Sara & Ryan's Wishes PJ ~ 8/17/10 WP/GF/Marina ~ 7/25 Floral mock-up and veil

[Dr.Cinderella]

Wow Sara, those photos are so beautiful! Im a bit jealous too, that was my dream proposal. Thanks so much fors sharing those!!
Marissa

[LLLBelle]

Too cute! The pictures are beautiful!

[pezaddict231]

Originally Posted by Boardwalk_bride

Ohh, I just got tears in my eyes (partly because I am a tad jealous) You guys are sooooo cute, and it is so amazing you have those pictures to remember that by!

Aww, thanks so much! That's so sweet of you to say. I'm so glad we have the pics too. Lol, everyone says they tear up when they see them.

Originally Posted by princess22

Those pictures are priceless! What wonderful memories!!!

Thanks! I really love how some of them turned out. Disney Photopass did a really good job!

Originally Posted by malibustacey

awww lovely photos!

last year DF and i sat in that exact spot you was at- its the best table in the whole place!

Thank you! That table was perfect, only my poor DF didn't realize it was in the middle of the whole restaurant, I think he thought it would be in a secluded corner.

Originally Posted by shippedtosea

awww! I love these pictures! Its so great that you have pictures of the whole thing! yay!

Thanks so much! I did a photopass share so it took forever to get the pics, and I wasn't even the first one to see them, the lady organizing the share was . I'm really glad we have the pics, it brings back so many memories of that day.

Originally Posted by MainStMandy

ME too!! Those pictures were great, thanks for sharing!

Aww, Thanks Mandy! There are a couple of recent proposal threads I was going to post on and then realized I never posted them here!

Originally Posted by Dr.Cinderella

Wow Sara, those photos are so beautiful! Im a bit jealous too, that was my dream proposal. Thanks so much fors sharing those!!
Marissa

Thanks Marissa! Aww, don't worry, you'll get your dream wedding though and if I remember correctly your DF did a pretty good job too.

Originally Posted by LLLBelle

Too cute! The pictures are beautiful!

Thanks so much!

[Dr.Cinderella]

Haha he did do an amazing job even if it wasnt in Disney! Whats a photopass share anyways?

[jspahn]

Originally Posted by malibustacey

awww lovely photos!

last year DF and i sat in that exact spot you was at- its the best table in the whole place!

I think we just sat there too on the last night of our honeymoon. We were there during the fireworks - it was amazing!

Sara your pics are too cute!!!

[sillykaren]

Okay quoted the wrong picture, but I LOVE that hairstyle that's an updo with the sidebangs in front. I think Katie quoted it on the last page! Now you have me confused also!!

[Stephie77]

your pictures from the proposal are great! photopass is really wonderful and it's great that you have those memories for the rest of your life. it must be NY water b/c NY guys know how to propose and capture the moment(with a little help from photopass!!!)

[figmentfan814]

I love the pictures! And how perfect they have all those great frames this year that correspond.

[DisneyFairytale]

Those are beautiful, thanks for sharing pictures with us of such a special moment

[pezaddict231]

Originally Posted by Dr.Cinderella

Haha he did do an amazing job even if it wasnt in Disney! Whats a photopass share anyways?

He did! A photopass share is when a bunch of people chip in to buy the cd and everyone adds their pictures under one account, and then one person will make copies of it for everyone. It took longer to get the pics this way but it's good if you usually don't take that many pics, so for $25 it was totally worth it!

Originally Posted by jspahn

I think we just sat there too on the last night of our honeymoon. We were there during the fireworks - it was amazing!

Sara your pics are too cute!!!

I've always wanted to see the fireworks from there, how magical! Thanks so much!

Originally Posted by sillykaren

Okay quoted the wrong picture, but I LOVE that hairstyle that's an updo with the sidebangs in front. I think Katie quoted it on the last page! Now you have me confused also!!

lol, that's okay. I know which one you mean, it's the kinda vintage style. If I did an updo it would definitely be like that. I know, I think I got things figured out and then I read someone else's PJ and it's like...well what if...

Originally Posted by Stephie77

your pictures from the proposal are great! photopass is really wonderful and it's great that you have those memories for the rest of your life. it must be NY water b/c NY guys know how to propose and capture the moment(with a little help from photopass!!!)

Thanks Stephie! Lol, so true! I loved yours too with Mickey and Minnie there

Originally Posted by figmentfan814

I love the pictures! And how perfect they have all those great frames this year that correspond.

Thanks! I know, I love those frames! I must have done every pic with each different frame, DF would get confused, like isn't that the same picture?

Originally Posted by DisneyFairytale

Those are beautiful, thanks for sharing pictures with us of such a special moment

Thanks so much!

[pezaddict231]

Just got the Floral Proposal from Lee and he's sending the contract in the mail. Even though it was more than I wanted to spend, I'm really happy with how everything sounds and I've already figured out how to cut back so that we're within our budget again. So here it is, if you wanted to take a look. My comments are in purple.

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CEREMONY

BRIDE: Hand-tied bouquet of mixed white, ivory, purple and lavender flowers—gardenias, ivory cymbidium orchids, ivory roses, lavender roses, purple stock, purple iris, tea roses, dendrobium orchids, Vermeer callas, lavender sweet peas, purple tulips, green hypericum berries, etc.—wrap stems in ivory satin ribbon $190 (Ribbon will be white since my dress is white now)

5 ATTENDANTS: Smaller hand-tied bouquets of same—wrap stems in pewter ribbon; 5 @ $55 each = $275 (Now this is much more in line with what I would expect a BM bouquet to cost)

1 FLOWER GIRL: Basket of petals to drop, if allowed (or flowers in basket, not to drop?) = $35 (this will be a basket of petals)

GROOM: White mini cymbidium orchid boutonniere accented with wire, greenery and detailed with ivory ribbon and a twisted stem wire (see photo in file) $12 (also will be white ribbon)

4 GROOMSMEN, 1 RING BEARER, 2 FATHERS, 2 GRANDFATHERS: Lavendar dendrobium orchid boutonniere accented with greenery and pewter ribbon detailing; 9 @ $12 each = $108

2 MOTHERS: Small nosegays to carry of lavender, purple and ivory flowers
2 @ $30 each = $60 (I got these so we can use them to decorate the cake table too)

2 GRANDMOTHERS: Pin-on corsages of lavender dendrobium orchids, ribbon, greenery; 2 @ $25 each = $50 (Not sure that the Grandparents really needed flowers, but my coworkers pointed out that it wouldn't save that much to cut them and it will probably make them happy, so keeping for now.)

2 SMALL ALTAR ARRANGEMENTS: Crystal vases filled with gorgeous purple, lavender, white and ivory mixed flowers
2 @ $100 each = $200 (I asked him to make these smaller, so that the total would be $100)

10 PEW FLORALS: For every other row to end of aisle—five per side—small cluster of orchids and roses with ribbon and greenery to accent
10 @ $40 each = $400 (taking these out, will be doing greenery and ribbon or just ribbon instead, but I'm sure they would have been so pretty!)

FABRIC SWAGGED DOWN AISLE: Ivory sheer fabric swagged down each side at each flower cluster on chairs—rental item = $200 (Will probably just have Disney do this for $150)

I had forgotten to mention a petal toss when I spoke to him, so I'm going to get pricing for that too. If it's too much I'll just do freeze dried petals.


RECEPTION

4-6 COCKTAIL TABLES: Small silver julep cup of white, lavender and purple flowers 6 @ $25 each = $150

9-10 GUEST TABLES: Low centerpieces of mixed flowers in colors of wedding in a footed pedestal bowl (see photo provided by client); 10 @ $100 each = $1,000 (most likely will only need 7-8, and possibly even less)

66 VOTIVE CANDLES : Simple cylinder votives—five per guest table, six for dais, ten for escort card table; 66 @ $1.50 each = $99 (Disney definitely won't let me have this many candles, but I'm going to see if I can bring my own. I'm going to look for sparkly ones now that it's almost x-mas time)

DAIS TABLE: Three empty vases for bride’s bouquet and two bridesmaid bouquets to drop into ($10 each)—rest of bridesmaid bouquets to be placed elsewhere =$30 (cutting this out, we'll just lay them on their side and have the two alter arrangements on either end of the Sweetheart table)

CAKE: Nothing needed

TOSS BOUQUET: Simple cluster of flowers tied with long ribbon streamers =$35 (may cut this and do silk so I could use it for the rehearsal too)

ESCORT CARD TABLE: Ten votives (priced above)

MEMORIAL VASE: Arrangement of all white and lavender roses in vase =$60 (we'll either do this smaller, or just do a single rose for each person in greenery)

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So all in all, I was very happy. I feel like I'm getting a good value out of what I'm spending. I also like that I don't have to wait until only a few months before the wedding to know how much everything is going to cost. I'm hoping we can meet with him when we go down in March, although we won't have a car so that may not be possible, but I know he's done mock-ups for some brides, so worst case, we can just do that.

[Ann117]

I love the proposal pictures!!! The flowers sound great to.

[Boardwalk_bride]

ohh, I am totally starting to picture your wedding now that I see all the decor you will have! It is going to be beautiful!

[Sarah84]

I love the engagment pics

[pezaddict231]

Originally Posted by Ann117

I love the proposal pictures!!! The flowers sound great to.

Originally Posted by Sarah84

I love the engagment pics

Thanks so much girls!

Originally Posted by Boardwalk_bride

ohh, I am totally starting to picture your wedding now that I see all the decor you will have! It is going to be beautiful!

Aww thanks! I know, I'm starting to be able to visualize everything too. I'm hoping all the decor will jazz up the ballroom, I'm not too crazy about the GF ballrooms... but I've been seeing some recent pics and they aren't too bad, although I will never understand the weird wallpaper in there!