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...
... red flowers together, my fave color is pink, the groom's is red :)...
... own dresses then they would all feel comfortable in what they had chosen and in my opinion the various styles of dresses always looks much better than just 1 set dress on different sized/shaped...
...e my reception venue. It is a very rustic "raw" space, I've included some pics and I need to do all the decorations. Because it is on the registry of historical places there are ALOT of rules, n...
... the reception. I'm not really having a bar because we nor do our friends really drink but I do want to offer some wine. I REALLY want to give out mini bottles of wine, but if it breaks the bank...
I LOVE this presentation for a wine bottle as a favor! I 'm thinking of having them in the burlap bags with something sweet printed on it and a pretty bow :D I'm still undecided on smal...
...your photo or monogram.
Personalized Bubbles
Personalized Fans/Fan Programs
Programs and Invitations
Menus
Escort Cards
Banners...such as your names, Candy Buffet Banners, Jus...
...hic" bouquet inspiration pictures. I am really diggin' garden and sahara roses and hydrangeas mixed with maybe a few pieces of curly willow and some hypercium berries....
I was loving the bling...
...p;My Bridesmaids have been AMAZING (so far, lol) and I really wanted to thank them for everything. Being in someones wedding isnt cheap, especially when you factor in that all my bridal party ch...
...ored dress (being that this is a 2nd wedding) I am allowed to bend the rules :) However, I don't think I want to wear a burnt orange colored dress. But..this wine color I think would look lovely...
...s?)
DIY painted aisle runner
rose petals lining each side of runner
Wine table for wine unity ceremony:
wine bottles
wine glasses
wine carafe
candle
table cover
Stage:
lined wi...
I know this is a never ending debate amongst us brides and I have heard some great theories/calculations (for instance the average drinker consumes 1 drink per hour & you need 3 container...
...or a bridesmaid gift.
...
... Okay so my fiance is of italian heritage so as a nod to that we are serving wine for our toast instead of champagne, and because he's a fister in the army we are honoring his unit by serving ...
...tle (bridesmaid, MOH etc.) to them later on.
4. Cake Topper, This is how I feel I have to drag my FH to do anything that has to deal with the wedding and after 3 years and 4 postponed wedding...
...f my bridesmaids was with me, so she chose her colour. One of my other bridesmaids (my younger sis) isn't too pleased with the colour I chose for her (Orange, I figured since she wears a lot of ...
A local favorite. Riesling, Chardonnay & Merlot. YUM…
all boxed and tagged...they turned out great! We even found dark purple tissue paper to line the inside of the bottle, I'll post more pics when I can.
btw...does anyone else have probl...
...f my bridesmaids birthdays and we
were gone all day. We got on a party bus at Noon
and went to area wineries and it was a 12 hour event!
I was still functioning today too...somehow =).
...
...g my wedding cake. She's really sweet and more affordably than most wedding cake designers out there! I'm so excited~ I have posted a picture of kind of what my cake is going to look like!
E...
...umed bouquet, character and depth. A good fruit intensity on the palate and a long and slightly yeasty finish. Reserva Heredad comes in an exquisite hand-blown bottle with a slender, tapered nec...
... the reception, or should I put it in our "emergency case" like Sarahdarling made... I don't know but I'd like to incorporate it somehow.
Any ideas?
And extra points if anyone has ever he...
... My ladies threw me a bridal shower the other day, it was amazing! They hired a women from a local winery and she taught us about wine and wine tasting. John and I go wine tasting at vineyards...
It's my fiancé's and my goal to have Anthony Bourdain as a guest at our wedding. We wouldn't even mind "No Reservations" hanging about, too. After all, we will be getting married at a beautif...
I really want to do a personal wine bottle lable but I have no clue how! I have been researching with no luck! What kind of paper do you use to print it out on? I don't want it to smudge or t...
... for decor and we all know that a part of it is choosing a top table setup! I wanted you guys thoughts on how to pull off the fall look completely! My main colors are Wine and Orange, but Really...
...be a wedding invitation and a couple other things from our wedding/planning process. I've started researching red wines that age well (they are delicious!) and now just pricing out some wooden b...
...s my dress)
3. My shoes before they were dyed.
4. My shoes after they were dyed and I added the bling! They are awesome!!! I love them!!
5. Earrings for my beautiful flower girl (ets...
...r my bridesmaids because I can be a perfectionist at times and they had to be this set perfect color! Well I FOUND IT! I love love love this dress and the accents on the side match the back of m...
... for flowers for my wedding... Its been about a few days since I've written so I wanted to get you guys feedback!!!! I wanted bouquets that really symbolized fall colors and incorporated mini bu...
Obviously everyone has different taste in wine, but these are my two picks. I would recommend these two wines for the beginner wine drinker. They are easy to drink and have a nice fresh taste...
... UPDATE:
We bought 90 wine glasses from DollarTree for a buck a piece!!! That aren't exactly what I was looking for but they work for what I want. Then I'm already planning on getting my ros...
...lest bridesmaid is 5'4, but I don't know if that even matters! So ladies, please weigh in! You've helped me so much!!! I want to use bouquets with just calla lillies and not a mixture.. I would ...
... the budget.
No one around here rents them either.
What did you ladies do?...
... our engagement party! It was tons of fun because it was quite the learning experience as well! We set placecards that gave a description of the cheeses that were displayed directly in front of ...
... two dresses we have narrowed down to, but I'll post a blog about that later! Question.. We want to go with Burnt Orange Calla Lillies and maybe some berries or green grass to accent the bouquet...
... the reception! So let me know your favorites!!! Check it off the list!
I will add pics of the white wine bottles when I get them!
:o)...
Ladies, my FH and I want to put red and white wine on each table and just realized that we would need wine coasters and ice buckets to do so.
Has anyone come across reasonably priced ones?...
... our engagement picture to go with my pink a brown theme. My mother and I are going to bottle them on Saturday. I am so excited it just feels like time is flying by. I’ll add a picture of them w...
The white is actual ivory but you get the point. lol Whatcha think my WBC friends?
... our honeymoon.
I would LOVE a nice tropical vacation somewhere, but FH won't stop foot on a plane.
So, we've been talking about taking a cross country train trip to Napa Valley, Calif. We'r...
... our wedding favours. Our wedding is in late October so I wanted something to do with wine or something rustic. My FH's uncle makes his own wine so his parents came up with the idea of giving ...
...! My bridesmaids and family did an awesome job!!
We started off the weekend on Friday night just hanging out and eating pizza, got some good sleep and headed off to my aunt's house to start t...
...sing flowers & when I explained our wine ceremony she helped with a few red choices I took a bottle of each home to try. I love the New Age & so does the fiance. The red we weren't as cr...
... the bridesmaids presents together to just wrap them up and thats one less thing I have to think about later.
Well, I found half the stuff- but the main present I'd got them is no where to b...
...hite dress! HA. Good thing I'm not pron to being klutzy!
Not sure how the white wine & red wine would taste together, maybe a Riesling & Cabernet would be a tasty combo or she suggest...
...st a photo of them soon as they are all complete).
For the bachelorette party we are starting at Wine Styles for bottles of wine and appetizers (meat and cheese), then on to Roja (an awesome ...
I finally put together my inspiration Board! Some of the items I have already gotten and I also have it printed out and at work :)
Hi ladies! For any of you who might be doing personalized wine labels, I found that hot water and a full scoop of TIDE worked perfect! soaked them to the point I could easily peel them off an...
My Matron of Honor clued me in on the plans for the Bachelorette Party this morning and I am so excited!!!!
The plan is to meet up at 4:00 at Wine Styles for games and some bottles of wine...
I stumbled upon wine bottles as the table numbers and both the FH and I agree that it is what we want. Our centre pieces were going to double as the table numbers and now without the identify...
... I missed last week...was on vacay...oh how I miss vacay...
Anyway, since I'm on a wine kick...here's another cool idea seen on Little White Book blog.
It's called a commitment box but b...
... Well, I made the gift I posted about below for the bridal shower. I made some of my own edits and changes, and I think it turned out pretty well!
I bought 4 wines, 1 champagne and one spa...
... http://www.brewtime.ca/
SoooOOoo if I knew about this before, I would have had the bar in my house stacked years ago. lol
I heard about this place in Hamilton called Brew Time where you...
Technically a Bellini is white peach puree and Prosecco. That’s it. However, it seems that today people loosely associate the term Bellini with just about any fruit and Prosecco combination.
...
...d of music from the Marie Antoinette soundtrack plus some of my 80's faves
(1) Hand written letter (not shown)
...
...e my bridesmaids for doing this for me and i CANNOT wait!! has anyone else done something like this too?...
So, if you're like me, you probably have friends that are also getting married at this point in their lives. Well, I found this great inspiration idea for a gift - either bridal or wedding.
...
I recruited a couple of good girlfriends to come help with wedding projects. We drank wine and had some yummy snacks and made tons of progress.
All tears of joy packets done, all favor bo...
... add photos once I complete them all. I plan on delivering them to the hotel the day before the wedding and have the hotel place them in my guests rooms for a nice welcome surprise!...
I feel really good about getting my wine out the way. Strolling through Walmart today with no intentions on purchasing anything and I ran dead smack into a end cap that had none other than bo...
so far we have:
9 bottles of pink truck white zin
7 arbor mist assotred flavors
23 bottles of champange
8 chardonay
2 chiantis
6 reislings
2 pinot grigios
3 bottles of sangria
1 merl...
...nd 3 Bridesmaids. They are all wearing Bill Levkoff Tissue Taffeta dresses in Wine. The Bridesmaids are wearing Style #555, Matrons of Honor are wearing #437, 618, and 917.
I ordered the brid...
... the photo upload instructions printed on the back to save time & money. We are going to use wine corks as the card holders.
Candy buffet will be displayed in old fashioned country store...
... one photo of in progress so you can see how I knit the covering.
So now I have to decide what to do about toasting flutes, do I make them to match or do I give in to my mom who wants to buy ...
....
Bridesmaids
- Monogram Bags ($1.79 ea.)
- Mask ($6)
- Flip Flop ($1, Decor .50)
- Jewelry ($10.00)
- CD ($1.00)
- Wine ($5.00/4
TOTAL: 21.54 Each MAID
Not bad compaired to, If I ...
... the dress, they will be carrying orange bouquets of daisies and alstromeria. I will have orange alstromeria, orange/burgundy roses and burgundy daisies....
... the MOH for my two best friends in the whole world.
I plan on giving them the best, as they have in our many years of friendship.
I am also a bridesmaid/planner for my Aunt's wedding in O...
test inner 5
... OMG, so excited! FI and I buy our wine 6 bottles at a time because our grocery store offers a 10% discount when you buy 6. During our last trip, I saw these "Crane Lake" wines, and thought I ...
...h my photo frames (still wet with paint) away. They were scattered all over my yard, the news paper is now in my neighbors yard. One of the frames landed in a pile of dog crap..yeah that would b...
Here are some of the items that I have bought over the last couple weeks for the wedding. Of course most of it comes from Hobby Lobby, the silver frames are from the Dollar Tree and the brace...
... the budget. The cake serving set I am working on making myself, I know how to wire craft, and I'm unemployed, so what I can diy I will. The cake will definitely have flowers in our colors on ...
... for cake table
damask picture frame
damask candle holders
damask napkins
I will also be looking for a damask overlay for the cake table and a damask runner for the head table among other ...
You can use chilled champagne or sparkling white wine and then at peach puree. You can use any fruit puree but the traditional Bellini is peach.
... the reception....
I am at an impass. I don't know whether or not to use cloth napkins or just paper dinner napkins. I can purchase these linen napkins for around $0.70 each. But I would purchase them in plain ...
We met with our caterer today and we both absolutely adored her. We will be doing an Italian sit down dinner. Before dinner there will probably be Italian skewers of pitted olives with Italia...
.... My MOH has three children and bless her heart she deals enough with me griping about wedding stuff all the time...I know she will read this but sorry honey....I AM NOT GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR HE...
MY FH AND I REALLY DO NOT CARE FOR CHAMPANGE BUT WE FIGURED WE COULD GO WITH A FLAVORED/COLORED CHAMPANGE FOR TASTE OR A RED WINE TO TOAST. HE REALLY LIKES THE RED WINE IDEA. "WARM AND SEXY F...
...anks Bridesmaid, Dina!). We added rhinestone embellishments to add some bling.
My mom had the greatest idea for the glittered tacks aka fastener for the ribbon, so no glue needed!! Genius Mot...
I bought all my picture frames for the centerpieces today!
I went to the Dollar Tree and they actually had 92 of them! I only needed 80 frames to make 20 boxes but I bought the extras jus...
... the wedding planner will take the pew cups off the pews and move them in to reception site to sit inside of each one of these boxes. I tried it out last night and it looked wonderful with the p...
... the gown my girls will be wearing. They will be wearing the one shown in the blue grey color but it will be the color of the wine gown pictured.
Their dresses will be the wine color with a b...
... out bridesmaid dresses today and not only did we pick out the bridesmaid dresses but also my tiara and wedding jewelry.
(A) bought my wedding jewelry for me as a gift! How sweet is that!?!?!...
Ohhhhh I'm loving the deals I found this week! I got damask dinner napkins for the place settings for a little over $2.00 a pack from party city.
The damask glass charger was from Ross.
...
... two flowers look just alike but the one on the left is actually darker than the one on the right. I am thinking about using these to make my bridal bouquet. I need wine colored flowers so which...
... the reception. We are going to have two bottles of our favorite wine.
I can't come up with anything clever other than "Sign the WIne Bottles." I need a cute saying, can anyone help?...
Mike and I are going to have a cocktail hour in the foyer outside of the ballroom prior to dinner being served.
This will be a good time killer for guests while we are doing pictures. The...
...or a wedding gown I tried to look for the dress used hoping I might find it for around $1,000...but alas the ONLY used one I could find was still over $2,000.00 so I begrudgingly pushed it to th...
Well here are my bar bottle lights! I really love the look of displaying the wine and liquor area, including the punch fountain area.
... okay...I know a lot of you ladies have signature drinks that you are serving at your receptions. We have our own "signature drinks" as well.
Mike's is Corona. And mine is a glass of wine. ...
... our reception. Many of our friends have done the same at their wedding receptions, so I feel safe that we're not going to offend anyone by not serving liquor.
We thought about doing a signa...
...e 27 dresses (cause its cute), a bottle of wine, a book,bath stuff and something else. and a card asking them-what do you think?...
... red wedding gown. I spoke to my mom and my fiance's mom to make sure there would be no objections and they both loved the idea. The only problem is that we can not find a vendor in our state no...
Here they are! Only thing I have to get now is the Champagne, but I'm ready for them when they arrive. LOL I printed the Merlot wines in color and the Sparkling Cider Juices in gray a...
hey ladies,
I am having a Tuscan/wine/grape themed wedding... the idea my florist has for a centrepiece is nice but it is very costly. Approximately $45.00 each centrepiece. The idea was a b...
...ss a DIY your home kit for making your own wine. I told FH about it and it got me thinking, what a great wedding gift to add to my out-of-town bags. I knew some wineries did this, so I looked in...
...d my flowers from the florist. She was great did exactly what I wanted and gave me an e-mail address to contact her with if I want to change anything.
I started the wine, we are making our ow...
My honey has a fasination with Candy apples Wait lol We both do so our edible favor will be candy apples and maybe chocolate covered strawberries, a bottle of fine wine and no ladiies n...
