Fall 2007 Brides

[Natasha]

Well, since March and April had their own thread, I thought it would be fun to get the Fall girls together!

Bride: Rachelle (imagirliegirl)
Groom: Brad
Date: 08/24/07
Colors/Theme: black & white (well, ivory) and red
Ceremony Location: Omaha, NE
Reception Location: same
Honeymoon Location: we are going to go to Sandals in Jamaica or Antigua


Bride: Natasha (Natasha)
Groom: Bert
Date: 9/29/07
Colors/Theme: red, black, white, and an accent of pale pink
Ceremony Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Reception Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Honeymoon Location: TBD, but I am hoping for Disney!

Bride: Courtney (CLW4KU)
Groom: Kyle
Date: 9/29/07
Colors/Theme: "Fall" Ha!
Ceremony Location: Wichita, Kansas
Reception Location: Wichita, Kansas
Honeymoon Location: Maui!


Bride: Jen (JenInAZ)
Groom: Nathan
Date: 9/29/07
Colors/Theme: fallish - brown with "citrus green"
Ceremony Location: Phoenix, AZ
Reception Location: Phoenix, AZ
Honeymoon Location: Hawaii (Kauai and Oahu)


Bride: Jessica (jeepgirl)
Groom: Andrew
Date: 09.30.07
Colors/Theme: linen white and khaki/cappucino/brown
Ceremony Location: Old sugar mill ruins - Port Orange, FL
Reception Location: Renovated boathouse in Wilbur-by-the-Sea, FL (on a water inlet two blocks from the ocean!!)
Honeymoon Location: not officially decided yet

Bride: Danielle (DaNiGaToR)
Groom: Carl
Date: 11/17/07
Colors/Theme: Fall - deep browns with orange and red accents
Ceremony Location: St. Augustine, FL
Reception Location: St. Augustine, FL
Honeymoon Location: Not sure if we are going on one just yet. We are going to stay 2 or 3 nights at the hotel where our reception is going to be held (in downtown St. Augustine) so it will feel like we are getting away a bit


Bride: Maureen (mkredhead)
Groom: Tim
Date: TBD
Colors/Theme: fall
Ceremony Location: Cincinnati, OH
Reception Location: Cincinnati, OH
Honeymoon Location: We're hoping Hawaii!!

Bride: Heather (mgmhmj)
Groom: Wade
Date: TBD
Colors/Theme: Beach theme (probably) - different shades of blues, silver
Ceremony Location: Probably Montgomery, AL, but that's also subject to change...
Reception Location: Same as above
Honeymoon Location: Nowhere anytime soon!

[Natasha]

I'm the only one? Well, so far, we have gotten our STD's done, the dress was purchased days ago, and we have selected a venue, but won't be putting the deposit down until after the holidays.

[DaNiGaToR]

I'm a November, but I think I'd have to start a thread for that since this one is for Sept. and Oct.

Could you include us too since we are still a fall month? :)

[CLW4KU]

Ohh! I want to play! I don't know why I didn't see this before!

Bride: Courtney
Groom: Kyle
Date: 9/29/07
Colors/Theme: "Fall" Ha!
Ceremony Location: Wichita, Kansas
Reception Location: Wichita, Kansas
Honeymoon Location: Beach somewhere!

Natasha - What are the odds that we chose the same date! Yay! According to my ticker we have 9 months 1 week and 1 day! It is going by a LOT faster than I thought it would, but I'm ready to be married already!

Danielle - I don't care if you join us! The more the merrier!

We're pretty much taking a break from planning right now until the first of the year. After new years there's a bridal fair the second weekend of January, we have a taste testing that same weekend I believe. Then we need to schedule to meet a florist. I think that's all we have planned so far in January! I picked up my dress a couple weeks ago, so it is hanging on my bedroom door! I peek in the bag every once in awhile! I haven't walked around with my veil on yet though! I'm too freaked out that I'll get it dirty!

[Natasha]

I agree; the more, the merrier! I'll change the thread title to Fall 07 brides! So, welcome Coutney and Danielle!

Courtney--We were waiting till after the holidays to start planning, too. We're having a destintion wedding, though, so Bridal Fairs around here don't do me much good... But, there are still plans to made and deposits to be paid!

On the color/theme front, I may be changing my mind. I got my daughter this beautiful dress she wore for Christmas, and the more I looked at it, the more I thought about changing my wedding colors. It was a really pretty sage/mossy green with burnt orange and rust colored accents. I'll have to post a picture. It was so pretty, I am considering a change in theme and colors. ETA: Changed AGAIN! :rolleyes: Black, dark red, and white, now.

And, since we are getting back into wedding planning, I am considering reviving my CC journal...

Hope everyone had a great holiday!

[JenInAZ]

subscribing! Just got engaged the 24th (!!!!) and haven't picked an actual date yet, but definitely this fall :) Actually, leaning toward the weekend of September 29th/30th if we can swing it depending on availability and all. So we may have THREE weddings that weekend already :D

[Natasha]

Congrats, Jen!

[DaNiGaToR]

Congrats Jen and welcome!!

Thanks for changing the title of the thread too! :) Here is my stuff...
Bride: Danielle
Groom: Carl
Date: 11/17/07
Colors/Theme: Fall - deep browns with orange and red accents
Ceremony Location: St. Augustine, FL
Reception Location: St. Augustine, FL
Honeymoon Location: Not sure if we are going on one just yet. We are going to stay 2 or 3 nights at the hotel where our reception is going to be held (in downtown St. Augustine) so it will feel like we are getting away a bit :)

Things we have done:
Church
Reception site
Photographer
Dresses - found them and waiting until the end of Feb. to order :)
Officiant

Things I want to do by the end of Jan.
Finalize florist
Finalize salon for day of stuff
Work on invites and STDs, which I think we will be making
Look into hotel block rates

[Natasha]

OK, I think I have everything updated! Yesterday was the 9 month mark to some of our weddings! I am so excited. I was playing around on behr.com to come up with a color scheme, and here is what we have decided on:

http://www.behr.com/behrx/PalettePNGServlet?mcc=130B-7&ac1=160A-3&ac2=410D-4&wcc=290F-6

[CLW4KU]

Welcome Jen!
Natasha- Love the color scheme!

Me-
My mom bought here MOB dress on Christmas Eve while we were out doing last minute shopping! Go figure! It's a dark chocolate color! Very stunning! I think I've decided to go with Red bridesmaids dresses and then just use orangeish/redish flowers to accent them! I need to meet with florists in the next few weeks to talk about ideas!

[mkredhead]

Hello from Cincinnati, OH!! I became a fiancee on December 21. We've decided nothing, but we are looking at the fall.

Bride: Maureen
Groom: Tim
Date: TBD
Colors/Theme: fall
Ceremony Location: Cincinnati, OH
Reception Location: Cincinnati, OH
Honeymoon Location: We're hoping Hawaii!!

[mgmhmj]

Well, I'm going to play because even though it isn't official, according to my BF/FH/whatever you want to call him, we're getting married before Christmas 2007, which would put me into this category :rolleyes: . Of course, I'm not doing too much planning until I get the darn proposal, but I do have a few things picked out (including my dress...I was expecting a proposal before now (which is why I sound a little snarky about Wade's intentions) and went to look at dresses, fell in love, and my sister bought it for me as a wedding gift. So it's in my closet waiting on a ring to be altered.) We've talked about October, and I'm leaning towards the 5th, but we haven't settled on anything. I want to do it on a Friday night for three reasons: 1) I live in Alabama and you just don't have things like weddings on Saturdays during football season :eek: , 2) Wade's still in school so we won't be able to take a honeymoon right away, so I figure this at least gives us a couple of days, and 3) since God only knows when I'll actually get a proposal, I'm thinking that I might be more likely to find a great reception venue on a Friday night on short notice than on a Saturday.

Bride: Heather
Groom: Wade
Date: TBD
Colors/Theme: Beach theme (probably) - different shades of blues, silver
Ceremony Location: Probably Montgomery, AL, but that's also subject to change...
Reception Location: Same as above
Honeymoon Location: Nowhere anytime soon!

[Natasha]

Welcome, Maureen and Heather!

Hey Heather, maybe Wade is holding out till Valentines Day!?

[mgmhmj]

Who knows??? I think he's just nuts.

[CLW4KU]

Congrats Maureen!!!

Heather...I remember being in the same boat. It took Kyle 8 months to FINALLY propose! But I wouldn't have changed it for anything....but I can say that since I'm on "this" side of the fence. So, feel free to vent and plan away...Here in Kansas, most of the reception sites are free or have a HUGE discount on Fridays and Sundays. So, kudos to you for planning that! Most vendors have discounts on Fridays too. So, you may have stumbled upon a good thing! One of my bridesmaids lives in Nashville and graduated from Auburn so I COMPLETELY understand that football comes first! Ha! Her dog even barks when she says war eagle! I just shake my head!

Me: We are going to start planning again since we took the holidays off. We have a bridal fair here next weekend. We were "supposed" to go to a taste testing this weekend, but Kyle's dad is having knee surgery and I want him to go so we'll put that off for awhile. The caterer said we don't have to make a decision until a month before the wedding so we have 7 months! I'd just like to get it done. Kyle is still hell bent on having pigs in a blanket. Whatever.

[mkredhead]

I hear ya on the pigs in a blanket!! Tim is absolutely shocked that we have to start making plans now. He suggested we wait until spring to enjoy being engaged. Hello? I'm the one who wanted to go to Vegas! haha It's going to be great, we just need to get started.

No teenie weenies either!

[JenInAZ]

Suppose I should give all my "stats" eh?

Bride: Jen
Groom: Nathan
Date: late sep/early oct
Colors/Theme: fallish - brown with "citrus green"
Ceremony Location: Phoenix, AZ
Reception Location: Phoenix, AZ
Honeymoon Location: Hopefully Fiji, if not, probably Paris, depends on whether the Marriott opens in time (gotta love reward points!)

[Natasha]

Updated to here!

We went bridesmaid dress shopping yesterday. We have it narrowed down to four. Woohoo!

[mgmhmj]

You know the really funny part about planning around football? Wade doesn't get it. He hates football - I'm a college football fanatic - so he thinks its stupid that "our day isn't more important." I tried explaining that it's not ideal for the bride or the MOB to yell "Touchdown Auburn!" or "Are you kidding? What the hell was that??" in the middle of the ceremony ;) , but he thinks I'm being ridiculous! (OK, I wouldn't actually do that, but I really would miss half of the reception trying to catch up on scores and watching any game that happened to be on at that time!)

I'm kinda jealous of all the great honeymoon plans - Fiji sounds awesome!!!

[CLW4KU]

Well, I emailed our wedding coordinator yesterday to get the ball rolling again. We need to start looking into flowers and cakes. We should also be looking into honeymoons too. We're still in the "talking" stages of what we want to do. Kyle just wants a beach. My mom is ready to order invitations, but it seems weird to me to have them so early. I don't know why as nothing should change, but seems so "official", ya know?

[DaNiGaToR]

Since the last time that I posted we got all of those things done!
--Finalize florist - we put the deposit down yesterday (1.8)
--Finalize salon for day of stuff - went to book it and now I'm just waiting to hear back from the manager for the okay (Done on 1.6)
--Work on invites and STDs, which I think we will be making - we actually decided to scrap making them when I found some ones that we could print out ourselves for much less $$ (Ordered on 1.7, shipped on 1.8)
--Look into hotel block rates - did this when we were downtown on 1.6, after meeting with the florist we went to all of the prospective hotels and took a look at all of the rooms and amenities. I put in a call to the person who is in charge of the block room rates on 1.7 and I'm waiting for him to call back.

In addition we also found a flute trio to play at the wedding! I emailed the band director at my school and she actually offered up her services (and those of two other people who might also be interested). I just have to hear back about the final word from the other people and we are good to go!

[mkredhead]

Still no date....but we're getting closer. I called our church the other day to inquire about getting married there. I am not a member. They said that we would have to be members for six months before applying for a wedding. FH went over there yesterday and now we are awaiting a call from the wedding coordinator. I think that showing his face was a plus, since we go there every week.

Hopefully once we get that ball rolling, we can continue to make plans. I'd feel a lot better if we had the church and reception hall booked!!

[JenInAZ]

Welll, we finalized a place and booked our ceremony/reception site. Yay! It's official now :) Next on the list is booking the photgrapher. Then I'll move on to bm dress/tuxes and flowers. And of course invitations. Am I forgetting anything? I already have a dress, and FI is taking care of the honeymoon booking since it's all on his frequent flyer and Marriott rewards points (the one perk of him working in another state and flying back and forth every week :) ).

[CLW4KU]

Wow, you girls are on top of it all! Hopefully the weather will hold off so I can go to the bridal expo on Saturday! We'll see! I'd like to get the flowers done.

[Natasha]

So, we decided on a hotel and chapel in Vegas (the Excalibur). We'll be putting the deposit down in the next month or so. WooHoo! And, I have selected a bridesmaid dress. The ceremony includes the chapel, the flowers, and the photography for that portion. The catering reception includes food, drink, linen, centerpieces, that sort of thing. So, all I really need to find is a DJ for the reception, and a photographer for the reception. I am diggin' this destination wedding thing!

[CLW4KU]

Good news Natasha!!!

[DaNiGaToR]

Natasha - That is great news!
CLW4KU - Fingers crossed that you'll be able to go to the bridal expo!

[Natasha]

Save the dates are out! It's real now!

[mgmhmj]

You guys are all making so much progress! Natasha, I'd love to see your STDs!

[CLW4KU]

I didn't go to the Bridal Expo. However, one of the girls I work with went with her daughter and gave me stuff to make copies of for flowers and cakes. So, not a complete bust.

[Natasha]

Courtney--That's cool that you still got some information. that was nice of her.

Heather--Ask, and you shall receive! Here are pic's of the STD's!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/360694924_2501b35a3c.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/360694920_d4702af001.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/360694916_d9b37aa3e0.jpg?v=0

[CLW4KU]

OH, those are fun!

[Natasha]

Thanks! Unfortunately, we made them before we decided to change the color scheme, so they don't match at all, but they are bright and pretty, so thats all that matters. Bert's family was asking why we hadn't included RSVP cards with our invitations. Umm, they aren't invitations, folks. They say right on them "invitation to follow"! LOL

[mgmhmj]

I love those!! Super cute and fun - perfect for Vegas!

[Natasha]

Thanks!

[CLW4KU]

We have an appointment in 2 weeks to pick out a cake! Yay!

So, my mom emailed me about flowers today. She wanted to know if I have thought about silk flowers. I hadn't even thought about it, but I asked a girl I work with whose daughter is getting married 2 weeks before me and they are doing all silk flowers. She said it cuts the cost close to $2500. Sweet! So, I think we may make a trip to Michael's or Hobby Lobby and see what we are working with. I'm all about saving money. I love REAL flowers, but I don't think anyone will notice in pictures or on the day. We'll see.....

[Natasha]

There are some girls around here (CC) who have used silk, and they were really nice. If we were having a close to home wedding, I would totally do it. But toting all those flowers to Vegas seems like a pain. Since we have so many BM's, I am thinking about having them carry silk fans. We'll see.

[mgmhmj]

While my goofy BF still hasn't gotten around to actually officially proposing (I'm really starting to think he's just not ever going to - that we'll just bop along and get married and one day 5 years from now we'll have a fight about something and the best thing he'll be able to come up with is that he never proposed anyway), he wants to go with me sometime in the next couple of weeks to look at a venue we're thinking about using. It's more expensive than I want, but there are almost no options around here - it's kind of like everything else in the area. One extreme or the other - if you can afford it, you really don't want to use it, and if its somewhere you'd be OK using (maybe not even love, just OK), it's outrageously priced. And I know that a lot of people don't think that $1800 for the day is that outrageous, but I think its highway robbery, especially since it's strictly the location for 1 day, plus i think they do provide chairs and tables. Anyway, its the Oaks Plantation (http://www.theoaksplantation.net/index.html). It's a beautiful home, and I LOVE the fact that I can plan an outdoor ceremony, and if it rains, they have a beautiful room with plenty of space to move it inside without a hassle or major stress.

[Natasha]

It's really pretty, Heather! I really like it!

[CLW4KU]

We ordered our cake last night! Yay!

[Natasha]

How cool! Can you post pictures of your inspiration? I'd love to see your ideas!

[CLW4KU]

She's supposed to email me the picture I chose it from. Once she does that I'll post it! I'm excited!!!

[Natasha]

WooHoo! That is really exciting!

[DaNiGaToR]

We sent out our Save the Dates yesterday!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Save%20The%20Dates/47b7dc28b3127cce812cfbe22b2e0000001.jpg
Front

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Save%20The%20Dates/47b7dc30b3127cce812a7880678e0000001.jpg
Inside

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Save%20The%20Dates/47b7dc28b3127cce812cfc096b5e0000001.jpg
Back of the envelope


And today we are going to have brunch at our rehearsal dinner site and put down our deposit :)

[Natasha]

Yay, Danielle! Those look beautiful!

[CLW4KU]

Danielle, those are really neat!

My mom keeps talking about ordering our invites and trying to buy flowers. Sorry girls, I keep forgetting to post a pic of the flowers in here! I'll try and remember!

[DaNiGaToR]

Thanks ladies!

Originally we were going to make our flowers, but after looking into different florists around town we decided that we wouldn't save *enough* to take on the stress of it ourselves. If you do decide to go the florist route, I def. recommend going to several different places to get quotes - and if you have something very specific in mind all the better. One florist wanted nearly $250 more for the *exact* same flowers!

We are going to make our invites too. Now *that* was worth it to save money :)

[imagirliegirl]

Bride: Rachelle
Groom: Brad
Date: 08/24/07
Colors/Theme: black & white (well, ivory) and red
Ceremony Location: Omaha, NE
Reception Location: same
Honeymoon Location: we are going to go to Sandals in Jamaica or Antigua

I'm having to plan from Texas but thankfully his parents are in NE and able to look at things for me. We are going to have the wedding in his parents' church. We have the reception site. I found a cake I love and we are putting the bakery on reserve this weekend. I also have a florist and photographer that I just need to put the deposit down on. I ordered my dress last Friday and I am registering for the maids tomorrow! Oh...and I am ordering Save the Dates tomorrow too.

So far it's going very smoothly. I can't wait to see what will go wrong. :)

[DaNiGaToR]

Congrats ima! Everything sounds beautiful :)

[imagirliegirl]

Funny thing happened yesterday...

I'm going to Omaha in March just to look over things and Brad booked my flight for a week too late! Which, of course, he realized about 2 minutes after the flight was confirmed. So now we have to pay a change fee to switch the flight. :rolleyes:

Maybe I'll be lucky and that gets to be my glitch? :cool:

[Natasha]

Hee, here's hoping, Rachelle!

[Natasha]

--Updated to here--

[CLW4KU]

Congrats Rachelle! Hopefully the ticket thing was okay! That sucks!

[CLW4KU]

Our sample invitations came in yesterday! Yay! We're going to order them this weekend. I also got our cake topper! It's a fun little "H"! I also got a wedding countdown thing. It gives us up to hundreths of a second on how many days until our wedding! Fun stuff! The only thing left to receive that I ordered was a Honeymoon Beach Bag that has our names and wedding date embroidered on it! Fun!!!

[Natasha]

How fun, Courtney! I love getting wedding stuff in the mail!

[imagirliegirl]

Congrats Rachelle! Hopefully the ticket thing was okay! That sucks!

Brad sweet talked the lady at the airline into charging us a $75 change fee instead of the usual $175. I guess that's better than nothing. :rolleyes:

[Natasha]

Hey, better than full price! That's not bad at all.

[Natasha]

We booked our photographer, ceremony and reception!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited, obviously! It's all becoming so freaking real, I can't believe it!

[DaNiGaToR]

Yea Natasha!! That is the best feeling, isn't it? :)

[JenInAZ]

Yay! Sounds like everyone is making good progress with all their planning.

Love the STD's, Danigator!!!

Natasha Isn't it a great feeling to actually have things booked? Fun!

also, I need an update on page 1 :) I put the changes in hot pink to be sure you don't miss them :cool:

Bride: Jen
Groom: Nathan
Date: 9.29.07
Honeymoon Location: Hawaii (Kauai and Oahu)

CLW4KU Do we get to see pics of the samples????

imagirliegirl How funny about the mix up, that is SOOO something I'd do. At least he was able to talk them down on the fee. It's something.


So, it's spring break for me (I love working the school year!) and I'm spending the week figuring out ceremony/reception scheduling, flowers, and tastings. I have a few appt's with florists the next few days and about a million ideas of things I like, so we'll see what I end up with. And we're cake tasting 4.7 YAY! Can't wait for that part :D

[Natasha]

~~Updated to here~~

WooHoo, I have 2 date twins now!! It's so exciting to have things booked. And, we've picked our cake flavors, and are working on the menu. So, it is all pretty much done, as far as big reception decisions go.

Our cake will be two layers of chocolate cake with cherry filling, and two layers of carrot cake with cream cheese filling. It will be a pretty simply designed cake.

The frustrating thing is, the whole reason we were having an early wedding (noon ceremony) was so that we could save money on the reception and have a lunch reception. Well, it turns out their menu prices to go to dinner prices at 1 pm. So, we'd have to move the ceremony up a few hours to get lunch prices. I feel like if we're going to be paying dinner prices anyway, we should have the whole thing later, so people will be more likely to dance. BUT, if we have it later, people will be more inclined to drink, which will coast us even more... ugh.

[DaNiGaToR]

Thanks Jen!!

[CLW4KU]

Update on me......

I can't get my new work laptop to recognize my camera, so no pics of the invites until I find the CD. Sorry!

I booked our honeymoon today! Yay!!! Hawaii here we come!

Can you change my honeymoon location to Maui!!!

[JenInAZ]

CLW4KU Yay! a date and hm buddy :D We'll be on different islands, though. We had a heck of a time choosing between Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island. Can't wait to hear all about Maui!

[CLW4KU]

Thanks Jen! Is it bad that the wedding is just a means to the fact that we'll be vacationing in Maui?!?! ha! I can't wait!

Oh! I fired a bridesmaid and hired a new one! It's a long story, but it's all for the best! The new one jumped right in and can't wait to help...unlike the other one who double booked herself and thought she could make my 5pm pictures when she's in another wedding that starts @ 4:30......riiiiight!

[Natasha]

CLW4KU--Yay! for having a honeymoon location, and a new bridesmaid! That's great!!




UPDATED TO HERE!

[CLW4KU]

I thought I would save our thread. We picked out tuxes on Saturday. We are doing the vest/tie look. Kyle will have white, groomsmen will have black, ushers will have red. I think it'll look okay. But...that's another thing to check off the list.

I'm having hard time trying to decide what to do for the wedding night. We aren't leaving for our honeymoon until Monday, so do we get a hotel room on the first night and waste that money? Or since we aren't living together to we spend the first night at our house? I could see us having fun at both. So I don't know! Any ideas?

[Natasha]

Either option sounds fun... If you stay in a hotel, check out is usually 11 am. If you stay at your house together for the first night, you can sleep in, and order in food that will undoubtedly be cheaper than room service! Just make sure you get your house set up before hand with great sheets, and candles!

[CLW4KU]

We have to be at my parent's house by noon on Sunday anyway so we can open gifts in front of the family! So the hotel wouldn't be that big of a deal. It's just hard for me to spend ANOTHER $150 or whatever.

[DaNiGaToR]

We also had that same thought, CLW4KU, but we decided to go ahead and stay in the hotel where our reception is being held because we wanted to be downtown and close to all of the fun stuff that will be going on that night. Plus, we knew we'd be exhausted and the thought of being able to relax *right* after the reception was a bit more appealing than packing things up, driving the 20+ mins. to our house, etc.

[jeepgirl]

Count me officially in!!!

Bride: Jessica (jeepgirl)
Groom: Andrew
Date: 09.30.07
Colors/Theme: linen white and khaki/cappucino/brown
Ceremony Location: Old sugar mill ruins - Port Orange, FL
Reception Location: Renovated boathouse in Wilbur-by-the-Sea, FL (on a water inlet two blocks from the ocean!!)
Honeymoon Location: not officially decided yet ;)

[Natasha]

Welcome, jeepgirl! Glad to see you here!

[DaNiGaToR]

Welcome!

[JenInAZ]

Welcome, Jeepgirl! Yay for another wedding weekend buddy! :D

[CLW4KU]

Croissant/Rolls w/ Meats and Cheese for mini sandwiches
Vegetables
Meatballs
Spinach & Artichoke Dip w/ chips
Dill Cream Puffs

We had so much fun at the taste testing. I'm glad we aren't doing a sit down dinner I'd have NO idea what to pick! We had a hard enough time with appetizers! HA!

[Natasha]

Lucky, you get tasting! I'm jealous. The toughest part about a destination wedding is not getting to taste the cake or dinner before hand!

[CLW4KU]

Yeah, we had a good time tasting! I'm done with my "checklist" for April, what a liberating feeling! Tonight I'm going to a bead party to make the bridesmaids necklaces and earrings. Yay!

[Natasha]

How fun! I am thinking about making my BM's jewelry, too! Make sure to post pictures!

[CLW4KU]

Bridesmaids jewelry is done! I *heart* them all! We made earrings to match the patterns in the necklaces! If I can get my camera to work I'll post them! *checking another thing off the list* Yay!

[CLW4KU]

Flowers are done! We made 15 bouts, 12 corsages, and 5 bouquets last night! It took a little over 6 hours, but they're done!!!! Yay!

I have 2 showers set up! One is July 14th and one is August 4th! I'm sooo excited! FH and I are registering next Saturday!

[DaNiGaToR]

How fun! My shower is a bit early (it worked best with our schedules) so it's June 2nd :)

[CLW4KU]

That okay! I say, whatever works for you! Where did you register?

[Natasha]

How exciting! Look at how fast everything is happening! :D

[CLW4KU]

I seriously can't believe we're almost to the 4 month point! That's seriously just around the corner! Summer is going to fly by and then we're there! I had TWO people at church today ask if we were registered yet?! Eeek! I'm giddy excited!

[JenInAZ]

I know, isn't it crazy???? I was just having the same realization this weekend. And people have started asking me about registries recently, too. Must be some unspoken timeline for when people start asking you things... I've had a few people ask about when we're going to have kids, too. Seriously, can we get married first??? LOL

[DaNiGaToR]

Luckily we haven't had the "when are you having kids", but a few people are asking about where we are registered.

Two weekends ago my FMIL actually threw me a surprise shower at a tea house! She played if off as though it were a mother's day thing and it was lovely! She had people that she knew wouldn't make it to my shower in two weeks (like his aunts and grandma).

We registered at BB&B, Target, Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma. I did a bit of registry peeking and saw that things are already starting to be "fulfilled"!

[CLW4KU]

You're a peeker huh? I can't decide what I'm going to do. My mom feels VERY strongly that I don't look. So I probably won't just for the surprise factor. I loved the William Sonoma store! I think we're just going to do Target and BB&B.

[Natasha]

I'm a total peeker, but haven't had anything to peek at, yet. We're registered at Macy's and BB&B. It is nuts that we're almost at 4 months! I can't wait to schedule my first dress fitting!!! :p

[DaNiGaToR]

I really try not to peek because I don't want to ruin the surprise for the showers - I know we registered for all of it, but it can still be a surprise to see what we actually get :)

I don't think I'll feel so bad to do it closer to the wedding because there will be more people - or at least that's what I tell myself, lol!

[imagirliegirl]

Yesterday we bought our rings! I am so excited. They are sizing mine and I want it so we can take pictures of it. Brad is going to hide it from me so I need something to look at when I get lonely.

Next month we are going to Omaha to do some last minute things. Just need to meet with the church people for details and music. Everything else is done. Cake, florist, photographer, DJ, etc...

We ordered our invitations a few weeks ago so those should be in soon. I can't wait to get them! They are really simple (aka plain) but that's just what I wanted. We spent almost 400 bucks on them. I almost died of shock. Going simple doesn't mean it will be cheaper. I hate that. Oh well. It was way more than I wanted to spend but I was at the point where I liked them and I just wanted to be done.

My dress is in for alterations right now. I should have gotten a size smaller because the alterations cost almost as much as the dress. :rolleyes:

I still think we should have eloped. :p

[Natasha]

Yay for details! We just ordered the supplies for our invites, and we are cutting it super close. Since we're having a destination wedding, I want to get the invites out no later than the second week of June. Hee, did I mention these were very much DIY invites? :o Yeah, procrastinator should be my middle name...

[jeepgirl]

Girliegirl - which invites did you order? We want pics! Oh wait, maybe they are in your journal?

[CLW4KU]

OH man Natasha! Are you going to have an assembly line for the invites?!

[Natasha]

I'm using the vintage-y cards I printed out, and mounting them on Stardreams Onyx cardstock. We're also making the RSVP and info cards. It's going to be one huge headache, and we spent as much as we would have for pre-printed invites. We also ordered custom stamps...:rolleyes: :D

[CLW4KU]

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/clw4ku/blackwhite.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/clw4ku/kiss.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/clw4ku/outside.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/clw4ku/smile.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/clw4ku/sitting.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/clw4ku/sepia.jpg

[Natasha]

So cute! You look great, and you're going to be such a beautiful bride!

[DaNiGaToR]

Great pictures! I love the last one :)

[imagirliegirl]

Girliegirl - which invites did you order? We want pics! Oh wait, maybe they are in your journal?

I don't have a picture of them yet. I will take one soon. They should be coming in this week!

[CLW4KU]

Awww...thanks!

[jeepgirl]

CLW4KU - REALLY GREAT engagements pics! In particular, I absolutely ADORE the look on your faces/in both your eyes in the pic that is third one up from the bottom!

[Natasha]

Whew, today has been a busy invitations day. The actual invite has a bride and groom on it. I am hand gluing a red crystal to each groom as a bout, and adding glitter glue to every brides dress. On top of that, each RSVP gets two red crystals. And I printed these all out myself... :rolleyes: The RSVP's are done, and I am about half way through embellishing the invitations. I still need to print out the the information cards and the RSVP envelopes. Oh, and I am debating between printing out the outer envelopes or hand addressing them...

Next week, I am taking the show on the road, and my sister and I are going up to our parents house to assemble everything. She, my s-mom and I are going to double stick tape the invites on to the onyx cardstock and stuff the envelopes... I could do it all myself this week, but they both really want to help, so I am going to try to stop being a control freak and let them help. :o So this time next week, they will be going in the mail. Whew!

[CLW4KU]

Whew! Busy girl! We're going to hand write our invitations on June 9th. Crazy that they're going out already huh? Getting closer!

[imagirliegirl]

Damn, Natasha! You are all sorts of involved. And here I am complaining about addressing mine and you are doing something special. Actually...wanna come over to my house? Since you like to work I could for sure put you to it! Addressing, stuffing envelopes...I'd even let you pick! :D

Bridesmaid dresses are in! I have one because I'm taking it to the girl in Omaha next month. I keep meaning to take a picture. I shall do that tonight and make you all look at it. :)

[Natasha]

Yay, BM dress pictures!

It is so hard to not just finish my invites! I'd love to come do yours, Rachelle! :p It'll keep my mind off of my invitations!;)

[imagirliegirl]

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/myheartbelongstodallas/dress.jpg

I'm holding it up in the back, I'm not grabbing my own butt or anything. :p

[Natasha]

I really like it! Simple, but elegant! Kind of similar to what I chose for my girls.

[JenInAZ]

ima, we all know you're really grabbing your own butt and just don't want us to know it ;) Love the dresses!!!

[imagirliegirl]

Okay okay you caught me. My butt is just so snazzy!

Hey Natasha, where are the pictures of these fantastic invitations? I want to see!!

[Natasha]

I'm a slacker!! Tonight at some point, I promise!

[DaNiGaToR]

Ima- Love the BM dresses! Very simple yet very elegant :)

Natasha - Take pics! Take pics! Aren't you the busy bee?! I can't believe you ladies are having invites out already! I'm so jealous :p Mine will go out the last week of Aug.

I'm so excited though...my shower is on Saturday! EEEEE!

[Natasha]

Oooops, I forgot. I really want to send mine out early, because we're having a destination wedding.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Natasha1018_1982/019.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Natasha1018_1982/024.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Natasha1018_1982/023.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Natasha1018_1982/021.jpg

Inner envelope:
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Natasha1018_1982/027.jpg

Outer with stamp:
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Natasha1018_1982/031.jpg

[jeepgirl]

Wow... they look fantastic! the stamp too. I remember when you first mentioned it I didn't think I was going to be a fan but, the stamp looks really great. Wow!

[Natasha]

Thanks! I just adore them, and even though they were pricey, I am so happy with them.

[imagirliegirl]

We picked up my ring today! Pics in my journal! :)

I need to post a picture of my save the dates! I will tomorrow.

[JenInAZ]

Natasha LOVE the invites!! They turned out SOOOO great! I'm about to just make my own as well. I cannot for the life of me find an invitation that N and I both like. It's getting irritating, really. The stamps are great, too. What did you use to design the monogram? I love that you put the date in there, too!

Ima your ring is awesome, I agree, I love how the round look with the princess center stone. Then again I could be biased ;) How mean of your boy to hide it from you. I know I'll try mine on constantly after I get it...

and on to MY fun stuff... I finally took current pics of me in the dress :D

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i173/kaytegreen/wedding/front.jpg http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i173/kaytegreen/wedding/back.jpg

the lacing is a bit messy because my mom wasn't into spending 30 mins to get it just right for me to wear it for 15 mins, but we get the point :)

[DaNiGaToR]

Natasha - I LOVE the invites! They really came out great. I think I'm going to have to steal your stamp idea too ;)

ima - going to look in your journal for the ring pic!

Jen - BEAUTIFUL dress! P.S. FI are thinking about taking our HM in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area and I was wondering if you could give any tips/advice/must sees. We are thinking of 2 nights at The Boulders Resort and Golden Door Spa and 2 nights at Hotel Indigo Scottsdale so if you know anything about those places (or have others that you'd recommend) I'd greatly appreciate it!

[imagirliegirl]

Ooo Jen you dress is very pretty! I love the way it wraps to the side and the fluffy skirt!

How mean of your boy to hide it from you.

He is very mean and I hate him right now.

[Natasha]

Oh, Jen, I ADORE your dress! It looks so pretty!

We got out monogram from Creative Montage (http://www.creativemontage.com). We paid $15 for 5 different monograms and that's the one we chose for the wedding stuff. We ordered the stamps from Zazzle (http://www.zazzle.com).

[Natasha]

LOL, Rachelle. Bert threatened to hide mine from me, so I hid it first! :p Partially because I went through a phase of not liking it, so I had to try it on here and there to talk myself back into it.

[imagirliegirl]

Aw well I'm glad you like it now! :)

Brad seems to think it would be bad luck to let me wear it. I was begging him to just wear it to work once so people can see it (since we're moving before the wedding!) but he said no way. He's not willing to take "the risk". Big smelly dork. I know where it is but I can't access it.

[Natasha]

LOL, what a booger! Not even once? :p Sorry you can't wear it, but it'll be yours soon enough!

[CLW4KU]

I try my ring on all the time! I love looking at it!

Jenn- LOVE the dress!

Natasha - Very cool stamps! I think it's worth the money too!

Update on me: We put an offer on a house Wednesday. Hopefully we'll get some good news! We've been on this rollercoaster before so I'm not holding my breath! But that's the pessimist in me coming out! :)

[Natasha]

How exciting, Courtney! My fingers are crossed for you!

[imagirliegirl]

CLW - Congrats on making an offer! I hope it all goes well with the house. I hope someone makes an offer on ours soon! You can always take that one back and come buy my house. :)

[Natasha]

I bought my veil and tiara today on eBay! Both of them together for under $60! I also got my reception flip flops at our local county fair for $10!!! What a good weekend!

[JenInAZ]

Thanks for the dress comps, girls! Also just scored some hair sparklies on ebay

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i173/kaytegreen/wedding/flowercomb.jpg

The comb will sit in front of the veil (duh) and the little swirlies will just be throughout my hair for some added bling. yay! can't wait till they arrive!

dani OOOHHHH!!!!! The Boulders is SOOOO freaking awesome!! I'm jealous jealous jealous. It's so beautiful up there!! even more breathtaking than the pics. I feel like I'm in the flintstones because of all the cool rock formations. I haven't heard of the other hotel, but I'll have to check it out... I'm still on the hunt for a place to stay for the two nights before we leave for the HM. Though maybe The Boulders as it's just up the road from where we're getting married :D

natasha thanks for the link, that place is awesome!

ima i would be doing major sneaking if i were you ;)

Courtney How exciting! Any word yet??

[imagirliegirl]

So I went from having no MOH to having two! Thankfully the store can still order another dress. Long story but I'm just glad they can do it.

[JenInAZ]

LOL. MOHs are all I have :D Glad the store can get another dress in in time. The more the merrier, right?

[Natasha]

Rachelle--The more, the merrier! I have 2 (well, it fels like 1.5) MOH's as well.

Jen--I want to get little sparklies like those to go in my hair do. Very pretty!

[imagirliegirl]

Someone please tell me how an invitation company runs out of lined envelopes during bridal season? :mad:

[Natasha]

So dumb, dude. I hope the regular envelopes work well.

[imagirliegirl]

I'm sure they will be fine. I just think it sucks that they make people feel like they HAVE to have these stupid ass envelopes then can't deliver.

But really, I would not be the least bit surprised if the store effed up the order and instead of admitting it they are trying to blame the invitation company. It does seem very weird that they would only have ONE color of lined envelopes left at the height of bridal season. I mean, I worked in bridal for 3 years and we never had that happen once. I almost want to find a way to contact them but I don't know if it would make a difference. It's probably too late to make it right anyway.

[CLW4KU]

We bought a house!!!!

[DaNiGaToR]

Oh my goodness...things are just moving along for everyone!

ima - I can't believe that they ran out of inner envelopes! WTH?! Are you just going to skip them all together then?

CLW - BIG Congrats to you and FI!!! How exciting!

Jen - Thanks for letting me know about The Boulders. It looks nice, but it's always good to hear what it's really like from someone who's been there/knows more about it. Thanks!

[Natasha]

YaaaaaY Courtney!!!!

[imagirliegirl]

Congrats on the house! :D

[CLW4KU]

Thanks everyone!

[CLW4KU]

Invitations have all been addressed!!!Yay!

[imagirliegirl]

ima - I can't believe that they ran out of inner envelopes! WTH?! Are you just going to skip them all together then?

We're just going to have envelopes that aren't lined. If the invitations ever come.

[Natasha]

Awww, Rachelle, I can't believe they aren't there yet. You should raise some serious hell, dude. That is effin' ridiculous!

In my invitation related news, invites are all assembled and addressed, and ready to go. They are going in the mail tomorrow.

[DaNiGaToR]

I hope they come soon!

How exciting that your invites are about to go out, Natasha!

[imagirliegirl]

Invitations came today. Of course they have to count them which apparently takes all day so I can't have them until tomorrow. :rolleyes:

Congrats on getting your invites all ready, Natasha! I'm insanely jealous. Come over to my house and get to work. I have alcohol...;)

[Natasha]

Dude, I would sooo be there!

[CLW4KU]

Is anyone else comforted that we're all doing the same things at the same times? I come on here and think *oh good, they're doing invitations too*

[DaNiGaToR]

Natasha - I really hope you don't mind, but I think I'm going to "borrow" your idea for the stamps. :o I LOVE the idea and can't believe that the company makes the monograms for such a reasonable price! The only bad part is trying to decide which ones I want, lol :)

[jeepgirl]

Is anyone else comforted that we're all doing the same things at the same times? I come on here and think *oh good, they're doing invitations too*


I'm afraid I'm a little behind on the whole invitation thing! Its not comforting, at least not after you pointed the fact out that everyone else has pretty much got theirs all together! :p Happy for everyone else tho!

[imagirliegirl]

I'm afraid I'm a little behind on the whole invitation thing! Its not comforting, at least not after you pointed the fact out that everyone else has pretty much got theirs all together! :p Happy for everyone else tho!

Eh don't feel bad, we still have to get our maps printed, address the invitations, stuff them and stamp them. All pretty much by next week. :D

[JenInAZ]

No worries, jeepgirl. We still haven't picked invites yet... heck, I just mailed the save the dates last week! I'm too picky... I just need to decide already :rolleyes:

[Natasha]

Danielle--Go for it! I love my stamps, and I am so glad we got them!

Well, the invitations for my destination wedding just went out Wednesday, so you guys aren't really that behind. :p

[CLW4KU]

:o sorry!

[DaNiGaToR]

ima - is there a special company/program that you are using to do your maps? FI and I have briefly talked about needing to figure something out, but were unsure how to do it.

[imagirliegirl]

ima - is there a special company/program that you are using to do your maps? FI and I have briefly talked about needing to figure something out, but were unsure how to do it.

We're just going to pull it up on Mapquest and have them printed on cardstock at Kinko's. That's what his sister did and it worked out perfectly.

[imagirliegirl]

I went to buy stamps today and they only have lighthouses and Star Wars. Apparently there is a shortage of stamps. They won't have any nice ones until the end of June at the earliest.

So I guess I am supposed to put ugly ass lighthouse stamps on my invitations that I spent 400 bucks on. How grand. :(

[DaNiGaToR]

I had to mail some things out today and thought the same thing when I asked about what they would have out at the end of Aug.

At least the invites will be so beautiful that no one will notice the postage. Hugs!

[Natasha]

Oh, babe, that stinks! These invitations have been a pain in the ass through and through, huh? Can you order non ugly stamps through usps.com? Will they get there in time?

[imagirliegirl]

I know! Why can't my invitations just go well. Hmph.

I looked on USPS and they only have the ugly stamps, too. His dad said the post office in Omaha told him that they will have Love stamps next week. So I guess we'll just pick them up from there. Guess I didn't need to pay to have those envelopes rushed after all. :rolleyes:

I really don't want to be a brat it just really sucks. We spent money to have nice invitations then they want us to just put ugly lighthouse stamps on them? That's so dramatic and I'm sure people won't notice but I'll know.

Is it time for the honeymoon yet? We should talk about honeymoons. Where is everyone going? :D

[imagirliegirl]

:eek:

http://www.zazzle.com/rlv/isapi/designall.dll?size=large&denomination=41&max_dim=500&bg=0xffffff&drawareaboundingbox=false&drawsafearea=false&square_it=true&draw_relative_size=true&rvtype=product&view=front&action=realview&pdt=stamp&pending=false&pid=172343057742379653

I'm happy about my stamps now.

[JenInAZ]

I agree. Time to talk about honeymoons. At least you've picked invites. N and I can't agree on ANY! so annoying. Really, it's not a HUGE deal for me, but I want them to at least be a little cool... Doesn't zazzle have some great already in there designs? I thought a lot of them were really cute. I just used the plain old ugly liberty bell ones for my save the dates, but for the real invites, cute stamps would be fun...

So I've gotten some major things done lately... ordered the BM dresses and finally put the deposit down with the florist. We've been playing phone tag for weeks. Glad my date didn't book up! She's been very patient with my work busy-ness the past few months. Heck I went in mid march and am just now putting down the deposit. Bad bride! And I'm scheduling a tux appt for next weekend. We've just still gotta find someone to actually marry us. That was supposed to be his job, but who's doing it? His excuse: I don't know how to find one. Seriously? Google? I know about as many wedding officiants as he does. silly boy. :rolleyes:

I'm also starting to have some drama. Self created, no less. I'm not so much digging the dress... and I'm super peeved about this because I've been begging my mom since JANUARY to help me try it back on and she finally drags her lazy a$$ up here the end of May. So now there's no way I could even get a new dress by then. It's a beautiful dress, I'm just not feeling it. It's too big and poofy and honestly, it's so heavy that I have sharp kidney pains after wearing it for like 10 mins. Luckily my sister gave me a good little pep talk so I'm feeling better about it but still. It's a bummer...

[imagirliegirl]

Sorry you're not liking your dress. That sucks. Maybe you will change your mind. I went through a time where I hated mine too. :(

Doesn't zazzle have some great already in there designs?

The stamps? The ones I ordered are just standard. I didn't customize them at all. I hope they come fast! They said 24 hour processing and I chose 2 day shipping but they haven't shipped yet.

Good luck picking invitations. It was a real PITA for me too. I sort of wish I would have picked some cuter ones. But oh well, now they are here and I'm happy they are.

[Natasha]

Oh goodness, I feel you on not digging your dress. I went through that drama in March. The sad conclusion I came to was, there is no perfect dress for me. But, I really like the one I got, and I'll feel pretty in it, so I'll make do. If you still feel pretty in your dress, I think that is key. And, if you decide you hate it, there's always David's.:o

[imagirliegirl]

And, if you decide you hate it, there's always David's.:o

That's true! They have such large stock and some really reasonable prices! I was also at the Alfred Angelo store the other day and they apparently have styles you can get in 2 weeks. Not to mention a crap load of dresses in stock.

[CLW4KU]

Honeymoon: FH and I are going to Maui. He's never been to a beach before so I am ubber excited! What about the rest of you?

Dress: I haven't tried mine on since last September or October when I got it! I'm afraid I've gained some weight, so I've just been putting it off. Why can't I be one of those brides that STOPS eating? Instead I shove EVERYTHING into my mouth! Gotta love it! :rolleyes:

[imagirliegirl]

Today is a big day for wedding stuff! We are meeting the Priest, reception hall, DJ and harpist. We need to drop a picture of the cake off at the bakery and apply got our marriage license if we have time. But I'm thinking we won't have time. :)

Anyone want to be me for a day? I want to go back to sleep. *yawn*

[JenInAZ]

We did it, you guys! We FINALLY ordered invitations!! Nothing like waiting to the last minute, eh? Here they are (they can't show a custom preview because it's not a traditional format, I guess)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i173/kaytegreen/wedding/invites.jpg

Honestly, at this point I don't really care what they look like, I'm just glad to have them. N is happy there are no flowers or scripty fonts (I know... apparently the boy doesn't get that they're WEDDING invitations... They're supposed to be fancy!) and I'm happy because they're actually a bright springy green, not olive or moss. Let's hope they're nice when we get them since I didn't want to waste time on ordering a sample first... The STD's were a lot flimsier than I expected, so I hope that doesn't happen again...

Off to go get ready so I can go MOB dress shopping with my momma today :D

[jeepgirl]

Jen - I ADORE your invites! Absolutely love them! Please let us know how you like them when they come in!!!

[Natasha]

I totally dig your invites! Hope you have fun shopping with your momma. I'm doing that next weekend.

[imagirliegirl]

Very cute invitations! I love them!

[DaNiGaToR]

We thought about doing invites like those too! Very nice :)

Tonight we go for our second tasting at our reception site, which I'm so excited about! We also have decided on our menu for the RD and have our last floral appointment on Thursday. Things are really moving along!

[JenInAZ]

dani, you get more than one tasting???? lucky girl!

Thanks for the comps on the invite, girls, they're quite a weight lifted off my shoulders. Best thing about them, it was a set price for everything rather than this for hte invites, that for the rsvp, more for the addressed envelopes. So that made it easy. And I'm being a big cheater and just printing labels to address them. My family is NOT going to be aware that's a big Emily Post no-no. Lucky for me :) The only thing that I don't like about them is that I didn't really want our parents names on them as they aren't really hosting, but whatever. We were just going to say "together with their parents, J & N invite you blah blah blab) but this design doesn't allow for that. Oh well, procrastinators can't always be choosers, now can we?

We found a few MOB dresses, but still looking. My mom has really big boobs, and that's presenting a problem. I don't want her boobs hanging out at my wedding, ya know? But we also both like more summery garden looking dresses, so there's only so much the poor woman can do. I have exactly the opposite problem. I have to have extra boob put in my dress...

[DaNiGaToR]

We had two tastings because they didn't have one of the things that we were thinking about having available the last time. Lucky for us though! The place is amazing and we'll take every free meal we can get there, lol! :)

We've decided on the entrees, now we just have to choose the salad. What a silly thing to be deciding on though! We are going back and forth about the mixed green salad with tomato vinegrette dressing or the spinach salad with feta and candied walnuts. Surprisingly I *loved* the spinach salad (which is actually their most popular), but I'm worried about people with food allergies and the walnuts. Any suggestions?

[JenInAZ]

I didn't even think about that... My salad has walnuts. Are you doing menus at each table/place setting? if so, make sure to point out there's nuts in the salad. I don't think most people will really care if they miss the salad. If it makes you feel better, I have a guest at my wedding who's literally allergic to every fruit and vegetable on God's green Earth. I kid you not, even lettuce and watermelon. I pity his wife having to feed him...

I so wish I could have another tasting at my place, it was SOOO yummy. I often joke with N that we should just start randomly making tasting appt's at cake places. They'd never know ;) LOL

[DaNiGaToR]

I hadn't planned on doing a menu for the reception because it's plated and each person at the table may be getting a different entree. Plus everything is pretty standard - entree, mashed potatoes and veggie. Although, after talking to my mom, she suggested going with just the regular salad because not everyone likes spinach. There is an option to go with that and have the walnut salad for just Carl and I - which we may do because it was just so good!

OMG that poor guy! I can't imagine being allergic to all of that stuff...even watermelon and lettuce?! Yikes!

[JenInAZ]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry that much. You'll never please everyone's palate 100% and I doubt most people would care if they didn't like the salad, or a side dish or whatever. Heck, we aren't even giving people a choice. :p I do love that they'll do special stuff for just you guys. Our place is doing FI's steak different than everyone else's because he's picky :rolleyes:

[imagirliegirl]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry that much. You'll never please everyone's palate 100% and I doubt most people would care if they didn't like the salad, or a side dish or whatever.

They should just be glad to eat!! :)

[CLW4KU]

I had my first shower on Saturday! Eeek! 10 weeks left!

[DaNiGaToR]

How fun! You must be so excited :) I'm just happy to be nearing 99 days, lol!

We got all of our bridesmaid dresses ordered today! Woo Hoo!

[Natasha]

How was your shower? Mine is this Saturday.

[CLW4KU]

Oh my goodness! The shower was SO much fun! It was my smallest shower I think so it was nice to get used to what the process will be. This Sunday is our church shower. I'm hoping that a lot of people show up just for the host's pride. They've put a LOT of effort into it. My sister and another bridesmaid are planning it and EVERYTHING is a secret. I guess she asked FH all kinds of questions and Kyle was like, "you aren't going to know the answers so stop guessing." I was like WHAT? Why would you answer questions KNOWING I wouldn't know the answer?!?! So, I'm hoping I'm not completely embarrassed. Oh well! I love games though, so it should be fun! Only 66 days!!!!

[JenInAZ]

How exciting that we're hitting the shower time frame! I don't think I'll be having one as we're only registered for our honeymoon unless my friends decide to do something small for me. Definitely a bachelorette party, though! :D

Check these out:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i173/kaytegreen/wedding/ty.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i173/kaytegreen/wedding/tyinside.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i173/kaytegreen/wedding/tyback.jpg

Yes, they're actually real and you can get them and other fun things at www.knockknock.biz (http://www.knockknock.biz/)

[Natasha]

I love those! I wish I could send them out. At least I will use them for inspiration!

[DaNiGaToR]

We ordered our invitations today! So excited about this :)

[Natasha]

that is so exciting! post pics!

[imagirliegirl]

12 days til the wedding. :eek:

[CLW4KU]

Wow! I can't imagine counting days right now! I'm a little freaked out by 7 weeks! We did absolutely NOTHING wedding related this weekend! First weekend in a month! It was nice!

[CLW4KU]

I forgot to mention that I started my fittings this past week. My bustle is the only thing I'm getting done. Even so I had to stand there for an hour in one spot while she pinned. I thought I was going to die! *mental note* buy flip flops for the reception!

[DaNiGaToR]

I agree! I'm a little freaked out by three months, lol!

Yea for the fittings! I hear ya on getting comfy shoes for the reception :)

[jeepgirl]

Less than 7 weeks to go!

p.s. Danielle - I just wanted to say, i think you are having your weddding at the PERFECT time of year for your location. Its going to be so gorgeous!

[JenInAZ]

Our rings came today!!!! Haven't taken pics yet, but I will soon. :D Also, all the invites were mailed yesterday, wonder how long til I get my first RSVP... We also just got our online proofs for our engagement pics and they came out REALLY cute! yay! I'm seriously excited to get married today! only 6 weeks, 4 days!

[meggiedarlin]

Add me in here at this late date. We're getting married on Saturday, August 18. Yes, in 2 days. We got engaged on July 13! We're having a small and simple ceremony at the church down the street and then cake and lemonade in the church lounge afterwards. Simple. Just the way we want it.

[JenInAZ]

CONGRATULATIONS and welcome, meggie!!! 2 days!! How exciting!!! :D

[Natasha]

MEG! I am so excited to see you in here! Congrats!

[CLW4KU]

Wow! Congrats Meg! Enjoy your day tomorrow!

[CLW4KU]

1 month,1 week, 1 day!!!!

[JenInAZ]

Courtney, I LOVE your countdowns! :D

[imagirliegirl]

It's my wedding week! :eek: Only 4 days until the big day! I still need to write my letter! Haha. Everything else is done which is SO nice. Well, that's not true - I still have about 3 table numbers to finish. Otherwise, the programs and favor cards are done, gifts are purchased and wrapped, dress is being finished and pressed. I'm so nervous/excited. People start coming in town on Wednesday. I can't wait to see everyone! And Miss Natasha will be here Thursday! Yaay!

[CLW4KU]

Wow Rachelle! I can't believe how quickly the end of August has already come!

Thanks Jen! I'm just in shock myself.....I say to myself....well after the 1s month...that's it! EEEK!38 Days! Holy crap!

[CLW4KU]

1 MONTH TO GO!!!!!

[DaNiGaToR]

77 days to go!!

[DaNiGaToR]

We just finished putting stamps onto all of our envelopes :) FI is going to take them to the post office on Tuesday. EEEEEEE!

[jeepgirl]

We just finished putting stamps onto all of our envelopes :) FI is going to take them to the post office on Tuesday. EEEEEEE!

I want to see pics of the invites!



29 days to go for me... :eek:

[DaNiGaToR]

Here are the invites :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Invitations/Invitations001-edited.jpg
Invitation

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Invitations/Invitations003.jpg
RSVP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Invitations/Invitations013.jpg
Children's menu

More in the next post...

[DaNiGaToR]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Invitations/Invitations008.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Invitations/Invitations009.jpg
Map and directions

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Invitations/Invitations011.jpg
Envelope

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Invitations/Invitations017.jpg
Box - before we put the stamps on :) I didn't take a picture of them all finished.

[jeepgirl]

Danielle - they are gorgeous! So classic and elegant. I love that you added a children's menu, and the map turned out great!

[Natasha]

Danielle, those came out beautifully! So classic and elegant, and I agree, the kids menu is neat!

Jess, can you believe some of us are under a month to go!!?? :eek::D

[DaNiGaToR]

Thanks Jess and Natasha!! I think they came out really well too :)

[JenInAZ]

Awesome work, Danielle! Your invites look so great! Very classic and elegant :)

[DaNiGaToR]

Thanks Jen!

[JenInAZ]

Ok, it really needs to start cooling off outside now... I think we may still be in the 100s for the big day :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Natasha]

Ugh, don't tell me that! If it's in the 100's for you, it will be for me, too!

[DaNiGaToR]

We got our first RSVP back yesterday :D

[JenInAZ]

yay! i'm loving getting all those fun little envelopes in the mail. Now I get kinda bummed on days when we don't get any. LOL

[DaNiGaToR]

It is fun! We got FOUR today :)

[CLW4KU]

QOTD: What are you most excited for after being 'married'?

Me: We aren't living together yet so I'm going to say waking up on a Saturday with nothing to do but hang out with each other.

[Natasha]

Me: TTC #3, wearing my wedding ring, calling Bert my HUSBAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[DaNiGaToR]

Wearing my wedding band, having a new and pronouncable last name, calling Carl my hubby (you took all the good ones, Natasha!).

68 days!!!
:D

[DaNiGaToR]

Dude, I just realized that I'm the last one to get married on here - unless we get some new people! I hope you all will come and visit me still :)

[JenInAZ]

We won't leave you!! We promise!! Think how rapt your audience will be with yours being the only wedding planned :D

[CLW4KU]

I agree! We'll all be missing the planning stage by then and will come on here to relive our weddings through you! ;)

[DaNiGaToR]

I sure hope so, lol :)

[CLW4KU]

QOTD: What are you doing to relax before the wedding?

Me: I'm having a mani/pedi, taking off work 2 days before the wedding, not planning anything the weekend before the wedding.

[jeepgirl]

What are you doing to relax before the wedding?

Three days before the wedding we're going to the beach with all of our friends who are coming down early (I may only go for a half day if I've got too much to do). Two days before the wedding I'm going for an afternoon with my oldest/closest friends to a spa where we will relax and all get spa treamtments that we've chosen (we actually had to book this several weeks ago). The day before the wedding is reserved to hang out with family and friends. The night before the wedding is my bachelorette party! (Very few of my friends drink, and neither do I, so no worries about a hangover.) ;) The day of the wedding, I'm afraid, is going to be VERY, VERY busy though!

[imagirliegirl]

Invitations look great, Danielle!

My wedding is over and I'm sad. :( Now I have to live vicariously through y'all!

[CLW4KU]

Okay, here are my plans for the week:

*I need to finalize the programs and take them to the printer to be finished.
*Calculate how many people will be around for the bridal lunch and confirm with caterer.
*Email everyone to find out travel arrangements for next week
*Go to Lane Bryant and buy undergarments for wedding day
*Call seamstress to find out when my dress will be done and schedule final fittings.
*Start packing for honeymoon!!!!!

[Natasha]

WooHoo, 4 weddings this weekend!!!!!!

[DaNiGaToR]

I'm so excited for you ladies! I can't wait to see all the beautiful pictures of your weddings. EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[imagirliegirl]

I hope you guys have wonderful wedding weekends! Can't wait to hear about how perfect everything is!! :D

[DaNiGaToR]

Thinking of you ladies!

[DaNiGaToR]

Six weeks!

I went for my fitting and hair/make-up trial this weekend!

Hair
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Hairstyles/TrialHairandMake-Up024.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Hairstyles/TrialHairandMake-Up023.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Hairstyles/TrialHairandMake-Up029.jpg

Make-up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Make-up/TrialHairandMake-Up043.jpg
Taken outside - the make-up looks better out here. She put on a bit too much blush for my taste :)

Fitting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Fitting/Fitting022.jpg
Best picture to see the front and french bustle

EEEEEEEEE!

[imagirliegirl]

Aw you look great! :D

I can't believe you're down to 6 weeks! Everyone's time is just flying by! You're gonna be a gorgeous bride.

[jeepgirl]

Danielle, you're gonna be a gorgeous bride!

[DaNiGaToR]

Aww, thanks Rachelle and Jess!! :)

[CLW4KU]

Danielle, you look great!

[DaNiGaToR]

Thank you! I can't wait to see pics of everyone's weddings :)

[DaNiGaToR]

29 days to go!

We got our final guest count yesterday - 68 people! Much less than what we were thinking (we invited 112), but I'm so happy that we will be able to visit with everyone. Just that small, intimate feeling that we both really wanted :)

We also went to the court house to go ahead and get our marriage license since we both had teacher workdays today and I could leave a bit early.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/peacelovehope/Wedding%20Ideas/Marriage%20License/Weddingdetails087.jpg

EEEEEEE! We're getting so close!

[Natasha]

Yay for your marriage certificate! Bert and I took a pic just like that when we got ours!

[JenInAZ]

OMG! It's already less than a month for you, dani!!! Where does the time go??? Yay! Isn't it weird having the license now? I was SOOO paranoid about losing it b/c we got it like 3 months before the wedding. We just got our copy of the real one in the mail. I guess it's official now, eh?

It sounds like you guys have a really good number. We ended up with just over 40 at ours, and it was so nice not to have to worry about seeing everyone and just have a good time. :D

[DaNiGaToR]

Yay for your marriage certificate! Bert and I took a pic just like that when we got ours!

That's right! I totally forgot that you guys took a picture :) It's such a neat thing to get that it's hard not to :)

OMG! It's already less than a month for you, dani!!! Where does the time go??? Yay! Isn't it weird having the license now? I was SOOO paranoid about losing it b/c we got it like 3 months before the wedding. We just got our copy of the real one in the mail. I guess it's official now, eh?

It sounds like you guys have a really good number. We ended up with just over 40 at ours, and it was so nice not to have to worry about seeing everyone and just have a good time.

I know!!! Time is just flying by - FOUR WEEKS! We aren't even counting my months anymore! You ladies were right, after six weeks everything just flies by.

40 was a great number too!

[CLW4KU]

Yay for the marriage certificate! I wish Kyle and I did that....I just don't think to bring my camera along.

[DaNiGaToR]

At this point I just keep my camera in my purse, lol.

Three weeks! :D

[JenInAZ]

OMG Dani!!! Less than TWO WEEKS!!! :D

[DaNiGaToR]

I know! I get to check out the 10 day forcast tomorrow, lol. I don't know how you ladies could concentrate at all at work these last few weeks. I just keep telling myself that I only have to make it until next Wed. and then I'm off until after Thanksgiving, lol!

[jeepgirl]

You've got to be UBER excited Danielle! I'm so excited for you!!!

[Natasha]

Yay, Danielle!!!!! Holy moly, next weekend you're getting married!!!! LOL :D

[DaNiGaToR]

One week from today :)

[JenInAZ]

ONE WEEK!!!! I'm so excited for you, it will FLY by!!!!!

I know what you mean about the 10 day forecast, for some reason, that was a HUGE milestone for me :D

[Natasha]

WooHoo, 1 week!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jeepgirl]

Yay! One week until Danielle is an old married lady!!!! :p

[imagirliegirl]

Wow Danielle, less than a week!! How exciting! I hope you have a fantastic week!

[JenInAZ]

TOMORROW, DANIELLE!!!!
:D :eek: :D :eek: :D :eek:

[imagirliegirl]

Happy wedding day, Danielle & Carl!!!