06/13/08

Wedding Bells!

Well, we did it! After all those months of planning, prepping, and anticipation, Tim and I got married on May 24^th — and I wouldn’t have changed a thing about it.

05/09/08

Rush, Rush, Rush...

Things have been getting a little hectic for me around here. Okay, maybe not just a little — a lot. A whole lot!

I have a list of things to do about a mile long, and — it seems — no time to do anything! I have one of those PDA Smart Phones, and I keep all of my appointments on it so I can remind myself to do certain things, like call people or go to appointments. If you were here to see it right now, you’d definitely laugh. There are about 23,956 tasks for me to complete this week. I’ll fill you in on just a few…

-Finish a “must play/do not play” song list for the DJ
-Create a list of important shots for the photographer to...

05/02/08

The Cake's the Thing

There's one thing that I’ve obviously been leaving out the entire time — the cake! I guess the cake’s a pretty important detail, but there have been so many other things to do that the cake things just kind of got lost in the mix.

HudsonValleyWeddings.com Tip: Petite Fours and Cupcakes Give new twist the traditional elaborate wedding cake by serving individual...

04/18/08

A Little Vent-age...

Okay, so I'm feeling the need to spill some guts here. The wedding is getting closer, and lately I've been feeling a little — how should I put it? — sick to death of weddings!

04/11/08

If Music Be The Food of Love…

Last night I woke up with a start after having a miserable dream – it was our wedding day, and nothing had gotten accomplished! The bridesmaids never picked up their dresses, we forgot to have our final meeting with the pastor at our church to finalize our vows, no one knew where the church was (so half our guests were missing,) and I had to use weeds from the church’s lawn as my flowers. I swear, I’m not making this up just for the blog – it was a real nightmare!

As silly as that sounds, it was kind of a freak-out moment for me. I think it’s probably because it’s been a couple weeks since I’ve done any planning – not because I don’t want to, but just because there are very few things left for...

04/04/08

Flower Power

Everyone has to have flowers at their wedding. I’m pretty sure it’s a rule or something – flowers are supposed to make the day. Although I can see where the flower enthusiasts are coming from, I could never really wrap my head around the concept of paying thousands of dollars on something that’s not going to last for more than a week after the wedding. (And then when you try to make them last by drying or preserving them, you just have a bunch of dry, crinkly flower leftovers to figure out what to do with. No thank you!)

[HudsonValleyWeddings.com Tip: Time of Year Best Bets: In season flowers tend to be less expensive and...

03/28/08

Showers of Happiness

Well, here we are almost at the two-month marker. I can't believe the wedding's coming up so soon!

It was all made much more real to me last week, when my family and I had a bit of a crazy weekend . . . not only did my sisters plan the "bachelorette" party, but they also helped my mom plan the bridal shower, which was the following day!

[HudsonValleyWeddings.com Tip: Box of Recipes. When shower invitations are mailed, include a card for each guest to write down a favorite recipe. At the shower, put all the cards in a recipe box and give them to the Bride...

03/14/08

Accessorize, Accessorize, Accessorize

Wow – I can't believe it’s just two and a half months until the big day. The things that we have to do are dwindling, and now it’s all about planning and preparing for the wedding. I’m getting excited! I suppose I should be nervous or something, but I’m not – not at all, actually! I guess that’s a good sign. =)

[ HudsonValleyWeddings.com Tip: Plan for Safekeeping: Make arrangements ahead of time for one of your attendants to collect the “accessories” and hold them for safe keeping. Make a list for him/her and include items such as toasting flutes, cake knife, guest book, and cake topper.]

One thing that IS making me nervous, though, is the money situation. I know, I know – I talk about money...

02/29/08

Home Hunters

One of the things I've found while planning the wedding is that I kind of have been losing sight of some of the more practical things surrounding the wedding ­ including where we're going to live once we're married. Don't get me wrong, I've definitely thought about it ­ right down to us coming home from our honeymoon to a clean, new, perfectly furnished apartment, all ready for us to begin our new life in. I guess I just thought it would fall into place on its own, but that's never the way things work in the real world.

[HudsonValleyWeddings.com Tip: A Mailboxes makes a Unique Wedding Gift: Paint, decorate and personalized a mailbox to be used for gift envelopes at the wedding and after the wedding at the Bride and Groom's...

02/08/08

Picture Perfect

Now that the reception and ceremony sites have been booked, we had to start thinking about one of the other pieces of the puzzle a photographer. This is one of the things that brides don’t exactly dream about for their wedding. I mean, everyone knows that you say your “I Do’s”, kiss, dance, and eat, but when have you ever heard a woman whisper “This is the photographer I’ve been dreaming about since I was a little girl!” during a photography interview? Never? Didn’t think so.

[HudsonValleyWeddings.com Tip: Back Up Back Up: Make certain when booking a photographer or videographer that he or she has a back-up team to cover for them in case of emergency. It's unusual, but if there is an...