The bride wore a
She carried a bouquet of four white roses and seed pearls. Attached to the bouquet were streamers of white satin.
At one point she did give us a peek of her "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" garter that was concealed beneath her lavish gown.
The bride chose to wear satin ballet slippers adorned by one tiny rose and secured by an elasticized band--the better for dancing at the Teddy Bear's Picnic and Reception immediately following the ceremony.
And here she is in all her glory wearing a gown designed by Beara Wang. The gown featured an alencon bodice accentuated by cap sleeves trimmed in white satin. The dress was gathered in at the waist with a bow featuring roses and seed pearls. Cascading from the bow was an over-lay panel of illusion trimmed also in white satin.
The bride and groom will spend their "honey" moon at Grizzily Island in California.
NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THIS LITTLE SIDE NOTE: When I was preparing the original part of this post--a year or so ago, two of my granddaughters were here. I read them the book about the Teddy Bear's Picnic and showed them this little YouTube video. While we were on YouTube we discovered another teddy bear's picnic starring Jade and her grandfather. It is so cute. Now every time my granddaughters come to visit, we sit and watch it umpteen times. If you have little girls I think they will love it. Here is the link.
Okay, I am just having a little fun--tomorrow is a special day for my husband and me--our 45th wedding anniversary and since we were married on a Saturday and this anniversary falls on a Saturday, it makes it that much more special.
Here is the real dress. It really kinda looks like the one above, doesn't it? LOL This was my aunt's dress and I loved it. She is 5 months younger than I and was getting married about 5 months before me so she and I picked out the dress together. Of course, she paid for it. It cost $75 in 1965. I suppose that was a fortune then. My flowers for the wedding topped out at $48. My dad got the invitations free. My maid of honor, Mom and I washed 200 plates, cups and saucers the day of the wedding. I borrowed those and the punch bowl from the university I attended. I think my going-away dress was about $8.00. So I spent somewhere in the neighborhood of between $50 and $75 for my wedding.
