Before I got married I always wondered what “the day after” would feel like”. Of course I knew I’d be elated to actually wake up in a bed next to my wonderful new husband for the first time, but besides that, I wondered what else I would feel. I’d heard stories from other brides who were super sad the day after their wedding because after months and months (sometimes even years) of planning it was all over. All the planning and plotting – finished.
Happily I did not experience any sadness over this. If anything I was thrilled to no longer have guest lists and budget numbers running around in my head. But, that said I do sometimes wish I could do it all over again…but completely differently. I loved my wedding. It was great and very romantic. But, I would love to be able to do a new one every year, just for fun, with a completely different theme. Too bad we don’t have that much money or time or sanity left to plan another wedding….at least until we have kids that get married one day.
Rustic Elegance. This was the theme for wedding #1. The color scheme was comprised of any browns or greens occurring in nature (because honestly…do you have any idea how many shades of green there are?) and lots of natural elements like wheat, pine cones, bay leaves, etc….
Here are some other cool wedding ideas I’d love to try out in one of my next hundred weddings……
Cultural Wedding. I adore this entire wedding down to the Dia de los Muertos inspired decor. See more here. Too bad I’m not more in touch with my Hispanic roots.
{photo by Daisy Varley -via Elizabeth Anne Designs
Quirky Wedding. This flamingo themed wedding might be perfect for wedding number 26 or 27. I love the tea length wedding dress and the bright, punchy colors. See the rest here.
{via- Offbeat Bride}
Ooooh! Or this quirky wedding. I adore absolutely every single detail about this wedding, but I’m pretty sure I’d never be cool enough to pull it off. The red and blue color scheme, cute cross stitch, homemade bouquets, antique mis-matched china….I cannot say enough! See the rest here.
{photos by Doris Teal via- flickr}
Vintage Wedding. I love the simple elegance of this vintage inspired wedding. See the rest here.
{via- Green Wedding Shoes}
Or…the complete opposite….frilly, girly, vintage loveliness. The rest can be seen here.
{via- Green Wedding Shoes}
I think you get the idea. Apparently I’m having way too much fun looking at pretty weddings that aren’t mine, so I’m going to stop before I start trying to convince my husband that renewing our vows for our two year anniversary isn’t weird but simply unconventional and innovative. Actually, we’d really just be starting a trend right? I’m not sure my powers of persuasion are that good and I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t buy it anyway.
My wedding wasn’t very fancy, and I didn’t do much of the planning, it was planned mostly by other people. In hindsight, I wish I had put a bit more personal effort into it. If I could do my wedding over again, I’d have it at the Portland Rose Garden on a warm summer evening, instead of at my church on a surprisingly cold July afternoon.
haha i am still laughing at this line in your last paragraph
“i’m going to stop before I start trying to convince my husband that renewing our vows for our two year anniversary isn’t weird but simply unconventional and innovative”
that is awesome. all of those weddings are soo amazing. i really like the vintage one and the one below it. but the other ones are super fun too! i would have loved to been able to pull something like that off.
and don’t worry, i always think the same thing..”oh if i could do it all over again…” not that i didn’t love my wedding. but it seems like everyday there is a cuter one. you know what i mean? anyway, good luck in convincing him on another wedding. tell him its that or a divorce! ha jk, probably don’t do that.
Oh girl. I feel ya.
Haha I think I will be posting a semi-identical post in the near future. Wedding are so great. We just need to get rich and throw extravagant parties all the time, right? Then we won’t be so weird about having to renew our vows every 6 months…
Don’t worry, it’s normal. My wife brings up the concept every other month or so by saying “If we ever get married again…” and I just look at her with that look, you know the one, and that’s that. Maybe you and her can get together and get excited about something that will probably never happen. And Craig and I will watch basketball.
i’m glad to see that i’m not the only crazy one who wants to have more than one wedding.
i like your idea (claire) about just throwing extravagant parties. hmmmm…if only money were no object. and andy…i vote yes to getting excited about weddings with elisha while you guys watch basketball :).
I totally dig the idea of having multiple weddings… gwen stefani and gavin rossdale come to mind: one in england, one in LA…le sigh…fabulous.
xo
love the vintage wedding!
do you have the link to the pictures? my friend is getting married and I think she’d love this wedding!