We are getting our marriage blessed in my faith on the one year anniversary of our elopement! We are both students at Virginia Commonwealth University and... View More
We are getting our marriage blessed in my faith on the one year anniversary of our elopement! We are both students at Virginia Commonwealth University and met in class! I am Greek Orthodox and getting married in my hometown! Can you tell I'm excited??!!
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2505 days agoHey brides-to-be! I am Greek Orthodox so I will be doing a completely different service than the American norm. We will be doing the whole service in Ancient Greek and I won't be walking down the aisle as we meet at the back of the church with the...
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2505 days agoMy FH has been slightly involved. He tells me when he wants something (like he wants mason jars as peoples cups and he wants to dance to We Are Family when we walk into the reception) but for the most part, he tells me to just plan my perfect wedding...
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2506 days agoI am bringing my last bridesmaid to try on dresses today! I was initially going to have all of the bridesmaids wear the same dress but two out of four of them didn’t like how they looked in it so I decided to let the other two pick out one that made...
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2507 days agoFor my wedding, I will be wearing two separate dresses! I will wear my big a-line gown to the ceremony and for my first dance and dance with my dad but afterwards I am changing into a slim white dress! What are you wearing? One or two? What do they...
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2508 days agoI am meeting with the bakery again soon and I am getting so excited to try out all of the flavors! My FH and I aren't very fond of normal cake so we are doing a small cheesecake (12") for us and our wedding party and a bunch of donuts for everybody...
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2508 days agoMost of the weddings I have been to or heard about are on the weekends but my wedding is actually on our first anniversary of being eloped which happens to land on a Tuesday! Most people who are invited were confused as to why we are doing a Tuesday...
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2508 days agoMy reception venue is providing chairs for us but the chairs are the normal bland chairs and I can't afford to rent Chiavari chairs or anything like that. The wedding is fairly formal but it does have a playful touch which is why I think I could just...
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2508 days agoOur wedding will be in two separate places because I am Greek orthodox so our ceremony will be at a small Orthodox chapel in my hometown! It is super cute and will be decorated with very light colored flowers, mostly white roses and baby's breath!...
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2509 days agoI am a budget bride for sure. I am saving every last penny I can because frankly, I don't have a lot of pennies! Most of my bridesmaids are in the same predicament. They are all my friends from college and we are all struggling students. I offered to...
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2509 days agoMy FH and I still haven't decided on going on a honeymoon or not. It's very expensive and I don't really enjoy traveling very much. How did you decide where you wanted to go and how much did it actually cost? If we do go on a honeymoon, I want to...
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2509 days agoI just realized that I had never posted my engagement photos! We got engaged on October 3rd, 2018 and it was a huge surprise to me! We were walking home after class (both college students) and he stopped me in the middle of the quad (where we met a...
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2561 days agoWhile planning, I have always taken the cheaper way out. I am paying $0 for my venue as my dad is a priest and is friends with the priest of the church we wanted to get married at. My sister is also in culinary school and will be doing our...
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2561 days agoMy fiancee and I are getting married in Bangor on November 5th, 2019! I've had a tough time finding good vendors in the Bangor area and have had to pay so many travel fees for vendors in Portland, Augusta and Bar Harbor. Anybody else have this...