Tammy & Randy's Wishes VR:7/14/10~WP/Napa/France-PROF PICS!!!!!

[padisneyfour]

Have fun at your PS!!!

Lucky Duck! Have a fabulous trip. Hope your PS and Hair/makeup trial go well!

I'm so jealous. I'm stuck here in the cold snow and you get to be in Disney! Any room in your suitcase?

Thanks ladies! The trip was awesome in so many ways! we got home last night about midnight before the snow!

Had a wonderful hair and make up trial with Patricia- she is so fun and easy to work with!
the PS with meri was great- loved tasting the cakes!!! met with floral and actually got our floral beo two days later in email, so it was fast but ours is pretty simple.

met up with my friend and her DH several times and had a blast- she spoiled my dds and me!

got to see a jim shore and got figure signed,,,,,

did mickeys christmas party- loved the cookies and hot cocoa! the lights and decorations were so pretty everywhere!

had a DP that was awesome with some friends!

had tea at GF garden view! It was wonderful!!!!

used the book before you leave deal and got the HM suite at wilderness lodge for two days club level at 45% off!That was my splurge!

Had lots of yummy, food, fun and loads of pics! more to come after I unpack.

 

[not_Joanna_eggs]

Thanks ladies! The trip was awesome in so many ways! we got home last night about midnight before the snow!

Had a wonderful hair and make up trial with Patricia- she is so fun and easy to work with!
the PS with meri was great- loved tasting the cakes!!! met with floral and actually got our floral beo two days later in email, so it was fast but ours is pretty simple.

met up with my friend and her DH several times and had a blast- she spoiled my dds and me!

got to see a jim shore and got figure signed,,,,,

did mickeys christmas party- loved the cookies and hot cocoa! the lights and decorations were so pretty everywhere!

had a DP that was awesome with some friends!

had tea at GF garden view! It was wonderful!!!!

used the book before you leave deal and got the HM suite at wilderness lodge for two days club level at 45% off!That was my splurge!

Had lots of yummy, food, fun and loads of pics! more to come after I unpack.

Welcome Home Tammy! Glad to hear your trip went well, sounds like a blast! How cool that your Jim Shore piece is signed now, it makes it even more special! And way to go on the splurge! Sounds like a great deal.

So glad your hair trial went well, Patricia is great isn't she!

 

[padisneyfour]

Joanne, thanks. It was a fun trip! I am excited about the HM suite at the WL. dds are already counting days until we go back.....



OK our floral is pretty basic. petals in aisle, swagging along sides in wp,6 gel cylinders on altar and then moving them to dp with lights. staged exit with loose rose petal toss. colored runners for guest tables w/confetti ,serving set, petals on sweetheart table and cake table. I made centerpieces and personal florals so didn't need those. BEO was under $700.00. I had figured/budgeted for $1000.00 so I was happy. more to come....


BRIDAL GOWN COLOR: Ivory BRIDE
BOUQUET Bride to provide all personal silks.

CEREMONY Bride to provide sand ceremony elements.
1 Scatter bright yellow and red (Mickey colors) rose petals on the altar table. 1 15.00 $15.00
25 Guests (including 3 9" Cylinders filled with yellow gel and submerge black Mickey head confetti in the gel (add LED lights at desserts) 3 6.00 $18.00
2 infants) 3 9" Cylinders filled with red gel and submerge black Mickey head confetti in the gel (add LED lights at desserts) 3 6.00 $18.00
Scatter on altar table.
1 Scatter ivory rose and shades of blue delphinium petals down both sides of the aisle from the first to last pew. 1 250.00 $250.00
Put a swag point at rows 1/3/6/9/11 with a bow.
6 #338 Antique blue satin ribbon bow for the swag point at rows 1/6/11. 6 12.50 $75.00
4 #315 Navajo turquoise satin ribbon bow for the swag point at rows 3/9. 4 12.50 $50.00

Rental Equipment


STAGED EXIT: Red rose petals loose in a basket. 21 2.50 $52.50

MOVE CEREMONY FLORAL TO DINNER: YES see below*
Total Rental Equipment: $0.00 $0.00
QTY COST
DINNER Bride to provide and set centerpieces.
Sweetheart Table 3 Scatter multi colored Mickey head confetti on each of the guest rounds (not the sweetheart)
3 Rounds Bags of confetti: 2 6.00 $12.00
1 Scatter golden yellow rose and dark blue delphinium petals on the sweetheart table. 1 15.00 $15.00

LINENS Resort to provide ivory standard cotton floor length table linens.
1 Light blue solid cotton table runner (for the Cinderella themed table) 1 4.50 $4.50
1 Red solid cotton table runner (for the Pirate themed table) 1 4.50 $4.50
1 Orange solid cotton table runner (for the Toy Story themed table) 1 4.50 $4.50
1 90x90 Round periwinkle (matches serene - could switch to a royal) blue overlay for the sweetheart table. 1 11.00 $11.00


CAKE NO Mad Hatter - No fresh floral
CAKE TABLE YES Scatter golden yellow rose and dark blue delphinium petals on the cake table. 1 15.00 $15.00
Disney's Fairytale Wedding Cake Knife and Server set 1 55.00 $55.00

DESSERT PARTY 6 Transfer the gel cylinders from the ceremony to the dessert party and place 1 per round adding LED lights to 6 6.00 $36.00
4 Cocktail each cylinder
2 Highboy Epcot to provide black standard cotton table linens.

 

[padisneyfour]

ok I posted a floral BEO, we also decided on a two tier mad hatter cake. bottom layer will be almond with bavarian , top will be chocolate with raspberry.

I have been working on getting invites together.Have the mock up done but starting pieces of actual invite now. when we were at MK we ate at CRT, there was cinderella coach confetti spread on the tables.....I asked our waitress for a handful and she gave me some. I plan on adding a few pieces in each invitation. more to come....

 

[Pirate's Princess]

Thanks for posting the BEO. They are always so helpful. Glad to hear you can keep the floral budget low. That's what I plan to do.

 

[Dr.Cinderella]

Hi, your plans look great so far! I was wondering if you could send me the banquet menus for the California Grill if you have them? I am looking for lunch and dinner ones, but they arent on the Magical Kingdoms website anymore. Thanks!
Marissa

 

[Ann117]

I am glad you had fun on planning trip cant wait to see pictures!

 

[padisneyfour]

will start a condensed version of our dec trip. This was our first trip during the holidays to see the decorations and for dd Amandas birthday along with our PS. It turned out to be a very busy trip.....

we left home as soon as we could on tuesday dec 8 because of storm coming up from south (pittsburgh- where we were flying from) It is roughly a three hour trip to airport from home we left that night and planned to stay overnight near airport to make wed am alittle easier-our flight was at 7:55 am...no problem getting to pgh at all and security in am was a breeze! go figure anyway we were off and on our way. we planned to meet my girlfriend at the resort once we arrived.

we got to orlando and CSR resort easily using ME and sure enough my girlfriend and her dh met us there. when we got off the ME people must have wondered, we hadn't seen each other in about 5 years so it was alot of hugging and kissing etc.. her husband drives for the ME , but he was off for the day. not only did we get to see her but another friend from high school had also come to wdw and got in touch with her so him and his wife came too!so now there were 8 of us carrying luggage through CSR.

the resort was beautiful.our room was newly redone and near the quiet pool. we were on the ground floor corner room and the pool was right outside our door! after a quick change etc we all headed to the bus stop and then on to epcot.....

after arriving at epcot, we hit nemo at living seas and then soaring, test track etc grabbed a quick bite and then headed to world showcase to walk around before dp party.....here are some food shots from the dp

There was a special holiday edition of illuminations that night. they added a section to the song "let there be peace of earth" I think thats the title. I love that song.... more to come....

 

[padisneyfour]

After this first day, we spent multiple days in the parks.... riding, eating and admiring the decorations..... we had breakfast at 1900 and CRT. we had our PS, my hair trial and MVMCP. we ate at T Rex and rainforest cafe. I won't bore everyone with all the details but I will post various pics and highlights...... oh and not to forget the alligator..... he/she was in the lake at CSR. The bell man told us they let them stay there until they reach about 3 ft in length and then they are removed....

 

[padisneyfour]

CSR is very pretty resort but big! It can be quite a hike to a bus stop if your room is in a certain area..... its set up similar to CBR but rooms are nice.The beds/pillows were so comfy and big!

for those who want to see... we were on the TTA when space mountain was experiencing difficulty.... here are some pics from inside space mountain....my dh thought it was pretty cool not something you see everyday.....

ok here are a few more.... we went to 1900 park fare for breakfast sat am... for an early bday. she has always liked pooh. when pooh was walking around he saw her eating gummy bears. he stopped and pointed, covered his month , shook his head and started to wipe his eyes like he was crying then he held out his paw pointing for her to put the gummy bears in his paw. she did and the he was throwing them at the mad hatter!.... here is a picture of her and pooh "making up" after he took all her gummy bears....it was quite the breakfast.....
more to come.....

 

[padisneyfour]

I had tried to get a ressie at TREX before we left but couldn't so one night at DTD we just went and asked and got it. It is basically like the rainforest cafe
( owned by same company) but with dinosaur twist. the food was great and there seemed to be alittle more selection than at rainforest. here are some pic. Its a neat place and you can stuff your own toy a dino......like build a bear. there was a sea room( where we sat) an ice age room and a few others I am not sure of.....more to come!

 

[padisneyfour]

Today we got a confirmation booklet for the HM suite at the WL!
This will be our first time staying at WL and Club level so I am excited even if it is just for a couple days.....

 

[pezaddict231]

Great job on keeping the floral costs low! Glad to hear you had a good time at the PS and at Disney. I've always wanted to go for Christmas, so it's fun to look at other's pics. TRex looks really cool, we'll have to check it out soon.

Congrats on booking your room! That is an awesome deal!

 

[padisneyfour]

Sara, thanks for reading.....this was our first christmas /holiday trip too and I enjoyed it. It was pretty!
the bounce back offer was nice- we had never used it before but figured I would call and see what the $ ran. The first call I asked about GF and I was quoted a price for garden view- I just thought it seemed like alot so the next day I called about the WL and the price for the HM suite was just a little more w/taxes etc than the GF so figured why not splurge. In the grand scheme of things its only a small piece.... it is starting to seem more real now.....

 

[padisneyfour]

Our invites are offiicially done! Didn't have too many to make but figured if my printer was ever going to not work it would be when I started to print things out....but worked fine!
invite mock up

inside (though I changed the gold ribbon at top to a blue)

on the little mickey I put one name on each ear and then monogram on largest circle w/date-sort of our hidden mickey. I plan on sending out in mid march or so since everyone already knows the basic information.


next up is booking a tea at the GF.... when I was there earlier this month I spoke to our waitress and she suggested I give her the info(date/number etc) along with my contact info and she would pass it on, which I did and then for me to call after beginning of new year- 180 day mark.....

 

[not_Joanna_eggs]

Tammy - I'm so behind! Looks like your PS trip was really fun! I so want to go when it's all decked out for the holidays. It looks so pretty! Maybe next year...

T-Rex looks nice, I'll have to put that on my list.

Way to go on the floral budget! That's amazing! But don't tell my DF... he'll want me to cut mine then

And yay for the WL suite that will be so fun. The GF is nice, but really expensive - that's why we're doing our free night there! I really want to try the WL someday, it looks so nice. I'm jealous.

And your invites are way cute. I'm totally impressed. I would not have the patients to make those - they're awesome! Your guests are so lucky.

 

[pezaddict231]

great job on the invites! They came out beautiful!

 

[padisneyfour]

Tammy - I'm so behind! Looks like your PS trip was really fun! I so want to go when it's all decked out for the holidays. It looks so pretty! Maybe next year...

T-Rex looks nice, I'll have to put that on my list.

Way to go on the floral budget! That's amazing! But don't tell my DF... he'll want me to cut mine then

And yay for the WL suite that will be so fun. The GF is nice, but really expensive - that's why we're doing our free night there! I really want to try the WL someday, it looks so nice. I'm jealous.

And your invites are way cute. I'm totally impressed. I would not have the patients to make those - they're awesome! Your guests are so lucky.

great job on the invites! They came out
beautiful!

Thank you both for reading and the kind words.I really do appreciate them... I do like how the invites came out and they printed easily, which was always my biggest concern.....I asked dh if I should send one to mickey and minnie, he just sort of looked at me.....I still may send them one....
we are waiting for our BEO should get that next week and we will see where we stand in terms of dollars.....I feel ok about it because I have done a "estimated budget" several times as other brides have posted theirs and created ours but seeing the numbers will really bring things together. more to come....

 

[MsEsty]

Your invitations are beautiful!

Where did you find the castle watermark background? It came out amazing!

 

[padisneyfour]

Your invitations are beautiful!

Where did you find the castle watermark background? It came out amazing!

Thanks you! It is the same image as on the closure just made it a watermark/gray scale . It s an image I have, not sure where I originally found it but if you want I will forward it....