Catherine & Jesse - PJ & TR: TR Day 2 - hair & make up trial, updated 11/5

[LauraInWonderland]

your garters are so cute!

 

[Goldeelox9]

I love that cake. We do not get as many choices on the Disney Cruise Line for cakes. If we did yours would be the one I picked!!!

 

[caryndisneydiva]

i used those rhinestone word things on my rehearsal day wear! they are fantastic, that ebay lady does a really good job!

 

[BaBeeCee14]

count me into the simple cake table club. i told my planner's asst that i didn't want it to look like it was floating on a cloud...

Yay! Our first member

your garters are so cute!

Thank you Laura! I was thinking I should've gotten in blue though - for my something blue. But I still like the purple a lot.

I love that cake. We do not get as many choices on the Disney Cruise Line for cakes. If we did yours would be the one I picked!!!

Aww thanks!

i used those rhinestone word things on my rehearsal day wear! they are fantastic, that ebay lady does a really good job!

Yea, I think we may have gotten them from the same lady. Mine look very similar to yours.

 

[Kristen14]

count me into the simple cake table club. i told my planner's asst that i didn't want it to look like it was floating on a cloud...

lol... i love how you phrased that... i wonder if linda will think its weird if i call and tell her the exact same thing?

 

[BaBeeCee14]

This is the tux I have decided DF is going to wear. Its from Carolyn Allens website. I think I'm going to get it exactly the way its shown in the picture.

Originally I was going to have him go pick one out, but he really doesn't care to go look so I took it upon myself to find him one. He said he liked it when I showed him. I was going back and forth about using Carolyn Allen, but in the end - I'd rather have the convenience of getting the tuxes dropped off and picked up. Its just one less thing to deal with.

I called them to get a quote on the rental and they told me $150. That seemed expensive to me, but I wasn't sure because I never rented a tux before. When I got home, I asked DF how much he had to pay to rent a tux when he was a groomsman at his friend's wedding. He told me almost $200 so I guess this price is normal .

I was going to have all the guys wear the exact same thing, but now I'm not sure. I noticed in other weddings the groom would wear a different color tie or something to stand out from the rest. But I really like how the black and gray look together. I was thinking maybe a different color boutonniere for him instead? What do you guys think?

 

[Kristen14]

The base package at CA's is $115. Then $15 to add a specialty vest and $15 for shoes. After hours is $120 per person. There are cheaper places... Mens warehouse is about $100 for everything... if I were you I'd absolutely pay for the convenience and reputation of CA's.

Is that a tux or a suit? You could always get that for your DF and then get the groomsmen the basic notch lapel tux which is $115 + 15 for the vest. I'm having Rob stand out by getting him a white shirt and white vest (vs black for the groomsmen).

 

[meryll83]

I might have missed this somewhere but how many guests are you having?

We're pretty much having the same wedding, except that ours will be one year later! And I still haven't exactly decided on the dessert party location, although one of the UK terraces is a strong possibility!

Edit: Never mind, I've found it now 40-50 guests!

 

[lurkyloo]

Yes - Carolyn Allen is more expensive than a place that doesn't deliver - we were quoted $80 in Los Angeles for the tux CA is charging us $120 for. We almost didn't go with CA because they can't exchange pieces over the weekend, and I'm terrified they will bring the wrong sizes for DF and his best man. (At the best man's wedding, all the groomsmen's tuxes were too big, and they looked ridiculous.)

That's a nice suit you picked out! A lot of people do a different boutonniere for the groom to make him stand out from the groomsmen. We are doing that, plus a different lapel - peak for DF and notch for everyone else.... no one will notice, I'm sure! Oh, and DF gets a hidden Mickey in his bout.

 

[BaBeeCee14]

The base package at CA's is $115. Then $15 to add a specialty vest and $15 for shoes. After hours is $120 per person. There are cheaper places... Mens warehouse is about $100 for everything... if I were you I'd absolutely pay for the convenience and reputation of CA's.

Is that a tux or a suit? You could always get that for your DF and then get the groomsmen the basic notch lapel tux which is $115 + 15 for the vest. I'm having Rob stand out by getting him a white shirt and white vest (vs black for the groomsmen).

Kristen,
Where are you getting you tuxes from? I think I am most likely going to go to CA's just for the convenience. Also after hearing some horror stories about After Hours, I don't think I will have the strength to deal with it if something were to come up. So far CA's have been great with sending me info and answering my questions so I think they're the way to go. Thats a great idea about getting the basic for the groomsmen. I will look into that. Oh, and it's a tux.

I might have missed this somewhere but how many guests are you having?

We're pretty much having the same wedding, except that ours will be one year later! And I still haven't exactly decided on the dessert party location, although one of the UK terraces is a strong possibility!

Edit: Never mind, I've found it now 40-50 guests!

Hi Meryll! A lot of other brides have chosen to have have their DP at one of the UK terraces and have been very happy with the location. I also like the fact that it has benches for people to sit on. I also love the Italy Isola, but I believe it had a 100 person minimum.

Yes - Carolyn Allen is more expensive than a place that doesn't deliver - we were quoted $80 in Los Angeles for the tux CA is charging us $120 for. We almost didn't go with CA because they can't exchange pieces over the weekend, and I'm terrified they will bring the wrong sizes for DF and his best man. (At the best man's wedding, all the groomsmen's tuxes were too big, and they looked ridiculous.)

That's a nice suit you picked out! A lot of people do a different boutonniere for the groom to make him stand out from the groomsmen. We are doing that, plus a different lapel - peak for DF and notch for everyone else.... no one will notice, I'm sure! Oh, and DF gets a hidden Mickey in his bout.

Oooh Carrie! I didn't even think about getting a hidden Mickey for DF's bout. What a great idea! It goes with our hidden Mickey theme! I was so caught up in having hidden Mickey's in my bouquet I didn't even think about DF . Well now he is going to get one!

What do you mean by they can't exchange pieces over the weekend? My wedding is on a Sunday.. is that going to be a problem? Are you going with CA's also?

 

[meryll83]

Kristen,
Hi Meryll! A lot of other brides have chosen to have have their DP at one of the UK terraces and have been very happy with the location. I also like the fact that it has benches for people to sit on. I also love the Italy Isola, but I believe it had a 100 person minimum.

I really loved the Italy Isola as a location, I was disappointed it needed such a high minumum as it doesn't seem that big when you're on it, but hey....

So how did you choose between Upper and Lower UK?

I like the idea of Lower so you don't have another group of people in front of you, but thought that you had to hire chairs down there, whereas Upper has the umbrellas and tables already.
You mention benches on the Lower Terrace though, can these be used instead?
I suppose with their being on 25 of us we may want to be more centralised though, a larger group is OK spread across the front (I'm presuming the benches are at intervals across the front of the terrace?)

I'm not sure which location to go for....

 

[BaBeeCee14]

I really loved the Italy Isola as a location, I was disappointed it needed such a high minumum as it doesn't seem that big when you're on it, but hey....

So how did you choose between Upper and Lower UK?

I like the idea of Lower so you don't have another group of people in front of you, but thought that you had to hire chairs down there, whereas Upper has the umbrellas and tables already.
You mention benches on the Lower Terrace though, can these be used instead?
I suppose with their being on 25 of us we may want to be more centralised though, a larger group is OK spread across the front (I'm presuming the benches are at intervals across the front of the terrace?)

I'm not sure which location to go for....

I agree, I love the Isola also, its a beautiful location. I think a lot of brides had to turn away from it because of the high minimum . Anyway, yes -upper UK terrace has tables and chairs already set up so you wouldn't need to rent any. But the reason I didn't go with it is for the same reason you said - I didn't want another group in front of us. Also I wanted to be more up close to the lake. I'm planning to rent a some tables and chairs, but nothing crazy because we have the benches also. I want people to walk around and mingle at the DP. I don't think you are required to rent tables and chairs, its just an option if you want them. So, certainly if you're happy with just the benches then don't even bother with the tables.

Here are some pictures of the UK Lower Terrace:

Hope this helps!

 

[meryll83]

Thanks for this,

The benches are pretty close together actually aren't they, so perhaps I could just rent 3 or 4 tables and chairs sets to put in a central location to encourage mingling.
Do you know if you are allowed to do this, or if you wanted to rent do you have to do so for the whole number of guests? (If that makes sense!)

Do you know what the rental costs are?

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Yea the benches do seem pretty close together. There seem to be about 5 or 6 of them. I'm not 100% sure if you have to rent a chair for everyone in your group, but I don't think you do. I believe I read somewhere that there was a $75 set up fee for the tables and chairs, but I don't know what the actual cost is to rent each tables/chair. Hopefully someone can answer those questions for us.

 

[meryll83]

Do you have to walk through the Upper to get to the Lower?

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Kids Welcome bags

Earlier I mentioned that I wanted to give each child their own little welcome bag with some goodies in it. I finally got to make the bags the other day.

Here are a few pictures of them:

Here is another picture of the things I bought to go in them. I think I'm going to try to find some more things though.

I found some cute glittery tissue paper at the dollar store (20 sheets for $1 ) so I'm gonna dress it up a little bit after I put all the goodies inside.

 

[meryll83]

Oooh where did the font with the Disney characters inside come from?

 

[caryndisneydiva]

meryl, she probably got them on the discreative boards!

i love how you used their names, they look great catherine!

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Oooh where did the font with the Disney characters inside come from?

meryl, she probably got them on the discreative boards!

i love how you used their names, they look great catherine!

Haha, you beat me to it Caryn! Yes, I got it over on the creative boards. Everyone there is so nice and very talented!

 

[jnale]

What a great idea! I had thought about having welcome bags per room but I didn't think about having them per child. That makes it really special for them! I like that font too!