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Jun. 20th, 2007 @ 03:14 pm IT'S ALMOST HERE!!!
I cannot believe how FAST the time has flown. Our wedding is in THREE DAYS!!! Honestly! I have sooo much to do in the next couple days but I'm confident that everything is gonna get done. I just gotta take it step by step ya know?

Really, there's not too much to update here. I got a lot of stuff done early on, so I've kinda been not doing much in the past couple months. Now it's crunch time, though, and I'm feelin it!!

I just can't wait until the day is here and we can just sit back and enjoy it...the time with our friends and family, the fact that we'll be husband and wife FINALLY, and just eating some good food and dancing the night away!! :-D

I'll definitely post pictures ASAP after the wedding...but we're leaving on our honeymoon the next day so it might take a little bit!
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Mar. 5th, 2007 @ 12:37 pm Yayyyy!
So...awesome. David's Bridal called on Friday...MY DRESS IS IN!!! So I went on Saturday and picked it up. It definitely needs alterations (after I zipped it up, it literally fell down) but I didn't want to deal with them then, because the place was PACKED. It took me 20 minutes just to GET the dress, imagine how long I would have been there trying it on and dropping it off. So I'll probably drop it off sometime this week to get alterations. This really takes a load off, because I wasn't expecting it for more than two months!

Here's another picture that I posted in a comment, showing the dress on an actual person (my friend's brother's bride):



Is that not GORGEOUS or what?!?! I'm so happy!!! I went that day to buy my lingerie (Victoria's Secret Embrace or whatever), jewelry (Pearl/crystal illusion necklace and earrings set from Icing--$12.50), headpiece (From Michael's, $20), and shoes ($9.50 at Payless), and then bought my veil on Ebay (that was my splurge for $80...but a lot cheaper than at David's Bridal!):



I'm also glad because we've gotten the tux ordeal out of the way. We've chosen the tuxes and accessories for the guys, and Ryan and Josh have gotten measured. Yay!!

OH, and I've made the Save-the-Dates! I must say, they look pretty kickass. I'll have to take pictures of them and post them up here. I did it all myself :-) I also pretty much have the final guest list together, so that's always good too.

Soooo...awesome! Lots of stuff done this past week. I STILL have to get the florist and cake...but those shouldn't be too hard. Woohoo :-)
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Feb. 28th, 2007 @ 12:30 am Woot woot!
So I have been moving right along with the planning, and neglecting this page!! Anyway, I am loving loving loving every minute of the planning so far.

115 days to go!

First of all--I've ordered my dress!! It's not the one I posted previously, but I love it even MORE.





I'm SO excited about that. It won't be here until May 13th, which is a very tight squeeze, but I don't mind, as long as I have it! :-))))

I also purchased Ryan's wedding ring. It's a titanium band with three small diamonds in it, from Whitehall Jewelers. However, it's a little big on him, so we have to take it back and have them send it in for another size.



I've also sent in the deposit to the photographer (Thomas Alan) and met with the DJ (Fun Factory), both of whom I LOVE so much!! I'm very happy with the DJ we've chosen, and even happier with the photographer and the photo package. I can't wait for our official engagement session!

Speaking of engagement session, my friend Matt is a photographer, and we went on a little informal shoot with him downtown. I'm VERY impressed with ( the results... )

As far as my color scheme, I've decided on yellow, white, and green.



I think they flow pretty well, and you can't get much more summery than that! :-)

As far as our theme, I want to go kind of nature-y. Since our colors are green and white and yellow, that' like the sun and the grass and daisies and trees! So that's kind of the direction I want to take. I think I've decided on these invitations--I've seen them at both Michael's and Joann's:



And I have a favor idea of maybe getting a ton of little watering cans and putting a few packets of seeds in them. I'm not sure if that's too cheesy but I think it's cute. I also found these on orientaltrading.com:



SO CUTE! And then maybe we could print up a little card with a poem and our date on it, and clip it to the photo holder. And the guests could use it as a picture frame after that. Those are a little on the expensive side, though, so we'll see.

Hmmm...what else. OH yeah, we booked the honeymoon!! We're flying out the day after our wedding to JAMAICA! To Couples Swept Away (all-inclusive baby)! We'll be staying there for six nights, which is awesome. I cannot wait for that.

Soooo yeah! That's about it for right now...My next huge tasks are finding a florist and choosing a cake. So wish me luck on that! Til next time.... <333
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Jan. 17th, 2007 @ 12:28 am Part 2 for tonight
Okay part two!

So let's see. I have the ceremony site, reception site, bridesmaids dresses, and wedding gown out of the way. WOW!

Now I'm facing the difficult task of tackling a photographer, DJ, and florist...then I want to decide on the cake, invitations (which I will make myself), programs (again, myself), and all the rest of those little details...

I've emailed a TON of photogs. And I think I have it narrowed down.

I really like Thomas Alan Photography. His website is thomasalanphoto.com. I LOVE the albums he does as well. And his price is very reasonable. It includes 6 hours of coverage, proofs, a traditional mat album (which you can upgrade to digital flush mount--what I want--for a reasonable price), two 8x10s, four 5x7s, a DVD w/slideshow and digital negatives, AND a complimentary engagement session w/proofs and CD. NICE.

Another one I'm looking at is Essential Wedding Photography (digitalweddingpics.com. What I like about them is that they use two photographers. For a basic, basic package, they include 6 hours of coverage, a proof album, two photogs, online digital proofing/ordering, a master DVD of the images, editing, color, and black and white. But then the digital album is a lot more expensive. The good thing, though, is that you can create a custom package--pay for the photography by the hour, and then just purchase the digital album and a master DVD, or something like that. It would be about the same price as Thomas Alan, except for the fact that you get two photographers. So that's also something I want to think about.

Also, Robert McClory (weddingsbyrobert.com) is very impressive. I LOVE his photos on the website. And he seems pretty affordable as well. He sent me a sample album, which again, I like.

So pretty much, it's going to be VERY hard to pick between those three!! But I think I can do it. I'm going to try to set up meetings with all of them on Saturday. I'm also meeting with Brittany at Maison & Jardin to go over the menu on Saturday. I'm going to make that my wedding errand day, haha!

As far as DJ services go, I'm really, really leaning toward DJ Fun Factory (djfunfactory.com). A girl I know recommended them to me--and I've been emailing back and forth with one of them, Darrin, all day. He has been SO helpful, and he seems like a genuinely nice guy. Not to mention the price is VERY appealing to me, haha! He's going to send me a contract, a reception planner, and a song list. I'm definitely leaning toward using their service.

So there you have it with the boring ol' details, lol! I'm moving right along, though...so that's always good, right?! :-)
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Jan. 17th, 2007 @ 12:05 am Sorry to keep you hanging!!!
So for being so freaking busy all of a sudden, I feel like I'm getting a LOT knocked out!

We have decided on the bridesmaids dresses!!!!!!!!! I'm wayyyy excited about that--I LOVE them and all my girls look great in them.



There it is!!

As far as my dress, I have it picked out, I just need to order it. I guess I better do it soon, huh?? At first I didn't want to post pictures of myself in it...but I figure, what the hey. You can't see it all that great anyway...haha! Plus, I'm sure not that many people are reading this, so it's not really that big of a deal ;-)







Here's a picture of me, Jen, and Steph in our dresses...Steph's is in the right color, but they only had one green one, so Jen had to try on a red one. :-P



They weren't really ready, haha.

And of course I'll have a little poofy skirt thing underneath so the dress fluffs out more, and a veil and all that good stuff. SO yeah. I'm way excited.

Gotta run for a few, another update coming real soon!
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Dec. 19th, 2006 @ 09:54 am Colors!
Lately I've been looking at bouquets and thinking about what kind of color scheme I want. And depending on what my bridesmaids like as far as the dresses (I should probably post the other ideas for them up here), I think I'm going to go with that honeydew green and like a peach or orangish-coral color.

I found some swatches online of colors I like:

The green:



The orangish/peach:



A yellow idea:



So I like those. I think they're nice and summery. And I found some really nice bouquet ideas on The Knot that I'm considering. So we'll see! I guess it just all depends on the bridesmaid dresses. But some other ones that I'm considering (aside from the honeydew color I showed before--if that doesn't work out for everyone) include:









I really like the color of the first three. It's called Palm Beach Coral. The only thing I don't know is what the exact color looks like, because the first two look more orange-y than the last one, which looks pink. So I'll have to actually see it at the store to know if it's what I'm expecting. The last one is Burnt Orange, which I also like. But even if I get that I can still have some green and orange and yellow in the floral arrangements and stuff. Eh, who knows :-)
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Dec. 13th, 2006 @ 01:50 am Dress stuff!!!!
SO. I've been looking around at dresses and there are just so many wonderful choices out there. But as far as looking around, so far I'm dead set on one in particular (which doesn't necessarily mean that's the one I will end up with, although it will be the first one I try on!)--and the best part is, it has a matching bridesmaid dress!!!

Here's the dress:



What do you think? I just really like the simpleness of it, but it's still gorgeous, plus it seems like a style that would suit my thin frame. I definitely have to try it on cause it'll probably not look so good on ME, but that's okay.

Here's the bridesmaid dress (and color) that I LOVE (in Honeydew):



I think the only thing about it is that it might be hard to match the tuxes and stuff to it, but oh well. I'll have to check out After Hours. And if we can't match it, the guys could always wear gray or silver or even white vests. But it's a nice, light, summery green, perfect for a June wedding! AND it will look good with any skin tone, so I won't have to worry about it washing anyone out or anything like that. Soooo I dunno, I still have to check with my bridesmaids, so we'll see what happens!

Update: Good news! The "Bella Luna" style of vest at After Hours comes in Honeydew! Woohoo :-)
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Dec. 13th, 2006 @ 01:38 am Photography
So I was on theknot.com looking around real weddings around the Orlando area. And one couple had their reception at M&J (heh) so I clicked on their profile. Well, their pictures were just GORGEOUS, so I took note of their photographer, Jill Porter Photography (http://www.jillporterphotography.com/weddings.htm)...and WOW. I was very impressed. Obviously, I haven't started looking for photographers yet, so that was really the first one I have looked at. But I definitely took note, and I like her work. Someone gave me the advice to try to get someone who has two or three people photographing at the ceremony and reception, so that I can get shots of everything going on instead of just one here, one there. And I think that's advice I will definitely listen to, so that's something I'm going to look for when I really start shopping around.

Here are some of my faves from the photog's website:

















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Dec. 12th, 2006 @ 10:42 am Ceremony & Reception
So I have finally gotten the ceremony and reception out of the way--the two most major items. Our ceremony will be held at my church, Wekiva Presbyterian. I just have to send in the deposit and application. We're planning the time at around 5:00 on Saturday, June 23rd. I've also decided on a reception hall--Maison & Jardin in Altamonte Springs! My original choice for the reception was the Longwood Community Building, which is GORGEOUS.



But of course, it's booked straight through to October or November. (Or so we thought, cause I recently looked at the calendar, and June 30th is wide open. But maybe there was a reason we didn't book it then--or maybe I just can't read a calendar, haha.) So yeah, that sucked. Especially since, for Longwood residents, it's $25 an hour to rent it!! Although...I would then have to go through the process of finding a caterer, we'd have to clean everything ourselves, we'd have to take care of decorating, table linens, centerpieces, oh, AND we'd have to have and pay two police officers at the event if we're serving hard liquor--who wants police at your wedding??? Haha...oh and the max capacity is only 169. We'd be cutting that pretty close. Oh well.

Anyway, I'm happy with Maison & Jardin.



It's a nice big place, very elegant, huge dance floor, AWESOME food (by the way, hah), and even though it's a little on the expensive side, I think it'll be totally worth it.

So now we have to decide on the menu and the bar and all that good stuff. Open bar, of course, but we think we might want a specialty bar during cocktail hour--exotic frozen drinks, or something (since it WILL be June in Florida, and it WILL be over 90 degrees outside!). And we're trying to decide if we want a buffet or a sit-down meal--I'm leaning toward the sit-down meal, because I just think it's so much nicer to be served and not have to get up and sit down and get up when you forget something and sit down and etc. etc. :-P Any tips?
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Dec. 11th, 2006 @ 08:14 pm Okay, okay!
So here's the lowdown... :-)

THE PROPOSAL
We were on vacation at my vacation house in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Ryan suggested that we take a walk and led me to a little wooded path at the end of the road. It was gorgeous--the weather was chilly, the leaves were turning, and it was like a scene from a fairy tale. At one point, Ryan pointed out that a certain tree looked like it would be nice to carve something on. He then faced me and recited a poem he had written for me. All of a sudden, he got down on one knee and popped the question! I couldn't believe it! Of course I said yes (after composing myself). He then carved both of our names on the tree in a heart, and when we went back later he added the date. :-)

The icon I'm using is actually us on that same path, later that day when my mom and brother walked down with us to see the tree.

THE RING

Please excuse my nappy-looking hand!

It's a marquis cut, with a smaller round cut on each side, and three tiny princess cut on each side of those. GORGEOUS. The actual wedding band is princess cut all the way across. And if you tilt the engagement ring sideways (which I don't have a picture of) there's a little heart shape in which the diamond is set in. Love it!!

THE DATE
June 23, 2007

And the rest is coming up soon. :-)
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