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My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (part 6)


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Who do you think chooses the outfit for a flower girl at a wedding?

My brother is getting married soon. His fiancee and him have decided to have NO wedding party at all – not even a maid of honour and best man. However, they did decide to have my daughter as a flower girl.

Today I picked up her outfit that my brother’s fiancee chose for my daughter, and it is HIDEOUS! It’s an ivory tutu (which is ok), with a pure white wife-beater tank top! The top is literally a cotton, ribbed, wide-strapped, wife-beater undershirt. And not only that, but it also completely clashes to have a pure white top with an ivory skirt.

I am horrified that my daughter has to wear this, and very concerned that all of the guests (most of who I don’t know at all) will think I am some awful mother who dresses her daughter like a freak!

I don’t really have the option of telling my brother’s fiancee that I hate the outfit – we don’t have that kind of relationship at all. So my daughter will have to wear it to the wedding.

But can you reassure me that if you were a guest that you would assume that the bride had chosen the flower girl’s outfit and not her own mother?

Also, please let me know if somehow I am just totally old and out of touch with current fashion and that outfit sounds nice to you. The bride works in fashion, so maybe I’m wrong?
This is what the skirt looks like:

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And this is what the top looks like:

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You can see that the skirt is definitely ivory and the shirt is definitely white, and ugly.
I think I’m just going to casually mention when chatting with other guests at the reception “isn’t the outfit that _____ chose for _____ to wear cute?”. That way everyone knows she chose it.

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How much does a typical wedding cost?

Particularly a winter wedding in a church (I live in England)

Recently engaged . . Any suggestions for a wedding planning book?

I recently became engaged to the love of my life; however, I need help with planning my wedding. If anyone has any suggestions for a good wedding planning book, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Do you have any other ideas on how to make wedding guests feel more included?

We’re having a backyard wedding with immediate family and close friends only. We want to create an intimate, casual vibe and we want everyone to feel like they are a part of our wedding since we are not having a wedding party. Here are some ideas we have so far:

1) Putting a section up on our wedding website so that guests can select a few songs they’d like played at the reception (on our ipod). For the guests that are married, we’re asking them to share their ‘first dance’ song so that we can honor them with it at the reception.

2) Having circular seating during the ceremony as opposed to rows. We think this creates a more inclusive vibe and does away with the hierarchy that row seating can imply. Plus our guests will be encircling us with their support (visually, at least).

3) Passing the rings around to guests during the ceremony so they can hold them in their hands and, if they wish, bless them or silently pray over them. Plus we just think this makes them feel a part of what’s going on.

Do you have any other ideas on how we can make our guests feel a part of things? Please keep in mind our ENTIRE wedding budget is just $1,000 so expensive ideas won’t be doable.

Thank you so much for your ideas! I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
If you don’t have any other IDEAS, please don’t comment. I’m not asking for your opinion on what I have come up with so far. I’m asking for IDEAS, not OPINIONS.
The weddings I’ve enjoyed the most are the ones I’ve felt most included at. Those, for me, are the most memorable too.