... for photos...the water down at Peakes and Victoria Row, parks, gardens etc. The Reception will be inside in one of the main grand rooms. Im soooo excited :)...
My original colors were brown and blue, but since we are not doing a traditional wedding I wanted to just do something simple and cute. Our first thought was just go to the Justice of the pea...
...g my bridesmaids(age 13 & 10) and my oldest son(age 4) being my FH best men. And on our 1 year anniversary we plan to have a big party/reception to celebrate with family and friend. Not ide...
...r my dress or SEXY Strappy heels. I have no arches and my feet tend to hurt after a few minutes in heels however I really do want to wear them. On the other hand I can wear some pretty comfy fla...
Okay, so the FH wants to walk down the aisle to Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up"
Its a beautiful song and everything, but I feel like it's tacky to walk down to words.
On the other hand, Jo...
Corey & I are supposed to meet with our officiant next week. I'm sure he's going to ask how we want our ceremony to flow. Wellllll....this isn't something I've thought about. The only thi...
... and honeymoon at the Sandals Royal Carribean resort in Jamaica or the Bahamas resort :)
I was wondering if any of you have been there and recommend it?
pls help
x...
Hello Ladies..
After much much talking with FH..
We decided to have a private ceremony
with our children and parents in May.
There will still be cute little details
that I will...
... for wedding reception floor plans that would allows us comfortably have the wedding in the same place. I found this one from a wedding setup site they had one for 75 ,150 , 250 and more people...
While I was at Hobby Lobby's
50% off of Wedding Items..
I picked up supplies for the Petal Runners.
I picked up 4 Boxes of Rose Petal
2 Boxes of Hot Pink
2 Boxes of Dark Hot Pi...
... I found it so amazing that in this very important time, on this important day in front of the Lord & all our loved ones I had him next to me, Sharing every moment with me. I suppose it su...
I wanted to do a simple program for the wedding. We are having a very short outdoor ceremony with no readings or anything. Some of my friends and my FH do not see the reason to spend the extr...
...
:MOHBouquet:
Pink Garden Roses
White Peonies
Hot Pink Peonies
Hot Pink Orchids
:BridesmaidBouquets:
Hot Pink Peonies
Pink Garden Roses
Hot Pink Orchids
:Groom Bout:
White Orc...
I am thinking about using silk flowers for my bridal party's bouquets but i don't want the flowers to look cheap and fake. Any suggestions on a good online vendor that i could use?
My last two custom aisle runners that I finished prior to my maternity leave for the baby boy I'm expecting next month!
Kristen provided her own monogram design that I painted in eggplant ...
...Navy BridesmaidDresses
paired with Hot Pink Bouquets
:Picture #5:
Navy Blue
:Picture #6:
Cupcake Tower with a Cake
for the traditional Cake Cutting
:Picture #7:
Actual Picture of ...
... and DIY Pink Petal Runners
to spruce up the aisle!
We could rent the "shelter house"
that they have in the park for $65.00 per hour.
We would have to bring everything in
and everything w...
Family is very important to me and I think having our guests sit in a circular pattern makes them feel close. It definitely beats the traditional, one way entrance ceremony. There's nothing w...
... and wedding cake baker!
I'm feeling productive recently. I've booked my wedding cake with the Cake Whisperer, a home-based bakery in Kanata, Ontario. Cathy, the owner, is an incredible artis...
... "To my soon to be husband:
My one and only love. My first, my last. My everything.
I take you, with all your faults and strengths, as I offer myself to you with all my faults and stren...
...
I ordered our "Reserved Ceremony Seating" Signs
from Etsy Shop: PrintYourParty for $5
{www.etsy.com/shop/printyourparty}
I received a PDF that included:
Reserved
Mother Of The ...
...arty processional
Beautiful Surprise - India Aire
- Flower girl/ring bearer
Never Felt This Way Before - Brian Mcknight (Solo)
- Bridal processional
You and I - Stevie Wonder (Solo)
...
...ton (Bridesmaids)
Giving Myself--Jennifer Hudson (My entrance)
Sweetest Love--Robin Thicke (Unity Candle Ceremony(
The First, The Last, My Everything--Barry White (Recessional)
Recep...
I found this sign on Style Me Pretty
{www.stylemepretty.com}
This sign says
"Don't Choose A Side.. Choose A Seat!
We're All About Unity!"
It just fits us so well!
Growing up...
Hi Ladies! This week I have been meditating on these two passages about marriage so i thought i would share them with you! I am thinking about putting them on the back of my wedding program s...
... the photos for some of what I've been working on in the last couple months!
I'm currently finishing the last of my aisle runner orders prior to my maternity leave for my baby boy coming in...
...hese DIY fabric (kissing pomander balls)I'm doing these for our garden ceremony decor...and also thinking about using them on vases for centerpieces for our outdoor reception. I'm still kinda to...
Hi ladies my dilemma is should we get married in a catholic church or at our golf course? We are both catholic and would like to get married in a church if possible BUT we have not gone throu...
Hi.! I am running for Lake County Magazine Cover Girl 2012!! I know we are all strangers, but I was hoping we could help a bride out =] My name is Kristin Carpenter. Go to the link and please...
... the decorations for our aisle during the ceremony. The picture I am actually going for wouldn't upload right but this one is close to it. The only difference is instead of doing white branche...
...arge flower arrangments on top of the pillars....BUT....i hate (really really hate) the look of the roman pillars!!! ahhh. I want to completely cover the pillars with something...tulle i guess.....
...silk bouquet. I found a few decent examples but no one really showed how to arrange the flowers! I finally just sat down and started adding flowers and came up with this! I LOVE it! It's amzing...
...huge wedding planning day tomorrow. I am hoping to achieve the below. Any chance?
Confirm all ceremony music - done
receptionmusic - almost need entry and exit song
Send vows, readings, m...
... the reception and partying!
I ended up finding BOTH shoes yesterday for a combined total of under $50. I couldn't believe the deal I scored (sale items in my size). The heels are a champagn...
... the bridesmaids and flower girls. Hubby and I tried to run to the bank because we had been running so late the day before - not good. We couldn't find any bank with the lobby open until after 9...
...m my wedding planner, wholly crap! $5,946.19 for the wedding and reception and that is not including the main food, it includes the appetizers for the cocktail hour though. I need to figure out ...
Hi All,
So our vows are due in 15 days. My draft is below. Do they sound ok? Any suggestions?
Dearest Max,
I remember back to when we meet and where we were in our lives and I am...
...sive flowers for a wedding are. Considering I am on a budget and I refuse to spend thousands on flowers, I am going to attempt to make my own bouquets and centerpieces. I was looking at doing bu...
...ve a wedding planner and she says it is just personal preference and not to worry about the music starting when it is supposed to that is what she is there for, but I am still not 100 % certain ...
...rt
Cake table black skirting
Ceiling draping Black fabrics and LED lights
I have attached an image of the inspiration of the centrepiece and arbour. A photo of our ceremony location. A...
...into reception
No idea
First dance
when you said nothing at all
Garter Toss
Not sure
bouquet toss
Girls just wanna have fun - cyndi lauper
Cake cutting song
love shines - live...
...mall budget and am planning a very small intimate sunset wedding. I have looked into probably hundreds of venues and this is the only one that speaks to my taste as well as my budget. It is a ve...
Hello Divas!!! So, far is has nothing been about school & wedding talk.. The FH and I have sat down with our planner to get a jump start on our wedding process even though we still have t...
... the music dies
And marry me
Today and everyday
Marry me
If I ever get the nerve to say "Hello" in this cafe
Say you will
Mm-hmm
Say you will
Marry me
Mm-hmm...
So we decided to marry at our new church home. I knew that there would be some things that we would have to do like an initial pastor meeting, and marriage counseling before we could be wed a...
...on a budget! WELL, I think I finally found the perfect place! It's in a state park in Frederick, MD in the Catoctin Mountains, called Gambrill State Park Tea Room. The great room is GORGEOUS wit...
... the photos for some of what I've been working on in the last couple months!
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You can see my previous posts for more aisle runners I have painted or visit me at http://www.Cus...
So we decided to have the ceremony at l'Église Saint-Viateur in Outremont (Montreal). Honey wasn't 100% sure that he wanted a church wedding, plus he's not from that part of town so he didn't...
I really wanted to make something for all of the important people that were missing at our wedding. I found the design for this on a brides web page (https://sites.google.com/a/colatosti.com...
...ored flower pattern all over and a cream color lace overlay. My mom stiched the left side up and we added a little cream color flower to the center of olive bows I made and put them in the corne...
...r my DIYdecorations, the FH wants to start focusing on the ceremony. We know pieces of what we want - communion, unity candle, candles to honor deceased, specific songs, etc - but aren't sure h...
I wanted to do unity sand for the ceremony but I had such a struggle getting the sand & a vase I decided I'm going with the Candles instead.
I found exactly what I'm looking for onlin...
...d my MOH laugh. haha.
It was amazing. The words were amazing. The weather was amazing. The scenery was amazing. Having all of our favorite people around was amazing.
I was so excited at ...
We fell in love with this place... its so beautiful.
This beautiful historic 15th century manor house and stunning medieval barns are set in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside. Surro...
...each bridesmaid to be able to pick a dress that fits their body type. Once i settle on a specific designer i will have them pick whatever dress they want as long as it comes in the color i want ...
...vely maid of honor told me to take a break from planning for awhile and just enjoy the company of my fiance. IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM! and every one who prayed, your prayers came through because.....
... the music approaching the 2:56 mark and i know i have 20 seconds to get my ass to that aisle. after almost snagging my veil on the door, i am standing in front of everyone, veil over my face, b...
...uple bridesmaids pics:)
We hurried off to the church to take some more pics along with family pictures! We took some fun, formal, and unique wedding shots! I wanted some pics where my husba...
... and reception.
FH seems to think that the price is quite hefty, but I dont know if this is the norm, regardless we are still going to get married in the church. Just wanted to know is this a...
... and reception. I am currently looking at two locations. One is Abrams & Co. For the reception... I love it. The other is The Lodge. I'm still debating on if I want to use it for the cerem...
...f my decorations that I have packed away to see if I have everything and didn't forget ANYTHING and checking the weather on an hourly basis:) Right now, the forecast is set at 87 degrees with no...
...some DIY stationary tonight:) I made my photo booth poem and sign plus added a props sign to my props basket:) I also made holders for the suckers and cotton candy holders! I also put in a pi...
...e my bridesmaids took the pics on their cameras!
When we went to get my dress, we did a little shopping, well ALOT. I found this beautiful braclet from Von Maur. I thought it would go gre...
...stic bridesmaids helped me out! Well, we tackled them and they are officially finished, completed, and done!!! That was my last time consuming thing on my checklist to take out! It's done yaaa...
...5 - Bouquet Toss
8:30 - Dancing the night away:)
What do you think about this timeline? The things that I didn't know about were the cake cutting, toasts, garter toss, and bouquet toss ...
...to a bridal show July 27th in Greensboro, NC. It is hosted at McCulloch castle, how exciting! I didn't even know they had this here! It's about an hour and a half away, but the grounds are beaut...
... and engagement band together. I was working on my programs with one of my BM's today. I wanted to get through as many as I could since I had the extra help and I wanted to peek at my ring. S...
My hubby-to-be and I are from 2 separate coasts. I'm a California girl from sunny San Diego and he was born and raised in the Ohio Valley. So every one has been asking us where our wedding wi...
...to a photo website that I was signed up for, but it looks like it doesn't work with the site I had picked out:o
Need some MAJOR help with this girls!!!!! Do you know of any photo sites that ...
...ng a photo booth now and I'm just trying to get everything put together for it! One of the items I wanted to include was a pictureless frame, for guests to stick their head through:) I was hopi...
...bout flowers but then in another I don't want some "rinky dink" centerpieces or bouquets either.
So ladies I'm asking what is your flowerbudget and are you seeing that you may have to incre...
... our DIYphoto booth? Super cute, right?:) It turned out pretty well.
I must say we were one the fence about the photo booth because we thought even DIY would be too much money , but we got...
...e my hair was too fine......
I posted some pics on here what my hair looked like about 3 or 4 hours after she did my do and I don't know if it's because my hair is too fine?!?!? I didn't get...
...your hair cut, colored, hair trail, then hair day of, plus your makeup trail and makeup the day of,teeth whitening, hair care products up until the day of.....gezzz!!!! It can kind of get exhaus...
...o my bridesmaid because she helped me out a TON this week!!!!! Thank you Deary:)
I can check off: buying my makeup, figuring out makeup style, meeting with the venue manager, signing the pa...
...your cake, share images of that as well along with how many tables you are expecting to have at the reception.
By me having all of this information it made it so much easier for the florist ...
... our photographer. She posted on her blog and put together a slide show.
Here is the link to her blog:
http://blog.suzannesimmons.com/
And here is the link to her website:
http://www.su...
On Monday morning, I got a call from my FH from work and usually he doesn't call me from work. So, I thought that was a little strange! I started talking with him and he told me that he rec...
...w
Cake Cutting- Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard
Bouquet Toss- Single Ladies by Beyonce
Garter Toss- Undecided
Typing all of that wore me out!! As you can tell we like all differ...
... the gown after the ceremony? Over the past few months I have been to a few wedding where the lovely brides jumped into water with their new husbands! Gown and all!! Just wondering if anyone els...
... My bridesmaid and I went shopping after the dress fitting and I opened a rewards card at a new store! It was soo weird because the associate asked for my last name and I know my hasn't change...
... her invitations for some inspiration, so we ended up doing Monogram B-12 with some font changes for the name and date to match her modern invitations. The "M" is olive green with a coating a s...
...take photos for planning & decorating purposes.
On to the inspiration - I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the way this bride lined the aisle with candles. I'm just not into the flowers/organza pew deco...
... the photos on this website:
http://www.stalbertbotanicpark.com/special.htm
Here's a sneak peak though - I honestly fell in love without even having to go look at it. We have chosen to do ...
... and reception.
The first 2 are chair signs for us at the reception.
The next one is going to go on the front of the gift table.
The next 2 are to go on the front of the ice cream sunda...
...amp; reception and best of all it has my colors in the decor. I loved this place and compared to some of the places I have viewed this is wonderful for the price and time that I get. My deposit ...
... This past weekend, since I had my bridal shower, my FH mom came to it and she brought a homemade veil. She had one of the seamstresses from my FH hometown make it. I picked out the toole an...
...ther DIY project I've been meaning to post. Hopefully over the next few days I'll be able to post all of the projects I've been working on recently.
These are signs we made for the park.
T...
... the reception and hanging it or setting it somewhere....just not for sure yet on this one. Any suggestions?
I think they all turned out pretty well or at least how I thought they might turn...
... the reception hall until 8 a.m. of the day on the wedding day! My hair dresser and makeup artist has told me in order to be ready for pictures at 12:00, I would need to get started on everythi...
... AND reception site, which I intended to use it as both to save money. My only problem is the easiest and least stressful way to do that would be to have the ceremony outside under the gazebo. B...
... the reception hall! The debate would be either the "Mr. & Mrs." or "Bride & Groom" sign.....that's a hard one! Which one would you choose if you had the choice?
Then there is the s...
...ttle diy bride for the past few days! I justs finished the mock up of my wedding programs, and They look GOOD! If I must say myself! I did a 4 layer with vellium overlay.
Also adding a pictu...
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