Wedding Blog

Back in high school, my best friend Sabrina (now my maid of honor) and I sat down to plan how we wanted our future weddings to look. We scoured the Internet for photos that represented what items we would choose if we were getting married. Of course, the web was much younger then and wasn’t overflowing in wedding inspiration, but we were able to scrape some things together.

I don’t remember where I imagined my wedding taking place, though I believe, even then, I wanted an outdoor affair. The file where we saved our plans is long gone, but miraculously, I had also uploaded all the photos I had chosen to my website. Even more miraculously, that website still exists and I still remember my password to log in and grab the files. So, I present to you, the wedding of Miss Fondue, as imagined at the tender age of 16.

Here is my imagined engagement ring. I’ve apparently always been more fond of multi-stone rings, since my real ring is a diamond with round ruby accents on the sides.

The invitations I chose were fairly simple - white with some embossed accents and purple text. It seems the website where I got these from no longer exists, however.

For flowers, it looks like I was going with only white. This is much different from my actual pick of all red.

The ring bearer would carry this pillow.

And the flower girl would wear a simple short-sleeved dress.

My bridesmaids would be in a lilac color, while my maid of honor would wear a deeper shade of purple. I believe these are Dessy dresses. I still think they are cute dresses, but I’m letting my maids pick out tea-length black dresses of their choosing.

My groom (I wasn’t dating anyone at the time, so I had no idea who this would be) would be wearing this classic black tuxedo, which I believe is from After Six.

In my younger days, I apparently was more into larger headpieces and fluffy veils, as this is what I picked out to wear on my head (from David’s Bridal). In reality, I’m wearing a simple crystal headband with a one layer veil.

And my gown? A pretty spaghetti-strap princess dress from David’s. These were the days before strapless was all the rage. This dress actually has some similarities to my actual gown, with the beading on the bodice and the fullness of the skirt.

It looks like my younger self was into the more traditional and simple look than my modern counterpart.

Did you imagine your wedding day when you were younger? How do your plans differ from what you wanted when you were younger?