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alissa2008
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Agreed! You are very photogenic! 
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I had originally ordered one that was supposed to be custom painted through a small business. Needless to say the lady never came through with the product; so I ended up ordering this one on eBay. They have a ton of different images and pictures to pick from for personalization. Here is the company’s web site; I know they have a link to eBay from there. We still had Disney provide the sand, so we didn’t have to mess with it. I shipped the glass set down to my floral manager in advance.
http://www.grouppds.com/products/products.htm
We actually made them ourselves using an adapted template for the Mickey fan templates. My dad made us templates that we used to cut out. But, let me forewarn you this ended up being a huge project. We spent many, many hours cutting out circles; I made them a little too long at 9 pages for 50 programs! I can give you directions on making them, but they were very, very time consuming
Here we are cutting them; I even took a stack of circles to cut out when we were moving Kris back to MI from Ohio!
Some pictures of the final product; as I mentioned above there were actually 9 inside pages that were in the circle shape:
We definitely wanted to make sure that we went the extra mile since we had just loss Kris’ dad and since both of my mom’s parents were gone. It was nice to know that we were able to include a little part of them on our big day.You really went all out to memorialize your family members. I think that's awesome
It stinks that your shoulder started to tense up, but awesome that you were so lucky to have a physical therapist on staff LOL!
Loving it so far, can't wait to read more
My matron of honor was definitely a lifesaver!
Thanks for reading
Don’t mention that to my husband or he’ll have me hired out to you. He’s already pulled me in to help his friends with the planning of their reception in MI. They are getting married in Colorado where her family lives and will be having an at-home reception for his family and friends this fall.OHHHHH I love detail pictures! I'm so obsessed with details and I know that you worked really hard and the pictures just show cased your hard work. Just beautiful. So Vanessa, when are you going to help me plan my wedding?
I’m totally a detail person too; as you’ll see in more of the shots from the day. I told Randy that I wanted lots of pictures of all the “stuff” that we added to make the day even more memorable
Don’t worry; we only paid $8.50 per chair, but since we had 60 chairs the total was $510. I wouldn’t want to pay $500 to only cover 10 chairs either. The fee is through Disney Floral, so as far as I know there’s no minimum, so you should be okay. We went with the cheapest option; I know they have other kinds that are with different material; etc.Your set up is beautiful. How much were the chair covers per chair or is it a $500 flat fee. I love the idea, but I'm not paying $500 to cover 10 chairs!
Glad I could help out!Vanessa, Thanks for the info!!!
Thank you, Lynn, although I feel so behind after seeing how many great shots you have already posted to your TR!HI Vanessa!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful pictures as always
That’s so funny that you used that word. This story is completely off topic, so please bear with me. When I was around 5, I decided that I wanted to be in a pageant, so my mom let me try it out. To make a long story short, I was allergic to mosquito bites and a few days before the pageant I got bit by my eye and it was all swollen up. Anyway, I ended up winning “Most Photogenic” (our pictures were sent in advance) and all the regular pageant moms were really mad! I never did another pageant again, but I always laugh when I think about that story.Agreed! You are very photogenic!
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Vanessa,
The pictures are gorgeous as usual. I can't wait to see the ones from the desert party. I am so jealous that you got to have yours outdoors and mine got rained out, so I get to live vicariously through you now
Thank God for the Disbrides! I can't wait to see more.
Anna Marie
The pictures are gorgeous as usual. I can't wait to see the ones from the desert party. I am so jealous that you got to have yours outdoors and mine got rained out, so I get to live vicariously through you now
Thank God for the Disbrides! I can't wait to see more.Anna Marie
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Vanessa,
The pictures are gorgeous as usual. I can't wait to see the ones from the desert party. I am so jealous that you got to have yours outdoors and mine got rained out, so I get to live vicariously through you now
Anna Marie
I can't believe how long it's been taking me to get through everything; I hope the dessert party comes soon. I guess since yours was rained out, you'll have to try for another one at a vow renewal
dizneyfreak
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Hey, that's right! A five year vow renewal would be great! Look at you...always thinking. Of course, you and your honey will have to join us
Anna Marie
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Vanessa I think the chairs looked gorgeous. Do you have any pictures of the hankies up close by any chance, I cross stitch so I would love to see them if you do. Great update as usual, we're getting closer to the ceremony
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Hey, that's right! A five year vow renewal would be great! Look at you...always thinking. Of course, you and your honey will have to join us
Anna Marie
Most definitely, I'm always up for a trip to the World.
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Vanessa I think the chairs looked gorgeous. Do you have any pictures of the hankies up close by any chance, I cross stitch so I would love to see them if you do. Great update as usual, we're getting closer to the ceremony
Laura~ You know what, I don't think we do, I guess I'll have to get a shot of my mom's to show. I know she didn't do as much as she originally wanted because we just started running out of time.
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And at long last, the start of the ceremony...
As a side note, here are the songs that were played during the prelude:
- “The Disney Songbook” by Jim Brickman
- One Little Spark (The song from Journey into Imagination with Figment!
) by Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire by Johann Sebastian Bach
When our moms walked down the aisle the song, The Simple Things by Jim Brickman was played. They each carried down our vases for the sand ceremony set. Kris’ mom was escorted by his cousin, the extra groomsman on Kris’ side and then my cousin (who stood up on my side) walked my mom down the aisle.
As the guys were walking into the rotunda, Kris’ cousin had forgot that he had to go back to walk out with the guys and in the video you see him sit next to his wife in the audience and then he suddenly jumps back up and walks to the front; it was kind of funny because no one noticed until we watched the video.
Once we got into the gallery off the rotunda, my dad was escorted out by someone since I was going to walk out by myself and then would meet him at the end of the aisle for the actual walk. My bridesmaids kept trying to peek through the glass showcase to see Kris. While we were waiting we could hear the guy’s music playing as they were walking into the rotunda; he had picked out a Morrissey song called Everyday is Like Sunday I made him find an instrumental version that was played through a CD player.
The funny thing is that since my cousin who is a musician at Disney wasn’t able to play guitar because of union rules we had the music played on a CD player. Only two songs were done through the player and the rest were done live by the pianist. On a side note, I was really specific about the different versions of things that I wanted played since I play piano myself. Marion worked hard to get us the best pianist on property and he was amazing! Kristov (no idea on spelling) was unbelievable; he played everything exactly how I wanted it. I think she was more worried about the music than I was because I knew if I gave them what I wanted in advance Disney would make sure that it was taken care of at the wedding.
The bridesmaids walked out to Kristov playing Somewhere Over the Rainbow in honor of my love of all things Wizard of Oz.
I remember chatting with everyone at this point while we were waiting to go out, but I don’t remember what was said. I know that a couple of the girls said that they couldn’t believe the day was finally here after so long! Pretty soon it was just me in the gallery with Marion’s assistant for the day. I made some small talk, but I remember thinking to myself what do you say to a complete stranger right before you walk down the aisle. Here I am circling around to meet my dad
I only kept the blusher on the veil down until I met him at the end of the aisle and then he flipped it before we walked down together. Apparently, the aisle was supposed to be 6 feet wide and they made it much narrower. My mom said that Marion was extremely mad and almost made them have the guests stand up to rearrange. My mom told her not to worry that we would make it down okay and thankfully we didn’t bump into anyone.
Here is my dad flipping the veil; we practiced this several times with my Mickey bride ears to make sure that we got it to lay straight. I have seen so many brides that have their veil sticking in some strange way after having it flipped by their husband or dad.
Walking down the aisle, my dad was smiling really big. He said later he did that to keep from crying. It was sweet because at my parent’s wedding he was the only one that cried. In the video you can see me scanning the crowd because I was trying to look at everyone as they were taking pictures; after all I know how hard I try to get the perfect shot for my scrapbook!
Kris’ first look of me walking down the aisle; I walked down to the Bridal Chorus by Richard Wagner. In the video, you can see him trying to peek around when I’m walking from the gallery. He looks scared to death!
After my dad and I made it down the aisle, the past or asked my dad, Who Presents this Woman to be Married? The funny part is deciding what would be said at this part was a huge discussion. My mom always said that she wasn’t giving me away and I don’t consider myself someone to be given and taken (I know a little over the top) so the night before the wedding we came up with this compromise with the pastor, I think it worked out just right and to be honest I think we were the only ones that noticed this was different.
To start the ceremony, our friend sang the song Beautiful which is off Jim Brickman’s “Disney Songbook” CD (a great collection of Disney songs with piano, we used a lot of these during the ceremony). I think it’s from one of the Cinderella movies. His wife was my matron of honor and he also served as the master of ceremonies. Kris and I were both in their wedding four years ago too.
If you want to see a clip of him singing just follow the link, it starts a little into the song. We had cut it down to one verse at the rehearsal because Marion mentioned that too often there can be awkward periods of time when you’re listening to a reading or song. She was right, the minute or so that he did sing was just right.
While we were listening to him sing I kept looking at the groomsmen because they were all staring at me. It finally dawned on me of course everyone’s staring at me, I’m the bride. I could tell Kris was pretty nervous; he kept squeezing my hands so tight. My mom’s best friend said that they could all see my knuckles turning white from his grip.
We had decided on a fairly traditional ceremony. After the song was finished, the pastor went right into the ceremony.
Dearly beloved: we have come together in the presence of God to witness the joining together of this man and this woman in holy matrimony. The sacred relationship of marriage was established by God in creation, and our Lord Jesus adorned marriage by His presence and first miracle at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. The apostle Paul chose marriage to symbolize the union between Christ and his church, and holy Scripture commends marriage to be honored among all people.
The union of husband and wife in heart, body, and mind is intended by God for their mutual joy; for the help and comfort given to one another in prosperity and adversity; and when it is God’s will, for procreation of children and their nuture in the knowledge and love of the Lord. Therefore, marriage is not to be entered unadvisedly or lightly, but soberly, deliberately, and in reverent fear before God.
Into this holy union, Kris and Vanessa now come to be joined.
Kris, will you have this woman to be your wife; to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others to be faithful to her so long as you both shall live.
Kris answered, “I will.” Neither one of us was crying at this point, so I thought that was a good sign. Kris was so serious, you could tell that he was really concentrating. Every once in a while he would give this big smile .
Vanessa, will you have this man to be your husband; to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? Will you love him, comfort him, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others to be faithful to him so long as you both shall live?
I answered, “I will.”
Next up the vows and we officially become husband and wife!
As a side note, here are the songs that were played during the prelude:
- “The Disney Songbook” by Jim Brickman
- One Little Spark (The song from Journey into Imagination with Figment!
) by Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire by Johann Sebastian Bach
When our moms walked down the aisle the song, The Simple Things by Jim Brickman was played. They each carried down our vases for the sand ceremony set. Kris’ mom was escorted by his cousin, the extra groomsman on Kris’ side and then my cousin (who stood up on my side) walked my mom down the aisle.
As the guys were walking into the rotunda, Kris’ cousin had forgot that he had to go back to walk out with the guys and in the video you see him sit next to his wife in the audience and then he suddenly jumps back up and walks to the front; it was kind of funny because no one noticed until we watched the video.
Once we got into the gallery off the rotunda, my dad was escorted out by someone since I was going to walk out by myself and then would meet him at the end of the aisle for the actual walk. My bridesmaids kept trying to peek through the glass showcase to see Kris. While we were waiting we could hear the guy’s music playing as they were walking into the rotunda; he had picked out a Morrissey song called Everyday is Like Sunday I made him find an instrumental version that was played through a CD player.
The funny thing is that since my cousin who is a musician at Disney wasn’t able to play guitar because of union rules we had the music played on a CD player. Only two songs were done through the player and the rest were done live by the pianist. On a side note, I was really specific about the different versions of things that I wanted played since I play piano myself. Marion worked hard to get us the best pianist on property and he was amazing! Kristov (no idea on spelling) was unbelievable; he played everything exactly how I wanted it. I think she was more worried about the music than I was because I knew if I gave them what I wanted in advance Disney would make sure that it was taken care of at the wedding.
The bridesmaids walked out to Kristov playing Somewhere Over the Rainbow in honor of my love of all things Wizard of Oz.
I remember chatting with everyone at this point while we were waiting to go out, but I don’t remember what was said. I know that a couple of the girls said that they couldn’t believe the day was finally here after so long! Pretty soon it was just me in the gallery with Marion’s assistant for the day. I made some small talk, but I remember thinking to myself what do you say to a complete stranger right before you walk down the aisle. Here I am circling around to meet my dad
I only kept the blusher on the veil down until I met him at the end of the aisle and then he flipped it before we walked down together. Apparently, the aisle was supposed to be 6 feet wide and they made it much narrower. My mom said that Marion was extremely mad and almost made them have the guests stand up to rearrange. My mom told her not to worry that we would make it down okay and thankfully we didn’t bump into anyone.
Here is my dad flipping the veil; we practiced this several times with my Mickey bride ears to make sure that we got it to lay straight. I have seen so many brides that have their veil sticking in some strange way after having it flipped by their husband or dad.
Walking down the aisle, my dad was smiling really big. He said later he did that to keep from crying. It was sweet because at my parent’s wedding he was the only one that cried. In the video you can see me scanning the crowd because I was trying to look at everyone as they were taking pictures; after all I know how hard I try to get the perfect shot for my scrapbook!
Kris’ first look of me walking down the aisle; I walked down to the Bridal Chorus by Richard Wagner. In the video, you can see him trying to peek around when I’m walking from the gallery. He looks scared to death!
After my dad and I made it down the aisle, the past or asked my dad, Who Presents this Woman to be Married? The funny part is deciding what would be said at this part was a huge discussion. My mom always said that she wasn’t giving me away and I don’t consider myself someone to be given and taken (I know a little over the top) so the night before the wedding we came up with this compromise with the pastor, I think it worked out just right and to be honest I think we were the only ones that noticed this was different.
To start the ceremony, our friend sang the song Beautiful which is off Jim Brickman’s “Disney Songbook” CD (a great collection of Disney songs with piano, we used a lot of these during the ceremony). I think it’s from one of the Cinderella movies. His wife was my matron of honor and he also served as the master of ceremonies. Kris and I were both in their wedding four years ago too.
If you want to see a clip of him singing just follow the link, it starts a little into the song. We had cut it down to one verse at the rehearsal because Marion mentioned that too often there can be awkward periods of time when you’re listening to a reading or song. She was right, the minute or so that he did sing was just right.
While we were listening to him sing I kept looking at the groomsmen because they were all staring at me. It finally dawned on me of course everyone’s staring at me, I’m the bride. I could tell Kris was pretty nervous; he kept squeezing my hands so tight. My mom’s best friend said that they could all see my knuckles turning white from his grip.
We had decided on a fairly traditional ceremony. After the song was finished, the pastor went right into the ceremony.
Dearly beloved: we have come together in the presence of God to witness the joining together of this man and this woman in holy matrimony. The sacred relationship of marriage was established by God in creation, and our Lord Jesus adorned marriage by His presence and first miracle at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. The apostle Paul chose marriage to symbolize the union between Christ and his church, and holy Scripture commends marriage to be honored among all people.
The union of husband and wife in heart, body, and mind is intended by God for their mutual joy; for the help and comfort given to one another in prosperity and adversity; and when it is God’s will, for procreation of children and their nuture in the knowledge and love of the Lord. Therefore, marriage is not to be entered unadvisedly or lightly, but soberly, deliberately, and in reverent fear before God.
Into this holy union, Kris and Vanessa now come to be joined.
Kris, will you have this woman to be your wife; to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others to be faithful to her so long as you both shall live.
Kris answered, “I will.” Neither one of us was crying at this point, so I thought that was a good sign. Kris was so serious, you could tell that he was really concentrating. Every once in a while he would give this big smile .
Vanessa, will you have this man to be your husband; to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? Will you love him, comfort him, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others to be faithful to him so long as you both shall live?
I answered, “I will.”
Next up the vows and we officially become husband and wife!
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Oh, Vanessa! How beautiful! I love the look on Chris's face during your vows. You can see he is just so joyful about you being "his." Thank you for sharing so much detail and all these gorgeous pix. And the clip of your vocalist is just wonderful. He has a gorgeous voice.
Looking forward to more!
Looking forward to more!
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Great Update!! Thanks for the info about the chair covers, I think we're going to have them. Also, who was your officiant?
MickeyAnne
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GORGEOUS! I love the venue. Its so unique. WP is beautiful but this has a different charm. You looked fantastic and so happy!!
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Beautiful!! Your soloist has an amazing voice... such a great way to personalize your wedding, really make it your own!
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Vanessa that clip of your friend's DH singing was just "beautiful". It really made me cry, I love weddings. Did you guys have it videotaped? I thought I remember seeing some sort of sneakpeak or am I dreaming? Gorgeous. I cried a lot because my DH was crying when we were saying our vows and I thought it was touching to see him cry too so of course that made me cry more. You can hear our vows but our voices are shaky.
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such a beautiful wedding. I can't wait to read more
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On a side note, I forgot to mention that at the opening of the ceremony we had the minister mention the flowers on the front row. He said something along the lines that the empty seats in the front row represent our loved ones that arent able to be with us today. The pastor had asked Kris if he wanted him to mention his dad directly, but he was worried that he might be too hard to talk about it that day.
Thank you so much, you are always so sweet. It was definitely about time that the day finally arrived after 8 years. I hope things went well this weekend, Im going to have to pop over to your PJ for an update.
Thank you, Im hoping to keep up now that things have slowed down a little bit.such a beautiful wedding. I can't wait to read more
I was so glad that our friend agreed to do it for us, he worked on it for quite a while. I know he was a little nervous after we asked him to sing because he wasnt sure what song I might pick He really liked my final choice though which was good.Oh Vanessa, your ceremony was beautiful. You and Kris are both beaming!
Glad to hear that youre getting the covers, they are definitely worth the money. Theres an interesting story about our officiant. Our minister from MI moved to Jacksonville 1 ½ years ago and when we decided to get married in Florida we contacted him and he agreed to come to Disney to perform it for us. It was nice to have someone that we knew perform the ceremony; it really added a personal touch. Plus, the pastor and his wife love Disney, so they didnt mind the trip
How true! We definitely wanted an in-park wedding for something different. It really has the true Disney feel (even though other sites are just as beautiful too)
We actually got our video done through STVS Video. The final product that we showed at our at-home reception was amazing. The sneak-peek is still up on his site, if you want to check it out and need the site let me know. There are a couple of times where my voice got pretty shaky and I'm surprised that I didn't cry, but I think after the ups and downs from the previous year we all felt relief that the day had finally arrived. At the end of the vows you can hear Kris let out this long sigh of relief
Im glad I could help, they were really easy to work with and they included a nice saying that we had the pastor recite during the ceremony.
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