Flirty dress!

I'd love it if you guys wore a dress in this style.

Shoes!!!!

Aruna Seth Tiffany Blue Shoes

Hey Lady Tiffany Shoes

Bridesmaid dresses

Just a note:

I'm not picking out dresses for everyone and making them wear them. I know that it's hard to fit everyone into one mold, so when I pick out a color scheme and an idea for a dress, I'll share it and then you guys can go out in the world and find something similar to it and then show it me and I will see if it fits with my idea of bridesmaid awesomeness.

Or if you want me to pick out a dress for you all, I can do that too.

Or we can go looking toether.

Let me know, I'm not against talking about it.

Places to try on bridal dresses

The Sassy Chic Boutique Bridal & Special Event Gowns & Accessories 13 Monmouth Street Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-0049 Store Hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 11:00am to 5:00pm Appointments preferred. I'm positively itching to get started with wedding planning, even though we do not have a date or a budget. Chris and I don't get much time alone to plan things out, so we basically do fun stuff instead, like bike ride, watch dr. who or go out to eat.   But, I want to go look at dresses. It seems no one wants to go to nyc for trunk shows, but I have received suggestions for places in Red Bank. I have four vacation days that I haven't used at the Press yet, so I could totally take off a day and do something. Please let me know your schedules as they are most likely what I will have to work around since my schedule is retarded. (work, more work, derby and repeat).

Wedding dress ideas

The Romona Keveza collection is gorgeous!

when	Aug 3, 2012 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (3 day event)
where	Gabriella New York Bridal Salon 400 W. 14th st. Ste. 2A New York, NY 10014

http://www.romonakeveza.com/collections/bridal/2012/fall/index.html
I love the first dress featured on the fall 2012 collection RK299.... it just looks like little white flowers all over the dress! RK294 is good too. Check out the side view of RK298... love!
I want to see if I can take off that Friday and go in the morning before practice! Who wants to go with me??? It's free to get in!


Omgosh I know why I love these styles:
"Legends by Romona Keveza Legends by Romona Keveza is a diffusion bridal line that is young in spirit and inspired by glamorous fashion icons including Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Jackie Kennedy. The brand is characterized by classic clean silhouettes, subtle use of texture, and timeless elegance. Romona Keveza is widely known for her creativity and innovation in couture and designer bridal evening wear." www.legendsbyromonakeveza.com



And I also saw the less interesting but more affordable...


Monique Lhullier is having a trunk sale in ny. I was checking out her website : http://moniquelhuillier.com/ and there are some nice dresses in the fall 2012 collection. Well actually, there's only one that I'd consider wearing. It's name is "Keepsake" and I kinda like "Radiance" in the Spring 2013 collection.

	Aug 2, 2012 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (3 day event)
where	Mark Ingram Atelier 110 East 55th Street Park 55 Building New York, NY 10022

I want to play dress up!

Does anyone want to go play dress up with me? I could take off a weekday and we can go to Macy's in ny or menlo park and check out the bridal salon. The trunk shows aren't till November though

More silver!

Here are some more silver dresses!

i'm in love with these sleeves and the bust line is awesome!

minus the creepy head gear

cute ruffles!

very sway!

love this look.... melissa want a tiara?

Silver and black ?

Thinking about doing a silver and black color scheme. Flirty silver dresses with black accents?
I haven't found any awesome dresses yet, but here are a few ideas.

Grooms cake

Awesome idea for a rehearsal dinner cake!
Chris really loves the Oakland raiders, so I think this would be an awesome idea for a cake ....... Oh Arleigh..... Can u make a grooms cake that kinda looks like this? Please..... :-)

Registry

Omg I just found out you can have a wine registry! Bottlenotes wine registry!

Skylands manor

I totally need to get married here! The skylands manor in ringwood, nj and is about an hour from my house up 287 and all, I need to take a trip here. It's located in the botanical gardens a castle!
I just watched a couple YouTube vids and I'm in love! Can't wait to show it to Chris!
Here is a video from YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yt0ro6K8k0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I don't know much about it, but it's so beautiful!!!!!!!!!

Honorary bridesmaids letter?

Ok so I'm trying to think how I will tell the girls about being an honorary bridesmaid and think this is how I will say it. Let me know what you think.


Ok so I've made a decision for bridesmaids. I've chosen the girls that I have hung out with the most over the last year to be my bridesmaids. I still have really good friends that I have known practically all my life but don't hang out with as much over recent years and I would still like to honor them at my wedding. If you were not chosen to be part of the bridal party, please do not be offended, I love you very much and still want you to be involved in the wedding.

I have one matron of honor and three bridesmaids. I would also like to have two Honorary bridesmaids.

Honorary bridesmaids may still wear bridesmaid colors or similar and are mentioned in the program, but they do not stand up at the altar.

I also want to include my vixens. I may give mention in the program or just ask them all to dress in rbrv colors. Not sure how many I can invite yet.

Reception idea

Chris just had this awesome idea! Well a couple really...
How bout having a masquerade ball reception?
Like wearing masks and then taking them off when their name gets introduced when they walk in as the bridal party...

But then where's the doctor who theme he says cause I don't know how Dalek dresses will look formal enough for the wedding .. And he's like why does it have to be formal? But if I'm looking all awesome bridal dress... I want everyone else to look awesome too....

I dunno how to work it out yet.

Plus I'm trying to figure out how to have everyone participate....

Location possibility #1

 The Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park.

Honorary Bridesmaids

So I'm thinkin about having Honorary Bridesmaids. .... girls that are listed in the program, but are not part of the bridal party.
This is a good way to include more people, but not have a ton of people at the altar.

I just went out to coffee with Lisa last night and she all but begged to be a bridesmaid. She expects it in fact. She even told me that she is still a little pissed about Denise not having her as a bridesmaid (and that was years ago). But, that was a different situation. I didn't say she is my bridesmaid, I said I haven't picked my bridal party (except for my matron of honor of course) and Denise had practically said, "it's either you and claudette, or these other two girls" and then picked the other two girls cause Claudette couldn't make it.

She's all like, what kind of bridesmaid dress do you want to get, cause if you get short, well I have lots of tattoos... Ugh.
I know when we were little, we were always gonna be each others bridesmaid, but I really don't see her that often anymore. We aren't as great of friends. I mean, yeah, we've been friends since Elementary School, but what does that really mean? I've had friends I've known since elementary school that didn't even invite me to their wedding. Two of my best friends since 5th grade didn't invite me be in their weddings, I was just a guest and didn't mind.  We are still great friends, but times change and you want different people next to you. Beth had all her college friends next to her, and Sarah had her relatives and such with her.
I don't know why people get upset when they aren't in the bridal party, you are still a guest... you just get to sit down and watch the ceremony.

So, I would have two girls that could have been in the bridal party, but Chris barely can choose four ( he has a definite three, and will have to choose a fourth) and so it would be lopsided (and I'm not having that). So, Sheila is like a month or two preggers, her due date is in January, so she will be wrapped up in the joy and fun of being a mother and will be totally consumed by that for a long time. I don't want her to have to worry about finding a dress and or helping out with the wedding when she has all that to deal with. So, I'd like her to be an honorary bridesmaid. (I know she had her one bridesmaid in her wedding totally just gave birth before her wedding and she made it, but that girl is strong, she married an army guy (i feel if you marry an army guy, your emotions are rock stable, or at least on the outside) and she could totally handle it with a little bit of helping hands with the baby.

So, I'm thinking Lisa would be the only one that get up in arms about not being in the actual party. But then again, I've had to totally beg her to be my friend again twice in our lives. Once in elementary school, when I beat her at Super Mario Brothers and she totally walked out of my house and left and a second time when her parents said that I hated her bf to make her break up with him (ugh, you don't say that to someone! i had a lot of fancy footwork to get out of that one, and she still hasn't totally forgiven about it cause it was just on the heels of ...oh it was three times she nearly didn't be my friend! sigh, the whole Maria/Johnny thing. Ugh, I had told her that I wasn't doing anything the next day, when actually i was going to hang out with her friend Maria's nephew at the arcade. They both got pissed about that and it got blown out of proportion. I mean, seriously, do I really need to include her in everything? I can't just go hang out with someone we both know without her knowing and being invited to ?) Honestly, I've practically had it with the drama and she hardly talks/texts with me. It's like every once in a while i ask her to coffee to keep in touch. And then she wonders why other people don't invite her out. Well you have to talk to them to! She's like, it works both ways, they could text me to.... I'm like, you could text first.... sigh... She's texted me first like once out of all the times that I try to get her to go places (and thats like been that way for at least three years, ever since she started dating her bf....ugh and she brings him everywhere without asking, even if he doesn't want to).


So here's the thing about Honorary Bridesmaids, some people are honored by the mention in the program, or walking down the aisle after the parents before the bridal party, and they get to sit in the front rows, but other people are like screw this! why am I second rate? Why am I not a bridesmaid, what's this stupid "honorary" crap? ... Suck it up people! You are being honored, get used to it.


So after so research involving some message boards, this is the best ideas/advice for honorary bridesmaids that I found:

definition:
"an honorary bridesmaid is a person who is asked to do certain tasks to help in the wedding planning but is not actually a bridesmaid who is in the wedding party. the honorary bridesmaid is mentioned in the wedding program and may be seated in the front pews near or with the family, and is normally given a corsage to wear during the wedding ceremony and reception, but is not one of the bridemaids who stands up with the bride. she is not required to wear the wedding party attire, although some are asked to get dresses in the same color scheme as the wedding party.


in many wedding ceremonies where there are honorary bridesmaids, the honorary bridesmaids will be escorted to their seats by the usher/groomsmen just prior to the immediate family being escorted to their seats, so they become part of the processional, but not part of the actual bridal party.






really cool idea:
I’m going to have my girls all wear the same color and have them stand up and down the aisle. As I walk down the aisle, they will each hand me a flower to make up my bouquet. When I reach the front they will take their seat where they were standing.
The logistics of the flower handoffs may be a bit tricky, but I think we can pull this off and it will be really cool. We won’t have an army of girls up at the front, but my friends will also get to participate in my ceremony in a meaningful way. The handing of the flower is a symbol of their support of me in my relationship with my fiance and their blessing of our marriage. I think it will be really unique and beautiful. "

Wedding cake topper

We are getting a Tardis wedding cake topper and that is final. lol

Tardis

Totally would be cool if we could enter through Tardis doors to get into the reception.

Time and Relative Dimension in Space  (it's bigger on the inside....)

Groomsmen

So Chris's idea is to have his groomsmen dress like our favorite doctors. Don't know if this will happen or not.

Christopher Eccleston, Matt Smith and David Tennant

Bridesmaids

So we are totally in love with Doctor Who and really want to add elements of that to our wedding reception. One idea Chris had was Dalek dresses and groomsmen as different doctors. Keeping in mind that it's a wedding and not a comic con, I'm trying to come up with ideas for a dress that reflect a dalek.

Here are some Daleks and dresses. Some dresses are actual bridesmaid dresses and then some are cosplay costumes created to look like daleks.

Exterminate!

the gold beading is ugly, but the idea is almost nice

these girls are awesome! I want these outfits!

maybe without the fringe?

cute dress

 

 

 

totally could do a long red dress....

Party!

Tommorro we are having a post fourth of july party which I am considering an engagement party. My sister still wants a sit down dinner, but  we are way too busy at the moment for one. Can't wait to see how many people come!

He proposed!!!!

On June 19th, Chris asked for my hand in marriage. ;-)
He gave me a Lucida ring from Tiffany's.   "Lucida" refers to the brightest star in the constellation.