This is angelanshane040506's Chocolate Wedding!

as badly as i want to have my wedding outside, shane wants to do it inside a church, but i dunno which was to go. i was thinking about having the ceremony and reception, and thought that maybe do one outside and one inside, btu would that be too complicated??

so, a radio station where i live is going to pick a couple to be married on april 26th and the pre concert. the concert is going to be keith urban and carrie underwood, theyre coming to lexington on tour!!! woo woo!! lol. but anyways, all i have to do is put in mine n shanes story of how me met and everything, including all the details, funny sad or sweet, and see if they pick us!!!! if we get it, well get married on stage in fornt of thousands of people!! scary!! lol!! but our family and stuff will be there for that and then for our 'honeymoon' we will get first row tickets for the concert!!!! im kinda debating it tho, i want a nice pretty out door wedding but this will be one heck of a memory!!! plus it will save tons of money!!!!!! let me know what you think!! should i or shouldnt i???

UPDATE: so, weve decided not do it!!! we want to have our own wedding our own way!!! we want to make our dream wedding come true, so were sticking with our original plans!!!!

this is absolutley awful!!!! ugh, makes me so mad!! i know alfred angelo has the same dress, but it was sssooooo much cheaper at davids bridal!!! i dont have the money to spend on an $800 dress!!!!

we are changing the wedding again, but this time is for serious reason. my brother is getting ready to go back to the army, and there is no way im getting married without him here!!! we dont know how long hell be gone, but were gonna wait!!

these are just some pictures i found, but i know i defanitely want to do the lanterns, but where can i get them from?? i want some pink and some brown. if you have any other ideas for decorations, please let me know!!

i really like the candy sticks, theyre so cute, but i also have to find how to get those. another thing i was thinking for a favor is little bags of chocolate covered popcorn or something, still not sure on that one.

ok, so my colors are pink and brown/chocolate, and now im having a really hard time finding stuff!!! i found some small things, but not much!!! if you know of any sites with pictures or ideas please tell me!!!!

well, as you can, im finally getting somthing done!!! its about time too!!! i think the invitations turned out ok, i might improve them some, dunno how yet, but i will. what do you think?? and how big should i make them?? a whole sheet or what??? and should i put the location on here or have a seperate card with place and directions on it???

so, thats another thing off my list, now i just have to print them asap,and get them mailed out!!! i think they turned out really good!!! what do you think??? i figured theyd look awful, but i was wrong!!!!

well, im finally going for my wedding dress. on friday me and my MOH are going to davids bridal and looking at dresses. we wont be getting any though, were just going to go ahead and get sized, and pick them out, but in a few weeks we will be ordering the dresses!!!! im so excited. im finally doing something on my huge list!!!

ok...so, the pressure is on with the wedding!! we just decided to move the wedding closer, not just a few days, but a few months!! instead of september 6, were now getting msrried on june 14 this year!! so, instead of 7 months to plan, ive got 4!!! now, i really have to get down to business!! its gonna be harder, but itll work out!! its still gonna be my perfect day!!

ive decided to go traditional with shanes tux. but in this pic, it has a bow tie... im thinking about going with that instead of the regular tie. but either way, my ring bearer will match him!!

well, first off, the rings beside the post... the single stone is what i currently have, but the other oner is the one he is getting me, and its a set!!!

but anyways!! on thursday(valentines day), well be engaged for a year!!! i remember it just like it was yesterday!! i remember going to his house, and i walked in and gave him his stuff. once he opened his gifts, he said he had something for me in his room, so we went back there. when we got in there i asked him what it was bc i didnt see anything. he told me my present was on the bed, i told him to get it. lol. it was a little fiber optic thing with 2 little teddy bears on it and it played a song and lit up. on the front, both bears were holding on to the same pocket, and shane reached in that little pocket and pulled out the ring, he got down on one knee and said ' angela i love you so much, will you marry me?'

DUH!!!! i said yes!!!! i love him so much!!! it still schocks me that were together!! weve known each other our whole lives, and never did either one of us think that we were gonna get married!!!! this man means the world to me!! i can honestly say that on September 6, 2008, i am going to marry my best friend!!!!

i finally found some invitations i like!!!! i like the third one, but it seems a little too 'out there'. and i really like the first one bc its so simple, and i can do it myself, but i like the 2nd one because of the design and its also simple. what do you think???? i cant decide, so i figured id turn to you other brides for help!!!

im keeping the same favors as before, but now, im going to use the little boxes for favors, but they will be filled with hersheys kisses and hersheys hugs!! im thinking about adding some more favors, but i dont know.

i thought this garter was just so cute!! im thinking about getting this as my keepsake garter!!!

i absolutely love this!!! but i wont have the yellow flowers though. and im going to put in some tan ribbon.

im am going to do my own save the dates, theyre are cute, but simple. i really like these, hopefully i can find some similar invitaions!!! i cant decide on what kind to get!!

these are just some ideas i found for decorating the reception. i really like the pink and brown backdrop. i love how the tables are setup, i will probably do something similar to this

if i do change my color, then for my centerpieces, i think im going stay with what i had below, but instead of water, maybe fill it up with coffe beans, and have tea light candles in it, with pink rose petals around the bottom!! what do you think??

I would like to do something with hersheys kisses, but im not sure what

so, ive been putting alot of thinking into this, and i this im going to change my colors... i liked the pink and blue, but then again it seemed too original...lol. so ive decided to go with light pink and a light brown, like a latte color. ive picked out two other bridesmaids dresses, i love the one i had originally picked, but i love these too. which do you think???

this is going to be my bouquote(SP)!!! its white tho, not yellow, it just looks it in the pics. but this is not the flowers ill be throwing, im going to have something similar to this to throw

ok, so i wanted my bridesmaids to just have a simple hairstyle, so i want their hair all down, with some curl in it. these are just examples on how they'll look

i put up a post about flowers at the ceremony, and i thought i might get some more respnses if a put up a question....so plz help!!! see below post!!!

ok...so, the chairs going down the aisles... i want pink and blue flower arragnements on every row, so, my question is... should i mix pink n blue flowers together in the same arrangement, or have an arrangement of pink and an arrangement of blue and go every other aisle?? i need to pit more blue in my wedding bc my colors are baby pink and baby blue!!! so..help!! lol. if you know any websites or places with pictures of these type of arangements, please let me know!!

were goin to niagara falls!!! shanes pappaw is going to help us with our honeymoon!! its so beautiful!!! i know were gonna love it!! we were thinkin about going on a cruise, hes still talkin about it. lol. but i wanna go here!!!

ok...so....for a reception...i dont know what to do... i had originally planned on actually having a place rented out or whatever and having the dancing and everything...but when we get married well have our own house, and so i was just thinking about coming back there and having the reception there....but i want to do the whole dance thing and have an actual reception, but were not a budget to rent out a place for that. the place we are getting married doesnt allow receptions, and i dont know any nice but cheap places... so what do i do????

ive found 3 really like. i really like the white bc its so simple n elegant. i like the blue one bc it will go with thier tuxes, but then i like the 2 colored one, except ours would be blue n pink to amtch the wedding colors! my mom will probably make these for me, but i just have to choose!

i already had some picked out, but they just didnt go with the wedding what so ever, so i found some other ones and i really need some advice on what to get!!!

i had originally decided on a white tux with baby blue vest n tie for shane(groom) and black with baby blue vest n tie for groomsmen, but now, im wondering if me in white n him to wouldnt go good, should i switch or do all black tuxes???

so, i had orginally planned on a chocolate fountian, but now im not sure! i love it and i know every one else would too, but what about the mess?? especially with the kids and all the expensive resses and such!! so what do you think??
oh and i was also thinking about a sundae bar??? i know im having cheesecake and bananas fouster, but would it be too much??? HELP!! lol

so, after looking and looking and looking, weve finally found the perfect place!!!! its in lexington, so is not real far!! its the Arboretum!!! There are tons and tons of gardens!!! and lots of little gazebos!! so, anywhere and that garden pretty much!!! its absolutely amazing! my cousin got married there, so if it wasnt for her, id be screwed!! it only costs $200, so its not bad at all!!

so, after looking into the other dresses ive found, ive decided to stick with my absolute favorite one!!! i love this, and i should be getting in about 4 weeks!!!

i really love this pen n guestbook!! on each one, it is personalized and has our name and the date!!

ok, i think i either need more or different wedding favors...im not sure. but here is what i have so far. i have the one time use cameras and there would be a note on each table with the camera(s) telling them to take as many pictures of they think seems special so they can help us catch our special day.

then of course...bubbles!!! thse would obviously be handed out at the ceremony for when me n shane go to leave!

then, there will also be little heart tins with little candies in them and there plenty enough so everyone can take one home!!

for our parents, im goin to get them thie picture frame, it has a picture of when i was little, n then a pic of that day, and were going to do the same for his parents.

for the flower girl im going to give her this little musical jewelry box...it has the ballerina and everything.

for the ring bearer im goin to give him a silver personalized football bank. the ring bearer is my little brother and i know he loves football.

i really like thisknife set, its so simple, plus they match our glasses that well drink from

i know exactly what were going to get the guys, its a just a couple more to select from. im also thinking about buying them some games of bowling or something

ive found a lot of things that i would like to give as the bridesmaids gifts, but i dont know which ones i should give them. i know their bridesmaids jewelry and the shoes are part of the gift, but i want to give them something else too.. i wanted to try and do a day at the spa, but im not exactly on tha type of budget

i really like this for my bridesmaids, but should i go with something more like mine??? i know what im getting, but i cant find a pic of it. mine is a mix of white roses and 2 other types of flowers with rhinestones and has the same bottom as the one pictured except white... so would these be ok??? the bottom of course will be white also.

ive found 3 different cakes i really like, but i absolutely love the first one!!! it has the ribbon detailed frosting and the beautiful flowers!!

I had already picked out a flower girl dress, but then i found this one, and i really like it too... HELP!!! lol

there is also the pic of the basket im going to get her

i found two i really like, but dont know which one to choose!!!

Ok, so ive found 2 different dresses i like, one is almost dead one the one i had picked out, but cheaper, so i may go with it... but then i found another one, and its pretty too. of course either one id get its gonna be light pink...which do u think

this is what i would like. im going to get a chocolate fountain and cheesecacke, and banana foster. all these are really great and i know theyll be loved at my wedding. for the cohocolate fountain im going to have rice krispie treats, strawberries and bananas. im still working on what i want for the main course, i havent decided and still looking!!

I want my center pieces at the reception to look like this...its so pretty. i dont want flowers, its too original, and maybe on every table have pics of me n him as kids and as the tables go, have pics of us as we get older till the current day

i think he is goin to wear a white tux with light bkue tie and vest... but should i make hime wear black and the groomsmen white or what???

his tux will be like the blue one except it is going to be a light blue.

so i finally found the tuxes that we want the groomsmen to wear, a black tux with light blue ties and vests!!!what di u think???

Bridesmaids:
*Kristie Taylor
*Amanda Divelbiss

Groomsmen:
*Jay Cunningham
*Travis Taylor

Ring Bearer:
*Matthew Abney

Flower Girl:
(still working on that, i hardly know anyone with little girls)

Preacher:
*Brother Willy

i am having such a hard time trying to find places that sells the alfred angelo dress i want so bad!! i know that its the perfect dress, but i cant find it anywhere!! i need some serious help!!! the actual alfred angelo stores are too far away, and i dont exactly have the budget to travel half way across the US, and you cant order online either, which sucks!!!the dress style is 1797 and i would greatly appreciate some help with this!!! the closest alfred angelo store i found is 7 hours away, and i might be able to do that, but it just all depends

for my wedding i want to look as best as posible and i know right now that i dont look any where near what i want to look.so im going to go on a diet and try to lose weight. my wedding is in september, so im hoping ill lose a lot. if anyone has any good tips or anything for losing weight, plz tell me!!!

im not sure on whether or not that bridesmaids should pay for their dresses... i am only having two and the dresses are right around $125, so do they pay for them??? cause me n shane will enough to buy. and should the groomsmen pay for their tuxes???

I finally found a drink to be our signature drink. its called the UV pink lemonade. but should i just do it for me n shane to drink or for everybody??? im concerned about doing it for everybody because i dont have the budget to go all out n stuff, so i dunno.

so, ive decided not to do the candle unity or the sand unity... ive found something completely new!!! im going to do 2 different unities. first is that shane and i will each have a rose, and i will give to my mom, and he will give his to his mom, this will represent our families coming together, and then for our unity, we are going to have 3 glasses, the middle bigger and it will be empty, mine will have a color in it and his will have a different color in, and we will pour them into the middle glass, making a new color to represent us coming together!!! i love this idea!! not everyone does that, so i know that we will have something new at our wedding!!! i just dont know what colors to use as our water!! the wedding colors are a light pink and a light blue... should i use those??

ive heard that a lot of people are doing the sand unity instead of the candles. what exactly is the sand unity?? it would be neat to do something other than tradition...

this is the unity candles i would like to get, i really like it. what do you think??

i love this topper . it is so elegant, but beautiful. the jewelry, such as the wedding rin, tiara and earrings of the bride can come in either gold or silver, i think im going to go with the silver.

i really like these pillows. im going to get th white one with the silver attatchment. on the attatchment, it says the bride's and groom's name, along with the weding date. ive also decided who my ring bearer is going to be!!! its my little brother..matthew!!

i fell in love with these invitations!!!on the front it says 'two lives...one path' the inside verse says' the path that leads to happiness is so narrow that two cannot walk on it, unless they become one.'