Missy and Brandon's PJ 12/04/09 Fulton's- Wedding Day Report with PHOTOS!
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Flower girls dresses ordered, I should have them next week! I will also post pics of all the loot I got the kids this weekend.
Wedding weight loss is progressing, down 6 lbs, I'd love to lose another 15 before I have to find a seamstress to finish my dress. Mostly needs hem and bust work, maybe other stuff depending on how much I lose. I'm not sure what foundation garments I need yet, I don't want to buy a slip I don't end up using but I think I would like a bit more fullness in my dress.
3 months, 27 days!
Wedding weight loss is progressing, down 6 lbs, I'd love to lose another 15 before I have to find a seamstress to finish my dress. Mostly needs hem and bust work, maybe other stuff depending on how much I lose. I'm not sure what foundation garments I need yet, I don't want to buy a slip I don't end up using but I think I would like a bit more fullness in my dress.
3 months, 27 days!
Flower girl dresses arrived!!
Invitations arrived!!
Elements of kids table and welcome packets arriving!!
I hope to post photos of everything that has arrived today. I don't post enough pictures of things.
Also, I ordered this jewelry, I hope I like it when it comes:
Invitations arrived!!
Elements of kids table and welcome packets arriving!!
I hope to post photos of everything that has arrived today. I don't post enough pictures of things.
Also, I ordered this jewelry, I hope I like it when it comes:
happybratpack
<font color=green>Just Maryann :)<br><font color=b
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I just found your PJ and am loving all your ideas!
DisneyCookie24
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I just read through your PJ, and I love everything that you are planning. You have basically planned a wedding that I would love to have. I have been rolling with the idea about the S/D so far, and do like it, but I really like the idea about Fulton's and I have just emailed them to get more information! Now I don't know who I want to go with.... I am so bad at this, I just keep changing my mind soooo much! haha, guess that's ok, I am the bride after all. I just wanted to say thanks! I enjoy reading a non DFTW brides PJ since I know I wont be able to afford a DFTW myself....
Good Luck and Congrats!
Cookie
Good Luck and Congrats!
Cookie
Long time, no update!
SOO much has been going on. I traveled some for work, then work got really busy so my journal has been neglected.
Where to start...
I decided I didn't want to have to do my own centerpieces so I asked my wonder florist, Blossoms Orlando, for a quote and I liked it so she's doing them. Small potted pointsettias with some greenery.
I'm also debating on changing out the white roses in my bouquet for white anemones. Black centers? No other black in my wedding, should I stick with the roses?
I do not like the jewelry I ordered. I cannot decide what I want and it's frustrating me. I bought another necklace I don't like and considered ordering one from Etsy but don't want to waste the $$ again if I don't like it.
15 pounds lost so far and going strong.
Booked a private dessert party the night after the wedding for all the friends that are coming down. Can't WAIT for this! I will post the budget for it later.
Invites have been sent. Our count is at 24 adults + 4 kids so far. With another 12 maybes. They have 3 weeks to decide! This is a few people less than what I planned for, which means I'm under budget....well, not really, I'm reallocating funds to other areas.
I sent 2 boxes of wedding things with my in-laws on their annual trek down to sunny Florida, less I have to worry about later.
Appointment for dress alterations has been made, that will happen in the next 2 weeks.
More later!!
SOO much has been going on. I traveled some for work, then work got really busy so my journal has been neglected.
Where to start...
I decided I didn't want to have to do my own centerpieces so I asked my wonder florist, Blossoms Orlando, for a quote and I liked it so she's doing them. Small potted pointsettias with some greenery.
I'm also debating on changing out the white roses in my bouquet for white anemones. Black centers? No other black in my wedding, should I stick with the roses?
I do not like the jewelry I ordered. I cannot decide what I want and it's frustrating me. I bought another necklace I don't like and considered ordering one from Etsy but don't want to waste the $$ again if I don't like it.
15 pounds lost so far and going strong.
Booked a private dessert party the night after the wedding for all the friends that are coming down. Can't WAIT for this! I will post the budget for it later.
Invites have been sent. Our count is at 24 adults + 4 kids so far. With another 12 maybes. They have 3 weeks to decide! This is a few people less than what I planned for, which means I'm under budget....well, not really, I'm reallocating funds to other areas.
I sent 2 boxes of wedding things with my in-laws on their annual trek down to sunny Florida, less I have to worry about later.
Appointment for dress alterations has been made, that will happen in the next 2 weeks.
More later!!
MainStMandy
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Everything sounds great!! Are you getting excited? You are so close!!
Vendor reviews and some photos can be found in this thread: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2355472
I'm not going to do a full trip report but I will give as much detail about the wedding day as I can. If you would like to see my Snapfish album with many more photos, just let me know and I will send you the link.
I came to terms very early in the day that we were not going to get married outside on Fulton's Third Deck overlooking Downtown Disney. I couldn't let the weather ruin my day. It's about the only thing you can't control.
Randy called at about 2:30 when I was about to put on my dress to say that he was early and he rushed to the room to take some photos and set up a first look for us, which was quite nice of him.
Once we took a few photos outside of our room, we waited the arrival of the limo (late limo!) and met Randy up by the lobby of Old Key West so we could take some photos with their Christmas decor. He also took some creative shots with this old bicycle.
We hightailed it over to Fulton's. I wanted to wait for Randy so he could get photos of us getting out of the Limo and stuff but it was just pouring so when we got to DtD we just RAN to Fulton's. Though the Limo driver was late, he did his best to get us as close to Fulton's without driving on the sidewalks as possible. It was still a far run in the rain in a wedding dress! I unfortunately do not have photos of the sprint in the dress!
Once we arrive on the third deck (after hearing little girls whisper to their mothers about princesses on the boat!) I saw this:
Fulton's did SUCH a nice job setting up the other room for our ceremony. I'm so happy they didn't re-book that room after they had a cancellation. They even provided the aisle runner. I hadn't thought of those things! They also placed my reception flowers around the room. The space was very warm and inviting.
You can kind of tell what the weather was like in that photo. It was the crappiest day of the week.
After the short ceremony was over we went right into open bar and appetizers.
While my new husband and I and Randy wandered around Fulton's trying to find dry spots outside that were picture worthy. We found a few.
Randy thought it would be great to get some shots where we wanted to get married with an umbrella. Nice shots and we got a lot of them, but it was RAINING. A LOT!
Fulton's had the Lounge setup with 4 tables for guests, sweetheart table in the middle across from the bar, cake table on an angle in one corner and the caricature artist in the opposite corner. I can't find any good pictures of everything but here is one with the two tables nearest the sweetheart table. The cake is to Randy's back in this photo.
Randy stole our Rings for a bit and here is what he did with them while they were gone.
Randy kept his eye on the weather and when the rain stopped he took us back out for some great night photos.
And fun shots!
The caricature artist and cake were a huge hit.
We started the ceremony a little late because of weather delays in some guests that were mobility challenged. Because of that the whole time line in my head was off. Tyler at Fulton's kept reminding me that we had a cake to cut and a champagne toast to take care of. They kept us right on track the whole time.
My only complaint about Fulton's is their propensity to serve extra food to the kids. They asked the 9 year old boy if he wanted more crab legs, of course he would say "Sure!" and of course they charged extra for them. His sister couldn't decide between the mac and cheese and something else, so they brought her both? I don't think that a restaurant who has made an agreement with people should offer things that weren't previously discussed with the person paying the bill. It didn't throw off my budget much, but that's not the point.
Overall, my wedding was WONDERFUL. The best decision I made was going away from DFTW. I couldn't bring myself to tell people they couldn't come because I could only have 23 guests especially if they were able to make the trip. And I couldn't afford the Wishes minimums.
I would have loved to have more opportunity to take photos with Randy outside of Fulton's, particularly the giant Christmas tree right in the front and a few in other areas around Downtown Disney, but that just wasn't in the cards. I still got my photo in front of the Lego Lizard by proxy.
I'm not going to do a full trip report but I will give as much detail about the wedding day as I can. If you would like to see my Snapfish album with many more photos, just let me know and I will send you the link.
I came to terms very early in the day that we were not going to get married outside on Fulton's Third Deck overlooking Downtown Disney. I couldn't let the weather ruin my day. It's about the only thing you can't control.
Randy called at about 2:30 when I was about to put on my dress to say that he was early and he rushed to the room to take some photos and set up a first look for us, which was quite nice of him.
Once we took a few photos outside of our room, we waited the arrival of the limo (late limo!) and met Randy up by the lobby of Old Key West so we could take some photos with their Christmas decor. He also took some creative shots with this old bicycle.
We hightailed it over to Fulton's. I wanted to wait for Randy so he could get photos of us getting out of the Limo and stuff but it was just pouring so when we got to DtD we just RAN to Fulton's. Though the Limo driver was late, he did his best to get us as close to Fulton's without driving on the sidewalks as possible. It was still a far run in the rain in a wedding dress! I unfortunately do not have photos of the sprint in the dress!
Once we arrive on the third deck (after hearing little girls whisper to their mothers about princesses on the boat!) I saw this:
Fulton's did SUCH a nice job setting up the other room for our ceremony. I'm so happy they didn't re-book that room after they had a cancellation. They even provided the aisle runner. I hadn't thought of those things! They also placed my reception flowers around the room. The space was very warm and inviting.
You can kind of tell what the weather was like in that photo. It was the crappiest day of the week.
After the short ceremony was over we went right into open bar and appetizers.
While my new husband and I and Randy wandered around Fulton's trying to find dry spots outside that were picture worthy. We found a few.
Randy thought it would be great to get some shots where we wanted to get married with an umbrella. Nice shots and we got a lot of them, but it was RAINING. A LOT!
Fulton's had the Lounge setup with 4 tables for guests, sweetheart table in the middle across from the bar, cake table on an angle in one corner and the caricature artist in the opposite corner. I can't find any good pictures of everything but here is one with the two tables nearest the sweetheart table. The cake is to Randy's back in this photo.
Randy stole our Rings for a bit and here is what he did with them while they were gone.
Randy kept his eye on the weather and when the rain stopped he took us back out for some great night photos.
And fun shots!
The caricature artist and cake were a huge hit.
We started the ceremony a little late because of weather delays in some guests that were mobility challenged. Because of that the whole time line in my head was off. Tyler at Fulton's kept reminding me that we had a cake to cut and a champagne toast to take care of. They kept us right on track the whole time.
My only complaint about Fulton's is their propensity to serve extra food to the kids. They asked the 9 year old boy if he wanted more crab legs, of course he would say "Sure!" and of course they charged extra for them. His sister couldn't decide between the mac and cheese and something else, so they brought her both? I don't think that a restaurant who has made an agreement with people should offer things that weren't previously discussed with the person paying the bill. It didn't throw off my budget much, but that's not the point.
Overall, my wedding was WONDERFUL. The best decision I made was going away from DFTW. I couldn't bring myself to tell people they couldn't come because I could only have 23 guests especially if they were able to make the trip. And I couldn't afford the Wishes minimums.
I would have loved to have more opportunity to take photos with Randy outside of Fulton's, particularly the giant Christmas tree right in the front and a few in other areas around Downtown Disney, but that just wasn't in the cards. I still got my photo in front of the Lego Lizard by proxy.
happybratpack
<font color=green>Just Maryann :)<br><font color=b
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your posting your experience at Fultons. It's help settle my mind about having it there.
It stinks about the rain but it really looks like you had a great day otherwise!
It stinks about the rain but it really looks like you had a great day otherwise!
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