Kelly&Adrian 09/22/10- SBP/The Attic/HDDR/UK - Nominated for Best Dressed Attendants!

[MainStMandy]

Just so you know, we determined the amount of petals on the aisle. THe runner was $75 and we chose to have $300 worth of petals. You could ask for less or bring your own. If you bring your own then someone has to put it out for you.

 

[not_Joanna_eggs]

Here's a pic of the shoes I picked up yesterday - I am in LOVE with them! So Jordan and I will both be wearing these:

Ohh I love your shoes... Then again, I had almost exactly the same ones So great choice

I too hate the carpet in the WP, but didn't want to spring for the aisle runner - for me it was because I was afraid I would trip on it as well as the cost... And honestly, in the pictures that I have, you don't see the carpet on the aisle at all. There are a few that show it at the front... but I figure if people are looking at the carpet instead of me... I'm doing something really wrong

I know I was freaking out about it, but on the day I would have been hard pressed to tell you what the carpet looked like - even though I was standing right there.

What we did was have a linen on the alter, which brought the attention there instead of on the floor. We had floral next to the alter (only because we were able to move it to our reception site), but just our unity candle set actually on it.

Okay I'll get off my soapbox now, and sit back and enjoy the rest of your planning...

Your newsletter is awesome too! really enjoying everything...

 

[daisygirl902]

So I decided to take a step back today from the small details and go back to the overall plan. i am thinking by the way that I will not do anything about the carpet, I can live with it, and do a sand ceremony - below is the set I'm ordering, with our 2 colors...he went with orange and I went with pink - luckily our favorite colors look great together

I think for Altar floral I am going to price 2 small arrangements to put on either side of the sand ceremony, both hot pink and orange daisy bouquets in a very simple vase. I haven't found a picture I really like, but I just want kind of a round ball of daisies.

So onto...The Trip
We leave NS on Sept 18th, staying until the 25th in 2 studios at BWV (us in one, his parents in the second). We are all on the DDP, and have decided that we are going to pay cash for HDDR (we want level 1 seating, and it's WAY easier to organize for a large group!) so we have a great line up of desired ADRs to book next month! On the 25th we check out of BWV, and his parents leave, and we check into a king room Dolphin for 1 night. Then on the 26th we leave for a 4 day cruise on the Wonder! When we get back, we are staying for our last 3 nights at our "home resort" BLT for 3 nights in a studio, and doing the Deluxe Dining Plan! We are pretty excited as this allows us to try a few extra signature dining places.

ADRS for week 1:
Tutto Italia
WCC
Teppan Edo
Ahershus Princess Breakfast
Flying Fish
Tony's Town Square
The Wave (OOP)

ADRs for Deluxe Dining Plan:
The Plaza (lunch)
Narcossees
Kona (breakfast)
Cinderella's Royal Table
The Wave (breakfast)
California Grill

MMMM - I can't wait!

Wedding Day Plan:
Jordan, Sara and I are staying in a 1 bdrm at BLT the night before the wedding, we plan to order room service for breakfast, and start hair and makeup by around 8 or 8:30 AM.

We will head over to GF via monorail (I'm going to get Randy/Stan to go over ahead of me so they can get pics/video of us getting off the monorail). I plan to get a few pics around the lobby prior to the wedding. Also I will then send Sara off to get some pics taken with Adrian prior to the ceremony.

Ceremony is at noon...cake cutting and family pics....Mickey and Minnie ARE coming! I am so excited!

Then our guests get to go off and do their thing for a couple of hours....Adrian, Jordan, Sara and I are going to go off for more pics at POP Century and BW. Although I am a DVC member POP is still my favorite resort for theming, so we will likely spend a bit of time over there....and we want some really fun pics at BW too, like us all playing the carnival games and stuff all dressed up.

At 4 - 4:30 PM we will head over to Hoop De Doo. If we have time we'll go on the horse drawn carriage ride,if not we'll just chill out for a few minutes. Randy is not staying for dinner, but is coming back for the DP later.

After dinner we will slowly head over to Sago Cay for the DP. I am thinking of doing a modified menu, but not sure of the cost yet:
-mini napoleons, macaroons, key lime tarts, and cream horns
-Chocolate and White chocolate fondue with all of the normal dippers PLUS the cheesecake lollipops
-Chocolate covered strawberries (maybe)
-Coffees and hot chocolate

Anyways - off to make "breakfast" - we slept in today!

 

[daisygirl902]

**Spoiler Alert** For those attending my wedding these have not been printed and mailed yet, so you are ruining the surprise if you read them!

For everyone else, this is long - the 2nd newsletter is less about the wedding, and more about planning a good Disney Trip. We have a few people joining us that have never been, and I am a firm believer that Disney requires planning....oh and I just realized this says Spring 2009 - guess that should be changed....good thing I haven't printed these yet!

 

[TinkLoverSam]

I love your newsletters.

I also tried to put as much info as possible on my wedding website as DF's family has never really "planned" a Disney trip they have gone for a day or two here and there while in the area.

 

[daisygirl902]

I decided this weekend to try to get her booked - one more thing off my list

 

[daisygirl902]

I am sorry to say that the endless details are all getting worked out now....what the heck am I going to write about then???

I just got off the phone with Amy - who I love by the way! We made a few more decisions:

Cake(s)
2 tiered hidden mickey mad hatter cake (style doesn't matter - I have loved them all) in teal, orange, yellow, and hot pink. They can't do fresh berries in a mad hatter cake as it can't support them properly, so I changed it around a bit:
-top layer is chocolate cake with peanut butter cup filling with white butter cream (they can't do chocolate butter cream as it may show thru the fondant).
-bottom layer is yellow cake with strawberry mousse filling with white buttercream icing.

I am also getting a mini mad hatter cake for one guest who is allergic to nuts - his will be chocolate with strawberry filling and buttercream.

Officiant
I cheated and made Amy pick - although she picked my first choice, Reverand Jack Day. She actually said her top 3 are Reverand Jack, Timm Herring, and Kevin Knox....but I made her narrow it down as I cannot pick...I can't meet them and I know she has. She is great to work with!

I contacted Reverand Jack and he was sweet over the phone - although I ended up emailing him the info as it was just easier....repeated back the postal code wrong 3 times so we just laughed and agreed email was better.

Music
Groom and Bestie Entrance - Something from Pirates (haven't picked the song yet)
MOH entrance - Chorus of "You'll be in my Heart"
My entrance - "When you wish upon a star" (hopefully they can play the Wishes version - I love how it starts so dramatically)
Sand Ceremony - either "A whole new world" or "Can you feel the love tonight"
Processional - "Zip a Dee Doo Dah"

And for the cake cutting anything goes, as long as it's Disney!

Details, Details
I am a non drinker, so we are having the 2 bottles of cider instead of the champagne, as well as 4 bottles of Perrier for the toasts. We are having my best friend do a "toast to the bride" and his best friend do a "toast to the groom".

I am seriously leaning towards the confetti cannon....I think I am about 90% decided...I think what I'll do is have her add it on to my estimate, see where I come in and go from there....really the only upgrades that I want are the cake which is only $150, the perrier (which I didn't ask "how much" - it's probably $100 a bottle - lol), and some pretty basic floral.

Amy is going to book the dessert party, then revise my contract and send me menus to choose from...although I may as well just accept the fact that I am going to want a custom menu....since I know you CAN I likely WILL!

Thanks for reading!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

I love your shoes! Mine are bright pink as well! The newsletters look amazing, what a great job! I'm a big fan of the mad hatter as well! When we finally decided to get that one, I just said, I don't care what style, just a mad hatter I think we are just getting the original style one that disney does.

The confetti canon would be AMAZING!! I am going to be a bad influence (or expensive influence) and say do it!

I am excited to see what you pick for the DP!

 

[daisygirl902]

I love your shoes! Mine are bright pink as well! The newsletters look amazing, what a great job! I'm a big fan of the mad hatter as well! When we finally decided to get that one, I just said, I don't care what style, just a mad hatter I think we are just getting the original style one that disney does.

The confetti canon would be AMAZING!! I am going to be a bad influence (or expensive influence) and say do it!

I am excited to see what you pick for the DP!

I'm lucky - my boss's husband is a graphic designer so he did my newsletters for me as an early wedding gift - it was so nice of him - they turned out so good!

And thanks for the confetti cannon advise...I figure why be sensible - it's my Disney WEDDING!

 

[candiceamero]

You must have the cannons!!!

Didn't we talk about these 2 years before you even even had a boyfriend???

Cheers,
Candi

 

[daisygirl902]

Ok so Candi is right - I DID say long before I even had a groom that I wanted a confetti cannon at me wedding...so here's what I'm going to do...I am going to add it to my plans, and if I have to cut anything, that will be what I cut.

So for now the confetti cannon is a GO!

 

[daisygirl902]

by the way,that's french for "of the day" -

Photo Possibilities
I spent all yesterday obsessing about the "extras" you can add on....I have always been slightly obsessed with TTD shoots, especially at the Water Parks...however luckily Amy crushed my hopes on that one yesterday....you can't have a TTD water park shoot at Typhhon Lagoon while the Wave Pool is running....and to me that's the money shot. So I think that one is back on the back burner.

I AM however slightly obsessed with a MK shoot now...I mean - when else can you be in MK all by yourselves, and have your pics taken in so many great spots in your wedding gear??? The downside of course, is the fact that it's $1100....as well as the fact that it's at the freaking crack of dawn! i am far from a morning person (and also don't consider myself overly photogenic) so paying the extra kind of scares me....I know what day I'd do it on, the Saturday after the wedding, but not sure if I can "go there"...

The thing that I am starting to think (about all of these extra details) is "will I truly regret not doing this?" - but this can be a slippery slope...that's how I talked myself into the confetti cannons!! And my budget if FAR from unlimited!

Sigh...at least I have time to figure some of this out....maybe once I see how much the floral and DP are going to add up to it will make more sense...

 

[Pooh's Corner]

Just wanted to say hi. We are just starting to plan and I can't wait to see what all you end up with doing! Congrats on everything so far and good luck in what is to come!

 

[daisygirl902]

Just wanted to say hi. We are just starting to plan and I can't wait to see what all you end up with doing! Congrats on everything so far and good luck in what is to come!

Thanks, the planning is fun! I can't say it doesn't consume WAY too much of my time, but hey - I'm only doing this once...well I guess, unless you count the 10 year VR and the 25 year VR, ...

Ask lots of questions on these boards - these ladies are soooo helpful in the process, it's made this whole thing so much more fun.

 

[daisygirl902]

I'll be sending our plan out to Amy this weekend, the last detail we were working out was the music, here is what we've decided:

Groom Entrance: Whistle Stop (Robin Hood) - We are hoping that they have the sheet music for this...
Jordan's Entrance: You'll be in my Heart (Tarzan)
My Entrance: When you wish Upon a Star (I want the Wishes version)
Sand Ceremony: A whole new world
Processional: Zip a dee doo dah
Cake Cutting: Anything Disney

I have also decided that if Adrian gets accepted into the military (which we should know by April) I am going to book the MK photo shoot AND get my hair and makeup redone for it on the Saturday after the wedding. I think it will be a great treat for us, especailly if we have to get used to living apart for long periods of time! And although I hate the idea of getting up that early I think it's a fantastic experience...and well worth it!

 

[Lungdude]

I think that music rocks! I listened to it (except Whistle Stop), picturing each part of the wedding and it really works!

 

[daisygirl902]

Well if we skip the "Whistle Stop" part the groom isn't at the front when I get there, which is NOT what I'm going for...

 

[daisygirl902]

I have also decided that if Adrian gets accepted into the military (which we should know by April) I am going to book the MK photo shoot AND get my hair and makeup redone for it on the Saturday after the wedding. I think it will be a great treat for us, especailly if we have to get used to living apart for long periods of time! And although I hate the idea of getting up that early I think it's a fantastic experience...and well worth it!

OK so weird that today, just a few hours after I posted the statement above, we would get the call we've been waiting for for months....Adrian has his aptitude test and medical exam (which is the first stages in the Canadian Military recruitment process) booked for later in March!! He got the call today....here's hoping for some magic and pixie dust...not only would it mean a HUGE life change but it also would mean I'm going to get the MK photo shoot!

 

[TinkLoverSam]

Good luck to him!

 

[Lungdude]

Well if we skip the "Whistle Stop" part the groom isn't at the front when I get there, which is NOT what I'm going for...

Very True...