Carly and Kyle - 01/08/09

Welcome back!!! I just dicovered your PJ. I love that you went to the running of the brides. I debated but I just dont have the patients to deal with ALL of those people...lol. You are getting married 3 days after me at the WP. When are you arriving at WDW? How much longer after your wedding is your home reception? We are having ours the Saturday of our wedding just to kind of get it done but I think we made a bad choice. Are you finding that you feel like you have twice as much going on becuase of the reception at home? I feel like I am doing double duty. :scared1:
 
You are getting married 3 days after me at the WP. When are you arriving at WDW? How much longer after your wedding is your home reception? We are having ours the Saturday of our wedding just to kind of get it done but I think we made a bad choice. Are you finding that you feel like you have twice as much going on becuase of the reception at home? I feel like I am doing double duty. :scared1:

That's fun that we're sharing our wedding week! We're getting to WDW on the Saturday before, so we'll be there a couple of days before you get married. We're actually having two home receptions, which is really complicated. We live in Ohio so we're having one in Ohio and one in California (where most of my family is). If that wasn't bad enough, we're thinking about moving to Utah in the next couple of months, which would mean that we'd have to fly out for all three of our receptions. The receptions aren't until about a month and then a month and a half after our WDW wedding, but I have no energy left to do anything for them. I might end up being that bride who orders pizza for everyone and calls it a night! :rotfl:

Ok, so I have a ton of planning to catch up on, obviously, so I think I'll just do some of the highlights:

Blue Book

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LOVE the blue book. Don't know how I'd survive without the blue book. The blue book is a large blank journal I bought at B&N (the company who makes them is called Working Class Studio). It has hard covers and big blank pages that are perforated for easy tear out. I use it as a general idea/inspiration/design journal. It's also where I put the torn out magazine pages. The great thing is that anything can be taped into the book, so I have engagement cards, magazine articles, advertisements, magnet samples, fabric samples, receipts, and other little things all mixed in with my lists, doodles, and notes. I've almost filled it up, but I'm hoping it lasts me to my wedding day because it's so fantastic! I highly, highly recommend it.
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Wedding Webpage
We're still doing our wedding webpage through blogger, which was challenging but also free. I ended up changing from the original version and added some slideshows a la Photobucket. It actually came out pretty cute!
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The Dress + Veil
I am still so glad I did the Running of the Brides. Even though I loved my dress when I got it, I was nervous because there was still about a year left until my wedding and I didn't know if I'd still like it later on. I still love it, though, and I have the veil and shoes (Target flip-flops), so once I buy the earrings I'll be done. I am going to be putting little crystal Mickey heads on the veil, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I need to decide on whether they'll be clear or light blue.

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Hair and Makeup
I did a trial run with Anna from Makeover Majic last month and I was happy with the results. There's been an ongoing debate over whether or not I should add lipcolor, but the jury is still out.

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Our Reception Space

I've really warmed up to the fact that we're having our reception in one of the GF ballrooms. Originally I was disappointed because they sort of look like every other hotel ballroom on earth, but after walking around GF and seeing the Whitehall Room, I'm happy about it. It will be nice to have the privacy and location is really convenient for the guests. I just have to figure out how to decorate it on a budget...
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Our Rings
Kyle and I both already wear our wedding rings as engagement rings. I got his last March and he liked it so much he didn't want to wait to wear it.

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My ring is a Paloma Picasso puzzle ring from Tiffany and Co. and I couldn't love it more. We went in originally to get the Tiffany solitaire, because I wanted a classic looking ring, but I didn't like the way it looked when I put it on. I'm not really into wearing a lot of jewelry and the fact that the diamonds stood out from my hand so much really bothered me. It was actually a really negative, frustrating experience until I saw my ring in one of the cases. Perfect!

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That's sort of the highlights tour. Our wedding party is bringing their own black suit or black dress to the wedding and we'll be providing jewelry and matching ties. Our officiant is Rev. Kevin Knox, but we haven't even started to think about our vows so there's nothing to report there. Our coordinator is Marion Stewart and I adore her. I'm having a bridal tea at GF the day before the wedding, but my mom is hosting and I'm not invloved in the planning. We decided against the dessert party at Epcot because it's a noon wedding and that's a really long day for our wedding guests. Hmmm...I think I might actually be semi-caught up now. Hopefully I can keep it up!
 
I follow on the blog, but I am glad to se eyou back on the DIS!
 
Carly, sweetie, your gown looks absolutely incredible on you! :faint: LOVE the hair and makeup trial, but IF you are collecting votes, I'd vote for a bit more lipcolor. But I LOVE lipstick. ;) Your journal is such a great idea and I love all the pics you posted of pages from it! You are really creative and organized. :thumbsup2
 
Carly,

Is it you that is going to be on Netcot soon?
 
DON'T YOU LOVE THE ROOTS!!!

Yes! They might be my favorite part of the whole thing!

LOVE the hair and makeup trial, but IF you are collecting votes, I'd vote for a bit more lipcolor. But I LOVE lipstick. ;)

That seems to be the general consensus, especially since the white of the dress + veil might wash me out. Now I just have to go on a four month lipstick safari to find something that will work for a non-lipstickian like me...

Carly,

Is it you that is going to be on Netcot soon?

It is, it is. I've been listening to the Netcot podcast for about a year and a half now and I love it. Van (the host) and I take turn stalking each other via our respective blogs and when he approached me about doing a weddings podcast I was excited. I'm actually sharing the interview with another listener who decided not to have a disney wedding and we go back and forth talking about the pros and cons. I think it will be up near the end of this month?...


Things are moving along with the invitations, but I have no pictures to post as Kyle had the day off today and we spent it roaming around town like vagabonds. I did get a bunch of craft supplies and found a treasure load of used bridal magazines at one of the bookstores here, so good things are happening. I'm feeling very crafty and bridal energetic right now, so I'm trying to seize the mood and stay active before I fall into another anti-wedding slump. I love searching these boards for cute DIY things other brides have made, but it almost makes it more overwhelming because I want to copy everyone!
 
I lied, I have pictures.

I thought I'd post some more pics of the craft stuff that I'm working on. Project one is flowers. I bought all of our flowers from another disney bride for $150, which included a bridal bouquet, a toss bouquet, 5 bridesmaid bouquets, 9 boutonnieres, 6 corsages, and 5 bags of flower petals. She even threw in some jewels for the flowers because she's a doll face.

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I love them and the color is perfect, but unfortunately our bridal parties didn't exactly match up. I need 4 bridesmaid bouquets, 16 boutonnieres, and 3 corsages. I'm assuming that it's easier to turn bouquets into boutonnieres than it would be to go the other direction, so I'm not too worried. Still, since I've never done anything with flowers (fake or otherwise) it's probably going to take me a while to figure out what I'm doing. I'm also thinking about "pixie dusting" the flowers when I'm finished, but Kyle's worried that it will only emphasize the fake.

The other project is tote bags. I'm making bags out of canvas and embroidering our wedding logo onto them.

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I'm making a tote bag for each of the moms for sure...past that I don't know. I bought some canvas and cut it up and I ended up with 15 tote bags to embroider. I think I might just do them and see where I end up. I figure that whatever I don't use I'll just toss up on etsy and get rid of after the wedding.

Anyway, these are the things that are keeping me occupied while we're in front of the tv. My new diet is called I-will-work-on-my-wedding-so-much-I-won't-have-time-to-eat.
 
I just wanted to say that me and DF are in your youtube video on your blog of the Whitehall room because we attended a wedding on 8/5. How cool.
 
that's too funny! I have a lot of random clips of wedding people from that day because I was completely being an inappropriate stalker. You should ask the bride if she wants some really sneaky (creepy) shots of her wedding.
 
It is, it is. I've been listening to the Netcot podcast for about a year and a half now and I love it. Van (the host) and I take turn stalking each other via our respective blogs and when he approached me about doing a weddings podcast I was excited. I'm actually sharing the interview with another listener who decided not to have a disney wedding and we go back and forth talking about the pros and cons. I think it will be up near the end of this month?...

Awesome! I've been listening to Netcot for about the same amount of time myself. I'm a member of the boards, but I spend too much time here so I haven't posted too much there. I'm megan626 over there. I'll try to jump over to those more often when they're fixed.
 
I'm finally getting a newsletter out to our bridal party. It doesn't have much in it - just contact information and what we're having everyone wear.

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We've been looking into videography for a while now and I got a full sample from Simply Cinematic a couple of days ago. I was sure that we were going to use them, even though it was putting a bit of a strain on the budget, but the full sample was really disappointing. I'm so surprised, because the trailers on the website are so amazing! The DVD just seemed really choppy and unprofessional and it didn't have the full ceremony or anything. I'm extra disappointed because I found them from a suggestion by the Roots and I was happy that the photographers and videographers had such a good relationship already. C'est la vie...I guess I'm back on the hunt...
 
We've been looking into videography for a while now and I got a full sample from Simply Cinematic a couple of days ago. I was sure that we were going to use them, even though it was putting a bit of a strain on the budget, but the full sample was really disappointing. I'm so surprised, because the trailers on the website are so amazing! The DVD just seemed really choppy and unprofessional and it didn't have the full ceremony or anything. I'm extra disappointed because I found them from a suggestion by the Roots and I was happy that the photographers and videographers had such a good relationship already. C'est la vie...I guess I'm back on the hunt...

I heard this from another bride and was soooo glad, b/c when I saw Simply Cinematic's trailers, I was kicking myself that we hadn't used them. :upsidedow I asked the Roots about them and didn't exactly get an endorsement - just a "we know one of them and they put a pic of us on their site" kind of thing.

I wish I had a good recommendation for you, but I have yet to see really fresh, interesting, or professional-quality work from an Orlando-area videographer. We felt like StarFruit Productions was the closest we could get to what we were looking for, and we're really glad our video looks different from the usual kind you see, but I don't know if their new high prices are commensurate with their level of experience. :sad2:
 
We've been looking into videography for a while now and I got a full sample from Simply Cinematic a couple of days ago. I was sure that we were going to use them, even though it was putting a bit of a strain on the budget, but the full sample was really disappointing. I'm so surprised, because the trailers on the website are so amazing! The DVD just seemed really choppy and unprofessional and it didn't have the full ceremony or anything. I'm extra disappointed because I found them from a suggestion by the Roots and I was happy that the photographers and videographers had such a good relationship already. C'est la vie...I guess I'm back on the hunt...

I heard this from another bride and was soooo glad, b/c when I saw Simply Cinematic's trailers, I was kicking myself that we hadn't used them. :upsidedow I asked the Roots about them and didn't exactly get an endorsement - just a "we know one of them and they put a pic of us on their site" kind of thing.

I wish I had a good recommendation for you, but I have yet to see really fresh, interesting, or professional-quality work from an Orlando-area videographer. We felt like StarFruit Productions was the closest we could get to what we were looking for, and we're really glad our video looks different from the usual kind you see, but I don't know if their new high prices are commensurate with their level of experience. :sad2:

I'm in the same boat... any updates on videographer choices and recommendations???
 

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