Blessing Ceremony & Blessing Ceremony Dress (I found it!!)

Blessing Ceremony & Blessing Ceremony Dress (I found it!!)


The week before we are getting married we are having our pastor bless our marriage. We decided to do this since our pastor won't be able to marry us and most of our family & friends will not be attending our wedding, we thought this was a good idea for them to be a part of our special day. Now having this blessing ceremony isn't a substitute for our wedding, but the best way I can describe it is like a Christening of our marriage. We both felt it was important to have our pastors blessing.

Another reason why we are doing a ceremony before we go away is so of the hassles people have told us about getting married away. Hassles such as getting paperwork translated, paperwork getting lost, and what we read on brides.com:

"This is also the case for wedding ceremonies or blessings in hotels or resorts, which may not be legally licensed for marriages. You may not wish to make this legal element part of your wedding day, so work out if you will need to travel ahead of your guests to complete any official documents or legally “tie the knot.” AND your home country’s laws may differ from those in your destination, meaning a marriage that’s perfectly legal in, say, the Maldives means nada back in the U.S.A."

HECK NO!!!

So this brings me to the title of my post...I found the dress I will be wearing to our blessing ceremony!!! Since this isn't our actual wedding (you know with us exchanging our personal vows, wedding party, etc) I felt that wearing an actual wedding dress wouldn't be necessary but I still wanted to have the bride feeling. Sooo I have been searching & searching for a beautiful & practical (inexpensive...this one cost $100) white or ivory dress to wear. Since it will be at our church I'm thinking about wearing a cute little shrug or cardigan to wear with it. Now that I have found my dress I need the perfect shoe...you know something that can be worn again. I like the shoes the model has on so I may look for something like that.

The search is on!!! :O)

Ciao Babes,

Chineye