Adam and Katie's wedding PJ -10/2/2010 SBP/SCP need floral advice!!

[soulmates]

Katie, I'm in!! LOVE your new plans. On the centerpieces, what will you do with them after? My original plan, was to do flowers, and give them to certain people as gifts. My sister did that, she had cards at certain peoples place settings, where she thanked them for their support & friendship and offered the topiaries as a gift. I wanted to encorporate the same idea. HOWEVER, I love your idea, it IS echo friendly and wayyyyy cheaper than the the centerpieces I was going to do....so, guessing you'll buy some nice vases and fill with fruit? We're leaving the next day, so obviously, we don't need ALL that fruit at my house. I really LOVE the idea.

SOOO glad you were able to find a solution to your situation w/ the family. The Send Off party is a great idea, if I don't say so myself! Love the verbiage you'll use on your cards. It's really coming together!!

Looking forward to sharing ideas with you!!

Chris

 

[kmg148]

Love the dresses!

The 2nd one looks like a total Susan Meyer Desperate Housewives dress..lol!

I love the last one the best!

 

[figment fan21]

Ohh I am glad you like them!! I really like the one with the pockets

My dress was very similar and I was considering that VS one for a while, but my mom suprised me with the one from Target and it was perfect.

Hmm... maybe i'll have to look at some target dresses too! I'm worried that i might get too dressy and then not be comfortable wearing it in the park. I brought up to my sister that i could just buy a white track suit and put the bride rhinestone decal on it and get my sisters matching tack suits in the color or their dresses but she likes being dressed up So comfort and cuteness is key!

oh the helenprom one is so pretty and girly! I wonder if you can get a differnet colour sash? Then you can style it up with your colours and get shoes to match your colours too!

Good thinking stace!!

wow i really need to come back to the boards...look at all ive missed.....
for starters, im glad you sat down and figured out what was going to make you happiest ( even if some of it was for your family ) and staying on family...just make sure you always have an extra pair of these hanging out in your bag because someone is always going to have something negative to say

i love love love your new ideas! ....if you do the candy apples and do decide to do them yourself, go to michaels and get the candy bags and ribbon, and as usual there are always coupons...when my brother and sil got married last year they ordered caramel apples but we bagged and tied them on our own...it was very inexpensive to do.....

i would suggest NOT getting the VS dress..i bought it for my engagement photos and it doesn't fit like the photos show ... who knows maybe it will for you..but i was hugely dissapointed in it...i think some of the others are soo pretty!!!!!!

It was YOU!!!! I knew someone got that dress!!!! Here i thought i was going crazy. Ok so we wont get that dress. Oh and our send off party is on your wedding day so we'll be somewhat wedding twins!
Thanks for the info on the candy bags and ribbons. I am definatly going to do them myself. I love the recipe i found on the funfetti frosting container... i'm excited to make them!

Katie, I'm in!! LOVE your new plans. On the centerpieces, what will you do with them after? My original plan, was to do flowers, and give them to certain people as gifts. My sister did that, she had cards at certain peoples place settings, where she thanked them for their support & friendship and offered the topiaries as a gift. I wanted to encorporate the same idea. HOWEVER, I love your idea, it IS echo friendly and wayyyyy cheaper than the the centerpieces I was going to do....so, guessing you'll buy some nice vases and fill with fruit? We're leaving the next day, so obviously, we don't need ALL that fruit at my house. I really LOVE the idea.

SOOO glad you were able to find a solution to your situation w/ the family. The Send Off party is a great idea, if I don't say so myself! Love the verbiage you'll use on your cards. It's really coming together!!

Looking forward to sharing ideas with you!!

Chris

Hey Chris!!! You made it over!!!

I was thinking of giving the centerpieces to people with a recipe in it... i saw on martha stewarts wedding website that some people actually do favors where everyone gets a basket of apples and inside the basket is a recipe for like apple pie, or crisp, or like a cinnimon apple bread. So thats always an idea!

Love the dresses!

The 2nd one looks like a total Susan Meyer Desperate Housewives dress..lol!

I love the last one the best!

It does look like a susan dress!

 

[soulmates]

Great idea, giving away a recipee! Martha is soooo cool!

 

[Chilly]

Those dresses are all cute.

 

[CinderelliT]

My vote is for dress # 3! I love it. Can't wait to read more plans.

 

[malibustacey]

i love the idea of the baskets with apples and a recipe.... how good!? Even a vase filled with fruit is great- people can take it home at the end of the night!

 

[figment fan21]

Great idea, giving away a recipee! Martha is soooo cool!

She seriousely it awesome! You should check out her wedding website i got so many great ideas off of it!

Those dresses are all cute.

Thanks hun!

My vote is for dress # 3! I love it. Can't wait to read more plans.

I do too! I'm just afriad i won't be comfortable in the park with it on... but we'll see!

i love the idea of the baskets with apples and a recipe.... how good!? Even a vase filled with fruit is great- people can take it home at the end of the night!

Awe thanks Stace! I think i'm going to do a trial run on the candy apples... if they dont work out i'll buy little baskets and do the recipe idea... if the candy apples come out good i'll do candy apples as favors and then the centerpieces i'll give away to people that i know would bake something with them.

 

[LLLBelle]

I love the carnations, they are a great idea. Although I do like the fruit centerpieces with the recipes in them, such a unique idea. But I am one that doesn't like to turn down a good project

I'm so glad that everything is coming together for you. Less-stress makes things so much easier.

Check out jcrew and anntaylor online for some dresses, I'm not sure about white, but they have some great sales right now and if you are doing ebates, or sunshine rewards you can get cash back.

Here's one from jcrew (it's $39.99):
http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Special_Sizes/size16/dresses/PRDOVR~10679/99101635502/ENE~1+2+3+22+4294967294+20~~~20+17+4294967154+4294966835~15~~~~~~~/10679.jsp

 

[figment fan21]

Thanks for the advice laurie!!! I like that dress! its wicked cute!

 

[hollybearsmom]

I like the one with pockets too.

 

[figment fan21]

Good Morning Ladies!

I'm covering the 3-11 shift at work again (not happy about it ) so instead of cleaning my house or running errands i'd rather wedding plan!

I looked at the davids bridal website with my sister and we are definatly not on the same page but close enough that we narrowed it down to two dresses that i think would compliment both her and my other sisers body types.

She really liked this one and thought it would look good on them

And i really liked this one! (lol mandy i'm so copying you and lauren!) I wanted them in a dress that was kind of the same material as my dress. I think my dress is tafetta because its shiny like this... if that makes sense. I also think that this dress is better suited for both of my sisters. Which one do you girls like? Reminder, this is my dress

Ok so here is my next issue.... If you've made your way over here from my other PJ you know that flowers has been an issue with me. I dont know why i can't make up my mind on this. I mean its not that big of a deal they're feakin flowers! I keep going back and forth on what i want... i can't decide between calla lilies

Calla lilies and roses

Roses

or gerbera daisies and roses

Some days i'm leaning towards the fun gerbera daisies, other days i think the calla lilies will compliment my dress more, some days i think i want the classic look of the roses. HELP!

 

[shippedtosea]

good morning katie! I really like the second dress the best I think it would work the best with your dress, plus is really cute.

I am not a huge rose fan....because its more traditional? I guess? I still like the daisies! but I also thing the lilies would look very nice with your dress. So I vote daisies but....support the lilies! hahaha

 

[figment fan21]

good morning katie! I really like the second dress the best I think it would work the best with your dress, plus is really cute.

I am not a huge rose fan....because its more traditional? I guess? I still like the daisies! but I also thing the lilies would look very nice with your dress. So I vote daisies but....support the lilies! hahaha

Morning sweetie!!

You're too funny! DF votes Gerbera daisies but he doesn't want a gerbera daisy bout because he says it reminds him of those clowns at the circus who squirt water on people. Thats my guy!

My feeling on the roses is wierd... it was the same thing with the whole veil thing. At frist i didnt want one because i thought it was too traditional and this is NOT a tradtitional wedding But then part of me wanted to have that Bride feeling and i decided i wanted one. Granted i only spent 22$ on it so if i decide i dont want it i wont be upset but yea i feel the same way about roses. Sometimes i think, "oh everyone does roses" and then part of me is like... "but they're such a wedding flower!"

I'm leaning more towards the gerbera daisies though

 

[MainStMandy]

Ooooohhhh copy cat!! Lol I can't say I'm not biased against the second dress! And that color is to dye for!!

I really like the lily and rose bouquet. Kinda traditional, kinda modern. Love it!

I also like this; rose, lily and dahlias

 

[shippedtosea]

weeeell even though i'm not a rose fan. if you went similar to the daisy one you posted it has a couple roses in it which makes it the best of both worlds and then DF can have a rose bout and not feel like a clown!

I love the things guys come up with!

I am still back and forth with a veil or no veil...so I feel you on that!

 

[figment fan21]

Ooooohhhh copy cat!! Lol I can't say I'm not biased against the second dress! And that color is to dye for!!

I really like the lily and rose bouquet. Kinda traditional, kinda modern. Love it!

I also like this; rose, lily and dahlias

I totally did copy you! I really loved the dress on lauren and when i showed my sister she liked it too so YAY! I agree that the calla lilies and the roses do look contemporary (HA! hidden disney resort reference!) and would look nice with my dress but i dont know if it will go with the outdoor Boardwalk-esque feel of the wedding. See my problem? And i love those dahlias! I didn't even know what dahlias were before i saw them at the fair!

weeeell even though i'm not a rose fan. if you went similar to the daisy one you posted it has a couple roses in it which makes it the best of both worlds and then DF can have a rose bout and not feel like a clown!

I love the things guys come up with!

I am still back and forth with a veil or no veil...so I feel you on that!

Exactly! and I do LOVE that gerbera daisy bouquet i posted! Its big and round just how i like my bouquets! And i figured that even thought DF has a say in what bout he wears his groomsmen dont! They'll be wearing a daisy bout if we decide on them!

And if you're not sure about a veil get one on ebay thats what i did! it's a cathedral length (if we're doing a veil i'm doing it right!) with crystals scattered through it and it was only 22$. DB was going to charge me something insane for that same thing!

 

[sillykaren]

I'm going to be different and say I like dress 1 better! I am not a fan of halter dresses, but that's just me! I do love the color though, it's making me rethink pink/brown!

And although I'm a huuuuge calla lily fan I think the gerbera daisy and rose bouquet! I like the funness of it. I just wonder how much disney will charge for the upgrade...

 

[figment fan21]

I'm going to be different and say I like dress 1 better! I am not a fan of halter dresses, but that's just me! I do love the color though, it's making me rethink pink/brown!

And although I'm a huuuuge calla lily fan I think the gerbera daisy and rose bouquet! I like the funness of it. I just wonder how much disney will charge for the upgrade...

I know! I can only imagine! although i have heard of a few escape brides that asked for a different bouquet and weren't charged a fee but i'm sure i'll get charged something! My only saving grace is that gerbera daisies aren't that expensive. I love the funness of them too! and i saw another dis bride who had a gerbera daisy wand instead of a rose wand and they were super cute! So i could do that for my sisters

I have to say i wasn't sure about the blue but i'm liking it more and more! and i think that with a fuschia and white gerbera daisy wand it'll really make the colors pop at SBP!

And my sister really liked the first dress too... i'm just afraid it wont look nice on my other sister. i know i dont look good in empire waisted dresses... they end up look like a maternity dress on me. But the sister that does like dress one is a size zero (brat!!! ) so she looks good in anything. But we'll see. I can't wait to go to DB with them and try them on!

 

[malibustacey]

i LOVE the second dress- its so girly... and the material will make it look pretty. The first is nice, but a little too formal? I dunno, maybe because its the plain material and not shiny? But i defo love the second dress!

I am the same with flowers! i look at the rose bouquets and think, damn you cant go wrong there.. but i think, i want something 'different' because im not having a normal wedding! I dont even know what my 'colours' are yet- i keep changing my mind! we are going with the gold tie for DF... and i like the frosty pinks for the girls dresses... but what goes with gold apart from brown? we have been to too many blue weddings so we cant have blue... so im thinking gold and pink? How on earth can i get a gold and pink 'different' looking bouquet! haha! oh lordy!

Flowers eh!!? Damn things! There is just too much choice thats why we cant decide!!!!