Tag: Wedding Planning
Choosing your photographer is very important, because he/she captures the special moments you’ll have forever. When I was going through our wedding album, each picture showed the love between Lavender Dude and me– and ultimately that’s what you want each photo to portray, right?
I have several friends that are now planning weddings. My husband is a groomsman for a wedding this July, and we are going to a wedding in September for a college friend. I am a bridesmaid for one in October and the matron of honor for my best friend’s wedding next March. Preparing for all these weddings has got me excited again about the wedding planning process. It’s great to be able to share my experiences and give advice to my friends.  Too bad those are not my legs! One of the ways I have been helping some of my friends is passing along books and magazines that I found useful (not only did this help them, it helped clear out most of the wedding clutter from my house! It’s a win-win!). I was still getting some of my wedding magazines long after my wedding date. After skimming through them, I passed them along to these engaged friends. I also bought wedding magazine subscriptions for three of my friends when they told us they were engaged. It takes so long for wedding magazines to get you onto their distribution cycle that you have to start early! As we all know, wedding magazines cost an arm and a leg at typical retail outlets, so it’s a huge savings to buy the year subscription. My friends were all very pleased and excited when they received their first magazine.  Kim Kardashian shops for Bridal Magazines
I just got back to NYC from a weekend of wedding planning in Delray Beach, FL with my mom. It was…. stressful…and COLD. I had been looking for a short break from the winter chill, but got 35 degree temps down south. Thankfully, the afternoon of my arrival was beautiful and I got to visit again with the 2 giant palm tress under which we will say our vows (still left to be written).
My mission down in Delray was to find a rehearsal dinner location, and to meet with all the vendors I have selected from afar. Mostly, I am happy to report, I feel like I got a lot done on my 3-day trip. But there are still lingering questions that are obstacles in our planning (such as still no clarity about the rehearsal).
I keep have wedding nightmares and though the obstacles presented in each dream do indeed vary (from missing wedding gowns to raw food on plates), in each scenario I run into this one rather significant problem: I am standing at the back of the lawn about to walk down the aisle and I realize, at that moment, that we forgot to write the ceremony. AGGHHHH! Since my Brother is scheduled to officiate for us, who has no ministry background, we are creating the ceremony from scratch. If we were to “forget” this little detail, we’d have a big problem up there at the alter under the palm trees.  Help me fill this page. Please? I figured in order to stop the madness nightmares, I should just get on with it and start writing the ceremony. Which I did 10 minutes ago, and yet already I am here blogging about it. Why? I will admit it: I am procrastinating.
My friends think I’m crazy when it comes to organizing some things. But it’s a trait I don’t think I will ever try to change. So as expected, I try to organize my wedding planning as much as I can. Here’s a glimpse of how I organize my planning: Wedding Spreadsheet:
In about a week I am heading down with my Mom to Florida, where we are having our May destination wedding. This may be my last shot at on-site planning before heading down the week prior to the wedding in 5 months, so I am anxious to make the most of my trip down south. This is my Mom’s first visit to our wedding location, so I am eager to show her around as well. Delray Beach is such a lovely little town, I am really excited to check it out again!
Side Note: Do you ever stop to think about how you would plan a wedding without the internet? AMAZING how much we’ve come to depend on this resource.
I was lucky enough to have a mother-in-law that I completely trusted to do the entire rehearsal dinner. I actually told her I wanted it to be a surprise – because I knew she would make it perfect. I wanted to share some of the little details because I think these are important parts of the wedding. It’s the little things we remember and also get to take with us as souvenirs.
Crisis #1…I can’t make up my mind on our colors! With all the beautiful colors to choose from when planning a beach wedding it really makes it hard to decide. I could go with sky, water or earth on this one! My first inclination was to go with the colors of the sunset since our wedding will take place at that beautiful time. I was imagining amazing hues of canary, peach, coral and tangerine much like this image from Martha Stewart.
I am happy to report that Dogwood Dude and I found every single one of our parameters when searching for our destination wedding! The Key Largo Grande Resort & Beach Club is an hour from Miami Airport, budget friendly for us and our guests (especially for those Hilton Rewards Members), has two amazing 3rd floor rooms overlooking the ocean in case of rain, has a beach covered in arching hammock trees….and PLENTY to do! The funny thing is that so many people ask me how we chose Key Largo, which seems so remote to most, and I always tell them…we just had five parameters! Here are some pics!
During the wedding planning process, it’s easy to get caught up in the little details of the wedding – “this flower or that flower”, “which centerpiece looks better?”, “should we serve crab puffs or crab cakes?” That’s not to say those decisions aren’t important, but they aren’t everything, and they probably won’t matter much in the long run. Sometimes, it’s nice just to think back to the beginning, and recently I’ve spent a lot of time thinking back to when we got engaged.  The Bling
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Engagement Pictures..To Do or Not To Do
by Hydrangea Bud
Our Little Details
by Dogwood Blossom
Hurricane!
by Moon Bud
The Lilac E-session
by Lilac Bud 
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