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[BethanyMouse]

Just catching up on your pj! Congrats on your engagement! I have really enjoyed reading about all of your plans and I love your ideas. You bridal gown is beautiful! Thanks so much for posting, I cant wait to hear more!

 

[cseca]

I also got Kris’ gifts this weekend. I ended up getting him some cufflinks and a shirt. Ironically he is a guy that will wear cufflinks with suits on a regular basis, so I figured they were a good investment. I got him University of Michigan ones because that’s where we met. I found them online for over $100 and then I went to Ann Arbor where the main campus is located I got them for only $55!

Love the bottle labels!! What a great idea...
And GO BLUE!!!!! (sorry... can't help myself... )

 

[figmentfan814]

Hi are you going to post pictures of your bridesmaides dresses?
I would love to see them!!

I can't save the picture because it is one of those interactive sites, but here's the link:
http://www.marysbridal.com/modernmaids/m1546.htm

 

[figmentfan814]

Love the bottle labels!! What a great idea...
And GO BLUE!!!!! (sorry... can't help myself... )

We're walking into the reception to the fight song! Too bad, some members of our wedding party went to Ohio State, Purdue, and Michigan State (although Kris and I both got our master's degrees at MSU.)

 

[cseca]

We're walking into the reception to the fight song! Too bad, some members of our wedding party went to Ohio State, Purdue, and Michigan State (although Kris and I both got our master's degrees at MSU.)

WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!
That is awesome
Wish I could be there to see it...

 

[OceanGdss]

Love the garter Unfortunately its for the wrong team...it should look a little more like mine:

Just kidding!! Love the PJ

 

[figmentfan814]

Love the garter Unfortunately its for the wrong team...it should look a little more like mine:

Just kidding!! Love the PJ

No comment J/K I think it's so cool how you can get all the different university ones!

 

[lpizzuro123]

I was just at the Disney store at my local mall and all their snowglobes are 50% off and I have a coupon for an extra 15% on top of that. I am pretty sure you are the bride that is using the snowglobes for your centerpieces. I am pretty sure you had listed some info earlier in your thread but I was wondering how you are setting them up on the tables and what Disney is charging you to use your own stuff. Our ceremony is at ADH and I am hoping they are round tables and the snowglobes would look great. I seem to remember that you needed to put some floral around them also.

Also, what are you doing about giving them away. We will probably have 6 or 7 tables. Our first phone planning session is scheduled for 2/18 and I am sure they will be off sale by then.

Looking forward to hearing from you when you get a minute.

Thanks,
Linda

 

[figmentfan814]

I was just at the Disney store at my local mall and all their snowglobes are 50% off and I have a coupon for an extra 15% on top of that. I am pretty sure you are the bride that is using the snowglobes for your centerpieces. I am pretty sure you had listed some info earlier in your thread but I was wondering how you are setting them up on the tables and what Disney is charging you to use your own stuff. Our ceremony is at ADH and I am hoping they are round tables and the snowglobes would look great. I seem to remember that you needed to put some floral around them also.

Also, what are you doing about giving them away. We will probably have 6 or 7 tables. Our first phone planning session is scheduled for 2/18 and I am sure they will be off sale by then.

Looking forward to hearing from you when you get a minute.

Thanks,
Linda

Hi Linda,
You are absolutely correct I am the snowglobe bride Check out pg. 5 of my journal for pictures.

We are have the snowglobes put up on square glass blocks (not all of them are going to be raised, only the shorter ones) then they will have ivy around that with sprinkled petals around. We are also have 3 votives on each table.

The blocks are $5 each, the votices are $7.50 (for 3- $2.50 each), and the petals and ivy are around $18 for the smaller tables. We could have cut down on the floral or the votives, but we decided to keep them.

As far as giving them away, I am only allowing people who are helping with the wedding to pick one to take. The rest of them I figured I will keep and then sell them on eBay or give them away. I don't think we'll have a problem with people taking them because most people will assume they are from Disney and that they are not mine.

 

[lpizzuro123]

Thanks so much for answering. I reread your entire report last night. We received our signed contract and vouchers for our Annual Passes yesterday in the mail - and I made my DF take a picture just like yours - holding the vouchers.

The snowglobe idea is great and we are definately considering it.

We were also checking out photographers websites last night and of course I showed my DF Randy's site. I also showed him your engagement pictures that Randy took and he said "lets get these done too" - yaaaaaaaaah. I also showed him the book you are going to use for your guest book and he really liked that idea so I will get one made and hopefully use that as our guest book. How long were you with Randy for your shoot - you got so many great pictures and I love that you did a wardrobe change in the middle and a change of location.

I was also wondering what your final picks for your brunch are. We are also planning on a Tinkerbelle Brunch but in ADH - not Ariels. We checked out Ariels on our site visit and we really love that place but we will probably be having between 50 and 60 people and we thought ADH would be a better choice.

Thanks so much for your whole planning journal - it has really been a big help to both me and I am sure most brides on this site.

Linda

 

[figmentfan814]

Thanks so much for answering. I reread your entire report last night. We received our signed contract and vouchers for our Annual Passes yesterday in the mail - and I made my DF take a picture just like yours - holding the vouchers.

The snowglobe idea is great and we are definately considering it.

We were also checking out photographers websites last night and of course I showed my DF Randy's site. I also showed him your engagement pictures that Randy took and he said "lets get these done too" - yaaaaaaaaah. I also showed him the book you are going to use for your guest book and he really liked that idea so I will get one made and hopefully use that as our guest book. How long were you with Randy for your shoot - you got so many great pictures and I love that you did a wardrobe change in the middle and a change of location.

I was also wondering what your final picks for your brunch are. We are also planning on a Tinkerbelle Brunch but in ADH - not Ariels. We checked out Ariels on our site visit and we really love that place but we will probably be having between 50 and 60 people and we thought ADH would be a better choice.

Thanks so much for your whole planning journal - it has really been a big help to both me and I am sure most brides on this site.

Linda

I just realized that you're getting married on my parent's 30th anniversary, so that will definitely be a great day!

Thank you for taking time to read through my entire journal I just started printing it off to put away and save as a journal of my wedding plans and was surprised how massive it has become

I'm glad that you were able to get a pictures with the passes I am a big scrapbooker, so I always have to document everything. It has helped a lot with my journal too!

Randy was really great for our engagement shoot, I was so glad that we were able to meet him before the actual wedding. Plus, I was being pushed around in a wheelchair since I still wasn't walking that great at the time and he even helped carry some of our stuff.

We had around 2 hours time with him for the shoot. It's hard to say exactly see it was broken up with travel from the Polynesian to Wilderness Lodge. We just let him know in advance that we wanted to change clothes and it wasn't a big deal. I'm really excited that I found a way to reuse the pictures in the guestbook plus I'm going to use it as one of my coffeetable books afterwards. So, have you officially booked Randy yet?

Thanks again for keeping up on my posts

 

[twiu]

Your wedding is soooo close!!!! You ready? You excited? huh? Huh?

Good luck and can't wait to hear all about it!!!!

 

[lpizzuro123]

One more quick question - what did you end up picking for your brunch? Your tasting session looked great. I can't wait till we go to ours - which will be this May.

Linda

 

[Kristen14]

I love the cuff links and the garter!

Although the gator one is yucky

 

[caryndisneydiva]

i just read that you are having figment centerpieces at your dp? that is so cool! how did i miss that, i can't wait to see pics!

 

[disneediva]

Just loving your report!

 

[figmentfan814]

One more quick question - what did you end up picking for your brunch? Your tasting session looked great. I can't wait till we go to ours - which will be this May.

Linda

Let's see if I can remember this from memory (I'll check for mistakes later tonight if I get a chance).

It's an adaption of the Tinkerbell brunch.

Pre-reception:
Fruit display
Cheese display

Buffet:
Omlete Bar- in addition to everything normally offered we added some other cheeses and sausage (our family likes spicey things)
Bacon
Sausage
AuGratin Potatoes (recipe from Cinderella's Royal Table)
Chicken Breast with Fig Au Jus (I thought this would be gross, but I loved it!)
Chicken Caesar Pasta (recipe from Crystal Palace)
Crepe station with oranges, bananas, chocolate (& we added peaches)
Pastry Display

Signature Drink- passion fruit, orange, and pineapple? (this combination might be wrong, but it was quite yummy)

We're also having an assortment of other juices along with coffee and tea.

Cake-
Carrot with cream cheese filling
Orange with orange filling
Chocolate with peanut butter cup filling

Dessert Party-
Child in You menu

 

[figmentfan814]

I love the cuff links and the garter!

Although the gator one is yucky

Go Blue!

 

[figmentfan814]

i just read that you are having figment centerpieces at your dp? that is so cool! how did i miss that, i can't wait to see pics!

I'm really excited to see how the DP turns out. We also are having some Figment napkins printed and added purple and orange cloths under the centerpieces.

 

[figmentfan814]

Just loving your report!

Thank you, it's starting to get pretty long, so I'm glad some people are hanging in there reading it!