... Well ladies I'S MARRIED NAH....Saturday was absolutely AMAZING....everything went as planned and everyone was so pleased with how everything turned out!!!!!
We are honeymooning right now i...
... and honeymoon! Hehehehe
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...h up music selections for ceremony and reception
*Pay off vendors!!!
*GET MARRIAGE LICENSE...
... We ladies...tomorrow it will be 30 days until our wedding and boy oh boy I cant wait
Things are coming together as planned and I thought I would share with you ladies some of the things th...
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... the reception maybe even go somewhere just him and I for pics.
Ladies what means of transportation are you using for your wedding??? Is your wedding party riding with you???/ Are you making...
So orignally, FH and I planned on having an Open Bar at the wedding but after some careful consideration we have decided to cancel the open bar.....& guess what I saved us almost a $1000....
...d my MOH.
So I went in search for the perfect birdcage veil and I purchased this for under $20 on ebay....it arrived yesterday and I LOVE IT!!!!!...
... the invites that we sent out for Mr. & Mrs.....or just Ms. are coming back RSVPing for 4 & 6 people...OMG this is not a free for all.
At this moment we are at 100 people from the RSV...
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... our photographer off in FULL!!!
Time is winding down and it feels so good that we are getting these vendors paid off!!!!
This Friday we will be paying off the florist.......60 DAYS UNTIL ...
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...s my MOH & FSIL (BM) are at odds with each other over the bachelorette party.....can you say SO OVER IT!!!...
Soooooo excited....THIS IS REAL I AM GETTING MARRIED....today we received our first set of RSVP's in the mail, and so far we have received all ACCEPTS!!!!
So excited....now I will be stalk...
...ding invites!!!!
I was going to wait until the 25th our 2 month mark, but I've been receiving calls from everyone asking why the had yet to receive their invites and since I had them complete...
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...d my MOH, & BM just made this so soreal me...I will be Mrs. Booker in just a few months.
Also, FMIL purchased her dress today....1 mom down and 2 to go!!!!!
Soooooo excited!!!
Of co...
...rder wedding cake
* Complete favors (CD)
* Prepare and assemble programs (not sure if I will be doing this)
* Finish card box
* Decide on day of transportation
* Do tasting and de...
...g my invitations designed by ours truly SHANNY POOH aka mrshtobe.
So my question is ladies should I use the ribbon or just the monogram on the invite....FH likes the ribbon and I like it too....
... the wedding invitation...I opted to go with a petalfold instead of a pocketfold and will post pics as soon as I locate my camera LOL
So here is my To-Do List for the month of May because Ap...
LADIES....after 4 months of being in LIMBO and 3 months of our family living apart we FINALLY closed on our HOME!!!!
I am so excited to have this done, and cannot wait until we are able to...
...t my dress HAS ARRIVED....OMG...I had just talked to them Friday and was informed that the ship date was set for approximately May 25th with the dress being in store no later that June 15th....O...
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...d my Bridesmaid Dresses & I am reluctantly letting FH handle his guys attire, so now I'm left with MY FLOWER GIRL DRESSES.
I have 2 daughters whom of course are apart of the wedding, and ...
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... Ladies, Ladies, Ladies during the planning process we share EVERYTHING that we are going through with the wedding process here on WBC. But I have noticed here lately is that after the WEDDING...
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...t my MOH stepping down. Well with that being done we now have an uneven wedding party.
FH has asked me what am I going to do about that, should he let one of his guys go and my response was A...
...d my MOH decided that she was not going to be in the wedding.
I think that it is because she does not like the dress that I picked, and I am not letting her have her way or adhering to her wi...
...h my invites, and it was done in a matter of minutes, (OK, days but that's only because I kept making changes.)
She was so easy to work with, and within a few days she help me get something c...
...e on cake (FFIL has been dropping all kinds of hints that he wants to do our cake)
* Decide on favors
* Order my dress (will be complete 2/11/12 SO EXCITED)
* Pick and order BM dresses ...
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... the wedding budget. He brought to my attention that as of that day we had signed contracts for over $3K with just photography and videography services.
Now to some that is a reasonable price...
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... Ladies...Ms. TK is in dyer need of your assistance.
I have a total of 7 girls in my bridal party (I know WTH was I thinking), and at the very beginning of this process I let them know that...
... our engagement pics....the link that I posted required that you register to view so many of you did not get to see them...we ordered a few of our favorites and here they are!!!!
We had so mu...
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... our reception in the room we reserved with that big of a guest list and put a larger room on hold for me. NOT A PROBLEM RIGHT...WRONG
FH is dead against going into the larger room because he...
...bm's bouquets, and our daughter kissing ball that she will carry. I was quite SURPRISED.
The overall theme for our wedding is PURE ROMANCE....I've attached some pictures so that you can see s...
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...s my Maid of Honor was just totally out of line. To me as the MOH she should have been the one that keeps everyone in line and helps set the tone for how the meeting will be ran, unfortunately t...
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...ting wedding planning on hold until after the holidays and by then the house will be completed and we will be moved in and I can focus strictly on the wedding.
OMG...what is a girl to do?? I ...
I will give FH brownie points he has let me do some things with this wedding that he did not necessarily agree with (videography), but this time I do not think he is going to bend.
HE IS T...
... the wedding planning is coming along well.
Yesterday FH and I put together the remaining STD's. I was shocked that he offered to help...but oh so GLAD that he did. I've uploaded some pics so...
Ladies, ladies, ladies...I have been on edge for the past month or so.
I feel like we have soooo much going on and so little time to do everything. Let's see we are:
* In the process of...
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...t my budget was and I gave her a round about figure and from the looks of it what most of you said seems true. It looks as though she was charging me roughly 10% of my budget.
Is this a good ...
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...went dress shopping about two weeks ago and she asked me wether or not their dresses were going to match the colors of the wedding party?
Not having giving much thought to that just yet, I g...
...went dress shopping Thursday, and I fell in LOVE with the dress pictured below....which in turn gave me a better take on the over all look I wanted for the bridal party....so ladies what do you ...
...king videographer- BOOKED
* Applying for passports
* Creating wedding website- COMPLETED www.weddingwire.com/tkbooker
Items to be COMPLETED in OCTOBER:
* Meet with florist
* Put de...
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I am anxiously waiting on my Save the Date Magnets to arrive and I am unsure how mail them off. Do I just put them in the envelope and mail them or should I attach them to something (i.e. fol...
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... the invitation...my oh my....the LITTLE DETAILS.
Then my thoughts went to do I match the color of my pocketfold to the invitation or can I use my accent color for the envelope....ONCE AGAIN....
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the videographer
his tux
& I've also ordered alot of things as well
FH says we spent to much on the photographer and videographer but to me those are some of the most important things....
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...
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...
* 3 flower girl vases
* Satin Ring Box
* Toasting flutes
* Bride Tank
* Future Mrs. Booker t-shirt (free from VISTAPRINT)
* Small Jewelry boxes for BM's
* Photo Card Box
I ...
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OK ladies....FH & I were talking earlier and he wants us to get the Save the Dates out sooner than later. So in a search to find reasonably priced STD MAGNETS I made my way over to VISTAP...
Well I was not expecting my pics back for a few weeks but they came in quicker than expected. I'm not 100% pleased with all of them but there are quite a few that I LOVE...as you will see we ...
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... and reception.
ME: I would like to rent an exoctic car for FH to drive to the ceremony and him and I drive to the reception in ALONE...just for us to have that time alone for a minute. I wou...
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... our videographer today, & BOOKED today.
For $1400 we get:
* 9 hours of coverage
* 2 manned cameras
* Interviews with guest
* 50 photograph photo montage with background music
* M...
...ng a wedding budget
* Reserving venues and signing contracts
* Booking officiant
* Booked photographer
* Took engagement photos
* Started shopping for a wedding gown
* Started researching ...
... our engagement pics. Boy oh boy was this an experience. I was worried that FH would make us late for our pics but it turns out I was the one who made us late with getting my makeup done...but b...
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... our engagement pics on the 23rd of this month
4) I lost 1 of my Bridesmaids
5) I went and tried on dresses (torn between 2)
So a lot has been accomplished, and I have so many things to...
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... the invitation and has the pocket on the back. These are a nice twist to normal pocketfolds.
What do you ladies think?????...
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... 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...
So today I was looking on Etsy for Monograms & in looking at alot of the monograms I realized that alot of the designs that were used I have seen in my clip are.
Sooooo....once again I...
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Bridesmaid Dresses by tkbooker...
...oked engagement photos (included with photography package)
* Ordered a sample of the wedding invitation (LOVE IT)
* Purchased centerpiece vases and candle holders
* Purchased tubes for ...
...k my bridesmaids to pay for a dress??? I originally wanted to keep the price of the dress at $150 or less but I have been unsuccessful in my search.
I'm going to have a meeting with my girls ...
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... the wedding planning & I couldn't be more happier. Last week fh and I met and booked our photographer & I am SUPER EXCITED, in our package we got:
5 hours of professional photography...
...e to DIY the invitations.
He has indicated that the invitations are a VERY important part of the wedding and want them to be PERFECT!!!
So needless to say I am in search of an vendor to de...
...d my bridesmaid Cards from MDcardsandgifts.
She was very helpful, she responded very quickly to me messages, and I received my final product very fast.
I am very happy...the inside is blan...
... the reception venue and then not be able to get the church...but my reception venue has indicated that they have already begun booking for 2012.
How long should I give them before I follow-u...
... Well ladies we have been BUSY, BUSY, BUSY getting things together. Today, we went to look at two venues, and I was impressed by both.
The first place we visited was the Barrister House
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First....I would like to THANK all of my WBC sisters who gave your input on my last post...you guys are AWESOME!!!!!
So after pulling some pics and getting a good idea of what I wanted her...
...e of dress I would like them in until I pick my OWN DRESS....guess I'm just doing a lot of research & hopefully when the time gets here it want be that hard.
I'm really loving the short s...
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...Silk flowers
* foam balls
* and 2' acrylic tear drops
So happy to begetting things done early....
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So I got an e-mail yesterday from Vistaprint for some free items, I really did not have anything that I needed from them at this particular moment.
Then while looking over the e-mail I sa...
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...faux flowers that I like that are a reasonable price. I've went to Michael's and was not impressed at all with the selection that they had. I've went to a few online sites like save-on-crafts bu...
... our wedding budget, and so far with the assistance of my Lovely WBC Diva's I am very confident that I will be able to pull off my perfect wedding on a modest budget.
So here's what I've com...
... own invites. For my first try I think I did pretty well.
Please excuse the crappy pics took them on my camera phone & directly from te computer.
So from what you can see what do you t...
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... Ok Ladies some of your advice is greatly appreciated:
FH & I are not coming together on where the ceremony will take place.
I am hearting the White House Wedding Chapel. Its perfec...
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...more budget friendly, & they had some unique add-ons.
In addition to the chapels, we also and went and checked out our 2 top choices for our reception. I Love both, & they both have t...
...fold invitations and I went looking for it. I had wanted to do a tri-fold pocket fold (without the envelope looking flap) but then I saw this and I'm soooooooo going for it.
http://gourmetinv...
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...ny:
Flower Petals (to be used for Flower Girl Basket, centerpieces & other decor)
Aisle Runner
Ring Bearer Pillow
Flower Girl Basket
Jumping Broom
Unity Candle Holder
Reception:
Cy...
