David's Bridal

I called David's Bridal and told them the problem. The good news is, we can still use that dress and in yellow! They said what to do is go to your local David's Bridal and tell them the size that you want and the color. They will order it for you in the requested size and in the canary. If you have any questions go ahead and call my cell or email me. I will be at my school again today, but I'll keep my cell on me while I work in my room. So, anyway-we can all ignore the last post lol!

Bridesmaid Dress Bloopers

Hey girls! There was a problem with the bridesmaid dresses: they don't come in yellow :-(. There are a couple of options and I was wondering if I could have your votes. The first option would be to get the same style of dress in the light blue. The second option is to look for another bridesmaid dress that is yellow. What are your opinions?

Other Brides in Other Places

My dear friend (and former roommate) Dia got engaged last weekend, and already I feel my involvement in both affairs being mutually beneficial.

Dia is on this website: ezweddingplanner.com which seems very handy, particularly the budget section. There's much less advertising than on something like theknot and the format is concise, but flexible. I kind of like it (even if the graphics are a little lame).

Don't worry about a conflict of interest (or availability), my other bride is planning a March wedding in Williamsburg--destination wedding. Its sort of hassle-free, once you pick a spot they take care of everything, you just show up and say 'I do'. Very small though, max 60 guests and it may be as small as 25.

BTW, the dress should be no problem for me, there is a David's really close to my apartment, I will stop by as soon as I am back from Prague. As long as you are 100% sure about the dress and the color :)

Bridesmaid Dresses and Deadlines

Hi girls! I wanted to let you know that the deadline for ordering the bridesmaid dresses is October 31st. I hope that doesn't sound too bridezilla-ish! I was just hoping to get them all ordered by then for the sake of shopping for flowers. I was going to bring a dress as a sample for matching colors. It'll be the yellow or "canary" colored one from David's Bridal. If anyone runs into any problems, feel free to give me a call or email me.

~Sara~

Schedule

What do you this of this sequence of events?

5:00-wedding ceremony

6:00-cocktails at the Quality Inn (Clarion Hall)

7:00-dinner is served followed by the cutting of the cake

8:00-the band begins to play and desserts are brought out

We have the hall booked until 12:00 am.

Date Changed Continued...

Hmmm, odd...the site wouldn't let me complete the last post. Anyway, we thought that the church allowed dancing because they had told us we could have a D.J. or band. I'm glad we found out about this early! I'm so thankful that we could book the Quality Inn for a date near the one we had originally had. It would have been nice it was the 27th, but that one was already booked. If you have any questions for me, go ahead and drop me an email. Sorry to change it, but I just thought it would be fun to have some dancing.

Date Changed

Hi everyone, Andy and I found out that our reception hall at the church does not allow dancing. Since we are having a band, we had to change the venue. We went to the Quality Inn today and discovered they have a beautiful banquet hall. They provide hor'dourves, salad, dinner, and desserts. I believe that they will also provide you with suites to stay in the night of the wedding reception. You get a continental breakfast too lol. It was a good package deal, and we booked Clarion Hall for the evening of June 26th. Therefore, as I'm sure you have guessed by now, the wedding date is changed to Friday the 26th. We will still use College church for the ceremony.

Bienvenidos!

Welcome to the new blog members! :-) We have three new bloggers: Ellise, Nicole, and Kylie.

More Centerpiece Talk

I found this idea at that Totally Tabletops blog Ab linked to a while back, and I just think it looks really cool. I think it might look neat if you just had a few lemons in a thin vase filled with water. Just thoughts.

Another plus is that these really wouldn't cost too much. I mean, it would be lemons, vase, water. Very simple, yet they have a very artsy look about them.

Letters from the Editor

Hey Friends!

In honor of arriving at T minus 1 year to wedding, I've decided to start acting like a member of the wedding party. I've set up a new email address for Sara to handle wedding business (SaraTheBride[at]gmail.com), and I've attached a calendar to it to keep track of important dates. I'll paste the calendar into the sidebar so everyone can see it.

I know there are a few people who would like to be able to contribute to the blog, especially members of Sara's family. I can easily set it up, but I need you to send my your email addresses so that I can add you as an author. Once I've added you, the site will send you an email with the logistics of how to contribute. You can send an email to Sara's new email or to me directly at abigayle.bessman[at]gmail.com.

Finally, I'm going to go into stalk mode. I'd like to get mailing addresses and phone numbers for members of the wedding party (mostly girl members) and the bride and groom's immediate families. When the time comes for showers and things, I'd like to be able to contact everyone directly and take some of the pressure off of Sara and Andy. Again send anything to my gmail account.

Thanks, and Congrats to the happy couple!
-Abby

Dulces!

I am going to be hungry after I write this, but here are some foods for the dessert stations:

1. Cake, cake, and more cake (it's the center of attraction)

2. Lemon meringue pie

3. Lemon bars (we're on to a theme here haha)

4. The candy corner with bags and those little scoopers hopefully

5. Cookies....a variety

6. Punch-I am looking up some different punch recipes

We'll serve light hor'dourves so people will be able to eat dessert.

List Continued....Well, Sort Of

Speaking of ''neurotic'' I realized I put an ''a'' in it and just HAD to go back and change it haha.

More Lists :-D

Hey girls, I decided to make a list of what is definate and what we know so far for the wedding. I function better when I make lists because I'm a bit narotic :-). I also wanted to say thank-you for all the help selecting flowers and centerpieces!

We already have the list for the wedding party and expenses so I won't post that again, but here's what I have so far otherwise:

Bridesmaid Dresses: The first style/shorter one
The color will be a shade of yellow called ''canary'' lol http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=3319&sid=18583&cfid=31

Flowers: The beautiful yellow daisies with other colors mixed in-VERY similar to the ones
in the picture

Centerpieces: lemons, lemons, lemons!

Venues: College Church (we're using their reception hall)

Time: 2:00

Food: hor'dourves and dessert reception

Hors'deourves

I forgot to mention in my last post that my neighbor gave me the name of a good caterer. I haven't really been to any hor'dourve weddings before, so I was wondering what kind are usually served?

It's Set!

Hey everyone! The church and reception hall are booked-yay! The wedding date is June 27, 2009. The wedding will be at 2:00 followed by hor'derves at 3:00. While the guests are mingling and getting their finger foods, we will be taking pictures until 3:30ish. At 4:00 Todd's band will start to play. The dessert stations and cake will be brought out at 4:30 or 5 (not sure which one). There will be a candy station for all you candy lovers! How does all of this sound?

Lemon Centerpieces?

I saw this on a blog, thought you'd like it. If you google "lemon centerpieces" there are a lot of things that are pretty and seem easy to make yourself. This image came from this website, which has lots of cool ideas on it.

Bridesmaid Dresses, Lemons, and Flowers

Hi girls, would anyone be terribly upset if I changed the color of bridesmaid dresses to yellow? I looked at the flower arrangement, and I thought that yellow would look beautiful. It's my favorite color. The lemons helped persuade me. Of course, the bridesmaid dresses wouldn't be the same shade of yellow as lemons. We could still go with the same style of dress.

Flowers

In response to your earlier post about yellow flowers:

I'm with Miranda. Yellow daisies are super fun. Check out this mix of yellow and white (gerbera daisies, daisy poms and button poms). I think it is really pretty. If you wanted something a little fancier, yellow roses are pretty, but they are sort of pastel so I'd probably mix them with something a little brighter- maybe pink and yellow roses? Pink and yellow would look really fantastic in your bouquet against your white dress, too.

Let Them Eat Sheet Cake (and us wedding cake??)

I'm getting a little concerned about the guest list being so large-we're up to 200! Many of the wedding cakes that we have looked at only feed up to 150 (of course, we could always add another layer for a price lol). I have read online that some people will use a sheet cake for their guests and a smaller wedding cake for show. What is your take on this? lol. I think that the sheet cake is cut ahead of time, but the ceremony of cutting the wedding cake still takes place.

I thought "bridesmaids" would be bigger

A wordle rendering of this entire blog thusfar, including comments. Some words (like "wedding," "party," and "church") are listed twice because capitalizataion makes a difference.