JennyfenAnnoyingly...
I thought I wa sbeing original!!! Still, not exactly the norm is it hehe! 2 years ago
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MulyaBulya
It made me
ecstatic 
I guess we took about a year to plan everything - but really most of the planning was done in the last few months before the wedding. Of course, every pirate wedding is unique, but here's how we did ours:
Read how I did it… 2 years ago
First, we rented a boat! Once we decided we were going to get married on a boat, we thought it would be necessary to do a pirate theme. Yar!
I got an ivory pirate dress on ebay, by looking up "pirate wedding dress". I also got my shoes on ebay, and I made myself a hat, which I will talk about later.
My groom dressed in white and ivory to match me, but in piratey white and ivory. He looked fab! How often does the bride have to compete with the groom in fashion???
The groom and I each picked a color - he likes purple, and I like green. We told our three Groom's Crewmen, and three Bride's Wenches to dress like pirates, and be sure to incorporate these colors. It was way easier than trying to pick out specific outfits!
How to make a pirate hat:
I had an ivory tricorn to match my outfit. I made it myself, because it's very hard to come across a white or ivory tricorn! I took an ordinary wool felt, wide brimmed hat, and turned it up on two sides, having the turned up sides almost touching in the front, and leaving a space in the back. I sewed the edges of the brim to the side of the hat, and then turned the back part of the brim up, and sewed it, too. I added an ivory lace trim around the brim, and the base of the hat - I simply hot glued it on (I hate sewing large scale items). I went to a hobby shop and found some large white plumes, and peacock feathers. I cut a tiny hole in one side of the hat, and stuck the feathers in, and then sealed them from the inside of the brim with hot glued and white fabric, which kept them in place quite nicely. Voila! Pirate wedding hat!
Flowers and decorations:
For decorations, we bought skulls (online), and 4x8 wooden treasure chests (from Garden Ridge). Then I bought a sack of shells, a bag of mardi gras necklaces, and a bunch of silk wild flowers. My friends and I set to work making them into floral arrangements, with shells and beads attached. They turned out absolutely gorgeous, and we used them as center pieces.
Instead of regular table cloths, we sent away for some pirate flags to drape over the white table clothes that were provided by the venue.
We had a couple of options for favors - tiny treasure chests, or chocolate coins. We decided to go with the coins. If you want to do coins, there are a lot of places that will personalize them, but be sure to get them done weeks in advance! We were afraid they would melt, and so waited until the last minute, and by then it was too late! We just used regular chocolate coins, which were spread about the table, and it turned out fine.
Much of the decorations also included lots of purple and green tulle, and extra pirate flags. We had a home-made green and purple floral arch made from a floral garland we found in a regular run-of-the mill wedding section in a craft and hobby store. (Secretly, it was hung with duct tape - but nobody could see that...)
My sister-in-law made three cakes. One of them was the main cake, and it looked like a pirate ship. Then there was the groom's cake, which was a treasure chest full of candy necklaces, ring pops, and chocolate coins! It looked delicious! The third one was a little escape boat, or tug boat or something, which was my gluten free cake. This was also the cake we cut when we did our official cake cutting thing, since we didn't have a top of the cake to cut.
My sister made the coolest cake topper ever! She took a regular cake topper, and used sculpey to make the bride and groom be dressed like pirates.
The flowers were silk, because of mine and my husband's allergies. I highly recommend silk flowers! They are beautiful, inexpensive, and very little hassle! Plus, you can get any kind of flower at any time, whether they are in season or not. Because it was a pirate wedding, I chose all kinds of tropical flowers, but because my favorite flowers are orange roses, my bouquet was full of great big orange roses, on top of all the purple flowers. Putting the bouquets together with my friends was a lot of fun!
The Ceremony:
We decided to have a fun ceremony with hijinks, but we got serious right at the part when the marriage really happened. Here's what we had:
The bride and groom - both in ivory and white piratical attire.
The officiant - my brother-in-law, who was dressed as a naval officer who we'd obviously kidnapped for the occasion.
The Groom's Crew - Three salty sea men, equipped with cork guns, to keep the officiant from escaping! With many an "Arr!" and "Get your arse up there!", they marched in our officiant at gun point.
The swabby ring bearers - Our two nephews, who carried a treasure chest with our rings inside. We instructed them to be as loud and boisterous as they wanted, until the serious part was happening. They did a great job!
The Bride's Wenches - Clad in stripes, bangles, and of course, corsets, and also equipped with cork guns, they brought in the groom, and kept him in line.
The coin girl - We didn't have a flower girl - we had a coin girl. She had a basket full of chocolate coins that she passed around to people sitting in the aisle seats. Her mom made her a dress that matched mine very well - she was adorable!
I know it's not everyone's style to make their wedding into a show, but everyone really had a lot of fun, and there was so much less pressure to be perfect! Good thing too, because I got cued early and was halfway down the aisle before my entrance music started playing.
Because my dad couldn't make it, I had no one to walk me down the aisle. A friend of mine suggested that I stop somewhere in the middle, put my hand out, and have my groom come over and lead me the rest of the way. I liked this idea, and did just that!
When I got to the front, my brother-in-law settled everyone down, and reminded us of the very real thing we had all gathered together to be a part of. Then we said our home-made vows, and the swabbies brought up the treasure chest with the rings. After we were introduced to the guests as Mr. and Mrs., some piratey music began, and we danced away! The rest of the party danced out after us, and all was well!
The Music:
Before and during the ceremony, D's choice of music was this CD called Bedtime music for Pirates... I can't remember the name of the guys, but we got it off of this entirely pirate music all the time site, which I'm sure I can find a link to. The wedding march was the classic march, only D found a version of it that went along very well with the rest of the music. I'm no help at all on this - the music was all him.
For our reception, we had water themed music, and that Gwen Stephanie song, "If I were a Rich Girl" just because the video for it takes place on a pirate ship. But, let's see... We had "The Tide is High", "Love Boat"... and I can't remember what else. Oh, the modern songs were also interspersed with some swashbuckling shanties, care of a couple of CDs we bought online.
There was karaoke, and a lot of people on my side are good singers and actually entertained, rather than tortured, the guests. Especially my brother-in-law when he sang "Just a Gigolo"!
Our first dance song was "Chasing Cars" by snow Patrol, which was closely followed by "These Words" by Natasha Bedingfield. Absolutely nothing to do with pirates, but those are our songs. :P
For my guy, I wanted to sing an old love song, but the DJ, in all his 3000 songs, had nothing I knew how to sing, so I sang "A Tisket a Tasket" just to show off that I can sing. And then someone mentioned "Dream a Little Dream" and I slapped my head for forgetting that one, and sang it, too. Bluh. I should have stuck with one song though - too much bride taking over the microphone.
The boat took off for a romantic sunset cruise at about 7:45, and docked just as it got dark. I missed the sunset, because everyone and their brother (including me) was busy singing a rousing round of Bohemian Rhapsody!
The night came to a close with many laughs, and "yars!" and lots of fist shaking. We cleaned up swiftly, and left the cake for the catering crew, who, by the way, all wore skull and crossbone bandannas.
And that was my wedding! The End! :P
bitterjane
It made me
Awesome!
How I did it: We planned most of it ourselves by searching online for ideas. I even started a website to help others who want to have one too: pirateweddings.tk
The site has a lot of resources and info I found to be helpful and I even have a forum dedicated to pirate weddings, so you can share info and get help from others! I wish I oculd have found something like this when I was planning my wedding. Read how I did it… 2 years ago
MulyaBulyaFound the perfect chest
We’re going to have the ring bearers carry a chest with the rings on a pillow inside. Today we found the perfect chest, and smaller matching chests to make into planters for centerpieces.
We’re using silk flowers instead of real tropical flowers. Not quite as nice, I know, but the guy and I both have terrible allergies. He can’t handle the world outside, and I am specifically allergic to many tropical flowers.
Fake flowers will make life easier, anyway. I’m going to get some friends together to make the flower arrangements, instead of hiring a florist. DIY for the win!
We also need some more piratey planters. Something like this, maybe? http://www.homedecorsuperstore.com/v2/ItemDetail.cfm/Item_Number/39270/Options/null/hdss.cfm
My sister has been given the job of pirate-cake-topper-maker. 3 years ago
MulyaBulyaJust found a cake topper!
It’s kind of expensive, but I’ve been feeling overwhelmed about trying to make one myself. I’ve done sculpture before, but not in such tiny detail.
But, a real pirate wedding cake topper! I’ll have to ask my fiance, and his sister (because she’s making our cake) what they think.
It’s so hard to find resources for a pirate wedding – I wonder if I should make a web page to help other people out. Then again, I’ve been finding everything on ebay, so it probably wouldn’t be all that helpful.
I’m thinking of waiting for the ren faire for shoes. 3 years ago
MulyaBulyaA question
Does anyone know where to get a decent pirate cake topper? I can only find two online. 3 years ago
MulyaBulyaBought the dress last night
We’re having a pirate wedding next year, possibly in April. Maybe I can get some good ideas by taking up this goal. :) 3 years ago
timusOH!
That is so awesome, i want that so much, that is sooo nice, alot better than one of those BS conservative white weddings. Good Luck and congratulations too guys 4 years ago
blondysunMy Pirate Wedding
We got married May 5 2007 in Port Orange, FL. It was so much fun. I am not into the lacy perfect frilly kind of wedding stuff so this was perfect. Almost everyone of our guests dressed up as pirates! To start the ceremony, my husband “stole” treasure from the centerpieces of the tables. My mother “caught” him and sentenced him to walk the plank. As our entire audience was chanting “Walk the Plank, Walk the Plank” my husband held off the wedding party with his sword while they surrounded him. Then my dad interupted the activity, telling everyone one that “nobody is going to be walking the plank. There’s been a little hugging here, and probably a little kissing, so, darn-it, there’s going to be a WEDDING!” Tony, glad for the interuption of his death sentence, agreed to it and then the ceremony proceeded. The wedding party entered to “Cat-like tread” from Pirates of Penzance. The vows were pretty funny, so it was kind of like having a laugh-track, we had to pause between almost every line while people laughed. We borrowed the vows from Captn Slappy’s advice on deadmentellnotales.com and changed them and added parts of our own. After we were man and wife, we went back up the aisle to “Pirates Life for Me”. After that, we drank a lot of rum, ate lots of good Italian food from Ambersjewelcatering.com, and danced like crazy to DJ Andy Ferrari’s music. My wedding cake was a pirate ship that my mother constructed and decorated herself. We forgot a cake cutting knife, but luckily, the best man handed Tony his own sword and we cut the cake with the sword.
I am still working on tweeking my wedding pictures, but I am posting them on myspace as I go, so you can look for them there.
We honeymooned on the Disney Wonder cruise ship, which had a pirate night that we wore our wedding costumes to. Also, it docked one day at Castaway Cay where the actual Flying Dutchman pirate ship from POTC 2 & 3 is beached! So we kind of kept the pirate theme going for awhile! 4 years ago
