我的西式婚礼,中式婚礼筹备中-Something new, something old, something blue

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我的西式婚礼,中式婚礼筹备中-Something new, something old, something blue

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Prelude
I promised myself to write something about my wedding, but it just so hard to find a good perspective. So I decide that I will just write, and let many pieces of details fall together and hopefully you can get a whole picture.

Part one- Pre wedding

·        Red:
Remember in the movie “Father of the bride”, the wedding planer said: “Let’s start with the cake.” Well, let’s start with the color—Red. To be honest, I wanted earthy colors at first, orange and chocolate brown, just like the beautiful foliage in New England. Red come into my mind when we decided to do the wedding in the middle of winter. Red Roses will be so romantic in the endless snow, make people feel warm and loved when they come to the wedding, plus we are talking about a Chinese girl getting married, what other color can be more traditional than red. So after that, I have my theme flower: Red Roses. My bouquet consists of 60 red roses, since 6 is really a lucky number. And all the other bouquets, boutonnière, corsages, alter decorations, pew decorations, centerpieces, cake decoration, wedding camera, bride maid’s hair pin, patterns on my wedding shoes, they are all roses; the color of mothers’ gowns , the wedding favors, the guestbook, the little heart on the seating card, the bride and groom’s crystal <p>================================</p>
<p><font color="#ff0000">已奖励,恭喜mm:)——dididog</font></p>



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viola1000
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·        Silk satin:
The first thing I did to kick off the wedding planning is to find my gown, and the first thing about my gown is I want it to be pure silk, no synthetic. I just love the pearl like sheen silk satin gives out under candle light. I want it to have moderate pearl and crystal beading on the upper body and laces at the rim of the skirt. I want it to be lavish yet have soft feminine feeling. I want it to have lots of beautiful details and also work sleekly at whole. And on top of that I wanted long cathedral veil with flower embroider to finish the look. And it absolutely should be anti symmetric to add some playful flavor in it. Thanks to the talented designer Enzoani, I got exactly what I want. Well, to be exact, I change the neckline from a straight line to a sweet heart, that would be my personal touch to the gown. It has all the beautiful beading which forms difference floral pattern, side ruched with beaded lace appliqués, and it has an upswept skirt at side which reveals tulle with scalloped hemline. And what make it even better, is the shoes. They are silk satin too, and with a lovely embroider of ROSE on them.


[此贴子已经被作者于2009-2-25 17:39:32编辑过]
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viola1000
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·        Girls Fun night out
I had a lot of fun in my mini shower/girls night out; I hate to call it a bachelorette party since we did not do anything crazy, we just had tons of fun.  The night start at my favorite sushi restaurant, we got two giant boats of all kinds of sushi. That is the largest amount of sushi I have ever seen in my entire life. After a true feast of Japanese food, we started our journey of bar hopping. Of coursed I am dressed by the girls, crown, fake veil, two different colors feathers and all sorts of silly stuff. We ordered giant scorpion bowls with smoke coming out of it; We sang karaoke in front of a big crown, the DJ was so impressed and he announce my drink is on him; we dance the night out in a hot club and every girl was so happy. Where ever I go, there were just people coming to congratulate me “Happy Birthday!”, everyone thinks it is my 21 birthday and just make it legal to drink! That made my day.

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viola1000
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·        Rehearsal in Chinese style and dinner in Italian family style
There was a big fire in the city on the rehearsal night. Fire engines, police officers, helicopters, blocked roads were all over the city. What is an unexpected prelude to my rehearsal! The church was more festive than usual since it still counted as Christmas season. Hubby and I are all dressed in Chinese wedding outfit. Mine was red two piece long dress with feather and golden flowers on it, paired with the sparkling golden shoes. Hubby wore a blue jacket with silver dragon and phoenix. After we did the rehearsal, everyone moved to a family style Italian restaurant. Wow, this one is true family style! The Food and drinks just keep coming and coming, everyone in the family was so happy. This is a true night of family food and fun.
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viola1000
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·        Something new, something old, something blue, something borrowed:
Something new: the dress is new.
Something old: the engagement ring is old; it is a family stone which is almost 100 years old.
Something blue: I got this cute little Victoria secret crystal undie with side tied blue ribbon in my mini shower, and a matching “just married” crystal blue top, which I am going to wear in my honeymoon. Something borrowed: I borrowed this nice double string of antique pearl necklace, and it goes perfectly with my gown






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viola1000
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Part two- wedding ceremony
 
·        Pachelbel’s canon in D Major
 
I almost cried in my friend’s wedding when she walked down the aisle, when the song starts playing. She is so beautiful in the white dress, coming to her man. It is such a touching song and I underestimated its power when I chose it.
When I stand behind the closed door, knowing all the people were waiting in the church, especially my hubby, I was somewhat nervous, I was worried the ribbon on the bouquet is not right and I was afraid I will step on my train. But when the door opens, when organist start playing Pachelbel’s canon in D Major, I see him, and all the worry was gone. He was there, at the end of the aisle, waiting, waiting for his girl to come to him. My dad hold my arm, we were walking down the aisle slowly. Suddenly, emotion hit me so hard, and I can not help to start to cry. This is probably the first time I have tears of happiness about myself, I usually laugh when I am extremely happy but never cry. All the happy memory just flashed through my mind while the song is playing, all the time we spend together was just for this moment. My hubby was looking at me all this time, and I can see the tears in his eyes, too. After my Dad put my hand into his hand, He held me so firmly and whisper to me:” honey, you look stunning”. Father R gave us such a warm and welcoming smile when we were holding hands together in front him and having tears of love and happiness in our eyes, it was just a magnificent feeling at that moment. Until now, whenever I hear the song, I will remember that moment and want to cry.
 

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viola1000
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·        Unity Candle
I love the lighting of the unity candle. We leave both of the side candles burning after we light the center candle, symbolize that we are jointing together accepting each others individuality, and we are going to respect each other’s special personality, interest, religion, culture background and all after marriage. I was really touched about what father R told us during the rehearsal. He said he wanted us to light the candle again right after our first big fight, and remember the moment when we first light up the candle together at our wedding alter. That is what I learn, we need always remember it is not always sunny in the marriage, but no matter what, we should never forget that we came together because of love.
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viola1000
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·        Rose Ceremony
We are the first to have a rose ceremony among all the weddings Father R celebrated, and he said he will suggest new couples to have one in there wedding ceremony from now on. It is such a nice thing to show our love and thanks to our dear mothers. They are the ones who brought us to this world, nurturing us with all their heart, and today they are giving their children away. So we decided to gave them a rose during our wedding, to tell them the wedding is not only for us, it is also for them.
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viola1000
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·        Poem:
This is our first reading, rather than traditional one, we chose a poem. I wrote the Chinese version. It is rather a creative writing than an honest translation of the original poem.
 

 

轻轻的,我听到了
渐渐的,我看到了
我的挚爱
你轻盈的跳过重山
你矫健的越过峻岭
就像一只灵巧的羚羊
就像一只迅捷的麋鹿
 
他站在那里
向窗中翘望
他温柔的说
“我亲爱的
快出来吧
从你藏身的岩石后
从你歇脚的崖缝中
快出来吧
我亲爱的
我的白鸽呀
让我看看你的面颊
你的面颊是如此的美丽
让我听听你的声音
你的声音是如此的动听”
 
灵魂的交融
亲爱的人啊
在我们的心中
你我的界限已经不再分明
因为我们知道
我是你的
你是我的
 
他凝望着我的眼睛
深情地说
                                                                                                                                       “亲爱的
在你的心中
把我像烙印一样深深的刻下吧
我对你的爱
坚定而深沉
直到海枯石烂
我对你的爱
热烈而淳厚
如同圣火一般纯洁
我对你的爱
没有洪水可以冲垮
没有漩涡可以噙食
把我像烙印一样刻下吧
亲爱的
永远在你的心中”
 
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viola1000
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Part three – wedding reception

·        mansion:
This is such a fabulous historical mansion in the modern metropolitan city.  When we first come into the mansion, we looked at each other and say, I think this is it, this is place! That is a spontaneous decision between us. We love the smell of old fashion romance. The mansion is covered with ivy leaves in the summer, but in the winter, all the vines in the snow make it look more magnificent. We always wanted a small intimate but formal noble wedding, a night of dinner and dance in this hidden jewel, just like in the old century……


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viola1000
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·        Waltz:
We wanted a song which is happy and full of magic. The problem is it is Waltz and our few swing dance nights back in the summer would not help us with that. My dear Dad stepped out, taught us every basic moves in Waltz. And it was fun since he did not speak English and most of the time I forgot to translate since I am learning the dance at the same time. my poor hubby has to figure out how to lead dance Waltz almost without any useful proper audio assistance, in only THREE lessons. But we made my Dad proud and the dance turns out nice, at least in our mind.

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viola1000
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·        The cake:
Love, Love, Love the cake. Nothing fancy, nothing crazy. It is just a good, tasty, moist vanilla cake which has elegant and simple floral design on it. The cake top is still in the refrigerator and we are supposed to eat it on our first anniversary. I should really cross my finger because almost everyday I have the temptation to sneak in a piece, but fortunately so far I persuaded myself not to do it.

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viola1000
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·        The snow:
It starts to snow after we get to the reception. It is so quiet outside the mansion, it is snowing; and it is full of music inside the mansion, we are dancing. It is just so magic and romantic. That is a bonus you can get if you are getting marriage in winter, the fairy tale like snowy background.
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viola1000
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·        Delicious:
 
 
Passed Hors d’oeuvres
            Sausage Stuffed Mushroom Caps
            Cashew Crusted Chicken with Mango Dipping Sauce
Thai Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce
Cozy Shrimp with Thai Barbeque Sauce
Stationary Hors d’oeuvres
            Display of Baked Brie en Croute
            Seafood Maki Rolls
            Served Meal:
            Salad:
Baby Spinach Salad with Teardrop Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Carrot Thread and Cranberry Vinaigrette
Entrees:
Pan Roasted Herb Marinated Salmon Filet with Lemon Sauce
Grilled Sirloin Steak with Cabernet Demi-Glace and Shitake Mushrooms
Above entrées served with Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes and Grilled Asparagus
Wine Service with dinner: Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay
Champagne Toast
Wedding Cake: served tableside with fruit compote
            Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Butter cream filling and White Butter cream Icing
            Round, 3 tier cake with floral design
 
           
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viola1000
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After the wedding……
The Sunday morning, our family gathered together at the seaport for the after wedding brunch. It was such a blast at the wedding the night before, and the brunch seems to be so relaxing and joyful. The harbor was extra peaceful because of the snow, and our hearts are full of hope and happiness……

 
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viola1000
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哈哈 填完了哈 回答以下几个美眉的问题哈
全是英文是因为这样写了老公也能看得懂啊
楼好像占的多了点
那么就发一些我在买我的婚纱之前试的一些婚纱吧
 
 

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水蓝27
25 楼
 华人的第一个沙发占这啦~~
照片很有感觉哦~
MM加油贴
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verawu
26 楼
Congratulations! Waiting for more post.
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IsaY
27 楼
 我也来等
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hangel
28 楼
丶啊 全是英文哇!!!!!!!!!!!恭喜恭喜
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gracesz
29 楼
deng
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medusa_me
30 楼
 婚纱好漂亮,祝福~~~
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ifnoif
31 楼
 我也来占个位,嘿嘿,慢慢等婚礼当天的细节,祝福MM!
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smallx
32 楼
来凑凑热闹~
我还在凑我的something blue....
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viola1000
33 楼
刚吃完饭 马上来填坑 算是饭后运动 哈哈
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dryad
34 楼
留个爪印先,,感觉是强贴
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mimimao
35 楼
 哇。。。好羡慕~
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elian
36 楼
幸福的新娘,期待ING
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jjshi2001
37 楼
congratulations! very pretty. I wish to see the pictures.....
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cwubing
38 楼
 wow so romantic
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lis37
39 楼
恭喜!婚纱真美。。。。。。
[此贴子已经被作者于2009-2-25 21:53:48编辑过]
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shanshan00
40 楼
zan! very nice!
congrats
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nectaryew
41 楼
 congrats, 真豪华
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divine
42 楼
love your wedding dress, so pretty!
 
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sk8nicole
43 楼
 好看好看。。。。。。。。
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MyDemon
44 楼
 很漂亮~~恭喜美美~~
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liang520
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以下是引用viola1000在2009-2-25 17:07:00的发言:
 

此主题相关图片如下just married side tie mesh bikini.jpg:


 
这是victoria secret网站上买的吧。。。。我当时也买了一条。。。穿着老往下滑阿。。。
微酸beauty
46 楼
 恭喜恭喜啊
婚礼真美啊
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viola1000
47 楼
谢谢大家的夸奖
It did cost a lot of time to prepare for the wedding and it worth all the time we spend. My hubby is such a sweet heart and he did put his heart into every details of the wedding too.
now I just wish the time did not flew by so quickly in my wedding day :) well, maybe time goes by really quick when you are really happy.
So, I am more than happy to help everyone here about any questions about the wedding.
Please just ask.
 
 
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yamy
48 楼
pp~~~~~~
 
congratulations
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viola1000
49 楼
以下是引用水蓝27在2009-2-25 17:39:00的发言:
 华人的第一个沙发占这啦~~
照片很有感觉哦~
MM加油贴

呵呵 在美眉的鼓励下 终于写完了
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viola1000
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以下是引用hangel在2009-2-25 17:49:00的发言:

丶啊 全是英文哇!!!!!!!!!!!恭喜恭喜
不好意思阿 下回发贴全中文
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NovRain
51 楼
 nice!
小裤裤很口爱

congratulations!!
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viola1000
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以下是引用smallx在2009-2-25 18:33:00的发言:
来凑凑热闹~
我还在凑我的something blue....

可以买成蓝色的小婚鞋呀  也很可爱的
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viola1000
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以下是引用cwubing在2009-2-25 21:35:00的发言:
 wow so romantic


赫赫 偶是表面上大大咧咧 其实内心很向往浪漫的哦
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viola1000
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以下是引用liang520在2009-2-25 22:53:00的发言:

这是victoria secret网站上买的吧。。。。我当时也买了一条。。。穿着老往下滑阿。。。
哈哈 我收到这个礼物的时候 就担心这个 开玩笑说如果正走教堂的时候掉下来了怎么办  大家笑着说 没事 掉下来了她们几个美女保证在第一时间冲上去掩盖出事现场
不过 最后是请妈妈把蝴蝶结用针线固定起来了 所以就不会滑了
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viola1000
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以下是引用NovRain在2009-2-25 23:01:00的发言:
 nice!
小裤裤很口爱

congratulations!!


还有一个蓝色的just married tank top,更q
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pigxiaozhu
56 楼
恭喜恭喜,好梦幻的感觉,婚纱好漂亮!
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dudu@NY
57 楼
pretty gown....congrat.....
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selcoon
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以下是引用viola1000在2009-2-25 23:02:00的发言:

可以买成蓝色的小婚鞋呀  也很可爱的
hoho, 偶穿了个蓝色的小袜子,呵呵。
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boobii
59 楼
xixi, I figured out your main ID from the pic on the 11th floor. 
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jenli
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 很美啊,恭喜恭喜
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whataday
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真是漂亮啊!!
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madeleine
62 楼
 很棒很美。I love your wedding reception mansion!  多贴些照片吧~
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IsaY
63 楼
 太完美了。。。
多点细节
多点照片吧。。。
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viola1000
64 楼
这一张是仪式举行当中的照片
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viola1000
65 楼
婚宴厅装饰
水蓝27
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以下是引用viola1000在2009-2-25 23:00:00的发言:

    
    
     呵呵 在美眉的鼓励下 终于写完了
    
MM的照片后期效果处理的真好,很梦幻的感觉
水蓝27
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我正在筹备我的中式婚礼,然后在西式~~hehe
估计会累爬下的
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smallx
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 我也在筹备中~
大家share一下筹备经验吧
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viola1000
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 准备婚礼是一件很累人的事情,不过也很美好呀,妹妹加油
美眉的婚礼在哪里举行呀 希望是什么格调的呀
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IsaY
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看到mm婚纱的选择,自己心里有点小郁闷了。。。
我选好的这套是organza over satin, 那么表示不是silk滴??
现在都觉得自己穿着synthetic的东西似的了。。。我准备周末去婚纱店好好咨询一下说
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viola1000
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 organza 也有silk organza的 还有silk tafada, 这些面料都是很好的面料的呀,而且比较轻薄,不沉,一般tulle的会是化纤的
其实看妹妹自己的喜好了
如果夏天结婚的话silk satin 反倒不好, 太热了呀
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smallx
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以下是引用viola1000在2009-2-27 16:30:00的发言:

    
     准备婚礼是一件很累人的事情,不过也很美好呀,妹妹加油
美眉的婚礼在哪里举行呀 希望是什么格调的呀

    
在加州举行,西式的婚礼吧
主要是我比较懒,拖沓的太严重
水蓝27
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我明年2月在长沙,刚刚把日子定下来,正式开始筹备咯!
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viola1000
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加州好地方呀
婚纱要早些定 还有场地要早些定
其他的可以拖一拖 不会有太大关系
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viola1000
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以下是引用水蓝27在2009-3-1 0:08:00的发言:

    
    我明年2月在长沙,刚刚把日子定下来,正式开始筹备咯!
    
整整一年准备呢 妹妹到时候的婚礼肯定很完美
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jjjiang
76 楼
恭喜恭喜啊。
MM走Aisle那段很感人耶。。。。
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geforcemx
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来晚了,再次恭喜
 
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viola1000
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以下是引用geforcemx在2009-3-1 12:16:00的发言:

    
    来晚了,再次恭喜
 

    
哈哈 摄影师都来捧场了  谢谢谢谢哦
谢谢你帮我纪录下来每一个瞬间
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geforcemx
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以下是引用viola1000在2009-3-1 12:51:00的发言:

    
     哈哈 摄影师都来捧场了  谢谢谢谢哦
谢谢你帮我纪录下来每一个瞬间

    
太客气了。
不过那天的合作真的是非常愉快,你们两个的表现也堪称完美,用你的话说:“郎才女也才”呀!

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smallx
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以下是引用viola1000在2009-3-1 0:16:00的发言:

    
    加州好地方呀
婚纱要早些定 还有场地要早些定
其他的可以拖一拖 不会有太大关系

    
谢谢
这两个我都搞定了,别的还拖着。。。问题是婚礼在五月,已经不能再拖了。。。
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viola1000
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以下是引用smallx在2009-3-1 19:27:00的发言:

    
     谢谢
这两个我都搞定了,别的还拖着。。。问题是婚礼在五月,已经不能再拖了。。。

    
那就赶紧找摄影师摄像师吧 这样可以找到比较满意的
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yexin8191
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viola1000
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以下是引用yexin8191在2009-3-2 22:26:00的发言:

    
    老外也会做中式造型么?
    
你如果给照片 应该会做的吧 什么叫是中式造型呀 总觉得做发型是中外都差不多的吧 剪头发才会因为发质不同有很大差别
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guangtop
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偶喜欢。。。。。。。。。。。。。
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ifnoif
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 Congrats MM!

Want to more pics!! Especially the ones with you two!!:-)
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allytang
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实在太美了,MM好身材
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yyxrzy
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 好看。。。再多一些照片??
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cats11111
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婚礼很美。
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juicycherry
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好美的婚纱 请问MM买的是哪个牌子
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viola1000
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以下是引用juicycherry在10/31/2009 11:01:00 PM的发言:

    
     好美的婚纱 请问MM买的是哪个牌子
    
Enzoani  的,mm可以去这里看看
http://www.brides.com/fashion/dresses/gallery/wedding_dresses/vendor/designer/enzoani/
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whitetigress
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以下是引用viola1000在2/26/2009 3:16:00 PM的发言:
这一张是仪式举行当中的照片
此主题相关图片如下jlc_1529.jpg:



very GOOD VENUE
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xiaoxue123
92 楼
祝福美眉!!
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lulualulu
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mm又高又瘦呢,穿婚纱真美
一个人玩儿
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最后选的哪一件?
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lakebeyond
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 mm 自己原创的诗吗?还是自己翻译的?either way, 真棒!
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viola1000
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以下是引用lakebeyond在12/2/2010 4:33:00 PM的发言:

    
     mm 自己原创的诗吗?还是自己翻译的?either way, 真棒!
    
是我自己翻译的啦 谢谢夸奖
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jinse18
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很漂亮 恭喜
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amJolin
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very nice pics~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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sherryy
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以下是引用medusa_me在2/25/2009 6:08:00 PM的发言:

    
     婚纱好漂亮,祝福~~~
    
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sherryy
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以下是引用mimimao在2/25/2009 8:37:00 PM的发言:

    
     哇。。。好羡慕~