If that is not an option (and it wasn't) I'll go for #3 winery sounds great.

I even suggested the date 23/5/2003 the 10th anniversary of the day we met (really I'm not that old).
Whatyathink?

what to wear?
the middle one

and of course I'm going to add another voice to the chorus of harrassment for pics.

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Originally posted by meredithva:
By the way, do I ever get to see pics of your big day? I remember you telling me all about the location, but I don't remember what you wore.

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I have very few electronic pictures, hmm. Yesterday was our first anniversary (wedding wise) and we went through our album. It was a great time. I realized looking at them that my dress, which is a vintage red brocade 1940's style, round collar teepee type dress, was super comfortable and I felt like a princess in it, did nothing for my figure. I bet I could still wear it now even pregnant. Maybe I'll go to the hospital in it, hahaha.

Mander initially was going to wear a dress, mostly to appease her mother, but ultimately decided she'd rather own a suit than another dress so that's what she wore. We got it at the haberdashery in the 'hood, which was a whole other adventure.

I can see you both as easily in big poofy flouncy dresses as in classic fine occasion finery.

Sophie: I found this link as an example of soutache. Hope it helps!

ok, so I'm planning away...everything is going a-okay...then bam.

I found out yesterday that the organist I hired to play for the ceremony can't because of some archaic rule in our church, that the musicians must be of the same faith as the church...WTF!

Ok, so now I have to ask some old lady to play...they are fine for regular services as long as you don't mind missed notes and screwed up music...argghhh! No Trumpet Voluntare because the trumpeter is Catholic and no Beethoveen's music for Organ because the old lady can't play it (or doesn't want to, who the hell knows)

This would be far less frustrating but in some bizzare twist of rulings...the wedding party and the witnesses can be what ever religion they want and no one cares...huh?!? I mean good lord these are the people who are 'swearing' to help us up-hold our marriage, but the dude at the piano would corrupt the ceremony? Does anyone else see the stupidity here?

So NOW I have to reselect the music and the stuff I love is out because the people we have at our church can barely play the dumbed down music thats required of them once a week.

F* ck this! If it weren't for the fact that I actually want the church ceremony I'd be on my way to the JP.

And on a side note if one more person volunteers to help and doesn't really mean it I will gouge thier eyes out with my boquet stems.

**END VENT**

I don't know what your budget is like, but check this out...

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Originally posted by lesliele:
starstuff, try checking out the local malls... there are so many "wedding" prom gowns out there right now, it's unreal. I just went on Saturday to a big shop (www.catanbridal.com) and found my dress after trying on 45 in one hour. It was only $500, because my mom got a 15% discount for paying in full that day. Most bridal shops do something similar. Also, there are MANY knockoffs out there... just get creative! (and keep an open mind...)

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The' and I have all the big things taken care of, except for invitations and the cake. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good cake design websites? I did the google thing, and tried looking up local places, etc. but didn't really find much that I liked.

As for the invitations... I'm realizing that they are a little expensive, but had an ephiphany today in the shower that even though we are having about 200-250 [i]people[/] invited, that doesn't mean we need that many [i]invitations[/] because we were counting family members seperately in the lists. DUH. Only one invite is necessary per family/couple. (sometimes I amaze myself with my sharp intellect...) Any good sites out there for unique, not too expensive invites? I seriously think that all the ones I visited were actually the same company, just with different names and urls...

Lesliele, I can't think of any good cake/invitation sites off the top of my head right now (and they've all been removed from my favourites; I don't expect to be needing them again), but I'll have a look at home at all my wedding stuff (which I must admit is still taking up most of the computer room). Most of the sites I've got are Australian based but they should give you a good start for finding styles/designs that you like.

By the way, you seem incredibly well organised (a very good thing!). A friend of mine was getting married almost five months after me (only a couple of weeks away now!) and had everything organised before I had. I was not a model of good organisation.

Edited to add: Back when I posted the first date of my wedding (Oct 19th) a couple of Digsters mentioned that it was also their grandparents wedding anniversary. I ended up changing the date to Oct 26th and it turned out that is the date of my grandparents anniversary. I didn't find out until the day of the wedding when my mum told me I should mention it in my speech. They celebrated 56 years together on my wedding day. 56 years of marriage is truly fantastic.

http://www.grafcomm-inc.com/weddinginvitations.html

http://weddingtulle.com/

i have a favorite caterer, from the bunch that i've spoken with and received menus and such from, and their menu is the best...as for the cake, i received a glowing recommendation from a friend, so i'm not too worried about that.

i don't know, it's all becoming a bit overwhelming right now.

maybe i can ask my mom to deal with the florist. i just don't know.

yeefan, my mom has been great in doing lots of "legwork" for me. she made all of the appointments for looking at dresses and such, and i do think that i'm going to have her go to the florist for me.