2015/2016 Brides Roll Call & Random Thoughts :-)

Picked up my dress today. It fits like a glove! If I gain a pound it won't fit but if I lose more than 5 it will slide down. All that needs to be done is have a bra and a bustle put in. Yay!

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B_Phlyy said:
We got engaged on Christmas. I was really shocked and cried. I never cry.

We're going to do a small engagement party then just go to the courthouse/elope before the end of the summer (most likely late July). We hope to honeymoon in the Bahamas.
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I love this idea. I'm all for a nice house marriage and using the money towards other things. I still will wear a pretty dress to the courthouse and party though.
 
I am going to choke FH if he doesn't get me the list of addresses and proper names for his guests. I guess I would be wrong if I just sent out the save the dates to my people. UGH! This was the only thing I asked him to do.
 
OhmyKimB said:
Ladies, What are your thoughts if someone has a private wedding/elopes but has a reception?
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This is what we are doing and it is NOT less stressful! Instead of coordinating one party. I have to do 2 of everything. It's a lot of work.

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Briabiggles said:
((Hugs)). It will all get done! Just remember all you really need is your fiancé, the officiant, and the marriage license!! Nothing else has to be perfect. Sent from my iPad mini mini.
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This is what my mindset is. My sister is acting more stressed than me and it's not her wedding. I told her I will not let one day stress me out.

For the ladies who are doing destination, do you feel leery about securing things with vendors until you meet them?

My wedding is down savannah ga my home town but I live up north. My FH and I are going to sav in march to meet with caterer, dj, etc. I love our venue but fiancé never saw it but we both loved it when we saw it online (it's on a beautiful farm). I flew down in November to look at places. My dress is getting handmade (our theme is african with lots of color). At first I thought that we were behind but we are on target.

But I will say that some of you ladies are great with planning ahead. I feel like I'm rushing with the save the dates bc I really want us to have a personalized picture on it. We take engagement pic in ny in February. But it seems like its easy to do yourself once you have to pics.

We spoke to the lady that may do our ceremony and I think she will be a great fit plus she does consultation. I can't wait to try the vegan food from the caterer that we both like in march. It's going to be interesting seeing how my guest respond to it. Our families know the deal. I opted out of a wedding party bc I don't feel like dealing with the drama and managing people.

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Taleah2009 said:
I am going to choke FH if he doesn't get me the list of addresses and proper names for his guests. I guess I would be wrong if I just sent out the save the dates to my people. UGH! This was the only thing I asked him to do.
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I was having that issue with mine just getting the names. I had to get on him but now he is on board. Now he is asking me to print him a wedding check off list so he can have one lol.

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SamandI said:
I don't see why not. I maybe wouldn't register for gifts though.
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Because they weren't at the whole ceremony???


Sorry I just want to understand because I have little to no interest in throwing a wedding anymore. I'd rather get married and buy a house. I also don't really care about gifts because other than a dyson Idk what we'd even want.
 
tinkat said:
I was having that issue with mine just getting the names. I had to get on him but now he is on board. Now he is asking me to print him a wedding check off list so he can have one lol.

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I had to circumvent him and went straight to his mom. lol
 
tinkat

I am doing destination, in Punta Cana, DR.

To be honest, I don't feel too leery about contracting the vendors. BUT... the primary is reason is due to the facebook group I am in. I am in a Punta Cana brides FB group and it is sooo helpful! So ALL of the vendors I have used come highly recommended from past and current brides. We trade stories, pictures, planning ideas, etc. So I am 100% comfortable with vendors I have chosen. Plus I communicate extensively with all of the vendors I have chosen through email. Those vendors include:

Venue-having the wedding offsite at a restaurant where 2 decorators take care of all the décor for ceremony and reception (opposed to on the resort)
Cake
Hair/Make up
Photography
Host resort

The only big thing I have left is video and I am trying to decide if we have the budget for video. But I think I am willing to make other sacrifices in order to have video
 
Taleah2009 said:
tinkat I am doing destination, in Punta Cana, DR. To be honest, I don't feel too leery about contracting the vendors. BUT... the primary is reason is due to the facebook group I am in. I am in a Punta Cana brides FB group and it is sooo helpful! So ALL of the vendors I have used come highly recommended from past and current brides. We trade stories, pictures, planning ideas, etc. So I am 100% comfortable with vendors I have chosen. Plus I communicate extensively with all of the vendors I have chosen through email. Those vendors include: Venue-having the wedding offsite at a restaurant where 2 decorators take care of all the décor for ceremony and reception (opposed to on the resort) Cake Hair/Make up Photography Host resort The only big thing I have left is video and I am trying to decide if we have the budget for video. But I think I am willing to make other sacrifices in order to have video
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Thanks for replying. I guess the biggest thing is getting personal referrals which I have been getting but the food is so critical bc we are vegan with non vegan guest.

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OhmyKimB said:
2? Wouldn't it just be the reception?
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I'm having 40 people at the ceremony....close friends and family. We'll have a champagne toast and snacks after the ceremony. This is all at a different location than the big reception that night for about 150. Two venues, two places to plan for.

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OhmyKimB said:
Ladies,

What are your thoughts if someone has a private wedding/elopes but has a reception?
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We might do this since our original plan was just to go to the courthouse. I much prefer an initmate ceremony. I feel like I would have performance anxiety or something if a lot of people were at the ceremony. I'd rather be relaxed with him and just the officiant and then party hard with everybody at the reception.
 
Oh my. So many details! Our date is set for November/December 2016, because we're both still in college and need that time to save. I'm going to actually start planning in June though. Right now I'm just collecting info and bookmarking different venues and possibilities.
 
I have weekly mtgs with my boss and he keeps mentioning my wedding. Does his yt butt expect to be invited? I actually like him a lot, but my stuff is intimate :look: At first I know he mentioned (I walked in his office and he said Inchhigh, when are you getting married"--just super straightforward and so I told him My date but said I was still in the process of confirming--would hear back from the venue that week. Then a couple weeks later he asked if i had a date :look:) it bc we are gearing up for our busy season, so I'm sure he was just making sure I wasn't gonna be getting married/ wedding planning smack dab in the middle of work chaos. Now I'm not sure. I mean I'm still reasonably sure he is just making small talk because he's one of those people that is considerate and takes an interest in people :look: but yesterday he was like "the year is flying by. Yesterday it was January, tomorrow it'll be your wedding, practically." He talks about it more than I do :look: well I can't invite him so I hope this just polite talk, which is sweet actually.

Speaking of him talking about it more than I do...has anyone else been getting the "you don't seem that excited to get married" because you don't talk about it all the time or because you react in a mildly annoyed way now that ppl are treating you like you're supposed to keep your fiancé in your back pocket? I am happy to be his wife, it's just....how much can I talk about a wedding...with a mere acquaintance.....and don't ask me where/how he is as soon as I walk into a room. Greet me. Acknowledge me :look: and we don't live together yet. I don't always know where he is...and I don't think it's your business :look: I'm plenty "excited" though.

Now to him: he asked me why I plan on getting such a costly (not even that costly) photographer and album package, talkin about we just need a couple of good pics of us to frame and the rest of the pics can live in "the cloud." Boy, go sit your arse down.
 
Is anyone doing a wedding website? I wasn't, because he is a pretty private person and our guest list consists of only ppl we know well enough to text directly. However...I've noticed that he has his folks texting me for answers to questions like hotel accommodations and other stuff I don't know yet. So I meant to sit down this weekend and just do a website. Actually I started but the sites were janky and slow to load, so I quit. Any reason why yall did/didn't do a website?
 
InchHighPrivateEye said:
Do y'all want plain bands or the matching band to your engagement ring with the stones around them? On the one hand, 1) everytime I come your city: bling bling. On the other hand, 2) I guess a band is timeless and classic and won't get stuck in my hair strands as easily :look: Opinions?
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I decided I want a sparkly band :look:
 
InchHighPrivateEye,
I decided to do a website so that all that info (travel, accomodations,etc.) would all be in one place. Plus, I :love: seeing other people's so I went with doing one also. Sites like the knot and weddingwire have easy to follow templates.

Let me know if you need any tips.
 
Went to meet with a seamstress this past weekend, Im like 90% sure I found my dress. :yep: FH loved it, he asked that we add more "bling" (lol) to the bodice but Im pretty happy. Price was super reasonable and she calmed a lot of my timing fears - when you go to those "big name" places, they strike fear in your heart as far as when you need to pick a dress, how much time you need for adjustments etc. She was like hun, I have 4 seamstresses locally and many more nation wide. All I need is 3 days. :lol: So that gave me some relief since Im on a major weight loss journey and want my dress to fit nicely. Now I just have to find the perfect shoes.....
 
SamandI said:
Do not use the knot if you want private. They're trifling as heck. I used www.weddingwoo.com and it was super easy. The knot allows your site to be searchable on the www. There's absolutely nothing you can do to make it private other than deleting the whole thing, which requires 50-11 hoops to jump through. It actually creates a cached link, so even if you remove your info, it's still out there in web searches unless you go through above hoops.
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I plan on using weddingwoo also. It's really nice.

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