Getting Married!

[hearts]

Hello FQ!

I have always found the forum helpful -- here is probably a new kind of question for yas! *smile*

I am getting married on July 4th to my best friend. This is a new beginning for me and my family. He is the most wonderful person who has ever touched my life. (this could explain my absence from online! *grin*)

HELP!

We have been struggling to find the perfect wording for our wedding invitations -- so to all the hopless romantics out there I am begging for your help!

Since Bill and I are not tradtional people... but people of the heart, I truly want something that touches the hearts of the friends and family we are inviting. *something magical*

I have been searching the internet and used other resources and everything we come across is either tacky, not so heart warming .. or just some boring wording that says we "request the honor of your presence."

Thank you kindly for your time.


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[sheila]

Wow! congrats!

OK, so I got out my wedding invitation. It says something along the lines of:
<parents of bride &amp; groom>
invite you to share in the joy of the Mass uniting
<names of bride &amp; groom>
in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony...

I'm sure you could adapt something along those lines..

So and so invite you to share in the joy of their wedding ceremony uniting them as one...

or something like that? Gee, it's so personal. I hope you find something you like...

<ouch! I just read your plea to the &quot;hopeless romantics&quot;...I should have read more carefully before replying. I'm not so &quot;magical&quot; with words...>


[This message has been edited by sheila (edited 01-17-01@03:16 am)]

[JW]

Well, let's see, 1975 we got together...an amazing woman that let's me head off to the Gorge or Maui for a month or so by myself each year to indulge my passion for kite and sailboarding (and visa-versa for her independance of course!).

Anyway, why not just say what you mean, the way you want to say it?

We're getting married, we'd love for you to come and share the celebration, etc. You don't need the fancy stuff! K.I.S...the details will drive you nuts, and take much of the enjoyment out of something that is supposed to be for YOU (plural).

Congrats BTW.

JW. 

[frankc]

Hearts!  Congratulations!!

Bill and I are not tradtional people

Well, JW said jes' what I'm thinking:

why not just say what you mean, the way you want to say it

Go for it--make *everything* &quot;yours&quot;, your way.  Do NOT follow tradition if it doesn't fit the two of you.  You'll be tons happier and the process will be much more enjoyable for all.

Our wedding 8 yrs ago was small; the reception was actually an outdoor/indoor party with mandatory shorts/Tee shirts at my Dad's; food was from a local restaurant with the best Italian beefs you can imagine; the wedding cake was a drawing of Calvin and Hobbes (our favorite cartoon); and everyone had a terrific, relaxed, fun time.  We even set &quot;hours&quot; for the party to end at 6pm.  The people there were friends and family who knew us, understood us, and love us for who we are.  For us, that's what worked.  Your mileage may vary.  

Best wishes...

  Frank

[hearts]

Why choose the 4th of July to get married?  Well...  just ask any guy

<font color=#FF0000>WHY ask a guy? </font> *grin* We chose the 4th of July cuz of what happened to us last fourth of July! We spent the first part of July in Florida last year. We missed our children so we started home the evening of the 4th. Our whole ride through Florida on the highway, on either side of us, there were fireworks lighting up the skies. (approx three hours) We felt like we were getting a personal send off to Georgia!

We were a new couple then, and we both decided that night if we were to ever get married it would have to be the fourth of July.   

So... every anniversary we have we will be creating our own fireworks! --  Besides, from a woman's perspective, my future husband won't have any excuse for forgetting our anniversary! *grin*

I lingered at these two web sites yesterday:
http://www.todays-weddings.com/plann...es/verses.html
http://www.VerseIt.com/

I thought about combining two that I have found at the two sites, but Bill and I would like to see what our options could be!

This is one possiblity:
(front)
The ultimate miracle of love is this -
that love is given to us
to give to one another . . .
(inside)
Some people touch us for a moment,
and some for a season,
and some remain with us for a lifetime.
In each other, we have found the one
with whom we will spend the rest of our lives,
Loving, honoring, and cherishing.
Please join us in celebrating
as we exchange marriage vows
on Wednesday
July 4, 2001
at 11:30 am
Location
Address
City &amp; State

Bride &amp; Groom

We have both been married before. The one thing I don't want to do is put my first and LAST name. I just don't wanna take my ex with me. So we will probably word it so we can put OUR names as what they will be when we are married. &quot;as we become his name and my name, his last name&quot;

Our wedding will be an outdoor event. I am marrying a 'red-neck' so our reception will be a barbeque. (lunch)    Everyone will probably show up with fishing poles or shotguns knowing these folks! *LOL*

Thank you for helping and your input and the well wishes. We still intend to stop by for the next few days to see what other responses come along.

We appreciate your thoughts!

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[This message has been edited by hearts (edited 01-17-01@6:06 pm)]

[Bob]

Well Hearts all I can say is  

Besides,  from a woman's perspective, my future husband won't have any excuse for forgetting our anniversary! *grin*

Yep exactly my point from my side of the the fence, won't get into trouble that way

Some of those fireworks you saw may have been coming from our neck of the woods

Seriously,
The Best Of Luck To You

Have a Good One,
Bob

- Never gonna forgit another one of them there anniversaries again -

[Bob]

Hearts, First Off Congratulations

I was lucky enough to get married on this past 4th of July.

We also chose the non-traditional approach.

We sent almost all of the invitations by email, both as a html formatted email and a link to a web page that I made for just this.  Here is what we used, rather traditional in wording but non-traditional in approach
http://www.wolfstalks.com/invitation.htm

We also were married at &quot;Friendship Fountain&quot; in downtown Jacksonville, one of my favorite locations and also a subject of one of my websites.
http://www.jaxfountain.com.

We had special T-shirts made (CafePress.com) with the date, our names and a picture of the Fountain on them.  All of our families and kids  as well as ourselves wore them, with jeans of course

Then, it being the 4th of July back to our house and a big pool party with Bar-B-Que  

Anyway, it is the best thing I have done in my life, getting married that is !  (The second smartest thing I did was getting this job )

Good Luck to you and may the Blessings be Bountiful  

Bob

- Why choose the 4th of July to get married?  Well...  just ask any guy -

[JW]

Even if you DO forget, you'll only do it ONCE

[hearts]

Hello Bob!

I don't think your fireworks were what we saw. If my understanding is correct, you were on the other side of Fla! However, we were only 10-15 minutes from were FQ used to be. We called them to try and arrange to meet Deb &amp; Andrew (left a message on their answering machine) -- and we never heard a word back from them. -- so we missed a chance to say hello.

We did make sure to purchase a large quantity of Fireworks prior to leaving the state! Our kids thought it was awesome. Not sure what our neighbors thought, but the sheriff never showed up! *grin*

Anyways... I think we are gonna stick with what I wrote in the forum for the wording of the invitations. I have already made an email version of the invitations. As for the mailing of them... not sure if I will have them printed or do them myself. My children and I are playing around with ideas now.

Now the real planning. I am so nervous about all of this. I am inheriting this unusual family. Our wedding is special because we are allowing the children to help us. My older daughters have selected the man that will marry us! He is their teacher (and a preacher)!

<font color=#FF0000>(wherever JulieA is)</font> -- Hey girl! We are gonna have more children than YOU! I have 7 and Bill has 3 = ten little indians (is what I call them)

I have so much to do and I don't know where to begin. We know we could have searched for some kind of wedding forum, but we didn't want a bunch of professionals. We are just ordinary fun people and I felt FQ has some real awesome people  -- and our input from here would probably be more valuable.

So.. anyone got a script out there to plan our wedding for us?

have a good weekend ya'll!

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[Mandi]

Best wishes, Hearts . . . super news!