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Hi ladies, I am from Tuscaloosa. We're getting married in Cullman though. I just haven't seen any brides from here. I was wondering if you ladies were out there. :)

Tell me about your wedding.

Any favorite vendors?

Are you trying to avoid/include any specific southern traditions/portrayals?

& please do share pictures as I am addicted to photographs. :)

Also feel free to ask questions. I would love to make friends.

--B.

no Alabama Brides? :(

@MrsCoachBtoBee: Its okay. I was really losing hope though. I seriously haven't seen any other AL brides. Besides one I know and she has her whole wedding planned already.

Your venue looks gorgeous! FI's cousin is getting married in Auburn or very close to ther in October. I believe it will be held at a country club.

Koozies are fabulous! I wonder if that is only done in the south. I was talking to a few friends I've made from up north and we discovered that a Groom's cake is pretty much only done in the south. Pretty neat. Who could live without a whole chocolate cake at a wedding?

As far as our wedding goes I think it will be a mix of traditional and anything else I want to add or get rid of. ;) I'm avoiding cowboy boots even though they're the trend. I feel like it is very much far off from my personal style. I know when I visit ohio (where my fiance lives) they can't even tell my accent is from the south. I guess that is why I felt the need to ask about traditions. I'm a southern girl but not really "southern." We're going with a "Modern Roylty" theme. Which was chosen before the Royal Wedding. Boo UK stealing my rockin' ideas. :) There will be a horse & carriage. Our colors are a black and white damask with bright apple green accents. I've considered throwing a deep purple in there to make it more fall but I'm not sold on it yet. As far as finishes I think we're going to go with the crystal-ish accents and the iron to being in more of the black tones. You can see our venue at stonebridgewedding.com We're going to get married outside the front of the house over looking the pond.

Our color as close to a picture you can see of it.

@MrsCoachBtoBee: As far as planning, we have the ceremony/recpetion venue. Which incudes: rehersal dinner, flowers, decorations, linens, catering, bartender, the carriage ride, officiant, and such.

We have our photographer booked, wedding party selected and even "proposed" to (here). I know what I want their dresses to look like. We're going in March or April to actually try on different styles and let them order them. (We;re waiting because one is pregnant and will pop out another princess 6 months before the wedding, Also one wants to drop  few pounds, etc) FI picked the tuxes he wants but keeps forgetting he picked them so I'm not really sure that is official yet. :)

I actually already have our STDs sitting in my room waiting for septmember to be addressed and mailed. Our friend is going to help us design and order our invitations. We have ideas what we want them to look like but that is all so far.

FI is in charge of honeymoon. I think we're scouting groupon and living social for a really great deal, or it will be hawaii on his brother's marriott points. Ha.

I've met with one DJ and he gave me a price of 650. I am debating over trying to meet with another or just taking it since they're probably the best in birmingham.

That is about it. I've mostly been working on the details of DIY projects I want at the wedding. I figure I can make choice about stuff when it gets closer to time (I'll be back in school full time and working) but right now while I have free time I need to get all time consuming projects completed. So I hand painted 12 parasols. You can see them on my DIY tab, and I am currently working on our cake topper I'm making from clay. I painted the bottom of and cleaned my prom shoes--which you saw. And I have a few more decorating and spiffing up projects to do before summer is over.

You've got a great deal accomplished. What other things do you plan on getting done next, if any?

@MrsCoachBtoBee: Ahh Guest book and pen! FUN. I think we're doing the frame with a picture of us and a matte around it so our guests can sign it and we can hang it up in the house afterwards. I also considered doing fabric sqaures and letting our guests sign their name with a piece of advice and having someone make it into a quilt for us afterwards so it can be used around the house and passed down to our kids later on.

Your DJ sounds awesome! I can't believe he is only $100 bucks more and he can play the piano which is my absolute favorite! Maybe I should keep looking but ohhh how I don't want to. :)

As far as DIY I am HUGE into DIY. I like to try things others haven't seen in our family before. Plus I love to paint. I took a lot of art in highschool and I still paint often during my free time. I just finished molding and baking our cake tppers, I'm waiting on them to cool so I can paint them and fix the bride's arms (HA, don't ask). I can't wait to show you when I finish!

Hawaii does sound great! Especially if it is for free (except for  our flights). However I have never been out of the country so that is probably going to be what we look into first. Especially if we can find an amazing all inclusive!

For ceremony music PLEASE check out the vitamin string quartet! They're my new addiction. Also Canon in D. My problem is I have too much ceremony music and not enough reception music. ;) Haha I don't have anything planned out though, I just know if a couple of songs that I am dying to use somewhere in there.

@spoiledvamp27: Hi. I am so glad you found us! I was really worried about there not being any other AL brides too! 2013, way cool! You're a bit farther out than we are but you seem to be right on track. How long have you been engaged? Any big visions or special plans you know you want to include?

@spoiledvamp27: Ahh haha. October is a great time of the year to get married! & yeah you're right a bit closer to our dates. Haha. Well that is great. I love that we found each other! It will be nice to share it with you ladies.

Your venue is so pretty!

My fiance's step mom is doing my hair. I first started using her because she'd cut my hair for free but after two times I was in love. I tell my fiance all the time now he could never take her away and that when I move to ohio i'm flying home for hair cuts. Haha.

In our relatonship I don't eat the choclate. :) But I know the family loves it so the groom's cake will be for them.

@MrsCoachBtoBee: I had considered our picture and the squares being too much but I don't think so. Yours definitely won't be too much. :)

Ooooh your honeymoon sounds awesome! Free is great too. Haha I think we can use his marriott points in other countries too though. So I have no idea what we will end up doing. I'm leaving it up to the Mister.

@spoiledvamp27:oh snap! I love great deals like that. They just can't be beat.

@Jamie2887: Hunstville isn't too far away from where our venue is. Maybe like 20 minutes? We're considering staying there & flying out of there for our honeymoon since it is so close.

Where at in hunstville? Do you have anything special planned or left to plan ;) Haha You can do it. 2 months is so close but if you use your time wisely it shouldn't be too stressful. Goodluck!

Have you ladies considered having your make-up done? I've decided the airbrush foundation is a must for myself since we're getting married outside in the heat. I haven't found anyone too close that is a good price with experience yet. I'd love if you bees have any suggestions!

@spoiledvamp27: oh another perk! nice. I hardly wear make-up so i definitely am not confident in my make-up skills. Haha also i LOVE to be pampered and I plan on taking full advantage of it for my one wedding! ;) Have you looked at the prces of those things yet? lo

@spoiledvamp27: Oh man. I want to try that stuff. I was planning on getting tips because polish definitely doesn't last for me. I'll have to remember that when I go to get my nails done next. (I'm like you, it isn't very often.)

@MrsCoachBtoBee: How exciting!!! YAY. I'm still painting our cake topper but i'm pretty excited about it. We booked our hotel for a beach wedding in september and booked our hotel for universal studios in auguest, oh but how I would love to book a flight for a honeymoon! conrats!!!

Sorry for the typos, I was too excited. lol

Ladies! Look what I finished! :) I am sooooo excited. :) http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-clay-cake-toppers-finished

Thanks. I'm proud of them even if her srm is lumpy. ;)

@CaramelT: I had heard about it but never looked up the details. What day is it on?

Nice to have another Bride from AL. :)

@CaramelT: Awesome! Thank you. Sadly I'll be on the road that day, but I think it will be alright because we're headed to Florida. :)

@MrsCoachBtoBee: Haha. That's okay. I grew up an auburn fan actually! I tell everyone it is because I didn't know any better then though ;) Im glad you liked them. I showed them to FMIL tonight. She was so excited! It made me light up like a christmas tree.

ALSO! We have first dance song progress. FI said he loved the idea of a song for the first time! It is of course a popuar song but whatever. I really like it also & I don't think anyone in our mound of weddings to attend this year will use it before we get to. You just never know though. Too, I don't mind sharing songs just I would really like to try to avoid sharing with cose family and friends.

Did you ladies make any progress this weekend?

Roll Tide!!

@spoiledvamp27: Sounds like you're off to a great start!