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Miss Cream Puff Miss Cream Puff, San Francisco Bay Area Age and Occupation: 25, Illustrator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Merchandise Planner Engagement Date: May 27, 2007 Wedding Date: August, 2008 Blogging Since: February 7, 2008 Venue: Ceremony at Crissy Field and Reception at the Green Room About Me: I never dreamed about my wedding as a little girl because I was too busy playing in the mud or pretending to be Martha Stewart–but now that it's here, I'm having a fabulous time DIYing everything in sight! We’re planning a very fun multicultural wedding (I'm Jewish and Mr. Cream Puff is Chinese), filled with as many personal details as I can muster.
 
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Miss Cream Puff, San Francisco Bay Area Age and Occupation: 25, Illustrator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Merchandise Planner Engagement Date: May 27, 2007 Wedding Date: August, 2008 Blogging Since: February 7, 2008 Venue: Ceremony at Crissy Field and Reception at the Green Room About Me: I never dreamed about my wedding as a little girl because I was too busy playing in the mud or pretending to be Martha Stewart–but now that it's here, I'm having a fabulous time DIYing everything in sight! We’re planning a very fun multicultural wedding (I'm Jewish and Mr. Cream Puff is Chinese), filled with as many personal details as I can muster.
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The Ceremony

May 5th, 2008 @ 5:34 pm by Miss Cream Puff

I basically just cried a river while Mr. Cream Puff laughed at me.

Don’t worry, I’m not in an abusive relationship: I just cry at everything (including commercials).

This time, we were writing our ceremony. I read the following final blessing from The Wedding Ceremony Planner by Judith Johnson, and basically ended up a sobbing, snotting mess. I then declared, “that’s GREAT! We must use it.” Apparently I looked pretty funny.

“Yorkey and Sara
on behalf of your loved ones
who are here with you today,
I would like to mention some of the things
we wish for you:

First, we wish for you a love
that is rich, deep and powerful enough
to inspire others and to support you both
in bringing forth the best that is within you.
May you lavishly love one another
and love being loved by one another
today, tomorrow and always.

Second, we wish for you the kind of home
that will be a sanctuary for you both,
A place of peace, freedom, vitality, growth, and humor.
And within this home,
we hope that you are blessed
with a healthy and happy family.

Finally, we wish that at the end of your lives
you will be able to look back
and smile upon the life that you have shared together,
pleased, satisfied, and fulfilled beyond your wildest dreams.

And now, by the power vested in me by the State of California
and the Universal Life Church,
it is my great pleasure to pronounce you husband and wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Hyphenated Cream Puff,
you may now kiss as husband and wife for the first time.
Mazel Tov!”

Snot! Cry!
I love it.

The prospect of writing our entire ceremony from scratch has been a serious stress factor for me. It stressed me out so much that I completely avoided it, other than buying the book. I haven’t even found ceremony musicians yet (um, yikes!).

1395980Then the other day, my friend Amanda sent me an example of a ceremony online, and suddenly I got kind of excited. It was knottie goteamgo614’s bio, where she lists her entire ceremony wording. Part of her ceremony is a reading from the children’s book “I Like You,” by Sandol Stoddard Warburg. I have a copy of this little book, and as soon as I saw her wording, I knew we should read from the book, too. It’s totally silly, and it really fits our personalities. So thanks, goteamgo614! You inspired me to actually get cracking and write our ceremony!

We are almost done with it…I just need to add one more Jewish part to it (probably the seven blessings), and then I think we’ll be done. Here are the parts:

Welcome
Declaration of Support and explanation of the chuppah
Marriage Address
Reading (”I Like You,” read by the bride and groom)
Vows and Exchange of Rings (we’ll be writing these)
Final Blessings
Breaking of the Glass & First Kiss

YAY! For the first time, I actually feel like things are coming together.

14 Responses to “The Ceremony”

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Miss Gingerbread says:

My 12-year old niece is going to read “I Like You” at our ceremony!

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goteamgo says:

Aw, yay! Glad my bio helped. We couldn’t resist adding an element of silly (but still meaningful) fun to the ceremony. “I Like You” really lent itself to converting to a 2-person reading. I think it will be a big hit, and I know I will be grinning ear to ear while saying my parts! Congrats to you on tackling the ceremony.

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tara says:

We are using that same final blessing! that book is so helpful in writing the ceremony.

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rebecca says:

Instead of saying the traditional Seven Blessings, we’re actually choosing 7 friends and family members to write their own blessings for us around a bunch of different themes (one person will get community, another will get companionship, another will get social justice, that kind of thing. You can choose whatever fits you guys though.). Our Rabbi actually encouraged us to do this. Just something to think about!

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Amandaleebest says:

OH my gosh, I love that book. That is so me and my fiance. I just bought the book and I think we’re going to say a excerpt now too! Thanks so much!

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bloomin' says:

I know that you’re over capacity, but can I please please please please come to your wedding? It’ll be a sobfest at Crissy Field.

Plus, I just want to shout “MAZEL TOV!!”

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Miss Tiramisu says:

I love that reading! You sound just like me and Mr. T… me all snot, him laughing. But I think on our wedding day he is going to have a little more emotion too :)

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golden says:

Aww, I think your ceremony wording is going to be beautiful. I read the ceremony wording of goteamgo614’s bio from her bio link she posted on the boards this weekend and loved it too, esp the “I Like You” part!

p.s.- I love that you and Mr. CP are both hyphenating your names :)

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tenfour says:

WAHOO!!! don’t worry - you’ll get your revenge when mr. cp cries like a little girl when he sees you in all your hotness in a white dress.

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AMK says:

‘I Like You’ was my favorite of our readings. We placed it after the blessings and a couple more serious readings, and it was perfect for lightening the mood. :)

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NearlyMsSubrosa says:

I just ordered I like you and I have a feeling it might become part of our ceremony too :)

And I love the Judith Johnson bit too :)

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katya says:

I wrote a comment yesterday but it’s not here for some reason.

I remember really dreading the working on the ceremony part, but when I started I felt much more in control, like I finally had an idea of what would go on for this part. (Before that I was utterly clueless and it scared me.)

Your ceremony sounds great!!!

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Cari says:

First, my FI & I are like you and Mr. CP when it comes to sobfest/laughter, but he is the one that has been procrastinating on writing the ceremony…. Then, I love the Wedding Planner by Judith Johnson! It has been so helpful. So far we have mixed and matched each part of the ceremony, but the Final Blessing FI was totally ok with leaving alone, and it is the same one you used. The first time I read it I had tears in my eyes and I got the chills.

Good luck with the rest of the ceremony! We have less than 2 weeks and still need to work on the vows. Ugh!

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Miss Cream Puff says:

Yay! Hi goteamgo!! Thanks for posting your ceremony. It was so helpful!

@Rebecca: what a great idea! Right now I am split between that and having one of my uncles read/sing (I think they can be sung?) them.

@bloomin: you crack me up!!

@golden: Me too. :) I guess I have to throw a little bit of politics in whereever I go…

@tenfour: you crack me up, hahaha. I would love it if he cried. That would be AWESOME.

@katya: that has definitely been my experience. I’m like, “why didn’t I do this earlier?! I feel so much BETTER now that I have this taken care of!” Thanks!

@Cari: that has been our experience too. The book is a great jumping off point. Good luck with your vows, and happy wedding!!


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