After going around about table linens, we have decided to rent or buy the tablecloths. I still need to check on that very soon since the wedding is in 5 weeks! Yikes! So, now, I come to you guys for centerpiece suggestions. I really don't care for flowers. Sure, they are beautiful. However, they can be pricey and flowers don't really excite ( Read more... )

How long will tealight candles burn? I'd experiment, but I don't have any in the house. =P ( Read more... )

I bought my dress today!!!

Today was my fourth time out looking and I was so tired of shopping for a dress. I didn't find it to be a fun activity after the second time out. It's not that I didn't find any I liked...I found a lot that I liked but none had made me go "WOW" until today! I ended up getting an Alvina Valenta sample gown for about $1900 ( Read more... )

It's nine months til our wedding and we just reserved our reception hall.  It has beautiful hardwood floors and leaded glass windows, but other than that it is pretty plain.  Our reception won't start until 8:30 PM and we are trying to go for a Victorian look (in feeling, not necessarily historic accuracy).  I would like the room to be lit largely ( Read more... )

The FH and I are buying a house (squeel), so that's why I haven't been on the radar here lately. Also, for those of you who read my posts about my grandmother-- they still haven't discerned what type of cancer she has, so we're still here, hoping for the best scenario.

I come to you today with a deal I found: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp? ( Read more... )

(Alright! After 20 minutes of wrestling with it, I think I made the cut work! I reckon LJ hates me some days.)

After repeatedly coming close to passing out at the cost of flowers we had decided we were having a flower free wedding. Being as bored as I am (the joys of giving up a social life to save for a wedding!) I decided to have a look at one of ( Read more... )

About a year ago, I joined this group for some much needed help, ideas and advice about my upcoming wedding in October 2008. Well, the 18th came and went and it was superb! I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day, a more beautiful wedding, and a more wonderful husband..

( .. a gazillion pics from my (flawless!) day.. x )

For those of you who have used sand as decoration or in a sand ceremony -- where did you find the best deals? My fiance and I will be having a sand ceremony in place of the traditional unity candle ceremony. We will also be doing the centerpieces as vases filled with sand, topped with glass stones to hold small groups of silk flowers. We'd like to ( Read more... )

(Beware, if you don't like lots of photos, this probably isn't the blog for you)

Alright. So I'm in the very beginning stages of planning my wedding. Given that I'm going to Basic Training soon, there isn't a WHOLE lot I can do. I can't even set the date till my SO comes back from deployment and I've reported to my unit. (It's currently deployed, ( Read more... )

We got married on a beautiful Sunday October 26, 2008 and already have the professional pictures to prove it!
I've actually been a member here for about 6 years, so it's thrilling to be able to make this post!!

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