Ohio12 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 The mom looking for wedding dresses for dd got me curious about everyone's dress! I will have to scan mine in (pre-digital pics) but I will post tomorrow. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deece in MN Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I can't post a photo, but it wouldn't help anyway. My dh and I wore white t-shirts with pink & silver hearts embroidered on the upper left side with Bride on mine and Groom on his. I wore white jeans and my dh wore blue jeans. We got married here: http://www.chapeloflove.com/ It was the two of us and two friends of ours who were there as witnesses. Anyway, not what you are looking for, but I like sharing. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio12 Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Very cool "Chapel of Love" mom! Can't wait to see the other replies. Do you not have any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deece in MN Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Very cool "Chapel of Love" mom! Can't wait to see the other replies. Do you not have any pictures? Yes, I do have pictures (I have to find them), so I should not have said "can't post". I should have said that if I get the ambition to dig the pictures out and scan them, then I could post one. :) I may have to go find them, though they really are not good pictures of me. It was fun to get married there. We didn't tell anyone until after we were married (family included). They all took it fairly well, though one of my aunts tried convincing my mom that she should be mad at me for doing that. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have this one uploaded and I think you can see it well enough. I paid $300 for it, that was in 1994. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My aunt made my dress. I window shopped bridal magazines to choose all the different parts (skirt, bodice, sleeves, etc.) and she put it all together. That's my dad and my son walking me down the aisle. And the goofy grin on my face? I'd just spotted the man with whom I will spend the rest of my life. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 This was my 2nd wedding dress. When I got the proofs back from my wedding portraits, I hated the first. So I found a seamstress who said she could remake it for me and she told me to meet her at a local bridal shop where she was schedule to do some measurements for alterations. While there I found a used dress that I totally loved. So I sold my ugly dress on consignment through that store, and bought the one I loved. It was a good decision. The first one had so much fabric you could hardly find me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Uh, I will need to get my scanner hooked up. But, I will try to do that tomorrow evening & find a pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Crissy, you're so tall! You look just gorgeous. I love that your dad and son walked you down the aisle. Very sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylaw Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 This is the only one I have uploaded. I bought this dress at TJ Maxx for under $50.00. We got married 2 weeks after a positive pregnancy test. :) I was 19, he was 20 (barely). Were still together and happier than ever. This July will be 12 years. We did get married in the Catholic Church 2 years later but it was a very small, simple ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Beautiful! I really love the headpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylaw Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Here's a better one of the actual dress. I think it was around $30. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 with the usual scarf with gold trim. That was with the ex. This time I married in a kuttar salvar of yellow, but it was what I worked in, and was draped with a stethescope over lunch hour in the sunny window outside the cath lab....on Halloween. Kiddo was a baby dressed as a pumpkin. We married once the marriage penalty tax was dropped. Alas, I have given up the kuttar salvars.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Here is the pix we had enlarged and framed. I am not sure if you will be able to access it or not: http://www.scrapbookpictures.com/AlbumView.jsp And here are three more. One is a full-length view, the other a close-up of my husband and I, and the other a close-up of my son (whom I inherited by marriage -- he's now almost 18) and I. Photobucket will not allow me to edit the size right now. The dress was $400, my husband and I made the bridal and bridesmaid's bouquets. It was a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Today - (well yesterday) is my 18th wedding anniversary. Here's a link to a picture of our wedding. I loved my dress - It was ivory damask over a layer of pale pink silk. I was baptized in pink as an infant, had pink ribbons on my first communion dress and was married in pink (yes, I know, smack dab in the middle of Lent, but we were rebels then - it's all ok now) Not a great picture of the dress, but I'll have the new printer scanner up tomorrow if you want a better one. I guess it's old enough now to be considered "retro," huh? ;) http://www.thefoilhat.com/insidethefoilhatblog.htm?blogentryid=1328898 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 It isn't a great scan. Sorry gals. It is the best I can do. I was 21 and fresh out of college. DH was 25. It will be 13 years ago in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 You are all BEAUTIFUL! Oh, my!! I know I uploaded a picture from my wedding at some point, but I can't find it now. Will try tomorrow. I spent $500 on the dress, and loved every penny of it. Then we had a small ceremony in my parents' back yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 You're going to have to tilt your head sideways - it's too late to figure that part out. Sorry. I loved my wedding dress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I made my dress. My mom ripped it apart for me & remade it. Materials alone, at cost (I worked at Hancock's), were around $200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina in WA Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Dawn, Do I see rubies in your wedding ring? If so, I too have rubies in mine. :) Seeing all these pictures makes me want to get my pictures out and share. No scanner though... Hum wonder if taking a picture would work. :D What a neat thread. :) You all look wonderful! ~Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandpsmommy Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Jenniferslost, I love your dress! It is very much like the one my twin sister wore at her wedding. So elegant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I am so...not a wedding dress kinda gal. This is bad of me, I know, but most wedding dresses make me laugh; I have to be very careful when I go to weddings.;) Although I must say I've seen some really classy ones of late ~ one of which was actually worn by the bride's mother when she was married in the early 60s. Very simple, very Jackie Kennedy. Loved it. As for me, I was married in a civil ceremony at high noon in the midst of a ski day in the Swiss Alps. A few days later, we had a party at a castle in Luzern, where I wore a floor-length, black Donna Karan dress ~ gorgeous, simple but elegant. Then we had a party the next month at a hotel in Seattle where I also wore that dress. It's the kind of thing that never goes out of style and it fits me better now than it did then (I was five months pregnant when we were married).:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My dress is so 1980's (think Fergie) and I hated the veil, but here it is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 ...when I saw that, I was instantly serenaded by Air Supply. "Lost in love and I don't know much...":D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I just noticed "RN student"! I have been an RN for just a year. Now at Hospice and loving it. Congrats on school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 What a great thread. I like some of you even more now - silly I know - because you were pregnant in your weddings. One of the first things some people ask when they find out I am pregnant is if I will marry him. This time around I am fine being "an unwed mother." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomofSeven Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm not one to be all sentimental about "things", but I really have a strange attachment to my wedding dress. It was all satin, no lace, no frills. It fell off the shoulders (which was very popular at the time). It had very subtle beading of catalillies over the bust down across the bodice. It was full and made my waist look so tiny (bonus). I've since had it preserved hoping that someday one of my girls will wear it. If not, perhaps it could be sewn into a baby dedication dress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm not sure how to post a pic, so here is a photobucket link. I put up three pics, two of me and one of my sweetie:001_smile:. My dress was very 80's! I wish I had a better view of the back. The back was open almost down to the waist with three rows of pearls draping across the open part and a large satin flower at the waist back that the dress bustled up under. I thought I was going to go "simple", but then I fell in love with this one. We celebrated our 20th anniversary last August :D Wedding Dress Pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothicGyrl Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Themed Wedding--Victorian/Goth. My dress was $80 at Hot Topic, we rented his costume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Karen, it looks like we shopped at the same 80's bridal store! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Karen, it looks like we shopped at the same 80's bridal store! LOL, I was thinking the same thing! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Lovely! Carrying a bouquet of daisies I see.;) Isn't it fun to see how young everyone looks! Egads, mine was twenty years ago!!! Scary to think about how long it's been. I still have my dress. It doesn't fit anymore though:001_huh:. Actually, it doesn't even fit my 19 year old dd. I was very skinny back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 It is a Jessica by Gunne Sax dress, bought off a bridal store clearance rack, 1982. :001_smile: I don't know how to post anything but thumbnails, so you'll have to click on the picture for a larger version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristineIN Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Here's mine, kind of hard to see, think Karen's but with Shorter sleeves... this was July/95, I think I paid around $500, I can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 What a georgeous picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My dress was beautiful, and just my style. Unfortunately I hate it to this day. I was dirt poor, and had always planned to make my own dress. A friend insisted that SHE make the dress--it was awkward, and I felt very trapped. I honestly tried to feel grateful for what she wanted to do for me, and for the work I therefore would not have to do. Unfortunately those grateful feelings were very, very difficult to maintain as my friend was exceedingly insecure about making a wedding dress. It never occurred to me that she would struggle in this way as she was a very, very experienced seamstress. There were a LOT of weird conversations and difficulties, and everything came to a head over two issues: (1) She would NOT alter the dress to fit me. It was too large. Even my dh noticed on our wedding day. (2) She made a really, really major mistake. We could fix the mistake, but she couldn't talk about it. Any and all attempts to just talk about the mechanics of fixing it resulted in her blowing up. A different friend of mine ended up fixing it for me, dear woman. The other problem was that I asked a different friend to put the lace on. She was artistic, and I knew she would make it look exactly right. She did do a gorgeous job, but she procrastinated. It was weeks before my wedding and she still hadn't started. We had a terrible, knock-down, drag-out fight. She wouldn't surrender the dress back to me to get someone else to do it, and she wouldn't start the work either. She doesn't know that I know, but she ended up corralling other friends to help her in a marathon sewing session. The dress was finished in the wee hours of the morning just before my wedding. NIGHTMARE. I have vowed never, ever to put anyone through what my two friends did. I have since sewn wedding dresses for my college roommate and for my sister, and in both cases I made DARNED SURE the dress was completed well ahead of time, and that it was altered until the bride was TOTALLY happy with the fit. Both my sister and my roommie were very grateful, and they both looked beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneJ Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I still like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 This is the world's dumbest pose (who in hades meditates on their engagement ring? please!), but it shows the dress detail pretty well: And here's the whole thing: It was Stephen's mother's dress. I just loved it--it was prettier than anything I could have bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Well, I don't know whether that worked or not. Guess I'll see when I finish posting, huh? [Edit: Okay, the picture didn't post. Sorry.] Assuming the photo does come through, you can see my dress, It was green velvet, not quite as dark as it looks here. And I was pretty proud of the cake, too. --Jenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Dawn, Do I see rubies in your wedding ring? If so, I too have rubies in mine. No rubies. It must be a reflection from something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylaw Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Thanks for the encouragement. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I really loved the clinicals on oncology. But now I'm doing OB and I'm loving that too. I'm still crying everyday lol but these tears are different. There's a lot more "happy" to balance out the sad. KWIM? I think hospice is incredibly special and spiritual it's something I'm definitely considering. I absolutely love every minute of clinicals. Everyday is so different and exciting. I don't graduate until May of 09 so I still have a long way to go. I just keep telling my self just two and a half more semesters.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Here's a look at my JCP outlet special, circa October 1992. I think we paid 300.00 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticamethyst Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I must say you all look fab in your dresses. I cannot post any of mine, I didn't have one. I knew dh 2 weeks before we got married, ours was a very quick trip to marriage. We met at tech. school in the Air Force, got seperated for a few months ended up at the same duty station, I got discharged for medical reasons, nothing bad; fear of blood and needles and was made a medic. Anyway, we saw each other at a bar ended up spending the next 2 weeks I guess getting to know each other. He came home from work and said let's get married, so we went to the court house and got married. That was 16 years and 4 children ago, so no dress but I love looking at yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm not sure if I'm doing this picture thing right, but here's an attempt. This is the only wedding photo I have scanned at the moment. It's poorly cut out and there must have been dust on the photo and scanner. My aunt made the dress. It cost $100 in material. It's a very simple dress with no train or veil. I didn't have contacts at the time and did not wear my glasses for the ceremony. Everything looked very fuzzy because I'm so nearsighted. I was scared to death that my heels were going to sink into the grass and I'd go flying. How do you like dh's mullet and mustache?:ohmy: Okay, that's not working. Go here to see the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 This is the world's dumbest pose (who in hades meditates on their engagement ring? please!), but it shows the dress detail pretty well: And here's the whole thing: It was Stephen's mother's dress. I just loved it--it was prettier than anything I could have bought. Nope. Absolutely gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothicGyrl Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 If any of you kind hearted laides want to contribute to my artistic talents, please send me a good sized photo of you in your wedding dress to electricbarbarella@verizon.net. I've already sent a PM to Pari, asking for her "dumbest post" (so not) photo..;) Of course, these won't be sold, these are just for variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My dress was beautiful, and just my style. Unfortunately I hate it to this day. I was dirt poor, and had always planned to make my own dress. A friend insisted that SHE make the dress--it was awkward, and I felt very trapped. I honestly tried to feel grateful for what she wanted to do for me, and for the work I therefore would not have to do. Unfortunately those grateful feelings were very, very difficult to maintain as my friend was exceedingly insecure about making a wedding dress. It never occurred to me that she would struggle in this way as she was a very, very experienced seamstress. There were a LOT of weird conversations and difficulties, and everything came to a head over two issues: (1) She would NOT alter the dress to fit me. It was too large. Even my dh noticed on our wedding day. (2) She made a really, really major mistake. We could fix the mistake, but she couldn't talk about it. Any and all attempts to just talk about the mechanics of fixing it resulted in her blowing up. A different friend of mine ended up fixing it for me, dear woman. The other problem was that I asked a different friend to put the lace on. She was artistic, and I knew she would make it look exactly right. She did do a gorgeous job, but she procrastinated. It was weeks before my wedding and she still hadn't started. We had a terrible, knock-down, drag-out fight. She wouldn't surrender the dress back to me to get someone else to do it, and she wouldn't start the work either. She doesn't know that I know, but she ended up corralling other friends to help her in a marathon sewing session. The dress was finished in the wee hours of the morning just before my wedding. NIGHTMARE. I have vowed never, ever to put anyone through what my two friends did. I have since sewn wedding dresses for my college roommate and for my sister, and in both cases I made DARNED SURE the dress was completed well ahead of time, and that it was altered until the bride was TOTALLY happy with the fit. Both my sister and my roommie were very grateful, and they both looked beautiful. My mom was still sewing on mine as the music began for me to walk down the aisle.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in SC Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 That's my dad and my son walking me down the aisle. Crissy, wasn't it your dad who helped with your kitchen remodel? I had to grin looking at your picture because, if you'll remember, my dad is assisting us in all of our remodel. Your picture just reminded me all the more just how special he is to me. When we got married (18 years ago), I had to make a tough decision between inviting my natural father to walk me down the aisle, or my "step dad", aka "Daddy". "Daddy" is the one who worked two jobs for as long as I can remember to provide for his family including 3 daughters, two of which were not his biological daughters. He was the one who was there for all the fender benders, broken hearts, etc, etc and, yep, you guessed it, he's the one I *had* to invite to walk me down the aisle! As you already know, he's also the one who's *still* there today - as we speak, he is painting and staining shoe moulding for the old house as we prep it for the market!:001_wub: Thanks for the memory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinMominTX Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 We eloped to Acapulco, Mexico and got married there by the local judge. The bell boy, the photographer and the cross dressing hotel "wedding coordinator" were our only witnesses. We got married outside our room overlooking Acapulco Bay. I went shoppig for my wedding dress at lunch from work. I had an idea in my head of what I wanted, walked into the store, found it right away and bought it - all within about 30 minutes. It was very simple in the front - an a tiny bit more ornate in the back (you might be able to get a little glimpse from the pic. I am so happy we eloped. I recommend it to everyone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in SC Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Karen, it looks like we shopped at the same 80's bridal store! Hee, Hee, you guys haven't seen mine yet. (I'm out of town with no access to my picture). I'd be right there with you (married 1989)! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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