I really do! And not just for myself. In the process of figuring details out for my own wedding, I've planned about 10 other weddings in my head. Maybe I should be a wedding planner... but then again, I think I would get very frustrated with some of the choices people might make.
Right now I'm most excited about my flower girl dresses and the ceremony music! My mom sent me fabric samples for the flower girl dresses because I'm actually kind of designing the dresses myself... I say dresses because I'm having TWO flower girls. I decided one wasn't enough. Okay, actually I saw a picture in Billy Grubbs studio of two little Asian girls walking down the aisle together and I immediately thought, "I'll be having two flower girls in my wedding, thank you very much." Anyway, after looking at hundreds of flower girl dresses, I basically decided I hated all of them and for some reason, I need to love the flower girl dresses. Maybe its because I was never a flower girl, and I always wanted to wear some kind of pretty, frufru dress, and walk down an aisle daintily throwing petals. So now I'm taking my flower girl frustrations out on making sure the flower girls look perfect. #Flowergirlcomplexat22.
So, I'm having the dresses made by a friend of the family who use to make wedding dresses. This friend of the family is also taking my wedding dress from a size 8 down to a size whatever-the-heck-dress-size-I-am. So she's amazing.
The little girl looking at the camera is wearing the dress that is similar to what I want for my flower girls. The skirt will be that length, but a little less full and the sash will be the same color and material as the bridesmaids gowns. The sleeves are 3/4 length (This is a winter wedding after all) and there will be lace that hangs off the end sort of resembling dresses in the 18th century. Think, Felicity, if you happened to ever receive an American Girl magazine.
As for the music! Well, I'm not going to spoil ALL the fun. All I'm going to say is that I'm so so so excited about the song I'm using to walk down the aisle. It's an SATB choral arrangement composed by Eric Whitacre. The movement, timbre, dynamics, words, and basically everything about the first 53 seconds of the song, is exactly the way I feel about walking down the aisle to spend the rest of my life with Matthew Castleman as his wife.
The music the bridal party is walking down the isle to is also perfect, in my opinion. It's soft, it's delicate, it's a classical piece, and it reminds me of snow lightly falling on a beautiful wintry day. Yes, that's right, it's the Leanne Rhymes version of "Let it Snow."
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No it's not. I would never. It is a classical piece though, and it does have a wintry, elegant feel to it. Both of the songs kind of have to have a slower pace because, unlike Kate Middleton, I don't have five minutes of Abby to walk down. It's actually the one draw back about the chapel in Crossroads. I would like a longer aisle. Oh well, I'm forcing everyone to keep it at about .05MPH.
I'm still looking for music for the lighting of the unity candle. I don't know if that's just a Catholic thing or not, but I like it, so I'm doing it.
As for the recessional (is that the right word?) music... the music that Me, Matt, and the rest of the bridal party walk back down the aisle to... Well, it's going to be great. I'll just say that.
YAY! I actually listened to all the songs while I was typing this and it got me even more excited. It's a little more than six months away! YES!!!
Right now I'm most excited about my flower girl dresses and the ceremony music! My mom sent me fabric samples for the flower girl dresses because I'm actually kind of designing the dresses myself... I say dresses because I'm having TWO flower girls. I decided one wasn't enough. Okay, actually I saw a picture in Billy Grubbs studio of two little Asian girls walking down the aisle together and I immediately thought, "I'll be having two flower girls in my wedding, thank you very much." Anyway, after looking at hundreds of flower girl dresses, I basically decided I hated all of them and for some reason, I need to love the flower girl dresses. Maybe its because I was never a flower girl, and I always wanted to wear some kind of pretty, frufru dress, and walk down an aisle daintily throwing petals. So now I'm taking my flower girl frustrations out on making sure the flower girls look perfect. #Flowergirlcomplexat22.
So, I'm having the dresses made by a friend of the family who use to make wedding dresses. This friend of the family is also taking my wedding dress from a size 8 down to a size whatever-the-heck-dress-size-I-am. So she's amazing.
The little girl looking at the camera is wearing the dress that is similar to what I want for my flower girls. The skirt will be that length, but a little less full and the sash will be the same color and material as the bridesmaids gowns. The sleeves are 3/4 length (This is a winter wedding after all) and there will be lace that hangs off the end sort of resembling dresses in the 18th century. Think, Felicity, if you happened to ever receive an American Girl magazine.
As for the music! Well, I'm not going to spoil ALL the fun. All I'm going to say is that I'm so so so excited about the song I'm using to walk down the aisle. It's an SATB choral arrangement composed by Eric Whitacre. The movement, timbre, dynamics, words, and basically everything about the first 53 seconds of the song, is exactly the way I feel about walking down the aisle to spend the rest of my life with Matthew Castleman as his wife.
The music the bridal party is walking down the isle to is also perfect, in my opinion. It's soft, it's delicate, it's a classical piece, and it reminds me of snow lightly falling on a beautiful wintry day. Yes, that's right, it's the Leanne Rhymes version of "Let it Snow."
....
No it's not. I would never. It is a classical piece though, and it does have a wintry, elegant feel to it. Both of the songs kind of have to have a slower pace because, unlike Kate Middleton, I don't have five minutes of Abby to walk down. It's actually the one draw back about the chapel in Crossroads. I would like a longer aisle. Oh well, I'm forcing everyone to keep it at about .05MPH.
I'm still looking for music for the lighting of the unity candle. I don't know if that's just a Catholic thing or not, but I like it, so I'm doing it.
As for the recessional (is that the right word?) music... the music that Me, Matt, and the rest of the bridal party walk back down the aisle to... Well, it's going to be great. I'll just say that.
YAY! I actually listened to all the songs while I was typing this and it got me even more excited. It's a little more than six months away! YES!!!
Isle: (noun) A small island.
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I really hope this wasn't a typo and we're going to have a small island in our ceremony! #gobigorgohome
I don't know what you're talking about.
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