Wedding February 2009

[lisa.]

Is there anyone one here getting marry in February 2009? I would love to chat to you all. My wedding day on 14 february 2009.

Lisa

[Mel A]

Hi Lisa, I was married in March 2005 (It is my third annaversry on Wednesday.) but please don't let that put you off, I'm addicted to weddings, and would love to hear and chat about everything.
Mel

[Kazbah]

Valentines day! How gorgeous!

Where is it?

[lisa.]

Hi Mel A and Kazbah i have been so lazy with reply,
We are married in Hervey bay, so far i got plan Reception booked, Ceremony on the beach, Celebrant, videographer,
I got 3 BM'S and 1 FG, I still wait for H2B to get his BM and GM'S
I not sure what else to do i got 11 Months to go.
How did you plan your wedding Mel A?


Lisa

[feeb]

Ohh i love weddings!!!
I got married 20th of may 2006 and it was the best day i loved planning it all!!

Good luck

[lisa.]

Hi feeb how was your wedding day like?
I got no one help me plan for the wedding but sometime my FH dose something
Did you have trouble with your guy when you plan your wedding
I stuck on what else do i do now, any idea?

Lisa

[feeb]

Wedding day was perfect as i wanted it all!!

I stayed night before at a gorgeous place with my parents and 1 of my brothers and cousin from scotland and my bridesmaids.

I arrived at wedding in a horse and carriage which was gorgeous!

Wedding and reception were all at 1 place a cute place in sherbrooke forest in teh dandenong ranges!! Gorgeous little chapel.

I loved shopping for my dress and the girls dresses!

Flowers were hard.

cake was yummy but hard to pic!!

Photogarher was hard to find a good onw with good prices.

I got invites and place cards printed and i then made them all up and thank you's to put on favours.

Dh went to get guys suits and left at home material samples from my dress and girls to match shirts and cravtates to so i had to take them in a week later but at least they all got meausred!

Dh did help with song choices for aisle and bridal waltz and i picked songs that my brother sang during ceremony!

Dh helped with honeymoon and he did ALL BY HIMSELF book our wedding night accom and night after and had roses and choccies for me there!!

Pretty much i organised all and i was so happy with way it all ran if you have any qns please ask.

[lisa.]

You had a beautiful wedding. Our wedding cake going to be a chocolate mud cake shape in a heart or butterfly with chocolate cupcakes around it yummy, my flowers are maybe going to been Lillie's i go told it hard to get roses on V day. Invited are going to be in pink and place card are in blue and purple i making them myself i don't know how to make things so i not sure what to do. Do you think so far i got the main things done? i not sure

Lisa

[feeb]

sounds nice!!

I think u have all the main bits done well teh next thing to do is your dress as u want to do that early so that u will have time to get it altered etc and get girls dressed picked as mine took 12 weeks to come in!

Make sure that anyone travelling a long distance knows date etc well in advance so they can book accom etc as so many people go away for valantines day that acoom may be tight and flights willbe cheaper the earlier they book.

My flowers were roses 2 diff colours singapore orchids and symbidium orchids.

Since alll the main things booked its now time for u to relax for a bit and think about little bits eg gift registry? (we did myers abnd flight centre) as some peope want u to have something to keep and others are hapy to put towrads honeymoon!
The gifts for guest we had rock from SUGA with our names written in it in cute jars (colors matched the theme of girls dress colour and chair covers and serveitte colour)

[Mel A]

This is sooo cool.
Feeb yours sounds wonderful. My house backs onto Sherbrooke forrest so I'm instantly impressed.

Lisa, just to check you have done the following.
Reception
vidiographer
Celebrant
Picked the girl side of the bridal party
Cake

Let me know if you've added to that.

Have you picked the colours of your wedding, eg. Mine were Dusty pink, olive Green with a base of cream.

It is great to pick a base color, black white, silver, cream etc.
Then add two to three colors that match. This will ensure everything will look beautiful and won't just be a hotchpotch. I picked my colours because I really wanted Protea's as my flowers so i built around that.
It can also work the other way and can be built around a theme or your fav colour.

Once you have that you need to look at three things. The ceremony, the reception and you.

You
Be beautiful during this time, Pick a dress that makes you look like a princess, and that your comfortable in. Don't let people influencce you with their opinion based only on what they like. It is about you. Then think Hair (Get as many trials as it takes and don't accept it if you don't like it), Makeup(Get a good makeup artisit, then ask questions about a balance between Photo and live make up. Things like dark red lipstick will look black in the B&W photo's ), Nails and skin. The skin preperation is a great reason to get a facial and a back scrub every month from now on ;o)

Ceremony and the Reception, I'll do when I get home as I soo must do work now.

[feeb]

Mel wedding was at lyrebird falls in kallista most gorgeous place!!
Stayed the night before at Briserinia gardens in the patch.
Wedding night and next night at Lochiel tree tops in Olinda!

You live in a lovely area!!

I had a burgandy colour called CERISE for girls dresses and chair covers etc.

[Aimz]

I got married in the Greek Islands last September. It took 2 years to plan but I will go through the steps I took in preparing:

-Set a date
-Find and hire a wedding planner (this was essential for me as I was planning a -wedding in another country and needed a little more support than most!)
-Book Venue
-Book Reception
-Decide on Guest List
-Send out Save The Date cards to inform everyone to keep that date free (I did this 12 months in advance but most would do it within 3-6 months)
-Hire Photographer
-Hire Videographer
-Decide on wedding dress (mine was a custom so it took 9 months to make)
-Decide on BM dresses (again they were custom so they took 4 months)
-Send out Invitations (Usually 6-8 weeks before)
-Decide on a menu
-Decide on a cake
-Decide on entertainment (DJ, Live Band etc)
-Pick wedding songs (Entrance, Father Daughter, Bridal Waltz, Cake Cutting etc)
-Choose flowers
-Choose wedding favours (gifts for the guests)
-Choose who will be giving speeches and inform them of the order, length etc
-Choose how you want your hair/makeup and start your trials 6 months before to make sure you get something you love

I can't think of much else at the moment - let me know if you need anymore advice - I am freshly married so I remember it all vividly!!

[lisa.]

Thank you girls you are a big help,
Can you girls tell me what bouquet you like??
lilles bouquet

or this one

thank you

Lisa

[feeb]

Bottom one is my fav!!!!

[lisa.]

Bottom one is my fav!!!!

I like it too but i like the Lille's too i think i maybe go with the Lille's not sure
How was your bouquet? i got told there are lots different ways to have


Lisa

[feeb]

if u click in my photo gallery there is a pic of my flowers dried and framed!!

see if i can find a pic of them fresh

[Mel A]

hi I like the bottom one two, You could always combine them.

Fantastic list amysarah85. I agree.
My comments

Book Venue (You've already done that)
Decide on Guest List (We had a list of rules as our list had to be below 100)
Hire Photographer (Look at lots, see examples of their work and makes shure you get a garentee of the photographer who will be showing up.)
Hire Videographer (You've already got this)
Send out Invitations (Usually 6-8 weeks before and 12 weeks for interstate and international) I made my own, I figured that people tend to throw them out so I bought hand made paper on e-bay. Printed on them myself, and added a pressed autumn leaf with spray adheasive. all up cost me $25
Decide on a menu With the venue. Remember to collect peoples dietry requirements. I had a vegetarian celiac who was pregnant. (She couldn't eat very much of what I was orriginaly going to offer.)
Decide on a cake,( mmm mine was a lemon tart that got served as dessert.)
Decide on entertainment (DJ, Live Band etc)
Select an MC to run the evening, they also pay people and deal with any miss haps that might (won't) arise.
Pick wedding songs for dances etc ( Father/Daughter, Bridal Waltz, Cake Cutting)
Choose who will be giving speeches and inform them of the order, length etc
Really important to write a sheduale to give to your caterer, venue, band and the MC.
Also think table centre pieces I had 6 candles on different heights and two kin proteas. with river stones. It cost $15 per centre piece.

guest Name tags, I just had a list for each table and let them pick their own seat on the table. That way I didn't have the hassle of placing them.

I didn't send out keep this date free cards, hire a wedding planner or do Guest gifts. (I did get them to take all the flowers, what was I going to do with 13 bunches while I was in NewZealand tor 2 weeks.0

[Mel A]

Feeb Lyrebird falls is fantastic. It would have been beautiful.