un-orthodox

so im not:
-taking e pics
-having someone do my hair ( i will..im a hairstylist)
-wearing fancy shoes ( converse sneakers)
-having real flowers ( think its a wast..and i want my mom to do them and not be stressed the day before the wedding)

and i think thats it..
what else are you girls doing that isnt really 'by the book'

my colors are cream and wine...In July
no flower centerpieces...just candles
walking down the aisle barefoot...so what?
not honeymooning after...maybe a few months after

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Posted by madseason

wow...i loooooooove the foot ideas!! Im not too keen on heels...although pretty, ill kick em off in 20 minutes....maybe illwear those white platform sandels?

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I wish I could wear heels. I fell and twisted my ankle in college and ever since wearing heels has been a nightmare for me! Id rather just walk down with nothing!! FH would kill me on the Converses! I have a pair and he makes fun of me everytime I wear them. Would be a good joke though...

I may wear doc martin's since i live in those damn boots- i don't do heels that well.

both my parents are walking me down the aisle which i don't think thats to unorthodox anmore

i have a best man / man of honor no maid/matron of honor.

we are playing VERY diff. music in our cocktail hour and some of our reception. I have to say most brides would not play it.

Most of my bp has more tatts then the coney island freak show

we are getting married by the mayor of our town who is the local mortician and who is a family relative. (free and priceless) so i get a very personal touch.

Umm think that is it that i can think of.

Oh no limo's!

i love the converse sneakers idea!! all of your 'un-orthodox' things are just going to make the day yours!! which is really what it's all about.

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Posted by Spelldizzy

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Posted by madseason

wow...i loooooooove the foot ideas!! Im not too keen on heels...although pretty, ill kick em off in 20 minutes....maybe illwear those white platform sandels?

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I wish I could wear heels. I fell and twisted my ankle in college and ever since wearing heels has been a nightmare for me! Id rather just walk down with nothing!! FH would kill me on the Converses! I have a pair and he makes fun of me everytime I wear them. Would be a good joke though...

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I love heels!!! I couldnt not wear them!

no bridal party, just MOH and best man.
FH's best man is his gay 76 year old uncle!
no garter/bouquet toss.

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Posted by nifheim

we are playing VERY diff. music in our cocktail hour and some of our reception. I have to say most brides would not play it.

Most of my bp has more tatts then the coney island freak show

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I second this....

what exactly are you planning on playing?? I'm looking for more ideas ....I've been compiling a playlist for my DJ so that I can acutally hear music I enjoy at my own wedding. It's unfortunete though to find that sometimes even though a song may seem romantic that one line could kill the whole thing.....I've been sorting thru so much stuff lately trying just to find suitable music to mix in with the stuff i don't really care for.....the wedding song has been that hardest. We have a 'song' but it's not danceable. grr...

anyway....myself and my bp are quite tattooed (some more then others) but I was acutally asked by my mother if I, in particular, planned to cover my fairly large arm piece and take out my facial piercing.....

...that was a big no.

now, i'm just have to find someone who has good earrings for a wedding that would fit in a 4 gauge hole....I'm thinking I might get custom made blown-glass.....hmmm

thank goodness my family has come to expect a certain amount of off-beat, oddness from me....

ps - we are not honeymooning right away either....we're moving out of his parents house instead!!!! OH MAN I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

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Posted by TGs Lady 22908

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Posted by nifheim

we are playing VERY diff. music in our cocktail hour and some of our reception. I have to say most brides would not play it.

Most of my bp has more tatts then the coney island freak show

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I second this....

what exactly are you planning on playing?? I'm looking for more ideas ....I've been compiling a playlist for my DJ so that I can acutally hear music I enjoy at my own wedding. It's unfortunete though to find that sometimes even though a song may seem romantic that one line could kill the whole thing.....I've been sorting thru so much stuff lately trying just to find suitable music to mix in with the stuff i don't really care for.....the wedding song has been that hardest. We have a 'song' but it's not danceable. grr...

anyway....myself and my bp are quite tattooed (some more then others) but I was acutally asked by my mother if I, in particular, planned to cover my fairly large arm piece and take out my facial piercing.....

...that was a big no.

thank goodness my family has come to expect a certain amount of off-beat, oddness from me....

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Play what you want, people wont notice the lyrics that much. FH and I wanted to play slipknot-vermillion pt2, I wanted it so we can dance to it but the dj played it during dinner, but FH and i love this song and means alot to us so we got up during dinner at our e-party and started dancing by ourselves. Some of the lyrics are great and go but most of the lyrics really didnt lol

We are really doing a gamit of various artist we like. Nothing too too insane until the end of the wedding but some artist that will be played:

Slayer
Frank Zappa
Misfits
Tori Amos (even though thats not heavy but it is diff)
Dropkick Murphys
The Pogues
Flogging Molly
Gwar
Internal Bleeding (getting my death metal in there)
Possibly a Skinless song (getting my death metal in there) if I can find their instrumental version of a particular song they did live
Ludichrist
Iron Maiden
Benny Hill Show theme and Monty Python Soundtracks for silly crap we might do or cake cutting
The Corrs
Death Angel (fh's request not mine)

Thats is all I can think of on the top of my head. We are creating the entire cd for the cocktail hour professionaly mixed by our friend who does it for a living. We are not allowing rap, club etc music just a nice mix of 50's & 60's some 70's disco hits for fun, mostly 80's new wave and some contemporary hits.

im playing diff music as well

stuff like
hot hot heat
yeah yeah yeahs
depeche mode and some others

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Posted by nifheim

We are really doing a gamit of various artist we like. Nothing too too insane until the end of the wedding but some artist that will be played:

Slayer
Frank Zappa
Misfits
Tori Amos (even though thats not heavy but it is diff)
Dropkick Murphys
The Pogues
Flogging Molly
Gwar
Internal Bleeding (getting my death metal in there)
Possibly a Skinless song (getting my death metal in there) if I can find their instrumental version of a particular song they did live
Ludichrist
Iron Maiden
Benny Hill Show theme and Monty Python Soundtracks for silly crap we might do or cake cutting
The Corrs
Death Angel (fh's request not mine)

Thats is all I can think of on the top of my head. We are creating the entire cd for the cocktail hour professionaly mixed by our friend who does it for a living. We are not allowing rap, club etc music just a nice mix of 50's & 60's some 70's disco hits for fun, mostly 80's new wave and some contemporary hits.

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I just showed your post to FH..he wants you to come and do our music!!

Thats such a good idea!!!!!

If i have some no shows that day and paid for them i am planning on extending the invite to people on this board. I think its only fair you guys helped me and the meal is payed for so if you people wanna come why not?

Hahaha thanks for the compliment.

Okay you're all tempting me to go buy some wedding day Converses to wear under my dress...My Grandmother would fall over...my FH would probably fall with her...