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I want to know about your wedding!

Tell me what you did to make your wedding special and unique and all yours.

Did you do everything yourself with your own two hands or did you have everything done for you? Did you have your dress made just for you or did you hire one you fell in love with? What was your colour scheme? Did you have a theme? Was your fiance involved in the planning at all? Were you a “bridezilla”?

Tell me everything!

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What about the aisle?

I think a lot of little girls dream about having their daddy walk them down the aisle, but when it comes to the big day why not do something different?

Here’s an example. When I got married last July, I married the man of my dreams! Seriously. But for seventeen years before I met my knight in his shining Navara, I was a single mother and my son and I had had our own lives- just the two of us. When my husband and I got married, my son was already nineteen years old, and before I met my husband he and my dad had been the two most important men in my life. So not only was my son my best man, he walked me down the aisle as well! I had my daddy darling on my right arm and my son on my left arm. It was uber special to me!

You could also have both your parents walk you down the aisle! The traditional wedding ceremony doesn’t have much in it to involve the mother of the bride and asking both your parents to walk you down the aisle is a special way to involve them both.

Perhaps you are closer to your brother or sister than your parents, or your best friend!

You could even walk down the aisle with your husband-to-be!

The thing to keep in mind when you are planning your wedding and the ceremony, is that it is about you and your husband. The traditions so many of us think we have to honour are ancient and a lot of them no longer hold the same symbolism as before. You could even ask your celebrant not to use the words “who gives this woman” and instead say “who brings this woman” when you get to the top of the aisle- or skip it completely!

Make your own memories and make them happy ones! There are no rules you have to stick to!

When I asked my sisters to be my bridesmaids they were very excited! I said they could choose their gowns provided I had final say on their choices, of course. I worked hard not to be a bridezilla since I was planning my own wedding

I took my sisters to Bride and Co for their dresses because you can’t easily find a bigger selection of styles and colours, and they don’t charge for their fittings which is always a bonus.

My sisters could choose either purple or red for their dresses in any style, and they both opted for full length red dresses. My sister Candy knew EXACTLY what she wanted to wear and tried on only one dress. She looked fantastic and she was really excited with her choice. It was a strapless satin dress with a diamante side detail. She had it taken in a wee bit and added a layer of tulle to the bottom of the dress at her final fitting  to add some length as she’s quite tall.

My sister Brigitte had a dress in mind, but when she found what she was looking for they didn’t have one for her to try on! She was very disappointed, but with a little convincing we got her to try on another dress- one she would never have chosen for herself and one she was adamant would not work for her. It was a soft flowing gown with a detachable flower (that she opted not to use). When she stepped out of the dressing room, I got goosebumps! She looked amazing! She added satin straps to the gown and had it taken in a little.

Both bridesmaids bought themselves red satin wraps which they wore on the day, both dresses were ready 2 weeks before the wedding, and both dresses- with their alterations- were well within my budget!!

We didn’t have anything specially made for the men in the bridal party, we decided it would be easier to go out and find ready-made suits in black.

My husband’s suit had to be tailored slightly, and he and his best man Andrew wore black shirts, with these gorgeous purple and red paisley ties that they found in the suit shop!! I was stunned that they found ties to fit the wedding colour scheme and theme as we’d searched for paisley ties for months!!

We found my son’s suit and shoes at a retail store earlier in the year when we had another formal function to attend, so he wore his black suit- which he likes- with a new black shirt and a new plain red tie. He also had a haircut and he looked very dashing.

My daddy darling also wore a black suit with a grey shirt and a purple tie, so he matched my mommy darling very nicely!

They all looked so handsome!!