For those have you who have been following ILOVEHISHMA, you'll know that its author, Pixie, has been overloaded with packing for her move to UAE (short-term), switching flats back in Canada, and planning her (aka mine) Canadian civil service wedding (along with attending iftars and studying Islam during Ramadan). Soooo, I am glad to announce, alhamdulilah, the civil service is done, and I am officially lawfully married. These are some of the pictures from our special day. DO NOT RE-POST THEM ANYWHERE ON THE NET WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! Grrrr, lol. So, I sewed my own dress (it cost a total of $30.00 CAD but took over sixteen hours to make). Its a bit old fashioned and has a vinatgey feel to it. I hand beaded smoky topaz coloured swarowski crystals and seed-pearls on the lace applique, made my own veil out of tulle and silk and a vintage necklace, and borrowed Boxie's lacy embroidered hijab from Kuwait.I also gained ten lbs (alhamdulilah cuz I was a bit too underweight for a while and was starting to look like a prepubescent boy) before cutting the dress, so it was a little more modest when I began (since I didn't have curves lol) so if I had it to do over, I would loosen the waist seems and cut the belt, but since it was women and my family mainly, it wasn't really any big deal. But Boxie had fun doing me up and pulled a muscle (my Dad had to help lol). My sister Jane wore a Tiffany-box blue dress and pearls, and Boxie (I'll post a pic maybe later) wore hat hijab and looked oh-so fine in purple. My Daddy wore a tie for the first time since his own wedding way back, and the guests were a mix of formal and informal. LOL, one of the couples who attended were the owners of the school where my husband and I met, and they had brought a guest from Taiwan to show her a "traditional" Canadian wedding, and we all joked that she'd be rather confused because my wedding included, suit and tie, jeans and a t-shirt, thobe, salwar kameez, hijab, and white wedding dress, lol.
Explaining Canadian traditions (like smooshing cake into the face of the groom) to one Saudi sister, made her (and Y) quite horrified. Needless to say I left off on the cake smooshing. Mainly since my wedding cake was ice cream cake. That'd be a bit cruel. But I had fun, mainly taking pics before the getting together of everyone. Preparing the food in full formal wear was a bit stressful though. And the groom forgetting the marriage liscence and having to drive an hour into the city to go get it lol. ANNNNND the wedding cake melting because of this, so it had to be served up in one big bowl, lol. Icecream cakes do not make good wedding cakes ya'll, lol, even if they are yummy, he he he. So inshaAllah your Ramadan is going well, and I hope to write more soon inshaAllah.
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glad it all went well, and pretty eventful from the sounds of it!
No, I know for a fact my husband will never take a second wife, unless I am the one that finally convinces him to do so. He is much opposed to it, unless the man is an an amazing Muslim, and my husband doesn't see himself trying that hard. I am more okay with with polygany than he is, lol.
Just to let you know, I don't post any anonymous comments, so next time, sign with a made up name at the bottom, like this
-pixie
Thank you again for your best wishes!
Btw, if you have not started making your own clothes and selling them...or making your own designs...you TOTALLy should.
As for my dress, anyone who wants to can buy it, but they have to be a size two or less, lol, and five foot 1---five foot 4 (no heels with five foot four). And you'd want to hand wash the hem lol. And it doesn't come with the hijab (that belongs to Boxie). $100.00 CAD for the dress and $20.00 CAD for the veil. LOL. Serriously, if there are any takers I'll probably handwash it myself, lol.
I will start up "Vintage Muslimah" soon, and we will take consignment offers too, if sisters can take good pictures. InshaAllah, after Ramadaan though!
anyyyway,
you look gorgeous, Pixie MashaAllah!
and congratulations!
Let me know what u think...
salam
jana
i am soo happy for you and that everything went well. and MASHALLAH you look soooo sooooo sooooo pretty and dreamy, mashallah.
take care and may Allah bless you, your family and you marriage. ameen
Mabrouk!
May God bless your wedding and merriage.
wa salam
mini-me
p.s.: please excuse my bad english, it ain't my mothertongue
Your dress is beautiful! I'm insanely impressed you made it yourself. :)
I'm glad the day went well for y'all.
I don't mean to be rude, just curious because you always guide sisters to not wear form fitting clothing and items that expose the body, yet I notice here that your dress is very waist cinching and clearly defines your chest and your scarf doesn't cover your chest at all. These are just things I have noticed that you guide others on, yet you did not do them yourself.
I love the bottom half of the dress. It is very nice and the netting is beautiful, Masha'Allah!
I thought you would be wearing a jilbab for your wedding. I would have loved to see you in a pretty lace jilbab like the ones you have posted before!
I can not see your face, but from what I can see of the dress, I think you look absolutely beautiful and I am sure you were a happy bride on the day.
By the way; your dress reminds me of that Pride & Prejudice movie!
Masha'Allah! Your dress is soo beautiful!! Congrats, I'm glad you had a good time :D I have noticed you haven't been posting a lot recently. You might be surprised but I'm an avid follower of your blog and was of the last too and Alhamduli'Allah have learnt a lot from your posts over the past year or so, a lot more than you'd think actually! Thank you for that! Ramadan Kareem :)
Salam, Zaenab
I wish I could have bought a real abaya or dress as a caftan but honest I had no money right now, with saving for my move to UAE and quitting my job so that I could find a job that would let me wear niqab. So make dua for me!
Oh, and by the way... your dress is BEAUTIFUL!!! I would love to have a dress like that for my wedding :-)
congratulations again and i miss your postings.
Nina
#4 if you are going to say this is a public site that non-maharam men can see, I guess I should not post pictures of ANY woman in any shape of form, which is a line of thinking I do not subscribe to personally. The only thing I DO subscribe to is when posting any "hijab" fashion one should point out where it fails as hijab if it does, and sadly, mine does at the waistline. LOL, cuz happily, I no longer look like a boy!!!! He he he.
All: I said already I agined weight so it is too tight. Please don't bring that up again. And my hijab DID cover my chest when non-maharams were around so sorry I didn't take pictures then (it was dark so those didn't turn out good!)
And congratulations Pixie!
I really do love your dress regardless and I would love to have it (like 5 years from now haha) But I'm too tall!
But the whole vintage-y vibe is definitely inspiration for my wedding dress in the future.
By the way, insha'Allah everything goes well for you in the UAE!
I hope you had a good time and your dress is just marvelous!
INSHALLAH you will be very happy!
JAZAKALLAH sister
Thank you so much for sharing with us those beuatifull pictures.
Masha allah your dress is fabulous and Allah had given you a real gift in your hands.
May Allah protect you and your family
Fi amanillah
Imane
-maria
-maria
may Allaah bless your marriage.
oohhh i was wondering where all the new posts had gone lol
wowww mashallah its great news Alhamdulillah!!1and mashallah you look great :)
im so happy for u!!
and when u have time plz do give a reply to my previos question jazakallah!!
MashaAllah.
So happy for you - and in Ramadaan.
May Allah bless you and your husband here, and may you all enjoy the scent of Jannah together feeling the same love you share here on earth - there - only infinite times more. Ameen.
Salam
:)
The nice thing that turned me on to vintage is that the headcoverings from, say, the 1940s are extraordinarily hijab friendly - basically you could walk around in a one-piece Amira and no one would think there was anything the least bit strange going on...
I really like your take on the veil - insha'Allah I would like to make one similar to it if I get married. Or I might not even wait. Let's say there are advantages to being tall: you can get away with wearing certain types of extreme looks on an everyday basis without looking totally ridiculous. Already got the pattern in fact :D
Am encouraged to hear you sew by hand. Everything I've read suggests that if you know what you're doing, you'll get better results that way than you'd ever get with a machine. So that when I get rid of those last 5 kg and start redoing my wardrobe, I will no doubt do the same insha'Allah.
Now let us know when you have Vintage Muslimah up and running, OK? I may not be a Muslimah, but I am a hijabi, and I am going to be sitting on needles until I get to see your nice new site!