Weddingzilla

I'm a total snob about cakes. I am horrified when people have beautiful cakes that taste like cardboard. Why is this OK? I'd rather eat (and serve to guests) lovely, rich, moist cake that tastes great and looks like plain old cake than most good-looking wedding cakes I've had.

I am obsessed with the idea of me NOT being married, but I love other people's weddings. Food and booze are the 2 things I obsess over, especially the booze. Cash bars are for suckers!!

I love looking at the chuppahs at Jewish weddings. Here in Israel, many are very stylized- flowers, ribbons, the works, and I get all picky about what I think is pretty or not.

I don't know that I love to obsess about anything wedding-related, but when I was in the planning stages of my wedding I certainly spent many hours fantasizing about eloping. I still wish I could have (to some extent.) It just seems so spontaneous and fun and meaningful in its own way.

I'd have to say the dress. I made my own so that I could have it just the way I wanted.

Good food! Comfortable seating! Music! Personal vows!

Everything else doesn't matter to me and many things I really wish people didn't think they MUST HAVE like: large bridal parties, a white dress, tuxes, guest books, favors, flowers, fancy invites, and especially inviting those people that the bride or groom doesn't know. All that crap seems like big waste of money, effort, and time!

I really couldn't less about the details of others weddings. I remember how much work it took to put it all together and always find "something" to compliment the bride on. Really though I just love a "fun" wedding. So many just aren't. They try to "fit in" too many of the traditional things like the toasts that go on and on and dances etc.

I'm a cake-whore. I love oogling the wedding cake, the prettier the better. ;)

I really couldn't less about the details of others weddings. I remember how much work it took to put it all together and always find "something" to compliment the bride on. Really though I just love a "fun" wedding. So many just aren't. They try to "fit in" too many of the traditional things like the toasts that go on and on and dances etc.

Dresses & colors.

I love to look at wedding dresses and wedding ring sets. I also love to see the grooms cake, if there is one, since they seem to be either amazing or hysterical. It's really a win/win.

For my wedding, the thing I ended up obsessing over was ceremony. We had a couple of our close friends officiate, and neither me nor my husband had been to too many weddings (especially not since getting engaged and starting to pay more attention) so we weren't sure what to do. I read SO MANY passages and quotes and readings and blah blah they all started sounding so saccharine, and then I let my husband pick one and it involved ERUPTING VOLCANOES omg, and then we didn't actually plan the nuts and bolts till the day of. Everything worked out, thankfully, but damn... so many hours of my life just WORRYING about it.

When we got married, Hubby insisted on a cake that actually tasted good. He was sick of pretty cakes that tasted like sawdust.
Ours was lovely, and tasted great. Yes indeed, that was a win.

The things that are most important to me while at someone's wedding:

* There is food appropriate for the event (and if it's just cake, I know ahead of time so I can come prepared)

* That the bride and groom are having a good time at their party. It's no fun to see the B&G all stressed out or unhappy over meaningless details.

I don't think I really obsess over anything, though I will admit to more than a few glances at the flowers (especially if I'm not the one who did them).

Ooo, invitations! The photography! And little details, like unique favors. I didn't obsess over ANY of these for our wedding, which is probably why I love checking out what other couples choose.

I was a freak about my dress and basically the whole reception. Bryan handled the ceremony details. But really. My dress/hair/make-up/shoes/somethings oldblueborrowednew? Oh yeah. That was all me baby. Celebrated 8 years on the 26th. Woo!

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The things I notice/judge/praise are the cake, the colors, and the flowers, generally. Especially if they've been done to death, or don't fit the bride/groom personalities at ALL. And like the first commenter, I demand not only pretty cake, but YUMMY cake!

I obsess over the details and making them personal but not trendy. Especially as a blog reader you notice all the trends coming and going in terms of colors, flowers, invites, sweets, and "special" touches but then they aren't special anymore because everyone does them!

Big thing for me is timing - not pausing for a long time between ceremony and reception - or at least provide food and drinks for your guests during that time if you are going to.

definitely the bar!! Open bar is the way to go IMO. Maybe it's just that my friends are a bunch of lushes, but when I think wedding I immediately start fantasizing about all the awesome cocktails I'm going to consume!

All the details are worthy of obsessing over, imho. :-) I love seeing what other people choose for their favors, in particular.

I love to obsess over the wedding gown.

I definitely obsessed over the invitations. They were handmade and took forever and now, of course, I think I could have done such a better job. OH WELL!

Good food! I hate bland wedding food.

Anything that makes the wedding really reflect the couple getting married and sets it apart from the average, cookie-cutter wedding.

Not married yet, but obsessed with wedding blogs. I obsess over the tiny details: the wedding colors and if they "match" the season of the wedding, the table decor, what new creative thing is being done instead of a guest book.

Flowers and favors, without a doubt. Which makes sense, as these are the only things I've decided on for my upcoming nuptials... even over, you know. A date. :)

I love wedding invitations and quirky, unusual flower arrangements. But if I'm a guest at a wedding, I'm just hoping for good food. And good dessert. Bonus points if you have something in addition to cake. If not, that cake better darn well taste good underneath all that atrocious fondant.

I love the dresses...Sometimes I browse through them in my free time

I obsessed way too long over the invitations. I ended up ordering fancy cardstock and designing/printing them myself because I am too darn fussy.

I totally obesess over the flowers. The colors, the types, the arrangements. Can never have too many flowers!

the flowers. and the live music.

cake. i do not get why people get such nice looking cakes that taste like cheap Wal Mart Bday cake.

As someone in the middle of planning my own wedding, I've learned not to stress over anything! People will have fun regardless of what my colors are, what they eat, and how many flowers are used as decoration!

The invites! The details (veil, shoes, jewelry)! The dress, the menu, the cake, the flowers and decor . . . man, did I (do I?) ever love weddings. The Knot started an obsession years before I ever got engaged.

P.S. My cake was AWESOME. Orange zest cake with chocolate/Grand Marnier buttercream, chocolate cake with hazelnut buttercream (with real hazelnuts), and lemon cake with raspberry mousse and jam. And it was pretty too.

The food in general. Too many weddings have gross food.

The cake. I was very disappointed with the way mine turned out--I planned my wedding from another state, and I delegated the cake selection to my mom, who is a great mom, but not a great cake selector, as it turns out.

I daydream about a vow-renewal party years from now, where I can have a cake do-over.

Placecards - maybe it's because I spent the days prior to my wedding stamping table numbers on cards.

Oh, and I get totally judgy if your cake tastes like paper.

The thing that I've obsessed over most (after shoes of course) is the guest list.

I love to obsess over hair and makeup. Is it too much; is it too little? Natural or overdone?

hmmmm .... well I don't really "believe" in weddings but I find the bridezilla like ridiculousness the most fascinating. I LOVE that show, but it's kind of got to a point that I get half way through and am so disgusted with the behaviour of said bridezillas and have to turn it off.

As a wife to a photographer, I find I obsess over the possessed. It is amazing to me what people go crazy over. I hear people talk(judge) about everything. There are the flower/cake people, the bar/food people, and the music people. My favorite weddings are the ones when the bride and groom rock it. When they have the time of their lives and don't try. They let everything go and laugh when it doesn't. I always think, they are going to make it! (We eloped with family).

The dress! But I am into it in a sort of anti-zilla way. As in, the cheaper, the more homemade, the more of a thrift-store score, the better (as long as it is still beautiful and perfect)! I am firmly of the opinion that there is no "The One" when it comes to a dress, and that this idea is a myth that causes women to cough up way more money than they need to spend.

Also: food. I'd rather spend money on delicious food than, well, just about anything.

I just love weddings in general. I suppose I obsess over the ceremony and whether or not the couple came through in their ceremony. That's super important to me. But all the details and little bits are fun, and I like to see how it all comes together.

now, however, my boyfriend and I are talking about planning a wedding. And weddings have, admittedly, lost a bit of luster. I'm quite tempted to elope because of the sheer amount of coin that people spend. I know it's possible to do it for "less," but that's still a lot of money. I'm just not sure it's important for me to spend even $5,000 on one day when I know that I could go on a month long tour of New Zealand for less than that. So I suppose I'm now kind of obsessed with the idea and vision of a really, really simple wedding.

While planning for my wedding, I most obsessed over the photography. Would I be photogenic enough for the gobs of money I was going to spend on my photographer? Would she capture everything I wanted her to? Would there be a good mix of posed and candid shot? Bottom line, would she be worth it? Thankfully she was, and our wedding photos did a fantastic job of capturing the wonderful day that it was.

The only thing I obsess over at a wedding is whether everyone (bride and groom included) has a decent time overall. Big or small, loud or quiet doesn't matter as long as people are happy. Having just gotten married 2 weeks ago (!!!!) it was my only concern....that people remembered my wedding as an enjoyable time, and didn't look back wishing they could have their Saturday night back. (I've been to a wedding that was down right miserable, and the bride yelled at everyone before leaving the party about the mess people made (they put balloons in the get away car) it left a horrible taste in everyone's mouth and we all still call it worst wedding ever!)

i'm not married yet i LOVE weddings. i may or may not read a few wedding blogs out there for inspiration. um you know until my own day arrives! i've always said that i'll pay extra for food and photographer. the flowers? the decor? not as important to me - i'm good with sticking flowers in jars (i actually love this idea) and stringing up lights outside. but the food! must be amazing. and i want it all to be documented. but as far as everything else goes, it's not that big of a deal!

I obsess about the shoes the brides choose! I love when it is something unique like one friend, she wore blood red ballet shoes, my army friend wore her combat boots and I am wearing silver glitter Louboutins! I LOVE this detail!

I was a bit obsessed with our goodies for the guests. I didn't want to spend money on cheap crap that people would lose under the seat of their car, but also didn't have a huge budget. We ended up making mix CDs of songs special to us, and we still get compliments on them a year later!

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It's the only thing that really lasts after the wedding is over. Of course, I know this NOW, but when it was my own wedding (almost 7 years ago) I obsessed over Everything. Except the cake. It was tasty cake, but not beautiful cake. I was ok with this.

i go crazy over the dress matching and the color in the wedding. make me crazy when they have odd colors and odd colored dresses

Is it cheating to say I obsess over the details in general? But I do it in a way where I'm obsessed with the things that are outside the norm. I'm proud of my no white dress/no wedding cake/no bouquet-carrying bridesmaids in matching dresses wedding and always look for details at other people's weddings that show who they are rather than what the industry tells them they must have.

I'm not obsessed but, I get crazy how weddings bring out the worst behaviour in people - and not just the brides. Why does everyone think that they have an opinion. Also, why has this wedding thing become such a BIG deal. Yes, it's a celebratory time but, please...it's not the biggest thing that is ever going to happen to you and people get obsessed over the 'things' rather than the sentiment and reason for the celebration.
In terms of what I look for in a wedding...I look for things/traditions etc. that mean something, and are specific to that couple...not just items because they are on some wedding check list. And please, if your favourite uncle is not a good speaker do not let him give the toast to the bride, and not every person at the wedding or in the wedding party, family needs to give a speech or toast.

For my own wedding, I'm obsessed with sticking to the budget, which leads to all sorts of sub-obsessions with finding the best photographer/florist/video/whatever that is reasonably priced.

For other people's weddings, it's not really an obsession, but a detail that I always note and overanalyze is what song the couple choose for their first dance.

The bouquets! Definitely. Flower arrangements in general really rev my creative engine, and I love watching people's originality and personality shine through the flowers they choose, and how they choose to use them on their big days.

For my own wedding (10/10/09) I was obsessed with getting the right photographers and not missing a picture or a moment of the day. I used photographers I've known all my life. They were a father/daughter team so I was excited to have two photographers to capture double the moments. I have a complicated family situation with divorced parents and step siblings so I wrote down all of the family pictures I wanted to make sure and get after the ceremony so that I didnt miss anyone. The only picture I wished I'd gotten were photos of our small wedding party with their dates. Otherwise, we got it all! Hope all the moments of your day are captured beautifully!

For my wedding (11/15/08) I was obsessed with 2 things:

*invites - we ultimately went with a chocolate brown pocketed tri-fold with the "invite" on the center panel with the RSVP, reception, and direction cards (all on fall colored papers) in pockets on the right panel. im still in love with how they turned out, and *might* 18 months later still pull it out of the scrap book now and again :) I collected invites for years before our wedding so i would remember what worked and what didn't. I think the invitation really sets the tone for the event, so its important to get it right!

*our "logo" - we used our initials to brand the event "B&L" was everywhere. (We chose to omit the last name, as we would have been "BLT"). We had the B&L logo on everything - invites, favors, cake, and we even found an 18 inch "&" statue/figurine at Pottery Barn that happened to perfectly match the color scheme that we used at our head table. We were able to reuse it in our new home as decoration that both matched our style and reminds us of that wonderful day!

I totally obsess over the flowers. They have to be beautiful and smell good!

god in the ceremony. Being happily and unideologically godless myself I'm always curious how people get hitched. "I'll pay your taxes" just doesn't seem to have enough oomph.

I think one of the most important details are wedding pictures! Those are what you will use to remember your special day. All the little details can be captured.

I personally would elope if I get married. That or have a very small ceremony and just have sweet, simple details.

The flowers, oh my gosh, the flowers! When you find the perfect combination of color, scent, style, and design - the flowers can be the icing on the cake. (Figuratively and literally!)

The flower girl is always the second most coveted female role in any wedding! Strewing petals amidst oohs and ahhs and awws, preparing the way for the lady of the day - what an extravagance, to walk on something so naturally lovely and beautiful.

The most important thing potentially involving flowers is the choice of centerpiece(s) at the reception! If it blocks the other side of the table, it's so awkward trying to talk to the person directly across from you! A poor pick of floral centerpiece can make the table a fun cohesive unit or feel like it's one side vs. the other!

But oh, the colors, man the colors... that's what it's about. Makes the traditional white dress pop that much more in contrast.

For me its all about the flowers. I love flowers so much and I love them to be able to shine in their natural beauty. I totally notice if the flowers are fake or dyed or heaven help glittered and that ruins the wedding for me. I am fickle that way! LOL

Most weddings bore me but I love the fun and food of the receptions. I must say I am a cake fiend. That said hahaha I am very critical of the cake. If is a plain white cake, I am always disappointed that the wedding planners didn't have more creativity; however, if every layer is different and the frosting is wonderful and its decorated very pretty, then kudos!

the food and the music!

The dress! It is always the highlight of the event for me!

The flowers, def the flowers!

I didn't get worked up at my own wedding since it was pretty low key. When I go to wedding now I love watching the people attending and see how they interact with each other. Some have been very interesting.

The dress...the dress...the dress. I totally obsessed over the dress. Plus my weight fluctuated so much that I had 3 fittings. Yikes. So definitely the dress.

I didn't obsess about it at the time, but 6+ years later I'm still upset about my flowers. I used hydrangea in April and they basically looked like wilted blue lettuce by the end of the ceremony. Plus I asked for glass containers and got plastic (I was having too much fun to say anything at the time, but it still makes me a little mad every time I'm in need of a low square vase).

I obsess over wedding favors! My favorite is bubbles. :)

How to make it simple, minimal, organic...beautiful. Like...eloping on a mountain top...alone. Or skipping the whole thing altogether. (The money one would save...hee!)

I love flowers... so much symbolism there

I obsess over the photographer. Flowers die, cake is eaten, but the photographs you have for the rest of your life. It drives me crazy when a bride focuses so much on expensive flowers or choosing the entire playlist for the DJ (my friend did this), but hires a totally incompetent photographer.

I love looking at the floral arrangements and centerpieces. I've seen some very elaborate ones completely fall apart that certainly cost hundreds per table, and then there have been very simple ones that completely stole the show. Usually it incorporates the theme or something that is special to the couple, and it's fun when it's done well with a little whimsy and even gets a little conversation going at the table. The worst is a 4 foot bouquet that blocks everyone's view and feels like another person sitting in the middle of the table.

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