10 on the 10th – June

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10 on the 10th is hosted by Marsha from Marsha in the Middle! This month we are talking about weddings!

  1. What is the most amazing thing you remember about your wedding?

We had such a fun wedding, truly. We were 24 and young and just wanted a big old party. It was New Orleans themed, and instead of table numbers, we had New Orleans street names. We had cajun and creole food, and our favors were masks and doubloons and beads. We made all 400 masks by the way…. that was a thing. Billy’s mom made a gigantic mask to hang on the wall behind the head table – anyway, we had a party all right! People still talk about our wedding to us. We actually got discounts on things because vendors wanted to do it so they could add it to their portfolio, because I guess we were weird and different.

Billy always tells me that he will never forget the morning I had my hair and makeup trial done, because I met him and his family at lunch after and he didn’t recognize me for a second… I am not sure how I feel about that! Lol. My hair was all done up in an updo, and I had makeup on though, so I forgive him. I never wore my hair up, or wore makeup so it had to be different.

My bridesmaids all wore black, I wanted to go from a very small color palette at the wedding to an explosion of color at the reception. I had this image in mind of going from a formal type of event in a church to a straight up celebration and that is what we had.

  1. Tell us about your wedding dress.

My dress was off the shoulder, with bands of satin that overlaid the whole top of the dress. I bought the second dress I tried on. It was my mom and I at the store and we both loved the dress immediately.

  1. Did you include all three things (they start with b) at your wedding?  Care to share more?

My something old and borrowed was a gold sovereign coin from England that was my grandfather’s and my mom carried on her wedding day as well. I had the unfortunate mistake of losing it… My something blue was my garter, something new the dress, etc.

  1. Where was your wedding held…church, park, neighborhood bar?

Our wedding was held at the church my mom was married at, my aunt was married at, and that we had attended all of my life.

  1. What is the worst thing you’ve ever seen at a wedding?

Gosh, I am not sure! I am one of those people who loves weddings and going to them and usually I love it all. Hmm. Ok, the worst thing I saw was more of a potentially embarrassing moment for a bride that Billy and I saved her from, I guess? We were at a wedding where the bride had really enjoyed the bar, was well-endowed, and wearing a corset dress. Billy and I had stepped outside for a bit and the bride came out a few minutes later- with the corset all loose and her dress top falling down exposing her to the world! She seemed oblivious (probably was) so I held Billy’s jacket up in front of her and looked away while Billy redid the back of her dress.

  1. Do you think less of a bride who doesn’t wear white?

Nope not at all. I love the fact that weddings are becoming more personal and less traditional. If I was to have a wedding now, I think I might do it totally differently, although I loved our wedding.

  1. If you got married tomorrow or sometime soon, what would be in your bouquet?

I had white roses the first time around. This time I might opt for something less formal, and want more wildflowers instead.

  1. Have you ever attended a celebrity’s wedding?  (Yes, I’m looking for name droppers!)

No, sadly. I did attend a wedding at the Hotel Del Coronado, where Some Like It Hot was filmed, but alas Marilyn Monroe was long gone by then. We were at my SIL’s sister’s wedding. She had a very casual, small like less than 20 people, wedding on the beach and it was beautiful and so very her.

  1. What wedding tradition means the most to you?

Here I will be old fashioned – I like the groom not seeing the bride until the wedding.

  1. Describe your perfect wedding.

Am I my current age in this imagining? Or still in the bloom of youth? I am going to imagine I am planning a wedding now with my new loves for 24 year old me…

I would still get married in the autumn, but in the woods by candlelight would be amazing! And then I would just want it more casual, smaller, rustic boho feeling. I would not wear that headbandy thing that is in the photo though.

This was a fun walk down memory lane! And dang, we all look so young in my wedding photos! My flower girl is now a grown woman with a new baby!

22 thoughts on “10 on the 10th – June”

  1. Your wedding sounds like it was original and a lot of fun. If I could redo my wedding, I’d cut about 75% of the people I invited (my wedding was way too huge) and I’d just have a very small, personal wedding.

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  5. This was lovely! I got married at 42 in a purple wrap dress with eight people there plus us, lunch at a nice Italian place (they offered us fizzy wine; I have a photograph of the cup of tea I requested instead!) and a few more for afternoon tea – just how we wanted it.

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  6. Your dress is beautiful! Looks like everyone was having a great time. I was married in a church, I have plans to never get married again, I’m having too much fun spending time with my kids and grandkids and being able to get in the car whenever I want and go wherever I feel like going. Most of the time that’s to a new to me town or restaurant with my friends or family or to the beach.

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  7. Love your wedding pics! And I love your theme, too. That must have been so fun! My husband and I got married in the fall, outside, on our 10th anniversary together. We had it at a hall, but it was pretty casual, a Sunday brunch. I had red roses in my bouquet, which I think I would still choose today, so classic!

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  10. Joanne's avatar Joanne

    Your wedding does sound like so much fun! We threw our venue for a loop when I requested an early morning brunch; they had never heard of that before but they did a great job pulling it off. I would have had a fit if my husband had seen me before the wedding; I am very old fashioned in all those things. I also told the photographer to focus on his face first and me walking down the aisle second since I really wanted to see his reaction.

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  11. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    Erin, this was such a fun read! But, I have to know…why a New Orleans theme? I think that is such a cool idea! And, making 400 masks…I can’t imagine! Your dress was spectacular, and you look stunning in it!

    Maybe, you and Billy should have a renewal of your vows in the woods! I keep telling Mike I’d like to do that on a beach some day. Probably ought to get that planned as we are both not getting any younger!

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  12. Oh I love your photos and description of your wedding and reception! It sounds like a fun and perfect blend of traditional and uniquely you! The first time I remembered seeing photos of bridesmaids all in black, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, but it gives a very dramatic and formal flair to the photos. I also like the tradition of the groom not seeing his bride until she comes down the aisle.

    Oh, we also had a weding early in the day with the luncheon reception instead of dinner. And then we had a smaller dinner reception at a friend’s home in the evening – it was just family and some very close friends. It was more casual and really allowed us to spend time visiting with people that had come from out of town and such.

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  13. What a fun wedding you had! I love seeing the pictures and I love the New Orleans theme. We actually got married at the courthouse much to the horror of my mother but I just didn’t want to deal with a wedding!

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