Good News! I found my wedding dress and put a deposit down to get it ordered! Yay!
The funny part is, in my recent post, I talked about how I knew which one was “the dress” and guess what? That actually wasn’t the dress I ended up picking out! When I first decided to go dress shopping, it was literally the week after MGB and I got engaged. I went just for “fun” to kind of see what was out there, while still keeping in mind I had a little bit of time before I needed to order a dress. At that time we also had not nailed down the venue, even though we had an idea of where we wanted to have it.
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The venue that Morning Glory Bear (MGB as I will put him for short) and I picked to have our ceremony and reception is a nice waterfront venue tucked back in a neighborhood. It actually used to be a crappy little restaurant/bar and the catering company bought it and completely gutted and remodeled the place. I love the view and it will make for some great photo ops, but I’m worried about the lack of variety and creativity available for pictures after the ceremony. Since 75% of the venue is physically on the water (see below for picture) it’s literally just the docks for pictures. There’s no beach or really anywhere to go on-site to make for different pictures.
 Copyright Cesar Chavez Photography So, basically MGB and I talked about going offsite after the ceremony to take our bridal party/family pictures. Luckily, there is a nice park about 5 minutes away with a beach, pavilion and another dock to take pictures at. I was worried about finding somewhere that was close enough to not take time away from the reception time and was pretty enough to allow the photographer some creative leeway. In my nervousness to make sure everything goes according to plan, I don’t want this to end up being chaotic! I still want to do pictures at the venue on the docks, especially something like this at the end of the night.
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Recently a family member contacted me saying something along the lines of “Heard you were worried our weddings would clash, but they won’t so don’t fret.” This reminded me of the movie Bride Wars!
Immediately I thought, what is he talking about? He recently proposed to his girlfriend and apparently something I had said to another family member was misinterpreted as me being worried that our dates would be too close together. (Also making me sound like a Bridezilla) Now, that’s not the case, but it leads me to this post. This seems to be a common theme with some, almost a “territorial” issue. Some women (and men as well) can take you getting engaged or having your wedding date too close to theirs as an attack. You are moving in on their territory and they feel threatened that you got engaged first, or they feel as though your wedding date being anywhere close to theirs will take away from their special day. I’ve personally known a few of these people and let me be honest; they are completely obnoxious and insecure about something.
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We are married! Hooray! I always thought being a Mrs. would feel different. To be honest, it doesn’t. And really, nothing has changed.
Yes, it’s true, we both felt different the night of the wedding, but I think that is because we were just surrounded by so much love and happiness! The morning after we woke up and said, “Good morning wife!” “Good morning husband!” just to test the new words but then we went right back to calling each other our regular nicknames.
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Our wedding on September 17, 2011 was the most amazing day of my entire life. Now that it is over, I have been trying to recap the weekend but I just can’t seem to find the right words!
Our wedding was absolutely fabulous! Thanks to amazing wedding vendors and supportive friends and family, every detail turned out better than I could have ever imagined!
What people say is true!
A) Relax, it goes by so fast!
B) Don’t forget to eat small meals throughout the day!
C) Drink a lot of water!
D) Forget about eating and drinking at the reception, you will be talking to guests!
E) Have tips prepared in labeled envelopes!
F) Things will go wrong! Although, some of them will turn out better than expected.
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Hello there garden! I’m one of the newest bloggers here on BridalBuds and I’m so excited to document my experience and trade ideas with you guys. Let’s start off with just a little bit about me and my fiance:
 Mr. Lion and I! (not the best photo, but the only one I could find on this computer!)
Well Mr. Lion and I will have been together for five years next month! I was 16 and he was 19 when we met, and we are now 21 and 25 respectively. For the bulk of our relationship it’s been semi-long distance, since we attended different high schools and colleges. Mr. Lion graduated with an accounting degree and now works in the accounts payable department of a third-party logistics company (yeah, I don’t really know what that means either…). I’m currently in my senior year of college, studying art and set to graduate in December 2012. I’m a photographer, running my own portraiture and wedding photography business (www.rachelkathrynphotography.com). Mr. Lion is a self-taught guitar player and pretty incredible, if I do say so myself!
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I currently live in Texas but Mr. Cherry and I will be tying the knot in Media, Pennsylvania. We are so excited to be getting married where all of our family can be present. However, it has been very tough to plan things with out seeing them! I have been so blessed to have AN AMAZING Mother-In-Law (MIL) to-be! She has been so wonderful. The first task we had when planning the wedding was choosing where to hold our reception. With her help we selected the Townehouse in Media, Pennsylvania. (I plan on doing a post about how wonderful they are VERY soon! Amy at the Townehouse is fantastic!!) My MIL went to the venue and took great pictures for us to decide. When I tell people that I chose my venue without seeing it they are shocked! I probably would not have done this but I was lucky to have someone who knew me so well! My MIL knows exactly what I look for in things! (She did help him pick out my engagement ring as well!!)
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By now, you’ve probably seen a brooch bouquet or twelve! What used to be a unique alternative to your bridal bouquet is becoming a bit overdone in the wedding world! Hey, it isn’t the brooch bouquets fault it’s so darn cute!
To get back the uniqueness of the bouquet, check out this cool twist! A heart-shaped brooch bouquet!
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With a month left to go until my wedding, my mother and my groom’s mother are without a dress for the occasion. In fact, they are in exact opposite situations.
My mother (who has only worn a dress once in her life) hasn’t even started looking while my future mother in law has six dresses, in which she can’t decide amongst them.
To give my mom a jump start on her dress search, I suggested this cute little number from Nordstrom.com ($138).
Let me give you some background information: attending a black tie optional wedding by candlelight, age is mid 40s, shy personality, size 10.
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So Mr. Peach and I are about 13 months out to the big day and have begun making our guest list. Next big thing on the list-save the dates. So everyone has different opinions about these little guys-send them out early or not? Do a magnet, no a postcard. Include the hotel info, no just the date…etc. So with everyone’s input and the plethora of options out in cyber land to choose from, our hunt began for the perfect save the date.
 Photo: blog.belfiorebridal.com As with every other detail of our wedding, I want to make sure its perfect and thus have started putting a lot of effort into finding the perfect save the date. We’re leading towards doing a magnet so people dont have to worry about misplacing a card. And we are also trying to stay away from postcards as we’ve heard several bad stories about post office handling of post cards. We’re only sending our save the dates to the A+++ list, so we can afford to spend a little more to get the magnet because we are not sending out as many. So since it will be a magnet and hopefully be on all of our loved ones fridge’s for over a year, I want it to be something eye catching, and not tacky, pretty yet functionally informative.
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