Do you (Groom) take (Bride)..........

I'm getting really excited. All the big, expensive, annoying, expensive, hard to organise, expensive, hard to decide on, expensive things are out of the way (Did i mention expensive?.... I think so). That includes, my dress, Luke's kilt, the girls bridesmaids dresses, the cake, the rings, the ceremony location, the reception venue, the celebrant and the cars. Now i get to organise the important things, like the ceremony itself. This is the part i have been looking forward to the most [except for the dress perhaps ;) ].

There's so many exciting things to plan. The processional and recessional music, the readings, the vows, signing the register music, hyms/songs, do i include a sand or candle ceremony? What order should the bridesmaids walk down the aisle? Veil over my face, or not? If it is over my face, should my dad flip it over, or should luke?

Like is said, all the good stuff.

And, industrious as i am, i decided that i would look at vows at work today. What else am i meant to do at work? Work? Pffft! tee hee hee.

Luke and i have both decided that we want to have traditional vows. Do you know how many different types of traditional vows there are? Have a look here, it gives you an idea.

I like the sound of this one.... It's the Baptist Wedding Vows

"Will you, _______, have _____ to be your wife/husband? Will you love her/him, comfort and keep her/him, and forsaking all other remain true to him/her as long as you both shall live?"

("I will")

(Repeat) "I, ________, take thee ______, to be my wife/husband, and before God and these witnesses I promise to be a faithful and true wife/husband."

(Rings) "With this ring I thee wed, and all my worldly goods I thee endow. In sickness and in health, in poverty or in wealth, 'til death do us part."

But i'm not too sure. I really want to include the proper Questions of Intention....which look something like this.

Will you please, as an expression that your hearts are joined together in love, now please join your hands.

(Groom's Name), do you take (Bride's Name) to be your wedded wife, to live together in marriage. Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health And forsaking all others, be faithful only to her. So long as you both shall live?

(Groom's Name): “I do”

(Bride's Name), do you take (Groom's Name) to be your wedded husband to live together in marriage Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health And forsaking all others, be faithful only to him So long as you both shall live?

(Bride's Name): “ I do”


That's when i found the Zion Wedding Vows....

"I, _____, take thee, _____, to be my wedded husband/wife.To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse,for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health,to love and to cherish, till death do us part.According to God's holy ordinance, and thereto Ipledge thee my faith."

Groom:I promise you ____________, that I will be your loving and loyal husbandfrom now on.I will share with you all of life's joyand sorrow, pleasure and pain, until death parts us.

Bride:I promise you ____________, that I will be your loving and loyal wifefrom now on.I will share with you all of life's joy andsorrow, pleasure and pain, until death parts us.

So i thought i might do some tweaking, mix them together and see what i can come up with. But i might have to do that at home....i really probably should do some work......

Shoes! Glorious Shoes!!!

I was reminded by Swift Jan that i hadn't yet done a post about my shoes. She also reminded me that i had mentioned that i was interested in getting tartan shoes. Well i tried. But none of the tartan shoes i found looked any good. Well they looked ok, but not really i wanted for my wedding day. Here's a couple....

See, they're nice, i especially love the first pair. But none of them are green. I CAN NOT find green tartan shoes. Poo.

So i thought, hey, i'll get some shoes covered in the same tartan as Lukes kilt.


No Go.

I can't get any material the same as Lukes. The kilt place only sells the tartan material in Kilt form. Oh well. So i changed my train of thought.

I'll just get a nice pair of shoes. I love shoes, it can't be too hard to find the right pair can it?

Wrong.

I fell in love with wayyyyyy to many pairs..... Here's a couple....

And I love them. The first 2 the most. They are gorgeous. And then i stumbled across this style......

So i bought these for my wedding.........

They go perfectly with the ivory and black theme :)

And these, well i bought them because they are gorgeous and they were cheap as.

I might just go look at some more shoes now :)

P.S. If you're wondering where i got them cheap....check out http://www.after9am.com.au/ They have an awesome sale going on at the moment. I got both of my pairs from here, one set for %19.90 the other for $29.90 and it's something like $10 for postage. So incredibly cheap, considering they were up at $70 or $80 :) I love bargains :)

Inspiration Boards

I like to think that i have a creative streak. "Like to think" being the opperative words. I have all these grand plans to do all these grand crafty things....but they never come to fruition. I like to blame it on leading a busy life. But i know that's not true.



I'm just lazy.



I've been wanting to do an inspiration board for my wedding. Pick out my absolute favourite pictures in each category and arrange it all on a pretty board etc etc. It hasn't happened. Why?



Because I'm lazy.



I have a scrap book full of stuff for my wedding. I have a page for most things.... dresses, bridesmaids, groom stuff, flowers etc etc. But it's not finished. And I doubt I'll finish it. Why?




Because I'm lazy.




Well, during some of my best laziness internet surfing, I came across a wonderful site. You can make your own inspiration boards right here. They have thousands of pictures, and you can upload your own as well. And why do i love this website?




Because I'm lazy.




:)





How about I share some with you........ This was my first attempt, and i'm rather please with it, even if it has nothing to do with weddings....







And this one which is defintiely more wedding related....




This one too....






And this last one also has nothign to do with weddings, i was just indulging myself in my love of vintage antiquity :)