June-July-August 2006 Brides

[PinkGirl]

Who else is out there?

The 2006 Brides thread is overwhelming to me, but I'd like to chat with other brides getting married around the same time I am.

Bride: Gretchen, 26 (kithara)
Groom: Neil, 25
Engaged on: May 10, 2005
Wedding Date: June 3, 2006
Colors: turquoise and pink
Ceremony and Reception location: Saratoga Springs (http://www.upstateweddingmall.com/SARATOGAtest.htm)
Honeymoon: still undecided...we postponed our honeymoon when Neil found out that a class he needs is only offered in the summer and starts the week after our wedding...gives me more time to plan though!

Bride: 2 Crazy Pugs
Engaged: Aug 2, 2005
Wedding: June 30, 2006
Colors? Plum, lilac, white
Location: Getting married in Maine
Honeymoon: in Maine probably

Bride: Anne, 24 (PinkGirl)
Engaged: August 1, 2005
Date: July 1, 2006
Colors: Pink & Green
Ceremony Location: Catholic Church
Reception Location: FH's parent's country club
Honeymoon: cruise to the Bahamas, then Disney World

Bride:Nancy, 24 (catch)
Engaged: May 29, 2004
Date: July 1, 2006
Colors: Pink, Brown & Green
Ceremony Location: on the lawn of a yacht club
Reception Location: inside yacht club
Honeymoon: Dominican Republic

Bride: Framboise
Engaged: February 7, 2005
Wedding: July 2, 2006
Colors: PINK!! and ?
Ceremony & Reception: Both will be in a garden just outside my hometown in Southern California
Honeymoon: ???

Bride: Meghan 21 (will be 22 by the wedding) (megs7384)
Groom: David 23
Engaged on: December 12, 2004
Wedding Date: July 22, 2006
Colors: Aqua and pink
Ceremony and Reception: East Tennessee (outside Knoxville)
Honeymoon: Ireland! I'm excited!!!

Bride: Leann, 22 (23 on April 29th)
Groom: Dan 22
Engaged: July 11, 2005
Date: August 12, 2006
Colors: Purple & Green
Ceremony Location: A national park by a large pond
Reception Location: same place, though I am a little unsure about it...
Honeymoon: Undecided, we are poor college students and $$ is an issue. For the honeymoon question, we were planning a trip to the Caribbean, but a lot of people told us not to because of heat and humidity. Europe would probably be a great place, or Australia/New Zealand.

Bride: Kristy, 29 (gonna be 30 soon) (Smilin13)
Groom: John, 38 (gonna be 39 in 4 days)
Engaged on: December 24, 2004 (way too long)
Wedding Date: August 20, 2006
Colors: don't have em.
Ceremony and Reception location: The Caribbean Princess cruise ship. I believe the Skywalker lounge.
Honeymoon: Cruise the eastern Caribbean aboard the ship.
Other: We are having our friends and family join us for the cruise and are getting married the first full day at sea. We are getting married by the captain of the ship.

[Smilin13]

I'll jump in here.
Of course I'm towards the end of the trio here.

Name: Kristy, 29 (gonna be 30 soon)
Groom: John, 38 (gonna be 39 in 4 days)
Wedding Date: August 20, 2006
Engaged on: December 24, 2004 (way too long)
Colors: don't have em.
Ceremony and Reception location: The Caribbean Princess cruise ship. I believe the Skywalker lounge.
Honeymoon: Cruise the eastern Caribbean aboard the ship.

We are having our friends and family join us for the cruise and are getting married the first full day at sea. We are getting married by the captain of the ship.

I'm sure I'll pipe more in as this gets bigger.

:)

[2 Crazy Pugs]

I will jump in:

Engaged: Aug 2, 2005
Wedding: June 30, 2006
Getting married in Maine.
Honeymoon in Maine probably.

Colors? Plum, lilac, white

What else?

[PinkGirl]

Yay! Thanks for joining! I will keep a running tally of everyone in the first thread. If you want to change/add any info., just let me know.

2 Crazy Pugs, you got engaged the day after me and are getting married the day before me!

[kithara]

Bride: Gretchen, 26
Groom: Neil, 25
Wedding Date: June 3, 2006
Engaged on: May 10, 2005
Colors: turquoise and pink
Ceremony and Reception location: Saratoga Springs (http://www.upstateweddingmall.com/SARATOGAtest.htm)
Honeymoon: still undecided...we postponed our honeymoon when Neil found out that a class he needs is only offered in the summer and starts the week after our wedding...gives me more time to plan though!

[megs7384]

Hi all you summer brides to be!

Bride: Meghan 21 (will be 22 by the wedding)
Groom: David 23
Wedding Date: July 22, 2006
Engaged on: December 12, 2004
Ceremony and Reception: East Tennessee (outside Knoxville)
Colors: Aqua and pink
Honeymoon: Ireland! I'm excited!!!

[catch]

PinkGirl, we're date twins!

Bride: Nancy, 24
Engaged: May 29, 2004
Date: July 1, 2006
Colors: Pink, Brown & Green
Ceremony Location: on the lawn of a yacht club
Reception Location: inside yacht club
Honeymoon: Dominican Republic

[framboise]

Engaged: February 7, 2005
Wedding: July 2,2006
Colors: PINK!! and ?
Ceremony & Reception: Both will be in a garden just outside my hometown in Southern California

Question for Anne: Are you concerned about the weather for your honeymoon? We're getting married the day after you & have nixed anything Florida / Caribbean for our honeymoon because we are thinking that the humidity at that time would be so uncomfortable and make the trip less fun. We still haven't decided on our honeymoon destination so I'm interested to know your thoughts.

[DarkHorse]

Bride: Leann, 22 (23 on April 29th)
Groom: Dan 22
Engaged: July 11, 2005
Date: August 12, 2006
Colors: Purple & Green
Ceremony Location: A national park by a large pond
Reception Location: same place, though I am a little unsure about it...
Honeymoon: Undecided, we are poor college students and $$ is an issue.

For the honeymoon question, we were planning a trip to the Caribbean, but a lot of people told us not to because of heat and humidity. Europe would probably be a great place, or Australia/New Zealand.

[PinkGirl]

Welcome to all the new June-July-August brides!!!

framboise - Florida is definitely HOT in July, but I'm not too worried about it. I really, really, really want to go to Disney for our honeymoon (when else can you wear bride mouse ears??) so we'll deal with it. Also, we'll be there for 5 days so we'll have plenty of time if we choose to avoid the heat by skipping the parks in the middle of the day. Plus, we live in Virginia, so are used to ridiculous humidity. :)

catch - Not only are we date twins, we're almost color twins!

[framboise]

I know what you mean about the mouse ears! We are big Disney fans & have seen sooooo many honeymooners at both Disneyworld & Disneyland so it is tempting. But I think the humidity is winning in the decision-making procedure. Thanks for sharing your opinion though!

[Veleno]

Hi there , I´m a June Bride , too

Bride : Sandra
Groom : Wolfgang
Engaged : April 2005
Wed Date : 10 June 2006
Colors :
blue , green, silver
Flowers : Orchids and Roses
Honeymoon : Italy

[maniach]

June Bride:

Bride: Jen
Groom: Chris
Date: 10 June 2006 (sorry for stealing your date, Veleno, lol)
Engaged: 5 August 2005
Colors: pink, darker pink, and olive green
Flowers: roses
Honeymoon: No idea yet, but not until a few months after the wedding. I'm hoping for Italy, too! (Looks like Veleno and I have some things in common!)

[Veleno]

maniach:
*:) :) :) :) *
Hi parallelbride :-)

[PinkGirl]

How is everyone coming along in their planning? We ordered the invitations today, so that was a huge relief. I think we're okay on everything else, but I'm feeling the panic since it's 4 months from Wednesday! :eek:

[megs7384]

I think we are sort of on top of things. We just ordered our cake yesterday, and I'm calling our favorite florist that we spoke to and hiring him today. Things yet to be done are: ceremony musicians, invitations, tuxedos, ceremony wording and readings, booking honeymoon, and probably other small things. 4 1/2 months to go!

[stephie61706]

Bride: Stephanie (24)
Groom: Jason (25)
Engaged: Aug 26, 2005
Wedding: June 17, 2006
Colors: Turquoise and Lilac
Ceremony: Outside in a garden
Reception: Country Club
Honeymoon: Sandals Dunn's River Resort

I have mostly everything done. I'm waiting for the girl's dresses to come in and thinking about getting the GMs ties to match instead of what we picked from the tux place. We have a dj for the reception, the menu done, the cake done, the florist done, the invites are DIY and almost done, the favors ordered, table numbers done. My biggest thing is we need to meet with the pastor to plan the ceremony so I can start on the programs.

[Veleno]

We have got nearly everything ordered and ok -- also our invitations are sended out and everybody replied .
the only thing that we have to do is to wait until our day .
Deatails :
My dress and Wolfgang´s Tux is here ,
Tux and dress for our childeren are ordered ,
my flowers are ordered , the cake , photographer , civil office , location,everything is finished.

[zarabunny]

I'll jump in too!
Bride : Lianne (24)
Groom : Chris (24)
Engaged : July 2000
Wed Date : 15 July 2006
Colors : Lavender & Ivory
Flowers :Silk roses
Ceremony: My Church
Reception: Martin's Crosswinds, it's set up like a hotel so the reception will be in one of the ballrooms.
Honeymoon : Guyana in South America during Christmas time.


So far we've got the major things done like, Church,Reception site, Invitations, Centerpieces, DJ and that's it.
I've still got to get my dress, the Bridesmaids dresses, photographer/videographer, Limo, Marriage licenses, blood test for DC and I think that's it but who knows what else i'm forgetting

[Smilin13]

So past introductions, we aren't a very talkative bunch of brides.

A friend pointed out the other day that I only have like 5 months left. Of course my heart skipped a beat, because I hadn't really thought about that. And I'm on the end of this group....so you all don't even have that long!!!!

So the other day I made a calendar with the dates on, so I can cross them off, and keep a count down (one of the features I miss from WC).

Hopefully this week, we'll finish paying off our cruise. We'll just have to wait to see how many people end up coming with us, before we can finalize plans for the reception.

I went out and bought my wedding ring yesterday. Yes it is the second one I've bought...I ended up returning the first one, I didn't like it. Hopefully this one will be better. It should be back in like 10 days.

John still needs to get his. I think he has finally decided which one he wants, he just needs to get his finger measure, and then we need to figure out how we are going to pay for it.

I need to find someone to do alterations on my dress. Or at least price around and see if I can find someone cheaper than DB.

*ponders* Let's see, other things I need to do.....find a necklace. I already have shoes and a bra....maybe some cute underwear. Oh, we'll have to start watching airlines for cheap flights.

Yep, I think that is about all I have left to do. *laughs* Boy this wedding is really going to start creeping up on me. It seemed like we had SO long, and now...well it is practically here.

Hope everyone else is fairing well.

:)

[catch]

Well, our wedding date changed.

The yacht club where we were going to get married burned down last Friday. Bizarre, but true. Thankfully no one was hurt but the yacht club was destroyed. After the shock of watching the yacht club burn down on the local news, we decided to keep our cool and start making calls. We ended up booking a very dreamy country club where we can have our ceremony outside as well. So we're back on track. We'll be getting married Sunday, July 2nd. It'll be a Sunday morning ceremony with a lunch time reception. :) Thankfully, all of our vendors were free for Sunday, so things worked out ok for us.

With that, we're pretty much set. My main concern now is re-ordering invitations. I had already ordered (and received) invitations with our previous info on them. I'm not sure if I'm loving those invitations as much as I did when I first ordered them, so it's back to the drawing board :(

Who knew picking out my wedding dress would be easier than picking out our invitations? lol ;)

Where are you getting invitations from?

[maniach]

We still have to get rings, too. And purchase tickets to fly up to Ohio for the wedding. Woohoo on that one. My mom is on the prowl for a DJ, so I think that will be done soon. I am about halfway through the first part of the invitations. They are taking forever (DIY), but I will have them done by the first week in April!! That is the plan anyway. That gives me 8 weeks... that's what you are supposed to have, right? Then I have to pick readings, make programs, work out the veil/headpiece issue, get undergarments, get alterations, shoes... the list goes on and on. This is way too stressful, lol. It will get done, though.

[stephie61706]

I had my first shower this weekend, it was really fun, but I was exhausted by the end of it. I'm down to 89 days now, it's really hard to believe, it's going so fast. I still have to get FH wedding ring and about a million other little things but for the most part, the big stuff is finished. Next weekend I am finishing my DIY invites and getting them ready to mail.

[framboise]

catch, we're date twins! I can't believe that your location burned down - what a shocker! I'm glad that you were able to find another place & that everything is working out to shift days. What was your date supposed to be?

Re: invitations, we're DIYing ours. We just ordered the supplies & will be assembling as much as possible on 4/1 with a few helpers. Our target mailing date is the week of 4/24 - 4/28 so we will still have plenty of time to tie up loose ends after our main assembly date.

[firedancr41]

Bride: Amy
Engaged: Oct 26, 2005
Wedding: July 2, 2006
Colors: black and hot pink
Location: Chicago suburbs
Honeymoon: Carribbean

[stephie61706]

I finished my invitations this weekend, talk about a project, they took FOREVER to address, but now they just have to be sealed (I'm giving that job to FH) and stamped. What a relief!

[andy's di]

Can I play too?

Bride: Andy's Di
Engaged: December 23, 2004
Wedding: August 5, 2006
Colors: chocolate brown & apple green
Location: Vancouver Area park & restaurant with views of the mountains & water :D
Flowers: White & Green Goddess Cala lilies
Honeymoon: Don't know yet :o

Well I think we're pretty much on track:
Ceremony Site: Check
Reception Site: Check
Officiant: Check
Dress: Check
Invites (DIY): Almost check (will be mailed tomorrow - we have A LOT of OOT guests and it's a long weekend here, so we need to give a lot of notice ;) )
Jewlery: Check
Flowers: Check
Centrepieces: Check

So now I feel like I'm in hurry-up and wait mode. We don't meet with the restaurant until June to discuss the menu choices in more detail and FH wants to leave finding a suit until at least June. I really feel like once I get these invites off tomorrow I'll have nothing to do for a while!

I'm going shoe shopping this weekend...so we'll see what I can find!

What I may need some help on is programs...are they necessary? What do you put on them? I never really understood their purpose...


FWIW our wedding is going to be pretty informal & casual. Morning ceremony and a lunch reception with an 'after party' later for those who want to at a friends appartment complex...

TIA for any advice!

[chattyt]

Count me in.

Bride: Tara, 29 (Will be 30 in June)
Groom: Reynolds, 33
Engaged: November 5, 2005
Wedding: August 5, 2006
Colors: pink, ivory and gold
Ceremony Location: Church in Richmond, VA
Reception Location: Hotel
Flowers: Lots of roses and hydrangeas. Mixed flower and fruit centerpieces.
Honeymoon: Bermuda

Oh, gee, I guess I still have a lot to do. I just ordered the bridesmaids dresses, we need to order our invitations (eek!)- although I have chosen them already. I just got floral quotes and need to send a deposit to the florist. I need to order my veil and find jewelry. Must figure out OOT bags and favors.

I'm having fun listening to possible processional and recessional music. I really like Trumpet Voluntary for my processional.

[chattyt]

Andy's Di- your programs really just tell people the order of the ceremony and the participants (i.e., the name of your officiant and members of your bridal party, any readers, etc.). It's nice because it gives people an idea of what to expect.

And thanks, by the way, for reminding me of one more thing I need to do. Programs!

[TheMarieke]

Hello! I'm new to the boards and getting married August 26th :D

Here's my info:

Bride: Marieke, 22 (TheMarieke)
Groom: Nathan, 21
Engaged on: Nov 11, 2005
Wedding Date: August 26, 2006
Colors: lavender, plum & sage
Ceremony and Reception location: Elings Park (Singleton Pavilion) (http://www.elingspark.org/elings_facilities.html)
Honeymoon: First 2-3 days: Theodore Woolsey House (http://woolseyhouse.com/rooms.php?roomSearch=1&roomID=6) Then it's off to Ka'anapali, Maui! (http://www.westinkaanapali.com/)

[TheMarieke]

Andy's Di, I am having "multi-purpose" programs. The programs are helpful for letting people know who's who in the wedding party and what the ceremony will be like. I always liked having a program in case there was someone I didn't know in the WP, and to give me something to hold/look at during the service.

We're getting married midday outside, so we're gonna make program "fans" so people can cool themselves off if it's hot.

Here's a link to a pic: http://www.freewebs.com/mariekeandnathan/Wedding%20mag%20ideas/program%20fans.JPG

I got the idea from Better Home & Gardens' Wedding Magazine (Fall/Winter one, I think).

[ceaserbride]

I'll join in here!

Bride: Tasha (23)
Groom: Jason (23)
Engaged on: June 10 2004 (Long Engagement!)
Wedding Date: August 5, 2006
Colors: Light Pink & Sage green
Ceremony and Reception location: My parents horse farm. The ceremony will be in their 3 acher perenial garden and we are having a tented reception.
Honeymoon: Road trip to the east coast

[andy's di]

Thanks chattyt & TheMarieke for the info! I think I will do a program - I love the idea for the fans since August can be hot hot hot! And the ceremony site doesn't have any shade :eek:

chattyt & ceaserbride we're date twins!

How's your planning going? I sooo feel like I'm in hurry up and wait mode; I'm not too sure what I need to do next...I bought my shoes last weekend so all my attire is taken care of except my underwear, which I'm not buying until July anyway...oh well, I'm sure it will all hit me sooner or later! :p

[stephie61706]

My invitations are in the mail, I feel so much better now that they are out! I'm sure that I will start getting anxious now waiting for the RSVPs to come back, but it definately feels good to not have to worry about the invites any more!:D

[TheMarieke]

I recently updated my website if anyone wants to take a look!!

[maniach]

Does anyone else have any program ideas? I made my invitations from a 12"x12" piece of paper that got cut down and I have a 5" x 10" piece left. My initial thought was to fold it in half and put paper inside like a book and tie it all together with ribbon. Now, I'm not sure. I was thinking about making them long and skinny and attaching sheets with a brad or an eyelet in the upper left corner. Any opinions?

OMG, is this coming up quick. I am so stressed out that I am sick to my stomach all the time and can't sleep, etc, and I am not even really hardly planning it!!!

[Smilin13]

Just checking it since I'm starting to feel the excitement build......Things are starting to happen quickly, we are at 96 days and counting.
I'm actually beginning to feel like I need to start doing things *laughs* One of the perks of getting married on a cruise ship......there ain't much planning involved.

We have the wedding paid for, the cruise paid for, and the flights taken care of (thanks mom and dad). We need to do our check box list of wedding options and get a final guest count to send to the cruise line. And then save up money between now and then for the reception and then spending money.

I have my wedding ring...I need to get it engraved. We just special ordered John's on Sunday, I need to confirm that and then it shouldn't take more that 2-3 weeks to get it.
I have my dress, shoes, tiara, bra...need to find panties. I also need to get my ass in gear and get my dress altered *crosses fingers*
John needs to figure out what he is wearing and get that done.

I'm currently stressing over a necklace (silly I know) and a hair trial. I'm not sure when to do one of those.

But basically at this point, I think things are going well and I'm holding it together pretty decent. Although ever time I get stressed out, I thank my lucky stars that I didn't have to plan a full fledged wedding.

:)

[maniach]

I totally was stressing about the necklace. I actually have like 4 necklaces, at least two of which will be returned when I make my final decision, which I can't do until I see them with the dress. I still need earrings though. I want drop earrings, but my necklace is pearl and the tiara is gold and it's really hard to find gold & pearl drop earrings.

Now I am trying to do the programs, and we are having a Catholic ceremony (not mass) and I guess you are supposed to do a Missal, and I don't even know what that entails. Plus, I am trusting my mom to pick the music, and I don't know what it is!!! I mean, I know the processional, recessional, and the unity candle songs, but that's it. I know there is an alleluia and one for the offering of peace, but I dunno what they are or if I need to choose them. I hate not being where the wedding will be. My advice to all planning their weddings, DON'T do a distance wedding! It's way too stressful. Nice in the beginning, WAY too hard at the end.

And we still have to get groomsmen gifts. The best man is easy, it's the other groomsman I am worried about!

I am stressing out... this is hard work.

[2 Crazy Pugs]

6 weeks to go- yikes. Still so much to do! The invites are out, RSVP's are coming in- we keep getting gifts in the mail, favors are here, programs are done, dress is at the seamstress, need to buy gifts for the bridesmaids (what to buy?)-

And to top it all off, I live in southern maine, and I now have a flooded basement due to all the rain!

[maniach]

20 days before the wedding and the best man flakes out... ARGH! At least we found a backup... just very expensive with the flying and all.

[andy's di]

Does anyone else feel like they're missiing something BIG in their planning??? I have seriously been cruising along, almost forgetting that I'm getting married and I feel like evrything is going way too smoothly...

I'm sure it will all hit me in the next couple of weeks...perhaps I should make a list :o

Completed Items:
Dress
jewlery
shoes
reception location
ceremony location
officiant
musician
make-up artist
flowers
centrepieces
rings
decided on tuxes (not ordered yet)
invites out waiting for replies
rehersal dinner location
after party location
honeymoon booked

Need to do:
arrange hairdresser
order tuxes
meet with restaurant to finalize menu
go for first fitting
buy underwaer
get marriage liscence
buy all elements of centrepieces
figure out decorations for ceremony site
make required photo list
decide on processional and recessional music
buy attendants gifts
book mani, pedi and facial
rent 'get-away' vehicle
develop time-line for the day of
ask for help with set-up
finalize details of rehersal dinner with hosts
finalize details of after party (food, drinks, liscence?? decorations)

Ok - now I'm starting to feel it! :eek: But still have this sinking feeling I'm missing SOMETHING

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QUOTE: manich 20 days before the wedding and the best man flakes out... ARGH! At least we found a backup... just very expensive with the flying and all.

Man that sucks! Good thing you have a back-up! That also happened to friend's of mine and my FH ended up stading in instead! I'm sure everything worked out. Besides, I don't think I want someone like that standing up for me if they seem that disinterested!:rolleyes:

[maniach]

andy's di -
Don't forget jewelry, prelude music (for when people are sitting around waiting for you), ceremony music, what song your mothers are going to be seated to, your DJ for the reception, cake, programs, register, order thank you cards, what song is your first dance?, will you take lessons?, shoes, have you booked a hotel where you will stay the first night (if necessary)?

That's all I can think of right now.

[andy's di]

ok one thing down - the hairdresser is booked along with the consultation - yeah!

Quote: Don't forget jewelry, prelude music (for when people are sitting around waiting for you), ceremony music, what song your mothers are going to be seated to, your DJ for the reception, cake, programs, register, order thank you cards, what song is your first dance?, will you take lessons?, shoes, have you booked a hotel where you will stay the first night (if necessary)? end quote

We're having an outdoor ceremony so I'm not too sure whether the mother's will be 'walked' in or if they will just get a special section at the from where they wait?

Thanks for the rest of the items! I totally forgot about a guest book, thank you cards and arranging a cake for the rehearsal (we aren't having one at the reception since dessert is included with lunch! :) )

Updated List:
Completed Items:
Dress
jewlery
shoes
reception location
ceremony location
officiant
musician (for prelude and lunch music)
make-up artist
flowers
centrepieces
rings
decided on tuxes (not ordered yet)
invites out waiting for replies
rehersal dinner location
after party location
honeymoon booked
arrange hairdresser

Need to do:
order tuxes
meet with restaurant to finalize menu
go for first fitting
buy underwaer
get marriage liscence
buy all elements of centrepieces
figure out decorations for ceremony site
make required photo list
decide on processional and recessional music
buy attendants gifts
book mani, pedi and facial
rent 'get-away' vehicle
develop time-line for the day of
ask for help with set-up
finalize details of rehersal dinner with hosts
finalize details of after party (food, drinks, liscence?? decorations)

[kithara]

Next week I am getting married!

You can now return to your lives.

[maniach]

Kithara --

CONGRATULATIONS! Good Luck! Let us all know how it goes!

[ambula704]

Im getting married this Saturday! Yay!!!

[kithara]

We are date twins Amber!

[DarkHorse]

Congratulations Kithara and ambula704!!! Good Luck this weekend. I know everything will turn out beautifully and come back soon with lots of pictures!

[andy's di]

Congrats kithara & ambula704!!! Hope everything went exactly as you planned and envisioned!

[maniach]

OK, so I got married... now what?! LOL. JK it was great... hope everyone else's goes as well!

[andy's di]

Congrats Maniach!!! :D :D :D

[kithara]

I posted a few pics in my journal. I'm still waiting on most of my pro pics, but my photographer sent me a sneak preview!