Surrounded by Family and Friends
Earlier this week, I started talking about some of the ways our ceremony will reflect both of our heritages. This is one of the few details we’ve known we’d include before we were even engaged. It was an easy choice for us. (Well, O didn’t really have a choice.)
You see, I’m the Irish Catholic girl that comes with her own chuppah. A chuppah is the canopy that we’ll be married under. It represents the home a new couple will build. It is open on all four sides to welcome your guests, but also so your family and friends can support you.
When my sister and her husband were married, my mom turned the lace from her grandmother’s wedding dress into the base for their chuppah. Since August 3, 2002, I have known that I would be married under that chuppah, regardless of who I was marrying or where. (It might have been awkward in a Catholic church, but I was never anticipating one of those.)
We’ll need to build the frame, and support the lace with a wider section of tulle or muslin. We need to get cracking on that, but it’s one of the many pieces of this ceremony that I’m unbelievably excited for.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture to share with you, but I’ll try to get one soon.
What about you? What ways have you honored your differences?
Something Old « MildlyCrazy’s Blog said,
July 15, 2009 at 5:52 pm
[...] have a couple of options for my “something old,” including my antique engagement ring; and the chuppah we’ll be married under, constructed from my great-grandmother’s wedding dress lace. When [...]