Hitchin' up a Hitchin' dress

[wednes]

It appears that the two most stressful descisions to make for the handfasting are the dress and the location. We're going to check out Cobblestone Farms for the locale, since I hear it is both nice and cheap cost effective. The food will be expensive also, but much less emotionally charged, methinks.

This is the dress I'm strongly considering. It will have more reasonable sleeves (probably not more than a 4-5 inch drop sleeve. And it'll be some sort of shiny blue material, or else stretch velvet with silver pleats.	This is the other dress I'm thinking about. It will be shorter in front and longer in back, and have 3/4 bell sleeves.

Of course I'll still need "foundation garments" (which is a hilarious term; please, lets all start using it again), a circlet, a besom, and some ballet slippers as they will be both cute and comfortable. I haven't worn any in years, it will be nostalgic to my younger, dancinger days...

H and I looked at rings online. They say to go to a jeweler in the mall or whereever to get sized so you know your proper ring size. But of course H thinks it would be dishonest to waste the salesmen's time by pretending we're going to buy from him. I said that we don't actually know where we're getting the rings yet--they might have something amazing that we can't resist (in a mall-as if!). He cracks me up. He's like Flanders to my Homer.


By the way, I'm going to need an Alpha E to read Corinthians.
Any takers?

Comments

[lostsatellite.livejournal.com]

I like both dresses, but the blue one caught my eye first...

[wednes.livejournal.com]

H said the same thing, bascially. He won't see the finished dress, I'll likely choose different colors and such. So he can offer input at this early stage. ;-]

[yshaloo]

I prefer the blue one. I think it's more elegant, especially when I picture it in a nice deep blue velvet or nice shiny taffeta. I believe that you'll be lovely in it :)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Once the sleeves get fixed, it'll be good I think.

[sexyrockgoddess.livejournal.com]

Beautiful dress, cobblestone farms would be nice!:D

[sexyrockgoddess.livejournal.com]

( i meant the blue one!)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I have no clue what it costs for the inside facility at Cobblestone. It looks beautiful though, so I hope it's within our budget.

Did you know the Arboretum wanted $700 plus chair fee?

[diamond-j.livejournal.com]

The fit of the blue dress is much more flattering and won't require the foundation garments to be quite as formidable.
That's my vote.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Yeah, I worry with my body type that the white dress would look bad. I certainly don't need anything form fitting over my bulgy tummy.

[sudrin.livejournal.com]

I also prefer the "Strongly considering" dress.. the other one doesn't seem to have much character to it (to me).

[wednes.livejournal.com]

You can't really tell from the pic, but the white dress is sparkly.

I'm just glad to know people agree with me. I'm actually not very good at choosing dresses, which is why most of mine are the same style--well that, and Lane Bryant offers about 5 different styles of dresses.

[the-hellcat.livejournal.com]

Blue dress. Yep.
And congrats! This is why I should keep up with LJ more often.
xo

[wednes.livejournal.com]

LOL

We're not having thre ceremony for a year.
You have plenty of time to shower us with praise and congrats!

[the-hellcat.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. Eeeeexcellent!!

[spiralwitch.livejournal.com]

eep! i'm so excited. and i love the bell sleeves. my dress had them too. and i like the blue one..... i love those pleats.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, having them in a contrasting color is a cool idea.

I just have to see how much it will cost. They "start" at $150, which seems to be for an all cotton dress; so I'm prolly looking at double that--which for a wedding dress is not bad.

[diamond-life.livejournal.com]

I like both/can't decide. The blue dress is very pretty...on the other hand, there is elegance in the simplicity of white, yes?

Happy handfasting...and I didn't know you were on Witchvox! I am too.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I don't spend nearly enough time over at Witchvox. I used to get a lot of gross men trying to talk to me.

Since the dress will be custom (in either case) I can still go with white if I want to, although I'm thinking I'd look better in a very light blue. But yeah, I agonize over how important it is for me to have a white dress--I can't decide how virginal I want to appear. ;-]

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

I like the white dress. The blue one sucks.

Just kidding, the blue dress is better.

It's funny, you talk about how you love K's Ring, and we bought it at the mall.

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

Any jeweler should be happy to size your fingers. I went to a few places, and let look a bit and let them know that I really just wanted to know the size, so I knew what I should be looking for, and that was it. No lying and no false sense of sales. Maybe you'll find someone willing to cut the price down because they want your business at the same time.

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

I really, really like the "strongly considering" dress. I think it would look beautiful on you.

I also agree you should get your finger sized and you can just let the jeweler know that's all you really want.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I have to convince H that it's not dishonest.

It's so cute how he's so moral. ;-]

[vjsmom.livejournal.com]

OOO--velvet! I like 'em both, but espceially the one on the left!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

They are the result of weeks of internet searching.
That internet is huge!!!

[fyreangel.livejournal.com]

I should go get my finger sized too.. it would be funny.. cuz I think I broke it yesterday.. lol.. it's all black and swollen.

*Cough*

Yeah. The blue dress!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

[kissdbyagnome.livejournal.com]

I worked for a jeweler and they don't mind sizing you and they also don't mind cleaning your rings for free;) (usually.)

I like the blue dress as well! I also found this dress that I thought was pretty for you:
http://www.swordsofhonor.com/specedbelab.html

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's pretty cute. it reminds me of that Ever After movie (which I must admit, i love).

That site also has some kick ass jewelery.

[kissdbyagnome.livejournal.com]

yeah, i liked it and thought of you when i saw it:)

[ex-jenniepan481.livejournal.com]

OMG the blue dress is so stunning!!!!!!11

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I hope I can afford it once I talk to them about customizations.

blue

[katharinakatt.livejournal.com]

I like the blue one mainly because of the cuts in it. Being a curvy woman myself I know how those straight dresses look on us. I think the blue one has the cut that would make you look stunning!

Re: blue

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing. It looks like a good style for me.

Re: blue

[katharinakatt.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you will post pics... but... I'm asking you anyway.. post pics once you have them! ;)

Re: blue

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Indeed I shall, though it'll be awhile. The wedding is not until next October, and I'll likely have lost a lot of wieght by then. I'm losing 5 pounds a month or so.

[thehula.livejournal.com]

Oh oh! I like the dress on the left! And I would be honored to read 1st Corinthians for you, if you like. I am trying to convince Tiffany to come with me. She will have an 7mo baby by then, it might be hard to travel. I don't know about such things.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I would love that!
I also want to see if Jason Berry will want to play guitar during the ceremony--I haven't talked to him in forever though.

[thorswitch.livejournal.com]

I missed this earlier, but both of those dresses are BEAUTIFUL!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I really liked the blue one, and it would be cool if the site comes back up so I can order it. I worry about the white one, since it doesn't have much of a wasteline--which I would totally need to sort of hide my belly, or at least camouflage it a bit. ;-]

[thorswitch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the camouflaging thing was my concern too (though I have a LOT more to hide that you do!) so when I had my dress made, I put a little peplum on the jacket so that it put my tummy in a shadow, and then used a black lace overskirt that, in the darkened church, especially, made my hips look a lot smaller.

On the dress you posted today, the higher waistline and looser skirt will do a nice job for that - though I'm sure with all the success you're having with your weight loss that won't be much of an issue, eh? :)

The most important thing, though, is that you feel as beautiful as you can - and honestly, if H is anything like my Matt, you could probably be wearing a gunny sack, but when he looks at you coming down the aisle toward him, you'll KNOW you're the most beautiful woman in the world!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

H doesn't really understand why the dress and rings and such are such a big deal. As far as he's concerned, we could get married in our pajamas.

Actually, a pajama party wedding would be pretty fun...

And beleive me, even if I make my goal here (not that I'm really hung up on the numbers) I'll still have plenty I'd like to hide. Sadly, I seem to want to advance the idea of Fat Acceptance more than I accept my own fatness.

[thorswitch.livejournal.com]

OH, how I can relate to that last sentence :)

And a pajama part wedding DOES sound like fun! hehe

[wednes.livejournal.com]

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