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One thing I'm doing similar to my parents wedding is the BM dresses... my mom also had yellow BM dresses :) This was totally not on purpose.
Both my FH and my parents eloped the first time around, both at young ages but both are still together :) My parents re-said their vows and had a ceremony and reception when I was 5...I am having pictures of that and using my mothers jewlery in my bouquet. I also am having pictures of our parents weddings on our cake table to pay tribute :)
Cute question! I actually got to attend my mom's second marriage to my current stepdad. It was in the mid-nineties, so nothing seems outlandish--no crazy bouffants or puffed sleeves--but looking at photos, it still makes me smile. My stepdad wore a stark WHITE suit with a bright red cumberbund and tie and my mom wore a huge princessy dress. What I loved about their wedding was the fact that there were so many helping hands--friendors (friend + vendor), if you will. Everyone pitched in to help with food and decorations and I loved that. I hope our wedding will have a similar, old-fashioned feeling of community and goodwill.
my mom had pink and apple green brides maids dresses. and my dad wore a powder blue tux.
It was a second wedding for both my parents so ii twas a small affiar with immediate family, a cocktail dress, and dinner for 10. The only think I incorporated was my mom's dress. It was my getaway/after party dress and everything thought it was great!
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I haven't a clue and both my parents are gone.
My parents were dirt poor when they got married. :) My mom made her own dress (it's blue with white polka dots and lots of ruffles) and my dad bought a new vest and matching tie to go with a suit he already owned. They lived in Reno, NV at the time, so they ended up going to this "quickie" wedding chapel that cost $15 for the whole shebang! Their "wedding photo" is one of those old-time photos you can do in theme parks and whatnot; they took it the week before the wedding. My mom and dad's best friends cooked a dinner at their house for the reception, so the entire wedding cost less than $100.
After the wedding, they could only afford to go out of town for one night, to spend the night in a hotel room at a casino the next town over. They ended up playing Keno that night while eating dinner in the casino coffeshop... and they won $825! Because they won that money, my mom and dad were able to go to Napa for a week and have a real honeymoon.
I used their wedding photo (along with other family member's wedding photos) as decoration at our reception. Everyone thought the picture was really cool, but no one believed it was really my parents! I mean, they did get married almost 30 years ago... 
I blogged about it, but it was family only, simple, thrown together, and my parents didn't have to stress at all!
Although my parents are still together and happily married, their wedding is not a topic they like to talk about. Can't seem to get a straight answer but it sounds like it was a very small (like less than 10 people) affair. Both sets of grandparents did not attend, not because they did not approve but because we were very poor and weddings just wasn't a big deal.
I think this is the reason why my parents have always encouraged me to have a small wedding. They hate the materialism that is associated with weddings. Sorry mom and dad, we're going all out.
My parents wedding was adorable. They got married in my mom's parents backyard. My mom made her dress, my dad's shirt and the flower girls dresses and bonnets. She picked her bouquet from her dad's garden 5 mins before the ceremony. I love the pictures from it, they are so classic 70's (hippie 70's, not disco 70's) and they still look so timeless!
I haven't seen pictures since I was very little, but from what I remember it was a nice day for them. = )
Hah my Mom was on her second marriage, and my Dad was on his third (I believe Dad was in his 40's, mom upper 30's), so they were married in a tiny, no-frills ceremony at my Grandmother's (his Mom's) house, by a local preacher, who was had gotten toasted with my Dad and his cousin before the ceremony, so when he signed the wedding certificate, he dated it incorrectly- making me an illegitimate child...wheich I'm not, lol (born the October after their December wedding the year before)- I inquired as to why Mom and Dad didn't fix this lovely mistake and Mom just shrugged "I always kinda thought it was funny!" :P
my parents were young hippies when they got married in 1971, and since they were questioning traditions and not really into the planning, my grandmothers planned the whole thing. my mom always talks about it being this really, contentious, dramatic process. so for my parents, their actual wedding was just a formality that they did to please their parents. so when bf and i get married, i really want it to be about our relationship and us, and about bringing our families together.
and, since it was 1971, there were all sorts of hilarious details--my dad had a huge (Jew)'fro, my mom's hair was like, butt-length and straightened, and her dress and the bridesmaids' were coral-colored, flowy nightgowns! hideous :)
My parents got married at the Circus Circus in Vegas. They hired a student photographer and my mom's sister was her maid of honor. She planned it in 1 month! No, there were no "surprises" she said she just wanted it over and done with! She rented her dress and was very frugal about it (grandpa was a serviceman, so he didn't have a lot of money), then went to Hawaii for 2 weeks for their honeymoon!
My parents had only known each other for 3 months when they married. It was just the two of them, their parents and siblings, in the pastor's study. Then they had a reception at my grandmother's home with cake and punch. My mom was 18. I can't believe it -- but it's been 36 years now. Wow, I can't imagine if I were to do that.
My parents' wedding was very much a community event, and VERY 1970s. They were married in '78 in my mother's hometown, and from what I understand my mother's father and one of her older sisters arranged most of the wedding (I'm actually a little nervous that this sister, my Aunt H., will try to organize my wedding!). A family member made my mum's dress, and the bridesmaid dresses, and my dad wore a navy blue blazer with white pants. Apparently the night before the wedding he had a nightmare about his mother ironing and burning the pants! The reception was held in a local RA centre, where many of my other relatives have also had their wedding receptions. There aren't many photos from the reception, but the ones that do exist feature some sweet tissue paper bells.
An odd note about my parents' wedding is that my mum's mother wasn't in attendance. She was extremely ill and couldn't make it to the ceremony, so after my parents officially tied the knot, they and their wedding party drove down to the hospital to visit my grandma! I think the shot of everyone crowded around her bed is one of my favourite pictures from their wedding.
My parents got married in February 1968 on a Wednesday night. They planned the whole thing in less than 2 months. My mom bought her dress at a bridal shop in Hartford, CT and my aunt got her dress off the rack - all the Christmas/Valentine's colors and styles were out. They had dresses made for my 3 cousins to be flower girls.
Apparently my father was hanging out at home and my uncle looked at the time and said - um, don't you think we should be going soon? Gotta love man-time-keeping... :0)
We're having my mom's veil restored after 41 years in the attic for me to wear - yay!
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My parents were married in August 1970. My mom wore a long mint green dress (it was her second marriage) and my dad wore a suit. She carried daisies (I'm going to carry daisies). After the wedding, I believe they all went back to my grandparents for a reception. They rented a motel room for the honeymoon night and half the guests ended up in their motel room to party!
My parents got married in 1972 and had a totally flower child-hippie wedding. My mom wore a lilac dress with emboidery and an empire waist (very similar to the dress Juliet wore in the movie version of "Romeo and Juliet" from the 70's). I don't even think my dad had a suit on--maybe just a mock turtleneck and a sportcoat. They had their friends play acoustic guitar folks songs at the reception.
Yeah, we didn't use ANYTHING that my parents had at their wedding. Of course, my parents are divorced, so I'm not at all sentimental about it. But even if they were still together, I'm not sure the hippie wedding is my style. ;)
My parents got married at the courthouse with a handful of people in attendance (sound familiar?), including their parents, siblings and best friends. After, they had a little luncheon at a country-club where (i think) crepes were served.
Mr. MJ'a parents got married at the courthouse with just two witnesses in attendance. After, they had cake at a family member's house (and later a party was had for them).
Both my mom and my FMIL wore dresses they purchased at a department store. I think my mom's was linen, and his mom's was a silky pink. His mom wore a fabulous hat that matched, too. I'd probably be wearing her dress if she wasn't a whole lot more petite than I am!
I guess this courthouse thing is in our blood!
My parents married in 1981. Mom wore a simple dress with lace sleeves and dad was in a tux with bow tie and cummberbund. The bridesmaids wore dark teal polester and lace "nightgown" style dresses. The best story I've heard about their wedding was my dad's broken toe. Aparently he was playing barefoot football in the street the day before the wedding (because men think that sort of thing is okay) and broke his toe causing him some wedding day pain, mom was not impressed!
Aside from a photo, we are not planning to incorporate anything from their wedding. I may wear a headpiece from my grandmother'S wedding though.
Ooh, I love this question :) They were married in November in a large church and then had a laid back reception with tons of food and booze. At the end of the night, there was a blizzard and all my mom's family had to leave because they are farmers and they had to go get their livestock indoors!
They look really happy in the pictures, but I hated their photographer (not a good picture of them both together full body).
Totally 70s style hair and dresses. My uncle was the BM and he wore a suit he bought and it looks like red velvet, lol. But, my dad's tux was very classic and he still has it. My brother even wore it to a homecoming dance. It is a very classic style.
My parents love to tell the story about how the MOH put my mom's travel bag (containing the rings, her pantyhose and shoes and slip) ontop of her car while she was getting into it the day of the wedding, and then drove away with it still on top of the car! Needless to say, it fell off and my parents had to improvise a lot including using too large rings at the ceremony which meant they were giggling throughout the entire service. (The happy ending is that someone found it and gave it back!)
My siblings and I just recently threw them a 30th wedding anniversary party and I was able to find two pictures of them dancing (one from their wedding and one from my sister's wedding) and they haven't changed a bit! (except for hair stlye of course!)
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They got married in the church I was baptized in. It was a good sized wedding around Christmastime. And they had their reception in a place called the Crystal Palace I believe. lol The bridesmaids wore long seafoam green chiffon gowns and some had matching hats (like the kind that JLo used to wear). And my mom wore her sister's dress.
Unfortunately, my parents split up recently so I'm not going to incorporate anything they did into our wedding. I am into the seaglass/aqua color but I will avoid it for bridesmaids, I'm thinking maybe red instead. I will NOT get married around the holidays because my mom endured thirty some-odd years of a combined Christmas/Anniversary present. And I do not want to have my reception in the Crystal Palace--btw, it still exists and I hear it's really nice. I DO hope that my younger sister or my cousin use my wedding dress, if they like it.
Here's another image from my parent's wedding. Who ever thought that posing them all like that would be a good photo op?! lol
Also, I reacently came across beautiful pictures from my paternal grandparents' wedding. I won't post them all here, but if you want to see some photos for some awesome vintage inspiration go here!
http://bustables.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-year-would-have-been-65.html
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Haha these are such great stories! My parents got married in the eighties, complete with puffy sleeves and teased-up bangs. My mom was estranged from her family, and neither of them had any money, so they had two witnesses go to the church with them. My mom's dress was bought at a department store and is cotton-linen, with a lace turtleneck and sleeves. It's still hanging in my closet, actually. Afterwards my dad's parents held a small reception for them at their house.
My mom is so anti-packrat that the only thing we really have left from their wedding is her dress, so I might try to incorporate that somehow. Unfortunately she was a size 2 and I'm an 8, so that's not going to fit so well.
My parents' wedding was at the chapel at (get this) Circus Circus in Vegas. ;) They only had immediate family there, and then there is some debate over whether there was an LA reception for 75 people later (my grandmother remembers this vividly; my mom insists it never happened). I've only seen one picture--my dad with his 70s hair and big moustache; my mom in a plain white tea-length dress.
My wedding will be absolutely nothing like my parents'... and hopefully my marriage won't be, either!
My parents wedding was a very typical country bohemian wedding. Bohemian as in the region, not as in hippie. They got married right before Valentine's Day so everythingwas red & white. My mom had a very modest lace gown. I'd actually love to find something similar but with a different neckline. The men wore red cumberbunds and the only decorations were the white tissue paper bells. My mom's bouquet had red roses and white carnations with a pull out corsage for the going away. My favorite picture is one where my dad is taking off my mom's garter, of course my mom hates it. According to my mom, my dad's mother took over planning most everything. She refused to have a dance so she could avoid doing a dollar dance.
My parents didn't have much money when they got married so their wedding was held in a small ice cream restaurant! And now, after almost 30 years, they're still together and as sweet as ever
My parents got married in an outdoor ceremony about 10 miles from where I'm getting married (in an outdoor ceremony). They had a tented reception on the same property, which I'm doing, and they had a contra band (which I am NOT doing :)...With the exception of a truly hideous dress (sort of a cotton with stripes and long sleeves and a collar), my parents' wedding has been the model for my own! I love looking at their pictures, I hope mine is just as gorgeous!
so, I just realized my blog link is incorrect...if anyone is interested, sorry about that!
http://bustables.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-year-would-have-been-65.html
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Understanding that you were not in attendance
what was your parent's wedding like, based on photo albums, their stories, etc? Were they on the trends of the time?
Anything from their event that you're incorporating into your own?