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I see there are not many Milwaukee Brides. I am actually getting married in Waukesha which is a sub of Milwakee.

• Date: June 20th 2009
• Ceromony: River of Life (http://www.riveroflifeonline.com/)
• Reception: Northview Banquet Hall (http://www.centercourtwis.com/northview.htm)
• Cater: My family is making the food.
• DJ: Sonido Makadra (Mexican and American music)
• Cake: Cakes by Toni 
• Photographer: Leo Pilak (http://www.leopilakphotography.com/)
• Officant: Pastor Estras Paredes (http://www.riveroflifeonline.com/)
• Flowers: Marie (http://www.kaymaurievents.com/home)
• Wedding Dress:David's Bridal (www.davidsbridal.com)

• Date: June 20th 2009
• Ceromony: River of Life (http://www.riveroflifeonline.com/)
• Reception: Northview Banquet Hall (http://www.centercourtwis.com/northview.htm)
• Cater: My family
• DJ: Sonido Makadra
• Cake: Cakes by Toni
• Photographer: Leo Pilak Photography (http://www.leopilakphotography.com/)
• Officant: Pastor Estras Paredes (http://www.riveroflifeonline.com/)
• Flowers: Marie (http://www.kaymaurievents.com/)
• Wedding Dress: David's Bridal (<font size="2" color="#81a026">www.davidsbridal.com</font>)

Hi everyone! My wedding isn't until July 24th 2010, so I loved hearing everyone's details! I have been engaged one month now and we just found our reception site this past weekend after searching for a couple of weeks. So far the details I have are:

• Date: July 24th, 2010
• Ceremony: St Mary's, Elm Grove
• Reception: Coast Resturant
• Cater: Coast
• DJ: My fiance has about ten friends that are in various local bands, so we're starting the night with an iPod mix and then having any of his friends who want to play roughly 3 song sets each.
• Cake: Have not started looking!
• Photo: Possibly Debbie Metzfield who did my brother's wedding 3 yrs ago, but am still open
• Rentals: Will not need chair covers, and haven't thought of anything else yet!
• Officiant: Undergoing a change in priests at my church, so unknown at the moment also
• Flowers: Have not begun looking, but do not want to spend an arm and a leg, although I want them to look nice:) 
• Dress: I work in retail, so I want a very fashion forward dress and something truly unique. I am in love with the Melissa Sweet Billie dress (but not the price tag!) so I am looking to have it made....and of course I fell in love with Christian Louboutin Madeleine pink satin slides, but have yet to find a less expensive version I love as much....always my luck! Any advice for tea length dresses or very high heeled bridal shoes (in a pale pink) would be greatly appreciated!

I will try to fill in more details as I figure ervything out in the months to come! I am curious if anyone went to any bridal shows in the area to get info. And what salon you are going to for hair and make-up? And which hair style did you decide on?

Hey, just thought I'd throw in my .02 on doing flowers inexpensively.  We figured they'd just die in a few days anyway, so we didn't want to spend thousands on them.  

When i got married, I used an online wholesaler for flowers.  I got all my flowers for just a few hundred dollars, and they were fresh, gorgeous, and absolutely perfect.  (But warning, it's not for the faint of heart.  The flowers are delivered two days before the wedding!)

 My girls helped me strip the leaves and bundle them the day before the wedding.  The day of, we arranged and wrapped the bouquets.  I'd probably choose to have the boutonnieres done professionally if I were to do it again (we did them ourselves) but otherwise it was a great experience!

 We used www.flowersandfreshness.com.  Loved them! 

I am new to the boards, and don't have a lot of planning done yet, but am interested in hearing reviews/idea's from the area!

Date: 10/2/10

Ceremony: St. Matthias Church

Reception: Silver Spring Country Club

everything else is up in the air! Will update when I get closer.

Hey, if you guys are looking for a great DJ, my cousin and I both used Eric Fischer of Milwaukee/Madison Sound and Light DJ for our weddings.  They were amazing, and had great planning tools online so they could give us top-notch service.  I'm a photographer and I see a lot of weddings, so they are definitely some of my favorite DJ's... they even have a great lighting system!  Highly recommended....

@Mandyrosy:

I had my wedding there on 4/16!  There are a few pics on their website as well as a floorplan.  Gorgeous chandelliers, pale walls, simple and elegant.