pinkandgreenbride's Pink Wedding Blog - Wedding By Color

Wedding Favors - Where can I order custom labels?

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:45:00 PST

Thanks soooo much Shayne for my gorgeous monogram!!! I love it sooo much I am going to use this for everything...aisle runner...favor labels...and so much more. Where is the best place to order favor labels from though? I'd like to put a pillow favor box on each place setting like the picture to the left. I know I have seen sites to order them from but now my mind is blank.

NWR...Xmas gifts - What to get an 8 yr old girl

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:04:00 PST

So I won't say my daughter is spoiled...but ...she does have everything a little girl could dream of. TV, computer, DS, DVD, VCR, Ipod, 3 story doll house, etc.... We have given her so much at birthdays and Xmas that she expects big things every year. Or should I say ALOT of things every year. She is NOT ungrateful and she takes care of her things very well and does great in school and with her modeling so we treat her. That being said what would be a good gift for her from Santa? She asked him for a FurReal Friend (the cat) and my parents got it for her already. I know she wants the Polly Pocket Waterpark Resort thing and we are getting that from us. So what should Santa bring?

Secret Santa - Help me find a person to buy for....

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:58:00 PST

Ok so I let the person in charge of the secret santa thing know my info so I could take part in it. I got an email awhile back saying to watch our emails for your person to buy for. I never got another email from her! I have been on vacation and have been soooo busy. I just got a box with gift in it from my secret santa today!!!!!!! A gorgeous candle that smells fab!!!! But I never got a notice of who to buy for. I want to get a present for someone. Now I feel terrible that I got a gift and someone else won't :( Please if you can help me send me a message asap!!!!

Wedding Reception - Kids at the wedding

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:00 PST

We both come from pretty large families that include lots of kids. Never did it cross our minds to not include children at our wedding and reception. But I do have a couple questions: 1. We are having a candy buffet for after dinner. How do we keep the kids out of it? I don't want to hide it and have it brought out later. I want it to be a focal point as much so as the cake. Should we have the DJ make an announcement? 2. When we are doing our seating chart where do you put the kids? I like the idea of having a boys table and a girls table for the kids to eat at. I am also planning activity stations. But should the kids be with their parents to eat? Keep in mind the kids range from 3ish to 12ish. Our meal is a buffet lunch. Chicken Cordon Bleu and Apple Glazed Roasted Pork...mashed potatoes...cali vegetables...rolls. The kids are having more kid friendly food. Mini corn dogs...little pizzas...fruits...veggies..etc... So what are your thoughts on the kids???

After party dress - Would this dress work?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:13:00 PST

We chose to have an early ceremony (12pm) and reception (1-5). Our reasoning for this is so we can go after the reception and after party. We are taking our wedding party over to Kissimmee (like an hour away) to spend the night in a really nice hotel and go clubbing at Sun on the Beach. We live in Knoxville, TN now and we want to go out and have a fabulous time with our friends. That being said I need an outfit to change into for the get away. I so want to be in a cute dress and I want to feel like the bride still. I love this dress (in pink though). Would it be ok for going clubbin? Or is it too fancyish for the club????

Wedding Reception - Changing caterers

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:00 PST

We booked our caterer awhile back. It is a local restaurant that also does catering. We are providing our o'horderves for the cocktail hour as well as all the alcohol for the bar. The caterer was going to do Chicken Cordon Bleu and Apple Glazed Roasted Pork with Mashed Potatoes and Cali Veggies. No rolls no butter no drinks. Buffet style for 9.00 per person. AWSOME PRICE!!!! They required nothing down to book the date. They will just pencil me in. Hmmmm....My dealings with them have left me feeling a little strange. First he told me 7.95 pp. Then when I emailed asking for the price in writing he emailed me a quote for 9.00pp. Then the bartender was going to be 120.00 for 4 hours. I came accross a catering company about half an hour away that is very well established. I thought they were 100% out of our budget. I contacted them and told them what I want and they quoted me 16.99 pp!!! WOW It was really outta our price range. So I told them thanks but no thanks. They then told me tey would beat any competitors quote by .25pp. I emailed them my quote and they approved it. They are doing the same food buffett style for 8.75pp and providing the rolls butter and sweet tea!!! I also get their bartender for 4 hours for only 60.00!!!! I am super excited to be using a wonderful catering company instead of a little family restaurant.

Make up artist - I booked her today

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:00 PST

I am so happy to finally have this checked off the list. Our vow renewal is in a very small town and good salons are hard to come by let alone make up artists. I found someone great!!! Her prices are fab and she is coming to me the day of. She is located in Central Florida and is only charging me $20.00 to travel to me. (about 45 minutes away) Like I said her prices are great. I am paying $65.00 for the day of plus $10.00 for false eyelashes. I have seen samples of her work and all her brides were gorgeous! I can't wait. These are the looks I want to go for. Kinda smokey dramatic eyes and neutral or pinkish lips.

DIY Wedding - Coupons galore!!!

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:08:00 PST

Hey ladies.....I have to go to Michael's today and I didn't have a coupon :( and I need one. So I turned to the lovely yahoo search. I came accross this website..... http://dealspl.us/michaels-coupons it has 40% off coupons that don't expire until 10/31. But the neat thing is is that there is a search bar on the website and you can get Joann's, Hobby Lobby etc.... You may already know about it but if not check it out!

I'm getting really annoyed!!!! - Stupid spammers go away

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:53:00 PST

I am a stay at home mom who is planning a vow renewal. I get up early take my daughter to school and come back home to browse WBC before I begin my day or cleaning, laundry, errands and so on. Sad as it may be I look forward to getting up in the morning and seeing the new posts. Today I am livid!!!! I get up and almost the entire board is filled with the stupid spam ads. I am so tired of this. I dislike the knot boards but I am so close to joining to get away from all these annoying ads. Can't WBC do something to get rid of them?

Wedding Invitation - Pocketfold question

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST

So I am anxiously awaiting my invitation design from Ashley and I know I am going to do a pocketfold invite. My question is when you order the pocketfolds are they already folded? Like are the creases already there or do you have to do it yourself?Silly question maybe but I was just wondering how much work I'm in for!!!

Wedding Invitation - I need to know ASAP

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:00 PST

I am having Ashley (wbc bride amcs76) design my invites and RSVP cards...check her out she is amazing!!!!! I need to send her all my info but I need to know when to put our RSVP date as. Our wedding is a holiday weekend (Labor Day) but most of the guests are local. The RSVP's will have to be mailed from Florida to Tennessee. So they will probably take like 4-5 days to reach me. Then I know I'll need at least 3 or so days to call all the people who did not respond. The caterer needs a final head count 2 weeks prior to the wedding date. I think we are going to mail the invites 2 months before the wedding. So in the mail like July 5th. People should have them by the 12th of July (I am mailing from Tennessee) I have to let the caterer know the head count by August 20th. So when should I put the RSVP date as?

We made the move - to Knoxville, TN

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:22:00 PST

Well my husband got a job offer in Knoxville, Tn back in August. We were up in th air as to what to do but we finally decided to make the move. It has turned out to be great. Other than missing our families (they are in Florida) we are doing great. Wedding (vow renewal) planning is going well and he is helping more with that. He actually made our seating chart board. It isn't 100% done yet but it's close. I'll post pictures later tonight of that. It doesn't have the names on it yet but it's going to look so great. We got settled into our apartment finally. We really like it here. It is hard planning long distance but with the internet and ebay how can you go wrong? LOL

"Engagement Pictures" - We got it back

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:00 PST

We had a few pictures taken by a photographer that we are considering before we moved to Knoxville. Here is 1 I really like. Not too sure if I'll use it for the save the date or not but I still like it. We are actually going to do some more in downtown Knoxville around the holiday's so mayb we'll get a good shot outta that session.

Complete Disappointment - Why does this keep happening to us?

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:49:00 PST

As you know our date keeps getting tossed around. First it was in March 2010...then April 2010... Well now AFTER the church approved our date and I have my save the dates made...the minister tells me that he didn't realize that the 2nd of April is a Friday night and him and his wife have a date every Friday night. WTF?????!!!!!! You freakin already approved the date we have money invested, I have vendors booked...and now you tell me no way. You won't budge from your date night? Not to mention the fact that we have moved 600 miles away and I am now planning everything long distance. We love this church but things are just not looking good. We have now got approval for Saturday September 4 2010. Thank goodness my vendors are kick ass and totally understand. The reception hall that is right by the church is even giving us a discount because she feels the minister did us wrong. At least there is a little extra money that I can use towards NEW save the date cards!!!

Wedding Flowers - So confused about my centerpieces

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:20:00 PST

I have lots of time to change my mind but right now I really like the idea of these centerpieces. My tables are going to be the long ones and it's hard to figure out centerpieces for the long tables!! Does anyone have any idea where I can find the grass at for these?

Wedding Reception - Caterer Booked!!!!

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:43:00 PST

Well we went for our tasting yesterday and we booked on the spot. The food was fantastic. We will be having an h'orderves station for the cocktail hour. On that there will be: Coconut shrimp with a cream cheese dip Fresh shrimp cocktail Veggie platter Fresh fruit platter Then for the buffet style meal: Salad= Baby Spinach and Fresh Strawberry salad with Poppy Seed dressing Meats= Chicken Cordon Bleu OR Roasted Pork Veggies= Mashed potatoes and Cali Blend Veggies Warm dinner rolls and cinnomon butter

Wedding Invitation - Save the dates...when should I send them?

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:32:00 PST

I bought these save the date mailers from Michaels about 2 months ago. There are 10 per package and they were on clearance for $9.99. I stupidly only bought 1 box of them :( Well I had a 50% off coupon and didn't really need anything else but I decided to go browse. Well wouldn't you know they still had several boxes of these left!!! I picked up another box for our out of town guests they were 9.99 and the girl at the register used my coupon so I got them for like 5.00!!! WHOOO HOOO!!! Now when should I mail them? We need to go have our pictures done soon. After we get them back I can mail them. But when should I send them?

DIY Wedding - Things are back on track.

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:04:00 PST

So our date is now set in stone...cement...super glue...you get the picture! My husband decided not to take the job in Tennessee. He is going to try and stick it out here in Florida until agter the vow renewal. Which by the way is Friday April 2nd 2010. It will not be changed again. The church has approved the date and we just have to finalize the time. We want it at like 7pm. That way we can do a sparkler send off!!! Anyway...I've been pretty busy the last few days. I have done: 1. a sample invite (I love it), 2. started on our take out boxes for the candy buffet, 3. made our "mint" to be matchbooks for each place setting 4. made our friend Zack's memorial candle 5. got 2 great catering quotes

Wedding Date Changing :( - We are changing our vow renewal date

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:59:00 PST

So it's been awhile since I posted but I have been so busy with work and my daughters summer break. My husband applied for the supervisor job at his company and interview last week. Well yesterday they told him they hired someone else but they would like to make him the assistant manager of the shop...he's a diesel mechanic. We think in the long run this will be better anyway because the owner of the company is very picky and hard to get along with. They have already went thru 4 bosses in 2 years. So everything happens for a reason. That being said my husband had his resume online and a company in Knoxville, TN wants him BAD!!! The only problem is that we only have 1 friend there and NO family. I know family doesn't pay your bills but they are important to us. The job would pay more that double what he makes now and the houses are way cheaper than here in Florida...but I don't know what we are going to do right now. So after all that we have decided to push back our renewal date. I am still going to do the diy projects and just store them. But this will give us more time to save. And we are only moving it like 6 1/2 months later than planned. So in October (which is gorgeous here) instead of March. Not a big deal. Hope everyones planning is going great!!

Monograms - I need help please!!!!!!

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:51:00 PST

I just got 100 chinese take out boxes from papermart and I really need someone to design a monogram for me to print on sticky square labels. The ones to the left are some from other WBC brides blogs that I really like. Can someone help me out with this?

Wedding Reception - I need your help ladies!!

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:08:00 PST

Well we are looking for a few of these drink dispensers for our reception. We want one for lemonade and one for sweet tea. The problem is I can't find them in any stores. On ebay they are sooo expensive. Do you ladies have any ideas where I could find these?

Wedding Dress - I think I found my dress...maybe???

Tue, 05 May 2009 13:32:00 PST

So after reading review after review I think I have decided on my dress. I am renewing my vows so I don't want to break the bank with the dress. I have decided to go with Gianinar bridal on ebay. I found the dress I want and the price is right. See the photos to the left. <------ My dress will be white with more bling. I'm going to take it and have more stones added to the bodice. My question is I really want to wear a pink crinny. Like it is a MUST!!!! Will it look ok with this dress? I wasn't sure because of the pick up skirt. I wasn't sure how it'd look. And also how do I know which crinoline is right for my style dress? I know I want to use RIT dye and dye it pink. If you have any links of crinolines that would work please send me the links.

Bridesmaids - Found the dresses...now for the shoes

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:19:00 PST

I really need help with this one. I have found the dresses for my girls. There are 4 girls so I found 2 hot pink dresses and 2 lime green dresses. The only thing I am questioning is what color shoes should they get? I am buying the dresses for them but they are responsible for the shoes. I am wearing pink heels and I'd love some fun shots with our feet so what color shoes should they get?

Wedding Reception - Plastic Champagne Glasses

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:42:00 PST

I went to a party supply store yesterday and was shocked at what I found. The store is Party Daze here in Florida. I went in looking for the plastic champagne glasses for the guest toasts. I had priced them from Smarty had a party but with shipping it was a little high. Well I found them and they were 9.99 for 25 glasses. The box said they were from Oriental Trading Co. I didn't buy them because I wasn't sure of the quality. Has anyone ever bought these glasses from Oriental Trading. If so what were they like?

Wedding Reception - Candy Buffet questions

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:09:00 PST

We are doing a candy buffet and I have bought a ton of jars from thrift shops as well as TJ Maxx. I am trying to stick with pink, green, and white candy which has been pretty easy actually. But now I'm stuck. What should I use for the guests to take some home with them? I don't want to break the bank though. What are some options? If I go with the take out boxes where has the best prices?

DIY Wedding - Unity Candle is done!

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:19:00 PST

Well I have been doing a few DIY projects. I finished our unity candle and I think it turned out pretty great. I was able to get a 6 inch pillar candle from Micheal's for like $2.00. It smells great too. Like fresh linens. Then I got 2 pillar candles from Wal Mart for .88 a piece. I had the ribbon from other projects. I bought the rhinestone buckle at Micheal's for $4.00. So under $10 for the whole set. And it was super easy!!!

Honeymoon - Key West Florida

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:11:00 PST

Well planning is coming along nicely. Just waiting for that tax return to book some vendors. We are planning our honeymoon and have it all figured out. Ezra told me to go to the travel agency yesterday and book it. I thought I better jump on that before he changes his mind. So i go up town to our local travel agent. We live in a very small town and I figured that I'd give the small shop owner a little bussiness. I get there at around 2 in the afternoon. The lady greets me with a friendly smile and said she'd be with me shortly. She had an elderly lady there and I was so excited to be booking my honeymoon that I was very happy and totoally fine with waiting. It got to be 10 after 3 and she was ready for me. So at this point I had been there an hour and 10 minutes. Sitting in this office with no magazines or anything. I'm still in an awsome mood. Then it happens. I go to her desk and sit down. I explain that my husband and I are renewing our vows and going on our honeymoon since we never had one after our first wedding. She asks me where we'd like to go. I tell her Key West Florida. She says great choice. I voiced to her my concerns about it being Spring break. She tells me not to worry that Key West isn't a big Spring Break place. Ok great. I tell her the resort that we have picked and she checks and says it isn't available. I mean what...a year from now and it is booked already??? I told her that wasn't possible because I had just checked with them. Then she realizes I'm talking next March. She then gets an attitude. I mean really bitchy. She told me there is no way she can plan a trip a year in advance. She then tells me that the resort only has 2 bedrooms and that it'd be silly for us to spend extra money for a 2 bedroom. Well excuse me but we want to go there regardless of it being a 2 bedroom. It is the #1 rated resort in Key West and that's where we will stay. She tells me she's never heard of it and blah blah blah. I then have heard enough. I tell her nevermind I will just book thru the hotel direct. She then says. "If you are going to do that why are you here wasting my time?" OH MY GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? With the country in this state and our economy in the shitter you are turning away bussiness and treating people like dirt??? You have to be kidding. You have to understand I am a very high strung person normally but I was in such a good mood it took alot to bring my down. I hope Miss Becky realizes she just lost a $5000 sale. I had a prepaid Visa card to pay for the entire trip and now I'll just book it myself and she won't get any commission off me.

Ask a Question - So sad...How to honor a loved one

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:47:00 PST

Our wedding planning has taken a backseat to the death of one of our friends last week. Zack was a great man...21 years old. Things are so hard right now. It has really made Ezra and I alot closer as well. We have learned to never leave the house mad because it could be the last time you see one another. We would really like to do something to honor our friend at the wedding. But what should we do? Mostly everyone at the ceremony/reception knew Zack and really liked him. What are a few things we could do to honor him at the ceremony? It will be a little over a year after his death at the time of our weding. Thanks for any advice

Wedding Invitation - DIY invites

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:09:00 PST

Well I got my sample invitation today in the mail. And you know what? I can totally do those myself! I am sure of it. I chose something simple and I think I can make them for half of what the other lady quoted me. The only problem is...where do I buy envelopes? I need 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch square envelopes for the inner and 6 x 6 envelopes for the outter. Any advice where to buy them? I found envelopemall.com but are there any other places out there???

Wedding Cake - Cake is ordered and deposit paid

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:20:00 PST

Well we ordered our cake today. It is just like the one to the left but 3 tiers. The bottom is going to be white chocolate. The middle is raspberry swirl. And the top is vanilla with key lime filling. We will have our rhinestone S on the top and the flowers on the cake are going to be pink and green hydrangeas. The cake will serve 100 counting the top layer. We are renting the silver plateau base from the baker for $25.00. After it is all said and done the total was $325.00. I thought that was great!!