QuestionHello,
My husband and I were married in our front yard,with very little of the things that most couples get to have on the day they get married.I had been married before,but I'm the first wife for my husband now.We had an awful "wedding". It rained and rained,had our dance in our gravel driveway, didn't have a dress that I really wanted, my husband used a suit that belonged to his granddad,we did have a cake.It was all set up in a rush rush rush! My husband would like for us to have a "wedding" with decorations,him wearing a tux and all, and I would like to have a nice gown to! We will be married 15 years and wanted to have something really nice! Yes I am happy that we are married and together and so is he!! But it would be nice to sort of have a wedding that we didn't have when we first got married! We are both in are 40s and do have grown children and grandkids! I never had the experience of shopping for a dress and he has never go to experience the things that most young grooms do! Soooo, what would be appropriate for us to do? Didn't have flowers or decorations either. Thank you so much for you opinion and any help!
Mr.& Mrs. Norman Madrid
Answer
Gracious Bridal's Swar
Hi Lois,
Well congratulations! Fifteen years is a benchmark. It just goes to show you it is not the ceremony & reception that makes the marriage, it's the vows and how they are honored over time. The appropriate ceremony is a Vow Renewal, and you can have everything you wish along with it. It won't be a second wedding, you are both still together, and that is something to be very proud of and honored by calling the ceremony a vow renewal. However, in the dress department, you will look at dresses for "second weddings". These are ones without trains, without looking "wedding dress-ish". Still you can have white, ivory, candlelight. There are beautiful dresses to choose from, and would look great next to your husband in his tux. It is appropriate to have invitations, ceremony & reception as big and fancy as you like. If you had a cake topper, you could use the original one, or if not consider the beautiful Swarovski crystal toppers that are out there. Consider having pictures of your first wedding in beautiful frames put out at the guest book table. If any scenes were captured in the rain, they would make poignant images. Having them enlarged and printed in black and white would be very chic. This is an event that you can break all the rules. Make it fun, make it charming. If there are tables, then around the centerpiece have photographs of the two of you throughout your courtship & marriage. Photos with the babies, with the teenagers. Everyone will enjoy seeing the two of you in the various styles through the years. Again, congratulations, and my very best wishes.
Brenda Cascio,
www.GraciousBridal.com,
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