The Party: Pictures

Nessa and Galinda's Bridesmaid Dress:

Elphaba's Wedding Dress

The Petal Path and The Gazebo (Pretty much what I was picturing):

The Tent (although probably with more pink):









The Garden:

The Right Thing To Do: Glinda's Wedding Dress

As much as I don't like writing this wedding, I did have fun picking Glinda's wedding dress. You can go a lot more princess/flowing with Glinda than Elphaba, because the only way Elphaba would wear this dress was if you held a gun to her head- and maybe not even then.

The Perils of Dating A Commotion: Elphaba's Wedding Dress & Boots

Elphaba's wedding dress

Elphaba's wedding boots

Ghost of Kiamo Ko: Elphaba's Wedding Dress

Here is Elphaba's wedding dress from Chapter 21 of Ghost of Kiamo Ko

The Ghost of Kiamo Ko: Elphaba's Wedding Dress

Thanks to Maddy (Ultimate Queen of Cliffies) and Lucy (heatqueen) who helped me pick Elphaba's wedding dress for this chapter :)

For some reason, I was obsessed with Elphaba having a tea-length wedding gown.
 

Don't Tell the Bride: The Rings

I have a little of gold jewellery, but I prefer silver. (My Dad once said I'm his favourite because I prefer silver over gold- which is cheaper). But my favourite thing is the white-gold ring my parents got me for my 21st birthday. 

Fiyero's Choice:

Fiyero's ring for Elphaba

The Ring Fiyero chooses for himself

Elphaba's Choice:

Elphaba's choice- simple silver.

Don't Tell the Bride: The Cake

So, the cake.

I knew immediately that Fiyero was going to pick a cake that was a bit fancy and something non-traditional. And I knew Elphaba was going to pick something very simple. And I knew Fiyero was going to pick chocolate, because there is nothing better.

Fiyero's choice:

The cake Fiyero actually picks

Chocolate with pearls.

I did like the tree

Love is in the air

Elphaba's choice:

The one she picks

Pink goes good with green! I did like the use of rings on top of the cake though.

Flowers

My Top 10 TV Weddings

I really love weddings. I know, you're all shocked by this. No one would have guessed this, right?

This means that even though I've only ever been to 7 weddings in my life (actually 6. 2 cousins, 2 uncles, 2 friends. But I'm going to my 7th wedding in April- another cousin), I have watched a lot through movies and TV.

If there's a show I only kinda watch, or I vaguely know, there are three things that will get me watching- a birth, a death or a wedding.

So, I thought I'd do a countdown of my favourite TV weddings! Starting with #10 (obviously), and working my way up to my absolute favourite TV wedding.

10. Howard and Bernadette "The Big Bang Theory"
This one makes the list because even though the wedding itself, as in the vows, isn't overly romantic, I do love the whole thing about having the wedding on the rooftop so they'll be on Google Earth. Because that is awesome. And I loved that all their friends helped officiate the wedding, even Sheldon with his Klingon. It's sweet.

9. Phoebe and Mike "Friends"
An impromptu street wedding in the snow! I don't really like snow (it's too cold and wet), but I like the way snow looks on TV and in the movies... it makes everything so pretty. And magical looking. I love this wedding because the vows are so sweet. Phoebe is such a... unique character and I loved her and Mike together. The wedding was so appropriate for them as a couple.

8. Angela and Hodgins "Bones"
I'm talking about Angela and Hodgins' actual wedding, not the one that got called off at the last second because she was already married. You may not think a wedding in a jail cell would be romantic, but it is. Angela and Hodgins went through a lot before finally getting married, and once again, the wedding suits them as a couple; and it definitely suits Angela's personality, her being the free spirit that she is.

7. Melinda and Jim "Ghost Whisperer" 
Technically, it's Melinda and Jim's spirit in "Sam's" body, but well... yeah. I love this one, even though you don't see the whole thing, because it was a surprise wedding. I would never want a surprise wedding, but it's sweet. Plus, the fact it was in the middle of the street in the spot where Jim and Melinda first met- that I love. I love all that sentimental stuff.

6. Monica and Chandler "Friends"
Monica and Chandler. Two best friends who fell in love and got married. That's incredibly romantic even without Chandler overcoming his commitment issues. Rachel has always been my favourite of the Friends girls, but I think I'm the most like Monica- without the neat freak things. And I can't really cook. And Chandler is always my favourite Friends guy.
The vows were perfect, and anything officiated by Joey is hilarious. The whole wedding was elegant and classy, and I love it.

5. Nathan and Haley "One Tree Hill"
I love both of Nathan and Haley's weddings, but I'm focusing on their vow renewal in season 3. All the drama of that episode aside (who's pregnant? And of course, the giant car crash off a bridge), it was such a beautiful episode. Nathan and Haley had overcome so much in seasons 2 and 3. Plus, Lucas gave Haley away because her parents didn't come back for it! One of my favourite things about One Tree Hill was Lucas and Haley's friendship. 

4. Lily and Marshall "How I Met Your Mother"
I adore Lily and Marshall. And their wedding was no different. I loved Barney officiating, despite his complete disbelief in marriage as a concept and the fact that he cried while marrying them, haha. As Future Ted says, it was the perfect, intimate wedding they always wanted. Their vows were sweet and showed everything them as a couple.
Also, Marshall's line of "Hat. We thought of authentic native american headdress before we thought of hat," always makes me laugh.

3. Piper and Leo "Charmed"
You guys, Piper's mum's ghost got to come to her wedding. That gets me every time. I love Piper and Leo. I started watching Charmed in season 5, so I already knew they were married and the story behind it. But every time I watch it, it feels like I'd been watching from the beginning and waiting for them to get to this moment.
A witch marrying an angel, with the wedding officiated by a ghost. How is that not romantic? Haha. I can live without the Prue storyline of that episode though (not a huge Prue fan. Although Paige was in it for 2 seasons longer than Prue and I'm still not sure if I like her. Piper was always my favourite, and I like Phoebe... until the show seemed to be all about her. But that's a whole other issue).

2. Lucas and Peyton "One Tree Hill"
Gosh, Lucas and Peyton. Where do I start? Lucas marrying the girl of his dreams, that he foretold in the eight grade that he'd marry her one day (before they'd even spoken). And like so many other couples on this list, they'd overcome so much to get to the point of their wedding day.
And Peyton being pregnant with their daughter, with a potentially life-threatening condition; and Haley performing the ceremony... it was just perfect.

1. Booth and Brennan "Bones"
This has to be number one. You can say whatever you like about the show, that Brennan and Booth never should have gotten together, whatever. But Bones has the best character development, maybe ever. Brennan is so firmly anti-marriage in the beginning of the series, and watching her slowly let Booth in over the years and change her mind about it all... to see her at that altar in a wedding dress is such a great moment.
The vows were absolutely perfect, and I loved all the little references to the show's past.
There is not a more perfect TV wedding in my mind.

What are some of your favourite TV weddings? 

Don't Tell the Bride: The Wedding Dress

Fiyero's choice:

I was going to be mean and make you guys wait to see the actual dress, but I decided to be nice. And I was originally going to post pictures of every dress considered, but let's be honest, you only want to see the dress, right?

OK, here is the dress Fiyero picks for Elphaba:

THE dress. 

The veil/fascinator. Like I wrote,
I didn't want to take away from the back of the dress.

The shoes- AKA Elphaba's something blue. 

Elphaba's choice:

And here is Elphaba's choice of a dress. I wanted something simple and modest yet fancy enough for a wedding.

Elphaba's choice. Simple and elegant. 

Don't Tell the Bride: The Invitations

Elphaba:

So these are the invites I picked for Elphaba to pick-

Except blue, not pink.

Fiyero:

Sample of map invitations

Another map invite- this one comes with little people you can move around the map!!

A map of Oz, so you can get the idea of what Elphaba and Fiyero's invites would look like.

Don't Tell the Bride: Wedding Venues

Fiyero:

Basically, when I was googling wedding venues, a bridge popped up and I thought it was pretty cool. Between my actually having the idea and writing it, the bridge involved into something like the bridge at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies.

The original picture that gave me the idea

Another picture

The Harry Potter bridge. 

Elphaba:
The Ozian Historical Museum isn't really based on one place in particular. I think I stole the idea of getting married in a museum from The Vow, but I made it a history museum, not an art museum.
If I had to pick a real place it resembles in my head, it would have to be the National Museum in Singapore, because wow, that is a gorgeous building.

The Museum in Singapore

dome ceiling thing.

I also really like fancy staircases. I have no idea why.

So, kinda like that, but with more columns and frescoes and stuff.

Don't Tell the Bride

I know I said in my AN at the end of One Hour that I was going to do a video about this, but I ran out of time. So, you get a blog post instead.

The fic I'm currently working on is Don't Tell the Bride, inspired by the TV show of the same name.

Summary: Modern Ozian Weddings is featuring a competition in their latest issue to win your dream wedding- the catch is that EVERY detail is planned solely by the groom. In three weeks. The bride has no input whatsoever. The girls think the idea is funny, the boys think it would be a piece of cake. So, an engaged Elphaba and Fiyero decide to put it to the test. Fiyero planning a wedding? You know you want to read that!

As I said, it is a TV show. Basically as the groom plans the wedding, they have the bride plan the wedding they would plan. It is sometimes hilarious to see how far apart the wedding the bride wants and the wedding the groom actually plans. And on the UK version, the brides are such divas. I swear they make Galinda look easy-going.

This is an episode of the UK show. I've seen some grooms try and plan the wedding they think their fiancee wants, and others just plan the wedding they want. And the most common thing to hear is the groom going "That sounds fun/hilarious". Because us girls all know, weddings are all about fun and hilarity, right? (can you sense my sarcasm?).

So, I'm only on chapter 4 right now. This is the table I'm trying to fill out and plan before I go any further.

Wedding Aspect	Elphaba’s idea	Fiyero’s idea
Venue
Dress
Invitations
Reception
Food
Music
Flowers
Honeymoon
Cake
Bridesmaids’ dresses
Celebrant
Photographer
Buck’s night
Hen’s night
Transport
Party favours
Rings
Seating plan
Vows

If you have any ideas/suggestions/whatever, feel free to let me know! 

Elphaba's wedding dress in THE BEGINNING OF FOREVER

Ok, here is Elphaba's wedding dress and other related photos from The Beginning of Forever .

Pretty :D

Elphaba's headpiece thingy. Yep, thingy.

Galinda and Nessa's bridesmaids' dresses

Elphaba's wedding dress from TAKING CHANCES

Example of what I mean this blog will be awesome for, instead of posting links on my FF profile.
I do love this dress. Would Elphaba wear it in reality (she asks like she's a real person)? Maybe, maybe not.
Artistic license! I can make her do whatever I want! (within reason, of course).