June is wedding month — and I have thoughts! But first things first: In honor of the most popular month for weddings (allegedly) I’m doing my very first sale! The ebook of TERROR IN TAFFETA — book one in the Destination Wedding Mysteries — is on sale through Sunday for only $0.99.
So, exciting news: Next week, I’m going to a destination wedding! Kind of like in my books, but hopefully without any of the, you know… [whispering] murder.
It’s actually a destination elopement, or perhaps a destination micro-wedding, but I cannot wait. The venue is a woodland chapel with glass windows, and you can imagine the gasp I gasped when I first saw the pictures!
Oh, the photo shoots I could do there! I’m trying to figure out if my niece will have me removed if I lie on the floor and pretend to be the victim of an “unfortunate un-aliving.” (Honestly, she’d probably help me stage the scene. It’s good to have family that supports you.)
The wedding got me thinking: My entire life I’ve heard that June is wedding season, but I never knew why! In fact, I’m not sure, but this upcoming wedding may be the first one I’ve ever been to that was actually in June. Turns out September and October are the go-to months nowadays.
So of course I turned to Google to find out why all the hubbub about June brides.
- Some people say it dates back to Roman times, when weddings were held in June to honor Juno, the goddess of marriage and childbirth.
- Some people date it to the Middle Ages, when bathing happened infrequently and having a wedding in June let couples time it after their spring bath. (Ewww.)
- Some people say it’s so that the bride could have a baby by the following spring and be recovered in time for harvest season. (Thanks, I hate it.)
I don’t know which of these are true, but I think it’s safe to say that I’m glad we live in the modern age and can get married in whatever month we want.
As for me, I’m looking forward to the roadtrip, the woodland chapel, seeing my adorable niece marry her equally adorable fiancé, and getting to be the doting auntie.
Know someone who’s getting married? Send a copy of TERROR IN TAFFETA! Along with a place setting, of course. I won’t say it’s the perfect gift because that’s overused and it’s not true … but it’s a great way to give someone a good laugh while they’re stressing about caterers.
Readers, in celebration of wedding season, tell me about a memorable wedding you went to! Awesome venues, fun themes, family dramas — I’m here for all of it!
Chicks on the Case 
Love the chapel and it’s setting! Hope you manage that photo shoot. It is the perfect spot for a “you know what” event. Imagine the possibilities for a weapon!
Have a fabulous time and congratulations to the bride, groom and their families!
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Thank you! I’m particularly excited about this one! I love the chapel, and the couple is so sweet. Since they’re keeping it small, there won’t be any family drama, but that leaves more time for hijinks and shenanigans! 🙂
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This past October, our younger kiddo got married at a gorgeous event center in Central Indiana. It rained all weekend up to the time of the ceremony. Halfway through, the rain stopped and the sun came out. Such a magical moment!
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Awww, that’s so lovely. I hope they got some amazing pictures! Sometimes I think I should be a wedding planner because my first thought was “What’s the event center? I want to see!” followed by, “Oooh, I bet there’s one here. I wonder if I can go visit it.”
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The best wedding I ever went to had a full bar and a Mariachi band BEFORE the wedding even started. I had so much fun that I sprained my ankle in the conga line after dinner…
I so loved TERROR IN TAFFETA, dear Marla, and urge anyone who appreciates fun and witty mysteries to buy it NOW!
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How fun! I love a good mariachi band! And thank you so much for the shout out! xoxo
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Everyone, but Marla’s book! You’ll love it! And Marla, where is this gorgeous chapel? It looks like Wayfarers in Palos Verdes, but they had to take it down because the earth was giving way underneath and I don’t know if they have a new location yet.
In TV, we generally got married during hiatus, which ran from late March to late May. That’s why I got married in April. As one of my showrunner bosses once said, “There’s nothing as lovely as a hiatus bride.”
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Ha! I was also thinking it looked like Wayfarers.
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It’s in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garvan Woodland Gardens. Not that Hot Springs can be categorized as a full on destination, but they don’t live there and the chapel pushes it over the top. Also: LOL at “hiatus bride.” Maybe someday I’ll have to have a TV writer MC!
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I just looked up Wayfarers and I’m obsessed!
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I’ve been to several weddings, and most of them didn’t take place in June. The most memorable? I think my hubby’s side tries to take it up a notch: one got married with Star Wars music, another rode in on a white horse (a cultural Indian tradition)…
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Wowwww!! I LOVE that! I went to a Hindu wedding in Northern California and I was kind of hoping for a horse, but they had an amazing processional where they all danced their way down a hillside. What’s funny is, they *also* would have been down with the Star Wars music!
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Ha!
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That chapel is gorgeous. And in the woods? You could totally stumble across a dead body while waiting for the ceremony to start or the pictures to be over…or even WHILE the pictures are being taken! The possibilities are endless, really.
Have fun!
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See?! You get it! 😂
It’s definitely inspiring some ideas… both for a future book and for some fun photo opps!
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I’ve been to many memorable weddings, one favorite involved a best man speech. The groom’s brother was a prosecutor and developed a power point to prove his argument that his brother was a dork and he was the cool one (included photo shopped images of him with super models, etc.) and each argument got funnier and funnier. He kept pointing out how the loser groom always gave “rock star hands” to express his excitement. When he reached the point where the groom met the bride, he showed a series of photos of them together, in each one they were giving “rock star hands” together and he wrapped up by asking us to raise our glasses and “rock star hands” to the bride and groom. It was brilliant and funny and unforgettable.
I am a sucker for all the funny parts of weddings and your book looks like lots of fun! Congrats!
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I love this so much! Thanks for sharing. Now I want all of my grooms’ speeches to be in PowerPoint format. I hope they captured a great picture of everybody giving rock star hands!
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That chapel is lovely! Enjoy the wedding.
I’d heard that June was wedding month because so many people would get married either right after graduating from college or at least after the spring semester was over if they weren’t graduating. I know lots of people who got married in June for that reason.
But I’ve also been to lots of non-June weddings.
The last wedding I went to (and was in as best man) was a June wedding two years ago. Neither was in college, so I’m not sure why June wound up being selected as the date.
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That’s funny! It sounds like you have a long history of June weddings. I like your explanation way more than the idea that it’s because of infrequent bathing or having to bring in crops.
Have a great weekend!
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Marla, so excited for you about the wedding–and, of course, your book! I always figured people got married in June because the weather was so lovely. Then it became super $$$ to get married in June, so everyone switched to other times of year. The last weddings I have been to–every last one–were on days that were HOT HOT HOT so everyone sweated all over the place, ha!
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I’m with you! 100 years ago, there was probably perfect weather in June. We squeaked by with an outdoor wedding in mid-May, but if it were even one week later, it would’ve been way too hot!
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We got married in the Pacific NW in early April. Surprise! It rained. Everyone said it was good luck.
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Oh, this is amazing! Wishing your adorable niece and her adorable fiance so much happiness!
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I missed two destination weddings for my nephew. He married his first wife in Las Vegas before 2000 and I just did not have the money to be able to go or someone to take care of the dog as I had been taking care of my mother in Texas. I was living in Georgia and had to leave my husband behind for a while to take care of my mother. I also had to get a job as we could not afford me as a caretaker without a salary. She died 6 months later and I stayed 2 1/2 years more to get full Texas Teacher’s retirement. We do what we have to do. Well, that marriage did not take, so they divorced and he and his soon to be 2nd wife were having a destination wedding. His thing, but that is another story. This one was in Puerto Rico right after Covid. I did not go as I have an immune system issue. Well, that marriage did not work either. Maybe if there is a third, I can make it and that will be the charm, but he is getting long in the tooth sadly. I hope he finds the one as he is lonely. My wedding was the strangest. My husband and I had dates since 1964 when I was a sophomore in HS. Sow we finally got married after 6 years of dating, 13 years engaged and now we will celebrate 43 years of marriage in August, Anyway, we went to the Tarrant County Courthouse one day to get married. It was undergoing renovation and we had to get married in the Criminal Courts Building. We had not witnessed, but we do have a license. My husband says it was all criminal. I sent out announcements that said only, “It Happened” and our names and address to family and friends. Your venue looks fantastic.
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Wow! Congratulations on a long and happy marriage! I hope your nephew finds love and lets you pick the destination this time. The other day, I did a post asking people what destination wedding locale they would definitely say yes to, and Hawaii was trending really strongly! Just saying…
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By the by, I just bought a print book of Terror in Taffeta.
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Thank you!! I hope you enjoy it! 💕
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