I thought about getting tickets from work...since I'd like to plan some more weddings in the future

[Edited on January 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM. Reason : 86]

1/12/2012 4:38:02 PM

Plz embed


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut8kwaKvZc0&sns=em

1/14/2012 2:05:27 PM

Can anyone recommend a DJ? We are getting hitched in May and my girl is starting to freak out since we dont have the music planned out yet.

1/14/2012 7:45:56 PM

We used JT3bucky and he was great

[Edited on January 14, 2012 at 8:47 PM. Reason : 3]

1/14/2012 8:46:44 PM

A friend of mine also used JT3bucky and he was awesome.

1/15/2012 10:51:05 AM

We are having tommy wiseau and I'm really excited! But if the date is May 19th, sorry bro... Otherwise, give him a call

1/15/2012 10:58:49 AM

I need wording advice

How does this sound for RSVPs?

--

Kindly respond by the first of May

To RSVP by phone call 555.555.5555

Or visit (wedding website)
for online RSVPs, directions, accommodations and more

--


the RSVP card looks like this - http://www.weddingpaperdivas.com/product/7624/signature_ecru_wedding_response_cards_love_blooms.html

(not those colors)

is saying RSVP on a card 3 times too much?

1/15/2012 10:24:20 PM

BUTT CRACK LOBSTER


DO WANT

1/15/2012 10:28:02 PM

going dress shopping with my mom and his mom today

not as excited as when I went with bottombaby


could have something to do with my mom being the only one who didn't love the way I looked in the dress I really want. oh, and her sending me a list of dresses she wanted to try on.

1/16/2012 8:59:20 AM

sorry elise

maybe try on the dress you love again - sometimes people need to see other dresses to realize that the one you love is the right dress.

good luck dress shopping.

i seriously bought the first dress i tried on. my dad came off as being unsure about it mostly because he thought i was making a quick decision. but i loved the dress and it fit my personality and what i was looking for. it's nothing over the top - it's very simple in terms of a wedding dress but i'm also older and not into the whole giant ball gown hype (it's just not me).

1/16/2012 9:06:02 AM

This was also the first one I tried on. Mom only saw a picture of me in it, I think she'll like it better in person, but we'll see. I think she may just be trying to pretend she doesn't like it because of the price tag. My stepdad saw the picture and said the dress was made for me.


and ballgowns are what I have to wear it seems, in dresses I'm a size 10 or smaller in the waist, and a 14 in the hips, so it's ball gowns or a-lines.

[Edited on January 16, 2012 at 9:09 AM. Reason : .]

1/16/2012 9:08:37 AM

i feel like most girls end up with the first dress they try on. don't lose out hope. and i agree - she will probably change her mind once she sees it in person. she might also be doing what my dad did - questioning the dress so you would try on more just so you are sure that you picked the right one.

my dress is a-line. i can email you a picture if you would like to see it

1/16/2012 9:21:49 AM

sure! we can swap photos!


I just sent mine to you, because I have to get dressed and eat breakfast before heading out to meet the moms.

[Edited on January 16, 2012 at 9:27 AM. Reason : if you didnt want it, oh well!]

1/16/2012 9:22:24 AM

NO NO i want to see (i got your email and responded).

good luck today

1/16/2012 9:42:43 AM

I want to see too!

I think my dress was like the 10th one I tried on... But I also had to please my mom and sister and try on multiple long ones knowing I wouldn't want them. Don't lose hope

1/16/2012 9:50:38 AM

Quote :

"Regrets or accepts, kindly respond by the first of May To RSVP by phone call 555.555.5555 Or visit (wedding website) for online RSVPs, directions, accommodations and more"

I added that in bold as I think you need to make sure people respond whether or not they are attending since you are only doing online and phone call RSVP. Without it I think it's vague.

I know it's easy to pick up the phone or hop online, and you'll have people not respond regardless of your method, but I know people that have done online RSVP expecting, "it's easy! we'll get it back quick (and save on postage)," and the week they needed their numbers in for the reception they called or emailed close to 90% of their guests due to no response.

1/16/2012 11:21:45 AM

I didn't have that bad of a response rate doing online RSVPs. And all my invitation said was "RSVP: Call 919-------- or go to http://www.whatevertheurlwas.com" I think I had to contact two people, and one of them was a bitchy relative that we would have had to do that with regardless of how we collected RSVPs lol.

1/16/2012 12:14:31 PM

So mommy bought me a dress! One I had never tried on or seen before going to the store. I love it! Mom has pictures, so I will have to wait until she emails me.

1/16/2012 3:44:05 PM

^3 that's a good idea - thank you ma'am I'll let them know when I get the proof back

^2 we're mainly doing the google voice thing but I have a feeling quite a few people will do it online... and for those who don't take the time to respond I hope they don't come anyway (does that sound terrible?)

1/16/2012 5:40:12 PM

jcrew wedding dress sale:

http://www.jcrew.com/wedding/Wedding_Bride/WeddingEvent.jsp

1/17/2012 9:37:44 AM

im putting all of the expenses i can on my credit card, and immediately paying it off, for points.

last month's statement came through, and it's putting the catering company charges/deposits in the "dining" category, which has double cash back points.

since i'm using them to sub out floral, rentals, and staffing... it's going to be a pretty healthy amount back.

score.

[Edited on January 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM. Reason : e]

1/17/2012 2:44:58 PM

Let us talk about cakes now.

Where should I get mine?

What are good flavors?

1/18/2012 8:05:45 PM

I can recommend a great place in Eastern, NC. But I don't think that will help you. Our cake was 1 layer of chocolate, and one layer buttercream in each tier, with cream cheese frosting. Classic flavors, and great combination of flavors.

1/18/2012 8:42:36 PM

We did a dessert buffet with the piece de resistance being a red velvet cake. Sadly I didn't get to try any of the other desserts because I was too busy talking with guests. But everyone said they were good so I'll take their word on it lol.

1/18/2012 9:45:11 PM

we are going to do desserts under pretty cake plates on all the tables I think, but I am going to get at the very least a small cake just for cutting, and then keeping the top tier. if the price is right we'll get a big cake. I want something kind of like this




but frosted, and only fondant decor, not fondant wrapped. I know it won't look as clean, but fondant is a waste, imo.

1/18/2012 11:38:39 PM

Fondant is gross.

1/19/2012 6:31:18 AM

sweet memories is doing ours.

1/19/2012 9:53:14 AM

We're having Ashley's Cakes - our cake will have fondant, but the baker has tried multiple different types and has one that doesn't taste like plastic and is actually yummy it's like a pillow

^ We went to Sweet Memories but to be quite honest, I just felt like another number to them. Great tasting stuff though


ps - 4 months to go now! and in 2 days we will have been engaged for 2 years

[Edited on January 19, 2012 at 1:27 PM. Reason : .]

1/19/2012 1:26:10 PM

Our baker is a lady waaaay out in Pleasant Garden. We met her at a Castle McCullough bridal festival, and we have the same opinions on fondant and cakes. She's just this awesome no-nonsense older lady who had the best cakes there by FAR. She works out of her home, and it's just her.

When we drove out there and met her for a tasting, she had two entire cakes for us to take home. Drool.

We're actually doing something slightly similiar elise. We're having a leaf motif on our cake, but it's going to be white and milk chocolate leaves (the white being painted in appropriate fall colors) raining down around the cake as opposed to a branch. All buttercream frosting, no fondant

[Edited on January 19, 2012 at 11:15 PM. Reason : .]

1/19/2012 11:14:02 PM

Does anyone actually like fondant?

It doesn't do anything but make the cake look nice and taste bad.

[Edited on January 20, 2012 at 7:28 AM. Reason : .]

1/20/2012 7:27:34 AM

I like fondant when it's made well

Marshmallow fondant is the bee's knees

1/20/2012 4:15:36 PM

Starting to book weddings for this year already, the fall and summer are booking fast.

Let me know if anyone is interested. More than happy to meet and speak with you about my services of DJing.

thanks

1/20/2012 8:32:12 PM

Ahh!!! I found a near perfect replica of the dress I was drooling over on BHLDN

Here's the original:




And here's the budget version:




It has good reviews and is a good price I am starting to think my fruit one won't be appropriate for where the rehearsal dinner will be... so I'll just wear it on the honeymoon

1/24/2012 2:19:48 PM

Nice! Where'd you find the cheap one?

1/24/2012 3:37:56 PM

did anyone need special postage for their invites?

i dont have a letter scale handy. ha.

1/24/2012 3:54:51 PM

ModCloth

1/24/2012 4:26:54 PM

^^ My envelopes were square so the bastards were like 90 cents each to mail. At least they didn't charge extra for the international ones, too.

1/24/2012 7:24:12 PM

Take a sample of yours all stuffed to the post office and see if it'll cost extra.

The last invite I got had two forever stamps on them... which weirds me out as they have no value on them, so how much does it really cost..

1/24/2012 8:43:06 PM

^ haha that doesn't make any sense. Seems like they wasted some forever stamps.

1/24/2012 8:44:06 PM

why would it be a waste of forever stamps?

if it costs $0.90 to mail.... two forever stamps is correct postage...

also, it seems as if every post office near me is stuck in the 40s and doesnt have one of those stamp vending machines in the 24 hour access areas.

guess ill have to leave work early to get some.

i found the size requirements for being letter size, might be too tall, like yours wpg

1/25/2012 9:06:59 AM

I guess it depends on how much the postage would have been otherwise. It also could have been they brought them to the post office and the postal worker just gave them the forever stamps rather than regular stamps when sending them out. I had that happen with my save the dates. I miss when the post office had all sorts of stamps you could choose from in their lobby.

1/25/2012 10:28:10 AM

Mine went w/ a regular stamp.

My mom bought stamps from the post office that had wedding bells on them

http://weddingstamps.us/usps

that might help if you know the weight of your envelope

[Edited on January 25, 2012 at 10:55 AM. Reason : f]

1/25/2012 10:53:13 AM

Ours went with a regular stamp. Had them weighed at the post office. However, one person said she was asked to pay 32 extra cents when hers arrived. I don't think she was telling the truth, because none of the other 130 invites had that problem, and we had them weighed beforehand...

1/25/2012 10:58:21 AM

that's a weird thing to randomly lie about

1/25/2012 11:07:29 AM

It is, and if it had been anyone else, we would have been really concerned. But she was a snooty person anyways, who spoke with disdain about any of our plans, because "that's just not the way it was done when I got married."

I've also never had mail delivered without correct postage. It would also just come back to your address, not some payable on delivery mess. That, plus we sent ourselves one, and all of our immediate family, and no one had a problem.

1/25/2012 11:13:19 AM

Quote :

"because "that's just not the way it was done when I got married.""

lol my dad says that ALL THE TIME. i'm like, a) you got married in 1981 and b) this aint yo wedding.

1/25/2012 11:15:05 AM

Yes, she wanted to sit people without their spouses/guests, because that's what you do at parties, apparently, to get people to mingle.

I would have had a revolt on my hands if I had done that.

1/25/2012 11:17:57 AM

It might've been a waste of forever stamps, not sure. It's 45 cents for 1 oz or less, and 2 oz is something like 65 cents.

Ah, that's already been addressed in Fhqwhgads's link.

You can also send your invites to certain cities like Romance, AR to get them hand-stamped with certain postmarks.

1/25/2012 11:21:57 AM

Quote :

"Yes, she wanted to sit people without their spouses/guests, because that's what you do at parties, apparently, to get people to mingle."

you know, that might work if you were having like 20 people who knew most of the people invited. but i know in large gatherings where i don't know a lot of people, i talk a lot with my fiancee. we will mingle, but we usually do it together. but i agree with you - that wouldn't work well for most weddings and people would have been upset.

1/25/2012 11:32:18 AM

Quote :

"Yes, she wanted to sit people without their spouses/guests, because that's what you do at parties, apparently, to get people to mingle."

wtf I have never heard of that before. And considering the amount of event planning I do you'd think I would have at some point.

Anyway, if you're assigning tables one would hope you'd go to the trouble to group couples together that have things in common to talk about or already know each other. wtf is this lady talking about hahaha.

1/25/2012 11:53:23 AM