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i have started talking i am the new bee:lol:
Nimsgirl I agree with you! And this is the area I need the most help!! The white wedding, church and reception, decor etc are all sorted. Its just my trad engagement that's giving me nightmares!! Help me o!!!!!
LOL! I must admit I was thinking the same thing, ...to be honest, I think the lively girls already got married!! Lets get ist started again!
Here come the Girls.Hello my lovely ladies what do you all need help with? When are you all getting married?
Ladyvee, welcome .
Gemini Star? are you are Gemini?
Let get this party started.
Ladyvee, welcome .
Gemini Star? are you are Gemini?
Let get this party started.
Yep, Nims I am a gemini, a typical one at that! I change my mind every five minutes, poor H2B 's always worried I'll do a gemini on him LOL!!
Okay what shall we talk about??
Why don't we start with a mini poll? Just copy and paste and add your answers!
Your nationality:
Your tribe:
Fiance's nationality:
Fiance's tribe:
Where are you getting married?
Are your having a traditional wedding?
What are your trad colours?
What are your white wedding colours?
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!)
What are you doing with your hair?
What kind of bouquet will you have?
How many bridesmaids?
What's your wedding budget?
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues)
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations?
Where are you going on your honeymoon?
What kind of wedding cake you having?
What favours are you giving your guests? Ki le ma ha??!! My Yoruba sucks hee hee
What's going to be unique about your wedding?
[Modified by: Geministar on November 28, 2008 09:00 PM]
Okay what shall we talk about??
Why don't we start with a mini poll? Just copy and paste and add your answers!
Your nationality:
Your tribe:
Fiance's nationality:
Fiance's tribe:
Where are you getting married?
Are your having a traditional wedding?
What are your trad colours?
What are your white wedding colours?
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!)
What are you doing with your hair?
What kind of bouquet will you have?
How many bridesmaids?
What's your wedding budget?
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues)
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations?
Where are you going on your honeymoon?
What kind of wedding cake you having?
What favours are you giving your guests? Ki le ma ha??!! My Yoruba sucks hee hee
What's going to be unique about your wedding?
[Modified by: Geministar on November 28, 2008 09:00 PM]
IAM GEMINI TOO, GEMINI ROCK
Your nationality:BRITISH OFF COURSE- HALF NAIJA/QUATER TRINI/ GHANIAN(MIX AND BLEND)
Your tribe: I AM AFRICAN
Fiance's nationality:GHANIAN/NIGERIAN BUT MORE NAIJA
Fiance's tribe:HAUSA
Where are you getting married?SEPT 09
Are your having a traditional wedding?WHAT THAT?
What are your trad colours? STILL DECIDING
What are your white wedding colours?WHO KNOWS..............LOL
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!) WHO KNOWS
What are you doing with your hair?PULLING IT BACK
What kind of bouquet will you have?ROSES MAYBE WHITE
How many bridesmaids? TO MANY ABOUT 6
What's your wedding budget? HAS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues) CHURCH AND RECEPTION VENUE
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations?HE INOLVED WHICH I LIKE
Where are you going on your honeymoon?BALI/ BARBADOS
What kind of wedding cake you having? A BIG ONE,SPONGE ONE WITH CREAM AND JAM/ FRUITCAKE
What favours are you giving your guests? Ki le ma ha??!! My Yoruba sucks hee hee HAHA,MAHA EVERTHING............LOL
What's going to be unique about your wedding? ME
[Modified by: nimsgirl on November 28, 2008 09:31 PM]
Your nationality:BRITISH OFF COURSE- HALF NAIJA/QUATER TRINI/ GHANIAN(MIX AND BLEND)
Your tribe: I AM AFRICAN
Fiance's nationality:GHANIAN/NIGERIAN BUT MORE NAIJA
Fiance's tribe:HAUSA
Where are you getting married?SEPT 09
Are your having a traditional wedding?WHAT THAT?
What are your trad colours? STILL DECIDING
What are your white wedding colours?WHO KNOWS..............LOL
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!) WHO KNOWS
What are you doing with your hair?PULLING IT BACK
What kind of bouquet will you have?ROSES MAYBE WHITE
How many bridesmaids? TO MANY ABOUT 6
What's your wedding budget? HAS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues) CHURCH AND RECEPTION VENUE
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations?HE INOLVED WHICH I LIKE
Where are you going on your honeymoon?BALI/ BARBADOS
What kind of wedding cake you having? A BIG ONE,SPONGE ONE WITH CREAM AND JAM/ FRUITCAKE
What favours are you giving your guests? Ki le ma ha??!! My Yoruba sucks hee hee HAHA,MAHA EVERTHING............LOL
What's going to be unique about your wedding? ME
[Modified by: nimsgirl on November 28, 2008 09:31 PM]
Wooo hooo Geminis do rock! LOL!!
Your nationality: Nigerian
Your tribe: Yoruba
Fiance's nationality: Australian
Fiance's tribe: N/A
Where are you getting married? London/Surrey, April '09
Are your having a traditional wedding? Most definitely!!
What are your trad colours? For the aso oke Iâm wearing a coral buba and sky blue iro and gele and h2b will be wearing a white buba and sokoto and sky blue agbada. On the sky blue pieces thereâll be some embroidery in coral and gold and Iâll be wearing coral beads and gold jewellery. Then weâll change into silver lace and wine gele/cap, or maybe the other way aroundâ¦. Or silver lace and pink geleâ¦. I havenât decided yet lol.
What are your white wedding colours? My colours will be ivory, sage green,chocolate, pink and gold. Just a sprinkling of pink to add some girliness, Iâm not really a girly girl but thereâs something about weddings that draws it out of you! lol
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!) See above for trad gear. My dress is the Francine dress from Berketex brides. I have a special attachment to the store because my mum got her wedding dress from there as well in 1977! Awwwww
And my shoes are Jimy Choos! Hurrah!!
Hereâs a link to the pic of my dress, cake and shoes http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/83203791
What are you doing with your hair? I have no idea!! Iâm not a slicked back, not a strand of hair out of place kinda girl. I usually have dready braids and my hair is natural. So I have no idea what to do thatâs elegant but still âmeââ¦. Any suggestions here will be greatly appreciated!
What kind of bouquet will you have? A bouquet of closed ivory peonies! I heard they start budding in April which is when Iâm getting married.
Love peonies so Iâm really hoping Iâll be able get them!
How many bridesmaids? 7 eeeep!
What's your wedding budget? Its ever expanding, but right now weâre settling on 35K
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues) Trad wedding will be at the Painshill park conservatory in Cobham Surrey, and the church is at Wimbledon with the reception at the RAC club, Pall Mall
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations? Pretty involved! He arranged the church and reception venues, gromsmen outfits, all the cars taking us to church and the reception, and red route master buses to transport guests from the church to the reception through the centre of London so they can see the sights etc. A lot of guests are coming in from overseas and for many itâll be their first time in London
Where are you going on your honeymoon? Our fave place in the world, Paris!! After the stress of the wedding, we decided we wanted to go somewhere we knew well and could just take things easy and relax. Not a place where we'd spend the first half of the trip trying to get around and then finding the right, non-touristy restaurants to go to etc... Plus h2b travels a lot for business so he associated plane rides with work which is the last thing he wants lol. At the end of the day what we want from a honeymoon is relaxation and each other's company. I was a bit hmmm about the whole thing cuz Paris is just next door and hardly exotic but h2b said whatever we save on plane tickets I can shop with... Well that kinda sealed the deal for me heh heh
What kind of wedding cake you having? Cupcakes!!! YAY!! See link above for pics of what I want. Iâll have a bigish top tier which is what weâll cut and then a âcascadeâ of cupcakes with lots of fresh flowers in and around the little cakes.
What favours are you giving your guests? Ki le ma ha??!! My Yoruba sucks hee hee.....
My maid of honour is responsible for the favours, itâs her wedding present to me which is so sweet of her. So Iâve let her have full reign on that one, I have no idea what sheâs organising!
What's going to be unique about your wedding? I think the cakes! Iâll bet a few eyebrows will be raised but Iâm kinda quirky and the whole traditional tiered cake is too serious for me. Plus I think by having a top tier Iâll be satisfying some people lol. Who cares I love cupcakes!! YAY!!
[Modified by: Geministar on November 28, 2008 09:38 PM]
Your nationality: Nigerian
Your tribe: Yoruba
Fiance's nationality: Australian
Fiance's tribe: N/A
Where are you getting married? London/Surrey, April '09
Are your having a traditional wedding? Most definitely!!
What are your trad colours? For the aso oke Iâm wearing a coral buba and sky blue iro and gele and h2b will be wearing a white buba and sokoto and sky blue agbada. On the sky blue pieces thereâll be some embroidery in coral and gold and Iâll be wearing coral beads and gold jewellery. Then weâll change into silver lace and wine gele/cap, or maybe the other way aroundâ¦. Or silver lace and pink geleâ¦. I havenât decided yet lol.
What are your white wedding colours? My colours will be ivory, sage green,chocolate, pink and gold. Just a sprinkling of pink to add some girliness, Iâm not really a girly girl but thereâs something about weddings that draws it out of you! lol
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!) See above for trad gear. My dress is the Francine dress from Berketex brides. I have a special attachment to the store because my mum got her wedding dress from there as well in 1977! Awwwww
And my shoes are Jimy Choos! Hurrah!!
Hereâs a link to the pic of my dress, cake and shoes http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/83203791
What are you doing with your hair? I have no idea!! Iâm not a slicked back, not a strand of hair out of place kinda girl. I usually have dready braids and my hair is natural. So I have no idea what to do thatâs elegant but still âmeââ¦. Any suggestions here will be greatly appreciated!
What kind of bouquet will you have? A bouquet of closed ivory peonies! I heard they start budding in April which is when Iâm getting married.
Love peonies so Iâm really hoping Iâll be able get them!
How many bridesmaids? 7 eeeep!
What's your wedding budget? Its ever expanding, but right now weâre settling on 35K
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues) Trad wedding will be at the Painshill park conservatory in Cobham Surrey, and the church is at Wimbledon with the reception at the RAC club, Pall Mall
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations? Pretty involved! He arranged the church and reception venues, gromsmen outfits, all the cars taking us to church and the reception, and red route master buses to transport guests from the church to the reception through the centre of London so they can see the sights etc. A lot of guests are coming in from overseas and for many itâll be their first time in London
Where are you going on your honeymoon? Our fave place in the world, Paris!! After the stress of the wedding, we decided we wanted to go somewhere we knew well and could just take things easy and relax. Not a place where we'd spend the first half of the trip trying to get around and then finding the right, non-touristy restaurants to go to etc... Plus h2b travels a lot for business so he associated plane rides with work which is the last thing he wants lol. At the end of the day what we want from a honeymoon is relaxation and each other's company. I was a bit hmmm about the whole thing cuz Paris is just next door and hardly exotic but h2b said whatever we save on plane tickets I can shop with... Well that kinda sealed the deal for me heh heh
What kind of wedding cake you having? Cupcakes!!! YAY!! See link above for pics of what I want. Iâll have a bigish top tier which is what weâll cut and then a âcascadeâ of cupcakes with lots of fresh flowers in and around the little cakes.
What favours are you giving your guests? Ki le ma ha??!! My Yoruba sucks hee hee.....
My maid of honour is responsible for the favours, itâs her wedding present to me which is so sweet of her. So Iâve let her have full reign on that one, I have no idea what sheâs organising!
What's going to be unique about your wedding? I think the cakes! Iâll bet a few eyebrows will be raised but Iâm kinda quirky and the whole traditional tiered cake is too serious for me. Plus I think by having a top tier Iâll be satisfying some people lol. Who cares I love cupcakes!! YAY!!
[Modified by: Geministar on November 28, 2008 09:38 PM]
Geministar, your too much,
you turning that Ossie man into a Naija...................lol
35K on your wedding you be omo baba,can i come to the wedding?
[Modified by: nimsgirl on November 28, 2008 10:11 PM]
you turning that Ossie man into a Naija...................lol
35K on your wedding you be omo baba,can i come to the wedding?
[Modified by: nimsgirl on November 28, 2008 10:11 PM]
LOL!!! I'm the only daughter so this is the only time my parents have to splurge like this. Plus h2b and I are contributing 40% or so lol.
My aunties were reeling from shock at me marrying an Aussie lol, I think they were thinking in terms of distance... I guess t hasn't quite occurred to them that Aussies live in England too.... Once they all met him though, they fell in love with him, just like I did. He's so lovable and down to earth but super sophisticated, Bond style. How could I resist?!! LOL! Plus he's done business in Nig, Botswana and Zimbabwe so he's incredibly knowledgeable on Nig culture, food etc. He beats me on the chili front and I thought I was the chili master! Humpf! My mum says he's a full Niaja man, just needs a tan that's all lol!
My aunties were reeling from shock at me marrying an Aussie lol, I think they were thinking in terms of distance... I guess t hasn't quite occurred to them that Aussies live in England too.... Once they all met him though, they fell in love with him, just like I did. He's so lovable and down to earth but super sophisticated, Bond style. How could I resist?!! LOL! Plus he's done business in Nig, Botswana and Zimbabwe so he's incredibly knowledgeable on Nig culture, food etc. He beats me on the chili front and I thought I was the chili master! Humpf! My mum says he's a full Niaja man, just needs a tan that's all lol!
I am so happy for you that your family embracing you not marrying a non-african that great. Good for them.
Why is your wedding costing so much? we are in credit crunch,everything can be got for a baragin trust me
me and my other half are still decided were to get married,Ghana or South Africa. Gemini Star your so organised wow
Why is your wedding costing so much? we are in credit crunch,everything can be got for a baragin trust me
me and my other half are still decided were to get married,Ghana or South Africa. Gemini Star your so organised wow
The wedding costs are cuz of the size!! My mum can't seem to contain herself LOL!!
This a royal wedding rock on, were my IV
Hi all another gemini in the house I was wondering why the site was so dead, glad you got the party started up again
Your nationality: British
Your tribe: Asante/ Fante/BA
Fiance's nationality: Nigerian
Fiance's tribe:Igbo
Where are you getting married? May 09
Are your having a traditional wedding? Yes
What are your trad colours? Aqua
What are your white wedding colours? Ivory gold and chocolate
What are you wearing Diamond white wedding, dress with silver shoes then traditonal matching
What are you doing with your hair? Remi weave on up with ringlets
What kind of bouquet will you have? Unsure
How many bridesmaids? 7
What's your wedding budget? £10k
Where are you getting married? traditional Dad's House, church and reception Dulwich
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations? Very
Where are you going on your honeymoon? USA or The Carribean
What kind of wedding cake you having? 3 tier heart carrot victoria sponge and fruit
What favours are you giving your guests? emborided pillow cases and towels or ?
What's going to be unique about your wedding? its going to be under £10k ha ha ha
Your nationality: British
Your tribe: Asante/ Fante/BA
Fiance's nationality: Nigerian
Fiance's tribe:Igbo
Where are you getting married? May 09
Are your having a traditional wedding? Yes
What are your trad colours? Aqua
What are your white wedding colours? Ivory gold and chocolate
What are you wearing Diamond white wedding, dress with silver shoes then traditonal matching
What are you doing with your hair? Remi weave on up with ringlets
What kind of bouquet will you have? Unsure
How many bridesmaids? 7
What's your wedding budget? £10k
Where are you getting married? traditional Dad's House, church and reception Dulwich
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations? Very
Where are you going on your honeymoon? USA or The Carribean
What kind of wedding cake you having? 3 tier heart carrot victoria sponge and fruit
What favours are you giving your guests? emborided pillow cases and towels or ?
What's going to be unique about your wedding? its going to be under £10k ha ha ha
I'm probably the most unorganised bride 2 be there is............ not my fault thou!
Your nationality:British and Nigerian
Your tribe:Igbo
Fiance's nationality:Nigerian
Fiance's tribe:Igbo
Where are you getting married? Nigeria
Are your having a traditional wedding? Yes - in my father's villa
What are your trad colours? Not 100% sure yet but i'm boring so its looking like it will be Green and Gold and Red and Gold.
What are your white wedding colours? Ivory, purple and lialic (but this is not confirmed yet)
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!) I'm wearing it all - my wedding dress is a mori lee dress and i'm totally in love with it.
What are you doing with your hair? weave and an updo. - Nice and Simple
What kind of bouquet will you have? Traditional style...........not sure about designs yet.
How many bridesmaids? for now 3.......could increase thou
What's your wedding budget? ask my H2B but my estimation is currently £12k
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues) wedding and trado all in 1 day.
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations? at the moment not that involved and its annoying me. He has his days when he is so into it and then others when its like we are not even planning a wedding!!!!!!!!
Where are you going on your honeymoon? Not sure yet.
What kind of wedding cake you having? 4 tier cake made up of chocolate, carrott, and 2 sponge. (I don't eat fruit cake)
What favours are you giving your guests? Notebooks.........thats all i have come up with for now - more ideas to follow later
What's going to be unique about your wedding? Me - LOL!!!!! Just kidding - not sure yet.
[Modified by: Ik's wifey on November 29, 2008 06:27 PM]
[Modified by: Ik's wifey on November 29, 2008 07:49 PM]
Your nationality:British and Nigerian
Your tribe:Igbo
Fiance's nationality:Nigerian
Fiance's tribe:Igbo
Where are you getting married? Nigeria
Are your having a traditional wedding? Yes - in my father's villa
What are your trad colours? Not 100% sure yet but i'm boring so its looking like it will be Green and Gold and Red and Gold.
What are your white wedding colours? Ivory, purple and lialic (but this is not confirmed yet)
What are you wearing (traditional and white wedding, dress, shoes, everything!) I'm wearing it all - my wedding dress is a mori lee dress and i'm totally in love with it.
What are you doing with your hair? weave and an updo. - Nice and Simple
What kind of bouquet will you have? Traditional style...........not sure about designs yet.
How many bridesmaids? for now 3.......could increase thou
What's your wedding budget? ask my H2B but my estimation is currently £12k
Where are you getting married? (traditional, church and reception venues) wedding and trado all in 1 day.
How involved is your fiance in the wedding preparations? at the moment not that involved and its annoying me. He has his days when he is so into it and then others when its like we are not even planning a wedding!!!!!!!!
Where are you going on your honeymoon? Not sure yet.
What kind of wedding cake you having? 4 tier cake made up of chocolate, carrott, and 2 sponge. (I don't eat fruit cake)
What favours are you giving your guests? Notebooks.........thats all i have come up with for now - more ideas to follow later
What's going to be unique about your wedding? Me - LOL!!!!! Just kidding - not sure yet.
[Modified by: Ik's wifey on November 29, 2008 06:27 PM]
[Modified by: Ik's wifey on November 29, 2008 07:49 PM]
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