What is your dream wedding?

[WebLady]

Did you ever dream as a child about what your wedding would be like? Did the dream change as you got older? Are you getting your dream wedding? (Or did you get it)

Just curious.

For me, I remember when I was younger I wanted to have the day where I felt like a princess for a day but as I grew the dream changed. As an adult, my dream wedding was to get married on a private beach (preferably in Hawaii, but I would have settled for any beach) at sunset and barefooted. I had it all planned out and saw the pictures in my head too ... there would have been mixed rose petals scattered on the beach for the aisle, those tiki touch thingy's. I would wear this little flowy ivory sun dress kind of thing with flowers in my hair and my groom would wear an ivory linen suit ... it would have been wonderful. There would just be us, no one else (well, and the photographer and the minister). Then we would honeymoon at a nearby hotel.

Well, due to money issues, I didn't exactly get that :( We had a nice simple wedding in our living room. Yeah if I had more money I would have done a little more, but all in all I am satisfied. With the same circumstances I would do the same again. I am happy to be married to my wonderful husband and I look forward to growing old with him and sharing a wonderful life together.

DH and I have talked about renewing our vows and doing a little ceremony on the beach on our 5 or 10 year anniversary, who knows if that will happen, but here is hoping ;)

[Jenn060306]

I never really dreamt about getting married when i was little. I really had no idea what i wanted until just recently. When we started talking about getting married i thought a flowy dress would be really pretty and with my hair down and really long. When i actually got to looking at dresses the one i thought was neat didn't really suit my body so well. And i cut my hair all off so it wouldn't have been the same.
The wedding we are planning is what i would consider my dream wedding. But i really have days when i wish i could just run away to mexico and have a really small family wedding there!

[CindySue]

I didnt really think about my wedding either. Even when I got married the 1st time, I couldnt picture a wedding. I didnt really want one this time. While I didnt want to do the JP thing again, a nice, intimate destination wedding would have suited me perfectly. Brian wanted me to have a wedding since I havent had one. I didnt want the hassle. Ihad a hard time trying to take something I didnt want and turn it into sometime I like. We have kept it VERY small so thats good. I like the idea of it being in front of our immediate family only. Slowly this wedding has become something Im taking great pride in. Ive done 90% of it by myself using ideas I have gotten from the wonderful ladies in here. Am I having my dream wedding? I guess I am because I never could see myself actually planning a wedding and here I am, doing just that.

[CarlosHoney]

The wedding bug didn't bite until I met Carlo. That's why I know that we are meant to be, however sappy/romantic/corny that sounds. My vision has changed, and when I started planning I had no idea what I wanted. I surfed wedding planning sites for over a year before we really talked about it.

I really wanted to get married. I don't know why, exactly. I just did. Now that it's happening, I'm very happy with it all. The original dress that I wanted was very different than the one I'm getting. And I wanted to get married in Austin instead of San Antonio in the beginning. And, way back then, Elias was just a twinkle in my eye.

I guess after seeing all of the Disney movies as a kid it's ingrained in me to get married. I went through a Charlotte (sex and the City) phase of being all but obsessed with getting married. Our engagement story is similar to hers. I asked, he said okay. No ring involved..

But, I know that I couldn't have been happier with the way things have turned out, and that I don't want to be with anyone else but Carlo.

[LaceyinPgh]

I never really dreamed too much about my wedding. I never really thought about getting married until the last coupld of years. By that time I was too busy to just dream about something that might or might not take place. So when I finally did start to plan a wedding it was made clear by both sets of parents with Sean's backing that we would have a traditional wedding. There was no question about it. I was fine with that. I know that most of the work would fall on my to do but whatever. Now that I am planning this thing though I realize that a big traditional wedding really isn't me. I would much rather be off in the Greek Isles or the the South of France at some quaint little church getting married with just Sean and I there. But that is selfish of me beacuse I am the only one who feels that way. Being an only child and Sean an only son I am kind of stuck with our parents wanting to show off some.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Originally I wanted the big cowboy country wedding. I wanted horses and cowboy hats and wranglers! I wanted to have the best dang country wedding anyone had been to...then I met my now DH and we had the fancy, traditional yet non-traditional wedding. We married in his parents back yard...well hangar, because the weather sucked! We took pictures under the biggest tree in the back yard. We drove half an hour in our Ford SUV limo and we partyed! The only thing I didn't like about our wedding was the fact that we were both sick!! lol!! But all in all, I got exactly what I wanted!! Espicially with my dress!!

[Kacie_bride]

I dreamed a lot about my wedding since the time I was very young. I remember at Girl Scout camp I brought a Bride's magazine along and taped pictures of what my wedding dress would look like around my bed area. I wanted a horse drawn carrage, a big poofy princess dress with a lot of sequins and lace, and a huge event with lots of people.

Well I still kinda want a pretty big and traditional event. I wanted to get married in a church, but the church we go to is to small for our guests so our pastor is coming to our site. We are getting married at a wilderness resort in their banquet room and having the reception there as well. It is wooden inside like a cabin, but an upscale looking cabin. It is also huge so there is plenty of room. Right now our guest list is around 300, but we are trying to cut it down some. I think I would like to invite around 200-250.

Even though it is not in a church I still want it to be a very religous event. I'm even considering having a short sermon. I am for sure that I want some of my family to read from the Bible.

My dress is not a princess style, but it still has beads and lace. It is a halter top and is totally beautiful. It fits my personal style. In fact it was the second dress I tried on and after trying on many more I went back to it.

We are having a band at the reception and we are having fajitas, beer, wine, and champagne. Our colors are red and silver and we are having a Winter Wonderland theme. Beyond that I don't really know all that much. We have started looking for decorations and have bought a few.

We also are honeymooning in Jamaica. I would have rather gone to a ski resort or something, but Justin has never been to the Carribean, and I have been to there and to a few ski resorts. So it is only fair that we go to the Carribean. But hey I don't think that's shabby at all because I love the Carribean!

[rainbowtreat]

Well I too was never one to dream about my wedding day as a child. I married when I was about 23 to my high school sweet heart. I wanted the traditional church wedding with all the traditional things that are included in a wedding. But now that I have found the man I am supposed to be with the whole wedding thing has changed some. It is a very simply JP ceramony in my sister's door yard. We are still having the gown and the tux but we are doing things our way. We just want to be married. Yes I am having fun planning this wedding and can't wait for the party after wards, I would have been just as happy running off and getting married. But for the sake of his family and him being an only child I opted to have a small wedding "OUR" way. As I want the garter toss and the bouquet toss things like the cake are not the usual. We are havign a cupcake cake.

So all and all, I am having my dream wedding...... I am marry the best man in the world ( to me that is lol ) who loves me more then anything, and all my closest friends will be there with me. That means alot to me. My kids are haivng a big part in this and that means alot to me as well. My mom is giving me away. She is the only one who has been there for everything bad and good. I can't wait to walk down the aisle with her.

So yes I guess you can say I am having my dream wedding. I may not have dreamt it as a child but I wouldnt want it any other way.

[usahgrad]

When I was little, I used to dress one of my Barbie's in a Doilie my father made before he died. The way I put it on her made her look like she had a lacey top with a big poofy lacey skirt. That was my dream dress. And for as long as I can remember I wanted to get married outside in my barefeet with my family members and the man of my dreams. But that was it. No big details, no size requirements. I always thought I'd be married in a Catholic ceremony but that's because I was raised a Catholic and that's a sacrament, it wasn't because I wanted it, it was because that's how my family did things.

Well, the dress doesn't have any lace on it at all and my mother insisted upon shoes (because where else would I put my sixpence?) I won with the outdoor wedding, which I wanted more than a Catholic wedding and when those two details began to conflict with each other I laid down the law. Now, the only thing that will keep me from getting married outside will be the weather, which I'm hoping won't be a problem (but I found a really beautiful picture taken in the rain, so it wouldn't be the end of the world and there's a beautiful fireplace in the reception hall if the ceremony has to be indoors).

My only other preference was to have my veil over my face the entire ceremony. Call it the hopeless romantic in me, but I can't wait for that moment when the priest says you may now kiss your bride and Jason raises my veil to kiss me.

Am I having my dream wedding? Well, I am marrying a man who not only is totally dreamy, but also wants to help me acheive all my dreams...so yes, I am having my dream wedding, even if it makes me want to pull all my hair out and then run off to Vegas to elope...the bald elopement pictures would make for a great story!

[dee177]

I never ever thought about being a bride or my wedding when I was little, In fact, the thought of weddings would scare the living daylights out of me right until the point that my boyfriend proposed. then I just had really confused thoughts as to what actually goes into planning a wedding day. But I think im just about getting there now.

[ikkin510]

Like a lot of you, I never dreamed of my wedding day when I was little. I never started thinking about it until FH and I were seriously talking about marriage. My dream wedding, would be on a beach with just close friends/family. FH's dream wedding (he is big on the planning so I have to include this!) is a huge event with everyone he knows. So we compromised and are having a smaller wedding with all our family and close friend. The guest list is about 130 people. Then we will be going somewhere when I can spend lots of time on the beach for our honeymoon.