I had my wedding portraits made, and my dress got a little dirty on the bottom.  This is my wedding day and I want my dress to be perfect.
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Oxi Clean Wipes and or Shout Wipes. They both work just as well.\n\nMy cousin on her wedding day brushed up against the tires of the limo and got a nice big black streak on her gown and I got it out with the Oxi wipes. Later on I used the Shout wipes to get soda off the flower girls satin dress. No body new the diff when we told them later.
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You are to be admired but I woudnt. Your Wedding day is to be a happy meaniful time and should just be devoted to yourselves notice I put it both together you and your future partner .There will be ample times you can do charity work and because you have ab obvious decent character Im sure you will. For those reasons have a truly beautiful wedding and give it all you have got .luck
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Check the link below,there are beautiful dresses there.Hope you see the one you like
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I would wear a nice dress, fitted at the top but sort of semi-pouffy (sry for a lack of a better word) at the bottom, knee-length. then wear some nice heels and maybe curl your hair. Like the person who commented first said, try a light color since it's nice and springy and fits the seasom well. if it's going to be cooler you might want to get a wrap the same color as the dress.
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Go to Michael's, Hobby Lobby, etc.  I was just in Hobby Lobby the other day trying to get ideas and they had some very nice ones that were already made, you just had to print the info on it.  Or go to Office Max and find some nice paper that would be appropriate for the occasion (maybe even find something with her colors so it seems even more personalized, even if you didn't have to put much time or effort into it)!  As far as the attire goes....just put something on the bottom of the invite that says "Casual attire is recommended."  When it comes down to it, people will not even care how they look...as long as all of the info is there, it should suit you fine!
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I'm a wedding photographer and I have been to one. It was the most awesome wedding I've ever been to. The bride had decided in early childhood that her wedding would have a Renaissance theme. She actually told her fiance (now husband) about her vision for her wedding on their first date and he thought it was awesome. She said she knew then that he was "the one" Anyways, she dressed in a time period dress, had the groom and attendants in time appropriate costume, and all of the men had real swords. The couple also paid for them to take several weeks of swordplay lessons. Their reception had time period foods (turkey legs and such) and one of their very talented friends carved two huge, wooden, elaborately decorated thrones for them. It was amazing. If you want to see some of the pix, go to ricki.smugmug.com, go to the bottom, and look for Noel and James picture. There should be 3 or 4 galleries, 3 of which you should be able to get into. 1 of them is her "getting ready" pix that were taken in the dressing room, so for obvious reasons aren't made public. Hope you enjoy. -Erika
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yes, got to be really red and real purple! then it looks good! its your day, and your wedding....go for it!!
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I'm getting married in a courthouse next February. I will be wearing a nice light colored dress (full length) and my fiance will wear a suit and tie.
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First of all, keep in mind that this is YOUR wedding.  But also be able to compromise too.  Another thing on your wedding day don't stress out, enjoy yourself.  Someone told me while i was planning my own wedding that i shouldn't worry about something going wrong because in the end, not one person would notice except me, cause i planned the wedding.  And you know what i took her advice and my wedding day was perfect, except for a little rain. I enjoyed every minute of that day. So my advice is sure it only happens once in your life but don't make yourself miserable just to please everyone else. IT'S YOUR WEDDING, SO ENJOY IT. CONGRATS!!!!!
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. One of my bridesmaids was very pregnant at my wedding. And they did not have the dress I chose in a maturnity style. So I decided instead to pick a 2 piece gown for her. They actually had some styles, colors, and materials very simular to the dresses I had already picked out. Why don't you check those out with her. Then you won't have to tell she needs to lose weight. You could even tell her that you want her to have a "special" dress for your wedding since she is your "special" cousin. Then you don't have to wory about hurt feelings.
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I went shopping with my bridesmaids and we all decided on a dress together so they were buying dresses that they knew they could use again. I chose the colour and they chose the design. Because it was an Aussie Summer Wedding they all chose a knee length summery dress. I bought them all earrings and necklaces as pressies and they looked so beautiful. Don't be afraid to do something different!
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I did everything for my wedding myself, and we were also on a budget.  I chose red as the color for the bridesmaid dresses...I also had a little red on my white dress, and I carried red roses.  The bridesmaids carried white calla lillies.  All the coursages and boutineers were red roses w/ white ribbons, when applicable.  All those flowers were down by Thrifty Florist and cost $290.00(USD) - (Bridal bouquet, 3 bridesmaids bouquets, 5 boutineers, 6 coursages) \n\nFor the ceremony/reception we did the flowers ourselves, I had red rose petals on the cake, and around the centerpieces, and along the edge of the head table.  The centerpieces were glass bowls with water and white floating candles.  I got the bowls at Wal-Mart, and the candles at candlesjustonline.com  I got the roses at Costco for $14/dozen.  I also made the toss bouquet out of red roses from Costco.  I got some artifical fall leaves from Wal-Mart and used those to decorate the arch we used in the ceremony, we also put them on the tables.  We had about 115 guests.  You can check out some pictures from the wedding/reception at my website http://stardustsweetee.tripod.com.  The fabric that's on the arch and the head table I got at Hancock Fabrics for about $10 total.  \n\nI tested out how I wanted the centerpieces to look before I bought 15 of the bowls and a bunch of candles.  I got one bowl and small package of floating candles, one little sprig of artifical leaves, and used my coffee table (even though it's square).  I set them out in different ways until I liked it...I asked his opinion, but of course, he didn't have one...\n\nWe made the chocolates that we gave to guests...Went to a cake decorating store and bought a brick (literally!) of chocolate, molds shaped like leaves, and some flavoring.  Melted the chocolate down, added flavor to the colored chocolate and poured it into the molds, let it set, and then filled the boxes I got at Weddingchannel.com (in the wedding shop) for $25/fifty boxes, the personalization was free, and tied a little red ribbon on the box.  Got the ribbon at Hancock Fabrics for 75 cents a spool.\n\nPlease feel free to email me with any questions/specifics, I'd love to help you!\nStarDustSweetee@yahoo.com
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I went with chamane (bridesmaids dresses in satin, brides trim on dress, flower girls trim on dress\nivory my dress as well as some linens\ngold accent on favors and bows\nTaupe was used on my satin table linens they looked so beutiful\nany questions email me\nBabyDolll128@yahoo.com
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Contact the gown venders to be sure.  Choose your dress and let them know your measurements.  They will have the dress ready for your fitting when you get there that way.   a month and a half should be plenty of time to do alterations if the dress is already there waiting for you.
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YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT THAT DAY. ITS YOUR WEDDING. I DID IT ON MINE AND NOT ONE PERSON SAID ANYTHING TO ME. IF THEY DO JUST SAY THAT YOU ARE NERVOUS AND TO MIND THIER OWN BUSINESS. ITS NOT A BIG DEAL. ME AND MY HUSBAND BOTH DID IT. MAYBE OTHER GUESTS OR MEMBERS WILL JOIN YOU
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I am getting married in three weeks, and I would not be offended. I think as long as you do not wear solid white you would be fine. And it's the lower half and would certainly not be that obvious. I would assume also, that the bride would have more going on that day, than to really notice what color your skirt is.
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Well,\nI am pregnant, so it was a challenge to find one but,\nAfter looking for months, i had finally decided on this amazing little knee length brown dress accented with cream ribbons, and brown ballet flats with little cream bows on them. However, when i got to Italy i put my dress on and realised that i had gained more in my bust than i expected to! so i had to get it altered but, all the places couldnt fix it in enough time! so, finally i found this little old italian grandmother with 14 grandchildren. She, didnt understand me, i guess, so, she took it in, instead of allowing for more room! i immediatly rushed out to find something else, but no where had anything that would fit my 5 month pregnant body.  i was devastated, and didnt know what to do, until i got a call from kelly preston who said that she would have john fly a few of her pregancy gowns down to help me out. They got there just in time, and i settled on a crimson and white just-below-the-knee one she wore to a relative's wedding when she was pregnant with her son.  Thank goodness she was there, i dont know what i would have done.