Ok, there’s a theme this week, I couldn’t help myself! It’s Crazy Themed Weddings.
I bet you know of at least one couple who have included something Star Wars in their wedding.
If you’re a big Star Wars fan, then your wedding day is going to have to be May the fourth (get it)!
These couples got really into it! I love Darth Vadar Dad!!
Check out more here:
Star Wars nerd marries Star Trek geek
Equal Part Geek, Equal Part Chic
Ok, so we all heard about the Pastafarian wedding… here are some more unique themes – and they don’t involve monsters, pirates or pasta!
Did you see the news tonight? I’m an Independent Marriage Celebrant meaning I believe couples should celebrate their marriage in the way they want, but I’m just not sure what to think about this.
While I was marrying a gorgeous couple in a very traditional church with a beautifully touching ceremony some crazy couple in NZ were being married on a pirate ship, dressed as pirates and wearing colanders of spaghetti – all in the name of a ridiculous satirical ‘religion’ called the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster with followers dubbed Pastafarians.
I’m all for a good pirate wedding and would love to officiate one, however when the registrar general can grant this non-traditional sect an official celebrant – and not allow Ratafari or Jedi to become celebrants, it’s just not cool.
The main thing is this couple expressed their personalities and love in the way they wanted to (which is what every wedding I perform is like – except my couples don’t need outrageous costumes or cooked pasta to celebrate their love and commitment to one another)!
Wouldn’t you love to be married by Chewbacca, Yoda and Princess Leia?!
May the force be with you.
Not all of us want to, or have a budget, to spend on a $5000 wedding gown. And saving money by ordering online direct from China is pretty risky (as I sadly discovered myself).
So I’m excited to say last week, Swedish fast fashion retailer H&M launched its first ever bridal collection. Prices for the wedding dresses, which are part of the retailer’s “Conscious Exclusive” collection and made from organic fabrics, start at just $269. The most you will pay is $599. The pic is of the H&M range and it looks like there’s something for everyone (my fave is the one on the far right).
The launch of the affordable wedding gowns, comes just weeks after fellow fast fashion giant ASOS launched its first bridal collection to the Australian market. Prices for ASOS’ wedding gowns, which include full-length and knee-skimming varieties, start from as little as $137.
Plus NZ label moochi offer some very simple and elegant bridesmaids gowns – which could be customised as a wedding dress too.
Remember there’s always Wedding Buy or Sell New Zealand – find them on facebook.
Happy Shopping!
I’ve been trying to convince My Darling to get a tattoo on our ring fingers. Apparently it hurts like crazy so we’ve been too chicken.
But I have been doing my research and I love these designs.
Which is your favourite?
We all know that most celebrity marriages do not last, but we can be sure of one thing: stunning bridal gowns. And Elizabeth Taylor had quite a few. This is just one of them!
The Hollywood darling was known for her many marriages but we will always remember her first with Conrad Nicky Hilton in 1950. Her satin gown was made with a romantic lace top and a beautiful sweeping skirt that looked divine on the then-18-year-old Elizabeth. The gown cost $1,500 which at that time was considered quite expensive.
♥ She Doesn’t Leave the House Without her Wedding Planning Folder
♥ She’s Been Campaigning for a Husband
♥ She Asked for a Better Engagement Ring
♥ Her Birthday is a Declared Holiday
♥ She Throws Crying Fits Often
♥ She Already Has her Dress
♥ She Thinks She Could Do a Better Job than her Professional Vendors
♥ She Micromanages Everything
♥ She Wants Several Outfit Changes
♥ She Loves the Sound of her Own Voice
For the full report check out rantchick.com
And that’s the believable part. But through every season’s twists and turns, just when we find ourselves scratching our heads at Sookie’s loyalty and attraction to Bill, he’ll find a way to redeem himself, at least temporarily. We can’t pretend to know where their story is headed, but this supernatural super couple (played by real-life married couple Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin) will be fun to watch along the way.
But I think Sookie and Bill’s tv love story highlights opposites attract and you can’t help who you fall in love with!
And I found this fantastic blog: 6 Things You Learn from Watching True Blood
1. Nobody is normal.
Sookie is half human, half fairy. Bill is a vampire. Crystal is a were-panther. Sam is a shifter. The point is, each of them felt like a freak, until they started meeting more of their kind or of other types of supernatural creatures. Everybody has something that makes them unique and that they worry others will scrutinize.
2. Telling the truth hurts a lot less than comforting someone with a lie.
Learn from Bill’s blunder, which lost him Sookie. He lost her because he couldn’t be honest with her. Sookie wasn’t mad that the reason he originally sought her out was because Sophie-Ann the vampire queen of Louisiana told him to. She was mad because in all their time together, he never told her the truth about how they met. (Okay how they met was also problematic, but she was more upset about the lie.) So, next time you think about lying, even as an omission, think of how Bill lost Sookie.
3. You can’t change who you are, so you might as well embrace it.
Sookie spent a lot of her life wishing that she could change who she was. Sure, she’s a half human, half fairy who can read minds, and on the scale of normal, she’s not even on it. She thrives on danger, and by the time season four rolls around, she just decides to go with it and no longer allows it to throw her off or take her by surprise.
4. Don’t go it alone when you have friends that care about you.
If I’ve learned anything from watching four seasons of “True Blood” (and several seasons of “Supernatural” and other shows about supernatural beings), it’s that bad things happen when you isolate yourself. The season four example of this is when Eric goes to confront the witch on his own and loses his memory. Moral of the story: If you have people who want to go through this crazy life by your side, you should let them.
5. Everyone is special.
This one kind of goes along with the “Nobody is normal” lesson, but it gets its own bullet point based on Episode six when Jason has a conversation with Jessica. He says that he wishes he was special like Sookie. Jessica looks at him and says, “Now look at you. How can you not think that you’re special?” The truth of the matter is everyone has someone that makes them special, but sometimes, you struggle to see it yourself.
6. When in doubt, the vampires can help deal with the other supernatural creatures and keep your life interesting.
Let’s face it, Bill and Eric fix all of Sookie’s problems, unless her problems are of the vampire type. When they end up creating the problems, Sookie has a run for her money. Good or bad, she never has a dull moment.
Awesome!
Until modern times, brides did carry garlic and dill. The practice probably originated from the time of the plague, when people clutched the herbs over their noses and mouths in a desperate effort to survive.
Survivors of great tragedy can affix tremendous protective powers to anything that has provided comfort, and the herbs made it into the ceremony marking renewal.
Thankfully, over time, brides added better-smelling and prettier looking flora to the arrangement, and a whole dictionary of meaning arose to define each type of blossom.
Choosing your guest list has to be one of the most difficult tasks a Bride and Groom will have to do.
theoverwhelmedbride.com makes it super easy with this helpful flowchart!
From my own experience, I wish I had this on hand!