Tawdry Quirk Shop

almightykushlord:

jsantagato:

So glad I found this. Two virgins (also never kissed anyone ever) kissing for the first time on their wedding day. Awkward to say the least.

shuddering

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trionerd:

#THIS HAS ALWAYS MADE ME LAUGH BUT NOW I AM SIMULTANEOUSLY LAUGHING AND CRYING

Uh oh. I knew we rushed things.

Season 2, ladies and gents. But I think all the Doctor/Rose shippers can agree that a wedding would have been a much nicer finale than Doomsday. XD

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mobiley-everafter:

Doctor Who themed wedding

Photos by Candice Benjamin Photography, see more here!

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theweddingtree:

The Hunger Games Inspiration Shoot

whospam:

TARDIS dresses (by ewen and donabel)

BUT WHY would we just go with color when we can get THE ACTUAL TARDIS.

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vworpingtopigfarts:

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So… what color are the bridesmaid’s dresses? I’ll start looking now. You know. Just in case.

Think TARDIS.

(photos courtesy of jcpenny.com)

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afuturebride:

If you’ve ever wondered why Americans put the wedding ring on the third finger of the left hand, it’s because of an ancient Greek belief that a vein in this finger ran directly to the heart. And if you’ve ever groaned at having to buy both an engagement ring and a wedding ring, you can blame Pope Innocent III, who instituted a waiting period between engagement and marriage in the 13th century and also insisted that a ring be used in the wedding ceremony. Before that, rings were used to seal an engagement only (as well as other important agreements).

(Source: weddingflowersandmore.com, via a-diy-wedding)

I’ve had the worst day ever.

On the plus side, I got my invitations ordered.

Now I’m cooking to make myself feel better.

No wedding is complete without a few adorable children running about! I don’t know about you, but seeing flower girls and ring bearers in their formalwear makes me smile no matter what’s going on. And often, they make me laugh, because they’re usually doing something they’re not supposed to be doing. When my sister was a flower girl at my mom’s cousin’s wedding years ago, she lay down on the stage and took a nap during the ceremony. 

Children never do exactly what they’re supposed to do… so whose bright idea was it to involve kids in weddings in the first place?

According to this site, flower girls first showed up in Rome (why is it always Rome?), and they didn’t carry flowers. They carried wheat and herbs, which apparently led to some sort of blessings of prosperity and fertility. Those Romans. Who knows?

The site continues to say that in the Elizabethan era, the girls would get closer to holding flowers: they carried a silver cup decorated with ribbons and branch of rosemary. Okay, so rosemary is still an herb, but it has “rose” in the name at least. Close enough.

This site suggests that flower girls are supposed to represent youth and innocence, a contrast to the bride, who walks down the aisle directly after her. (I don’t know if that’s a diss, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.) It also suggests a reason for the flowers — at last — tying them to fertility charms and things.

As a curious side note, this site comments that the bride’s attendants used to all be children. Whew! I can’t imagine trying to get through my vows with three or four little girls standing next to me. I can just imagine all the mischief they’d get into.

As for ring bearers, they have a bit more straightforward history. As this site points out, they were originally just pages chosen for a special honor on the wedding day. As pages used to be pretty common (who doesn’t want to have a kid at your beck and call to fetch things?!) the idea of a ring bearer makes more sense to me. Well, historically, anyway. More sense than a girl sprinkling flower petals along a path which will apparently magically help me get pregnant. 

Moving on. This site claims Egypt (finally not Rome) as the originator of the rings-on-a-pillow tradition, since apparently jewels of some variety were displayed on pillows at weddings. And then once wedding rings became popular, they sort of came together and voila. Ring pillows. And then they must have just called up a cute page to carry them and voila again! Ring bearers. At least, that’s how it goes in my head. And this site says that the ring-bearer-and-pillow combination became cool in Victorian England and apparently went viral. (Can you still call it viral if they don’t have internet? Never mind.)

Verdict: I don’t know.

There’s no real reason for or against, so why not? Except the weird fertility thing, but that sort of stuff is wrapped up in all the wedding traditions, so you can’t really get rid of it. Anyway, I’m having them. I was just curious about where they came from.

I just can’t resist cute kids. I want them in my wedding. The man has triplet 5-year-old cousins.

TRIPLETS GUYS.

Okay sorry I’m done.

Next up: Why do bridesmaids have to match?

…Elbow, Fingertip, Waltz, Flyaway, Mantilla, Fishnet, Birdcage, Bouffant, Shoulder, Waist, Knee, and Royal. Any guesses what we’re talking about this week? Yup! Veils.

Unlike the curiously vacant post about Wedding Arches, this subject seems to be something people can’t shut up about. Possibly because it’s linked to fashion, which everyone loves. I don’t really know. Anyway, on to the story!

According to this site, veils, in their earliest forms, seemed to have originated in the near east — as a practical thing, probably, to guard against the elements. In relation to weddings, the veil is mentioned in the story of Isaac in Genesis 24 and Jacob in Genesis 29. Unfortunately for Jacob, the veil was used against him to trick him into marrying the wrong woman, but that’s another story.

Other than the Bible, the next historical reference to wedding veils I can find is in a different country and under very different circumstances: in Rome. Here, according to Wikipedia, the veil was used to ward off evil spirits. It was also “flame-colored,” and possibly with flame designs. In the medieval times, this site offers that it protected the bride from the “evil eye” and might have been a protection in arranged marriage contracts; the man wasn’t allowed to see the woman before the marriage, so he couldn’t back out if he found out she was ugly.

The veil quickly came to symbolize purity and virginity, which is supposedly why most brides don’t wear it over their face in their weddings nowadays. (I’d argue that they just don’t want something touching their face and makeup, but perhaps it started that way.) According to Wikipedia, the veil would often be lifted by the father of the bride or the husband, representing either the giving away or the possession of the bride, respectively. Because of this symbolism, however, second-time brides weren’t traditionally supposed to wear a veil (because they aren’t pure) although that’s pretty much a goner at this point.

As a sidenote the parallel tradition in Japan, according to this site, is a covering not of the face, but of the hair and head. Supposedly to cover up the horns of jealousy or other unpleasant traits that they wouldn’t want to show their future husband at the wedding. Interesting!

Verdict: There are so many traditions wrapped up in this one it’s difficult to say.

I straight-up don’t want anything over my face, so that’s not happening, pure or otherwise. I’m planning to use my mother’s veil, as I noted in my last Bucking Tradition post, so I’m wearing whatever type of veil she has. Although to be honest, I’m mostly wearing it as a nod to her and not because of one of the traditional values I found. I don’t necessarily mind some of the background, though. Well, except the spirits and ugliness. That’s not really my thing. Anyway.

Next up: Flower Girl and Ring Bearer