My Favorite Things

It's just been one of those days...you know, the kind where you realize you should have never gotten out of bed? So since I need a breather from work and life, I figured I'd actually do a post. Smart idea right?!

First off, I would like to do a new series called Words of Wisdom. If you are a married person, any age, for any length of time, I'd like you to email me (triedandtrueweddings@gmail.com) with a few words of wisdom (a sentence or two or three at the max). These can be relating to relationships, planning your wedding, handling kids, cooking, anything! I think they might be inspirational to other readers. What do you think we all need to know?

Secondly, I'd like to remind you that I still have an ongoing series called Just Ask Amber, where you can ask me specific questions concerning your event planning, and a Former Bride's Questionnaire you can get from me to answer questions about your wedding planning that may be helpful for other readers. Again, these two things can be found through emailing me.

Today I'm going to do another My Favorite Things post. In fact this is probably more like a "My Absolute Favorite Things" post....

This picture taken from Southern Weddings Magazine Blog

I know it's against all forms of tradition but why not do something that goes against the grain? Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE to wear black! Not only because it's slimming but because the color black goes pretty well with my pale skin tone and blonde hair. I am not joking, I think 90% of my work wardrobe is black...people ask me if I remember what colors are, lol.

So the idea of an AMAZING black wedding dress almost sounds fun to me! I mean I guarantee no one would forget it....but I think there's probably some things to consider here too. First of all, would my future husband approve of me not wearing white? Some guys are pretty particular about such things, even though they pretend to be disinterested. Would my family care? Well question here is do I care if they care? If my mom hated it, I might think about doing something different. Would it ruin any image I had of the wedding I always dreamt of? Would I miss the idea of a white dress? I might (so definitely something to consider) and not sure I'd be willing to go as far as a black veil but I think if you wanted a hair piece you could always pull off a black fascinator or birdcage veil. Also, does it fit the theme? Ok you could never wear this dress at your everyday church wedding, but I did always love the idea of a gothic-inspired wedding, very formal, with black, red, and gold colors. It would fit in perfectly there.

This idea certainly isn't for everyone, but I think the right girl and the right wedding can definitely pull it off. And who knows, one day that might be me. It probably depends on how risky I feel....but like I've always said, "do what you want to do and throw away tradition and expectation if that's what it takes to make you happy!"

Well hope this is a little Friday inspiration for you!
Happy planning everyone!

~A