Did you have a traditional wedding? Or did you go off piste?

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We were v traditional (ivory dress, church, given away by dad and then dinner with first dance afterwards)

A friend recently had a theme for her wedding "a midsummer night's dream" and made her adult bridesmaids dress up as cobweb, mustardseed et al

DH and I decided this was beyond the pale but obviously we're in the minority as everyone oohed and aahed.

I once waitresses at a Cowboy wedding It was good fun but the theme was totally random and the bride was very out of place in her giant white meringue. It all ended in a big punch up too

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Never really "got" themed weddings, a girl at work had a Tudor style wedding and everyone was in Tudor dress.....

Us, civil ceremony in a hotel, big party at the same venue after. It was 3 days before Christmas and was snowing as we took our vows. Semi traditional I suppose but we didn't bother with swanky cars etc...money went on good food and wines.

DH out tonight might get the photos out, I haven't looked at them for ages!

Ours wasn't traditional but not really out there either. We got married in a library, no white drees, but a 1930's inspired cappacino colour one, butterflies everywwhere and the we had a 6 course sit down chinese banquet for all our guests.
Didn't have anyone at my house when getting ready and travelled in the wedding car with only my sister.

Our Ds who was 18 months old walked me 'down the aisle' (luckily it was was short and he had taken his first steps a few days before)!

we served tea and coffee at our drinks reception, whilst we had photos taken, (along with the normal wine etc!)

So not completly traditional but it had traditional elemens to it.

Not live butterflies, i hasten to add, just handmade silk and feather ones!

I thought it was traditional to go off piste ... as a newt

Small reg office affair for us.

I have been to some great, quirky weddings, including a Druid wedding at Stonehenge and one where the groom was Scottish and the bride was Indian - it was like Bollywood meets Braveheart and they went really overboard accentuating each of their traditions - all the bride's family in traditional costume, groom's family in kilts, a traditional Scots band with Scottish dancers followed by a Bollywood themed disco. It was wicked!

We got married in Venice. Just the 2 of us. Then went for a gondola trip and lunch in Harry's bar.

oh god i have two tales to tell. ONe ofa masked ball(wtf) and one wher the bride had read too many wedding mags and had an easter egg tree place setting thing and no one knew where to sit.

I think the worst are ones where the bride and groom learn a dance routine.

Like the thriller couple
or wacky Mark and Linsey

god those are they

Dh and I had a pagan wedding.

i had traditional church wedding with all the trimings and loved it. Only regret was not having fireworks which i wanted but couldnt afford!

Registry office, halloween, fancy dress, DH made my gown, a goth version based on one worn by Drew Barrymore in the film Everafter. He also made my mum a medieval princess dress.

We had people dress up as fairies, uncle fester and the grim reaper amongst others. DS1 wore a bat costume.

Back to our house for food/drinks then left parents to babysit and dh, friends and I went to a rockclub to party the night away. It was a wonderful and I wish we could do it again.

Actually I'm planning a handfasting in a few years so we can all dress up again and make the ceremony part even more meaningful.

I had both!

Dh and I got married, on our ownl in a private ceremony on safari in Kenya. Had a romantic meal after overlooking the waterhole.

Then 2 weeks later we had a very traditional catholic ceremony. Was a blessing but very much the same as a full wedding service. All of family and friends came. So over 100 guests. Had an informal receptoon after and into the night at a hotel with buffet, live band and disco.

Loved the both in very different ways. And I got to wear my dress twice!

Mine was fairly traditional and cheap, I did a lot myself and kept it simple so less to go wrong. Had a DJ, but still did the traditional celidh dances before the more modern stuff.

Non traditional bits were.. I did a speach, speaches before the meal...erm.. I got someone to take the pew end flowers from the church to the reception for the tables.. then gave them out as favours for the "special" females... booked a buffet for far less than were coming as there is always too much and it gets wasted, suprisingly there was more than enough... basicly I negotiated everything instead of sitting in a bride to be glow and saved a lot of money .