September 2012 Brides and Grooms

TheSeventh

nuttymummy: personally, i like #1!

t*ovi: looove those photos! makes me relieved because my OH and I are more 'down to earth' than the glamorous ultra-made-up couples I see in a lot of wedding/pre-wedding shoots and it's nice to be reminded that you can be yourself and show how much your really love each other without all the bling and expensive venues.
(um, um, not that you and your OH aren't glamorous! i just like the natural poses, relaxed setting and so on! eep!)


OH and I are finally writing our ceremony! (with thanks to White_Sapphire for the details of her lovely lovely celebrant!)

Is anyone else picking readings? we think we're going to go along these lines:


Thoughts on Love
“Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove;
Oh, no, it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d.

Reflecting Us
“The Square Root of Three” by Dave Feinberg

I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three
The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,
With just some quick arithmetic!
I know I’ll never see the sun,
As 1.7321
Such is my reality,
A sad irrationality
When hark! What is this I see?
Another square root of a three!
As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply,
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer
We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands
Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed

Thoughts on Marriage
“What Does Marriage Mean In Today's World?” By Teresa Ling

What does marriage mean in today's world? We live in a world where the old-fashioned social pressures to conform have all but gone. No longer does a young woman wait for her husband to give her a new independence from her parent's home. And society no longer frowns upon couples who choose not to marry. So why get married at all?

Perhaps when two people decide that, in the absence of these conformities, this is something they actually want to do - for themselves, for their families and for its own sake, that the meaning of marriage has shifted to the same extent as times have moved on.
Now, a cynic might say that a piece of paper alone will not guarantee that two people will stay together for life...... and a cynic might have a point. But ridden of any outside pressure, the vows and intentions are totally pure and unadulterated. There cannot really be a better guarantee than this.

Our Future / Closing
Extract from “The House at Pooh Corner” by A.A Milne

"Pooh, promise you won't forget about me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred."
Pooh thought for a little. "How old shall I be then?"
"Ninety-nine."
Pooh nodded. "I promise," he said.
Still with his eyes on the world, Christopher Robin put out a hand and felt for Pooh's paw.
"Pooh," said Christopher Robin earnestly, "if I - if I'm not quite..."
He stopped and tried again "Pooh, whatever happens, you will understand, won't you?
"Understand what?"
"Oh, nothing," he laughed and jumped to his feet. "Come on!"
"Where?" said Pooh.
"Anywhere!" said Christopher Robin.

What are other people having for readings?

bubbles0169

Nutty I prefer three on you,
I cant wait to see your other stuff ladies but i need to sleep first sorry x

nuttymummy

t*ovi wrote: »

Nuttymummy did you feel any of them was 'theone'
I tried tonnes of dresses on, so many different styles, in fact just about every style going! But when i tried the one on i liked, i knew i felt comfortable in it.

I liked them all! I think its because I finally got to try on ruffles
Im swaying towards one and two. 4 is out of my mind completely. 3 felt really special as it was going on, it was very slimming and something felt quite special as she was fastening it up....but its also the most expensive, and I know 'price doesnt matter if its the one' but with already spending so much money I dont think i could justify it LOL

dotchas wrote: »

I like no 3 best

Thank-you!

bubbles0169 wrote: »

Nutty I prefer three on you,

Thanks for the feedback

Are there any specific reasons you all chose the ones you did? Im finding it hard! lol

nuttymummy

the readings are lovely! We arent having any only because we want the ceremony bit as short as possible LOL

I love when readings can come from the mosy unexpected places, like dr suess, winnie the pooh etc. I think its lovely x

bubbles0169

ok 1 could be ok if you did those alterations, i think you need the skirt to start quite high, 2 has too much material making you appear shorter,three elongates your figure more than the others and although there isnt a differance in shape between 3 and 4 i prefer the look of 3

bubbles0169

tovi your pics are lovely i love you hair colour too its close to mine, i dont think its too bright if it was brassy id say it needed toning down but its not

nuttymummy

thanks bubbles!

2 was one of my faves from the day, I just loved the 'fluffyness' of the ruffles.
3..I have found in a size 12 for £900 in a sale but would have to buy it without trying it on as its too far away. and I cant remember what size i tried on in the shop LOL but i know it was too small which is why they wanted to order one. The picture was also taken from below (my mum was sat down) the other pictures were taken from her standing/or me standing LOL

but im pretty much ruling out number 4 now I reckon.

I think I may have to go back tomorrow try them all again, take more pics and give them all a decision. Theres no way im going to pay almost £2000 for the Paloma though, I would have to try and find a sale one (like the £900) if thats the one i want.

What draws me even more to the palm springs is, ive rang all the stockists in the north west and NO-ONE has one only that shop, and theres NONE for sale on the internet ebay/preloved/sales etc in the UK. So It would be cool to know I had a quite 'exclusive' type of dress in the UK..its just so fluffy!

The first one draws me just because of the amount of alterations and changes you could do to it, it was very versatile, and the price is good. But dont know if the material the ruffles were done in seemed a little 'cheap' and I can see the boning in the body part which annoys me a little. They said I would see that though with a blingy belt x

ha ha how indecisive am i!!? LOL

bubbles0169

hmm id search for some more ruffly dresses then where you cant see the boning

bubbles0169

we arent having any readings because we want a short ceremony too

White_Sapphire

Tracey, I prefer 3, but you're very clearly leaning towards 2... Definitely go and try them on again though before making a decision.

TheSeventh wrote: »

nuttymummy: personally, i like #1!

t*ovi: looove those photos! makes me relieved because my OH and I are more 'down to earth' than the glamorous ultra-made-up couples I see in a lot of wedding/pre-wedding shoots and it's nice to be reminded that you can be yourself and show how much your really love each other without all the bling and expensive venues.
(um, um, not that you and your OH aren't glamorous! i just like the natural poses, relaxed setting and so on! eep!)


OH and I are finally writing our ceremony! (with thanks to White_Sapphire for the details of her lovely lovely celebrant!)

Is anyone else picking readings? we think we're going to go along these lines:


Thoughts on Love
“Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare


Reflecting Us
“The Square Root of Three” by Dave Feinberg


Thoughts on Marriage
“What Does Marriage Mean In Today's World?” By Teresa Ling


Our Future / Closing
Extract from “The House at Pooh Corner” by A.A Milne




What are other people having for readings?

t*ovi, those pics are so relaxed and natural - your photographer is very good at making you feel at ease. Your hair is lovely, you don't need to tone down the blonde at all!

TheSeventh, I'm so glad that Hannah was free for your date! We are also having Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 , as well as this one:


The Meeting of the Waters

There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;
Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart,
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.

Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene
Her purest of crystal and brightest of green;
'Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill,
Oh! no, -- it was something more exquisite still.

'Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near,
Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear,
And who felt how the best charms of nature improve,
When we see them reflected from looks that we love.

Sweet vale of Avoca! how calm could I rest
In thy bosom of shade, with the one I love best,
Where the storms that we feel in this cold world should cease,
And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace.

Thomas Moore