So my amazing venue...comes with a hitch, they are not allowing us to have our own music but the music normally at this venue is always background lounge music. Not really the sort of atmosphere we were looking for. We are not allowed to bring our own setup let alone our own music ( Read more... )

The gentleman and I have decided to do a courthouse wedding and have a reception sometime after. And I thus have some etiquette questions ( Read more... )

Name and/or LJ userID: Sarah ( Read more... )

This is probably a stupid question, but how many venues did you see *in person* before deciding on it?

I've looked at plenty of venues online, and most of the pretty ones are over priced, or had terrible reviews (for the standard priced ones).

I've found a beautiful old historic house (mansion might be a better term) and pretty much made my mind up ( Read more... )

Showed my FH my intended ceremony and reception venue, the Elm Grove Women's Club, and he hated it! :(  I didn't expect him to totally hate it...

( ... he said )

To recap: I'm the bride who recently pushed her wedding up to 5/14/11. Wedding is 1870s themed, with some ridiculously accurate clothing going on, along with a custom made dress and hand-sewn uniforms ( Read more... )

First progress post: 398 days.
The last progress post I did was 225 days.

Quick recap:

October 2, 2010
Harrisburg, PA
Shana & Joe

( Onto the planning!! )

Hi All ( Read more... )

Hi All, it's been awhile since i posted our intro, but we're the Ft Lauderdale couple who's known each other's families for a LONG time, anywho, even though our date is over a year away, it's a kitchy date (9-10-11) so I knew booking our venue had to be the first thing to lock in our date, and I can happily say that after loooong search we found ( Read more... )

We are now 9 days out from the wedding and more or less have everything under control. I'm a little miffed at FMIL and FSIL because, even though they've known about the engagement for 13 months and the date has been set for 8 and I asked them back in April if they wanted to come to hair appointments or had questions - they have waited until we are ( Read more... )