Anyone want to post your wedding dress photo?

[Ohio12]

The mom looking for wedding dresses for dd got me curious about everyone's dress! I will have to scan mine in (pre-digital pics) but I will post tomorrow. Anyone else?

[Deece in MN]

I can't post a photo, but it wouldn't help anyway. My dh and I wore white t-shirts with pink & silver hearts embroidered on the upper left side with Bride on mine and Groom on his. I wore white jeans and my dh wore blue jeans.

We got married here:
http://www.chapeloflove.com/

It was the two of us and two friends of ours who were there as witnesses.

Anyway, not what you are looking for, but I like sharing. :001_smile:

[Ohio12]

Very cool "Chapel of Love" mom! Can't wait to see the other replies. Do you not have any pictures?

[Deece in MN]

Very cool "Chapel of Love" mom! Can't wait to see the other replies. Do you not have any pictures?

Yes, I do have pictures (I have to find them), so I should not have said "can't post". I should have said that if I get the ambition to dig the pictures out and scan them, then I could post one. :)
I may have to go find them, though they really are not good pictures of me.
It was fun to get married there. We didn't tell anyone until after we were married (family included). They all took it fairly well, though one of my aunts tried convincing my mom that she should be mad at me for doing that. :D

[Mrs Mungo]

I have this one uploaded and I think you can see it well enough. I paid $300 for it, that was in 1994.

http://scrapbookingforhire.com/wedding.jpg

[Crissy]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i155/eafalbum/6-28.jpg

My aunt made my dress. I window shopped bridal magazines to choose all the different parts (skirt, bodice, sleeves, etc.) and she put it all together.

That's my dad and my son walking me down the aisle. And the goofy grin on my face? I'd just spotted the man with whom I will spend the rest of my life. :)

[Amy loves Bud]

This was my 2nd wedding dress. When I got the proofs back from my wedding portraits, I hated the first. So I found a seamstress who said she could remake it for me and she told me to meet her at a local bridal shop where she was schedule to do some measurements for alterations. While there I found a used dress that I totally loved. So I sold my ugly dress on consignment through that store, and bought the one I loved. It was a good decision. The first one had so much fabric you could hardly find me!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/Likeaweed/Weddingpicture.jpg

[Stacia]

Uh, I will need to get my scanner hooked up. But, I will try to do that tomorrow evening & find a pic.

[Amy loves Bud]

Crissy, you're so tall! You look just gorgeous. I love that your dad and son walked you down the aisle. Very sweet!

[mommylaw]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2341655759_616abf3cc2.jpg

This is the only one I have uploaded. I bought this dress at TJ Maxx for under $50.00. We got married 2 weeks after a positive pregnancy test. :) I was 19, he was 20 (barely). Were still together and happier than ever. This July will be 12 years.

We did get married in the Catholic Church 2 years later but it was a very small, simple ceremony.

[Amy loves Bud]

Beautiful! I really love the headpiece.

[mommylaw]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2342501396_467371a20c.jpg
Here's a better one of the actual dress. I think it was around $30. lol

[kalanamak]

with the usual scarf with gold trim. That was with the ex.

This time I married in a kuttar salvar of yellow, but it was what I worked in, and was draped with a stethescope over lunch hour in the sunny window outside the cath lab....on Halloween. Kiddo was a baby dressed as a pumpkin. We married once the marriage penalty tax was dropped.

Alas, I have given up the kuttar salvars....

[nestof3]

Here is the pix we had enlarged and framed. I am not sure if you will be able to access it or not:

http://www.scrapbookpictures.com/AlbumView.jsp

And here are three more. One is a full-length view, the other a close-up of my husband and I, and the other a close-up of my son (whom I inherited by marriage -- he's now almost 18) and I. Photobucket will not allow me to edit the size right now. The dress was $400, my husband and I made the bridal and bridesmaid's bouquets. It was a lot of fun.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/nestof3/wedding_0002.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/nestof3/wedding_0001-Copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/nestof3/wedding_0001.jpg

[Amy in Orlando]

Today - (well yesterday) is my 18th wedding anniversary. Here's a link to a picture of our wedding. I loved my dress - It was ivory damask over a layer of pale pink silk. I was baptized in pink as an infant, had pink ribbons on my first communion dress and was married in pink (yes, I know, smack dab in the middle of Lent, but we were rebels then - it's all ok now)

Not a great picture of the dress, but I'll have the new printer scanner up tomorrow if you want a better one. I guess it's old enough now to be considered "retro," huh? ;)

http://www.thefoilhat.com/insidethefoilhatblog.htm?blogentryid=1328898

[Daisy]

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/Daphyne_photo/wedding.jpg
It isn't a great scan. Sorry gals. It is the best I can do. I was 21 and fresh out of college. DH was 25. It will be 13 years ago in May.

[Mama Lynx]

You are all BEAUTIFUL! Oh, my!!

I know I uploaded a picture from my wedding at some point, but I can't find it now. Will try tomorrow.

I spent $500 on the dress, and loved every penny of it. Then we had a small ceremony in my parents' back yard.

[JennifersLost]

You're going to have to tilt your head sideways - it's too late to figure that part out. Sorry.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q153/jfeddersen/000_0165.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q153/jfeddersen/000_0166.jpg

I loved my wedding dress.

[Pencil Pusher]

I made my dress. My mom ripped it apart for me & remade it. Materials alone, at cost (I worked at Hancock's), were around $200.

http://bp0.blogger.com/_bYQa-Ct8_Bk/R99tt1PU3nI/AAAAAAAABCg/MnHBtdtmyLE/s400/flower+girls.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_bYQa-Ct8_Bk/R99uplPU3oI/AAAAAAAABCo/tdL5ZqdtHAM/s1600/Landon%2Band%2BAubrey.jpg

[Tina in WA]

Dawn,

Do I see rubies in your wedding ring? If so, I too have rubies in mine. :)

Seeing all these pictures makes me want to get my pictures out and share. No scanner though... Hum wonder if taking a picture would work. :D

What a neat thread. :) You all look wonderful!

~Tina

[gandpsmommy]

Jenniferslost, I love your dress! It is very much like the one my twin sister wore at her wedding. So elegant!

[Colleen]

I am so...not a wedding dress kinda gal. This is bad of me, I know, but most wedding dresses make me laugh; I have to be very careful when I go to weddings.;) Although I must say I've seen some really classy ones of late ~ one of which was actually worn by the bride's mother when she was married in the early 60s. Very simple, very Jackie Kennedy. Loved it.

As for me, I was married in a civil ceremony at high noon in the midst of a ski day in the Swiss Alps. A few days later, we had a party at a castle in Luzern, where I wore a floor-length, black Donna Karan dress ~ gorgeous, simple but elegant. Then we had a party the next month at a hotel in Seattle where I also wore that dress. It's the kind of thing that never goes out of style and it fits me better now than it did then (I was five months pregnant when we were married).:)

[Karenciavo]

My dress is so 1980's (think Fergie) and I hated the veil, but here it is:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/karenciavo/avatar.jpg

[Colleen]

...when I saw that, I was instantly serenaded by Air Supply.

"Lost in love and I don't know much...":D

[Karen sn]

I just noticed "RN student"! I have been an RN for just a year. Now at Hospice and loving it. Congrats on school!

[Karen sn]

What a great thread. I like some of you even more now - silly I know - because you were pregnant in your weddings.
One of the first things some people ask when they find out I am pregnant is if I will marry him.
This time around I am fine being "an unwed mother."

[AmyinPA]

I'm not one to be all sentimental about "things", but I really have a strange attachment to my wedding dress.

It was all satin, no lace, no frills. It fell off the shoulders (which was very popular at the time). It had very subtle beading of catalillies over the bust down across the bodice. It was full and made my waist look so tiny (bonus).

I've since had it preserved hoping that someday one of my girls will wear it. If not, perhaps it could be sewn into a baby dedication dress.

[percytruffle]

I'm not sure how to post a pic, so here is a photobucket link. I put up three pics, two of me and one of my sweetie:001_smile:. My dress was very 80's! I wish I had a better view of the back. The back was open almost down to the waist with three rows of pearls draping across the open part and a large satin flower at the waist back that the dress bustled up under. I thought I was going to go "simple", but then I fell in love with this one.

We celebrated our 20th anniversary last August :D

Wedding Dress Pics (http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q102/percytruffle/)

[GothicGyrl]

Themed Wedding--Victorian/Goth. My dress was $80 at Hot Topic, we rented his costume.

[percytruffle]

Karen, it looks like we shopped at the same 80's bridal store!

[Karenciavo]

Karen, it looks like we shopped at the same 80's bridal store!

LOL, I was thinking the same thing! :lol:

[percytruffle]

Lovely! Carrying a bouquet of daisies I see.;)

Isn't it fun to see how young everyone looks! Egads, mine was twenty years ago!!! Scary to think about how long it's been. I still have my dress. It doesn't fit anymore though:001_huh:. Actually, it doesn't even fit my 19 year old dd. I was very skinny back then.

[Virginia Dawn]

It is a Jessica by Gunne Sax dress, bought off a bridal store clearance rack, 1982. :001_smile:


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I don't know how to post anything but thumbnails, so you'll have to click on the picture for a larger version.

[KristineIN]

Here's mine, kind of hard to see, think Karen's but with Shorter sleeves...
this was July/95, I think I paid around $500, I can't remember.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v729/Kristinemomof3/Wedpic.jpg

[Virginia Dawn]

What a georgeous picture!

[strider]

My dress was beautiful, and just my style.

Unfortunately I hate it to this day.

I was dirt poor, and had always planned to make my own dress. A friend insisted that SHE make the dress--it was awkward, and I felt very trapped. I honestly tried to feel grateful for what she wanted to do for me, and for the work I therefore would not have to do.

Unfortunately those grateful feelings were very, very difficult to maintain as my friend was exceedingly insecure about making a wedding dress. It never occurred to me that she would struggle in this way as she was a very, very experienced seamstress. There were a LOT of weird conversations and difficulties, and everything came to a head over two issues: (1) She would NOT alter the dress to fit me. It was too large. Even my dh noticed on our wedding day. (2) She made a really, really major mistake. We could fix the mistake, but she couldn't talk about it. Any and all attempts to just talk about the mechanics of fixing it resulted in her blowing up. A different friend of mine ended up fixing it for me, dear woman.

The other problem was that I asked a different friend to put the lace on. She was artistic, and I knew she would make it look exactly right. She did do a gorgeous job, but she procrastinated. It was weeks before my wedding and she still hadn't started. We had a terrible, knock-down, drag-out fight. She wouldn't surrender the dress back to me to get someone else to do it, and she wouldn't start the work either. She doesn't know that I know, but she ended up corralling other friends to help her in a marathon sewing session. The dress was finished in the wee hours of the morning just before my wedding.

NIGHTMARE.

I have vowed never, ever to put anyone through what my two friends did. I have since sewn wedding dresses for my college roommate and for my sister, and in both cases I made DARNED SURE the dress was completed well ahead of time, and that it was altered until the bride was TOTALLY happy with the fit. Both my sister and my roommie were very grateful, and they both looked beautiful.

[AnneJ]

I still like it.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2262/2342479525_f4633b7250.jpg

[PariSarah]

This is the world's dumbest pose (who in hades meditates on their engagement ring? please!), but it shows the dress detail pretty well:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2342487269_ba652d2795.jpg

And here's the whole thing:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2343316528_a5954986d5.jpg

It was Stephen's mother's dress. I just loved it--it was prettier than anything I could have bought.

[Jenny in Florida]

Well, I don't know whether that worked or not. Guess I'll see when I finish posting, huh?

[Edit: Okay, the picture didn't post. Sorry.]

Assuming the photo does come through, you can see my dress, It was green velvet, not quite as dark as it looks here. And I was pretty proud of the cake, too.

--Jenny

[nestof3]

Dawn,

Do I see rubies in your wedding ring? If so, I too have rubies in mine.

No rubies. It must be a reflection from something.

[mommylaw]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I really loved the clinicals on oncology. But now I'm doing OB and I'm loving that too. I'm still crying everyday lol but these tears are different. There's a lot more "happy" to balance out the sad. KWIM? I think hospice is incredibly special and spiritual it's something I'm definitely considering.

I absolutely love every minute of clinicals. Everyday is so different and exciting. I don't graduate until May of 09 so I still have a long way to go. I just keep telling my self just two and a half more semesters....

[elegantlion]

Here's a look at my JCP outlet special, circa October 1992. I think we paid 300.00 for it.

[mysticamethyst]

I must say you all look fab in your dresses. I cannot post any of mine, I didn't have one. I knew dh 2 weeks before we got married, ours was a very quick trip to marriage. We met at tech. school in the Air Force, got seperated for a few months ended up at the same duty station, I got discharged for medical reasons, nothing bad; fear of blood and needles and was made a medic. Anyway, we saw each other at a bar ended up spending the next 2 weeks I guess getting to know each other. He came home from work and said let's get married, so we went to the court house and got married. That was 16 years and 4 children ago, so no dress but I love looking at yours.

[PrairieAir]

I'm not sure if I'm doing this picture thing right, but here's an attempt. This is the only wedding photo I have scanned at the moment. It's poorly cut out and there must have been dust on the photo and scanner.

My aunt made the dress. It cost $100 in material. It's a very simple dress with no train or veil. I didn't have contacts at the time and did not wear my glasses for the ceremony. Everything looked very fuzzy because I'm so nearsighted. I was scared to death that my heels were going to sink into the grass and I'd go flying.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_tZbIi-6uiCg/R9_Mm2nS8HI/AAAAAAAADOs/LKmkVEcpnWU/s1600-h/Photo002.jpg
How do you like dh's mullet and mustache?:ohmy:

Okay, that's not working. Go here (http://prairieair.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html) to see the picture.

[Pencil Pusher]

This is the world's dumbest pose (who in hades meditates on their engagement ring? please!), but it shows the dress detail pretty well:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2342487269_ba652d2795.jpg

And here's the whole thing:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2343316528_a5954986d5.jpg

It was Stephen's mother's dress. I just loved it--it was prettier than anything I could have bought.

Nope. Absolutely gorgeous!

[GothicGyrl]

If any of you kind hearted laides want to contribute to my artistic talents, please send me a good sized photo of you in your wedding dress to electricbarbarella@verizon.net. I've already sent a PM to Pari, asking for her "dumbest post" (so not) photo..;)

Of course, these won't be sold, these are just for variety.

[Pencil Pusher]

My dress was beautiful, and just my style.

Unfortunately I hate it to this day.

I was dirt poor, and had always planned to make my own dress. A friend insisted that SHE make the dress--it was awkward, and I felt very trapped. I honestly tried to feel grateful for what she wanted to do for me, and for the work I therefore would not have to do.

Unfortunately those grateful feelings were very, very difficult to maintain as my friend was exceedingly insecure about making a wedding dress. It never occurred to me that she would struggle in this way as she was a very, very experienced seamstress. There were a LOT of weird conversations and difficulties, and everything came to a head over two issues: (1) She would NOT alter the dress to fit me. It was too large. Even my dh noticed on our wedding day. (2) She made a really, really major mistake. We could fix the mistake, but she couldn't talk about it. Any and all attempts to just talk about the mechanics of fixing it resulted in her blowing up. A different friend of mine ended up fixing it for me, dear woman.

The other problem was that I asked a different friend to put the lace on. She was artistic, and I knew she would make it look exactly right. She did do a gorgeous job, but she procrastinated. It was weeks before my wedding and she still hadn't started. We had a terrible, knock-down, drag-out fight. She wouldn't surrender the dress back to me to get someone else to do it, and she wouldn't start the work either. She doesn't know that I know, but she ended up corralling other friends to help her in a marathon sewing session. The dress was finished in the wee hours of the morning just before my wedding.

NIGHTMARE.

I have vowed never, ever to put anyone through what my two friends did. I have since sewn wedding dresses for my college roommate and for my sister, and in both cases I made DARNED SURE the dress was completed well ahead of time, and that it was altered until the bride was TOTALLY happy with the fit. Both my sister and my roommie were very grateful, and they both looked beautiful.

My mom was still sewing on mine as the music began for me to walk down the aisle.:D

[Sharon in SC]

[IMG]That's my dad and my son walking me down the aisle.

Crissy, wasn't it your dad who helped with your kitchen remodel? I had to grin looking at your picture because, if you'll remember, my dad is assisting us in all of our remodel. Your picture just reminded me all the more just how special he is to me. When we got married (18 years ago), I had to make a tough decision between inviting my natural father to walk me down the aisle, or my "step dad", aka "Daddy". "Daddy" is the one who worked two jobs for as long as I can remember to provide for his family including 3 daughters, two of which were not his biological daughters. He was the one who was there for all the fender benders, broken hearts, etc, etc and, yep, you guessed it, he's the one I *had* to invite to walk me down the aisle! As you already know, he's also the one who's *still* there today - as we speak, he is painting and staining shoe moulding for the old house as we prep it for the market!:001_wub:

Thanks for the memory!

[TwinMominTX]

We eloped to Acapulco, Mexico and got married there by the local judge. The bell boy, the photographer and the cross dressing hotel "wedding coordinator" were our only witnesses. We got married outside our room overlooking Acapulco Bay.

I went shoppig for my wedding dress at lunch from work. I had an idea in my head of what I wanted, walked into the store, found it right away and bought it - all within about 30 minutes. It was very simple in the front - an a tiny bit more ornate in the back (you might be able to get a little glimpse from the pic.

http://www.winkflash.com/photo/imagew2.aspx?c=2330222&i=245356949&z=0

I am so happy we eloped. I recommend it to everyone!!

[Sharon in SC]

Karen, it looks like we shopped at the same 80's bridal store!


Hee, Hee, you guys haven't seen mine yet. (I'm out of town with no access to my picture). I'd be right there with you (married 1989)! :lol:

[percytruffle]

Your dress is exquisite! I adore the contempletive pose. The lighting and composition are magnificent. It would make a lovely painting.

[Sharon in SC]

Speaking of wedding dresses....when I can get back into town I'll do my best to scan something in of my wedding portrait to share. More than that, though, I'd *love* to share something else with you, too. When my dds were 4 and 7 (now 11 and 15), I pulled my dress out of the archival storage unit it was packaged in, loaded up dress, girls, veil, etc, and headed to my favorite photographer to capture my girls having a dress up session with my wedding dress. The results were absolutely priceless to me then and are even more so now. Older dd wore a white slip and younger dd was in her white panties. Picture the 4 yo, wearing white panties, my white high heels that I wore on my wedding day, and holding the dress preparing to don it. Oh. my. (again) Priceless!

Hope I can figure out a way to share!

[percytruffle]

How precious!! My dd tried on my dress when she was younger and then again last year at 18. We took pics, not professional of course. She would never wear all that 80's fluff so it may be the only pics of her in it. She did enjoy trying it on though. Girls do like to dream.

The only thing I don't still have are the shoes. They were my favorite part too. We had our pics taken at a museum across the street from the church, outside in the gardens. They were too dirty to salvage after the reception.

We are looking forward to seeing your pics when you get a chance.:)

[OnTheBrink]

My step mom made my dress, and not because I really wanted her to. My friend's SIL managed a hoity toity bridal shop on Wilshire Blvd in LA, and she invited me to attend a wedding expo that her shop was sponsoring. I found this gorgeous dress by Tomasina, with ribbon embroidery. I loved it. The SIL said I could have at their cost, which was $900. My father, however, was not impressed with the price and informed me to find something else. Next thing I know, step mom is making the dress. It was NOTHING like what I wanted, at all. It was nice, she did a great job on it, but it was not what I wanted in any way.

I kept it and after my divorce, when I moved, it somehow fell out of the garment bag. I found it on the basement floor. The cats used it to pee on. I just threw it away. I think, given what a farce the marriage was, peeing on the wedding gown was appropriate. LOL *sigh* (My step mother doesn't know about the dress's demise and I'm not going to bring it up)

[Jenny in Florida]

I hope this works?

[Jenny in Florida]

[Edit: Nope. Apparently this file is too large.]

[Ohio12]

We Want You to post your wedding picture! C'mon!

[Jenny in Atl]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i318/aljen1111/weddingdress2.jpg

We had mine made from a Laura Ashley Pattern. I think it was about $300?

[Ohio12]

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I liked it pretty well, but never found that perfect dress that I fell in love with. I have tried it on every year that I wasn't pregnant or nursing and if I take shallow breaths, it still fits!

[Krista in LA]

The year was 1993 and I really wanted a less frilly dress, but the one that was a similar style with less stuff on it, actually cost twice as much. This was a floor sample and was about $400. I had a cute little pillbox hat that you can't really see in the picture.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r269/twogmensan/SCAN0001-1-1-1.jpg

[Crissy]

This is the world's dumbest pose (who in hades meditates on their engagement ring? please!), but it shows the dress detail pretty well:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2342487269_ba652d2795.jpg

And here's the whole thing:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2343316528_a5954986d5.jpg

It was Stephen's mother's dress. I just loved it--it was prettier than anything I could have bought.

Oh, my. That is just beautiful!

[Crissy]

Crissy, wasn't it your dad who helped with your kitchen remodel? I had to grin looking at your picture because, if you'll remember, my dad is assisting us in all of our remodel. Your picture just reminded me all the more just how special he is to me. When we got married (18 years ago), I had to make a tough decision between inviting my natural father to walk me down the aisle, or my "step dad", aka "Daddy". "Daddy" is the one who worked two jobs for as long as I can remember to provide for his family including 3 daughters, two of which were not his biological daughters. He was the one who was there for all the fender benders, broken hearts, etc, etc and, yep, you guessed it, he's the one I *had* to invite to walk me down the aisle! As you already know, he's also the one who's *still* there today - as we speak, he is painting and staining shoe moulding for the old house as we prep it for the market!:001_wub:

Thanks for the memory!

What a sweet story, Sharon!

My mother had a difficult time deciding which of her 'dads' would give her away, so she asked both.
The skirt of her dress was enormous and took up the entire aisle, so they had to walk behind her. The picture is hilarious, but the fact that the two men set aside their differences (oh, my, did they have differences!) for her wedding day was so special.
Daddys are wonderful.

[Mekanamom]

Ok- I give up trying to load pics. I don't know how to resize them yet. :glare:

I put up some wedding photos on my blog.

Mrs. Mungo, was yours a Jessica McClintock too? Mine was similar and around the same price. :)

http://bp1.blogger.com/_4llt7x5XlgQ/R9_qz41pVaI/AAAAAAAAAXw/sn2y2MgdQqA/s1600-h/weddingdress.jpg

[Karenciavo]

I liked it pretty well, but never found that perfect dress that I fell in love with. I have tried it on every year that I wasn't pregnant or nursing and if I take shallow breaths, it still fits!

Beautiful dress O. That cake looks yummy too.

[Colleen]

I admit it, the "meditation on the engagement ring" pose made me laugh.:D (I wouldn't say that if you hadn't poked fun at it yourself, btw.) I just seem to be on a totally different wave-length than a lot of women when it comes to things like this.:001_huh:

[Sharon in SC]

My mother had a difficult time deciding which of her 'dads' would give her away, so she asked both.


I did consider the option your mom went with. As the case may be, my stepdad was actually the one who felt he just couldn't do it (share the aisle). He was fine for me to have my natural father walk the aisle with me. He just couldn't bring himself to share the aisle with him. He's a very private person and I think the added attention was more than he could bring himself to endure. :o

In any case, it all worked out.

[Mrs Mungo]

Ok- I give up trying to load pics. I don't know how to resize them yet. :glare:

I put up some wedding photos on my blog.

Mrs. Mungo, was yours a Jessica McClintock too? Mine was similar and around the same price. :)

http://bp1.blogger.com/_4llt7x5XlgQ/R9_qz41pVaI/AAAAAAAAAXw/sn2y2MgdQqA/s1600-h/weddingdress.jpg

It may have been, I forget, so long ago!!

[Janna]

This was in 1996 and I believe the cost was a whopping $1500! Gulp...my poor, poor parents....Fortunately, I still love the dress, and dd does also. Maybe she'll end up wearing it too. Or not. :)

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any decent shots with the veil and train that weren't permanently secured to my wedding album. I know candid shots are great, but honestly, I just looked like a scared little girl, LOL. So I'm offering these to you instead. Imagine a long train, rather than the full bussle as shown here.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/two-ize/cakecutting.jpg
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/two-ize/wedding1.jpg%5B/IMG%5D
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/two-ize/wedding1.jpg

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/two-ize/cakecutting.jpg%5B/IMG%5D

[LadyNancy]

Married in 1985. Went Victorian which isn't what I would choose now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v718/LadyR2005/IMG-1-2.jpg

I think we should also post bridesmaid dresses!!!! Here's one of my bridesmaids:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v718/LadyR2005/IMG_0001a-1.jpg

[Karenciavo]

I think we should also post bridesmaid dresses!!!! Here's one of my bridesmaids:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v718/LadyR2005/IMG_0001a-1.jpg

My bridemaids' dresses look just like yours, but they were teal. Talk about an eighties color. :rolleyes:

[Mekanamom]

I took the easy way out and let the bridesmaids pick their own dresses.

It was fun! They picked great dresses, too. I bought one myself and still have it! LOL.

(You can sort of see them in the wedding dress pic I posted on my blog.)

[LadyNancy]

x

[Mom2legomaniacs]

I'll play. I couldn't figure out how to scan. And I couldn't get to the actual album. So I took pictures of the 2 pictures that we have out around the house in frames now. I posted them on my blog because I know how to do that (not post here).
I love seeing everyone's pictures. This is fun!

[Kate CA]

My dress is so 1980's (think Fergie) and I hated the veil, but here it is:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/karenciavo/avatar.jpg

Gosh, Karen, that picture just takes my breath away. It is just very beautiful. :) 80's or not, you are just lovely!!

[Kate CA]

Anyone else?

Sure - LOL. Here I am in my skinny early 90's glory. :)

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/uploads/u/UndertheSky/11258.jpg

It is a picture of a picture so that is why it is fuzzy. :)

[Mamagistra]

We had a JP wedding in 1988 with one witness, and sadly I have no pictures. :( I do want to play, however, so here is my Homecoming picture, significant only because I did marry my date. ;)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/modmommie/scan0002.jpg

[Amy in NH]

I love my dress, and my wedding pictures, so I'll share.

[Joanne]

I sold my first wedding dress on ebay and bought groceries.

Here is my second. (Note: I lost a size to get into it and I am now nearly 2 sizes smaller!) I wanted something simple, classic, that suggested "wedding" but did not look like a wedding dress. Oh, and it had to be inexpensive. This one was on clearance sale online with JCPenney for $59.00. The highest size it came in was a 16, so I pressed "purchased", prayed and ate well and exercised. LOL.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/HSmom23/Wedding054.jpg

[Karenciavo]

I love my dress, and my wedding pictures, so I'll share.

Beautiful :001_smile: I'm going to take a wild guess and say you didn't get married in NH, right?

[Stacia]

It is a picture of a picture so that is why it is fuzzy. :)

Good idea. Since my scanner is not hooked up, I took a few photos of the photos, lol.

Here's mine -- I want to play too. I loved my dress & our wedding day. It was really perfect. :)

I hope you can see the photos. I've had to resize them & I'm wondering how tiny they are...???

[Kate CA]

Good idea. Since my scanner is not hooked up, I took a few photos of the photos, lol.

Here's mine -- I want to play too. I loved my dress & our wedding day. It was really perfect. :)

I hope you can see the photos. I've had to resize them & I'm wondering how tiny they are...???

When you click on them they get bigger. You are so beautiful! :)

[Brenda in FL]

I'll play. I couldn't figure out how to scan. And I couldn't get to the actual album. So I took pictures of the 2 pictures that we have out around the house in frames now. I posted them on my blog because I know how to do that (not post here).
I love seeing everyone's pictures. This is fun!

OK - I am going to have to scan and post my pics - I was married in 1991 and my bridesmaids dresses were from Waverly decorator fabric as well!!! I'll post later tonite.

[Diane]

This is the only picture I have scanned. We celebrated 10 years in January. I was 20, dh was 24.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2233069602_c84326a98c.jpg

[bkpan]

I love my dress, and my wedding pictures, so I'll share.


That looks SO familiar. It has to be Florida. Any chance that it was the Kapok Tree Inn, used to be in Clearwater??

Kim in TN (used to be in NV)
:001_smile:

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

It is a little ways down on this post (http://mthopeacademy.blogspot.com/2008/02/hope-to-bliss.html)on my blog.

[Amy in NH]

Nope! We were married in Florida back when I was Amy in FL here on the boards.

[readwithem]

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I kept it and after my divorce, when I moved, it somehow fell out of the garment bag. I found it on the basement floor. The cats used it to pee on. I just threw it away. I think, given what a farce the marriage was, peeing on the wedding gown was appropriate. LOL *sigh* (My step mother doesn't know about the dress's demise and I'm not going to bring it up)


:biggrinjester:

[gandpsmommy]

Stacia, I love your dress!

[gandpsmommy]

This is the only picture I have scanned. We celebrated 10 years in January. I was 20, dh was 24.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2233069602_c84326a98c.jpg

You look lovely, and I love the photo. It's so sweet.

[PiCO]

I can't post a photo, but it wouldn't help anyway. My dh and I wore white t-shirts with pink & silver hearts embroidered on the upper left side with Bride on mine and Groom on his. I wore white jeans and my dh wore blue jeans.

:001_smile:

I love it! I got married in bike shorts. We made everyone bike or run up a mountain to the wedding site. (Well, we let old people drive up.)

[Barb F. PA in AZ]

Ya gotta love a girl who can match her eyeshadow, earrings, and shoes to her sweater :thumbup:

I would have killed for your skills in 1985.

Barb

We had a JP wedding in 1988 with one witness, and sadly I have no pictures. :( I do want to play, however, so here is my Homecoming picture, significant only because I did marry my date. ;)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/modmommie/scan0002.jpg

[Mamagistra]

Ya gotta love a girl who can match her eyeshadow, earrings, and shoes to her sweater :thumbup:

I would have killed for your skills in 1985.

Barb

:coolgleamA: :lol:

And FWIW, dee-aitch was in the Navy when we married in 1988, so he wore his dress blues and I wore a fitted white sailor dress with navy buttons. Probably my eyeshadow matched then, too. ;)

[Amy in NH]

Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales
http://boksanctuary.org/

Holy cow! They went up in price!
We only paid $350 to get married in their Exedra!

[Stacia]

Thanks for the compliments!

I've so enjoyed this thread & getting to look at all the different styles & fashions. Everyone looks lovely & so happy.

Fun topic!

[Doran]

I'm laughing here at how funny this is to me while realizing that I have to post. Some of "us" look so different than we do now. And, how many of us really are changed from the days when we were newly wed?

Of note:

1. I have exactly one photo of our wedding in my possession right now. The rest are packed away in storage while we continue to live in our "temporary" (right...it's been almost a year) rental.

2. I would never choose the same dress, with all its poof and floof. But it went well with my floofy-poofy hair. Other than a heart which remains pretty much the same, I am a VERY different girl from the one who wore this gown in 1991.

3. This photo appeared in the August 1991 issue (wedding was Feb.) of Town & Country Magazine. You know, the one all the "swells" read? My MIL was a subscriber -- a wannabe swell -- and sent our picture in on a whim. She nearly wet her pants when it showed up on the Weddings page six months later! Now, I think T & C only lets in fellow swells...possibly ones who pay a lot of money to have their photos printed there. Such a Cinderella story that we wound up there at all!

Here it is, scanned from the 17 year old magazine. ~Doran :D

[WTMindy]

My dress is so 1980's (think Fergie) and I hated the veil, but here it is:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/karenciavo/avatar.jpg
Karen, I'm so excited to see a picture of you!

[Leah]

Wow! Absolutely beautiful dress! :)

[WTMindy]

1991, when, for some strange reason people must have believed that the more material in a dress the longer the marriage?!?

Please forgive the frightening maniquin in the close-up picture of the front, but I wanted to show the heart in the front and the one in the back you can see also. Can I just please say "GAG!!" :-) But, oh did I love it as a bright-eyed 23 year old!!http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/mindybuller/scan-1.jpg

[Doran]

1991, when, for some strange reason people must have believed that the more material in a dress the longer the marriage?!?

And, I think I just may have you beat on the amount of material. My photo (currently at the very end of this thread) doesn't show the full train, but you can sure get the idea of ABUNDANCE from the sleeves alone!

Doran

[Brenda in FL]

Here's my dress (my mom and I made it - rather my mom made it and I added all the lace cutouts to the sleeves and skirt which you can't see in the picture.) This was in 1991. I'm a bit surprised at how many of us had dresses that were made by family/friends/self. Unfortunately - I think I could have bought a dress for what it cost in fabric and lace.

So far, my daughter says that she will want to wear it someday (and this is without my prompting).

Also showing is the Waverly bridesmaid dress - I had seven attendants (DH had 3 sisters!) So in some of my pics I look like I am in sitting in a flower garden. But it was nice for an afternoon wedding.

I have really enjoyed this thread.

[Amy in Orlando]

:lurk5: This thread has been so much fun to watch! I feel old when I look at some of the pictures- so many very young moms on this board! and I feel comforted that others experienced the big hair/big dress 80's/90's thing! Colleen, I wish I had been as cool as you were. I love the idea of a beautiful black gown and an elegant party. But, that stuff never occurs to me until I read about someone else doing it and then it doesn't really count, does it. LOL

My bridesmaids wore pretty much every bridesmaids dress shown here, but in a deep emerald green. Surprisingly, the color is flattering to many people. Not surprising, no one wore their dress again. I love the trend to picking a color and letting bridesmaids pick out their own dress.

Two questions - worst wedding story? AND, moms of all boys, what do you plan to do with your wedding dress?

Worst wedding story - gah, so many to share. Dh and I standing in a dumpster (yes, a dumpster) looking for his paycheck (that was supposed to pay the photographer and the florist). To this day, I'm pretty sure I'm the one that tossed it - just tidying up things. I think, even after 18 years of marriage that was our biggest knock-down-blow-em-up fight. Something about standing in an apartment dumpster, after a week with your psycho-soon-to-be-in-laws, the night before you're to be married made me snap. Not a moment I'm proud of, but we really, really laugh about it now. We never found the check, my mom very graciously floated us a loan until the check could be replaced.

Wedding dress? I don't know. I have the dress here. I'm hoping maybe the boys have daughters someday and I can hack it up into baptism gowns.

[Kelli in TN]

This has been a fun thread. Unfortunately I cannot participate. There are no pictures as I was 8 months pregnant when we got married. It was kind of a pathetic "just get it done" sort of day. No flowers, no gifts, no nothing. You say this, I say that, okay we are legal now.

But I would have been most likely to pick Karen's dress if I'd had the chance.

I think we should do high school senior portraits next time!!! Then you would all see why my mom was constantly nagging me about my eyebrows and why I marched my girls to the beauty shop at about 12 and demanded that their eyebrows be shaped into something not resembling caterpillars.

[Lorna in the boonies]

I can't post a picture. I don't have any on my computer and dh has taken the camera out of town with him, so I can't even take a picture of a picture!

But as to the question about the worst wedding story . . . .

Well, mine would be this: we got married on the Outer Banks (where we had both been living and where he is from) on Saturday at 2:00 and I had a job interview in Baton Rouge (where were moving) on Tuesday at 8:00 am. Obviously, we spent our honeymoon driving. I had asked him several times where he wanted to stop for the night so I could make reservations ahead of time.

He kept saying, "Oh, let's play it by ear. We don't need to make reservations."

Uh-huh. It was a Saturday. In July. And we were driving on the interstate.

We started looking for a place to stop before dark. Every place we pulled into was already booked for the night. After a couple of hours, I was near tears. Some nice worker at one of the hotels got on the phone for us (it was 1990, so before the days of cell phones) and called around. He spent quite a while and made quite a few calls before he said, "There's not an empty room along the interstate for the next 200 miles. You're going to have to get off the main road."

So we did. We headed southwest on the back roads, stopping at every hotel in every little town we drove through.

We finally found a room at 2:00 am.

I was ready to kill him.

That was the *last* time we have traveled without reservations.

[Karenciavo]

Two questions - worst wedding story? I stayed out really, really, late with some of my co-workers 2 nights before the wedding and my soon-to-be-dh was furious. Also, my flowers were the wrong color. I wanted white roses with a soft pink hue and no daisies and I got white roses with a soft yellow hue and daisies. Needless to say I refused to pay the balance.


AND, moms of all boys, what do you plan to do with your wedding dress?I guess I'm hoping one of my future DIL or granddaughters will want to wear it, if not http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/confused005.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[*anj*]

I think we should do high school senior portraits next time!!! Then you would all see why my mom was constantly nagging me about my eyebrows and why I marched my girls to the beauty shop at about 12 and demanded that their eyebrows be shaped into something not resembling caterpillars.

Oh yes, will someone puleeeeeze do this?
http://www.pic4ever.com/images/secret.gif (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/%5Bimg%5Dhttp://www.pic4ever.com/images/secret.gif%5B/img%5D)I would do it, but my scanner's not working....

[Sharon in SC]

We'll see how this goes. I'm still not home to try to share my wedding portrait but since I'm visiting at my mom's I'm able to scan these pics of my girls (ages 4 and 7 at the time, now 11 and 15) playing dressup with my veil, gown, and shoes. I cannot tell you how much fun this was (for me *and* the girls)! :D I think it might be really neat to use some of the pics taken during this portrait session for display at some of their wedding festivities (showers, reception, or the like). I don't know - we'll see how they'd feel about that but, for now, I sure enjoy looking at these. It is this moment in time captured on film that makes the value of my dress for me increase exponentially. Now, no matter what happens to the dress, the memories captured on film (our wedding and this dress up session when my girls were so young) are invaluable to me!

Here's two of my favorites from the session (click on the thumbnails once to enlarge and then again to enlarge even further):

[DIY-DY]

We got married long before we had a digital camera, and this is the only one I've scanned in. Doesn't show the dress so well, and I promise DH and I aren't this fuzzy and out-of-focus IRL, but... well, this is what I've got.


http://bp0.blogger.com/_-LgmZ04hop0/R-EkgUeca8I/AAAAAAAAA64/HE0BGKiNJf4/s1600-h/smwedding2.jpg

I've SO enjoyed this thread - some gorgeous gowns, and such happy couples. Makes my heart smile.

ACK - nope, won't show the picture. (We aren't red x's, either, honest!) Well, here's a direct link to the image:
http://bp0.blogger.com/_-LgmZ04hop0/R-EkgUeca8I/AAAAAAAAA64/HE0BGKiNJf4/s1600-h/smwedding2.jpg

Maybe that'll work?

[PariSarah]

nt

[Sharon in SC]

Here's two more of my favorites from the session (click on the thumbnails once to enlarge and then again to enlarge even further):

Enjoy these in addition to the first two I scanned in the other post! :)

[PariSarah]

We got married long before we had a digital camera, and this is the only one I've scanned in. Doesn't show the dress so well, and I promise DH and I aren't this fuzzy and out-of-focus IRL, but... well, this is what I've got.

Oh! Is that a kilt?!

Lucky girl!

[Sharon in SC]

We are looking forward to seeing your pics when you get a chance.:)

I've posted *way* below the pics I promised! :D

[PariSarah]

AND, moms of all boys, what do you plan to do with your wedding dress?

I wore my MIL's dress. It's been preserved again, just waiting for another wedding! I'd offer it to my DsIL-to-be in a heartbeat, and I'd try to be just as gracious and non-pushy about it as my MIL was.

The nice thing about this dress is that it's got classic lines and subtle decoration. It'll look heirloom rather than dated.

My mom cut up hers and made Easter dresses for my sister and me out of it. It was a maternity wedding dress, though, and I think the desire to have one of us wear it was . . . just not there. :D

[Brenda in FL]

Sharon,
The pictures are so sweet!! My MIL would take her dress out every anniversary and try it on and then her girls would do the same. My SIL's have done the same with my neices. (I just can't seem to get over unpacking mine from the "sterile" box it was put in to do the same)

Anyway it does make for some cute pictures. I thnk one of my SILs even used one of the pics when she was little for a shower invitation.

[DIY-DY]

Today - (well yesterday) is my 18th wedding anniversary. Here's a link to a picture of our wedding. I loved my dress - It was ivory damask over a layer of pale pink silk. I was baptized in pink as an infant, had pink ribbons on my first communion dress and was married in pink (yes, I know, smack dab in the middle of Lent, but we were rebels then - it's all ok now)

Not a great picture of the dress, but I'll have the new printer scanner up tomorrow if you want a better one. I guess it's old enough now to be considered "retro," huh? ;)

http://www.thefoilhat.com/insidethefoilhatblog.htm?blogentryid=1328898

I still can't get to individual entries on your blog, so I can't see the picture. :(

[Sharon in SC]

I think one of my SILs even used one of the pics when she was little for a shower invitation.

I LOVE the idea of using one of these for a shower invitation! Thanks for sharing.

[Kate CA]

We had a JP wedding in 1988 with one witness, and sadly I have no pictures.

OK, two things - this is an AWESOME picture! SO totally 80's!! I love it. LOVE it - talk about going back in time!! :) And secondly, what is a JP wedding? :)

[percytruffle]

I just love these pics! They are so precious. I'm glad you were able to post them:D

[percytruffle]

Gorgeous! You two look amazing together, unfocused and all!!

[DIY-DY]

Did you really go to "South Park"??? Oh, my. Now you officially have a theme song I can play in my head when I think of you. (Sorry.)

That is the sweetest picture! I'm glad you played.
Dy

[Needleroozer]

This is the world's dumbest pose (who in hades meditates on their engagement ring? please!), but it shows the dress detail pretty well:

I love the photo of my oldest sister, meditating on her ring. She has the sweetest smile of joy on her face.

So far, yours is my fave, Sarah. Very pretty bride you were!

[GothicGyrl]

Ok, first DIY-Di-- I AM SO JEALOUS--your husband wore a kilt.. gahh... I don't like you right now :D


And Sharon in SC--may I please photo manipulate those photos for my portfolio? PLEASE????????

[Sharon in SC]

And Sharon in SC--may I please photo manipulate those photos for my portfolio? PLEASE????????

It's certainly OK by me. Not knowing what your portfolio is all about exactly, the only hesitation I have is in the fact that those were done by a professional photographer. If you can somehow give credit (Barber Photography, SC) then maybe it would be legal to do? I guess, *technically*, I shouldn't have posted them without the Barber's permission. I just couldn't resist the opportunity to share with my cyberfriends what we'd done with my wedding gown! :001_smile:

[GothicGyrl]

Actually, the photograph belongs to them--I'm not using their photograph, per se. It's kind of complicated, but it's the difference between completely plagerising something without proper citation and taking something someone said and making it into your own words.

Go here if you need to see my work first: www.creativewonders.homeschooljournal.net and click around. That's what I mean by "photo manipulation" and I shouldn't get in any trouble for it as I'm not claiming their work as my own AND I'm not selling it. I'm only selling the techniques I used on it, which is vastly different.

Oh and you can post those pictures without problems because technically they are yours once you pay for them. IF you sold them, then there would be problems with the studio.

[Mamagistra]

OK, two things - this is an AWESOME picture! SO totally 80's!! I love it. LOVE it - talk about going back in time!! :) And secondly, what is a JP wedding? :)

:blush:

Justice-of-the-Peace, AKA civil ceremony...we were young, poor, and IN LOVE! :001_tt1:

[Mamagistra]

Did you really go to "South Park"??? Oh, my. Now you officially have a theme song I can play in my head when I think of you. (Sorry.)

That is the sweetest picture! I'm glad you played.
Dy

*snort* Yes: South Park, Home of the Fighting Greenies. :lol::lol:

Psst...Is it true that kilt-wearers are required to go, er, commando? :blush:

[WTMindy]

We'll see how this goes. I'm still not home to try to share my wedding portrait but since I'm visiting at my mom's I'm able to scan these pics of my girls (ages 4 and 7 at the time, now 11 and 15) playing dressup with my veil, gown, and shoes. I cannot tell you how much fun this was (for me *and* the girls)! :D I think it might be really neat to use some of the pics taken during this portrait session for display at some of their wedding festivities (showers, reception, or the like). I don't know - we'll see how they'd feel about that but, for now, I sure enjoy looking at these. It is this moment in time captured on film that makes the value of my dress for me increase exponentially. Now, no matter what happens to the dress, the memories captured on film (our wedding and this dress up session when my girls were so young) are invaluable to me!

Here's two of my favorites from the session (click on the thumbnails once to enlarge and then again to enlarge even further):
Those are priceless!!!!!!

[LadyNancy]

Sharon in SC, LOVE those pictures of your children playing dress up! How precious!

[chickenpatty]

I just scanned two pics in... lets see if I can get them here. One is a "dumb pose" similar to Parisarah's and my dress is very similar to a couple of others posted so far.

88

I hope this works! This has been a fun thread.

[chickenpatty]

Here is the other. I'm flashing my birkenstocks at the reception.

89

[Sharon in SC]

Those are priceless!!!!!!

Certainly, to me, they really are. :001_wub:

[astrid]

We had a JP wedding in 1988 with one witness, and sadly I have no pictures. :( I do want to play, however, so here is my Homecoming picture, significant only because I did marry my date. ;)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/modmommie/scan0002.jpg

I can just SMELL the Love's Baby Soft! :001_smile:

[Mamagistra]

I can just SMELL the Love's Baby Soft! :001_smile:

LOL I think I'd graduated to Anaïs Anaïs by then... :tongue_smilie: Hey, at least it wasn't Giorgio! :ack2::ack2::ack2:

[GothicGyrl]

LOL I think I'd graduated to Anaïs Anaïs by then... :tongue_smilie: Hey, at least it wasn't Giorgio! :ack2::ack2::ack2:
Wearing Baby Soft, stealing mom's Heaven Scent, sometimes affording Liz Claiborne and loving Drakkar Noir on men :)

I think I smelled sometimes.. heheh

[chickenpatty]

Aubrey, you and your dh both look like 14 year olds! You are very pretty!

[nancypants]

Oh, I love picture posts. Can you tell? :D

Here it is from the back:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/posiepie/hp_scanDS_7411628217.jpg

and from the front:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/posiepie/hp_scanDS_7411624209.jpg

Sorry they're so big... I didn't know if you could see the dress as well if I made them super small.

[AndyJoy]

This is the only picture I have handy now, and it doesn't show off much of the dress, but you get the idea. The bodice is covered with little beads, and the skirt/train is satin with beaded lace accents.

[Jackie in AR]

I didn't post on this thread the first time around, but dh and I celebrated our anniversary this week and I thought I would finally join in the fun.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/Jackie_in_AR/scan0003.jpg

[NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too]

it was a combination of a Caroline Hararra (sp) design and the dress Caroline Kennedy wore. My lace overlay was a tulip design, I think hers was 4-leaf clovers...

Forgot to mention, my mom made my veil.

[Jackie in AR]

it was a combination of a Caroline Hararra (sp) design and the dress Caroline Kennedy wore. My lace overlay was a tulip design, I think hers was 4-leaf clovers...

Your dress is beautiful! My mom made my dress.

[ereks mom]

I'm much taller than my mom, so we had to add rows of lace to the bottom. I'll try to post a picture later.

[Momto4kids]

Your dress is beautiful! My mom made my dress.


WoW! She did a beautiful job! Great dress Jackie.

[Brindee]

Lovely! Carrying a bouquet of daisies I see.;)

Isn't it fun to see how young everyone looks! Egads, mine was twenty years ago!!! Scary to think about how long it's been. I still have my dress. It doesn't fit anymore though:001_huh:. Actually, it doesn't even fit my 19 year old dd. I was very skinny back then.
I haven't looked all the way through, just to this point, written 3-18. DH's and my 20th anniversary was March 20. When was yours?

I'm going to see if I can scan in a picture...

[Momto4kids]

Well hopefully this works! These are the only 2 pics that looked ok after scanning.

http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m390/megsmachine/Wedding.jpg

http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m390/megsmachine/Wedding003.jpg

[Momto4kids]

ok, sorry these are so big!!!!

[ticklbee]

Well, I'll give it a try...sorry if I mess it up...I've never posted a pic in a reply before.

[Jackie in AR]

Those are just beautiful, Megan!

[Momto4kids]

Those are just beautiful, Megan!

THanks! :)

[DB in NJ]

Blurry as can be (pictures of pictures)....1989 in case you were a-wonderin' :D


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d157/MarkDonna/wedding001.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d157/MarkDonna/wedding002.jpg

[Lizabethian]

Ok I have to share mine. :) My sister made it for me and it was her first dress. I LOVE how it turned out. It ended up different than the pattern but we were going for that. ;) My pics are kind of hard to see but the ones that show the final fitting aren't accurate since we changed up the train afterwards.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Lizabethian/Wedding%20photos/?action=view&current=CassieandBeto3.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Lizabethian/Wedding%20photos/?action=view&current=CassieandBeto2.jpg

My computer is freaking out and not letting me do anything but put those links in. Sorry about that. The first is what it looked like from the back and the second is from the side and you can kind of see the detail of the knot on my train and the detail on the top of the dress. Yes my back is red and splotchy. What can I say? I'm a nervous sort of gal. You should have seen my chest. :lol:

Oh yeah. 2004. And I want to say the pattern was originally a McCalls though I can't remember. And I wore blue fuzzy slippers. :lol:

[caitlinsmom]

The pattern for Lizabethians dress was Vouge. :) We tweaked it so much it really doesnt resemeble the orignal much. :) I love your dress! :)

[Lizabethian]

Told you I didn't remember. ;) :lol:

[DB in NJ]

Oh, and if I had it to do all over again??? We'd be married on the beach wearing comfortable cotton somethings and bare feet :D

[Quiver0f10]

We celebrate 21 years on August 2nd!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/Quiver0f10/dressfront.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/Quiver0f10/dressback.jpg

[Brindee]

My dress goes along with the same style of the late 80's, early 90's! My wedding was in March of 1988.

The first pic is of my dad and I at the door before we walked down the aisle. The second is of my soon-to-be dh and I lighting the Unity Candle. See my waist? Yes, I had one then! :001_smile: At that time it was about 23 inches! Now it's NOT 23, not even close! :glare:

[Colleen]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/swissfarm/scan001001-1.jpg

What is up with my BIG ray-bans and bright RED Helly Hansen ski outfit?:tongue_smilie:

[readwithem]

I'm much taller than my mom, so we had to add rows of lace to the bottom. I'll try to post a picture later.

How cool that you got married on your parents' anniversary! :)

We got married on 6/20 but in 1987.

[chiguirre]

We got married in shorts at City Hall in Philly on moving day! We had to have a civil wedding in order to get married in a church in Caracas. We had so much stuff to do between dh's MBA graduation and getting our stuff into storage before we had to catch a plane that we just didn't have the gumption to get dressed up. We didn't take any pictures of this fiasco, although we did get ten copies of the marriage certificate with raised seal. The tricky thing is remembering the date of our "anniversary" when you fill out forms because it's a couple weeks before the one we actually celebrate.

[Colleen]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/swissfarm/scan001002.jpg

This is a really lovely spot, a chateau overlooking the city and lake. Late January, with the Alps in the distance. Looking for a dress that worked with my five-months-pregnant body, I fell in love with this Donna Karan dress at a shop in Vancouver. I still like it very much. The guy is nice, too.;)

[Crissy]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m131/swissfarm/scan001002.jpg

This is a really lovely spot, a chateau overlooking the city and lake. Late January, with the Alps in the distance. Looking for a dress that worked with my five-months-pregnant body, I fell in love with this Donna Karan dress at a shop in Vancouver. I still like it very much. The guy is nice, too.;)
So beautiful, Colleen!

[TN Mama]

I have loved looking at everyone's photos. Here are a few of mine. It is so strange to see pictures of myself from years ago. I almost don't recognize myself!

[Diana in OR]

My dress goes along with the same style of the late 80's, early 90's! My wedding was in March of 1988.



I had a hat like yours, in 1992! I was so nervous that I forgot to "fluff" the netting before pictures. I'll see if I can post my pics soon. I completely missed this thread the first time around. Very fun!:001_smile:

[nakitty]

ok, sorry these are so big!!!!


heeeheee your son is alllll you, isn't he! At least in the looks department...LOL

[jkwynn]

I had a hat like yours, in 1992! I was so nervous that I forgot to "fluff" the netting before pictures. I'll see if I can post my pics soon. I completely missed this thread the first time around. Very fun!:001_smile:

I also had a hat, in 1998! I need to unpack my pictures...

[Janie]

http://bp0.blogger.com/_fPGqNI8B4JY/RmGHczh-N2I/AAAAAAAAAUM/V_xHjhjRWa4/s400/100_4105.JPG

[Momto4kids]

heeeheee your son is alllll you, isn't he! At least in the looks department...LOL

Funny we always knew he looked like my side but I just studied my wedding pic and him, and man! He really does look like me. :lol:

[muffinmom]

So it's taken me 3 days to figure out how to scan my pics and get them on here. OK...I actually made dh do it for me, but we've had some trouble. Here they are.

When I look at these, all I can think is, "My, how I've aged!" But after almost 20 years, a girl has a right to age, don't you think?

Edit: These are so small--how did ya'll get yours to show up bigger? But if you click on them, you can see a bigger size. Sigh. I wish I knew how to do photos. Oh...and how could I forget--my mom made my dress. I found a picture in a magazine and she copied it. She's amazing that way.


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[Brindee]

So it's taken me 3 days to figure out how to scan my pics and get them on here. OK...I actually made dh do it for me, but we've had some trouble. Here they are.

When I look at these, all I can think is, "My, how I've aged!" But after almost 20 years, a girl has a right to age, don't you think?

Edit: These are so small--how did ya'll get yours to show up bigger? But if you click on them, you can see a bigger size. Sigh. I wish I knew how to do photos.Beautiful pictures! Looks like you had a waist like I did! Well, maybe you still have yours. 20 years later, I don't have that waist anymore! :glare: :001_smile:

[muffinmom]

Beautiful pictures! Looks like you had a waist like I did! Well, maybe you still have yours. 20 years later, I don't have that waist anymore! :glare: :001_smile:

I HAD a tiny waist. I guess it's still relatively more narrow than the other parts, but, you know, it all spreads out somehow! Thank you, though!

[krazzymommy]

Will you all forgive me for bringing this up again? I found it and enjoyed looking through it, and just uploaded my pics for something else, so I wanted to join in, too! Maybe there's some more newbies who'd like to add, as well.

April 21, 2001:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/krazzymommy/SHfJ0cGf2dI/AAAAAAAABMU/5tTlZ6tEW9U/s400/scan0004%28rev%201%29.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/krazzymommy/SHfJxsc2cwI/AAAAAAAABMM/vhCFNYfHU9w/s400/scan0003%28rev%201%29-1.jpg

[Frelle]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb212/frellechildren/wedding/Wedding.jpg
1997, married 11 years this month.

Can't find any closeups to show the detail, but I loved my dress and felt like Cinderella in it.

[Mrs Mungo]

Will you all forgive me for bringing this up again?

There is nothing to forgive! I love seeing the pics!

The prom thread might be another matter....:lol:

[lynn]

Someday I'll dig up my wedding photos and scan and post but to much to do today. I found my dress all lace with an open back on the clearance rack at JCPenny it was a try on sample and I only paid $75 for it it was to big but the seamstress at JCPenny's took the whole thing apart andmade it fit perfectly for me and did not charge me a cent. I was really suprised. It was about 2 sizes to big she spent about 20min pinning and she made it fit me perfectly.

[Karenciavo]

Will you all forgive me for bringing this up again? I found it and enjoyed looking through it, and just uploaded my pics for something else, so I wanted to join in, too! Maybe there's some more newbies who'd like to add, as well.

April 21, 2001:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/krazzymommy/SHfJ0cGf2dI/AAAAAAAABMU/5tTlZ6tEW9U/s400/scan0004%28rev%201%29.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/krazzymommy/SHfJxsc2cwI/AAAAAAAABMM/vhCFNYfHU9w/s400/scan0003%28rev%201%29-1.jpg

Great pictures. We have the same anniversary! 11 years apart, but the same date. :D

[Miss Peregrine]

Holy cow! My sleeves!



http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n54/motheringbyheart/miscellaneous/02-21-2007111741AM.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n54/motheringbyheart/miscellaneous/02-22-2007034430PM.jpg

[Tarheel Heather]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/neheth/SFbLUDENcAI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/v_aq_8xpWmU/s320/IMG.jpg

[Amy in Orlando]

I'm so glad this thread is still going on! Amy/Crunchy what were you, about 12, when you got married? You look so young (and very beautiful). Heather, I'm lol at your picture. Krazzymommy, your gown is gorgeous! Where did you have your reception? All that water in the background is so pretty.

[Miss Peregrine]

I'm so glad this thread is still going on! Amy/Crunchy what were you, about 12, when you got married? You look so young (and very beautiful). Heather, I'm lol at your picture. Krazzymommy, your gown is gorgeous! Where did you have your reception? All that water in the background is so pretty.


LOL, The text I wrote first said, "Wait, was I twelve when I got married?"
Thank you! :blush:

[BigMamaBird]

I can't believe it will be 10 years in May already!!

I am very fashion UN conscious, but I loved my dress. It was very simple with a little beading. I paid around $600 for the dress, crinoline and veil together.

Since my favorite flowers are white tulips and lilac, that's what I chose for my bouquet. Simple and pretty.

[Heather in WI]

Oh! Fun thread! We're celebrating 12 years in March. :001_wub:

[gardening momma]

Wow. I read through 18 pages to get to the end before I posted my pic. I also wanted to see who resurrected the thread (it started in March 2008). It was a spam post that resurrected it! :lol:

July 2001. I think my dress was $300. I made my veil--in hindsight it was pretty big, but I did make it so the long section detached so I could wear a short veil (down to my waist) at the reception. My bouquet was soooo heavy! I chose all the flowers for it, but I had no idea it would turn out so big. The florist recommended 6 of each type of flower I wanted, and that sounded good to me. There were roses, tulips, alstromeria & daisies. This dress was exactly what I wanted, except I would have preferred cap sleeves.

[Crimson Wife]

My DH doesn't want me posting identifiable photos on the 'net so you'll have to forgive the weird cropping ;)

I was very pleased to find a dress I loved for $450 (this was 1998). The only snag I ran into is I allowed the lady at the shop to "eyeball" the size rather than measuring me. It was 1 size larger than what I normally wore, so I thought it would be fine. I was in a bit of a panic when the order came in and I couldn't zip up the back. I didn't have enough time to re-order the correct size so I had to ramp up the exercise and starve myself to lose 10 lbs quickly.

[coffeefreak]

12 years on Sunday. D:001_wub:ecember 20,1997

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30564805&id=1066236778

[specialmama]

That's funny that a spam message brought this beaut back to life... speaking of beaut... here I am at the young impressionable age of 21...
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v193/173/119/803595429/n803595429_2371428_6971.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2371411&id=803595429)

Yes, that is me. And the dress is my mom's wedding gown. I married Frank. But okay, that was a costume contest, and yes I won first place. LOL... here's my real wedding gown, but this pic is a bad pic and I can't scan the better pics... so it will have to do.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v193/173/119/803595429/n803595429_2371426_6368.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2371411&id=803595429)
Mine was all lacey in the front, but with beautiful, billowing folds in the back. What do you call that, when it's down in a train and then it poufs up and attaches... anyhow, whatever that was, it was so cool on this dress. Just a bit better than the dress I borrowed from my mom :lol:

[nestof3]

The first one freaked me out, LOL, but seriously, you are beautiful!

That's funny that a spam message brought this beaut back to life... speaking of beaut... here I am at the young impressionable age of 21...
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v193/173/119/803595429/n803595429_2371428_6971.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2371411&id=803595429)

Yes, that is me. And the dress is my mom's wedding gown. I married Frank. But okay, that was a costume contest, and yes I won first place. LOL... here's my real wedding gown, but this pic is a bad pic and I can't scan the better pics... so it will have to do.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v193/173/119/803595429/n803595429_2371426_6368.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2371411&id=803595429)
Mine was all lacey in the front, but with beautiful, billowing folds in the back. What do you call that, when it's down in a train and then it poufs up and attaches... anyhow, whatever that was, it was so cool on this dress. Just a bit better than the dress I borrowed from my mom :lol:

[gardening momma]

My DH doesn't want me posting identifiable photos on the 'net so you'll have to forgive the weird cropping ;)

I was very pleased to find a dress I loved for $450 (this was 1998). The only snag I ran into is I allowed the lady at the shop to "eyeball" the size rather than measuring me. It was 1 size larger than what I normally wore, so I thought it would be fine. I was in a bit of a panic when the order came in and I couldn't zip up the back. I didn't have enough time to re-order the correct size so I had to ramp up the exercise and starve myself to lose 10 lbs quickly.
Gorgeous dress.

[Momling]

This dress was actually a bridesmaid dress, but it was just what I was looking for... I chose 'champagne' color. It was a super-tiny wedding, but lots of fun!


http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/86865/20090220/180612.jpg

[katemary63]

My Dad's wife made my dress. The materials were $200. That was in 1984. It didn't really fit that well at the neckline. She tried and tried to fix it, but...never got it right. I liked the style though.

[Liz CA]

Since I completely missed the thread the first time around, I am enjoying this tremendously at this late hour.
Love that picture with your stepson.

[Lisa in Jax]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs022.snc1/4253_1142412954077_1040061194_413433_2922800_n.jpg

I kept the dress, and dd has full permission to use any or all of it -- in any way. So, if she wants to remove the linebacker sleeves or just use the silk or the lace, that's fine. ;-)

Lisa

[unsinkable]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs022.snc1/4253_1142412954077_1040061194_413433_2922800_n.jpg

I kept the dress, and dd has full permission to use any or all of it -- in any way. So, if she wants to remove the linebacker sleeves or just use the silk or the lace, that's fine. ;-)

Lisa

I think those used to be called Leg o' Mutton sleeves. Really.

[aggieamy]

I wasn't around the first time this thread came around but I sure want to jump in now. :001_smile:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/aggieamykc/AmyandKevin217.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t124/aggieamykc/AmyandKevin265.jpg

My dress was $100 because we found it on sale and it fit perfectly. I was very lucky!

[BikeBookBread]

I think it is so fun that someone resurrected this thread! I didn't see it the first time 'round. I'll join in on the fun. I do not resemble the girl in this picture much anymore...14 years older, 25 pounds heavier, short cropped hair (no more newscaster hair to my husband's delight!). But I still adore this dress!

[specialmama]

The first one freaked me out, LOL, but seriously, you are beautiful!

LOL sorry Dawn! :lol: Oh and thank you! I love your pics too!

[mrsrevmeg]

I love seeing all these pictures! I got married in 1996. My mother and I made my dress. I still like it. People asked me that day if I was wearing a hairpiece. I was not. My mother told me my hair looked like Marge Simpson because it was so tall.

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn241/mrs_rev_meg/scan0002-1.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn241/mrs_rev_meg/scan0001-5.jpg

[hsmom3tn]

I wasn't here when this thread started, so I'm so glad that someone brought it out of hiding - even if it was a spammer. :lol:

You all are gorgeous and the dresses are awesome!

I never got to wear my dress - LOOOONG story. I ended up getting married about 6 years after originally planned, wearing a skirt and blouse, by a judge.

I hate that, too, because my dress cost me about $600. It's still in the garment bag, hanging up in my room. I don't know what to do with it. It was never worn or altered. I bought it in 1999, so I'm sure it's way out-of-style and no one would want it now. Well, maybe in 20 or 30 years when everything comes back in style. :tongue_smilie:

Here is a scan of an ad that I found in a store catalog 10 years ago...

[Apryl H]

fun thread! This is the only decent photo I have scanned. (And yes, I was as young as I looked!)

[specialmama]

fun thread! This is the only decent photo I have scanned. (And yes, I was as young as I looked!)

Apryl, you look young NOW... you've just got great skin, so considering you have a 12 year old.... I'd say you were 8 when you got married :D

[coffeefreak]

I'm going to try one more time to get my pic in there.


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[Apryl H]

Apryl, you look young NOW... you've just got great skin, so considering you have a 12 year old.... I'd say you were 8 when you got married :D


lol...close..I was 16. (and dd didn't come along till 4 years later!)

[Apryl H]

I'm going to try one more time to get my pic in there. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30564805&id=1066236778

It didn't work. How do you do it?


When you click post reply, scroll down and there is a button that says manage attachments. You can upload from there.

[coralloyd]

Here I be:

[Lisa in Jax]

I think those used to be called Leg o' Mutton sleeves. Really.

LOL. But they were so "1991!"


Funny how quickly this stuff looks dated.

[staceyobu]

This is the only one I have on the computer!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff148/paintedbison/wedding.jpg

Sorry... horrible resolution!!!

[CAMom]

Joining the group who very obviously was married in the '80's:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/ronette2004/Together2-1.png

[Lovedtodeath]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i155/eafalbum/6-28.jpg

My aunt made my dress. I window shopped bridal magazines to choose all the different parts (skirt, bodice, sleeves, etc.) and she put it all together. You have great taste! My aunt made my dress too. It looked very similar to yours. Straight skirt, train, long sleeves, v neck... same shapes exactly! My color and lace had a more antique look though. I was married in '94.

[Stacia]

This is the only one I have on the computer!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff148/paintedbison/wedding.jpg

Sorry... horrible resolution!!!

How cool (haha or sorry about the pun;)) -- an ice-skating wedding! Do tell more, please... :001_smile:

[staceyobu]

How cool (haha or sorry about the pun;)) -- an ice-skating wedding! Do tell more, please... :001_smile:


We actually weren't married on the ice. DH proposed to me at the rink and took me there after the wedding (at a church). They actually interrupted hockey practice to let us take a picture there after the wedding.

I skated for years as a kid and loved it. It was a great proposal!

[Stacia]

We actually weren't married on the ice. DH proposed to me at the rink and took me there after the wedding (at a church). They actually interrupted hockey practice to let us take a picture there after the wedding.

I skated for years as a kid and loved it. It was a great proposal!

Great photo. How fun! Love it. :001_smile:

[Pippen]

I don't have a scanner to show you but I wore my aunt's dress that she wore in 1954. My mom altered it and replaced the lace on the bodice, plus recovered a LOT of buttons going down the back in satin. My only regret was using lace off the shelf instead of ordering something nicer.

My aunt had all boys and was delighted. She paid $75 for it, the same amount my veil cost me in 1989. I had a really hard time finding a veil because most dresses were white at the time, and the veils were white with lots of stuff dangling around the face, Finally I found an ivory veil with a simple tiara style.

[ktgrok]

I ordered it from an online website, and it was perfect for our wedding in a little chapel in the Scottish highlands. The wedding was just me and my husband, with the photographer and videographer for witnesses, but my hubby wanted me to have a "real wedding dress".

[southcarolinamom]

You can't see much of my dress - I was too busy kissing my hubby to care -- the dress was candlelight in color color, lace over satin, sweetheart neckline, short puff sleeves. Perfect for a hot Pennsylvania summer day!

[KristenD]

What a fun thread! My husband and I just celebrated 10 years this summer.
Here's two pictures from our wedding. I loved my dress and I loved my shoes! Of course, my mother nearly died when she discovered I would be wearing tennis shoes and socks for the ceremony.

[fairfarmhand]

Here's mine; it still fits, but since I got married in Sept. and then had a baby Dec. 1, that shouldn't be surprising.

I sewed it myself. Simple cream satin with beading at the neck, waist and sleeves. It was simple enough that I'm hoping that one of my girls might be interested in wearing it.

The chapel we got married in was so old that there was no bathroom there. :confused: People had to go across the street to the courthouse to potty. Since I was in my dress when the urge struck, I had to wait till later.

:tongue_smilie:

it was 1997

[fairfarmhand]

We'll see how this goes. I'm still not home to try to share my wedding portrait but since I'm visiting at my mom's I'm able to scan these pics of my girls (ages 4 and 7 at the time, now 11 and 15) playing dressup with my veil, gown, and shoes. I cannot tell you how much fun this was (for me *and* the girls)! :D I think it might be really neat to use some of the pics taken during this portrait session for display at some of their wedding festivities (showers, reception, or the like). I don't know - we'll see how they'd feel about that but, for now, I sure enjoy looking at these. It is this moment in time captured on film that makes the value of my dress for me increase exponentially. Now, no matter what happens to the dress, the memories captured on film (our wedding and this dress up session when my girls were so young) are invaluable to me!

Here's two of my favorites from the session (click on the thumbnails once to enlarge and then again to enlarge even further):


awwww....i wish I'd done this but now my girls are all too big!!!!

Maybe I'll have some grandbabies....

[Lovedtodeath]

I tried on my wedding dress every year for our anniversary until my cat peed on it. :crying:

[unsinkable]

I ordered it from an online website, and it was perfect for our wedding in a little chapel in the Scottish highlands. The wedding was just me and my husband, with the photographer and videographer for witnesses, but my hubby wanted me to have a "real wedding dress".

You're gorgeous!

[unsinkable]

We actually weren't married on the ice. DH proposed to me at the rink and took me there after the wedding (at a church). They actually interrupted hockey practice to let us take a picture there after the wedding.

I skated for years as a kid and loved it. It was a great proposal!

MY dh proposed at a rink, too!

It was where we had our first date!

[WarriorMama]

What a fun thread! My husband and I just celebrated 10 years this summer.
Here's two pictures from our wedding. I loved my dress and I loved my shoes! Of course, my mother nearly died when she discovered I would be wearing tennis shoes and socks for the ceremony.

:lol: That's not so bad. I wore combat boots to my reception.

[susancollins]

Here is a photo of me in my dress from 2002. All of you look stunning in your wedding gowns.
Susan

[JENinOR]

We eloped to Acapulco, Mexico and got married there by the local judge. The bell boy, the photographer and the cross dressing hotel "wedding coordinator" were our only witnesses. We got married outside our room overlooking Acapulco Bay.

I went shoppig for my wedding dress at lunch from work. I had an idea in my head of what I wanted, walked into the store, found it right away and bought it - all within about 30 minutes. It was very simple in the front - an a tiny bit more ornate in the back (you might be able to get a little glimpse from the pic.

http://www.winkflash.com/photo/imagew2.aspx?c=2330222&i=245356949&z=0

I am so happy we eloped. I recommend it to everyone!!

I wish we had. I'm just that kind of a gal, but didn't want to hurt feelings/didn't really see it as an option. We'll be married 9 years at the end of the year. The dress cost $250. I do LOVE it. It was the first one I tried on!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/MommaJenny/wedding021.jpg

I love the oldfashioned look of this dress! It was altered a bit, but didn't really have the money for a really great job. Didn't bother me at all though!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/MommaJenny/wedding027.jpg

The back was my favorite part of it.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c265/MommaJenny/wedding038.jpg

A picture of the hubs.

[DianeW88]

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww315/trixiebelle88/wedding3.jpg

Let's hope this works. I'm very "late '80s" with my dress, too! :D

Diane W.
married for 22 years
homeschooling 3 kiddos for 16 years

[cjbeach]

My dh and I were married at the Chapel of the Snows on Stratton Mountain, Vermont at glorious sunset on a gorgeous Autumn evening. It was just the minister, his wife, and the two of us. The chapel was candlelit, quiet and romantic. We're mushballs so we both cried almost the entire time.
The dress was a Nicole Miller simple, knee-length, ivory satin dress I found in Manchester Village THAT afternoon shopping. Simple, simple, simple for our sweet, simple vow exhange. (Ironically I actually planned on wearing a colored Nicole Miller gown until I stumbled on this dress that afternoon.)
This is a scan of one of the few pics we have (our 10 year is the end of the month:)).
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[unsinkable]

Here is a photo of me in my dress from 2002. All of you look stunning in your wedding gowns.
Susan

You look so beautiful!

I love your dress, too!

[Mrs Mungo]

Bumping

[Parrothead]

Funny how people don't look like we expect them to look.

[Dustybug]

Here is the best one that I have readily available on my computer. This is outside of the church right after the ceremony.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z7/Dustybug24/DSCF0051.jpg

I was 4 months pregnant. :blushing:

[Kate in Arabia]

I married in a kuttar salvar in orange florals
with the usual scarf with gold trim. That was with the ex.
I wore a bright red sherara with gold trim... and a dupatta/scarf that must have weighed 20 pounds. My inlaws wanted me to take it home with me, but aside from luggage allowance issues, when would I ever wear something like that again? I think I didn't have much attachment to it, perhaps because I didn't pick it out (it was a bridal gift).

[UnsinkableKristen]

Here is my dress from 2002 - I loved the bottom of it!! It was swishy and perfect for a breezy beach wedding :)

[hmschooling]

This is my dress, $99 on clearance at David's Bridal. It's beaded and so pretty. Can't see the details in the pic unfortunately. This was back in 2005.

[jujsky]

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[PeacefulChaos]

August 2001 - the only picture I have scanned in. It was bustled here, at the reception, hence the bulkiness. :)
I thought for a few years after I had gotten married that maybe I would have picked something different - then, in 2006, I went dress shopping with my now SIL and came upon this one again and was like, Oh, this dress is beautiful! Wait...this is my dress. :D :lol:

[Mom in High Heels]

Yay for Mrs Mungo! I wasn't around when this thread was originally started. I have looked at the entire thing and adore seeing all the wedding dresses! I love seeing the evolution of fashion.
I don't have a photo of James Bond and I on this computer, but I have one of me sitting in my dress. Notice the puffy sleeves! This was 1995. I was 21 (a week from 22). The dress is silk brocade with a cathedral length train. The front had pearl and crystal buttons on it (my favorite part of the dress), a pearl band across the top of the bodice, waist (it sloped down to a V) and where the sleeves went from puffy to slim (also in a V). There was not one stitch of lace or beading on the dress. This was HARD to find in 1995. My BFF got married in 1994 and when we were looking for her dress, I saw a photo of this one in a magazine and fell in love with it. I ripped it out and saved it. When JB proposed 3 months after BFF's wedding, my mom, BFF and I went shopping and I took the photo with me. I showed it to the woman at the shop and she said "We have that dress." I knew this was my dress. I have it preserved and I still love it today (puffy sleeves and all). It was a size 4 and had to be altered down because I lost weight before the wedding. Ah, to be so skinny again!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/mscbentley/Wedding1.jpg

[meggie]

This was Dec 2004. I can't get over how young DH looked. He was 23, I was 20.

[Lara in Colo]

I didn't have a wedding dress.
We were married in a park in the Mtns.
I had shirts made for the wedding party

Front-----------------------Back

Bride-----------------------Picture of a ball
Groom----------------------Picture of a chain
Bridesman------------------?
Groomsman-----------------?
MOB
MOG
Judge

Here is a picture of us saying our vows Click on them and they get bigger

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and a picture of our guests painting our dishes (which we still use sometimes)

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Lara

[WendyK]

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu353/WendyKrings1974/wedding.jpg

[Hannah C.]

We got married in 2010. I love my dress - it was discounted at David's Bridal because of some stains on the lining. I didn't even need to get it altered!

First picture is me. I LOVED my bouquet - roses and baby's breath. Second picture is just the dress and third picture shows the beading on the bodice. There was also beading down edge of the top part of the skirt. The cap sleeves were heavily beaded and came with the dress.

[Jennifer in MI]

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww315/trixiebelle88/wedding3.jpg

Let's hope this works. I'm very "late '80s" with my dress, too! :D

Diane W.
married for 22 years
homeschooling 3 kiddos for 16 years

I'm looking through this thread with my dd5 (almost 6) and she LOVES your dress!!!! LOVES it!!!! It really is gorgeous!

[RainySunday]

We got married in 2005, I was 19, dh was 21.
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=563&pictureid=2295

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=563&pictureid=2294

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=563&pictureid=2293

[wendilouwho]

Here are mine. They came out sideways. I was 19 and 3 months pregnant. Dh was 22. Dress cost $50 at Sears. I purchased it the day before the wedding.

[ma23peas]

Beautiful and fun thread! I kept thinking there had to be the possibility that some had the same dress! :)

Here's mine, long sleeved in August! Blessed by a hurricane, it brought beautiful weather and the high was 72 in Memphis!! :)

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z306/ma23peas/weddingpic.jpg

A bee got stuck in that long train and we got some really funny pictures trying to rescue it! :)

[m0mmaBuck]

I found one...Circa 1999. And yes, I did wear those shoes for the entire day!

[scrappyhappymama]

These are the only two pictures I have scanned in. Neither really shows my favorite features of the dress. This was my mom's wedding dress, which she bought and wore in the early 70s. It is entirely lace, which and empire waist. The dress is line of course, but the sleeves were sheer lace with ruffled cuffs at the wrist, which I loved. It was also tea length in the front and floor length in the back. Originally, it had another long tier and was floor length in the front and had a small train in the back. But that made it entirely too 70's style, so we altered it and removed the lower tier.

These are from my scrapbooked wedding pictures.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj318/scrappyhappymama/TrueLove.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj318/scrappyhappymama/Sweetheart.jpg

[joannqn]

I don't have any decent photos.

I had my dress made for me (by a coworker) by altering a pattern I chose that was close. I had a swoop of fabric that went across my back and 80 buttons running down my back, ending at a large bow almost at the end. My dress bustled at the back of my knees rather than my bottom (I didn't want my rear looking huge) by looping hidden loops in four of the vertical hems on a reinforced button. The hem with the bow then attached to the button last.

I loved my dress...hated my hair which I did myself for lack of funds. I didn't wear a veil.

[georgialee]

We were married back in 2002 - I had just turned 20 and DH was 21. :)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2vud8if.jpg

[DawnM]

These are great. I will need to scan one in in the next few days.

[Aelwydd]

Well, I didn't see this thread when I posted pics of my dress on the other one. So, I'll just post dh's favorite pic. This was taken in Valley Forge park, where we held our reception. (Yeah, he was digging the wheels.)

I hated my flowers.

[KungFuPanda]

My dress is so 1980's (think Fergie) and I hated the veil, but here it is:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c364/karenciavo/avatar.jpg

No point in me digging up photos. I had a version of that dress. I made it myself and 18 years later I can't face beading anything.