Des & Mike's Wedding- Disney Wedding Pictures IN!!!!

[PrincessTinker11]

Well... you know how New Jersey-ians tend to be. I was born up in Livingston, but every time we moved we moved further and further "down the shore" lol. Actually, I lived in Howell for many years, and I had a season pass to GA!!! Are you in Jackson by chance? I went to Mon Don...... Eventually we settled in Bayville and then me and Mike lived in Toms River right next to the Seas Side Bridge...

Thanks ! We are getting reallt close to the wedding now! Best of luck with yours!

I live in TR very close to the bridge! Small world!!!

Yes, I live in Jackson on the Toms River border! lol Small world...I cannot wait for our wedding I do feel like it will be here before we even know it!

It is so crazy that all three of us live so close together! Crazy! lol

 

[dezilou82]

Hi!

Sorry…I have been a bad bride and no updates. Buttttt I have been reading/looking.

We have less than a month to go and I am in full bridal panic mode. I have to keep reminding myself not to spend 45 minutes of my life thinking and debating ribbon for favors, or the color wrapping paper for gifts lol

At any rate, I wanted to share with you the great wedding present Mike gave me…. Without further ado I introduce you to Mr. Winston!! He is a 1959 Austin Healey! Greatest present ever!!

Apparently Mike had hid him in our pole barn, which is just a fancy name for a very large shed. It was a great surprise. And to think, all I had for him was a book lol. The other guys at the party were like, thanks for upstaging us Mike.. lol

We have been having so much fun with him, driving him around town and into Pennsylvania- which has beautiful farm roads with lots of fall colors.


The week after we adopted Winston, I had my surprise bridal shower. It was a Mary Poppins theme party!! Wonderful time, beautiful gifts, but went by way too fast.

Ironically enough, I had secretly planned a MP tea party as well, for the day before the wedding. I had booked the patio at the GF, and had arranged for a traditional tea, complete with a visit from our leading lady. I went back and forth as to whether I would go forward with it, but I have decided that I am. I mean who doesn’t want to have an actual tea party with Mary in the most magical place on Earth?!!

In wedding news I am wrapping up all the wedding gifts for family/bridal party. I may have gone a tad overboard, but I think the presents are special and really unique so I can’t wait for them to open them! Its like Christmas… well its feels that way since literally every day, no exaggeration, I receive a package in the post. Mail lady thinks I am nuts, or a closet hoarder…


Here are the gifts so far:

Bridesmaids:
1. Their dress for the wedding
2. Hair and makeup wedding day
3. Alice in Wonderland makeup case
4. Personalized Disney Halloween wine glasses
5. Bride’s Entourage shirt- MOH got a Captain written on hers
6. Disney pirate shirt- we love pirates
7. Minnie inspired ceramic travel mugs
8. Dress hanger with peacock feather- those are my colors
9. Disney princess pen, sticky notes, paper clips
10. Red and white polka earrings- Minnie would be proud
11. Disney pj’s- we are having a sleepover the night before the wedding
12. Minnie water bottles

Special gifts:

MOH: her headpiece, a vase (the picture would explain better than I can) and the original Littler Mermaid fairy tale- it’s a compilation book and has all the originals. She loves her, and loves to read- very fitting

BM Court: Little mermaid inspired bracelet.. love it! I wanted one but restrained myself

MB Christine: Cinderella plack/tile with a saying about that infamous shoe- she loves Cinderella so perfect fit and cute to boot

Mom/MIL:
1. Hair and makeup wedding day
2. MNSSHP tickets
3. Minnie mouse inspired and personalized makeup case- filled with B&BW goodies
4. Custom made Disney flip flops
5. MOG/MOB shirts
6. Disney shirts
7. Disney PJ’s
8. Personalized Disney Halloween wine glasses
9. MOG/MOB hangers
10. Disney Halloween earrings
11. Minnie ears
12. Minnie bracelet- my mom
13. B& W polka dot tote bag for the plane- personalized
14. Wristlets for the day of the wedding

I want to either book a spa or a tour event as well. They have all done so much for us, and a destination wedding is not the easiest on people, so I want to give back and let them know we love them and appreciate them.

Special gift for my mom:

I found this bracelet and loved it! Hope she does too. I plan on putting a picture of me, then my mom and then my grandma

Special gift for my MIL:

I bought her a charm bracelet and will present her with a charm representing each special wedding event. So, I have a tea cup for the tea, Cinderella’s coach since I am arriving in it, Nemo charm, since the reception is at the LSS. I also have Minnie and a Mickey pumpkin head for the MNSSHP and an apple for Snow White since that is her favorite. I want to add either an air plane or a charm of the state of Florida, and maybe her, Mike’s and her late husband’s (mike’s dad) birthstones.

Groomsmen: Warning.. very boring gifts lol
1. Bow tie
2. Cummerbund
3. Shirt
4. Socks
5. Cufflinks

My brother (groomsman), My dad and Mike:
The vintage ringer tee’s- for the 40th anniversary

Flower Girl:

Ok.. I have a confession to make… ready… I went overboard lol- Who can resist with a site like Etsy, and a 5 year old girl who loves Disney? Well, certainly not this chickie.

I am sending her a gift in the mail about a week or so before the trip- well actually the package is from Minnie. I have a letter in their and all the goodies she needs to fly/get ready for her trip. I got her a Minnie t-shirt and bracelet and I had a small fabric back pack made with her name on it and filled it with Disney crafts- coloring books, puzzles, crayons, etc. Gotta love the Dollar Store.

Then, since we are doing welcome bags for the guests, I thought she should have her own welcome bag. The theme for the regular bags is Disney Halloween, since we are getting married the 21st. So I followed that theme for her bag.
1. Disney Halloween night gown
2. ‘’’’’’’’’’’’’ socks
3. ‘’’’’’’’’’’ bow
4. ……….. movie dvd
5. ‘’’’’’’’’’’’ t-shirt
6. Plush pumpkin shaped treat bag with her name on it
7. Mickey Frankenstein plush


Lastly, as a flower girl gift we got her her dress, FG hanger, shirt and I stumbled upon Disney pricness jewelry in JCPenney…. So I had to get it- its Cinderella earrings and a necklace.

Mike from Me:
1.Pixar’s art of animation book for Ratatouille- it’s our special movie

2.Secret/Surprse small wedding cake of Ratatouille

3.Our own “Adventure Book” from UP. I found it on Etsy and was able to personalize it. I will put some pictures of us in it and leave the rest blank for the journey ahead… queee gushy music

4.We are splitting up our trip between the GF and Poly- the latter part of the trip will be at the Poly and it will be just us. We are not going on a formal honeymoon probably till next spring/summer so I upgraded our room to a Club level for the 4 nights we are there!! So excited.


Ok……… I think that is it…………… phewwww now that I type it out its a lot of stuff… but like I said destination wedding are hard on people and I am just so happy that all the important people in my life will all be there!

More updates soon, I have my dress, welcome bag, tux, etc. So stay tuned

 

[virtuous girl]

All i can say is WOW!! Ur car is so cute... all the gifts u gave ur wedding party is just fabulous... i like the theme of ur tea party... Great job with everything keep the updates coming

 

[dezilou82]

All i can say is WOW!! Ur car is so cute... all the gifts u gave ur wedding party is just fabulous... i like the theme of ur tea party... Great job with everything keep the updates coming

Thanks! The car has been alot of fun Will keep the updates coming

 

[dezilou82]

I wanted to share my shoes and the shoe clip I bought. The colors for the wedding are peacock inspired- so my MOH is in Navy and the 2 BM's are in deep purple and dark teal. They will be carrying feather bouquets

 

[figmentfan814]

It was nice reading all of your updates. What a great surprise with the car! It looks like your shower was a lot of fun and what a great tie-in with your tea at GF. I am so excited to see the pictures! It sounds like you have put a lot of thought into all the gifts for your wedding party. Getting the gifts and putting together the welcome bags was one of my favorite things for our wedding. I love the bracelet for your mom and what neat idea for your MIL. It is nice that you have a good relationship with your MIL too, a lot of us are not so fortunate Finally, the shoes are beautiful too!

 

[dezilou82]

It was nice reading all of your updates. What a great surprise with the car! It looks like your shower was a lot of fun and what a great tie-in with your tea at GF. I am so excited to see the pictures! It sounds like you have put a lot of thought into all the gifts for your wedding party. Getting the gifts and putting together the welcome bags was one of my favorite things for our wedding. I love the bracelet for your mom and what neat idea for your MIL. It is nice that you have a good relationship with your MIL too, a lot of us are not so fortunate Finally, the shoes are beautiful too!

Thanks figmentfan! I was starting to think that no one reads this silly thing


I was really going back and forth about the tea party, but hopefully everyone will enjoy it.

Me too! The gifts and the bags have been so much fun, so much in fact that sometimes I would do that over more important things My MOH and BM's are coming over this weekend to assemble all the bags!! We are getting super close- we are down to like something like 18 days!!!!

I am very grateful we all get along. Both sides in fact. My mom and MIL even go out sometimes- all three of us go shopping, etc. together so I am very blessed for that. I know first hand how it is not to have family that you get along with/speak to. Both women are wonderful and I could not imagine a better in-law situation.


Thanks for reading!

 

[dezilou82]

We are getting down to last couple of weeks and I am in full panic mode!

I was away for the weekend for my bachelorette party and when I got home there were 10 boxes with my name on them. Since I have no sense of restraint when it comes to Minnie earrings or halloween socks, I ordered so much from Etsy they should pay me for being a walking billboard

I am super excited since my banner came in for the flower girl and I found out today that my brooch bouquet and head piece are being shipped tomorow!

Here is the link to the pictures of my bouquet :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theritzyrose/sets/72157627632511494/

I'm on

I used alot of my family/Mike's family pieces and had alot of fun scouting out local antique strores. I did overall gold, since I am wearing gold jewlery and my dress is champagne on gold. She put some feathers underneath since my girls are carrying feathers instead of flowers.

Some of the pieces may seem out of place, i.e the hockey pins in bright red but I never claimed to be "normal".

There are many that are so special to me, like the one with our dog emmy on their, a Jersey Girl pin since I used to live there, and there is even a crab representing our new home in MD. I was able to gather pieces from friends and family and love the fact that I can keep it forever.

In addition my head piece is done!!!! Yay!!!

It will be delivered by this weekend!

I went for my hair/makeup trial up here, just so I would be able to get a sense of how I want to do my hair. Since H&M are coming to my room at 4:45 in the morning.. I figured I would think about what I liked now, rather than trying to figure that out that morning.

In other news I still feel like I have so much to still do...........

 

[dezilou82]

Hi everyone!

Wanted to give some more updates.. updates make me feel productive and with 2 weeks till the wedding I am feeling un-productive and stressed

The marraige license paperwork is all done- we got a an e-mail from Rev. Jack so we are all good to go on that

I fininshed tweaking the ceremony and will be mailing it to him over the weekend. I added a poem from Mr. Roger's I hope it's not too kiddish....


It’s you I like,
Its not the things you wear
It’s not the way you do your hair
But its you I like
The way you are right now
The way down deep inside you
Not that the things that hide you
Not your diplomas
They’re just beside you
But its you I like,
Every part of you
Your skin,
your eyes, your feelings,
Whether old or new.
I hope that you'll remember
Even when you're feeling blue,
That it's you I like,
It's you yourself, it's you
It's you I like!

My BM's are coming down this weekend to help work on the few DIY projects I have- Welcome bags, reserved table signs, things like that. I am off on Monday for the holiday, so I plan on getting everything packed, that way I will done with that over a week in advance, and that gives me time to make sure I have not forgotten anything... which is tend to.... I am the family scatter brains

I still have to pick a song for me and my dad to dance to and fill out the DJ form for music.

I have the photogrpahy session this afternoon at 2- Miek can't make it but I think I can handle it

The list goes on and on but I am getting nervous just typing it all out

The boxes keep coming every day, cake knife set, ribbon wands, bride sign.. you name it... it appears on my door step... Mike just shakes his head

On a side note, at the very last minute I decided to have a surprise cake made for Mike from his favorite movie Ratatouille- it will take the place of the little cake we were getting for ourselves. We opted for a dessert bar for the guests, and were jsut getting a small cake for us so we can do the cutting.

I am super excited about it!!!!

Ok well, I probably should go back to work, or wedding work.... have a nice day!!

 

[dezilou82]

Ok that is fine- priority is fine- I just need it by Monday the absolute latest since we are getting on the plane the next day to leave for our wedding.
My brooch bouquet arrived yesterday but I was at work

Going to the post office and picking it up today.

All that needs to come now is my head piece!!

Getting close something like 18 days

 

[dezilou82]

Ok so we are 11 days out!!

I received my head piece yesterday and my brooch bouquet came in on Friday.

I picked it up at the post office, and I asked the lady to weigh it for me, to get an idea.... it was 7lbs!!!

Well when she found out what it was she asked if I would open it at the post office... I was like sure

So there I was on the floor of the post office opening my bouquet- all the ladies in the back room came out and were passing it around and asking me questions!



I have a few more details to work on... can you believe I have not picked a song to dance with my dad too??? Gaaaaa... well I have 11 days to decide

I did my welcome bags this weekend and will post some pictures- they are currently residing in my family room, which angers the dog for some reason- she keeps growling at them.

I am waiting on a few more things to come in the mail, like our favors- which are ornaments

Getting down to the wire!! Is it normal to dream about the wedding in your sleep?!?!?!?!

Well, have a great day everyone

 

[dezilou82]

hi

 

[virtuous girl]

11 DAYS!!! OH and ....

 

[dezilou82]

Thanks!!! I know total

 

[PixieDust1969]

I just read your whole PJ! WOW! Your wedding is going to be beautiful! Cannot wait to see pictures!

 

[dezilou82]

Ok... so my mom called me last night and she found out that my aunts who were taking my headpiece, dress, etc. have to leave their car unlocked and with the keys in it on the auto train

So they frantically called my mom, who called me and we are scrambling to now ship and somehow pack/carry on all my important items.

My mother in law who was having her friend, who is also taking the auto train, take down the feather bouquets she made- when she found out that the car had to be unlocked she went over to USPS to have them ship it down there. USPS would not ship feather bouquets for her.... they said they are too fragile!!! Weird! They are fake feathers glued together lol

As of right now, it looks like my dad will ship most of the items for me since he works for FEDEX and I will carry my dress on the plane with me

Very nervous to say the least. I called Southwest last night and they said if the stewardesses allow, I can hang my dress up in their coat closet, if not I have to lay it on top of the luggage in the overhead- and we are on a totally booked flight

Has anyone carried their wedding dress on a plane?


Oh well, I knew it was too good to be true that we had not had a minor catastrophe yet!


If this is the worst thing that could happen... its still a good day.

In other wedding news, I put together a timeline for the wedding party and sent that off.

Still deciding on a song to dance to my dad with... nothing like waiting till the week before

Here is what I have so far...

When you need me- Bruce Springstein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY2-hUoq3iQ


Aint that Love- Ray Charles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQOJ86qTLk



I will walk with you- John Fogerty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zjbxfEkBUA


My DF is dancing to "In my Life" the rendition by Bette Midler with his mom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siAVlUxpJXQ

Sigh... ok off to finish some work and get my hair highlighted

Have a nice day

 

[dezilou82]

I just read your whole PJ! WOW! Your wedding is going to be beautiful! Cannot wait to see pictures!

Thanks!!!

We are looking forward to the wedding, but are equally excited to sigh a big deep breath and have a vacation lol

 

[dezilou82]

I can not believe tomorrow is the last full day we have here in MD before the wedding! We leave Wednesday morning!!! OMG!

This past weekend flew by with lots of last minute things, like the ordeal of the welcome bags... sigh... glad when they are out of my hands in shoved in someone else's luggage. We are still doing last minute stuff, like ripping a cd of the ceremony music... sigh

We dropped off our dog in NJ to the baby sitter and now I am trying to squeeze all the extra wedding stuff into the luggage. We shipped down 8 boxes this morning.

I am hand carrying my dress on, which makes me nervous. My head piece and bouquet was shipped, some gifts and the MB feather bouquets are traveling down via car... yeah we opted for every mode of transportation to get our crap down there!

It will be a small miracle if everything arrives!

I am off tomorrow so going to get my nails and pedicure done- then I have set aside some time to write out all my special cards.. my parents, MOH, bridesmaids and of course Mike- good thing he is working so I can have a nice cry and a cup of tea by myself

I have lots of pictures to post, so I will try in the morning- but for now I am off to bargain with the luggage to let me please shove more crap in there

Have a nice night!!

 

[Jilian]

Have a safe trip! How exciting!!!

 

[princess_ariel_85]

have a safe and wonderful trip xx