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We're August 14, 2010 too! I have the venue booked, but that is the only thing set in stone. I found my dress last week, but want to find it at a boutique closer to home to make the fittings easier. I'm a teacher so I want to get as much done as I can before school starts in September. I've started making favors and getting ideas together for the Save the Dates.

Date Twins so excited!!!! We have our ceremony & reception booked and our colors picked out... tangerine, champagne and lime green.

Waiting until after my engagement party this Saturday to actually get started on other things.

Our colors are pink, yellow and orange. My girls are wearing pale yellow, I wanted something light and airy because it's an outdoor ceremony.

Hey girlies congrats on the engagements.  Angel and I are also getting married this day.  On March 14th,, 2008 he officially asked me to be his girlfriend.  He says he didn't know how to ask and where things were going.  So every 14th of every month after then he has always brought me flowers.  And of course I saved them and I would like to incorporate the dried flowers into the wedding reception.  We knew the 14th was meant to be our anniversary forever.  We are getting married in Chicago at St. Mary of the Angeles, beautiful church.  Also the hottest month of the year.  So we like the idea of having fans at the church, no air conditioning) maybe with the names of our bridal party on it.  We booked the hall at DiNolfo's, a southern suburb dinolfosbanquets.com, which is absolutely spectacular with a grand staircase at the entrance and big windows from wall to wall with a terrace of to the side. I bought my dress at David's Bridal, the exact dress I had clipped out from Modern Brides.  We booked our photographer and videographer.  Our colors are red and black with damask prints.  I bought bites and pieces for our centerpieces, have the favor, invites, Save the dates, and card box ideas down.  So I am well under way and super excited.

Just buzzing in to say a warm 'hellllooo' to my other 14 August 2010 twins. I'm farmerfen, an American living in UK, marrying my British hunnybunny of 5 yrs, planning a wedding weekend near to where we live (in Cambridge). Trying to achieve an event that's as elegant as the venue we've chosen, while also paying close attention to 'value-for-money' (we're both students & $/£ exchange cuts my parents' contribution in about half, eek!) and also trying to be both green and crafty because that's who & how we are :)

Mr Farmerfen & I are both writing up our PhDs while planning this wedding...and if we get through it, phew, I do believe we'll be able to weather any storm! So far, we've managed to:

-book a venue where everything will take place (service, drinks, meal, dance);

-pay deposit (25% of 'everything' to be handled by venue);

-assemble a guest list (187 people big, church holds 100, eek!);

-visit two wedding dress shops (holysmokes, what an odd ritual...did you also think this?);

-make an appt with a seamstress for early Sept;

-visit a florist shop (freaked out quite a bit at prices, thinking of options);

-and do some searching on options for wedding websites. (Lots available here on WB). Think we've decided we'll use iWeb to build our own, as don't want to be 'tied' to a wedding-only site, would instead like the site to grow with us. Also want site to have a personalised header picture and handle RSVPs (greener and cheaper)...and this seems a bit tough to find out there.

Finding it a bit tough, actually, keeping my eyes on the marriage amidst all the wedding details...I suppose it's nothing others didn't experience, but still, a first for me, so I'm learning :)

Happy planning, y'all

xFarmerfen