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i THOUGHT i was finished. But, I am getting married in Thailand! We are going to wait and see for awhile, but I might have to move the wedding to a new country!
Miss Lily we're date twins!
Just had our cake tasting over the weekend and my veil just arrived so in terms of dress and accessories, those are done, phew! Just need to send out those invitations and wait for the rsvps to come in 
Cakegal that's so exciting (minus the current situation over there). We were planning to go their on our honeymoon since I have family there, but just like you, we might have to move that to another country as well.
Pretty much! I just graduated college over the weekend, so I'll be getting really into all of the wedding stuff now!!
Yikes, I feel behind!
- Just signed contract today with DJ. Last Thurs with flowers and photographers.
- Still have to order the invitations- today! or this week...
- No clue about the cake yet!!
- No veil yet either...
-No hair person
-Still need 2nd dress fitting....
Uh-oh!
I feel like I’ve got so much done, but then I think of all the things I still have to do! It’s hard to have a 9-5 job while planning:-|
I still have to book my hair and make-up stylist, decide on centerpieces, order a cake, order party favors, get a guest book, cake cutter and server, toasting flutes, oh, and the groom still needs his tux! The bigger things are out of the way though; invitations will be mailed within the next couple weeksJ
Sometimes I think I'm so done! and other times I'm in so much trouble!
Need to decide on centerpieces, figure out hair and make up, figure out hair piece/veil, find necklace, finish gifts, book transportation, finish ketubah, order thank you notes, find russian songs, write ceremony! and a gazzilion other tiny details.
ETA: And find someone to alter my dress! which is difficult and is going to come in right before the day.
Oh, I'm feeling a bit behind!
I have the location and menu done, the photographer is all set, the "cake" has been decided on, my dress is being made, my BM dresses are being made, the invites are being shipped and should be arriving to me in a few days.
I have no idea what the men are wearing, I can't seem to nail down a DJ, decided on the favors but need to get it done, need to work on the ceremony and lots of other details... yikes!!!!!!
Oh wow you guys, you make me look PITIFUL over here! :-)
I just booked our reception venue so I can finally put together our invitations (which I am DIY-ing).
I have to schedule my first dress fitting.
Have to figure our reception details.
Have to figure out flowers.
Have to book our hotel for wedding night.
Have to figure out honeymoon logistics.
Have to decide if men are wearing suits or military uniforms.
Eesh. Bye ladies, I'm off to work!!! :-)
All I have left is to make a photo-slideshow for our reception, finish up my DIY centerpieces, and go to my make-up trial on June 28th :) My wedding is in Wisconsin, and I'm in Canada, so there are a few things I can't do until I arrive there three weeks before the wedding, but until then i'm pretty much just waiting on school to be finished so I can fly out and get married! We've been engaged for 13 months already, so I've been able to get things done early.
Thanks Tippy! I love Thailand so much, I really hope it works out. Plus the announcements are already printed, my FI's ring is engraved in Thai, and we are having a Thai themed at home reception. I will feel silly if we have to get married somewhere else.
I am not Thai, I have just traveled there before and loved it. Where does your family live? We are planning on going to Bangkok, getting married in the Golden Triangle and then going to Phuket and Phi Phi.
Things are really starting to take off!! We just need to stay motivated!
Printed the english side of our invites yesterday and FI will start cutting them tonight. Last night he cut all the cardstock for the invites and we made beer batch one for our wedding favors. Invites WILL be done by next week because half has to come back to NYC with me.
His bachelor party is this weekend and my bridal shower is next weekend.
Next weekend while home I'll also be doing a caterer tasting (Yay!) and cake tasting. Hopefully find my mom a dress and myself a qipao.
Hope to figure something out for BM dresses this weekend because the VS dress did not work out!! :(
FG dress 1 is being made as we speak so cross your fingers they turn out great!
And oh, find a officiant. :)
Just basically really got to get all the DIY projects rolling!
Still have A LOT to do, but it's getting done. Slowly, but surely. Question for everyone. When are you sending your invites? Mine are all set and ready, we just need to address them and send 'em out into the world....
Date is August 14th, and I put an RSVP of July 12th. When do you think I should send them? I was thinking end of June...
Feeling excited, nervous, and stressed all rolled into one. What we have done feels like a lot (although wondering what we've missed):
Still need to do:
We don't have a bridal party, so that is one less worry. Wow doing this helped me to remember some things that are left to do.
@Ccolombo85: I think we were planning on sending our invites out on July 1. From what I've heard, I think you're supposed to wait until 4 to 6 weeks until the wedding to send them out. I felt six might be best because it seems that it always takes people forever to respond! :)
These posts really help me harness my feelings of overwhelmed-ness into a nice organized list.
So crazy things happened while we were home...
Had a Family Meeting with his family, because SIL was kicked out of the wedding party (MONTHS AGO) and now everyone is pissed. Just NOW. Not months ago. Everyyone was pushing to make her a BM and I put my foot down. Our BM dresses are navy which is difficult to match (and they have been ordered and are in), she has a baby and NO job, and lives at home with her parents. I just think my wedding should not be priority #1 over her job situation and my niece. Call me crazy...
We were going to have her do a reading or something. No one wanted to let us explain that. To top that off, BIL (Hubs' brother who is married) looked me straight in the face and said "your wedding isn't about YOU" (I guess I want to know who it is about then?)
There were so many hurtful things said that day and the next day we were on our way back (driving from MN to TX). 3 phone calls from his mom and sister later, I opted to say forget the wedding...which then turned me into a pile of mush for 4 days before I called and told his mom that I still want my wedding and that I was stressed out and over-reacted. Her exact words? "Well, everyone canceled their rooms and Dad is going to Montana" Wow, I feel like if it were either of her daughters, she would have told them to think about it for a few days before TELLING EVERYONE. It was her fault to begin with!!! Anyway, I'm still doing this. Whether they choose to be there or not. At least hubs feels the same way. I'm just so frustrated.
I'm more frustrated that they pushed for SIL to be a BM when she hasn't done anything nice to either hubs or I in YEARS. Then at the meeting they agreed as long as she did something they would be happy. I thought "OK, make her an usher and have her do a reading, no biggie." Everyone was on board with that...until MIL called the next morning to say "you can't have her be an usher, it's just not a girl kind of job." WTF? and then she called AGAIN to say "T and I were talking (OK WHAT?!) and we thought she could wear the same dress at the BMs and stand on DH side." In the background I hear his sister say "Or tell her the other thing" "Oh or you could put J in and she (T) could be a BM and then it would be even" Ok, so put her boyfriend who we don't even know in our wedding...no.
UGH! My in laws are NUTS! NUTS! I'm moving forward with our wedding plans and I'm going to enjoy the day. Period.
So now I still have to book a DJ and now I have to find an officiant who can be there at 3 like our invites say. JOY.
Sorry that was so long, I just really had to get it all out.
Good that you got it out. This is the place to do it!
Im there.. I think. Everyweekend except for 3 are now pretty much booked with wedding stuff.
I think im 90% on to it.. and there are few things I cant do yet.
I just paid for our lighting guy and I am SUPER excited about it! (not really about parting with money, but I can see my ideas coming into reality, so that bits exciting). Invitations are sitting waiting to go as I have allowed mum up until June 14 if she wants to change any guests or anything. After that its a done deal. No adding extras.
And our cupcake guy is all paid for too! yay!
DJ meeting next week
Hair trial and makeup trial June 11!
I asked FH to organise transport and Honeymoon and Im leaving these in his hands. So hopefully they will be organised soon!
Thanks CCrane, hubs just doesn't understand why I am SO upset (I couldn't eat, sleep, anything but cry for days) or why this is such a big deal to me. I just felt like i poured my heart and soul into this and it all fell apart in a matter of minutes. I'm pulling it back together though, this IS happening. Like I said, with or without them.
I want to make a big list to make myself feel accomplished.
It shocks me when people say they are done or almost done...I don't get it!? I'm just counting the days until school is out and I can really focus.
Done:
Coming up:
Need:
I'm sure there's a ton else, but I'm just trying to check off one thing at a time!
Done:
Need to do:
@Damaskqueen send them 2 months early (June 21)
Our to-do list at this point is mostly details and things I don't want to worry about. Stuff like figuring out logistics for how and when the space will get decorated. I feel like I've done all the fun tasks!
Let's see:
Done:
To-Do:
I'm sure I'm missing stuff too. :-(
I'm a newbie here but this is the progress I've made so far... because I live in LA and my wedding is in Toronto, we did some stuff really early during our (only) trip to Toronto throughout the course of our engagement.
Done
Working On
Still to do
We're not having any pre-wedding festivities because of the distance, and aren't going on a Honeymoon... so we haven't had to focus on any of that stuff, I guess.
I'm spending my Memorial Day putting together invitations. I need to get them mailed out this week because our RSVP deadline is July 2nd (early, I know, but for several reasons including the large number of OOT guests). The rest of my to-do list for this month is:
- Schedule appointments with baker, florist, DJ, and photographer to finalize stuff.
- Find BM gifts.
- DIY my veil.
- Finalize bridal shower dates. (My Saturdays are filling up fast this summer, so I need to get those set in stone.)
Busy busy busy!!!
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Hey ladies,
Just checking in. Hubby and I are home and doing the last of the plans...including cake ordering and food etc. Meeting with the photographer Wednesday and having our "engagement" pictures done. All that's left after that is to book the DJ.
Anyone else finishing up plans? We got our wedding invites also, so we have to address them and send them out while we are home! :) YAY!!!!