http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards Tag: ceremony en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:15:16 +0000 http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/video-of-ceremony-was-lost#post-494869 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:38:05 +0000 JennC 494869@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>For reasons uncertain and unimportant, we didn't get any video of our wedding ceremony three weeks ago. I'm okay with not being able to see the video (I hate myself on camera, anyway.) The problem is that apparently my husband wasn't really in the moment during our wedding. He was counting on watching the video to remember the ceremony. I'm not sure why, but this really bothers me. For all the hassle and expense that was this wedding (a wedding which he wanted, not me,) he doesn't even remember our ceremony! He feels bad already about the loss of the video, so I can't really say any of this to him. Nothing can be changed now.&nbsp;</p> <p>Please remind yourselves and your fiances to really be in the moment during the ceremony. That's what it's all about, not the color of your tablecloths or what the centerpieces look like. It doesn't even matter what you look like, but the words that you exchange with your spouse -- that's what matters. I'm happy that I remember it, and I'm really sad that my husband doesn't.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/any-wedding-vendorbrides-in-here#post-494615 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:32:40 +0000 KLP2010 494615@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>OK, well, then I'm not truly a bride either... even though we have a priest, church, date, and photographer.... :-) &nbsp;I'll rephrase....</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Any waiting bees and/or Brides who are also wedding vendors? :-)</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/any-wedding-vendorbrides-in-here#post-494039 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:47:52 +0000 crebre80 494039@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>not a bride YET... lol so i'll revisit when i am engaged :D....</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/any-wedding-vendorbrides-in-here#post-494033 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:45:08 +0000 KLP2010 494033@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I know I can't be the only one. &nbsp;Are you a wedding vendor AND a bride? &nbsp;What are some of the highs and lows of planning your own wedding? &nbsp;I feel like we need a place as there's so many things that I think we deal with in planning our own... while taking care of our Client Brides every week....</p> <p>So... Anyone?</p> <p>What kind of vendor are you?</p> <p>When are you getting married?</p> <p>What's the best part of planning your wedding?</p> <p>What's the worst part about planning your wedding?</p> <p>Anything else?<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/gap-between-ceremony-and-reception#post-494012 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:35:09 +0000 NeliBee 494012@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>We have a time gap as well, our ceremony is from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and our reception is starting at 4:00 p.m.</p> <p>I was thinking about renting out one of the room's in my church's parish house and offering some sort of a hospitality suite for our guests where they could have tea and coffee and just relax for a bit before the reception.</p> <p>Our reception is just four blocks away from the ceremony site which isn't too bad of a walk/taxi ride.</p> <p>@honeybee, I noticed that you're also based in NYC - is either your ceremony or reception site close to a museum?</p> <p>I don't know if this is something that your guests would be interested in, but it could be fun to arrange a tour for them at the Met or something or if it's in your budget, you could rent one of those double decker tourist buses and give your guests a brief tour of the city.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/including-your-children-in-your-vows#post-493962 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:11:10 +0000 offbeat bride 493962@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>i am going to have my daughter walk me down the aisle, his be a flower girl, and vows for all of us and a unity candle.&nbsp; i think............&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/evening-or-afternoon#post-493791 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:51:53 +0000 MissAsB 493791@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>We had our ceremony start a little after 6.&nbsp; I was a bit hungry by the time we got to dinner but it wasn't terrible.&nbsp; Since people know that your wedding starts that late, they aren't going to come there starving.&nbsp; About the wedding night thing, honestly I think the two of you may be too tired to do anything that night anyway.&nbsp; If you don't have anything to do the next morning, that might be a better time because you won't be exhausted or rushed. <img src="http://boards.weddingbee.com/my-plugins/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-wink.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /></p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/evening-or-afternoon#post-493786 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:48:15 +0000 IrishbyMarriage 493786@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>We are having a morning wedding *11 am* with afternoon reception.&nbsp; We did this for a variety of reasons.&nbsp; Not so much the cost *the lunch and dinner menu at the venue is the same price except for Sunday afternoons* but because FH's family is from RI and - anywhere between 1-2 hours drive from the site and both sides of the family have very poor night drivers.&nbsp; Not to mention that it will be totally reasonable for us to have an afterparty with our siblings and bridal party and close cousins if we have an afternoon wedding.</p> <p>We are thinking of a Cruise vacation and would like to leave the day after the wedding without too much trouble and that includes not being hung over or over tired the night before.</p> <p>So our timeline is this - Ceremony at 11:00. Pictures and cocktail hour between 11:45 and 12:30. Bridal party entrance, first dance and parent dances 12:45. Lunch 1 - 1:45, Bridal party dance and other special dances 1:45 - 2. Honor Vets and Those lost 2 pm and 2:30 pm respectfully - dancing all in between and then the party goes until 4:30. Cake cutting, Bouquet toss and Garter toss at 4:00.</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/entertainment-packages-for-young-guests#post-493590 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:26:44 +0000 nicole61183 493590@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>My future sister in law made really cool gift bags for her wedding. &nbsp;They were PACKED full of stuff! &nbsp;Glow bracelets, coloring book, crayons, pencil, erasers, candy, ruler with stencils, little toys from the party favor aisle. &nbsp;The kids LOVED it! &nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/most-unique-thing-youve-ever-seen-at-a-wedding#post-493586 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:25:15 +0000 bellenga 493586@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I went to a wedding reception where the dj brought his wife..and she was a singer.&nbsp; She jumped into the crowd, began working the crowd and sang old standards/requests for a bit and I think the&nbsp;couple who got married were flabbergasted by it and looked honestly&nbsp;horrified.</p> <p>think vegas lounge singer wife taking requests.</p> <p>It was horror-tastic!&nbsp; So bad it was almost awesome.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>I remember thinking to myself..wtf?&nbsp; Did she just walk out onto the dance floor and start singing with a cordless mike?<img src="http://boards.weddingbee.com/my-plugins/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-surprised.gif" alt="Surprised" title="Surprised" /></p>