Ok I thought Id give a quick recap since the details of my wedding are all over the place in my PJ and some things have changed!
April 10, 2008
Ceremony: Yacht Club Gazebo- 5pm
Pre-Reception: Italy West Plaza- 6pm
Dinner: Italy Plaza- 7pm
Illuminations Dessert Party: Italy West Plaza- 8:30pm
Cake & Dancing: Italy Plaza- 9:30pm
My wedding party now consists of 5 bridesmaids, 1 jr bridesmaid, and 1 flower girl. Here are their dresses:
The older girls will be in all fuchsia. My Jr BM will be in fuchsia with a peony colored sash. And the youngest will be in a peony colored dress with a fuchsia sash. I think we are also going to get some extra peony fabric and have a small dress made for my sisters 2nd baby who is not here yet! Shell be arriving in November
We decided to have a private rehearsal dinner party on Shipwreck Beach at the Yacht Club at 5pm on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. I read about it in sunsh1nes PJ for her welcome party plus a while back someone mentioned having done an event at this location and it sounds great. It will be more private for my guests plus it is super easy to get to since we will already be at the YC gazebo for rehearsal. Right now, Im still figuring out the pricing to see if its plausible or not. I still have reservations for Ohana for that evening in case I change my mind!
Like I said before, I got my BEO. Im still trying to cut a few things out, but Im not getting very far. I also got my flower estimate. I will post the main things here so you girls can get an idea of what to expect.
DISCLAIMER---I just want to add that prices CAN and DO change quite often especially with flowers. Im lucky that Im getting married in April when many, many things are in season. Other times of the year, though, these same flowers could be a lot more expensive or even cheaper. So this is just a guide, but is by no means a standard or anything like that!!! Also, keep in mind that things change at Disney frequently. So please make sure you talk to your planner about all costs for your event!
Brides bouquet- $200- Hand tied French bouquet designed with fuchsia and orange tulips accented with light pink spray roses. Wrap the stems 75% with Brides grosgrain ribbon. (You can see the ribbon on the 2nd page of my PJ. We are using the thicker ribbon for the flowers and cake.)
BMs bouquet- $100- Hand tied French bouquet designed with fuchsia tulips accented with light pink and orange spray roses. Wrap the stems 75% with Brides grosgrain ribbon.
Flower girl- $47.50- White rose petals in chiffon Mickey drawstring purse. ****I am not going to go with this but I thought some might like to see the price for reference. I am going to order a little purse in the same color as the BMs dresses for the FG to carry. Here is a picture of it
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Groom- $15.00- Fuchsia rose with orange spray rose accent with Italian ruscus
Groomsmen- $10.50- Orange rose with Italian ruscus
Mothers- $26.00- Orange spray roses with filler, greens and sheer azalea ribbon
Unity candle set- $15.00 (Hurricane globes with Brides grosgrain ribbon around bottom)
Centerpieces- $85- 4x6x6 glass vase filled with fuchsia and orange tulips with green leaves left on the stems. Vase will be tied with orange grosgrain ribbon with a thinner hot pink satin ribbon tied on top of it in a bow. (PS- this will look a lot like my invitations so Im pretty excited about that!)
Battery operated votives- $135- 3 set out on each table ($4.50/votive)
Chiavari chairs-$1,068.75- Black chairs for the reception ($14.25/chair) plus $180 delivery fee (yikes)
Hot pink satin napkins tied with orange satin ribbon and Orange satin napkins tied with hot pink satin ribbon- $300- They will be set out at each place setting in alternating colors. Napkins are $4/napkin.
Fresh floral for the cake- $50
Dessert Party centerpieces- $75- 5 9 cylinders with clear marbles and a pink LED light in the base of each cylinder. Fill with water and float an Orange rose on top.
Overall our floral is at about $3,500. Id like to get it lower if possible!
Im still undecided about my favors. Im either doing the personalized M&Ms in clear boxes with fuchsia and orange ribbon. Or Im making Martha Stewarts sugar cookie cakes that will be put in clear boxes also with fuchsia and orange ribbon. Im trying to figure out how much time it will take me to make the cookie favors and if its worth stressing out about right before my wedding
Im currently working on a newsletter to be sent out in November. I will probably send another one right before the wedding too. I would post a picture of it but I dont really know how. Any suggestions? Haha.
We have changed our hotel plans too. Mert and I will be staying in a deluxe club level room at the Beach Club the two nights before the wedding. We will move to one of Grand Floridians honeymoon suites the night of the wedding and for two nights after that. Im considering shortening that stay to just two nights. We may leave for the honeymoon (if we have one) on Saturday rather than Sunday. Which brings me to my next point
the honeymoon. We still have no idea what to do. I dont want to spend a lot after spending so much for the wedding. Since we live in Orlando, its fairly easy to just drive down to the Keys which we might do. Or we are still thinking about possibly doing a
Disney cruise since I can get good cast member discounts. Anyone else have any ideas for a less expensive honeymoon trip??
Thats about it for now. Thanks for reading!