Krismark's CS/WHR Wedding 10/26/2012 ~Final Update

[tinkerbell 766]

Kristen sweetie - oh I love that flower girl outfit!! It is a refreshing change from the normal, ultra-girly dresses, but so cute!!

 

[super_k0116]

Kristen sweetie - oh I love that flower girl outfit!! It is a refreshing change from the normal, ultra-girly dresses, but so cute!!

Thanks Joanne!

 

[super_k0116]

Ok, so our date has been changed and set and the wedding is a go for the 26th. We have an officiant booked and a photographer deposited on...er...that is...to say we did.

We had Reverend Jack Day scheduled as our officiant when we were having the wedding in June. After finally getting a reply from him about our change, it turns out he's unavailable. (insert sad panda...here) We also have booked Misty Miotto but after some soul searching and deliberating and looking at her photos over and over and over again, I just didn't feel like she was right for us. I recently sent off a message to her letting her know that we had a change of heart and wouldn't be needing her after all. Yes, I just ate about $400, but in the long run I think it will be for the best.

I have since found a photographer that has a style that is more to my liking and a price that doesn't get a spit take from me when I see it for the first time.

As for our officiant, we have booked (or so I think) Glynn Ferguson. I have to say that I liked him right off. On Sunday I put in a contact request on his site and he called me, not emailed an auto-response, but called me within 45 minutes of me clicking "enter." I was pretty surprised and delighted. He seems pretty open-minded to whatever we may want to do for the ceremony and actually laughed at a few of my terrible jokes about goat sacrifices (Halloween Ceremony joke, we don't really sacrifice them. We give them a stupid haircut and send him back into the pen to get made fun of by his goat friends).

The conversation went well and he said he would send me the info packet with ceremony options and whatnot. I thought he meant email, but I haven't gotten anything from him. So, I'm hoping it's coming via snail mail and will arrive any day now. I feel like a girl who went on a first date and am waiting for the guy to call her back.

So, that's it for now. T-minus 16 days until WTD.

Oh, yeah, I started a facebook group and an event page for our guests and so far about half have replied with "attending" or "maybe" and the the other half have not responded at all. I'm kind of frustrated by this and I know it is best to be patient but, come on, just about all of them for known about this for 10 months. Wouldn't they know some kind of answer by now?

Ugh, whiney diva moment....aaaaand I'm done.

 

[lilsqueakrr]

Hey, we're all allowed to have our whiney moments! =]

Girl, you're lucky you only had to eat $400. If I end up not wanting my photog, I'll be eatting $2050! Eep! I'd take the $400 over that anyday. lol. But I totally feel you on the photog stuff, I LOVED her work, but as of late it just seems off? Go with your gut! It's your best bet!

Can't wait to hear about your trip!

 

[super_k0116]

Hey, we're all allowed to have our whiney moments! =]

Girl, you're lucky you only had to eat $400. If I end up not wanting my photog, I'll be eatting $2050! Eep! I'd take the $400 over that anyday. lol. But I totally feel you on the photog stuff, I LOVED her work, but as of late it just seems off? Go with your gut! It's your best bet!

Can't wait to hear about your trip!

YIKES! Ok, yeah, eating $400 isn't so bad now. I guess you should go with your gut too. Afterall, these are pictures that anyone who couldn't be there will want to see and you'll want to show them to your kids and grandkids. Gotta make sure you'll like them forever and not look at them thinking they're so dated looking.

 

[super_k0116]

Ok, so I changed the title of the PJ so it's a bit less easier to search for. Could have gone with Markris but I think Krismark sounds like Bismark and I think a bismark is a kind of donut. So it wins.

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Kristen sweetie - Glad you have settled on a new photographer!! Are you willing to share who it is? I guess $400.00 is an (ouch) small price to pay for the peace of mind of knowing you are going to get wonderful pictures in a style you are happy with!!
Oh, and by the way, I love the new screen name!! Bismark may well be a doughnut, but it was also a huge German battle ship which was sunk during World War 2 (I think, but it could have been WW1 - so much for my knowledge of history)!!!

 

[super_k0116]

Kristen sweetie - Glad you have settled on a new photographer!! Are you willing to share who it is? I guess $400.00 is an (ouch) small price to pay for the peace of mind of knowing you are going to get wonderful pictures in a style you are happy with!!
Oh, and by the way, I love the new screen name!! Bismark may well be a doughnut, but it was also a huge German battle ship which was sunk during World War 2 (I think, but it could have been WW1 - so much for my knowledge of history)!!!

Sure, the photographer is Jennifer Werneth.

BTW Here is what I found for Bismarck:

The Doughnut

The Battleship

Otto Von Bismarck

And, last but not least, the state capital of North Dakota

<--- Requested by DD.

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Well done Kirsten sweetie!!! I must say that the doughnut looks like a normal jam filled doughnut to me

 

[tinkerbell 766]

PS. I forgot to say, I looked on your photographer's website. She does stunning work!!

 

[belle2211]

Sure, the photographer is Jennifer Werneth.

I love Jennifer Werneth! I have some friends that used her a year or two ago and loved her and she is one of the photographers I was looking at before I fell in love with Regina!

 

[super_k0116]

Well done Kirsten sweetie!!! I must say that the doughnut looks like a normal jam filled doughnut to me

I agree. I think that's all it is with powdered sugar for a coating. Guess we need fancy names for a plain dessert.

PS. I forgot to say, I looked on your photographer's website. She does stunning work!!

I love Jennifer Werneth! I have some friends that used her a year or two ago and loved her and she is one of the photographers I was looking at before I fell in love with Regina!

I'm pretty excited to be using her. Glad to hear that I'm getting two approvals.

 

[LuvLuvLuv]

congrats on booking jennifer! i love how bright her style is! i totally understand about your decision

yay about your officiant too!!

 

[super_k0116]

congrats on booking jennifer! i love how bright her style is! i totally understand about your decision

yay about your officiant too!!

Thanks. I guess we were both in the same boat when it came to photographers. At least you had enough sense to wait until your 16 month mark.

 

[super_k0116]

The last few days have been interesting. I had to get a medical test done today that I wasn’t happy to have to go through. Luckily, my mom took the day off from work to either watch DD while Mark came with me to the doctor or to come with me while Mark stayed home with the little one. Since Mark didn’t seem up to seeing me in any discomfort today (he’s seen plenty of it the last couple of years), he volunteered to stay home. I met Mom at the doctor and she can, just like any great mom, read me like a book and could tell I was pretty nervous and tense. She did the best she could by asking me questions about the wedding. It wasn’t until today that I realized how little we talk about the wedding or how much she doesn't listen to me.

She wanted to know what we were doing that was going to involve Disney for the wedding. I told her that I wasn’t too sure about how much Disney we’d do, leaning towards less is more. She then kind of chuckled and asked what the point was in having it in Disney if we weren’t going to make the wedding all Disney-fied? I kind of calmly snapped and told her to not bug me about that viewpoint right now and that Mark and I haven’t even figured out what we really want to do yet. More questions about floral, issues about saving money, which guests that have pre-RVSP’ed “yes” would probably not come after all (because that’s how a lot of people are, according to her). It took my mind off of it but still stressed me out. Tomorrow is 15 months until this all happens and I don’t think I need to figure it all out now.

The test went well. I still cried during it and am feeling the residual side effects, but the results should turn out on the good phone call side, not the “you have cancer” phone call.

Mark came home last night and, of course, I was up due to nerves and the concentrated chai tea I consumed to get myself out of a muscle relaxer funk that had lasted for 24 hours due to some lower back spasms thought to me kidney stones (only took one, little yellow pill to zombify me!). We chatted for a bit and he asked what I was looking at on the computer. It had to do with the wedding and I just said I was looking at stuff I’m not supposed to talk about. 12 more days! He reacted with, “Oh, I want tails or a long jacket that makes me look like I’m wearing a dress too...” What? Did he just open up the taboo box? At 12:45 in the AM? Ok then, let’s look at the build a tux app for Jim’s formal wear and see what we can find that you like dear.

About an hour later, we picked out a preliminary look for him and Dahn Ta Duh! we have locked in our wedding colors. I know, I know. But these are it, not allowed to change it anymore.

Aqua, Light Green and Antique Gold

It's not very autumnal or Halloween-y but Mark wasn't keen on wearing orange and brown that close to the holiday. Go figure. He loves Halloween but doesn't really want to look like we're having a straight up Halloween wedding. Kind of thought that's what he would want. Oh well that's what WTD will be for. He also asked if we could change all of our last names to Doofenshmurtz after we're married...

Nowhere to go but forward!

<----More of DD's additions

 

[lilsqueakrr]

Um I think Doofenschmurtz would be an amaze-balls last night! ;D

Love the color scheme.

Hope all is well with the dr. I know how nerve wracking that wait can be. Lots of pixie dust your way girlie.

Also, as far as the orange/brown thing goes..we're doing a Halloween-y wedding and our color scheme only has a smidgen bit of orange in it! =] It's totally do-able. But I do kinda love your new color schemes. Very soft and romantic!

No more Jack & Sally?

 

[super_k0116]

Um I think Doofenschmurtz would be an amaze-balls last night! ;D

Love the color scheme.

Hope all is well with the dr. I know how nerve wracking that wait can be. Lots of pixie dust your way girlie.

Also, as far as the orange/brown thing goes..we're doing a Halloween-y wedding and our color scheme only has a smidgen bit of orange in it! =] It's totally do-able. But I do kinda love your new color schemes. Very soft and romantic!

No more Jack & Sally?

Glad you like the last name idea. Sorry if I don't tell Mark you're on his side.

The new palette feels really fresh and it should look nice with both the Coronado Springs and WHR color schemes. Gonna try to keep some it Halloween-y and certainly going to keep Jack & Sally in some way. I'm still in loke with the cake I've designed (not ready to share it yet). It involves NBC, mainly the last scene of the movie and I think I don't have the heart to change it. So,in short, yes, Jack & Sally will still be around. After all aqua is about the color of Sally's skin.

 

[lilsqueakrr]

Glad you like the last name idea. Sorry if I don't tell Mark you're on his side.

The new palette feels really fresh and it should look nice with both the Coronado Springs and WHR color schemes. Gonna try to keep some it Halloween-y and certainly going to keep Jack & Sally in some way. I'm still in loke with the cake I've designed (not ready to share it yet). It involves NBC, mainly the last scene of the movie and I think I don't have the heart to change it. So,in short, yes, Jack & Sally will still be around. After all aqua is about the color of Sally's skin.

Woohoo! I cannot wait to see your cake design! I'm excited.
It's definitely a very fresh, soft, and romantic feel to your color scheme. Love.

 

[elleinad16]

Ok, first off: to Doofenshmirtz! That's too funny.
So, wow, I'm surprised that Mark broke the deal and decided to chat about wedding things early! But hey, it got you guys somewhere! I adore the new color scheme--It will look beautiful in CS. I'm so excited to see what else you guys come up with.

Wishing you are feeling and doing better soon!

 

[super_k0116]

Woohoo! I cannot wait to see your cake design! I'm excited.
It's definitely a very fresh, soft, and romantic feel to your color scheme. Love.

I'm still tweaking it and I need to redraw it. So excited for the design but I'm nervous someone will steal it and use it before we do. Sooo paranoid about this, it's kind of ridiculous.

Ok, first off: to Doofenshmirtz! That's too funny.
So, wow, I'm surprised that Mark broke the deal and decided to chat about wedding things early! But hey, it got you guys somewhere! I adore the new color scheme--It will look beautiful in CS. I'm so excited to see what else you guys come up with.

Wishing you are feeling and doing better soon!

Thanks Danielle! I just don't know. Kristen Doofenshmirtz does have a ring to it...

I was pretty surprised by it too but totally delighted. I'm going to try and be better about posting productive information.