Crown_Princess and Angrypenguin DFTW 03/30/2009-7/24 Update, MGM studios!

[pink_tink8i8]

thanks for sharing your BEO! It is so helpful for future brides

 

[Donald'sGirl]

I agree thank you for sharing your floral BEO with us!!

 

[Crown_princess]

Aww! I sort of stopped checking my pj for about a week bc I didn't think anyone was posting!

I was eating breakfast and thought, "Hm. I should check," and there you all were!

I'm glad the floral BEO is helpful. I also have pictures of our invitations to post, and a vase "guest book" that is super cool. Guess I should get posting again!

 

[2BoysMom]

Guess so...

 

[MiaBella05]

getting closer

 

[Crown_princess]

As if getting married at Disney World doesn't set DF and I apart from couples that my family and friends know, I WANTED to add something more.

So instead of a guest book, we are having a signature vase.

TAAAH DAHH!

This item cost me an even 50 bucks, after using this nifty site I found

http://www.retailmenot.com/view/theknot.com

It came with a special pen, black color. The guests sign, you back in the oven at 200 degrees, and this seals on and waterproofs the signatures!

I don't have a vase, and want one, so I killed two birds with one stone.
I don't think I would have ever taken out a guest book and read it. So this was a practical and exciting alternative!

It arrived in good time, in good condition, and in a nice box that will help me transport to FL. The box is not too thick for a suit case.

 

[CinderelliT]

You are getting so close now!! I just read your PJ all the way through, and every thing looks great. Your dress is gorgeous, and I love the colors of your flowers. I can't wait to see pics from the big day. Good luck and keep posting.

 

[camara381]

What an awesome guestbook!!!

 

[2BoysMom]

You are getting so close now!! Your dress is gorgeous, and I love the colors of your flowers.

Hey, wait a minute... have I seen the dress??? I thought you didn't post the dress, in case DF read your journal?

 

[Crown_princess]

Hey, wait a minute... have I seen the dress??? I thought you didn't post the dress, in case DF read your journal?

I could see how this would have been confusing!
It was a while ago and buried in an old post.

Here is the link to my photobucket, to view the dress. princess.

Can't post the pics here bc DF is a DISer too.

Be warned! I have no makeup on!

http://s404.photobucket.com/albums/pp129/Crown_princess_photos/

 

[2BoysMom]

I love the signature vase! It's different and something you will use after you're an old married lady. I like it.

In reference to your signature vase, I thought I would share what I did at my wedding. I copied something that my grandparents did when they got married in the 1920's. They had everyone sign a Champagne bottle. They kept that Champagne bottle throughout their whole marriage, which was over 50 years.

Here is my bottle:

And where it is stored in my china cabinet, next to my wedding china and our Eiffel Tower cake topper:

Not to highjack, just thought I would share since your vase reminded me of my wedding.

 

[2BoysMom]

I just got to see the dress. GORGEOUS! Really.

 

[Crown_princess]

I love the signature vase! It's different and something you will use after you're an old married lady. I like it.

In reference to your signature vase, I thought I would share what I did at my wedding. I copied something that my grandparents did when they got married in the 1920's. They had everyone sign a Champagne bottle. They kept that Champagne bottle throughout their whole marriage, which was over 50 years.

Here is my bottle:

And where it is stored in my china cabinet, next to my wedding china and our Eiffel Tower cake topper:

Not to highjack, just thought I would share since your vase reminded me of my wedding.

Wow! Thanks for sharing! That is such a great idea and a great story to tell people who come over and posterity.

 

[Crown_princess]

Future hubby picked up an expensive hobby but now I'll never need a professional photographer, unless he needs to be the one in FRONT of the camera.

Here are pics of the invitations.
They were from mygastby.com. They were about $350 for 25 and they threw in some extras. I know! Expensive.

One thing Kevin and I love about having a small wedding (guest count is dwindling down to about 35), is that we can spoil our guests. We are blessed to be able to pay for the wedding ourselves, and proud to spoil the few guest we have.
Sometimes I wish I had more guests to show off my gorgeous and expensive dress to, but it is what it is. And I am so excited that in less than 2 months we will see all of our planning and money pay off for a timeless experience!

I sometimes wonder if we should have cut more corners to save money. But at this point, there is no turning back. And I don't think I could have planned a better wedding, just a different one - that may or may not have cost less. So I am glad to be getting married at Disney, where I can't imagine being disappointed in the service, coordination, and quality.

That being said...

here are our invitations and a few other photos for fun.

We hand delivered as many invitations as possible during Christmas, to save on postage, and mailed the rest.
I was so shocked when we accidently mailed an invitation to Taiwan on two 56 cent stamps and it got there within a week to two weeks!!
One thing I love about these invitations is that every printed surface is thermography, and we designed them ourselves!

Randy took this one...

 

[Crown_princess]

Oh my gosh! I just spent over three hours on the computer emailing people about the wedding! I feel like this because it is my day off and I work on a computer 9+ hours a day as it is, and like this because I got so much done.

I had to email people about responsibilities, finish revising the ceremony, pick bible readings, send the readings to my friend, email the best man and let him know he is giving a toast, email the matron of honor with lists of information she needed, email the florist, email the planner. Ugh. Time for a nap.

 

[figmentfan814]

How special that you and DF were able to design your invitations, what a wonderful keepsake. I love the different colored envelopes for your invitations too!

Hopefully, things are still going smoothly. I know what you mean about getting stuck on the computer doing wedding stuff. Sometimes I would spend the entire day 12 or more hours after being at work all day and then going home to do newsletters, etc.

Any new updates?

 

[Crown_princess]

Yup!

Definitely new stuff to post!

I decided to take some steps to add flare to the wedding without having to pay the big $$. So I made a pomander for MOH in place of a bouquet, and made four little floral pieces to go in between the side and unit candles. After the ceremony, the little floral pieces will be moved to our sweetheart table.
The pomander will go on the cake table probably - to spruce it up.


I got my inspiration from another bride, jessesgirl-080708.
Thanks so much!!

They all turned out great.
I had never done silk floral arrangements before, except for a modernistic wreath I made for Thanksgiving.

The mickey pomander turned out bigger than I planned. Good thing is that MOH is tall so it shouldn't dwarf her.

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I bought all of the materials at Michael's.
For the pomander:
two smaller styrofoam balls, one larger
floral wire
hot glue gun with glue sticks
various silk floral
needle nose pliers with wire cutter
Ribbon

The tricky part is getting the wire thru the balls without it bending. Use the glue to reinforce the wire. Be advised that the tip of the glue gun and the glue may melt the balls slightly.
Shave off the bottom sides of the ball with a safety razor blade to enhance fit.
Cut floral with stems long enough to stick into balls and reinforce anything loose with glue.
Cut smaller pieces and glue close directly to balls to emphasize shape of mickey head, when doing floral between to ears at top of head.
Create loop of wire thru top of mickey head and reinforce with glue. Thread ribbon thru with handle. Trim ribbon.

I'm also going to add swrsk. crystals later.



On other news...
our guest count is down from the planned 50 to 30, including me and DF. We're okay with it, but it is a little disappointing to spend so much on a wedding for so few people. At the end of the day I'm sure we'll be glad we did, because it will be so memorable.

I added light pink table cloths to the sweetheart table and cake table, since I'm wearing an ivory gown and don't want to clash with the white cloths in our pictures.

Our free time is devoted to the fine details of coordination. The majority of the planning is done, but there are always little things that need to be done.

We ordered our rings!
We're supposed to get them on Monday. Yay!

MOH is awesome. She is doing the programs, tea party invites, and more. I'm so glad. At this point I'm exhausted and the wedding is so close. It's a big relief not to have to do those things.

 

[camara381]

I love the flowers. The pomander came out perfect, I would have never guessed they were silks!

You're getting so close I can't wait to see how everything turns out.

 

[WithDisneySpirit]

You did great on everything!!! I just love the pomander We had the same colors

 

[Mrsdisneyb2b]

I love the mickey pomander!! Its so beautiful! You did such a great job with everything!

Your dress is stunning by the way! And I am now on the crocs website lol... I know df will kill me but, Oh well, I need those comfy shoes now dont i?
I can't wait to keep reading!
~Jenny