Friday, May 17, 2013

My Renaissance Faire Wedding

I have been asked to do a post with pictures of my Renaissance Faire wedding for those who are interested in alternative weddings.  Needless, to say, I agreed...  :-)

NOTE:  Martin and I met for the second time at a Renn faire, and I joined the reinactment guild he belonged to, so some of what we had and were able to do was the result of working with our fellow guild members and other friends involved in faire.  Those not belonging to a guild or faire group might not be so lucky.

Our wedding took place at the Valhalla Renaissance Faire at Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe, CA.  We were able to rent the main staging area for the ceremony for only $300.  The wedding itself was open to any paying guest at the Faire; the private reception (by invitation only) was held inside our guild's encampment area, so it was basically free.

This was our altar, center stage.  Just a foldable camp table, but very sturdy and big enough without being too big.  Yes, that's a dragon behind it...  (Note: If you have an outdoor ceremony, make sure the flower arrangements are NOT top-heavy!!  Otherwise, they tend to get blown over if there's a stiff breeze...)



We entered under a canopy of (fake) flowers, complete with retinue and musicians.  We had NO idea who many of the people there were, as they were paying guests at the faire, but who cared??  (The boy's head in the bottom right corner belongs to my son, brag, brag!)



Here we are during the actual ceremony; one of our friends not only made the pillows for us to kneel on, she wove the cloth to make the pillows with!


After the ceremony was over, we had a lovely archway of swords to make our exit through...



Our cake was gorgeous and tasty, with real flowers and a glass castle topper.



And now, closeups of our outfits:







I tried to include general things that are in most weddings; if you are interested in getting more specific details, e-mail me and I'll be glad to give you any info I can!


18 comments:

  1. Oh. My. Goddess. That is so awesome. Yay! I have a face to the name, finally. No wonder why you and I get along so well. We got married in the middle of a field at Fort Pickering in Salem. I wore a very simple sundress and was barefoot ... our friend Teri did the handfasting. It was beautiful. We are two peas in a pod, my dear.

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    1. Oh, that sounds fun, too! And I like sharing your pod. :-)

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  2. Thank you for sharing your pictures!! You and your hubby looked amazing! Everything is just perfect!!!! It's awesome that the public were allowed to attend :)

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    1. Thank you! :-) And you are very welcome, thanks for asking me to post them! It never occurred to me that anyone would be interested, so I'm glad you asked.

      The nice thing about having a wedding in a public place like that is that complete strangers CAN actually make it even more special. All sorts of people got into the spirit of it, and when they found out it was a REAL wedding and not just acting, they were thrilled!

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  3. You look beautiful, Lucretia - and Martin so handsome in his outfit! What a wonderful way to get married. So much better than the normal stressful affair. And like the Professor, I'm so happy to now have a face to put to the letters! :D

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    1. Thank you! :-) It WAS much better than a "normal" wedding (I've done the traditional thing as well), although not everything went smoothly and there were some definitely stressful moments! But in the end it was absolutely worth it. :-)

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  4. Very pretty pictures, thanks for showing them :D You look adorable!

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  5. WOW - how amazing! You both look AWESOME! So glad you shared this with us!!!! I have to say - next to my groom- your groom takes BEST DRESSED! And yours was certainly more well armed than mine! : )

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    1. Thank you! :-) It's pretty hard to be MORE well-armed than Martin was that day (and you can't see ALL his weapons in the pic, either).

      I'd love to see your pics sometime!

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  6. http://www.glamcrab.blogspot.com/2011/10/goth-wedding-in-sedona-az-shaman.html

    Here you go! : )

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    1. YAYYY!!! You two look FABULOUS!!! Awesome outfits, awesome setting, and awesome celebrant -- what more could you ask for???

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  7. LOVE! Thank you for sharing your amazing pictures!

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    1. You're welcome, glad you enjoyed them! :-)

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  8. Very nice photos reflecting a wonderfully creative ceremony.

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    1. Thank you! We also wrote our own vows, and our celebrants were a witch and a druid, so it was definitely creative!

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  9. Just beautiful Lucretia! I loved seeing these, thank you for sharing these wonderful photos of your special day!

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    1. Glad you enjoyed them! We've got LOTS more (I think over 100 altogether), but I didn't want to bore people to death! ;-)

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