Comments on A Practical Wedding: Simple Huppah Inspiration

my close friend laura made her own huppah for her ...

2008-07-28T11:09:53.981-07:00

my close friend laura made her own huppah for her wedding in Georgia last month. It was beautiful and crafty and totally HER. She used bamboo for the poles and decorated it with scraps from our brightly colored bridesmaids dresses. we should be getting the pictures back soon and i will be sure to send your way.

What a beautiful tradition, I love the meaning beh...

2008-07-24T16:47:25.092-07:00

What a beautiful tradition, I love the meaning behind it!

Is there any way you could have a huppah that is carried down the isle with you then attaches to it's supports when you get to the end?

I stumbled across your blog by complete accident a...

2008-07-24T15:51:57.236-07:00

I stumbled across your blog by complete accident and fell in love with it. We're having a practical wedding in October. We're aren't about the bells or whistles. Love this blog for telling people about how practical is better than illogical.
Oh and my ring is small and wonderful. We'll spend the money we saved not gettng bigger ring on a dog or home improvements.

I've heard of couples making a quilted huppah from...

2008-07-24T15:10:28.704-07:00

I've heard of couples making a quilted huppah from the fabric of friends and family. Since we're not Jewish, my partner and I asked our family and friends to send a scrap of fabric to us before the wedding (we simply included the request on our wedding website). We then quilted it into a blanket that we were wrapped in during the ceremony. It was an adaptation of a Native American tradition, combined with the huppah element. P.S. Thanks for the beautiful photos! Good luck with yours...

Oh these are so lovely! I tried to convince my bea...

2008-07-24T14:21:09.335-07:00

Oh these are so lovely! I tried to convince my beau to have a huppah but he felt odd not being jewish (i disagree!) but it's all about compromise, right?

Meg-check out this place and also the flower market. one or both should have simple branches:

http://www.nettletonhollow.com/branches.html

LOVE that first image!It is inappropriate to have ...

2008-07-24T13:30:46.508-07:00

LOVE that first image!

It is inappropriate to have a huppah if you're not jewish? I love the aesthetics of them and the sybolism. I also adore jewish weddings. Alas, I am not jewish. Would I offend those that are if I adopted this symbol in my wedding?

Great entry! We saw an awesome huppah last week- t...

2008-07-24T13:06:27.559-07:00

Great entry! We saw an awesome huppah last week- the bride's mom made it out of the bride and grooms' grandfathers prayer shaws- really gorgeous. And last year, a bride made a quilt-like huppah with the pieces decorated by friends and family.

For our huppah, we used a simple white cloth and silk screened the fabric with "double happiness" (the chinese wedding symbol) along with the hebrew phrase Ani L'dodi v'dodi li (I am my beloved and my beloved is mine). This blended both our traditions.

We also had our groomsmen carry in the huppah. Our polls were bamboo- really affordable and sturdy. We probably could have had them walk in and place the polls in stands. So you could have your cake and eat it too in this case.

I love the idea of the wedding party carrying it. ...

2008-07-24T05:59:07.911-07:00

I love the idea of the wedding party carrying it. This is such a lovely tradition :)

pitter pat, pitter pat! i love the branches!

2008-07-24T05:31:46.343-07:00

pitter pat, pitter pat! i love the branches!

Wow, beautiful! These are exactly what I've been t...

2008-07-24T05:09:50.486-07:00

Wow, beautiful! These are exactly what I've been trying to come up with. Thanks for doing the legwork! :-)

The cover (maybe an antique tablecloth?) in the top one is gorgeous.