My wedding

So after almost four years together Michael and I decided we would get married instead of just move across the country together. So instead of just planning a move in a short time I started planning a wedding, however it wasn't just enough to have a wedding that was completely me my dress had to be me too and after all I knew that the white dress wasn't me. I love them don't get me wrong there are some beautiful dresses out there and having worked in a wedding dress shop I knew this I tried them on but they didn't speak to who I am and after all this is about joining two people are not some fictitious image of who we should be. So I decided that I would finish the ocean Langa that I have been working on as part of my line.so I started spending all of my time beading and crocheting, yes I had to incorporate everything back of it is crocheted the front is completely beaded. I dip dyed the fabric to be in the ocean blue colors then I dyed the yarn that I used to crochet as well the yarn that I used was yarn that I had for my grandmother stash still. Having grown up in California and going to the ocean at night and having it be the only place that I really feel that the most piece I had to make my dress that way too. So along with the colors of the ocean there are the legends of the ocean is well there are mermaids at the bottom and unicorns jumping out the mist, that if you look very closely there's also a diving helmet because after all I am the big nerd that I am in the legends in the books that I've read in my life I've heard of makes me who I am. My mother made my veil for me, following my overall vision which was great to be able to work with her on this something I will always having Cherish. However it wasn't just the veil that she did for me she help make me who I am after all but for the wedding she also helped me create my beautiful brooch bouquet. Now to do this it was a lot of fun and a lot of work to, we sorted through all of my grandmother's old pins some that I wear on a daily basis some that I don't and incorporated them all in to the bouquet. It's these things how can you feel them there with me even though none of my grandparents live to see the young woman that I've become and to known the man you have chosen for my life.

The wedding wasn't what I had planned, but that's life you have to go with it and as it came together the love of the family and friends that where able to be there showered over us and made it a wonderful day. Having grown up in a Disciples of Christ church, I wanted my wedding to start my life with my husband in a church. Not because I'm an extremely religious person, but because that basis help me become the spiritual person the transcendentalist that I am. So our service reflected that my husband grew up Roman Catholic, but it does not see himself as a practicing Catholic. So it didn't seem right to make it an overly religious ceremony,but for both of us a spiritual aspect is what grounds us. When planning the wedding I knew that I wanted to incorporate the paths that have shaped who I am. The biggest shaping came from the Hindu path, after it has been a part of me for as long as I can really remember when I was a small child I had a great family friend great Hindi family that live next-door to me and I spent a lot of time there when my brothers were in and out of hospitals for treatments it really shaped the person I have become. So with that I did find a beautiful Disciples of Christ church in Tempe right by ASU Michael's alma mater that was perfect beautiful alter made of driftwood, however as life will happen there were some complications that changed us from the sanctuary into the fellowship hall and as much as it changed everything it really did show the love of everyone. There's a beautiful euro that is as disciples of Christ as you can get similar to the ones found at the all peoples church in California or at the camp that I used to go to. So when we move into the fellowship hall we put that as our focal point used to table made an altar all of our guest pitched in, to set up chairs and if that wasn't enough are you musician and the other guys pitched in to move the piano that we would still have music. It was this outpouring of love that made this day when it should've been you see a wedding isn't about the space it's in or about the decorations the clothes it's about the love that's been joint and that's really what poured out in that room. There were some complications with my officiant the friend that had said he would do it some things had happened and he was unable to, unfortunately I didn't find this out until the day before the wedding but my mother's friend my friend Reverend Mary Louise Frenchman. After all this day truly was a better friend stepping up as well our musician was a good friend is a good friend of Michaels who came all the way from DC to not only be there but to play our music for us as well, and James Witherite truly did a wonderful job. Just like our friends that stepped in to do readings to video for us to take photos the outpouring of love was truly more than we could've asked for from anyone. 

 The photos above were all taken by our good friend Tammy Filandro, 

The readers for the ceremony where as follows in order Debbie Schilling (friend and mentor), Tim Creedon (husband to my maid of honor Cassie), Katie Iannucci ( goddaughter of Michael's ) she also so willingly stepped up to man my iPad to do my videoing.

 And as soon as I can figure out how to get the video uploaded YouTube keeps telling me it's too big I will have it on here but for now photos will have to do