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| Ladies, I need help! Mike and I are still wedding planning and we have became stuck on flowers! For a reminder our colors our Black, Tiffany Blue and White. We can't figure out what to do the bouquets in with those colors. We were thinking of dropping the white and adding another color? What do you ladies think? Suggestion and opinions please!
Would we be able to add pink just in the bouquets? Our bridal party is wearing black and teal! This is the only part that has nearly brought me to tears because I am so frusterated! Oh and changing all our colors is out our Bridal Party has already purchased their attire! | |
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| So, I think for my gifts to my girls in the wedding party, I’m going to get tote bags and have my mom embroider their names or monograms or something on them. Bags like these: http://www.amazon.com/NEW-Port-Company-Bi-Color-Pink-OSFA/dp/B000XMTL96/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1257864886&sr=1-29 Anyway, I need ideas on what all to fill them up with. I was thinking little things like a notepad and pen, fuzzy socks/slippers or flip-flops (or both), some chapstick, a little sewing kit, some of those little one size fits all gloves (at least for my cousin Amy, because I know she’ll be cold!), and stuff like that. Does anyone else have any other ideas for little things? Thanks,
Tisha ETA: Just to clarify, this is not going to be their only gift. This is just for fun, and will probably be given to them months before the actual wedding. Their real gift gifts will be probably jewlery or something. | |
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| So against my better judgment, I decided to branch out and check out some Alfred Angelo dresses. I was looking at only David's bridal because of my price range and I found some pretty dresses, but nothing that I was floored by. I have a DB and AA in my area so I figured why not check out the website? Well my dress choices are now back up to 4. My wedding is May 8, 2010 and everybody is breathing down my neck to make a purchase, but I'm very indecisive. I need some opinions before my FSIL/MOH can come with me to try these on! ( clicky clicky! )- Mood:frustrated
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| Over Thanksgiving break, my fiance will be home. We plan to go check out a few weddings venues. Our wedding isn't until 2011, but I figure it's good to get an early start.
Anyway, I have a couple questions.
1. What do you do to look at venues? You usually call and make an appointment? I don't know how to get the process started.
2. Did anyone other than you and your fiance go with you to look at venues? it's not like wedding dress shopping, where you'd bring along your mom and bridal party, right?
I just don't even know where to start.
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| First off, the question: When did it hit you? I mean, when did the realness of your wedding really hit you and spur on that exhilarating rush of mixed emotions: nervousness, excitement, etc.? ( Calm, last-minute bride ponderings... ) | |
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| 9 months left to go! I thought I would finally post our progress so far. I can't believe it's already been 3 months since he proposed! Just a re-cap, my FH's name is Cale and we're getting married August 8, 2010 in Salmon Arm, BC, Canada. ( Cut for LOTS of images! )That's it for now I think!!! We've gotten a lot done so far but I know that things are going to start creeping up as our date gets closer and closer. For now I'm enjoying a little break from wedding planning and focusing on school. Ugh. I can't wait until it's over and I can ONLY think about the wedding!!!! So exciting! | |
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| Hi All!!!
I was wondering if any of you took a visit WITH your SO to check out engagement rings, if you just *hinted* at what you liked or if they just took a shot & got you what they thought you'd like best.
What did you think about what you did/ plan to do? Would you've done it any differently? | |
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| Hi planners!
So my FH and were just discussing the possibility of having a courthouse wedding in June 2012 and then have the big wedding later in September or October. This is because of health insurance reasons. Anyway, I'm trying to find info on how to go about a courthouse/JoP wedding in Michigan (specifically Detroit) but I can't find anything really. I just want to know the basics like how many people can we have at the actual ceremony and how much it will cost and how much time between applying for the license and getting married there is.
Any courthouse brides in the Metro Detroit area? Thanks! - Mood:cheerful
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| After going through the tags I couldn't quite find what I was looking for... so I hope you all can help me. I'm designing the invitations for my cousins wedding and I'm having a difficult time coming up with a nice way to word it. The bride and groom are hosting it themselves without any help from their parents so "together with their parents" doesn't work and I cannot find anything nice and simple online. The only thing, so far, that I have is "So and so request the honor of your presence..." which may work if I don't hear anything better. Little poems and cutesy things like that (though adorable) won't work with the invite design. I'm looking for a one-liner type of thing. ( Here is an example of what we're doing... )Thoughts? Ideas? | |
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| I was wondering if anyone had seen any neat ways of displaying cupcakes at a wedding besides the traditional round cupcake tower where they're all kind of jammed in there. I would love to have something a) elegantly unique and b) easy for guests to maneuver should we treat our cupcakes like the buffet dinner and have everyone get their own off the tower. I have nightmares of someone grabbing a cupcake and knocking over 5 more or worse knocking over the whole tower... Some examples I've found of "unique" towers are ( this ) and ( this ) but neither are quite what I'm looking for. I have this vision of (bear with me here) a kind of spiral staircase of cupcakes, where they're all in single file spiraling upwards with individual holders. But after much Google-ing... this does not exist lol. Anyone have any good descriptions/pictures? Thanks in advance! | |
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| Bonus points for people already married who can tell me how close their planned timelines matched up with what actually happened. I checked the timeline tag, but there's a lot of variance and a lot of speculative timelines but few posts about the times things actually happened, so I thought I'd ask here. I'm printing out invitations next week so I need to figure out what time to do everything--so I at least need to nail down a ceremony and reception time. We have the ceremony venue and the reception venue reserved all day, so that's not an issue. I'm wondering specifically: - What order do you do things at the reception? We're having a buffet dinner, first dance and parents' dances, and a cake cutting. No garter/bouquet toss or any other dances.
- How long did you plan for dinner? How long did you have for dancing?
- How long did pictures take?
- How long after the reception started did you serve dinner?
- If you had to set up/take down the reception area, how long did you allow for that? How many people did you have helping?
- My ceremony venue is a 5 minute drive from the reception venue. Parking is simple so once guests arrive it'll be quick for them to get inside.
This is my current timeline- 4pm ceremony 4:30pm cocktail hour begins (photos taken here) 5:30pm reception begins 6pm dinner is served (any speeches at this time) 7:30pm cake cutting 7:40pm dances begin (while everyone is eating cake) 8pm open dance floor for everyone 11pm last dance 11-12 clean up Does this seem reasonable? Also: Regarding speeches. Did you tell people they were supposed to do speeches, or did they know on their own? How long do people typically talk? | |
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| Show me your diy boutonnieres and corsages. | |
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| I noticed a recent post about your FH's or DH's wedding bands, and didn't see that any but one guy had diamonds or other gemstones in their rings. Are there others out there? Why I ask is, FH is considering diamonds in his ring (we're inheriting am eternity ring from his family that has several small diamonds, and we're resetting them in both his and my wedding bands), and I wanted to see other mens' diamond- or gemstone-containing bands. Just 'cause I'm curious. ;) Thanks! | |
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| Name and/or LJ userID: Kris ( ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) i_come_undone) Wedding Date: Summer 2010 Bride/Groom/Other (please specify): I'm the bride Age: I'm 31; he's 34. City/State/Country you live in: Renton, WA, USA City/State/Country you're getting married in (if different): Not sure yet. Your song/First Dance song: Our song is "Bohemian Like You" by the Dandy Warhols, but I'm not sure we're having a first dance yet. If we are, we'll probably dance to something goofy like "American Wedding" by Gogol Bordello. Wedding Colors: Blues and greens Formality: VERY informal Theme (if you have one): Erm...cheap, not fussy, and crazy fun? Number of guests: For the ceremony, probably less than 40. We are hoping to either elope in Vegas or have a small, intimate ceremony here where we live and then have several reception "parties" since most of my family is in California and his family is in Canada. How'd you meet your fiance?: Yahoo! Personals How long have you been together?: 6 months Do you have a personal wedding website?: Not yet, but I am sure we will, as we are both super geeky. Have you read the community rules before posting this survey? Yes Anything else you'd like to tell us?: This will be a second marriage for both of us; we are looking to do something fun and totally us without spending a lot of money. We aren't officially engaged yet, but I know it's coming and I don't want to get caught with only 6 or 7 months to plan something, you know? We don't want to wait years and years - we have waited for each other our whole lives and don't feel the need to wait any more :) ( And just for giggles, here's us. ) | |
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| Name and/or LJ userID: Callwolf, aka Heather Wedding Date: September 18 2010 Bride/Groom/Other (please specify): I am the bride. My FH's name is Pat. Age: I'm 26, he's 29. City/State/Country you live in: Ottawa, ONT, Canada. City/State/Country you're getting married in (if different): Merrickville, ONT. Your song/First Dance song: We have a few :) "You and Me" Lifehouse and "Love Song" covered by Tori Amos. Wedding Colors: Aubergine, olive and walnut. Formality: Semi-formal Theme (if you have one): Sort of shabby chic Number of guests: 80 How'd you meet your fiance?: We met at the birthday party of a mutual friend in 2000 How long have you been together?: We've been together 8 years :) Do you have a personal wedding website?: We do! It's here. Have you read the community rules before posting this survey? Yep! Anything else you'd like to tell us?: We've been living together for two years, and engaged for about a year now. We're just getting into the real planning of the wedding now that we're within the 365-day range. Want to see what we have done so far? ( The details, some images )Well, I think that's basically it for now! I'm so excited to have found a group where I can feel good about talking about to other brides going through the same things I am. - Mood:excited
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| Name and/or LJ userID: Amber Wedding Date: June 2010 *we need to still set the day but we're waiting on when we can get the Hawaii thing set up and booking a venue Bride/Groom/Other (please specify): I'm the Bride! Age: 25 City/State/Country you live in: Idaho City/State/Country you're getting married in (if different): Hawaii for marriage / Idaho for reception Your song/First Dance song: I don't want to miss a thing - Areosmith Wedding Colors: Black, White, Egplant Purple, & Silver. Formality: Casual on the beach in Hawaii / Semi-Formal Reception Theme (if you have one): All about us Number of guests: Unknown so far around 200? How'd you meet your fiance?: On MySpace haha How long have you been together?: A little over 6 Months Do you have a personal wedding website?: Not yet Have you read the community rules before posting this survey? Yes! Anything else you'd like to tell us?:Lots of pictures and text under cut. ( Nothing set in stone yet... ) | |
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| I was wondering if anyone planned to have an interpreter for their wedding? Or has ever attended one with an interpreter? My parents are both deaf as are a few of my Aunts and Uncles. I'm trying to figure out where an interpreter could stand so my guests could see both me AND the interpreter. I'm probably going to say and sign my vows and possibly teach my fiancé to do the same but I'd like to have someone interpret the rest.
Any thoughts/ideas/experience to share?
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| Well I havn't posted here very much... except for a few comments as I havn't really had any progress to report on... but as of Saturday just gone I have a Venue! and a DATE! We'll be getting married at 5pm on Saturday 5th March 2011. Just to refresh i'll post my intro post again: Name and/or LJ userID: Kat Wedding Date: 5th March 2011 Bride/Groom/Other (please specify): The Bride! Age: 24 will be 25 on the wedding date City/State/Country you live in: Melbourne Australia City/State/Country you're getting married in (if different): Same Your song/First Dance song: Hard to concentrate (by the red hot chilli peppers) Wedding Colors: Classic black and white with muted blues and greens. Formality: Semi-Formal Theme (if you have one): No real theme but im aiming for a 20's - 40's look for the whole affair. Number of guests: 120ish. How'd you meet your fiance?: He dropped a beer can on my head (a full one, from up high) lol How long have you been together?: Almost 3.5 years. We bought a house together and moved into it in April his year Do you have a personal wedding website?: Nope Have you read the community rules before posting this survey? Yes! Anything else you'd like to tell us?: Follow me for some snap shots of our venue: Edited to also as some inspo boards I have been putting together (sorry if I have 'borrowed' some of your images etc. if you would like me to remove them i would be more than happy to). ( More behind here ) | |
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| short hair wedding styles? My hair is growing out but it definately won't be any longer than shoulder length and I doubt it will get there, probably more like midneck. I have no idea what to do for the wedding!
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| Grooms' rings! :)
And if you could, please note where you found them.
My fiance has yet to find a ring that he likes well enough to even try on. We're still a year out, so it's not a big hairy deal, but I'd like to help him find something he likes! | |
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| Have any of you done your own invitations and/or save the date cards? Did you find it cheaper or more expensive once you got all of the supplies and them printed out? Also any good sites or stores that have the paper supplies for good prices are helpful.
My fiance and I are working on a tight budget, though our wedding is a year away (we hit the one year mark yesterday!!!) and confident that we will be able to save more than enough anywhere we can save a few dollars would be nice. Any ideas or advice is appreciated!!! | |
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| So, I hate making decisions. I've come to all of you wonderful advice givers to make this decision for me. As a reminder, we are having a very casual wedding at a ranch. There will be a slight western theme, but our main focus is choosing things that reflect us, regardless of whether or not it goes with other stuff. That being said, I need your opinions on save-the-dates. I've found three that I like, but I'm not necessarily in love with them. I've looked through pages and pages of examples, but I haven't really found anything else that has personality. ( Here are the one's we're thinking about: ) | |
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