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September 2011 Moms
What was your wedding like? GTKY (or what will it be like)
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Re: What was your wedding like? GTKY (or what will it be like)
1. What is/was the wedding date? January 2, 2010
2. What were your colors? Mossy Oak Camo & Black
3. What were your flowers? Fake Red Roses
4. What was your dress like? Sweetheart neck line, a-line skirt, plain white with black sash
5. What did your brides maids wear? Didn't have any
6. How many people were in your party? N/A
7. What was your first dance? We didn't have dancing
8. What other special dances did you do? N/A
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? it was supposed to be dress casual but some of DH's family wore jeans
10. Describe your cake White cake buttercream icing from Walmart
11. What was the food like? Calhoun's Steak House
12. How many people were there? 25
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 2 weeks we went to Gatlinburg TN
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1. What is/was the wedding date? Friday, December 2, 2005
2. What were your colors? Black, Ivory and Deep Maroon, Christmas Themed with white lights everywhere
3. What were your flowers? Black Magic Roses, and Ivory Calla Lillies, Girls had the same plue maroon gerber daisys
4. What was your dress like? A-line, beading, maroon threading
5. What did your brides maids wear? black overlay lace skirts to the knee, underlay was maroon and black tube tops
6. How many people were in your party? 20....lol, lots of brothers and sisters...
7. What was your first dance? Somehwere Over the Rainbow by I.K.
8. What other special dances did you do? Traditonal Father/Daughter, Mother/Son and the Hookie Pokie for my father who led the whole hedious dance, and the Anniversary Dance instead of tossing the bouquet
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Formal
10. Describe your cake: looks exactly like WomanCake.... all snowflakes
11. What was the food like? Huge buffet cocktail hour, carving stations, pasta stations, cheese, fruit, seafood and then a sitdown five course dinner, then dessert hour buffet. NY weddings tend to eat and drink A LOT.
12. How many people were there? 198
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 2 years
1. What is/was the wedding date? September 22? 2012. I can't remember the exact date we picked. I have it written down in a binder somewhere.
2. What were your colors? They will be purple(bright), black and silver
3. What were your flowers? Don't know yet. I don't know much about flowers.
4. What was your dress like? I don't know yet. I haven't really looked
5. What did your brides maids wear? MOH (my sister) will wear purple and the others will wear silver/grey. Depending on the weather with some sort of wrap in the opposite colour
6. How many people were in your party? Depends, if one of my friends continues to not speak to me, then there will be 3 bridesmaids and groomsmen, and if she starts talking to me again, then there will be 4 of each (lots of drama happening with her)
7. What was your first dance? It will probably be Are you gonna kiss me or not, by Thompson Square
8. What other special dances did you do? Probably father/daughter dance, and maybe a mother/son dance, if FI wants to dance with his mom.
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Probably semi-formal
10. Describe your cake Don't know yet, but my best friend (and another friend from junior high) will be making it.
11. What was the food like?
12. How many people were there? There will probably be 70 or 80.
13. How long did it take you to plan it? I started this summer, but stopped when I found out I was pregnant. I'll probably start again when Smudge is here.
2. What were your colors? the bridesmaids dresses were red and the flowers and decorations were multi-color (we had jelly bean centerpieces and lollipop name cards)
3. What were your flowers? fantastic! They had orange, red, blue, and white
4. What was your dress like? all beaded and sequined, strapless and fitted
5. What did your brides maids wear? red dresses, they each picked their own
6. How many people were in your party? 3 bridesmaids, 3 groomsmen & 2 junior bridesmaids
7. What was your first dance? Love me Tender the Nora Jones version
8. What other special dances did you do? none
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? semi-formal
10. Describe your cake - white fondant with chocolate ganache dripped over it, topped with chocolate covered strawberries and raspberries
11. What was the food like? we had way too much food, we ended up with 4 entree choices, several sides, a chocolate fountain and three appetizers
12. How many people were there? 50
13. How long did it take you to plan it? we were only engaged for 6 months, so less than that
1. What is/was the wedding date? August 20th, 2005.
2. What were your colors? Violet, white and silver
3. What were your flowers? White Cymbidium Orchids
4. What was your dress like? Mermaid shape, halter top, very simple.
5. What did your brides maids wear? Violet knee length, strapless dresses.
6. How many people were in your party? 4 girls, 3 guys + me and DH.
7. What was your first dance? Feels Like Home by Chantal Kreviazuk
8. What other special dances did you do? Father/daughter, Mother/son, wedding party, bouquet dance.
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Formal
10. Describe your cake 3 tiers, white buttercream frosting with orchids trailing down the side. Banana cream...yum!
11. What was the food like? So good! Stuffed chicked, veggies, potatos. Apple pie for dessert!
12. How many people were there? 140
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 1? years engagement.
Married August 20th, 2005 to the love of my life.
1st BFP August 6th, 2010. Missed MC discovered at 13 weeks.
2nd BFP January 5th, 2011. Beautiful Harper born September 28th, 2011.
3rd BFP March 15th, 2013. Treated with methotrexate for ectopic pg at 7 weeks.
4th BFP August 2nd, 2013. Sweet Micah born sleeping at 21 weeks with full T13. 5th BFP July 1st, 2014. Praying for a healthy, full term rainbow!
1. What is/was the wedding date? 8/29/08
2. What were your colors? purple and green
3. What were your flowers? white calla lilies and purple lisianthus
4. What was your dress like? simple floor-length halter with a tiny little sweep train
5. What did your brides maids wear? mid-length light purple dresses - they each chose their own
6. How many people were in your party?4 groomsmen, 3 bridesmaids, and a bridesman
7. What was your first dance? Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
8. What other special dances did you do? DH and MIL danced to Beach Boys - God Only Knows (his parents' song).
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Nice casual. No jeans, but lots of sundresses and khaki pants.
10. Describe your cake Delicious! Three layers - 2 Swiss black forest and 1 vanilla w/ strawberry filling. The whole thing was covered with whipped cream and white chocolate shavings.orated w/ fake grapes.
11. What was the food like? A simple buffet. Honestly, I don't remember much besides the appetizers that we snuck off with before joining the party.
12. How many people were there? About 80.
13. How long did it take you to plan it? About a year and a half, but the planning was put off for a while since it was our last semester of college.2. What were your colors? Brown and Burnt Orange
3. What were your flowers? My florist was horrible and didn't listen to a word I said!
4. What was your dress like? It was a surplice neckline with a slim rouched bodice and flare skirt. Flower on my hip. I LOVED every inch of it!
5. What did your brides maids wear? Floor Length Amsale Dresses; in Chocolate Brown
6. How many people were in your party?10 BM; 5GM
7. What was your first dance? Champagne and Wine..Otis Redding
8. What other special dances did you do? We did a joint Father/Daughter; Mother/Son
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Formal
10. Describe your cake 5 tier with with Brown/Copper/Gold open circles and around it. Yellow Cake with Butter Cream....it was so fabulous; even after year in the freezer!
11. What was the food like? Delish...I think. I remember the tasting; not really the night of! I LOVED the mushroom risotto.
12. How many people were there? 190-200
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 12 months
1. What is/was the wedding date? Sept 9, 2009
2. What were your colors? Chocolate and white
3. What were your flowers? White flowers; roses, lilies, tulips, baby's breath, and a ton more I cannot for the life of me remember.
4. What was your dress like? It was an ivory strapless, sweatheart neckline with pearl and crystal detailing at the sweatheart neckline, fitted through the bodice and then poofy (and I wore a hoop skirt underneath too for more oompf) with a tons of pick ups and jewel at each pick up.
5. What did your brides maids wear? No bridesmaids, we had a small (60 people) wedding and wanted our day to just be about us. We had a lot of ups and downs and it was a day all about us.
6. How many people were in your party? None
7. What was your first dance? Then by Brad Paisley
8. What other special dances did you do? None
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? It was semi formal but my cousin wore jeans (I am still mad about this!)
10. Describe your cake It was a beautiful 3 tierd white cake with off white dot piping and, with peach-ish pink roses lining the bottom of each tier.
11. What was the food like? We had heavy horderves
12. How many people were there? 60
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 5 months
1. What is/was the wedding date? February 18, 2006
2. What were your colors? Black & Silver
3. What were your flowers? Red roses for bridemaids, don't know about mine, it was white. My MOH picked it all, she's a flower expert...lol. Just remember it was beautiful
4. What was your dress like? Strapless, lace overlay, long train...very Spanish style.
5. What did your brides maids wear? Black strapless, long bustled all over the bottom with silver ribbon around waist.
6. How many people were in your party? 18 all together
7. What was your first dance? From this moment on - Shania Twain
8. What other special dances did you do?Father/Daughter - Lauretta Mia (traditional Italian song) Mother/Son - Josh Groban song. We also had an Italian singer who my Dad flew in from Italy to sing at our wedding...it was amazing.
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Formal
10. Describe your cake? Beautiful 4 tier, top 3 circles, bottom a square, roses all over...it was breathtaking.
11. What was the food like? 3 different choices. Chicken, Steak or Fish.
12. How many people were there? 250
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 13 months
1. What is/was the wedding date? August 14, 2011
2. What were your colors? Scarlet and Grey (Buckeye colors because we met at an OSU game)
3. What were your flowers? Red roses
4. What was your dress like? Maggie Sotero...light chamagne instead of white, strapless, the front opened up to lace.
5. What did your brides maids wear? Red off the shoulder, long dresses
6. How many people were in your party? Altogether 18
7. What was your first dance? Michael Buble
8. What other special dances did you do? Father/daughter
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? semi-formal
10. Describe your cake White cake with custard and strawberry. It was white fondant with black piping, black ribbon and red roses.
11. What was the food like? chicken with julienne vegetables over top and mashed potatoes, roast beef, salad, and some other vegetable that we can't remember.
12. How many people were there? Approximately 275
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 11 months
1. What is/was the wedding date? 9/22/07
2. What were your colors? Periwinkle blue and silver
3. What were your flowers? girls had Gerber daises and i had roses and calla lilies
4. What was your dress like? satin A-line little bit of beading and side gather.
5. What did your brides maids wear? simple A-line periwinkle dress
6. How many people were in your party? 10 5-girls 5-guys even though one was at boot camp and couldn't actually be there but we still count him as there
7. What was your first dance? I will be here by Michael W Smith
8. What other special dances did you do? beach boys surfer girl with my brothers all 4 of us danced together.
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? semi formal
10. Describe your cake simple 3 tier with silver ribbon
11. What was the food like? you would have to ask someone who was there I didn't eat but we did pasta.
12. How many people were there? wedding 250 reception 200
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 7 months
1. What is/was the wedding date? 9/7/2008
2. What were your colors? red and brown
3. What were your flowers? red dahlias and roses
4. What was your dress like? see my signature.
5. What did your brides maids wear? i had none, i had a man of honor, 3 brothers (1 mine, 2 his) and 4 chuppah bearers (who just stood there basically) all males.
6. How many people were in your party? 10
7. What was your first dance? van morrison, someone like you
8. What other special dances did you do? i danced with my dad, and jim danced with his mom.
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? black tie
10. Describe your cake: it was white with bronze fondant ribbons around the bottoms of the tiers and then covered with fresh red flowers.
11. What was the food like? 4 course, pretty delicious. they tell me there was a shrimp bar that was amazing, but i never got to see it. i have a picture though.
12. How many people were there? 250
13. How long did it take you to plan it? got engaged in january, got married in september, so not very long at all.
1. March 20, 2010
2. Sunset oranges and yellows and a light green.
3. I had all different shades of ivory and peach roses. My ladies orange roses and callas with bells of Ireland and some other purple flowers.
4. Ballerina tulle skirt with a long line beaded strapless bodice.
5. Light green chiffon long dresses in 3 different styles.
6. 6 plus FG and RB
7. Michael Buble's "Everything"
8. We did an anniversary dance instead of a bouquet toss.
9. More formal than not. Some people still showed up in some interesting clothing choices.
10. 3 tier peach fondant with our monogram design piped on the side.
11. Delicious! Peppercorn crusted beef, mahi-mahi, onion piped potatoes, spinach and cheese pie and a delicate spring salad.
12. About 100. It was a destination wedding for more than half of our guests (my hometown in AZ).
13. We were engaged in Feb of '08, so technically we planned for over a year.1. What is/was the wedding date? June 3, 2011
2. What were your colors? Black, White, and Lime Green
3. What were your flowers? White roses, white and green hydrangeas, callalilie
4. What was your dress like? fitted bodice w/silver beading and white organza layers - Justin Alexander, style 8486
5. What did your brides maids wear? Bari Jay 215, Black
6. How many people were in your party? 8 (I have a ton of close girlfriends)
7. What was your first dance? Tangled Up in You - Aaron Lewis
8. What other special dances did you do? Father/Daughter: Daddy by Kendall Payne, Bridal Party dance: Forever by Chris Brown, Groom/Mother: Always There by the Canadian Tenors
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? formal
10. Describe your cake: huge, 5 layers w/different flavors
11. What was the food like? We shall see! Passed appetizers, cocktail shrimp, fruit and cheese trays, smoked ghouda mac and cheese, large buffet, prime rib station, late night snacks: frito pies and sliders
12. How many people were there? 150
13. How long did it take you to plan it? 8 months2. What were your colors?3. What were your flowers?4. What was your dress like? Empire waisted Maggie Sotero. Lace caplet sleeve, very cleavage-y haha5. What did your brides maids wear? Red strapless cocktail dresses6. How many people were in your party? 4 each7. What was your first dance? Mason Jennings "Be Here Now"8. What other special dances did you do? Father/Daughter to Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" DH and MIL danced to "I Hope You Dance" (Super cheese but her choice.... whatever hah)9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Formal. 10. Describe your cake White with white dots, fresh orchids and roses. TASTED so good. White cake, creme brulee fiiling and strawberries11. What was the food like? 4 appetizers. Seated 3 course meal. So yum!12. How many people were there? 85-ish13. How long did it take you to plan it? 10 months.
2. What were your colors? Turquoise and black3. What were your flowers? I had red roses, BP had white roses4. What was your dress like? It was a white halter top with a small train5. What did your brides maids wear? Turquoise spaghetti strap cocktail dresses6. How many people were in your party? 6 w/o including the bride and groom7. What was your first dance? It was a spanish song "contigo aprendi"8. What other special dances did you do? The traditional father/daughter, I danced with my granddad and H with his grandma9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? It was formal10. Describe your cake: It was four tiers, had black ribbon on each tier, on every other tier there were turquoise swirls. The filling was cannoli.11. What was the food like? There was a cocktail hour with everything imaginable. For dinner it was a 4 course meal. Salad, Penne ala vodka, then a choice of stuffed filet of sole, prime rib or chicken chardonnay, for dessert there was a Vienniese table 12. How many people were there? 7513. How long did it take you to plan it? 5 months
1. What is/was the wedding date? June 16, 2007.
2. What were your colors? Pale blue, coral - we didn't have set colors, more of a vintage beach feel.
3. What were your flowers? I carried pale pink peonies, my absolute fave.
4. What was your dress like? Mermaid style, strapless, silk, very flattering for an hourglass figure.
5. What did your brides maids wear? Pale blue j.crew strapless
6. How many people were in your party? We each had one attendant
7. What was your first dance? "Green Eyes" by coldplay
8. What other special dances did you do? The usuals - we had a very small wedding so we danced with everyone by the end.
9. Was it formal/semi formal/casual/blue jean? Semi-formal.
10. Describe your cake - we don't like cake, so we had wedding pie!
11. What was the food like? Outstanding!
12. How many people were there? 50 total, including us.
13. How long did it take you to plan it? We had a destination wedding, so we took about a year since we had to travel to meet caterers, etc. We did book the location site-unseen!