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reception halls

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:27:57 -0700

I am in the middle of finding the right reception hall. I have called many halls to find out what the price would be and my goodness.. I am trying to pick through 2 halls right now, so we will see which one will be available. My only concern is what if I get this hall that holds more than the other hall and not that many people show up.. Any thoughts or ideas of other halls?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! BOOOO

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:17:59 -0600

It's my favorite time of year!!!

We are switching reception locations because ours has been in the St. Charles Journal a couple of times and not for positive things. I don't feel comfortable with a place that doesn't pay their taxes and their own employees checks have bounced. Soo.... we are going elsewhere.

We bought a house and things are crazy! We close Decemeber 3 just in time to have our OWN Christmas in our OWN house!! Engagement pictures will be posted soon.

How many bridesmaids are too many

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:16:54 -0600

Well I have had 2 bridesmaids drop out of the wedding do to a pregnancy... so this should help out in the planning now with the groomsmen..

Writing out of concern..

I have asked 8 people to be a bridesmaid. These 8 girls I talk to almost every day. Is 8 really too many? On the other hand he only has 6 groomsmen. Do I just have the other two walk by themselves?

Engagement pictures

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:05 -0600

Engagement pictures are done. I should be able to upload some on here next week. It was so much fun! I'm planning to use them to make a photo guestbook and put them on a poker chip as our wedding favors. I won't beusing all of the engagement pictures in our guestbook because I want to put a few of our childhood too. A woo hoo! September 26th can't get here soon enough. : )

-House hunting and planning a wedding are not the easiest things to do simultaneously.

How to get the Groom more involved

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:02:03 -0600

It has been the hardest time to get Justin more involved. He says it is my day and I should be planning it. How really do you get the groom more involved without gettting upset with them? I want to get everyone together to let them know who will be in the wedding, but he doesn't want to take the time to do that and said he has already told them they are in it. He has only told his best man. I have 8 bridesmaids and well he could only come up with 6. I've mentioned maybe putting a few extra in there but he does not want that. How do you get him to just agree and want to help or give his opinion on things? I'm struggling in this area.

Inviting Co-workers

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:56:09 -0600

1. I work in an office of about 25-30 people. I only talk to about 5 or 6 people on a regular basis. Who should I invite? Does that include my boss? I do talk to her occasionally but, I don't want to leave anyone out. If I invite 5 people that means 5+ a guest=10 people. Is that about right?

2. What are some neat and creative program ideas? I figure I could get really creative with the programs because it might be cheaper. With invitations the more creative the more bulkier (usually) which means more postage. Any creative program ideas out there?

Meeting ANOTHER DJ

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:45:19 -0600

We've decided to meet, just meet with another DJ. We're not ruling out the younger guy. We just want to see who else is out there and what our options are. Some DJ's can be really expensive.

**Exciting news we are getting engagement pictures the beginning of October**

DJ question

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:17:13 -0600

We met with the DJ. I really liked him. He's very crediable and has the experience to back himself. The kicker is he's still in high school! I can't be stereotypical just because of his age. He loves what he does and I've called a few brides to see if they would recommend him. All said YES! Does the age of a dj matter?

Wedding etiquette

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:05:53 -0600

1. I'm confused about the father of the groom. Is he supposed to wear a tux?

2. Where are about to hire our DJ! Any idea of what kind of questions to ask him?

Photography

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:22:06 -0600

Trying to find a photographer is outrageous. Everyone that I have talked to has told me that pictures are almost the most expensive part of the wedding. I've been looking through each persons website at the quality of the pictures and everything looks great. We have decided to also put the cameras at the reception to cut down the cost, plus it would be great to see who actually takes the cameras around and uses them. My friends wedding pics from that night were really funny. It looked like everyone had a good time. Any thoughts on photography?

stop and smell the flowers

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:55:50 -0600

I originally wanted all real flowers but then quickly realized that is out of the picture because of the OUTRAGOUS pricing. So, I've decided to use silk flowers for everything except the wedding party. I'm hoping that won't look to weird. Just three bridesmaids , jr. bridesmaid, three groomsmen, bride, and groom will have real flowers. Is that even normal?

finalizing the guest list

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:11:19 -0600

I am starting to finalize my guest list and let me tell you it is even harder to figure out if we have everyone from the family and making sure we invite people that we know aren't coming but would be upset not to get an invite. We both have big families so just both the families alone are only around 175 and that's not including the friends we still have to invite. I'm still trying to look for a caterer so that I have them booked because it seems as though everything goes so fast especially for wedding in the summer or even at all. I've created my to dolist online as well that was really helpful. Still looking for dresses. I went shopping a last week found one I like alot but the price is crazy, my mom said you only get married once so you might as well do it all out. Still trying to figure out what kind of theme I will have, its crazy but I've been watching platinum weddings to try and get some kind of idea. For the price everything is really nice but for my budget its not that nice. We'll see some of my friends are very creative.

i never knew

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:39:46 -0600

I never knew there was so many choices in picking out a tux. We went to the mall yesterday and were just blow away. You can have a jacket with no buttons to four buttons and have different shaped lapels with trim. I thought all tux's looked about the same. What an eye opener that was! When should we go get tux's? How early is too early?

Decisions Decisions?????

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:20:32 -0600

So, we were thinking of an all inclusive Carribean honeymoon. Any suggestions?

Another question, Who is supposed to be invited to the rehearsal dinner?

Reception Ideas

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:32:01 -0600

I am starting to think about the reception and what can I do for a really cheap price to make it different from any other reception I've been too. I wanted to do some tall vases in the middle with beads or pebbles with water inside, but i'm not sure how I could get it to reflect off the glass to light up. Any ideas would be helpful.

I've already started looking for the bridesmaid dresses and I think I have them narrowed down to two. My mom and I had went gown shopping and I found 2 that I really liked but didn't really want to pay that price for just one day. I know your suppose to feel like a princess that day. I thought this would be a easy and simple to plan but I'm still waiting to hear from the preacher for the ceremony cite.