CARYN & MARK's Trip Report****6/8 added more pics, dried bouquet and wedding album***

[caryndisneydiva]

Yeah-- I was getting super anxious. It was about 5-6 weeks. We got our proof albums first (we have a smaller package w/o a fancy album). Then our CDS. Last Friday he posted them on the website. We called 2 times asking about getting them on the website since my grandparents couldn't attend the wedding and I wanted them to see pics.

darn. i'm getting super anxious as well and i've only been married 8 days.

 

[figmentfan814]

Waiting for the pictures is probably going to be one of the hardest things for me too, so I definitely have sympathy for you while you're waiting

 

[geetey]

Looooove the pink crinnie! My sister might have to 'borrow' that idea for her dress. Did you ever figure out why the dress hurt so badly? Just wondering in case there was a sudden revelation later or the bridal shop had an idea. A wedding dress shouldn't hurt the bride!

 

[twiu]

Okay, it's past midnight (12:26 am) and I just got home from LSS. My Df had his wrap party for Spectacle of dancing lights -he's a production planner from that show - and all I thought the whole night was "Caryn had her wedding here!". What an amazing venue. I stared at the fishies almost all night and some people got up and played piano and we sang along. Honestly, for as long as I have worked for the mouse, I never saw LSS. it's GORGEOUS!!!! I had an amazing time but I kept trying to imagine your wedding. I even went to the bartender and I was like " did you work Caryn and Mark's wedding"...he didn't remember since catering works over 50+ hours a week.

Anyway, I thought about you all night and I kept trying to picture you there with you wedding dress. You're awesome and you're such an inspiration to all us future disney brides. You go.. you gorgeous bride you!

 

[disneymeg]

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/meganlcraig/?
action=view&current=Picture832.jpg

ok so i think this is gonna work
here are a few more pics

 

[caryndisneydiva]

http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/meganlcraig/?
action=view&current=Picture832.jpg

ok so i think this is gonna work
here are a few more pics

i'll try to help you out megan...

 

[caryndisneydiva]

Waiting for the pictures is probably going to be one of the hardest things for me too, so I definitely have sympathy for you while you're waiting

i'm DYING. i need those pics for my thank you notes too...

Looooove the pink crinnie! My sister might have to 'borrow' that idea for her dress. Did you ever figure out why the dress hurt so badly? Just wondering in case there was a sudden revelation later or the bridal shop had an idea. A wedding dress shouldn't hurt the bride!

i think the dress was just really big and heavy and it was probably not meant to be worn for as long as i wore it. i also had a corset underneath (to smooth) and it may have been the wrong size...

Okay, it's past midnight (12:26 am) and I just got home from LSS. My Df had his wrap party for Spectacle of dancing lights -he's a production planner from that show - and all I thought the whole night was "Caryn had her wedding here!". What an amazing venue. I stared at the fishies almost all night and some people got up and played piano and we sang along. Honestly, for as long as I have worked for the mouse, I never saw LSS. it's GORGEOUS!!!! I had an amazing time but I kept trying to imagine your wedding. I even went to the bartender and I was like " did you work Caryn and Mark's wedding"...he didn't remember since catering works over 50+ hours a week.

Anyway, I thought about you all night and I kept trying to picture you there with you wedding dress. You're awesome and you're such an inspiration to all us future disney brides. You go.. you gorgeous bride you!

oh wow! lss is great! if it was the same bartender, he wouldn't remember me because i NEVER went to the bar that day, which is weird. lss is something i thought i was going to regret, but it's probably one of the best decisions i ever made!

 

[Missy Mouse]

Loved it! Totally loved all of it. I can't wait for more pics. How old are you and Mark?

 

[mermaidbride1108]

Hey Caryn, Would you mind posting the instructions again to dye this crinoline(sp?)? I love how yours turned out and now I'm thinking I would like to do the same - but I know if I don't ask you now I'll forget where I saw it from!

 

[caryndisneydiva]

Loved it! Totally loved all of it. I can't wait for more pics. How old are you and Mark?

i am 27 (28 in 2 weeks) and mark is 36!

Hey Caryn, Would you mind posting the instructions again to dye this crinoline(sp?)? I love how yours turned out and now I'm thinking I would like to do the same - but I know if I don't ask you now I'll forget where I saw it from!

here you go!

here's a link from the knot for color ideas...

http://community.theknot.com/cs/ks/user/page.aspx?username=ColoredSlipBio&MsdVisit=1

another important site for dyeing info is the rit dye site...there is a color chart that will help you make custom colors, should you want them...

to start, i filled my washer with hot hot water, then i put on gloves...BEFORE i put the dye in the wash bin, i dunked the crinoline into the water, since i didn't have anywhere else for the wet crinoline to go, i put a towel under a laundry basket so that water wouldn't get all over and i put the wet crinoline in the basket...
here is my set up...

i then added the dye (RIT liquid dye, Rose Pink) to the wash bin and set it to agitate, i then added the crinoline to the dye and dunked it in as much as i could (this is where wearing gloves comes in really handy, because that water was HOT)
here's the crinoline right before i shut the washer lid to let it agitate

i then kept setting the washer to agitate, i let it go for about 15 minutes, then I took it out, unraveled it the best that i could (it was heavy...) then i put it back in for another 15 minutes. this step is really important because if you don't unravel it, your crinnie will end up tye-dyed...

here it is mid-cycle...

then, after it was done agitating, i let it rinse twice, the 2nd time, i added just a bit of detergent, rinsed it again, let the water drain and i took it out...here is right before i took it out of the washer...

then i hung it up in my bathroom the best i could...it was REALLY tangled within itself and i had to have mark help me...

it turned out pretty well. i think the color on the bottle very accurately describes the color that the crinoline turned out to be. i was surprised by that actually.

 

[B2B-2008]

Congratulations

I finally had the chance to have a quick look through your TR. You all looked amazing.

 

[mermaidbride1108]

Thanks so much for posting the how-to for the crinnie!

 

[Kristen14]

I just got back and you already have 13 pages of a TR??? boy am I behind!!! hopefully I can find some time to read it all!

thanks for the text by the way! our wedding was amazing!

 

[lpizzuro123]

First I just wanted to say that I have completely enjoyed reading both your planning journal and wedding journal. You have given eveyone such great ideas on these boards.

We are finally planning for our November 2008 wedding and I have a few questions to ask.

First I believe you went with the guest book from The Guest Book Store. I was wondering how that went. Did everyone fill out the pages and were you able to get pictures of your guests to add to the pages? We are definately considering this because I really want everyone to be able to write something and not just sign a book.

Our other option is to do what lurkyloo did which is to make a photobook of our pictures (I would do a through the years type book of assorted pictures (most at Disney) and our engagement pictures and have everyone sign that book. I am just afraid they would just write their name and not include anything else in it.

My other question is about your girls flowers. From looking at your pictures it looks like you went with the wands. I was wondering how many flowers you used in these and what the cost was. Also, did they like the flowers and was it easy for them to hold?

Thanks so much and I look forward to more reading (and I can't wait to see you pictures from Randy).

Linda

 

[Lindsay22]

Linda
Caryn did pick the rose wands for us. They had three ivory colored roses and were sprinkled with pixie dust. I liked how easy they were to hold and how light they were, especially when I was holding Caryn's 45 lb bouquet!! They were different, yet elegant which I liked as well. Caryn got us each a necklace with our initial and we pinned the initial charm to the stem of the wand. (You should have seen the look on Randy's face when I asked him to help me break the necklace chain. I think his exact words were "I've never been asked to BREAK a necklace before!")
I'm sure Caryn could tell you about the price.

 

[keenercam]

Caryn -- thank you so much for posting the directions on how to dye the crinnie. I am so worried that I might not be able to do that. We have a front loading washing machine (neptune?) which means, I think, that we can't open it while it is washing. I am going to have to check out the knot and see if they have a fall-back plan.

 

[caryndisneydiva]

Congratulations

I finally had the chance to have a quick look through your TR. You all looked amazing.

thank you!!!

Thanks so much for posting the how-to for the crinnie!

no problem! i must have pm'd jaclyn 700 times when i went to do mine!

I just got back and you already have 13 pages of a TR??? boy am I behind!!! hopefully I can find some time to read it all!

thanks for the text by the way! our wedding was amazing!

oh yay! you're back!!!! TR TR TR! how was the cruise?

First I just wanted to say that I have completely enjoyed reading both your planning journal and wedding journal. You have given eveyone such great ideas on these boards.

We are finally planning for our November 2008 wedding and I have a few questions to ask.

First I believe you went with the guest book from The Guest Book Store. I was wondering how that went. Did everyone fill out the pages and were you able to get pictures of your guests to add to the pages? We are definately considering this because I really want everyone to be able to write something and not just sign a book.

Our other option is to do what lurkyloo did which is to make a photobook of our pictures (I would do a through the years type book of assorted pictures (most at Disney) and our engagement pictures and have everyone sign that book. I am just afraid they would just write their name and not include anything else in it.

My other question is about your girls flowers. From looking at your pictures it looks like you went with the wands. I was wondering how many flowers you used in these and what the cost was. Also, did they like the flowers and was it easy for them to hold?

Thanks so much and I look forward to more reading (and I can't wait to see you pictures from Randy).

Linda

well, i think lindsay answered lots of your questions, but let me get to the rest. the rose wands were $40 each, i loved them!

as far as the guest book goes, i loved the end result. i'm just REALLY glad that i had one of my younger cousins walking around, handing out the pages and markers and telling people what to do. for some reason, the guests didn't get it. BUT i'm glad i did it, the end result is fabulous and it's funny to see what people wrote/drew. i let people draw their own pictures and some of them are HILARIOUS. all in all, i like that the pages encouraged creativity, you just need to make sure you have a dedicated guest book person (avid sex and the city fans will not like this position).

Linda
Caryn did pick the rose wands for us. They had three ivory colored roses and were sprinkled with pixie dust. I liked how easy they were to hold and how light they were, especially when I was holding Caryn's 45 lb bouquet!! They were different, yet elegant which I liked as well. Caryn got us each a necklace with our initial and we pinned the initial charm to the stem of the wand. (You should have seen the look on Randy's face when I asked him to help me break the necklace chain. I think his exact words were "I've never been asked to BREAK a necklace before!")
I'm sure Caryn could tell you about the price.

i forgot about the breaking the necklace thing...wow. OH and my bouquet was NOT 45 lbs...it was probably about 10.

 

[caryndisneydiva]

Caryn -- thank you so much for posting the directions on how to dye the crinnie. I am so worried that I might not be able to do that. We have a front loading washing machine (neptune?) which means, I think, that we can't open it while it is washing. I am going to have to check out the knot and see if they have a fall-back plan.

hhmmmm...maybe you can borrow someone else's machine, just make sure you run a whole cylcle with a TON of bleach and really hot water when you're done. i don't see how you'd be able to do it with a front loader. you really need to be able to take it out mid cycle to detangle it...

 

[Kristen14]

Caryn -- thank you so much for posting the directions on how to dye the crinnie. I am so worried that I might not be able to do that. We have a front loading washing machine (neptune?) which means, I think, that we can't open it while it is washing. I am going to have to check out the knot and see if they have a fall-back plan.

Hi Cam, I have a front loader too. I didnt want to try it, so I used the community laundry machine in our condo complex It was good to make a mess someplace that wasnt in my own house!

 

[caryndisneydiva]

Hi Cam, I have a front loader too. I didnt want to try it, so I used the community laundry machine in our condo complex It was good to make a mess someplace that wasnt in my own house!

i'll second that...i did my second crinnie in our condo that we currently have up for rent, mark hadn't been there in awhile and we were there today and he asked why there were brown/purple dots all over the tile/walls... i quickly ushered him away so that we didn't have our first marital fight...mental note to get the cleaning crew in there pronto...