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eeeeek! this is so exciting! i hope you don't mind some roosters coming! i'd love to see you get married! congrats and what a great idea! hmmm, lono, i don't remember seeing flowers anywhere on my way to centeroo.
eeeeek! this is so exciting! i hope you don't mind some roosters coming! i'd love to see you get married! congrats and what a great idea! hmmm, lono, i don't remember seeing flowers anywhere on my way to centeroo.
eeeeek! this is so exciting! i hope you don't mind some roosters coming! i'd love to see you get married! congrats and what a great idea! hmmm, lono, i don't remember seeing flowers anywhere on my way to centeroo.
I have some experience in arranging flowers - took some floral design classes a few years ago and have done some things for friends. Not sure how we could coordinate logistics of getting fresh flowers there and keeping them looking good with the potential heat though. I abhor fake flowers.
What part of the N Ga mtns are you in? I know of a practice in Toccoa in which the midwives do waterbirths in the hospital. They are a wonderful group. Also I don't know what facility youre close to but my concern would be if the baby had any sort of respiratory distress or you had issues with bleeding, etc. There would not be time in either of those instances to get anywhere in a hurry even. I'm not trying to discourage you at all...just worked L&D at one time and I have seen births not go as planned. Please think it through carefully.
I think since technically this is a non-legal wedding I will incorporate the African-American tradition of jumping a broom to show our snub at authority since technically slaves were not allowed to be married. I will figure a few more twists into it as well.
Based on this, shouldn't the happy couple, and not the presiding functionary, determine the spiritual/ceremonial aspects of the occasion?
hey just throwing stuff out there I normally do not do these things so trying to make sure they get what they want i am 100% fllexible on this as soon as something needs to be changed it is done i have never been marreid so i have no idea what it up with with one i mean i see stuff on tv but that is it i have very vague info to go on but that it is it personally since i have taken my power nap I have come to the conclusion that since Bonnaroo we should have the wedding Cajun Style since it is a Cajun word. Le tus hear some more from the happy couple though on as to what they want specificly done.
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Wow, lono, I love you're enthusiasm. Yes, we will be sharing our own vows, and I really love where you're going with a lot of this, but I do think we're going to make it a bit smaller scale. I dunno if we need a flower girl, but I'm certainly not opposed to adorable children sprinkling flowers on the ground not sure what we would need ushers for, but I like the concept of jumping the broom, lemme talk to the Mr. about that. I really like the handfasting thing, and of course the photographer, but amateurs sharing on facebook works just as well I agree that everyone should be barefooted, that only seems right to me. I love the concept of giving back to the Earth that has given so much to us (each other, our child, our home, the list goes on). We won't be having anybody give us away, so that won't be an issue, but I definitely think the more flowers the better. Golf cart would be really fantastic, but don't you have to have like, a permit for one of those? Its not super necessary if it can't be done. I think we did wanna do it in Centeroo on Friday afternoon, we're yet to decide on a location and time exactly, but the fine details can be worked out as we get closer to the date. And as far corn goes, ya'll can throw whatever the hell you want, as long as it can't cause me any brain damage, and won't have to be cleaned up by Clean Vibes later (i.e. glitter would be AMAZING, but probably wouldn't be the most eco-conscious thing to throw) ok lastly, as far as the invitations go, I don't think we'll be needing those, we really just want it to be relatively personal. Those that know about it and want to participate are absolutely more than welcome, but I don't think we'll be advertising it. I will gladly kiss the rings of women who attend, if nothing else but to show gratitude for their participation and also, I love figs. Please don't let my critiques discourage you though, lono, I've definitely been getting lost in research as well. I love that you're so enthusiastic about it, cause I can't EFIIN wait!! I'll post some ideas of my own soon, and we'll definitely get this thang goin'!
also, New Orleans is my favorite place in the world, so if you know any cajun traditions, I would LOVE to hear them. Would anybody happen to have a maang tikka or some kum kum powder?
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lono, as the one guiding us through this ceremony, I think you should pick the color of the cord for the handfasting.
My heritage is Native American (Cherokee, Iroquois, and Blackfoot) and there are a couple of traditions that I would like to incorporate. Obviously, some o ya'll gotta bring some drums, 'cause its all about the music, baby! i also would like to smudge with sage, sweetgrass, and lavender before the ceremony begins, and there is a blanket ceremony that most native americans did during their wedding, where they each were draped with a blanket during the ceremony, and then once the union is made the priest/preistess drapes a single, larger blanket over the new couple to represent their two separate lives becoming one. Then the "kiss the bride" part is done conveniently under the blanket now considering the HEAT issue, breezy sheets would probably be the better idea, esp if we're gonna have them draped over our shoulders the whole time.
My heritage is Native American (Cherokee, Iroquois, and Blackfoot) and there are a couple of traditions that I would like to incorporate. Obviously, some o ya'll gotta bring some drums, 'cause its all about the music, baby! i also would like to smudge with sage, sweetgrass, and lavender before the ceremony begins, and there is a blanket ceremony that most native americans did during their wedding, where they each were draped with a blanket during the ceremony, and then once the union is made the priest/preistess drapes a single, larger blanket over the new couple to represent their two separate lives becoming one. Then the "kiss the bride" part is done conveniently under the blanket now considering the HEAT issue, breezy sheets would probably be the better idea, esp if we're gonna have them draped over our shoulders the whole time.
Hey gnorris, friends of mine did a version of the blanket ceremony...they had friends and family (attendees and those that couldn't make it) use fabric markers to decorate little cloth panels with well wishes, memories, etc. Then they pinned the little cloth squares to the blanket so the couple could be covered with the well wishes. I think they had a friend sew them all into a quilt later. Jewish friends of mine used the same concept to decorate a chuppah. Just an idea to add to your collection!
You also mentioned New Orleans traditions... there's the second line procession (basically a parade of marchers, dancers and musicians leading you to your wedding), and the ribbon pulling (a cake with ribbons hanging out of it and charms embedded in the cake--all the women pull a ribbon and the charm on the end tells their future. This might be hard to do at Roo though!) You could also have a King Cake for a groom's cake. I have also been interested in hoodoo and Southern spirituality for a long time (I play New Orleans soul and R&B music and the two are tied closely together). You might check out the Lucky Mojo Curio Company... they are not from New Orleans but the owner is well versed in hoodoo tradition and her site has a tremendous amount of information as well as endless spiritual supplies (including Blessing Oil and Marriage Oil) for sale. I bet she'd be happy to answer questions too if you dropped her an email. Her site is here: www.luckymojo.com/catalogue.html
This is such a wonderful happening... best wishes to you.
thank you mizvalentine so I think we've decided to go ahead and do the ceremony once centeroo opens on friday, so around noon. That gives us time to sleep in a little (Pretty Lights is playing at 2AM, don't wanna get up too early and push myself too hard for that long of a day), while still not making us wait throughout the ENTIRE day lol we're both Arieses and incredibly impatient Bela Fleck is at 2pm, so if the timing is right, maybe we can all head up that way after the ceremony and get down get funky! the where has yet to be decided, but we'll probably figure that out on thursday once we get in and scout out a good location. on a side note, we now have a webpage for the wedding. Still gotta get some pics uploaded, and definitely some more music on there, but come check it out, sign the guestbook, and recommend some music for the mixed CDs! www.mywedding.com/gabbieandaries