Cam & Howard's Vow Renewal PJ -1/12/09 - WP&WH--p.98: TRIP REPORT BEGINS

[keenercam]

Forgot to mention -- We have received a bunch of RSVPs for the dessert party already. We are so blessed with such wonderful friends! I have heard of brides having to chase down RSVPs and I had the date as 11/30, I think, and our friends have been so awesome about getting right back to us. We are so grateful that people are carving time out of their precious time in WDW to come to our dessert party. A lot of those people will have done a half marathon or marathon that weekend and will probably be wiped out by Sunday night AND we weren't able to invite them all to the ceremony and reception the next day because of our space limitations, but they are still willing to celebrate with us Sunday night.

 

[padisneyfour]

you are very blessed to have wonderful family and friends....everything is really coming together wonderfully! you must be so excited!!!

 

[nucpharm29]

Howard is the sweetest!

And you're not so bad yourself! Love ya!

 

[DisneyFairy19]

you are sooo lucky I had to chase down my Rsvp'ers as well (if thats even a word) LOL

 

[keenercam]

WOW!! I really haven't updated this in a while. I've accomplished some more items on my to-do list. I am going to pack up a lot it to take it to Orlando this weekend, so I thought I'd better take pix. And, since I have the pix, I'll post them here.

These are the character tags I made for the gym bags - just for fun. As you can see, they aren't perfect. Lots of glue spots -- some of the glue that was supposed to go on blue and then disappear, didn't disapper. I think our friends/family won't mind too much.

Remember when Howard came up with that cute idea for personalized Disney polos? Here they are:

I also saw really cute personalized tee shirts on ebay and couldn't resist (Howard didn't know about these, so if he's reading, he's seeing them for the first time. What do you think, honey?)

The dessert party invitations went out a couple weeks ago. I did an embossed Tinkerbell on the back. The front that is pictured was the sample, but most of the final ones were edited so that they say "retying the knot" instead of retying the "knot" (big difference, huh? I am such a geek. )
Front:

Back:

The door hangers were done and looked like this:

And then, I decided they needed a bit of sprucing up, and some personalizing. So I did another DO NOT DISTURB on the back, with stickers chosen for each guest/room and dressed up the fronts a bit, too, so they are now two-sided:

I think that's everything for now. I am working on the hospitality baskets for the restrooms today, so that I can take those down to storage, as well.

 

[padisneyfour]

Cam everything looks awesome!! I love the character faces!The embossed tinkerbelle is pretty too! GREAT work!Congrats!

 

[JoJo1980]

Hey sweetie!! I'm not sure if I'll have time to be on here tomorrow (I'll try ) but just wanted to say Thankyou so much for listening to me babble on in my journal I hope you have an amazing few days and everything goes well with your trip I'll PM you now about trying to meet up

All your craft projects are soooo CUTE!! I love them and am totally jealous of those to die for shirts!!

See you soon hopefully

 

[nucpharm29]

Cam--Love the door hangers! So super cute!

 

[KeenHo]

I also saw really cute personalized tee shirts on ebay and couldn't resist (Howard didn't know about these, so if he's reading, he's seeing them for the first time. What do you think, honey?)

Really cute... it comes complete with the hidden Mickey fireworks!

Great job on all of the VR invites, door hangers, etc., etc., etc.

 

[Keira1387]

I love the door hangers! They are so cute!

 

[Angel16]

Wow you have been VERY busy. Everything looks perfect to me. I love your Tinkerbell stamp and verse. I hope you have a wonderful trip this week end. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Also, can't wait for you to return and update us all.



Angel16

 

[WithDisneySpirit]

I loved everything! I think my fave is the Honey - Mooners shirts. Funny though, you get to be "honey" and Howard gets to be "mooners" I think you came out better, Cam

 

[IndyBride]

The door hangers look really great!! And the dessert party invites were cute! The laces turned out really well.

 

[traceycooper]

WOW you have been a busy lady!!
Everything looks great Cam

 

[figmentfan814]

Your projects turned out great! Where did you get everything for the tags?

 

[keenercam]

Cam everything looks awesome!! I love the character faces!The embossed tinkerbelle is pretty too! GREAT work!Congrats!:

Thank you, Tammy!

Hey sweetie!! I'm not sure if I'll have time to be on here tomorrow (I'll try ) but just wanted to say Thankyou so much for listening to me babble on in my journal I hope you have an amazing few days and everything goes well with your trip I'll PM you now about trying to meet up

All your craft projects are soooo CUTE!! I love them and am totally jealous of those to die for shirts!!

See you soon hopefully

Joanne -- Definitely hoping to find you this weekend, sweetie! Don't use up all of Mickey's hugs before I get there, okay?

Wow you have been VERY busy. Everything looks perfect to me. I love your Tinkerbell stamp and verse. I hope you have a wonderful trip this week end. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Also, can't wait for you to return and update us all.



Angel16

Thank you, Angel! Hey, I think I know how to fix that picture in your signature. Go into the code at the end of the web address and put a slash (the one that is next to the shift key on your keyboard) inside the first bracket and before the i. There. I'm sure that was clear as mud!

[quote="nucpharm29, post: 27421425"]Cam--Love the door hangers! So super cute![/QUOTE]

[quote="KeenHo, post: 27427245"]Really cute... it comes complete with the hidden Mickey fireworks!

Great job on all of the VR invites, door hangers, etc., etc., etc.

:lovestruc :love: :hug: :flower3:[/QUOTE]

[quote="Keira1387, post: 27427562"]I love the door hangers! They are so cute![/QUOTE]

[quote="IndyBride, post: 27431960"]The door hangers look really great!! And the dessert party invites were cute! The laces turned out really well.[/QUOTE]

I am so glad everyone liked the door hangers. I hope our guests like them. They required a bunch of steps, the most critical of which was cutting out the shape AND the doorknob hole. Howard did those 2 critical tasks for me. :lovestruc Thank you, honey!!! :love:

[quote="WithDisneySpirit, post: 27429756"]I loved everything! I think my fave is the Honey - Mooners shirts. Funny though, you get to be "honey" and Howard gets to be "mooners" I think you came out better, Cam ;) :goodvibes :lovestruc[/QUOTE]

Lisa, isn't that hysterical? See, I wanted "Cam" and "Howard" or "Bride" and "Groom" but Howard decided he needed to come up with something a bit different and insisted on the personalization. I think my laptop monitor is still marked with the coffee that spewed from my nose when I read his email telling me what the shirts had to say. :lmao:

Now, we have 3 pairs of cute shirts:
1. Our customizedgirl.com shirts where his says "Marrying her once was not enough" and other dear stuff and mine says something like "Fairy Tale Bride" (hmmm.... I don't quite remember exact wording).
2. Our Disney polos; and
3. Our Honeymoon teeshirts.

Fun!

[quote="traceycooper, post: 27441679"]WOW you have been a busy lady!! ;)
Everything looks great Cam :)[/QUOTE]

Thank you, Tracy! Yes, this is what I have been doing to keep myself from stress eating and when I SHOULD be exercising. LOL!

[quote="figmentfan814, post: 27444326"]Your projects turned out great! Where did you get everything for the tags?[/QUOTE]
Thank you, Vanessa! Do you mean the character faces? I made them on the Cricut, which is a personalized cutting machine. I'd bought a Disney cartridge for it and each of those characters was on that cartridge. Each component is cut separately from cardstock by the machine and then I layered them all on an outline of the shape that the machine also cut. Cool, huh? I've been having so much fun with the Cricut and definitely feel like I've gotten my money's worth out of it. :cloud9:

 

[Lynn5700]

Hi Cam!!!!! Great updates..your shirts are tooo cute!!!!!!!!!! Your getting closer!!!! YAY!!!

 

[keenercam]

Thanks, Lynn!!

Well, I had a truly terrible nightmare last night about the wedding. The only good thing is that this time it had NOTHING to do with the dress. LOL!

Somehow the time was 4:30 which was moved earlier from 5 at the last minute. When it was time to start, my DB and his family weren't there so we delayed the start waiting for them. Instead, all these other people that he'd told about the wedding and invited started streaming in. I think it was about 6 or 7 extra people. So, we finally get through the ceremony and everyone is standing around eating these huge shrimp and other hors d'euvres. Meri calls from the reception location to say that because we are running so late she might have to cancel the reception because the chef & waitstaff can't stay late. I'm crying and she calls back and says okay, to get everyone to the reception asap. As we are walking over, I have to tell all those extra guests that they can't stay because we are doing a plated meal instead of a buffet and there is no food for them. My DB is furious about me treating "his guests" badly and he & his family storm off as do all the extra guests and the reception is overshadowed by me being unhappy. Very bizarre, but definitely the convergence of a lot of "drama" and considerations that were obviously running through my head.

1. I recently found out that DB & his family may not come to the VR. Have heard lots of varying excuses and still haven't heard back from him on an innocuous phone message I left for him. So, no idea if they are coming or not.
I think it has something to do with the fact that my BFF (besides Howard), Jason, is walking me down the aisle. First of all, no one is "giving me away". As far as I'm concerned, I gave myself to Howard a LONG time ago (though my Dad walked me down the aisle the first time). Secondly, Jason and I are so close and he is going to be my morale support and his job is going to be to keep me from crying -- he has an outrageous sense of humor and knows me well enough to always know how to make me laugh. And he makes me feel so loved and precious. He is the person I want walking me down the aisle.
The other thing is that I did not ask my niece (12), who is also my Goddaughter, to be in the wedding. This goes back to our original decision that we are so blessed with so many wonderful people in our lives that we just wouldn't start choosing who will be in our wedding party. We want everyone else to enjoy the events and not have any wedding party type expenses and it will be Andrew at Howard's side and Jenn at mine.

The other thing that was at play is that Howard and I finally finished marking up the revised BEO last night and refined numbers to subtract people who we know are definitely not coming. This brought our DP number down significantly and our VR guest list from 40 (max in Whitehall) to 36.
Also, we figured that we'll save about $500 by using a limo for guest transportation in the morning instead of a charter. The limo can make 2 trips POP to GF and that, I think, takes care of all of our guests who aren't driving their rentals. Then, to get people from the WP to the pre-reception, we figured the limo can, again, make two trips or I am sure many of our friends will be more than willing to give others a ride that short distance. SO, it makes no sense to use a charter that can transport 40 people when we THINK there will be 10 at most who need transportation. And we can put that $500 savings toward the shuttles we are hiring to drive many of our guests to the airport after the reception. It makes much more sense. So, the transportation issues probably accounted for me dreaming of everyone walking en masse to the reception from the WP.
Of course, we were also looking at meal numbers at the same time, so that probably explains why I was worried about there not being enough meals. LOL!

So, I guess all of those thought processes came into play when I fell into an exhausted sleep last night.

 

[padisneyfour]

Cam, I totally understand the family factor- I would love to have a little flower girl but with multiple little ones in family having to choose would be a def. area of concern so that is why like you it will be just our DDs in our wedding/VR party. Things will work out. All your plans are wonderful and everything will be amazing. Your plan/idea about the limo sounds like it will work. Goodluck!

 

[keenercam]

Yes, Tammy, there are all sorts of potential cute "junior bridesmaids" "flower girls" and a precious (but maybe too old) ring bearer in our lives. We love them all dearly but decided not to have them in the "wedding party".

Okay, looking for your opinions on my tiara. Some of you might remember I bought 2 because I couldn't decide which I'd like. I wanted to show you the 2 tiaras and the necklace I am wearing and get your opinion.
Here they are:

My stunning necklace:

#1 --

#2 --

They are both really pretty in person and I THINK I've decided on the second one, but am looking for opinions.
Advantages of #1 -- very princessy; very sweet and filigree-like look to it. Would compliment the skirt of my gown. Disadvantages -- very princessy, sweet, filigree-like feel to it. Also has a higher profile and looks more crown-ish to me.

Advantages of #2 -- lower profile. Looks less like a crown and more like a tiara. More substantial in look and feel, less delicate looking. Compliments the bodice of the gown and I think it goes better with the more "substantial" (as opposed to delicate) look of my jewelry. I really also love how some fo the flowers are three-dimensional, they sit out from the surface of the others and give it a really interesting look. Disadvantages -- maybe the more "substantial" look of it makes it look less real, but since I'm not pretending they're real diamonds, do I care if they look like crystals?

So, what do you think?