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Well, we’re kind of in a holding period, folks. I have recapped all I can of the hours before our photographer arrived, and in order to continue down the yellow-brick road of recaps, I have to wait until our pro photos are ready. Yes, I have non-pro photos, but I want to share the experience with you through the fabulous lens of Shutter Sam. It’s the only way to fly!
Soooo, I thought that while we’re twiddling our thumbs, patiently waiting, I would share some details with you that I didn’t have the chance to write about before the big day.
Let’s start with our ceremony!
Mr. Powder Puff and I had one final meeting with our pastor for our last premarital counseling session, and during that time we planned out our ceremony. I had always always always wanted use traditional vows, but when Pastor Ron presented us with his ceremony overview, with beautiful vows that he wrote himself, I couldn’t say no!
The ceremony was very traditional, with some elements that Pastor Ron felt very strongly about. An example? After my dad walked me down the aisle, and he declared that he and Mama Powder Puff were giving me to Mr. Powder Puff as his wife, my dad took my hand from his arm and placed it into Mr. Powder Puff’s hand. Pastor Ron really appreciated to symbolism of that moment, and as such it became an important moment to us.
Now on to the best part—our vows!
Here are the words that joined us as husband and wife. I’m going to use my real name here, because it just seems more sacred that way:
“I join you, Anne, for love, for life. To grow in the beauty of our nearness, to share joys and sorrows, fears and hopes, bearing with your weaknesses and rejoicing in your strengths. I will stand by you and move with you through whatever our married life will bring. Acknowledging Christ as the source of our love, I will view our marriage as a partnership in mission—seeking to share that love with family, friends and the world. I will love you and respect you, and for all of time belong to you. To this I pledge myself truly, with all my heart!”
After we both repeated these vows to each other, we exchanged our rings.
“As this ring has no end, neither shall my love for you! I give you this ring as a sign of my promises to you. With all that I am, and all that I have, with this ring I thee wed.”
Yay! We’re married!
Then we were declared husband and wife!
So what do you think? Are you planning on using traditional vows? Updated vows? Or maybe a hybrid of both?
*All photos are guest photos
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Your vows were beautiful- the pastor really outdid himself.
We are having a traditional Scottish hand fasting vows which I believe are so beautiful, I was born and raised in Scotland and my Fiance of if Scottish decent so this is important to me. Our hands will be bound with his clan tartan however we will be doing a traditional ring exchange also.
Here are the vows we shall be using.
Do you still seek to enter this ceremony?
Yes, We Seek to Enter.
[…]
Will you cause her pain?
I May
Is that you intent?
No
Will you cause him pain?
I may
Is that you intent?
No
*To Both*
Will you share each other’s pain and seek to ease it?
Yes
And so the binding is made. Join your hands
*First cord is draped across the bride’s and groom’s hands*
Will you share his laughter?
Yes
Will you share her laughter?
Yes
*To Both*
Will both of you look for the brightness in life and the positive in each other?
Yes
And so the binding is made.
*Second chord is draped across the couple’s hands*
Will you burden him?
I may
Is that you intent?
No
Will you burden her?
I may
Is that your intent?
No
*To Both*
Will you share the burdens of each so that your spirits may grow in this union?
Yes
And so the binding is made.
*Drape third chord across the couple’s hands*
Will you share his dreams?
Yes
Will you share her dreams?
Yes
*To Both*
Will you dream together to create new realities and hopes?
Yes
And so the binding is made.
*Drape fourth chord across the couple’s hands*
Will you cause her anger?
I may
Is that you intent?
No
Will you cause him anger?
I may
Is that your intent?
No
*To Both*
Will you take the heat of anger and use it to temper the strength of this union?
We Will
And so the binding is made.
*Drape fifth chord across the couple’s hands*
Will you honour him?
I will
Will you honour her?
I will
*To Both*
Will you seek to never give cause to break that honour?
We shall never do so
And so the binding is made.
*Drape sixth chord across the couple’s hands*
The knots of this binding are not formed by these chords but instead by your vows. Either of you may drop the chords, for as always, you hold in your own hands the making of breaking of this union.
Sorry my post was so long.
I love your vows. Mr. Lab and I need to get started on our ceremony wording. I’m ready to just say them, not put them together (especially since we’re apart right now).
I really like your vows. I have no clue what I want our vows to be. We both want something at least a little bit different than the traditional, and there are so many beautiful vows out there it is difficult!
I love your veil!
The vows are absolutely beautiful…I don’t think that I’d be able to write something so wonderful…how fortunate that your pastor had those…I want to steal them I’m so in love with them! 
@Leafy: thanks for posting all of this! Mr BC and I are both of scottish decent, and we’re in the thick of writing our ceremony right now.
I love your pics, Mrs. P!
@Leafy - that is beautiful!
very nice. your pastor is awesome!
we wrote our own from scratch, to reflect our relationship. and we loved it!
those vows are amazing! they are so moving and heartfelt. and, you two look so wonderful!
We wrote our ceremony and said vows that we had written as well. However after we said our personal vows we also said the more traditional ones.
The judge said,
“Mr. and Mrs. have written their own vows choosing to begin their marriage with words that are powerful and unique to their relationship. In addition they will recite the traditional vows that have joined couples together. In this way they acknowledge those have set forth on this road before them.”
I loved both vows, yours and @leafy. Thank you to both of you for the inspiration 
you look SO genuinely happy in that last photo!! and beautiful vows… i love it all!
Your vows were/are beautiful! We chose our vows last week and our are more traditional with a contemporary twist (I guess)
@ Miss Bear Cub: Are you and Mr BC partaking in Scottish handfasting also?
Glad you guys enoyed our choosen vows- I feel that they are very honest and sincere.
I like your traditional but not-so traditional vows. I have no idea what we’re doing yet! The ceremony is like a big gaping hole! Gotta get to work pretty soon.
Wow… Great vows. truly wonderful for the two of you to share that love.
Beautiful! We are pretty much set on the ceremony but still have to write our vows…
What beautiful vows. The Catholic Church is really much more restrictive in terms of our options, so I really hope Mr. Bruschetta and I will be able to offer a toast at our reception, thanking our guests…but also incorporate something special we may want to share with each other!
I really like those. We’re not using traditional vows either. We’re doing things a little different (although Mr. S would like to do the traditional stuff and just get it over with faster).
We are going non-traditional all the way. No til death do us part. No giving away of the bride. It will be something meaningful to the two of us.
Your vows and your veil were so beautiful!! We aren’t sure about what our vows will be yet.
lovely vows!
Up until about a month before the ceremony we were all set with our very traditional church vows. The the hubs says he thinks that’s too boring (what? that’s not him at all)
So we write our own. beautiful wonderful heartfelt words. And i loved them.
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Mrs. Powder Puff, Chicago
Age and Occupation: 25, Preschool Teacher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career Services
Engagement Date: May, 2008
Wedding Date: July, 2009
Blogging Since: November 12, 2008
Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall reception
About Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
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