Dolls,
This week I have a special treat for you...
One of my all time favorite girlies has decided to help me out for this week's
Wedding Wednesday post since school has been holding me hostage. I'll be
back soon lovelies!
PS. Make sure to stop by Meg's and say hello... you'll love her, I promise.
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Hello all you wedding swooners,
This week I have a special treat for you...
One of my all time favorite girlies has decided to help me out for this week's
Wedding Wednesday post since school has been holding me hostage. I'll be
back soon lovelies!
PS. Make sure to stop by Meg's and say hello... you'll love her, I promise.
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Hello all you wedding swooners,
I am an American
(painfully stereotypical American...)
from Southern California,
living in the United Kingdom
living in the United Kingdom
(England to be exact).
And like most girls...
I triple heart weddings.
Irish/Scottish wedding at a castle in Northern Scotland.
no thats not a princess..thats just me..silly      gun+champagne=classy     |
There were bagpipes and accents.
nuff said.
But here are some of the differences between an American wedding, and a wedding in the UK
1. everyone attends the rehearsal dinner (all guests invited..not just those in the wedding party)
2. The Bridesmaids follow the bride down the aisle, they dont go before her.
3. The bridesmaids don't stand at the alter, they sit in the front row
4. the father of the bride hands over the bride about halfway through the ceremony instead
or right away, so he stands up at the alter in the beginning.
5. The signing of the marriage license is part of the ceremony
6. people stand during the vows
7. the speeches are very important and given by the father of the bride, the father of the groom, the groom then the best man. Each person needs to make sure to address either the bridesmaids, the bride, the staff, the mothers, etc.
8. The Bride is not allowed to speak during the speeches.
9. Gifts are presented to the mothers during the reception as part of the grooms speech
10. the head table consists of (in order from left to right) father of the groom, mother of the bride, best man, groom, bride, chief bridesmaid, father of the bride, mother of the groom.
11. women wear hats and fascinators. and in this instance, some men wore kilts.
12. there is no father daughter dance because the idea is that the father handed over the bride during the ceremony, and to have a dance would be like going backwards.
13. the grooms mother dances with the brides father, and the grooms father dances with the brides mother. It symbolizes the joining of the families.
14. there is a break in the reception (after a few hours of dancing) where more food is served and the wedding singer or brand takes a break. Then the party starts again.
cheers!
