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2661 days agoWow, I have been so ambivalent and not in love with any of my choices for flowers or bridesmaid's dresses, but I found both today! I am so excited! Here is the maid's dress. She can wear it again, and it goes perfectly with mine:...
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2661 days agoI finally found a dress that has everything I want! It's modest, it's simple, it has a Queen Anne neckline and chiffon and a slim fit and no train and it won't break the bank. Ready? It's a bridesmaid's dress. I'm ordering it in white. So excited!...
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2661 days agoAre any of you going to have poppies as part of your wedding flowers? Do they hold up well? What do they cost? We've just changed our date to Veterans' Day, and poppies are the big tradition for remembrance in Canada, so I thought I might use poppies...
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2661 days agoOkay, ten bucks says I'm not the first one to post this, but I'm going to anyway. Vogue Patterns has had a dress forever that looks exactly like Kate's: http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v2979-products-7971.php?page_id=186 . Since my dress was...
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2661 days agoSo the wedding cake, in my view, is really more decoration than anything else. So, what if I substituted a decoration that looks like a wedding cake and served a much more practical sheet cake instead? That way I could DIY to my little heart's...
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2661 days agoSo I stopped into a bridal shop today, fairly unexpectedly (long story), and in addition to a couple more wedding dresses, I tried on a couple of maid's dresses that would be suitable to marry in. As many of you know, this isn't my first rodeo, and...
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2661 days ago...that my brother, who was married overseas and will be home with his beautiful wife next year around my planned wedding date, did not have a wedding reception. They were married with an officiant and a couple of witnesses and had a cupcake. Here I...
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2661 days agoWhat do you think, ladies? These purple stand bowls http://www.save-on-crafts.com/pedestalplate.html filled with oranges. I've attached a pic of my reception venue. They're a smidge pricey, but I don't need many (7 or 8) and I can probably resell...
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2661 days agoOkay, so I know I said I found "the one" at David's, but I had already set the appointment at Gateway Bridal (www.latterdaybride.com), so I decided to keep it. I am SO glad I did. What a difference!! The salesperson pulled the dresses I asked for,...
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2661 days agoI just love the Edwardian proto-flapper look of The Duchess of York, Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, AKA the Queen Mother, at her wedding. Rumor has it, her look inspired Padme Amidala's wedding duds. I'm thinking of going for something similar, but is it too...
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2661 days agoThis fancy thing is a "cockade." It kind of reminds me of a fair ribbon. I found a tutorial on how to make them, and I think they would be *GREAT* for the Edwardian feel I want. They would also make great keepsakes and be inexpensive to make. Each...
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2661 days agoI just got back from David's Bridal, and I tried on some of the Oleg Cassini dresses. Besides being pretty darn proud that I fit into a size 12, I really loved them. Here are some pictures! I kind of like the second dress better, because it's not...
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2661 days agoWe're having a friend design the invitations using some of the decorative elements from the church where we're getting married. The first pic is the church itself--highly ornamented and colorful. The second pic is of the angels that are on the...
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2662 days agoFH and I belong to the Cathedral parish, but we were looking around for a smaller church in which to get married because we'll only have about 35 people there (the guest list seems to grow every day, but never mind). As cathedrals go, ours isn't...
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