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Old 06-09-2008, 03:45 PM   #31
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Wow, what a great start! Can't wait to hear about your wedding day. For someone that hasn't sewn before, my goodness those dresses were beautiful. Great job on losing all that weight before your wedding! You looked great!
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Old 06-09-2008, 05:24 PM   #32
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Everything looks great! Can't wait to read more!
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Old 06-12-2008, 05:17 PM   #33
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Thank you again everyone for your lovely comments, without further ado on with the report....

......One thing I forgot to mention about my spa session was that during the frangipani wrap the lady doing it asked if I wanted the oil in my hair as it worked as a really good conditioner especially if it was left on overnight. Well there was no chance of that, but I left it on for the day and shampooed it before we went to le cellier. As both my hairdresser back home and Anna had told me to wash my hair the day before, not the wedding day, this worked out perfectly and my hair felt great.

I slept really well and woke up bright and early. I made myself a cup of coffee and sat on my balcony with a mirror and a pair of tweezers no stray hairs in my wedding photos, thank you!. It was really peaceful as it was about 6.30!
The funny thing was later in the day, Iain told me he was going to do exactly the same thing ( probably not with tweezers! ) but was scared I might see him on his dads balcony even though it was a little bit away from our room.

Anna had arranged to arrive at 9am which gave us plenty of time for breakfast and showers before she arrived. I cant even remember what breakfast was, probably only cereal. Mel and I also made a plate of sandwiches and put them in the fridge for after the ceremony. At some point I sent Ade to give Iain his letter and present, but Iain and his dad had gone awol, it turned out they went for breakfast at the Boardwalk bakery.

At 9.00 there was a knock at the door, talk about prompt! Anna was great and I would recommend her to anyone. She is a lovely lady and made everyone feel at ease. I was delighted with my hair as I had my trial photos from home with me and also a couple of inspiration pictures I pinched off these boards. But although I wanted depth and height, my hair still felt a bit "flat" in my trial and the curls too much like ringlets, the best way to explain it is to post a picture
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I showed Anna and she said " we can do better than that!" and she did, I can honestly say I felt fantastic. It was almost as if she had read my mind, it was exactly how I wanted it. As for the make up, all I said was that I felt naked without eyeliner, and again she got it just right. The lip colour she choose for me was perfect and she gave me a whole small lipstick for touchups.
Maddie watched all this and I wasn't sure if she would sit still long enough for Anna to do her hair, but she was good as gold!
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Then it was Mel's turn
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There was another knock at the door and it was Randy. Now I hadn't arranged for Randy to come up to the room and get any getting ready photos as we only had the small 3 hour package ( times 2, as we arranged for him to come back and meet us at citricos for GF and wishes shots ) and didn't think there would be time so this was an added bonus.
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Soon after this Ade and Lewis disappeared to meet up with Iain and his Dad, and Ade finally managed to pass the bits Ihad for Iain on to him. Randy disappeared too, to take photos of "the boys" down in the Lobby as they had to meet Karen at 11.
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Then it was time to get into our dresses
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and thats when I noticed the little snag on mine that I'm sure wasnt there when I had it steamed, but I hadn't noticed it when I tried the dress on the night before, so it may have been me, but I still had plenty of time so out came the needle and thread. As I said before ,not the easiest thing to do with my new acrylic nails ( and I also had to get Mel to put my necklace on and do my zip up on the dress and buckle my shoes because of them too!, still thats what MOH's are for isn't it )
Karen phoned to let us know the coast was clear - Iain was determined to get a drink from the ESPN club before the wedding! and we made our way down to the lobby. Of course the workmen had picked the exact same time to paint our corridor, you can imagine how it was trying to keep ourselves and two small people away from the wet paint!
We made it intact!
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and of course Randy was waiting with Karen to get some shots.
Karen handed out the flowers. We had based our colour scheme around Disney's tropical bouquet and I had explained this to Rosie during our phone call to discuss flowers, bearing in mind just this one conversation and the one photo on the Disney site, I was amazed at how well the colours matched. The calla lilies were a perfect match for Mel's dress and the Girls sashes. The wands we chose for the girls picked out the colours perfectly - I was delighted.
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Randy took me outside with Maddie for some shots - and this is how great our co-ordinater Karen was - she entertained Ellen with bubbles while this was going on.
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Time for a few more photos ....
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then we were on our way to Sea Breeze Point.
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Old 06-12-2008, 05:24 PM   #34
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Absolutely beautiful pix!!!
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Old 06-12-2008, 06:49 PM   #35
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Oh, you looked stunning! The dresses you made look gorgeous. Your bouquet was so beautiful, too! Can't wait to see more!
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Old 06-13-2008, 01:53 AM   #36
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I'm a late joiner to this thread but I have to agree with everyone else that the flower girl dresses are awesome! They're in my colours too, but I don't have any little people to wear them, otherwise I would have been trying to recruit your sewing skills

I love your dress too, it's a gorgeous style.

I'm looking forward to the rest of your report, as we are looking at SBP and the Chef's Domaine for our day
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Old 06-13-2008, 02:16 AM   #37
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frdeb1999 - Thank you, but I can't take credit for the good pictures, I think it's pretty obvious which ones are Randy's work - and he should take all the credit!
Randy was wonderful. Just to think if I had never visited these boards I would have made do with Disney's 20 photos!
keenercam - many thanks , I have to admit I was really pleased with the dresses - and my bouquet was stunning, it even had a signature hidden Mickey on the stem. It wasn't too heavy either, I've heard of brides that have said how heavy their flowers were, but those were really easy to hold, a good job really as Randy had us posing for photos for around 2 hours!
meryll83 - Welcome and thank you - You won't be disappointed in either choice, SBP is a perfect location, and I'll write a lot about the Chefs Domaine later, but we would give it an outstanding 10 out of 10, you couldn't fault their service, attention to detail, friendliness and of course the food!
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Old 06-13-2008, 06:27 AM   #38
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Hiya

Everything looks absolutely fantastic. Your flowergirls dresses are beautiful... I can't believe you managed to make them with absolutely no needlework experience at all... and your tiara is incredible. I can only dream of being so talented!!

Can't wait to read what you thought of The Chefs Domaine. We got married offsite in March, but we had our wedding dinner at The Chefs Domaine and then went on the Grand 1 afterwards, so it will be good to compare. I absolutely LOVED the food at The Chefs Domaine... I have read some very 'hit and miss' reviews about it... but we were incredibly impressed. The staff were SO attentive and really couldn't have done any more for us and isn't Melissa just the best?! I'm still in email contact with her and hope to meet up with her next time we get to Orlando. We were supposed to go for coffee back in March but she was just flat out at work. She went above and beyond what I expected!!

Hurry up and write some more!!
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Carol wow everything looks beautiful. I love! your dress and the flower girls. You have a true talent for putting things together. It was great meeting your family.
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Old 06-13-2008, 09:35 AM   #40
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Beautiful pics!! The girls are too cute!!
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Old 06-13-2008, 03:40 PM   #41
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29apr00- thank you. I think the girls are cute, but then I'm slightly biased

DigitalLove - It's funny that we both chose Chef's domaine and then had the Grand 1, I was so pleased with our choices, except the stress of booking them both at the 180 + 10 and 90 day mark! Yes, I agree Melissa is wonderful. Her emails were so friendly in the planning stages and I was so pleased we managed to meet her when we took our box of favors over to the GF as she wasn't there on our actual wedding day. We still need to email the powers that be at Disney and feedback how she went that extra mile to ensure everything was perfect for us.

princessdisneybelle - Laura, Hiya! It was great meeting up with you and your lovely Mum, not once but twice if you count our bumping into each other in Starlight Rays. What were the chances of that! I have been meaning to pm you to thank you again for the gifts you gave out at our DIS meet. You are the best You know your PJ was the one to inspire me to make most of the things I made!

On with the wedding day...................
All of the following Photos are Randy's. This man is wonderfully talented, he is a genuine nice guy and it's easy to relax in his company, which then makes for great photos. I don't like myself in photos most of the time, but there are so many of Randy's shots that I would consider "good of me" it will be very very hard to choose which ones to get enlarged.

Heres Randy's photos of Iain and co on the way to SBP via the ESPN! As I said before, Iain was determined to get a pre wedding drink at his number one bar, but when they got there, after Karen set them all up with their bonbonieres, it was not even open!, not only that, but there was a queue outside. His Dad said there was no way they would pull it off, but when the doors opened at 11.30 everyone else headed for the tables to eat and Iain headed to the bar!

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then it was our turn to head towards SBP...
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Now Karen had told me to stick to the vertical slats running down the middle of the Boardwalk as the gaps in between these boards were smaller and I was less likely to get my heel trapped. Did I listen? no, I chatted and laughed and said thank you to Random people saying congratulations and veered off the path...........
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it would have made a great camcorder moment!
and before I knew it we were at Sea Breeze Point.
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Old 06-13-2008, 03:41 PM   #42
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Beautiful photos...I love your dress.. you looked stunning
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Your wedding pictures are lovely, I love your dress. I was petrified that I would get my heel stuck in the boardwalk.
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Your dress is so pretty! I love the back, and the little ladies are too cute!

Your gents look quite handsome! I can't wait to see the wedding party all together!

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Your pictures are lovely.
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