YT Brides to Be

[linz06]

Who here is getting married this year or next year, and are in the middle of planning? I thought I'd start a thread so we can discuss our planning details, our colors, our dresses, our flowers... everything!

So tell me about your wedding!

Oops... just realized I posted this in the wrong section! Can it be moved to Off Topic Discussions?

[DJDB]

Just engaged and wedding date is set for May 5 of this year. I had started another thread about the Vegas wedding, but looks like family has stopped that in its tracks So now we will try to find a venue in our community, which has pretty much NOTHING and try to stay under a budget of $1500, which is nearly impossible

Sooooooo.... ok, I'm venting a little, sorry. I am super happy that we are getting married though!!

So far my fiance has bought a really nice suit to wear, but I have no dress yet, and now need pretty much everything else!!

[DJDB]

Originally Posted by linz06

Who here is getting married this year or next year, and are in the middle of planning? I thought I'd start a thread so we can discuss our planning details, our colors, our dresses, our flowers... everything!

So tell me about your wedding!

Oops... just realized I posted this in the wrong section! Can it be moved to Off Topic Discussions?

When is your wedding date?

[linz06]

Oh no! I was reading your thread about your Vegas wedding! It sounded awesome! We toyed with the idea of a destination wedding but my fiance's mom said absolutely not... her daughter had a destination wedding and it was too much hassle and too much money for the family. It is also important to me for my grandmas to be there and one wouldn't come for sure if it was too far away!

It might be tough to stick to a $1500 budget! Do you know anyone with a large yard you could have the ceremony in? An old coworker of mine also did a backyard barbeque reception after their wedding. I think they kind of did a potluck for that!

We have also bought a TON of stuff on Kijiji. We got vases for our centrepieces, tealight holders for the tables, a cake cutting set, and I can't even think of what else right now! But people will sell things pretty much brand new that they used at their wedding, or even bought and didn't use, and then you can sell it again later! I am hoping to make back a lot of the money we spent on our decor so far.

[linz06]

Originally Posted by DJDB

When is your wedding date?

Our wedding is July 7 This is to make things easy on my future husband. My birthday is 6/6 and our anniversary will be 7/7 lol!

[jencar98]

My son is getting married on June 16th this year. His fiance bought her dress....i couldn't believe it.....on-line! It was risky but has certainly paid off. Her dress could rival any other costing several thousand dollars and cost only $150.

As brides to be maybe you all can help me out. The colors for the wedding are black/hot pink and I believe touches of silver. The brides' mom is wearing black, which is what I originally thought of wearing. She has her dress already, I do not. Should I continue with the idea of wearing black also, or should I try to find another color? My problem is, most dresses that are hot pink are nothing a 52 year old woman should wear, IMO. I'm afraid something silver, and I would look like a 70's disco mirror ball. Would it be okay for me to wear black too?

[linz06]

Originally Posted by jencar98

My son is getting married on June 16th this year. His fiance bought her dress....i couldn't believe it.....on-line! It was risky but has certainly paid off. Her dress could rival any other costing several thousand dollars and cost only $150.

As brides to be maybe you all can help me out. The colors for the wedding are black/hot pink and I believe touches of silver. The brides' mom is wearing black, which is what I originally thought of wearing. She has her dress already, I do not. Should I continue with the idea of wearing black also, or should I try to find another color? My problem is, most dresses that are hot pink are nothing a 52 year old woman should wear, IMO. I'm afraid something silver, and I would look like a 70's disco mirror ball. Would it be okay for me to wear black too?

I would say go for it! But I really have no preference about what our mothers wear. I think if you both wear black it won't be a big deal. It would look a little more funny if you were both in hot pink

[DJDB]

Originally Posted by jencar98

My son is getting married on June 16th this year. His fiance bought her dress....i couldn't believe it.....on-line! It was risky but has certainly paid off. Her dress could rival any other costing several thousand dollars and cost only $150.

As brides to be maybe you all can help me out. The colors for the wedding are black/hot pink and I believe touches of silver. The brides' mom is wearing black, which is what I originally thought of wearing. She has her dress already, I do not. Should I continue with the idea of wearing black also, or should I try to find another color? My problem is, most dresses that are hot pink are nothing a 52 year old woman should wear, IMO. I'm afraid something silver, and I would look like a 70's disco mirror ball. Would it be okay for me to wear black too?

I don't think that would be a problem. You won't have the same dress exactly. Maybe check what style she is wearing and try to find something contrasting?

[DJDB]

Originally Posted by linz06

Oh no! I was reading your thread about your Vegas wedding! It sounded awesome! We toyed with the idea of a destination wedding but my fiance's mom said absolutely not... her daughter had a destination wedding and it was too much hassle and too much money for the family. It is also important to me for my grandmas to be there and one wouldn't come for sure if it was too far away!

It might be tough to stick to a $1500 budget! Do you know anyone with a large yard you could have the ceremony in? An old coworker of mine also did a backyard barbeque reception after their wedding. I think they kind of did a potluck for that!

We have also bought a TON of stuff on Kijiji. We got vases for our centrepieces, tealight holders for the tables, a cake cutting set, and I can't even think of what else right now! But people will sell things pretty much brand new that they used at their wedding, or even bought and didn't use, and then you can sell it again later! I am hoping to make back a lot of the money we spent on our decor so far.

Thanks so much for the Kijiji idea! I'll look on craigslist, too.

My worst issue is that I'm an accountant and we are just starting into tax season, our busy BUSY time, and now I have to plan a whole wedding with no spare time. I'm stressed and I haven't even started yet!!

[Baby Teddy]

YAYAYahhh!!! My wedding is September 8, 2012!! I love love love wedding talk!! So far we have our church, reception location, band and photographer (one of the most important things on my list ... I had a very specific idea in mind for what I wanted so I really researched this one!).

Oh and I got my dress...which I LOVE!!!!!

And picked my bridesmaid dresses - very pretty navy blue Amsale.

I am designing our save the dates since I work in marketing/design. So I am hoping to get those out by month end.

What else...would love to hear how everyone's planning is going!!

[Baby Teddy]

Originally Posted by jencar98

My son is getting married on June 16th this year. His fiance bought her dress....i couldn't believe it.....on-line! It was risky but has certainly paid off. Her dress could rival any other costing several thousand dollars and cost only $150.

As brides to be maybe you all can help me out. The colors for the wedding are black/hot pink and I believe touches of silver. The brides' mom is wearing black, which is what I originally thought of wearing. She has her dress already, I do not. Should I continue with the idea of wearing black also, or should I try to find another color? My problem is, most dresses that are hot pink are nothing a 52 year old woman should wear, IMO. I'm afraid something silver, and I would look like a 70's disco mirror ball. Would it be okay for me to wear black too?

Congratulations on your sons wedding!! I think you can wear whatever color you want...as long as it is complimentary to hear colors. If you want black do black...its ok if his fiance's mom is doing black...you can too!!

If you want to dry something silver you could do a more muted silver or grey so it isn't 70s disco mirror ball esq. Also, they make great sashes so you could always add a pink or silver sash to your black dress! Hope that helps!

[linz06]

Originally Posted by DJDB

Thanks so much for the Kijiji idea! I'll look on craigslist, too.

My worst issue is that I'm an accountant and we are just starting into tax season, our busy BUSY time, and now I have to plan a whole wedding with no spare time. I'm stressed and I haven't even started yet!!

Kijiji is huge here in Saskatoon, and nobody uses Craigslist here so you might find stuff in your area or you might not lol. I hope you do! As soon as you get a few big things out of the way, you will feel a lot less stressed. I know wedding planners are expensive, but maybe you can get a friend to check things out for you if you have no time. They could look at venues and check on prices for different things for you. That could even be their wedding gift to you, their time helping plan and organize!

Originally Posted by Baby Teddy

YAYAYahhh!!! My wedding is September 8, 2012!! I love love love wedding talk!! So far we have our church, reception location, band and photographer (one of the most important things on my list ... I had a very specific idea in mind for what I wanted so I really researched this one!).

Oh and I got my dress...which I LOVE!!!!!

And picked my bridesmaid dresses - very pretty navy blue Amsale.

I am designing our save the dates since I work in marketing/design. So I am hoping to get those out by month end.

What else...would love to hear how everyone's planning is going!!

Okay PICTURES!!!!!!!!! I will post some pictures later too

We have our venues booked, a block of hotel rooms booked for our guests, photographer booked, DJ (fiance's uncle... this one was a compromise on my part), limo booked, tuxes rented, my dress and bridesmaids dresses ordered, some decor bought and rented, invitations and programs bought (but not yet printed) and I just ordered my flowers today on my lunch break

We are doing an engagement shoot with our photographer soon (I wanted snow, and it finally snowed!) and yesterday I asked my brother to make a slideshow for the reception. I know some people hate slideshows but they are honestly my favourite part of every wedding I go to! I'm always a little sad when there is no slideshow lol.

I think we're doing pretty well for our timeline!

[Baby Teddy]

Okay PICTURES!!!!!!!!! I will post some pictures later too

We have our venues booked, a block of hotel rooms booked for our guests, photographer booked, DJ (fiance's uncle... this one was a compromise on my part), limo booked, tuxes rented, my dress and bridesmaids dresses ordered, some decor bought and rented, invitations and programs bought (but not yet printed) and I just ordered my flowers today on my lunch break

We are doing an engagement shoot with our photographer soon (I wanted snow, and it finally snowed!) and yesterday I asked my brother to make a slideshow for the reception. I know some people hate slideshows but they are honestly my favourite part of every wedding I go to! I'm always a little sad when there is no slideshow lol.

I think we're doing pretty well for our timeline!

You are doing amazing for your timeline!! Has your dress come in yet? I cannot wait until mine does! I will get pictures of all things wedding up later too ! And, I LOVE slideshows...im a dork!

We are doing our engagement shoot in April...when the weather gets a little warmer. Trying to decide where in the city we want to do it! We live right near central park, but I feel as though the meatpacking is true NYC cobble stone streets and all! Pups will definitely be in some of those picces!

[linz06]

Originally Posted by Baby Teddy

You are doing amazing for your timeline!! Has your dress come in yet? I cannot wait until mine does! I will get pictures of all things wedding up later too ! And, I LOVE slideshows...im a dork!

We are doing our engagement shoot in April...when the weather gets a little warmer. Trying to decide where in the city we want to do it! We live right near central park, but I feel as though the meatpacking is true NYC cobble stone streets and all! Pups will definitely be in some of those picces!

My dress has not come in yet! I ordered it the first weekend of October and it was supposed to take 3 months. I will give it a couple more weeks and then call and see what's up I was hoping it would be in when we went bridesmaid dress shopping on the 7th, but it wasn't, so I tried on the sample again to show my bridesmaids! It's a couple of sizes too big but they got the idea lol. I was nervous to try it on again but it turns out I still love it!

How many dresses did you try on before you picked yours? I think I tried on about 15, 20 max. I went to a few different stores, and at the last store when they pulled the SAME dress for me, I knew it was the right one. But I went back to the first store to buy it because they were way nicer

I loooooove NYC I say I wish I could live there, but I'm a small town girl at heart and I can't take all the hustle and bustle for too long! I'd love to go back and visit again though! You need to post a couple of pics when you get your engagement shoot done!

We have a river running through the city that looks beautiful all times of the year, but I just feel it's a little more magical in the winter. There is an outdoor skating rink there too, and that's where my fiance first asked me to be his girlfriend We went skating one night and then sat on a bench looking at the stars. So I would love to have some engagement pictures taken there!

[bella_bell]

I am not (yet) preparing to get married, but I just wanted to let all of you ladies know you can contact me if any of you need any print materials for the big day - invitations, save the dates, RSVP cards, web sites, etc.

I am a Graphic/Web Designer at Assimilation Designs and we would be happy to help you all with your wedding planning! Our web site is www.assimilationdesigns.com

Special discount for YT members also. Just use code YTW15 for 15% off your order.

You can PM me on here or email me at jlp@assimilationdesigns.com