Corinna and Graham Vow Renewal Planning Journal

[dolphingirl47]

Time for another update. I have had a couple of productive days. But first of all, here are some photos for the jewellery that goes with the vow renewal necklace:

Earrings

Bracelet

Hair Vine

I also took some photos of the leave necklace. I could not resist temptation to wear this to work on Tuesday.

Yesterday Graham and I both had days off. We ended up going suit shopping for him. We both liked this suit.

We also got him a light blue tie, which should work nicely with his button hole and my bouquet. He will wear the Mexican wedding shirt that he bought in Manzanillo in January. That seems fitting and it is a very nice shirt.

I finally managed to get my ribbon veil done today. I had kept putting this off. I think I was a bit worried that I had bitten off more than I can chew. I was just about to leave to go to the gym when a heavy shower moved through. So I decided to hold off a bit longer and the ribbon caught my eye. I kind of figured that this was an omen. So I got the ribbon and experimented a bit. I had to make one minor correction, but I liked straight away how it came out. I really love this.

Front

Back

I think project tiara might be underway sooner rather than later and it might do some good into the bargain. The jewellery artist who has made my jewellery has put some custom work on auction to help raise money to pay for a lawyer for a mother and a little girl involved in a nasty custody battle. The winning bidder gets a piece of custom jewellery. At the moment, I am the highest bidder and if I win this auction, I will use this to have my tiara made.

I also had an idea for a wedding favour for our only male guest. Graham was reorganizing our kitchen last weekend. I got out some beautiful custom mugs that I was given as a present years ago. I found the seller of those on Etsy. I wondered if a mug with Crystal Cathedral carved into it and filled with chocolate would make a nice favour.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/36358662/custom-mug

I also finally have my last make up trial set up. I thought I was all set with the make up she did last time, but since then my colour scheme has completely changed. I will take my bouquet and the necklace and we see what she comes up with.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

I am positively bursting with excitement at the moment. I had been considering a Trash the Dress photo shoot ever since I got the second dress. Initially I was going to go with a different photographer for this and I reached to a couple of photographers. In the end I decided to use the same photographer who is taking the photos of the ceremony. This is going to be a Trash the Dress shoot with a few twists. I mentioned that the best date for me would be October 11th as I am attending Mickey’s Halloween Party that day and have no plans until the party starts. She mentioned that it would be nice to do the photos at the party. Things have moved on from there. Of course I jumped on the opportunity to have photos taken in Disneyland itself. I then mentioned that this is kind of ironic as originally I had planned to go to one of the parties as a ghost bride and it kind of evolved from this. We are no discussing make up and hair to go with this. This is turning out to be a whole lot of fun.

She also sent me a link to some photos that she has done in Disneyland before and I love them. I especially love the one that was taken in the Buzz Lightyear ride as it has a quite surreal and ghost-like quality.

http://imajenn.com/blog/?p=539



Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Corinna sweetie - I have obviously been extremely remiss about checking your PJ because I hadn't seen the pictures of the ribbon veil. What a bad disfriend I am!! I absolutely love it!!! You are going to look so pretty!!!
The TTD session in Disneyland sounds amazing and will be such fun!! Obviously you are allowed to wear wedding dresses in DL unlike WDW then.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Corinna sweetie - I have obviously been extremely remiss about checking your PJ because I hadn't seen the pictures of the ribbon veil what a bad disfriend I am!! I absolutely love it!!! You are going to look so pretty!!!
The TTD session in Disneyland sounds amazing and will be such fun!! Obviously you are allowed to wear wedding dresses in DL unlike WDW then.

I think yes and no would be the answer to this. On a normal day, during normal park hours, you would not be allowed to wear a wedding dress in Disneyland either. However, as it is Mickey's Halloween Party, it would be classified as a costume and is therefore OK. Of course, we are going to make doubly sure by giving it a bit of a ghost bride twist. I pretty sure that you would get away with this at Disney World during Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party as well. You are allowed to enter Disneyland in costume from 3 PM for the Tuesday parties and from 4 PM on the Friday parties, but the actual party does not start until 6 PM and 7 PM respectively.

Corinna

 

[pixie921]

I think yes and no would be the answer to this. On a normal day, during normal park hours, you would not be allowed to wear a wedding dress in Disneyland either. However, as it is Mickey's Halloween Party, it would be classified as a costume and is therefore OK. Of course, we are going to make doubly sure by giving it a bit of a ghost bride twist. I pretty sure that you would get away with this at Disney World during Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party as well. You are allowed to enter Disneyland in costume from 3 PM for the Tuesday parties and from 4 PM on the Friday parties, but the actual party does not start until 6 PM and 7 PM respectively.

Corinna

Yay for pictures inside Disneyland, Corinna! That will be so much fun, and I'm sure the pictures will be marvelous!

 

[Mindyjoy]

I'm not sure how I missed your ribbon veil! It looks fantastic! So what did you end up tying the ribbon to? I'm still trying to figure that out for mine. Rubber bands seem the easiest but I would rather use combs.

 

[dolphingirl47]

I'm not sure how I missed your ribbon veil! It looks fantastic! So what did you end up tying the ribbon to? I'm still trying to figure that out for mine. Rubber bands seem the easiest but I would rather use combs.

I ended up using a rubber band, but I just used it as support structure in the end. I doubled it up and will use hair clips to attach it to my hair. You could do the same and just glue or sew it to a comb afterwards.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

The Ghost Bride theme is evolving very quickly. I think this is pretty much what we are going to do for make up and hair:

I also found this on Ebay and I figured that I could cut this up and use the flowers in the hair:

I also decided that I will wear the leave necklace with this. The leaves are starting to oxidize and it will just fit perfectly with the theme.

In other news, I had my final make up trials and we went with blues and greys for the eyes and nude pink for cheeks and lips. It looked absolutely amazing I have pretty much made up my mind to have my make up and hair done professionally on the day. This will make things a bit more hectic, but will be so worth it.

Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Corrina sweetie - You said in my TR that you were searching for a VR logo for yourself and Graham incorporating the main mice and dolphins, and you said you would ask the girls over on the 'Creative Disigns' board for help. I hope you don't mind, but I have had a pop at it. I am sure the talented girls over on the 'Creative Disigns' board can do far better, and I will not be offended if you don't use this logo for your ring box. I was only playing really!!! Colours could, of course, be changed.

 

[pjstevens]

Corrina, I am so excited to hear things progressing. I'm also jealous you'll be getting photos inside DL! That's going to be awesome. Love the look for the ghost bride! And your ribbon veil has turned out so pretty.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Corrina sweetie - You said in my TR that you were searching for a VR logo for yourself and Graham incorporating the main mice and dolphins, and you said you would ask the girls over on the 'Creative Disigns' board for help. I hope you don't mind, but I have had a pop at it. I am sure the talented girls over on the 'Creative Disigns' board can do far better, and I will not be offended if you don't use this logo for your ring box. I was only playing really!!! Colours could, of course, be changed.

Thanks so much. This is absolutely amazing. In the end the decision was made for me. I had emailed the seller the original design yesterday and he responded that this could be done, but I would need to resubmit this in either black and white or grey scale and there would also be no room for text. I do love it and it will definitely will be used for something, but yours is just better suited. I have forwarded this to him and asked him if this would work and now I am waiting to hear back.

Corrina, I am so excited to hear things progressing. I'm also jealous you'll be getting photos inside DL! That's going to be awesome. Love the look for the ghost bride! And your ribbon veil has turned out so pretty.

Yes, things are progressing, but every now and again I am having a blind panic. There is so much still to do and we will leave 9 weeks and the vow renewal is in 11 weeks. This is getting so close now. Still, I am sure everything will be taken care of in good time.

We finally made a decision where to have dinner after the vow renewal. It was between Napa Rose at Grand Californian and Steakhouse 55 at Disneyland Hotel. As I could not come to any decision I showed Graham the sample menus online this morning and he likes Steakhouse 55 better. So that is another thing taken care of. Now I just have to wait until August 9th to make the reservation.

Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Corinna sweetie - having used the seller myself, I knew the logo had to be in black and so that's why I did it in black. I am glad you like it and hope it works out for you!! I would love to see a photo of the finished box. I absolutely treasure mine and it sits on my dressing table and houses my engagement ring when I am at work and cannot wear it!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

As soon as I get it, I will post a photo here.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Corrina sweetie - You said in my TR that you were searching for a VR logo for yourself and Graham incorporating the main mice and dolphins, and you said you would ask the girls over on the 'Creative Disigns' board for help. I hope you don't mind, but I have had a pop at it. I am sure the talented girls over on the 'Creative Disigns' board can do far better, and I will not be offended if you don't use this logo for your ring box. I was only playing really!!! Colours could, of course, be changed.

This is absolutely gorgeous!! Love it! So nice to have wonderful people on the DIS...what a family we have on here. Corinna things are coming along well. Can't wait to see all your photos of the big day. So sad I will miss it!!

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Awww thank you!!! I do so love to play!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Awww thank you!!! I do so love to play!!

This is a dangerous statement to make . There is always room for an additional vow renewal magnet on my door you know.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

I had an email today that my ring box has shipped. They use economy shipping, but I should have my ring box by the middle of next week. I am so excited.

I also got some photos of the custom mug that I had done for our only male guest. I really like how this has turned out.

I am kind of torn about the whole wedding dress at the moment. I love the
one that I bought ages ago, but it is very low cut and does show off more
than I intend to show when I am sitting down. So I have been looking at
other dresses from Hong Kong and I found a few possibles that are somewhat more modest and better suited for church.

This would be my first choice, but it is not in stock in the size that I would need and they can't tell me when it will be back in stock.

http://waimanman.com/g8/goods.php?id=14

So, it is kind of between those three dresses:

http://waimanman.com/g8/goods.php?id=478

http://waimanman.com/g8/goods.php?id=93

http://waimanman.com/g8/goods.php?id=52

What do you think?

Corinna

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Corinna sweetie - My favourite is the slim one (third one down), but I couldn't wear it as I carry far too much weight around the stomach!!! They are all very pretty. I really love your original dress though!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

The more I think about it, the more I love this, too. I love all the diamantees and the shape just goes so well with the ocean theme. I have Spanx to smooth out the midriff a bit. With this dress I would have to decided between lace up or zip. I think zip would be more practical even though I normally prefer lace up.

I do still love the original dress, but I just looked at some photos of the sister dress that I wore for semi-formal night on the Panama Canal cruise and when I was sitting down, you could almost look to my belly button. I do not want to feel self-conscious all the way through the ceremony and the dinner.

I am absolutely useless. I woke up this morning with a complete feeling of horror. I don't know what triggered it, but I was suddenly convinced that I had given the wrong date for the ring box. I checked my emails and sure enough, it is saying 7th October 2011 instead of 9th October 2011. Fortunately they are relatively inexpensive so I just ordered a new one with the correct date.

Corinna

 

[dolphingirl47]

I was hoping that my new ring box would arrive today, but unfortunately no such luck. Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow.

In the meantime I have made a decision about the dress. In the end I did not go for any of the styles that I was considering. The more I was thinking about this, the more I loved this dress:

It was mainly the top that I loved. However, I am not exactly slim and the mermaid style just did not appeal to me. I suspect I am more princess than mermaid. This morning I was looking yet again at the website and was agonizing over this. I suddenly spotted a new dress and it was love at first sight:

So I went ahead and ordered this. It should be here within a week and I can't wait to try it on.

Corinna