. Made an interesting story when I interviewed for a job a month later.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? Mexico. We both got sick. Will never go back.

[bluedot]

When did you get married? 8/2012

Where was the venue? A renovated barn.





Describe the reception and colors: navy and yellow, rustic chic. We had a lot of DIY projects. Luckily, DH is super creative.





Dress: full lace, with a sweetheart neckline, beading, fit & flare style, and I added a sparkly belt.

Anything fun: instead of a champagne toast, we did shots! A friend became ordained to marry us. Also, I got to toss the bouquet off of a silo.


Honeymoon: we never took one sadly... we were saving for a house.

[jags8]

When did you get married? April 2012

Where was the venue? A beautiful, old, somewhat rustic venue with stone walls, wood floors, high ceilings, and beautiful views outside
Ceremony:

Reception:

Beautiful view outside:



Describe the wedding and reception: The ceremony was short and sweet, no religious affiliation. The reception was at the same place. Booze flowed freely all night.

Describe your dress (or pics):

The bottom is fit-and-flare

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? Umm...I puked during dinner (luckily away from guests in my private bathroom). My nerves was just going crazy.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? We didn't, really. DH was in the military at the time, and he used up all his leave for our wedding. We took a vacation to FL last January and called it our belated honeymoon, but it just felt like vacation.

[minae01]

When did you get married? August 6 2011- We just celebrated 4 years!

Where was the venue? Catholic church for ceremony and had the reception at a separate hall

Describe the wedding and reception: Traditional, purple, lots of bridesmaids and groomsmen (big mistake, BTW!)

Describe your dress (or pics):


Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? It was blast (I'm not at all biased)! It was low-budget, but almost everyone was fed, drunk, and dancing.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? Kauai, HI - the most beautiful place on Earth! I am DYING to go back, but it'll be many, many years before we can make that trip again.

[minae01]

bluedot, love your venue! Gorgeous. You need to take that babymoon ASAP!
jags8, Beautiful dress! What a cozy venue!

[bluedot]

Aug 10, 2015 7:52:56 GMT -5 minae01 said:

bluedot, love your venue! Gorgeous. You need to take that babymoon ASAP!
jags8, Beautiful dress! What a cozy venue!

Lol since we made this baby on vacation idk if I can convince DH to take another trip this year!

[lilmonk]

When did you get married? March 2009

Where was the venue? Married on the beach!

Describe the wedding and reception: Very small and intimate, one bridesmaid and one groomsman. Our colours were a mess, I wanted teal and chocolate, DH wanted red and black. Nothing matched but that's ok! Our reception was held upstairs at a rugby club and was hilariously dramatic.

Describe your dress (or pics): Ivory halter tie back with beaded flourishes around the waist, with a layered skirt, short in the front, low in the back. I was barefoot 90% of the wedding.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? It was mainly just going to be family but I didn't want a lot of DHs family there since a lot of my family couldn't make the flight overseas. Just immediate family and BFFs. MIL invited a cousin of DH's that has a history of causing trouble, and I was too stressed out with last minute things to fight her. She got completed wasted and started flirting and getting handsy with DH, as well as his two older brothers (yes their first cousin) and this was in front of her H and three teenage children. They cut her off at the bar and she started a fist fight with a fake plant. Then proceeded to puke on said plant, pass out and wet herself. Her daughters carried her out and her H had to pay for the plant, which management insisted they take with them. That was just one of the highlights.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? The Whitsundays, in the Great Barrier Reef

[JoeLies]

When did you get married? July 2011

Where was the venue? Hotel in downtown Stamford

Describe the wedding and reception: I just remember dancing and eating really delicious cake.

Describe your dress (or pics): I loved my dress, I was so sad to take it off at the end of the night. Let's see if my pic will post (ignore the weird expression):



Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? Our hotel was officially changing brands a few days after our wedding, so they were still doing last minute renos. A few people missed the ceremony because they had already removed the old sign and the new one wasn't up yet. They were painting the lobby right before the ceremony and I swear I was getting a contact high while taking photos. It was kind of a mess but there was nothing we could do, so we all got a good laugh out of it.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? Hawaii! It was incredible and I'd love to go back with the family, maybe for our 10 year anniversary.

[scotty138]

When did you get married? We celebrate our 5th anniversary this week.

Where was the venue? We had our reception in an old lodge built in the 30s.

Describe the wedding and reception. The ceremony was a typical catholic wedding in a church. The colors were blue and green. We didn't have a lot of money and were still in college, so a lot of DIY.

Describe your dress:



Any fun or interesting stories? Our salon backed out at the last minute and I couldn't find anyone to do our hair on such short notice. I found someone to do the bridesmaids but my hair ended up getting done 10 minutes before the wedding and looked terrible. I still hate looking at pictures because of that.

Where did you go on you honeymoon? Isle Royale National Park

[steveo]

When did you get married? July 2009

Where was the venue? A winery at Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada

Describe the wedding and reception: Outdoors right beside acres and acres of grapevines. Colors were green and blue with brown accent. Food was amazing -- provided by Anna Olson and her husband, who are Food Network Canada chefs First wedding I've ever heard of where people were asking for seconds at dinner. (Not to mention the pizza and wings we served at 11pm to soak up the alcohol).

Describe your dress (or pics): Front was pretty basic raw silk, with lace neckline. Strapless. But the back was my favorite...lace train and silk roses:



Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? It was absolutely fabulous until about 10pm, and then became a gong show. People were crazy & dancing for hours -- MH and I included -- it was a destination wedding for most guests, and we provided shuttles to the church and black cars back late at night so people wouldn't have to drive. We arrived back to the hotel in our black car to the best man standing Captain Morgan style on top of another friend from University beside the fountain out front of the place, both swinging around bottles of champagne.

ETA the most important part! The friend that was being stood on was also part of the groomsmen, and around 10pm had taken off most of his tux and was rocking it out on the dance floor in his black vest and boxers. Our older relatives were initially like "What the?" But by the end of the night he was dancing cheek to cheek with my MIL. It was crazy.

Good, good times.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? We waited almost a year until MH was finished his MBA, and then we traveled for 4 months before we moved -- starting in Beijing, we went to Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Namibia, Zambia, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, France, Spain and then caught our flight home from Portugal. It was a frigging once in a lifetime, amazing trip...

[Deleted]

When did you get married? Our wedding with friends and family was March 2012. We got married on a whim a month earlier because we were at the DMV in Denver on leap day and you can get married there easier than in Florida so we went for it. It was really fun and I'm so glad we did that. Most of the people we know got legally married at least a month before their wedding.

Where was the venue? A garden in Florida in March so the weather was really nice!

Describe the wedding and reception: So relaxed and fun. We planned it all from Denver and it was just perfect.

Describe your dress (or pics): (ETA pictures didn't work) I got a keyhole dress from David's Bridal and I loved it an outrageous amount.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? We bought all the flowers for the wedding at like 8 AM at a Farmer's Market and set them all up about 3 hours before the wedding.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? San Francisco & Portland. We wanted to go to Iceland but had car troubles = money troubles.

[ladywolff]

When did you get married? May of this year

Where was the venue? In Tribald I'm Schwarzwald. We had the ceremony in the 16th century town hall, and the reception in the gardens of a local hotel.

Describe the wedding and reception: The colours were light grey and light blue. The ceremony was short and sweet, and the reception was mainly just a garden party. It was quite laid back and fun.

Describe your dress (or pics): It was a royal blue a line bridesmaid dress. It had an lace neck line and full sleeves.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? My sister and I are identical twins, and an aunt and cousin of H's didn't know that, and they kept thinking I kept on getting changed through the day and giving me odd looks. H thought he'd play along and told them I just couldn't decide what to wear.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? We went on a cruise around the Caribbean for three weeks.

[ciaobaby]

When did you get married? May 2008

Where was the venue? Catholic church ceremony, sans Communion since DH is not Catholic. Reception was at a renovated historic warehouse (think exposed brick walls, steel beams, large floor to ceiling factory windows)...DH was set against a 'frou-frou' location, and this ended up being a very neat venue!

Describe the wedding and reception:Ceremony was very traditional, reception was a blast! Everything came together perfectly and everyone was full, drunk, happy & dancing!

Describe your dress (or pics): Found my dress at a Mori Lee trunk sale. It was strapless and had a little bit of sparkle on the bodice.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? Our wedding food was delicious but I was too amped up to eat very much, so DH and I rolled through the Arby's drive-thru in our wedding attire at midnight since I was starved from dancing! I insisted that we do this before heading back to the hotel. (I know, I'm quite the catch...haha)

Where did you go on your honeymoon? Mexico and we really enjoyed ourselves! We were lucky to go back (to a different resort) for our 5 year anniversary.

[RNCrystal]

When did you get married? 7/2/11

Where was the venue? Aquarium

Describe the wedding and reception: Ceremony on balcony overlooking lake at sunset...beautiful!

Describe your dress (or pics): Sweetheart neckline with tons on sparkle!

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? Yeah, My entire bridal party hooked up...oops

Where did you go on your honeymoon? It was delayed as I just started a new job...eventually Jamaica

[mrsk23]

When did you get married? July 2013

Where was the venue? We got married at a community cabana in my FIL's neighborhood, right on the water.

Describe the wedding and reception: the wedding was outside with all of our friends and family gathered around us. The reception was low key, some dancing, lots of eating but mostly everyone out enjoying the beautiful grounds! My favorite memory is seeing a ton of guests out on the lawn playing frisbee!

Describe your dress (or pics): my dress was very simple strapless dress with light beading, perfect for the beach!



Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? We did everything for the wedding ourselves, decorations, flowers, food, drinks, music...ect. We did however rent a few things from a party supply company and the morning of our wedding a friend went to go get the rentals, which were about 35-40 mins away, and the rental company refused to let them pick it up without the physical payment card! Needless to say I ended up going bridezilla on the poor manager and he let us have the rentals...this is not my personality at all! But do not tell me, on my wedding day, that you aren't going to allow my rentals to be picked up!! Btw they never mentioned this being a requirement when they took my payment over the phone!

Where did you go on your honeymoon? We wanted to go on an Alaskan cruise but couldn't afford it at the time. Maybe we'll go someday.

[doodler]

When did you get married? June 23, 2012

Where was the venue? A local hall

Describe the wedding and reception: We got married in the same church that my grandparents, parents, brother, and many other family members got married in. We pretty much DIY'd the whole reception. I will AW my cupcakes. My Dad built the tower and my Mom decorated.


Describe your dress (or pics):


Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? My BIL (who we don't talk to anymore, but that is another story for another day!) was the best man and he pretty much screwed up everything. He was even late to our reception. We waited 30 min for him to get there and finally just did the announcement of the wedding party without him. He walked in right before the speeches. In retrospect I would not have let him give his speech but we did. There is a great picture of me giving him a dirty look during his speech.

Where did you go on your honeymoon?
No honeymoon here. We had just bought the house and knew we wanted to gku right away. I'm still waiting on my honeymoon and it better be one hell of a trip!

[mrsk23]

doodler that's my birthday!!

[MissMusic]

When did you get married? June 2006

Where was the venue? Massachusetts

Describe the wedding and reception: Simple, small, nothing went right. Lots of dancing!

Describe your dress (or pics): Simple! Only a little embroidery on the bodice and up the train.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? They delivered the wrong cake and it was smushed, the venue flooded the night before, DH locked himself out of the hotel room with his suit inside, officiant messed up the vows and people were laughing (including us), train ripped, and apparently there was a gay 4-way involving guests at our wedding at the hotel that night. We're just glad everyone had fun.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? Egypt

Bonus AW photos:
1) Dress
2) The vows...oh gawd, the vows...
3) Honeymoon

[bluedot]

scotty138 what day? Mine is the 18th! I think that's next week though. #nomentalcalendar

[ciaobaby]

Aug 10, 2015 13:34:12 GMT -5 mrsk23 said:

doodler that's my birthday!!

Why hello there, birthday twin!

[scotty138]

Aug 10, 2015 14:05:52 GMT -5 bluedot said:

scotty138 what day? Mine is the 18th! I think that's next week though. #nomentalcalendar

August 14th

[ciaobaby]

Aug 10, 2015 13:25:45 GMT -5 doodler said:

When did you get married? June 23, 2012

Where was the venue? A local hall

Describe the wedding and reception: We got married in the same church that my grandparents, parents, brother, and many other family members got married in. We pretty much DIY'd the whole reception. I will AW my cupcakes. My Dad built the tower and my Mom decorated.


Describe your dress (or pics):


Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? My BIL (who we don't talk to anymore, but that is another story for another day!) was the best man and he pretty much screwed up everything. He was even late to our reception. We waited 30 min for him to get there and finally just did the announcement of the wedding party without him. He walked in right before the speeches. In retrospect I would not have let him give his speech but we did. There is a great picture of me giving him a dirty look during his speech.

Where did you go on your honeymoon?
No honeymoon here. We had just bought the house and knew we wanted to gku right away. I'm still waiting on my honeymoon and it better be one hell of a trip!

That's my birthday, too! And also? I now need a cupcake, stat! If I were a guest at your wedding, I would have had a hard time of picking just one to try! lol

[doodler]

ciaobaby they were so good! They were from Whole Foods and we had unofficial "tastings" pretty much weekly because they could do pretty much any flavor. So damn good!

[samesister]

When did you get married? October 2010

Where was the venue? Ceremony was in a church. Reception was in a lodge at a park near where I grew up.

Describe the wedding and reception: It was very fall-ish. Colors were purple with green and orange accents. Traditional Catholic ceremony. Had a lot of DIY elements. It was the perfect day!

Describe your dress (or pics): White A-line dress with lace and scalloped along the bottom.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? There were several things to go wrong but I didn't even know about them until the next day. one of our groomsman's pants broke along the waste and kept falling down (this happened while the guys were getting photos done). Someone got him a replacement pair from the tuxedo place before the ceremony. My cousin was supposed to hand out programs but she never showed up to the wedding (I didn't even know she wasn't there). My mom was amazing at keeping the little problems from me so I wouldn't freak out. Had some people almost puke in our party bus. Like half of our guests went to a bar after our reception and partied the rest of the night (it was Halloween eve). It was a blast for everyone!

Where did you go on your honeymoon? We went to Jamaica. It was amazing !!

[danenikki]

When did you get married? 08/05/2011

Where was the venue? Maui on the beach

Describe the wedding and reception: On the kaanapali beach

Describe your dress (or pics): Mermaid style, sweetheart neckline.

Any fun or interesting stories from the wedding? We went to a  local dive bar after and police officers were there for a call. We took a picture in their patrol car.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? Maui

[mrsk23]

Aug 10, 2015 14:34:16 GMT -5 ciaobaby said:

Aug 10, 2015 13:34:12 GMT -5 mrsk23 said:

doodler that's my birthday!!

Why hello there, birthday twin!

No way! I don't know if I've ever run across another June 23rd!