Engaged Poll

iamjoesgurl · October 2010

It seems like it has been a while since we did this, many of you have gotten married and I've seen some new posters. So questions (there are two posts - married, engaged):

1. How did you meet?

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?

3. When is the wedding?

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?

And go!

EJCart · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
In highschool, initially. But then "re met" when I moved into his neighborhood.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
One year and one week

3. When is the wedding?
September 10, 2011 (9/10/11)

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
The service

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
None, sorry.

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
Good music and lots of Scripture

lkm2006 · October 2010

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting on this board so I love the poll.

1. How did you meet?
High school!

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
One year and one week

3. When is the wedding?
November 13, 2010 (3 more weeks!!!)

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
The ceremony decor probably. We are using a lot of pumkins and candles and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.

We are using orange pumpkins as the centerpieces and putting my flowers inside. The candles are in clear glass votives but this was my main inspiration.

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
I'm wearing my mother's pearl necklace that my grandfather gave her for her wedding. Both of my sisters have worn it for their wedding also.

Also, FI's grandmother just called me and asked if I would like to include a engagement/wedding ring set that every bride has put in their bouquet since 1882. I thought that was so neat!

JoyMatt424 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
We met at Messiah College through a mutual friend.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
1 year, 1 month, 1 week and 3 days

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3. When is the wedding?
June 4, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
Flowers and photography. Both of those vendors are amazing! It's a little soon to tell though bc I have a feeling our caterers are also going to be incredible.

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
Unity Candle, Scripture reading, Anniversary dance, and FI is having his grandmother's diamond from her engagement ring reset into a necklace that I will be wearing

fpaemp2011 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
We met at Liberty University in English class, August 2008. It wasn't romantic...it was American Lit 1...lots of starvation and death in the New World...but it was a study group for a test in that class (which FI "forgot" to invite the other person to) that ended with us talking for 2 hours about our families. One month later we were going out for coffee and talking for an hour or two a few times a week. He "officially" asked me to be his girlfriend after we got back from Christmas Break.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
Just under 16 months.

3. When is the wedding?
June 11, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
The ceremony and the music. We found a script that we liked, and tweaked it just a little. We have also decided to keep all the ceremony music under wraps until the ceremony. (We'll obviously tell the musicians, of course). It's the one thing that we can choose together and no one can tell us, "But it would be cheeper/easier/whatever if..." It's fun knowing that there will be at lease a few surprises for our guests (and families) the day of.

Also, FI's dad is doing the majority of the ceremony, and my pastors also have portions they are doing. Having officiants that have been such integral parts of our lives is pretty cool, and FI's dad is so excited to be involved in his youngest's wedding.

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
This is the first mock-up of the pew cones. We're going to tweak it some, but this is the general idea. (i.e.- that random white piece will be part of a "border" that will go all the way around on the real ones)

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?

Ceremony:
We won't see each other until the ceremony (although, we are doing the picture idea mentioned a while ago--holding hands around a door and praying together before the ceremony)
Cord of Three Strands
Traditional Vows
We're doing a Covenant Ceremony (wording in my bio under Ceremony), and we're signing the Covenant with our entire bridal party and pastors during the ceremony.

Reception:
First Dance
Dances with parents (my dad & FI's mom)
Anniversary Dance in lieu of bouquet toss
No garter toss
Cake cutting
Some dancing after dinner (no group or "contemporary" dances--music is Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, and some more of those guys)

LeahVB2011 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
Through mutual friends at the Baptist College of FL

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
9 months and 5 days

3. When is the wedding?
June 4, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
The flowers, the service and I can't wait to pick out a photographer

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
We are doing most of the flowers ourselves and we are making flower shaped candies (don't have any pics at the moment)

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
My engagement ring was my great grandmother's, my father will be not only walking me down the aisle but also be the officiant, unity candle, Fi's grandmother is making my veil and we are getting married in the same church Fi's parents got married in

ccialone · October 2010

1. How did you meet? We met at church

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding? It will be 1 year 6 months and 15 days

3. When is the wedding? June 15th 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan? His wedding present

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic. Our Save The Date

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception? We won't see each other until the ceremony (although, we are doing the picture idea mentioned a while ago--holding hands around a door and praying together before the ceremony) First Dance, Dances with parents (my dad & FI's mom), cake cutting, bouquet toss, garter toss, almost all traditions.

newyearnewfamily · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
Through his cousin.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
8 months

3. When is the wedding?
January 1, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
The Reception Decorations

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic. No pictures to share

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
Unity Candle (if my mom is feeling well enough to go to the wedding)
Anniversary dance
First Dance

munekitalinda711 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
We met at church.
2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
9 1/2 months
3. When is the wedding?
July 8, 2011
4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
Everything! we are having so much fun. I think the best part will be putting together all of our DIY projects and putting together our song list for the reception.
5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
coming soon....
6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
Bouquet toss, garter toss, cake cutting, first dance, maybe father/daughter dance and mother/son dance.

rachelea · October 2010

1. How did you meet? Facebook...somehow, we don't know how, we were "friends" on facebook for well over a year and never talked. FI was interviewing for the FBI and a friend of his, also named Rachel, posted on his wall that she and her husband were praying for him. He went to IM her to say thanks for the prayers, accidently IMed me. I told him he had the wrong person and he goes "Oh...so how are you?" We talked a bit, talked again a few weeks later, he sent me a message asking if I'd ever be interested in meeting up (we lived about an hour apart) because he could tell I was a Godly girl and "obviously beautiful" (aww), gave me his number, we spoke on the phone and 2 days later met up...we've been inseperable since!

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding? ten and a half months

3. When is the wedding? June 12th, 2011!!!!!

4. What have been your favorite details to plan? all the little personal details, like the tables named after soccer clubs, our song for our slideshow, our memory table, and regional foods from our hometowns

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.

...not DIY (we're not doing a lot of DIY because our venue includes so much) but we love this topper and its my favorite "personal" piece so far

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception? lifting the veil, not seeing each other before the wedding, scripture readings, unity candle, bouquet and garter toss, parent dances, cake cutting, married couples dance...probably more that I'm not remembering or that we'll add as we continue planning!!

kellya01 · October 2010

1. How did you meet? - Through Work and a friend who introduced us at Ham's (a bar/grill/karaoke type place)

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
9/24/10 engaged, 7/16/11 wedding.... 9 months or so

3. When is the wedding?
July 16 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
Wedding Party attire

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
hmm... working on finding those.

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?

Unity Candle, dad walks bride down isle, probably having The Lord's Prayer sung by our minister of music... not sure what else.

AshNoel8 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?

We met at a meeting when we both got jobs as teachers in the same district.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?

Exactly one day shy of a year.

3. When is the wedding?
July 8, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?

Everything! It is all so much fun!

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.

N/A

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?

Hmmmm... We're having it in our church, dad will walk me down the aisle, scripture reading, not sure what else during the ceremony. First dance, parent dances, cake cutting, speeches by best man and moh at reception.

KikoLoveAndi · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
On a Christian dating site. I was looking for people in my area just to hang out with. I change the settings for Zip code cause i couldnt find anyone, and forgot when i reset my search. He was the first that came up and i really liked his profile but was sad when i saw how far away he lived, but he saw i visited his page and messaged me anyways. We built a friendship up and finally i agree to date him. (he was presistent but paitent).
2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
4 months, 5 days.
3. When is the wedding?
October 30th 2010 (10 days!!!).
4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
There have been so many, i liked looking for favors, and cake toppers).
5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
I don't have any pictures of my DIYs yet, so i will post one like rachela's.

Our cake toppers will be action figures fromt he Zelda games.
6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
The poem of something old, something new...... (yadda yadda). First dance, and maybe father/daugher dance. Umm not sure what else counts. Cake cutting (but no cake smashing). Pictures, (i swear if my FIL puts bunny ears on the groom i am kicking him out of the picture taking session

).

GJones27 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
In Germany as student abroad students. He's from Brazil.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
14 months. I wish it were sooner, but his grad school schedule got in the way.

3. When is the wedding?
May 29, 2011.

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
I loved wedding dress shopping!!!!!!!!

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
I did DIY save the dates but don't have a picture since my camera is broken.

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
It's pretty traditional. I guess what's most unique is we're having an Orthodox Christian ceremony.

iamjoesgurl · October 2010

I love reading these!! Thanks for sharing.

GJones27 · October 2010

Rachelea... I saw the same cake topper and wanted to use it, since my fiance is obsessed with soccer as a Brazilian! I decided to just do flowers instead, but I like your idea of soccer clubs. Is it you or your FI that is interested (or both?)

rachelea · October 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_engaged-poll?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8a3344db-446a-4654-a004-b986bbee5d86Post:a2e33249-c34b-45ca-818a-daa7c76909c8">Re: Engaged Poll</a>:
[QUOTE]Rachelea... I saw the same cake topper and wanted to use it, since my fiance is obsessed with soccer as a Brazilian! I decided to just do flowers instead, but I like your idea of soccer clubs. Is it you or your FI that is interested (or both?)
Posted by GJones27[/QUOTE]

Well, he's the soccer player. He's loved and played soccer since he was basically able to walk. I never played, but I was a huge fan at my college because our team was SO GOOD and, yes, I'll admit, I had crushes on all the soccer boys haha. So I was a fan but never played or 100% understood all the rules (I understand now though) and always hoped I'd end up with a soccer boy...! So he's the player and, like the topper, I'm the #1 fan at all his games, barely ever missing one <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /> We actually played around with a soccer ball (he in a Liverpool jersey, me in a "Team Bride" tshirt) for some of our engagement pictures lol.

NA_Adam11 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
We meet at church but actually started talking when both of us got board one night online and quickly became very close!
2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
It is exactly one week less then 2 years

3. When is the wedding?
June 4th, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
everything!!! recently i've been hooked on planning the honeymoon and anything that allows us to have time together!

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
i dont have a picture but we have made our own save the date magnets

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
my daddy is walking me down, unity candle, were not going to see each other before the wedding, first dance, garter/bouquet toss, and there will be more im sure.

GJones27 · October 2010

@Rachelea... haha, the same! My FI got me into soccer because he made me watch a lot of games with him. I must admit, too, I have a thing for some of the players, especially Kaka (not only is he cute, but he's a religious Christian!!) My FI likes to tease me about it. That's an awesome idea for engagement photos you had.

InaD1029 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
We met at seminary. HIs roommate was a guy I knew from college, so the first day of class I went over to their apartment to see my friend. Then FI walked around the corner... helloooooo sexy... we hit it off well as friends, started hanging out in the same group of people and it wasn't long before we realized the other was totally cute and we totally wanted to date.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
Nine months. Intentionally. Neither of us wanted a super long engagement. But we had been talking wedding waay before then.

3. When is the wedding?
June 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
Eloping... just kidding. The food! I have celiac disease and finding a caterer that would make food I can eat was worrying me; the lady we got not only makes food I can eat but its' FABULOUS. FI and I are both food snobs, too... we love to cook. So that was definitely fun. We didn't even know anything about her. My mom found her name on a website, and she was one of three caterers we were hoping to get a tasting for that day. We are planning from out of town and only had one shot to do a lot of vendor research when I was home last spring. Well, the other two caterers cancelled last minute (like, the night before and the morning of!). This girl was the only one who came. But the food was fab and she totally understood my allergy issues. Definitely saw God's grace in those plans...

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
sorry

I got nothing! But we are doing practically everything ourselves. I didn't want to hire a florist or cake baker on principle. So expensive! We're ordering flowers wholesale and making very simple, elegant arrangements for the tables, and the cakes will be homemade or store bought but simple, 9" round cakes. FI and I are making our cake ourselves, with our own recipe, and that way we can make it again and again together for all of our anniversaries

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?

I'm wearing my grandmother's lavaliere, but that's about it. We're not traditional people. THe ceremony will be very simple, one hymn, short homily and then vows. Reception will be simple too.

thereisbeauty_22209556 · October 2010

1. How did you meet? Through mutual friends of ours. (My longtime close friend and his best friend, who are engaged.) They tried to set us up before we had even met, and pretty soon all of the people that we were mutually friends with (And there were a LOT of them, surprisingly.) had joined in. I had always been adamantly against being set up though, and I certainly didn't want to get into my first official relationship because of that, so I continued to deny that anything could ever happen between us. Once all of our friends gave up and backed off, however, I quickly changed my mind...

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding? Twenty months, two days.

3. When is the wedding? July 1, 2011.

4. What have been your favorite details to plan? Probably the dress. It was nerve-wracking, but I still enjoyed doing it. But I think music is going to be the best part over all, aside from the fact that we can't agree on anything...:P OH! Something we JUST started working on...the honeymoon! Yeah, I think that one's going to be my favorite.

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic. This is the most complete DIY that I have finished so far...

...but this was from before we changed our wedding date...so it's not quite accurate, and there are a couple other things I still need to change/add. I plan to get them printed and sent out by the end of next month, though. I think my biggest DIY will be making our cake...(!!!)

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception? Not many, ha. I can't say that our wedding is going to be very traditional at all. But we will be married by our pastor, at our church, have communion as our unity ceremony...my dad will walk me down the aisle...that's the most "tradition" that I can think of right now, ha.

MrsTucker2011 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
Mutual friends, but we really got to know each other at mid-week bible study.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
A year minus 11 days!

3. When is the wedding?
September 9, 2011 - 9/10/11

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
Everything! I'm trying to make most everything myself to save on costs, and it's been so fun collecting ideas. I'm already making little projects and boxing them up. My latest project was a ring bearer basket made out of wire and in the shape of a birds nest.

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.
Coming soon...

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
I come from a French heritage so one of the things we are doing is having a traditional Croquembouche - it's basically a creampuff tower. YUM!

MrsTucker2011 · October 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_engaged-poll?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:8a3344db-446a-4654-a004-b986bbee5d86Post:8062ab42-4124-4d64-a293-a137f048d4de">Re: Engaged Poll</a>:
[QUOTE]1. How did you meet? In highschool, initially. But then "re met" when I moved into his neighborhood. 2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding? One year and one week 3. When is the wedding? September 10, 2011 (9/10/11) 4. What have been your favorite details to plan? The service 5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic. None, sorry. 6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception? Good music and lots of Scripture
Posted by EJCart[/QUOTE]

I just noticed we're date twins! :)

dordtgrl4 · October 2010

1. How did you meet?
We met in middle school! Who would have thought that the boy who used to tease me would be my future husband!

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?
It will be 1 year 9 months and 15 days approximately. aka A LONG TIME

3. When is the wedding?
May 24, 2012

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?
venues, centerpieces, flowers (we're using sunflowers to celebrate the life of my older sister with her favorite flower), our date (our anniversary now falls on the 24th), and our photographer.

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.

(I got it from an article on TK)
Our centerpieces are going to include Mason Jars of different sizes with blue ribbons around the top and sunflowers. We're pretty excited about it!

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?
We plan on having a sand (because of no open flame rule) ceremony, scripture reading, hymns, traditional vows (as well as personalized vows), we aren't seeing each other before the wedding (but I've really liked reading about the holding hands around the door and praying...I'll have to run that by him.), bouquet toss, garter toss, and cake cutting to name a few. I'm sure there will be more along the way that we will include.

RNShellyF · October 2010

This is a great idea! What a wonderful way to get to know eachother

1. How did you meet?

We met in a friend's backyard in 2004. We were friends for about 6 months, then started dating in April 2005. Been together ever since

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding?

Engaged March 17, 2010. Approx. a year and 4 months.

3. When is the wedding?

July 9, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan?

Everything! Dress shopping was probably the most fun so far, but we have enjoyed every step of the journey so far

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic.

I am technologically challenged, so ... lol

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception?

We have a couple ideas, but nothing definite yet.

Habs2Hart · October 2010

1. How did you meet? God placed him on the front door of my work and that was that.

2. How long will it be from the time you got engaged until your wedding? 8 months, 2 weeks and 2 days. Canadian thanksgiving Saturday.

3. When is the wedding? June 25, 2011

4. What have been your favorite details to plan? Venue... that's all I've got to do so far!!!

5. Post a pic with your favorite DIY project (if you have one) or an inspiration pic. None yet, but will!

6. What wedding traditions are you planning to include in your ceremony and reception? Scripture, personal vows, not seeing each other, first dance and all that jazz.

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