greenfreak
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I'm waiting for the high-stress, pulling your hair out stuff to start but so far it hasn't. I guess that comes much later on, a month or so before the wedding.
We booked our ceremony for June 11th, 2006 at Planting Fields Arboretum. It's a 400 acre park with a 1920's mansion named Coe Hall, where the ceremony will be. They have a grand piano in the Great Hall and we're going to hire a piano player. It's beautiful, and I won't have to worry about bad weather. We have the mansion for 3 hours and can take our photos anywhere in the park. We already have at least 10 spots picked out in the gardens.
Our reception will be at The Milleridge Carraige House. Most of the buildings and village are circa 1600-1700, we have the building and the cocktail hour grounds to ourselves with the village next door. All the baked goods and wedding cake (which we design ourselves) will be handled by their on-site bakery and the bouquets for my four nieces, Mom, and myself will be handled by their on-site florist.
Last but not least, I bought my wedding dress yesterday. I didn't realize that I was going to find "the" dress the first time out but I did! I don't have a picture of the exact dress because it's brand new and not on their website yet (and stupid me didn't bring my camera) but it's a satin a-line gown with a princess waist and a chapel train. The lines of the dress and basic shape looks like this without all the creases and here's another view. My embroidery is not that big. The bodice has delicate flowers in pastel pink and pastel blue and light green vines and leaves. There are five other 8" sections of the same embroidery on the skirt, three on the front and two on the back.
Since I couldn't have a green wedding dress, I had to have the green embroidery on it.
When we put the dress, tiara and veil on me and I looked in the mirror, I couldn't believe it. I must say, I looked beautiful. That is not something I ever say about myself but I felt like a princess. My mother was estatic, after trying on 11 dresses, we agreed that that was the one. I paid for it in full, and it should be in before November 1st so I can bring my sisters with me and take pictures in it.
So far, all the planning has been a lot of fun. Next, we go ring shopping finally! Presuming we can pick out the ring before my parents leave in a month, Rusty will be able to ask my father for my hand in marraige and then he can pick up the ring and figure out how he's going to propose to me. I insisted on it being a surprise, something he planned.
I hope I feel this happy about this in 10 months.
We booked our ceremony for June 11th, 2006 at Planting Fields Arboretum. It's a 400 acre park with a 1920's mansion named Coe Hall, where the ceremony will be. They have a grand piano in the Great Hall and we're going to hire a piano player. It's beautiful, and I won't have to worry about bad weather. We have the mansion for 3 hours and can take our photos anywhere in the park. We already have at least 10 spots picked out in the gardens.
Our reception will be at The Milleridge Carraige House. Most of the buildings and village are circa 1600-1700, we have the building and the cocktail hour grounds to ourselves with the village next door. All the baked goods and wedding cake (which we design ourselves) will be handled by their on-site bakery and the bouquets for my four nieces, Mom, and myself will be handled by their on-site florist.
Last but not least, I bought my wedding dress yesterday. I didn't realize that I was going to find "the" dress the first time out but I did! I don't have a picture of the exact dress because it's brand new and not on their website yet (and stupid me didn't bring my camera) but it's a satin a-line gown with a princess waist and a chapel train. The lines of the dress and basic shape looks like this without all the creases and here's another view. My embroidery is not that big. The bodice has delicate flowers in pastel pink and pastel blue and light green vines and leaves. There are five other 8" sections of the same embroidery on the skirt, three on the front and two on the back.
Since I couldn't have a green wedding dress, I had to have the green embroidery on it.
When we put the dress, tiara and veil on me and I looked in the mirror, I couldn't believe it. I must say, I looked beautiful. That is not something I ever say about myself but I felt like a princess. My mother was estatic, after trying on 11 dresses, we agreed that that was the one. I paid for it in full, and it should be in before November 1st so I can bring my sisters with me and take pictures in it.So far, all the planning has been a lot of fun. Next, we go ring shopping finally! Presuming we can pick out the ring before my parents leave in a month, Rusty will be able to ask my father for my hand in marraige and then he can pick up the ring and figure out how he's going to propose to me. I insisted on it being a surprise, something he planned.
I hope I feel this happy about this in 10 months.
Ohhhhh...give me the tissues already...looks like its going to be a perfect day and you are going to be just beautiful in that dress.....much wishes for you.. 
