some spring wedding ideas

i confess i love alutumn more than spring. but since the autumn equinox is still far off, i have to make do with spring. what i do love about spring is the freshness and the the symbolism of "new life" which lends a special feeling in the air.

i have been surfing the net this week to search for ideas. since Ph is a tropical country some of the ideas online just wont work. nevertheless, i find some that i think would be okay. i also talked to some friends and harvested great ideas!

1. for the after-ceremony breakfast, we will have suman and mangoes, hot chocolate, brewed coffee, longganiza, sinangag, fried eggs, lots of pastries, fresh fruit juices, and pandesal with kesong puti. thanks to bro. jody magtoto,sj.

2. a mini-concert of musicians and singers to serenade the guests at breakfast.

3. lots of tropical flowers during the ceremony.

4. a garden reception.

5. my wedding dress will have a dash of spring color so it wont be purely white.

6. my nieces will wear flowery dresses not gowns.

7. wedding favors will be something alive and breathing.

8. heavenly singing at the ceremony.

9. bamboo canopies with brilliant spring colors at the reception (if we can afford it. haha)

10. poetic vows. char.

i hope we can pull this off but the wedding is still more than a month away and knowing charlie, he would have changed his mind about a minute detail a hundred times before then. hahaha!!

wedding colors

charlie has given me the go signal and i have no idea where to start. we have  both agreed on a spring theme. we will meet the rising of the sun with lots of colors.  my mind is a whirlwind of ideas. i scarcely know how to beging making sense of this. any other brilliant ideas and suggestions?

come in any color as long as its spring. hahaha!!! be vibrant and fresh! here's the inspiration!

Spring Wedding

Charlie's bestfriend Grady unconsciously chose our wedding date on the day of vernal equinox or the first day of Spring which is March 21. He will be Best Man and he only has that day available. hahaha! Charlie and I initally talked about having it on the 14th or 28th of March but since Grady is availble only on the 21st we decided to have it on that date.

I researched about Vernal Equinox after Charlie told me about it. He has been talking to his friends and found out about the coincidence. It seems pretty amazing how unaware we are of its significance. 

Here's more from the web.

The vernal equinox occurs between March 20 and 21 in the northern hemisphere, signaling the official astronomical start to Spring. It is a scientifically measured moment in time as the Earth crosses the celestial equator moving northward. On the vernal equinox the sun rises at the eastern most point of its arc, perfectly balancing the hours of daylight and darkness. During this 24-hour period, night and day each last precisely 12 hours. Henceforth the sun’s arc becomes higher and higher in the sky and days longer until reaching it’s zenith on the summer solstice.

Although it is a scientific event, the vernal equinox represents in a very real way, a time of renewed life and new birth.

what our wedding is not

most women look forward to tying the knot. i am a little different. i am absolutely terrified. i did not grow up dreaming of weddings, gowns, cakes, dances and i do's. i was too much of a tomboy and a radical to demean myself with girlish musings. all i wanted was to write and surf the world!

now that i am at the threshold of married life, i find myself imaging what my wedding should be. there is of course the pressure from society to have the "dream wedding". the problem is i don't have a dream wedding that society would consider acceptable. why is that a problem? it is because society would judge the success of your marriage based on the way you organize your wedding. yeah, it doesn't necessarily follow. i know that in my head and most sane people would agree. but ever since i have been talking about my wedding and i tell people i dont have this and i dont have that, you can read the disappointment in their faces and the accusation that i am not normal really shows. haha!

it must be a blessing that i was born with a healthy contempt for the "usual". ever since i was a kid, i have always been accused of being weird and the oldies tend to ignore me for this. haha! i understand now. we ignore what we do not understand.

so these are the "usual" stuff you probably wont see at my wedding.

an entourage except for what the church requires. i guess we'll have a best man and a maid of honor and the sponsors and godparents.
a motiff. i dont want to burden people with a specific color.
doves and cakes. i just do not see the point.
reception program. this is a must-not! we want people to just take a hearty, healthy dinner, listen to some good music live, view some pictures, and leave.
bridal car. a van could take all of us to church.
lechon. okay, this is a laugh. but i want to make an exception for charlie. its his wedding too. but he relented a bit and said its ok as long as he can't see it. hahaha!
formal pictorials and videos. this is so ugh. camera's do not lie. and i dont want a photoshop-ed wedding.
garter and boquet fiasco. this is such a circus.
gimmicks.

so what will the wedding probably have?
lots of good music
lots of flowers
an intimate and solemn ceremony


we are getting married on the day of equinox, the day of balance--MARCH 21. :)