Sigh...

The ultimate inspiration for any upcoming wedding, but especially for me and mine.  I listen to it whenever I really miss him, and it makes him seem much closer.  Enjoy...



The Wedding Song (There Is Love)
-Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary)  

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubador is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits, here, has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love. There is Love.

Well a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
And they shall travel on to where the two shall be as one.
As it was in the beginning is now and until the end
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again.
And there is Love. There is Love.

Well then what’s to be the reason for becoming man and wife?
Is it Love that brings you here or Love that brings you life?
Or if loving is the answer, then who’s the giving for?
Do you believe in something that you’ve never seen before?
Oh there’s Love, there is Love.

Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love. Oh there’s Love.

Another update...

...about the wedding band this time.

A few posts ago, I was debating about whether or not B and I should purchase my wedding band online...well, I just wanted to post an update on the topic:

I ordered it, and IT'S HERE!

Again, the pic was taken with my cell phone, so the quality's not great.  I'll post a better pic soon.
  
So, how did I decide to make the purchase, and am I happy I did?  Well, here's my logic: I'm seeing B soon, and so he'll be able to look at it with me and we can decide what we think.  The return policy will allow us to return the ring if we decide it's not what we want.  At the end of the day, I just knew that if I didn't get it, I'd always wonder, and I didn't want to have any regrets about something as important as my wedding band.

And now it's here, and it's BEAUTIFUL!  I can't stop looking at it!  My only concern is that it doesn't quite fit around my engagement ring - the settings just don't quite complement each other.  So before we decide whether we're keeping it, we'll need to talk to our jeweler.  But I absolutely love it, and I really hope we'll be able to make it work!

What do you think?  Were we crazy to buy my wedding band online?  Or do you think it was the right choice?

Veil Update

I DVR'd the episode which re-aired today, and caught a still with my cell phone.  Not great quality, but you get the idea.  Look at that gorgeous beaded embroidery at the bottom of the veil!  Ahhh it's so beautiful, I can't get over it!

I'm so excited to go dress (and veil!) shopping!

If you like it, then you oughta put a veil on it

Like most brides-to-be, I love me some reality wedding tv.
 

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Case in point: I’ve spent the last several hours watching a ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ marathon on TLC.  As I was watching tonight, my jaw suddenly dropped.  For about four seconds, the tv screen in front of me showed sheer perfection.

What was this vision that had captured my attention?  Not the strapless Marina gown that Nnenna, the indecisive bride, was wearing.  No, what I couldn't tear my eyes away from was the gorgeous veil that Nnenna's consultant put on her to help make up her mind. Fumbling with the remote, I rewound, pressed pause and just sat there, gazing at it.

I need that veil.

Unfortunately, I know virtually nothing about veils, and thus have absolutely no idea how to describe the style.  I've suddenly realized that I’ve been spending so much time researching and getting inspiration for dresses, and yet I know very little about the dress’s most important accessory. 

What is that gorgeous embellishment at the bottom of Nnenna's veil? I thought.  Is it lace?  Possibly crystal beading?  Embroidery?  Applique?  I have absolutely no idea.  But I’m going to find out.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be diving head-first into some veil designer galleries, and probably won’t be resurfacing for several days… :)

I love wedding planning!

In the meantime...

While I'm stressing over what to do about the wedding band situation, I think I'll distract myself by watching one of my all-time favorite FRIENDS episodes:

The One With All the Wedding Dresses - always a classic!

Temptation

So the wedding band I've been drooling over online has recently gone on sale - it's less than half price! Unfortunately, B and I were not anticipating making such a big purchase this early in our planning, and the sale only lasts another week or so.  Plus, we really weren't planning on making such a personal purchase online.  I'd always imagined picking out our wedding bands together while he was home for Christmas...really making an event of it.  I mean, when you think about it, the table linens, the wedding cake, those are things that seem to matter on the day of, but don't really matter years later.  Your wedding band, however, is something you carry around with you for the rest of your life!
                
I don't want to regret such an important purchase, and I know it's risky to buy something without ever having seen it....but I can't imagine regretting this!  It's GORGEOUS - I'm in love with it!

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I am completely torn as to what I should do!  Brides, have you ever found yourself tempted to make a purchase you weren't ready for?  How did you handle it?  Any advice?

Patience is a virtue.

Some important dates:

Jan 1, 2005 - started dating!
Nov 21, 2009 - got engaged!
Aug 13, 2011 - getting married!

Now you may be wondering, why the long engagement?  It's a valid question, especially after nearly 5 years of dating (and it's certainly a question I've gotten a LOT over the course of our engagement).  Well, as you may have guessed, there are SEVERAL reasons.  We're fairly young, B is still in school, plus I'm a control freak who intends to plan this wedding down to the very last detail.

But the most significant factor delaying our upcoming wedding can pretty much be summed up with one picture:

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Welcome to our church.

We’re having our wedding in the cathedral where both my parents and his parents were married.  It is special to us, not only for that reason, but because singing in the choir there is how we really got to know each other.  Our involvement in the Cathedral Choir meant we saw each other twice a week, every week, which inevitably led to stolen glances across the choir loft and prolonged goodbyes every Wednesday night and Sunday morning.  We can’t imagine getting married anywhere else.

Unfortunately, the church is under renovation right now, so having our wedding there meant sitting patiently through what felt like the world’s longest engagement before we could even get a date from our priest.  Thankfully, they finally have a firm completion date, and our wedding will be a few weeks afterward (just in case!).  We will be the very first wedding in the newly-renovated cathedral and we simply can’t wait!

But we're going to have to.

About this redheaded bride

Hello, Blogger world!  I've been blogging for a while now over at Tumblr, but I just wasn't feeling it. Blogger seems like a much better fit...it just feels like more of a community over here, so here I am!

It will be a nice fresh start, and I'm looking forward to a new blogging experience.
Now, allow me to introduce myself!

I'm a 24-year-old bride to be, living in small-town South Dakota.  My future hubby is in the second year of his Master of Music at the University of Michigan.  We're a quirky couple, trying to manage planning our wedding while dealing with the 900 miles of interstate that separate us.

This blog will serve as my outlet for all the ups and downs that I'm bound to encounter along the way. Hope you'll join me for the ride!

-KMS