Thank you!

Also,
DO. WANT. OMG.

http://www.adriennegundeblog.com/2010/04/alice-in-wonderland-photo-shoot/

7/14/2011 1:09:08 PM

zomg that whole concept is

7/14/2011 1:12:25 PM

Quote :

"So I need to find an officiant. We do not want a paster/priest/preacher. Neither one of us are religious. Where do I start? Any suggestions? "

Our friend did it. He was wonderful

7/14/2011 1:36:37 PM

We talked about having a friend ordained over the internet and having him officiate but the reality of the matter is our family would flip shit over that... And I think this is one of those situations where, yes it is our wedding, but we need to consider what our families find respectful.

7/14/2011 2:05:10 PM

Get married at the courthouse, then have whoever you want officiate at the wedding.

Last wedding I went to the couple did this, they had a friend do the ceremony so tons cheaper.

Introduce the friend as a minister (because they are ordained online) and the family won't know.

[Edited on July 14, 2011 at 2:07 PM. Reason : ...]

7/14/2011 2:05:55 PM

Quote :

"I recommend Reverend Kayelily Middleton, even though we didn't end up having the wedding, she was very pleasant, nice to talk with and very open."

We met with her too. She was very nice and professional and gave us a lot of great info but we just didn't have $600 in the budget for an extremely short ceremony. If it's a priority for you, then by all means go for it. My uncle is a pastor, but is not allowed to marry anyone unless they get married in his church. Luckily my dad is friends with an Army chaplain and we are just going to give him a cash donation. I would ask your friends and see if anyone has connections.

7/14/2011 2:12:20 PM

wow that queen of hearts theme is awesome

7/14/2011 2:14:04 PM

I think that Queen of Hearts thing is pretty dumb. Isn't the Queen of Hearts the vile one?

7/14/2011 3:46:38 PM

yeah


but it doesnt make it any less cool looking.


cinderella is overdone

7/14/2011 3:50:08 PM

Quote :

"Get married at the courthouse, then have whoever you want officiate at the wedding."

Precisely what we did. If it's a friend your family doesn't know, what's the difference?

7/14/2011 4:01:31 PM

Quote :

"So I need to find an officiant. We do not want a paster/priest/preacher. Neither one of us are religious. Where do I start? Any suggestions?"

Just FYI, a notary public can marry you in South Carolina (for cheaper than Kayelily, as well).

The default courthouse weddings here in NC (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVhn0cVOrp4 ) actually do use religious terms and phrases (which I was surprised and kind of pissed about, really).

[Edited on July 14, 2011 at 6:49 PM. Reason : .]

7/14/2011 6:48:20 PM

Hmm I don't remember them using religious terminology at the courthouse when we did it but I also don't really remember what she said to be honest Maybe it depends on the county?

7/14/2011 8:56:58 PM

I told my bridesmaids about the awesome Queen of Hearts theme... They loved it so much theyre planning a mad hatter bridal tea party!!

7/14/2011 11:35:38 PM

Any suggestions on a non-country father/daughter song?

7/15/2011 3:49:34 AM

my dad and I danced to Paul Simon's Father & Daughter

7/15/2011 7:04:59 AM

the link at the top of the page - OMG! AMAZING! i loved everything about it.

7/15/2011 8:15:59 AM

I'm having a mother daughter dance

Party in the USA

But I always thought of Sunflowers by Everclear as a father daughter song

[Edited on July 15, 2011 at 9:07 AM. Reason : .]

7/15/2011 9:06:32 AM

We danced to Ripple by Grateful Dead, but my dad is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge Dead Head so it made sense

7/15/2011 9:38:45 AM

omg I can't believe anyone thought this was a good idea!

Quote :

" "Colonial"-Themed Wedding Included Authentic All-Black Servant Staff Dodai Stewart — A tipster urged us to take a look at the wedding photos of Dave & Chantal, who got married in April 2010. The theme of the event? Colonial Africa. Wait, what? Some of the images — like the large one above — are truly unsettling. The caption seems to be: Remember how great it used to be when our people oppressed brown people? Good times."

http://jezebel.com/5820577/colonial+themed-wedding-included-authentic-all+black-servant-staff

South Africa, you so crazy!

7/15/2011 9:53:09 AM

Hahahahahahaha I saw that on stfucouples.com

I loved the tagline, "They could have made it an Indiana Jones theme and it would have been less offensive"

7/15/2011 10:16:44 AM

Quote :

"Anybody wanna come to my Nazi Germany-themed wedding? I’ve been saving up all the memorabilia for years! "

ahahahaha

7/15/2011 10:21:18 AM

holy shit.....

theres a stfucouples.com?!?!?

7/15/2011 10:21:41 AM

God that website is addictive too.

Oh wow, linked from stfucouples.com

http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_plantation-wedding-theme?MsdVisit=1

Confederate flags at your wedding? Really?!

[Edited on July 15, 2011 at 10:26 AM. Reason : S]

7/15/2011 10:22:57 AM

blech.
i'm sure theres worse out there


the sad, sad part about that colonial theme wedding.....it looks BEAUTIFUL!

7/15/2011 10:27:56 AM

These comments are cracking me up on the post.

Quote :

"To be followed by the Amistad Wedding, in which the catering staff rises up and slaughters everyone."

hahaha.

Quote :

"Maybe my boyfriend and I should celebrate our heritage with an Irish themed wedding. We'll split the guests up into Protestants and Catholics and stage a nice riot for the pre-wedding entertainment. Then we'll starve them to relive the potato famine. Then everyone can get drunk and dress in soccer outfits."

Damn, should have done that for my wedding

[Edited on July 15, 2011 at 11:07 AM. Reason : a]

7/15/2011 11:04:17 AM

pawprint's Wedding Day!!!

everyone send her some wedding love via PM please!!

congrats!

7/17/2011 1:28:35 PM

I LOL'd hard at the Irish themed wedding



Maybe I should have a biker themed wedding I think we'll have about 30 bikers there... they can smash beer bottles on everyone's head then go on a poker run for a charity set up in the victims' names

7/17/2011 3:17:17 PM

Lame or cool?



I say a little bit of both

7/19/2011 5:03:43 PM

I was going to get an NCSU corset if we did a toss, but he decided he didn't want to do one.

7/19/2011 5:10:10 PM

^^That's Katie's leg. I loved it so much I did one with a wolf head. It's really up to you. And her wedding pictures were so super gorgeous, even one tiny corny detail didn't make a dent in how gorgeous she looked. They featured her wedding in a magazine..Carolina Bride maybe?

JT3Bucky did a PHENOMENAL job DJing. He was professional and played great music and was affordable. We loved him. I have more to say about him but we are on the honeymoon soooo...I'll write more later!

7/19/2011 6:32:24 PM

^^^ My wife had a UNC one... Thought it was carolina, I thought the idea was kinda neat, since she knew all my single buddies were state grads (as she was a unc grad)

7/19/2011 8:54:45 PM

I plan on having a cool NCSU garter



so on FB, Wedding Paper Divas have a page and they always put up wedding questions where you can comment and whatnot... I was the first to respond to: "What registry gift are you most excited to receive?"

I wrote: "A stand mixer so I can make cupcakes and drink wine simultaneously"

Wedding Paper Divas "liked" it


But for real, I am excited about it. I really wish we could only register for the stand mixer and a Dyson Animal Ball. I don't really want anything else. :\

7/20/2011 10:35:08 AM

haha those are the two things that we received for the wedding that I was like hell yeah! Well that and all the cash gifts. We only managed to get one wtf gift which I think it pretty damn good!

I want to get the ice cream attachment for the stand mixer. My friend has it and she loooooooooooooves it. Then I could make all the weird sorbets I want like peach ginger and mango chili.

7/20/2011 10:40:33 AM

My fiance is getting an ncsu garter .

10 more days... hoping the weather cools down again.

7/20/2011 12:29:13 PM

WOW! Love this. Only $400!



Love her designs: http://www.etsy.com/shop/DressInModa?page=1&order=custom

7/20/2011 1:45:58 PM

Her dresses are amazing! And free shipping until August. Can't beat that.

7/20/2011 1:51:01 PM

^^That is absolutely beautiful.

7/20/2011 1:55:53 PM

^^^ holy.shit.




btw we're blogged!!!

http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2011/07/swings-balloons-a-first-dance-to-weezer-joie-cody/

7/20/2011 5:05:35 PM

Love the pics! The chalkboards and swing added a fun touch.

7/20/2011 5:08:00 PM

why thank you very much.

i actually edited all of those!

greg just gave me everything he took...i'm still working on them

7/20/2011 5:16:06 PM

Looks awesome!

7/20/2011 5:58:27 PM

Quote :

"haha those are the two things that we received for the wedding that I was like hell yeah! Well that and all the cash gifts"

DITTO! Love my stand up mixer and I don't bake that often...and esp my dyson animal (hubs thought i was crazy putting it on the registry though).

Then def the cash. We appreciated that so much that's what we give now for gifts. "Here...complete your registry...or better yet, use this on the honeymoon!"

and that dress is beautiful
and i'm loving the blog entry

7/20/2011 7:21:55 PM

I'm going dress shopping tomorrow


only took a year and a half

7/20/2011 10:22:55 PM

^ good luck!!!

7/20/2011 10:42:20 PM

^^ cool!!! Good luck! Set on tea length? Or willing to consider anything?

7/20/2011 10:52:58 PM

nope, set on tea length I have a feeling I'll have to try on a few long dresses to shut up certain family members though.


and thanks hopefully it'll go well.... ps that dress earlier is gorgeous, and pss Joie that was an awesome blog post!

7/20/2011 10:59:49 PM

no sad face! even if you are set on tea length, go ahead and make it fun and try on whatever, time permissible. Not every day you are catered to when trying on dresses! Good luck lady!

7/21/2011 12:19:42 AM

Found the dress... it looked meh on the hanger but amazing on... go figure.

7/21/2011 3:55:48 PM

Congrats! Does it require a ton of tailoring?

How much does basic tailoring cost for a wedding dress? Or does it vary widely per dress?

7/21/2011 3:57:20 PM

I WANT TO SEE

7/21/2011 4:01:29 PM