This is sarahjoe's Blue Wedding!

It has been quite sometime since I have blogged on here! Since my last post I have done SO much planning. I got my wedding shoes, picked out my accessories, found a d.j., made my wedding invitations (well my wonderful friend Jacque designed them and I cut them out and pasted them to the pocket fold I bought, and they turned out GREAT, I will have to post pictures.)

Now I am onto favors.
I was thinking of having cd favors and had a few ideas. Here are my ideas for the playlist:
Joe and my favorite songs
Joe and my favorite love songs
Our must playlist from the wedding
Each member of the bridal parties favorite song
Songs that go with our theme (butterflies/garden)

I am leaning toward each member of the bridal parties favorite song plus some extras from Joe and me

Would you like getting a homemade cd as a favor at a wedding?
If yes, which type of play list would you like best?

I have planned all of the huge details for the wedding: photographer, d.j., church, venue, reception flowers (and will probably use the same person for the ceremony flowers), cake... so now it is down to the little details, the pretty details, the details I am SO not good at!
I definitely do not want a traditional wedding, I would like it to be a little more modern and a lot of fun!
Anyway, I was wondering what shoes all of you beautiful brides are wearing and what kind of invitations you are making/buying? Right now I am thinking of wearing blue shoes for my shoes I just don't like any that have a small heel (Joe is only 2-3 inches taller than me) and I love the pocket invitations and the hand painted invites.

Here is a link to my wedding dress
http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?keywordText=krisha+marie&keywordType=any&page=0&pageSize=15&style=S5163SA

and to the Bridal Headband I was looking at:
http://www.weddingfactorydirect.com/hp8531.html
I like the Ivory/Silver one.

Do you think they match? Or is the headband too much?

I can't decide!

Ok so after days of pros and cons between the two photographers, my FH and I made a decision! Even though Palermo has more experience in the wedding photography business than the Click Chick she was too traditional for us. Joe wanted to do something more fun for photos.. and I agree! We are too goofy for traditional photography! I am mailing in my deposit and the next thing on the list is a DJ! or a band... hmmmm more decisions lol
I posted some of my fav. images from Kara but they are not showing up right now!

Joe and I have narrowed our options down to two! That was the easy part, now I can't decide! I like both of the photographers styles and am interested in others opinions on which is the better deal?! And if you used either photographer how you liked them?

Here are our two options:
Chick Click Photography
http://www.clickchickimages.com/
http://www.vimeo.com/11990229 (this is a link to the slideshows she sent me)
Her package is:
Up to 8 hours of getting ready, ceremony, and reception coverage

Color-corrected and retouched digital images in a free online proofing gallery for 90 days

A premium, leather covered 12x12 30 page album of 50 images from your big day

A 1 hour engagement session or boudoir session with 15 edited images in a free online proofing gallery to view and order

A disc of your images and a copyright release/printing permissions for you to print at the location of your choice

An 11x14 framed engagement print for display at your wedding reception

4x6 matte or glossy prints of your favorite 50 images

A Trash-the-Dress photo shoot (within 3 months of your wedding) and 15 fully edited digital files in an online proofing gallery


$1,750

plus $150 for travel. She requires a $600 deposit which is nonrefundable.

or
Palermo Photography
http://www.palermophoto.com/
Her package is:
This package provides
Unlimited hours of coverage with Maria AND an associate photographer
PalermoPhoto Booth at reception
Personalized guestbook with images from engagement session
Engagement portrait session
Finao ONE high-end album
2 customized parent albums
16x20 gallery wrap
$50 credit for purchasing final prints and products
Password protected online gallery
Disc containing the final edit high resolution images and copyright

Investment $ 2450

She requires either a 50% deposit or $1,000. Also deposit plus other payments are refundable until 30 days prior to the wedding. She is at the wedding for unlimited time for this price and put together a slideshow of 20 images that she took that day at the reception for everyone to see a sneak preview.

Thanks for looking!!!
-Sarah