It's been a while, haven't posted in almost half a year - apologies for that :) I've been off being married and whatnot. And before you ask, no, it's still just the two of us for the moment!
It's funny, people ask questions about your child bearing intentions as soon as you get back from honeymoon, but I heard a lesson before I got married from a colleague who put her foot in it quite badly, so I tend to avoid the jokes/digs. She asked if there was going to be a pitter-patter, of another colleague who had got married around the same time as her. Little did she know that all sorts of complications and difficulties were being experienced, and it all came flooding out. Needless to say, colleague #1 was rather embarrassed and now carefully doesn't ask anyone, ever, if they have baby making plans. On a happier note the difficulties for colleague #2 have been overcome and there is lots of pitter-patter since, but still. A lesson worth hearing.
Lots of trends in the DIY aspects of weddings this year, even more than in 2010. Bring your own favourite music to give the DJ, make your own invites, your own cake, your own cake decorations, ask friends to do video/photography for the day - all great ideas. It does obviously put pressure on your pals to get it right since it's your big day but once you are aware of that and don't expect perfection (or anything resembling a professional finish!) then you are totally sorted. Looking back, sure who needs perfect *things* when all you really need is to commit to your new spouse - that's what it's all about!
DIY weddings are just as beautiful, and in my opinion, even more so. They hold that personal touch that you just can't get anywhere else. YOU made the favours - over a glass of wine with your bridesmaids perhaps. YOU picked the flowers in your bouquet - from the garden you tended with your betrothed. YOU helped your mum or favourite aunt bake your most favourite cake and got icing on your nose finishing it off. YOU had a hand in what type of music would be played at your party. I love it. So much personal taste going into weddings. It seems that the trend is far less the one-up-man-ship it was becoming during the naughties and much more about the creation of a solemn bond between two people, and the celebration of that union with the couple's nearest and dearest.
I'm so happy to see this transition. I have felt for so long that too much fuss was made of the wedding and not enough of the marriage. Materialism does not a happy union make. Well done 2011 brides :) you rock!
