Time for a little update: Soon I will have photos of the completed Invites, thank you notes, rsvp cards, placecard holders, and garters.
Sean and I have been working on our vows. Our reverend sent us 6 sermons and we mixed and matched until we came up with an individual one of our own. I'd love to know what you all think!
Sorry if this is long!
VOWS:
Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
Welcome to all of you, as we celebrate the marriage of ___________.
We are gathering together today to share and to bless the commitment of ______&______'s wedding vows. This ceremony is true validation of the love that they feel within their heart and their soul. A testimony of two becoming as one.
They are not only best friends; they are soul mates. They stand before us, strong and committed to each other, ready to face life together as a married couple. They know that through the private commitment of their hearts and the open affirmation of their vows, they are embarking on a life that binds them spiritually to one another.
The relationship that you have nurtured together stands for love that will blossom and grow with each passing day. Before you knew love, you were friends, and it was from this seed of friendship that is now your destiny. Marriage is the clasping of hands, the blending of hearts, the union of two lives as one. Marriage is caring as much about the welfare and happiness of your marriage partner as your own, it is not total absorption into each other; it is looking outward in the same direction together. Marriage makes burdens lighter because you divide them. It makes joys more intense because you share them. It makes you stronger, so you can be involved with life in ways you dare not risk alone. To make your relationship succeed will take love. This is the core of your marriage and why you are here today. It will take trust, to know in your hearts that you truly want the best for each other. It will take dedication, to stay open and honest with one another - and to learn and grow together. It will take faith, to go forward together without knowing exactly what the future brings. And it will take commitment, to hold true to the journey you both promised today to share together. An intimate and secure relationship is not based solely on promises, but also on trust, respect, faithfulness and the ability to forgive. A lasting marriage is based on all of these, bound together by love.
May you never take each other for granted but always experience the wonders of your union. May your life together be a source of strength and inspiration to yourselves, your families and your friends. May you never forget the beginning of your love for one another, take care of it, nurture it, and allow it to grow strong and firm in the years that are to come. May you always concentrate on making each other happy and secure in your commitment to one another and always rely on your ability to keep the promises you have made to one another today throughout the thick and thin of lifes experiences. And may you always be in love. May your love be as beautiful each day you share as it is on this day of Your Wedding and may all of your wishes come true.
I would now ask that you take a hand next to yours so we may join in a blessing for this couple and their wedding ceremony.
Dear God,
We thank you for this day and the blending of two lives joining within the sacred commitment of marriage.
We ask that you watch over them and guide their everyday activities should they be alone or be apart.
May they always know peace, harmony, and abundance in all things; as well as having the knowledge and the wisdom of understanding and complimenting one another's personal views in relationship to life itself.
We also thank you for the greatest gift within all of our lives, that being the gift of love, and the gift of peace. May this union be a constant source and reminder for all of us present here today in the hope that this same energy will extend itself outward and into the lives of others. Amen
The vows that you are about to exchange serve as a representation of the love you have promised to each other. For it is not the words that you speak today which will unite you together as one, but the inner sense of love and commitment that each of you feels within your soul. No other human ties are as tender, no other vows more sacred than those you now assume.
I take thee to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, For as long as we both shall live.
I take thee to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, For as long as we both shall live.
May I have the Rings please?
Your wedding rings are a constant reminder that when you are apart, you are never alone. They also represent to all, that you are devoted, and one with another person, physically and spiritually. The circle of the ring is without beginning nor end of the love you have for one another. Please repeat after me.
______, please wear this ring, and the world will know that I am yours, and you are mine.
Now that and have given themselves to each other by solemn vows and by the power vested in me by the State of California, I now pronounce you husband and
wife. You may kiss your bride.
Congratulations! May I now present to you, Mr.and Mrs.
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I guess I needed somthing to do 
They look really well.....I was worried the labels would look bad but I'm pleased with them.
] ] and adjust the petticoat. Total estimate was $347!
I had budgeted $200-$250!! Yikes! AND they may end up taking in my dress at the hips later assuming I don't gain weight which would be an extra charge! Oh well.......I guess it's worth it!
I knew I liked him!
