http://www.evokenc.com

April (from Evoke) also works with Story Photographers (and vice versa)

11/1/2011 4:14:31 PM

having a hard time putting enough items on the registries.

i seriously don't need anything.

11/2/2011 2:55:52 PM

Here comes the onslaught of people demanding a "job".....


Oh, and of people suggesting we use this, use that, do this, do that.. which is immensely frustrating considering we have already planned on specific things for each suggestion. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact the people making these suggestions have talked to me about it before (aka family) and now I'm realizing they REALLY didn't listen basically all year.


ANYWAY


I have almost all the save the dates addressed yay

11/2/2011 5:32:47 PM

^^ i would suggest picking experiences for your honeymoon.... i've seen that done really tastefully.

11/2/2011 5:48:07 PM

just when we picked a place and figured out a date, my dad goes "let's see about this date." and so I ask my fiancee what he thinks and now he's like "yeah let's look at other dates."

11/2/2011 7:31:14 PM

any recommendations for honeymoon registries? i'm sure it's been covered in here, but search sucks for drilling down to details.

11/5/2011 11:27:19 PM

We used Traveler's Joy and were pleased.

11/6/2011 7:48:20 AM

yay my photographer uploaded some previews from our engagement photo shoot yesterday. so far they look amazing! i can't wait to see the rest

11/7/2011 8:45:27 AM

You look great! I love that outfit


I sent out most of the save the dates today but I had to order 30 extras.... I have already sent out 140 I think our list is now over 250... Le sigh.

11/7/2011 11:51:55 AM

OOOH! Cass! I LOVE the second pic. You two look so cute.

11/7/2011 12:30:34 PM

if anyone needs a make up person, let me know - my boy Knox is awesome! he did my make up for yesterday. and my photographer is a very good friend of mine so if anyone needs a recommendation...

11/7/2011 1:51:27 PM

YAY the date is set!!!

11/8/2011 12:38:42 PM

Yay! What day?

11/8/2011 1:25:44 PM

My guess is a Saturday

11/8/2011 3:23:35 PM

We are catering a rehearsal dinner and a wedding for a couple this week

Rehearsal dinner on Thursday night and wedding reception on Friday night

and the wedding reception is an early one on Friday. I believe it starts at 4pm

11/8/2011 3:28:51 PM

Your hubs never responded to my email

We figured it out, though.

11/10/2011 9:12:30 AM

What we have here, is a failure to communicate!

11/10/2011 9:30:25 AM

^^^ I guess none of their friends or family work.

11/10/2011 9:37:38 AM

Sam I just received your Save the Date!!!! So exciting!

11/10/2011 10:29:46 AM

^ I did too!

11/10/2011 11:23:54 AM

^^^ we considered a Friday only because 85% of our guest list were going to be coming in from out of state/town/country so regardless, they would have had to at least take that day off from work.

11/10/2011 11:42:50 AM

But you wouldn't have started your reception at 4pm, meaning your ceremony was likely at 3pm or earlier would you? That just seems oddly early to me for a Friday wedding.

11/10/2011 12:14:50 PM

we would have started it at 5 which is still kind of early.

11/10/2011 12:51:04 PM

Yeah the few Friday weddings I've been to usually have the ceremony start between 5-7pm. And I'm sure the location of their guests had nothing to do with it considering the date

11/10/2011 12:54:17 PM

I'm have a wedding on Tuesday to get the 190% discount and so no one can go.

11/10/2011 1:16:45 PM

Tonight is the rehearsal dinner. Starts at 5pm. Apparently the father of the groom found out last week that a majority of his family isn't flying in til like 10pm tonight

[Edited on November 10, 2011 at 1:18 PM. Reason : f]

11/10/2011 1:18:15 PM

Quote :

"Sam I just received your Save the Date!!!! So exciting!"

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MINE YET

11/10/2011 1:36:36 PM

Ps... Egy, are you going through fuckwads hubby? They're our caterers

^ it's... Coming...

11/10/2011 1:55:33 PM

mine was torn just a little though

11/10/2011 1:59:38 PM

11/10/2011 5:51:41 PM

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MINE YET either

11/10/2011 5:53:08 PM

I have gotten a ton of messages saying how much they loved them... so I'm feeling pretty about it. Starting to feel like an actual bride-to-be.

11/10/2011 11:35:22 PM

I am officially engaged now. So I guess I can make a few posts in this thread. And I think we are setting the date for next October. Do I need to start planning NOW?

11/14/2011 4:52:14 PM

yeah, a year in advance is typical I believe. congratulations!!

11/14/2011 4:55:33 PM

Some planning--yes, now. Date, venue, officiant. Those three you should do as soon as you can. Then you can take some time off from planning if you really want to. But why would you want to? If you start now, you can space it out and not miss out on the vendor you really wanted because you waited too long. And 11 months is really not a long time for planning. There are already venues that will be sold out for then, or bakers, or bands, etc.

It's not like you have to go out and buy your favors this weekend, but you should begin working on the big things.

Oh, and btw, congratulations!

11/14/2011 4:55:53 PM

We got the date, venue, and caterer done by the one year mark. We are trying to get a photographer fairly soon, we want one that will do our engagement photos and the wedding. Save the Dates will go out in January and then I'm taking a break.

11/14/2011 5:05:33 PM

Thanks :-) I am really excited. My fiance is very much unaware the amount of time its going to take to prepare.

11/14/2011 5:07:00 PM

We booked venue 7 months in advance (we got engaged last month). We didn't have much of a problem for a June wedding.

We also have our photographer and I'm meeting with my invitation designer this week. Fingers crossed we have the same luck for florist and DJ. Those are next on my list.

Congrats and good luck welcome to the club

[Edited on November 14, 2011 at 7:16 PM. Reason : Edit]

11/14/2011 7:14:31 PM

We booked our photographer 2 years in advance and our venue a year and a half in advance caterer and dj were booked by 9? months out

11/14/2011 8:28:48 PM

We were engaged first week of August and married in June. By mid September we had date, venue for ceremony & reception, photographer, caterer & band.

Venue was easy though...i knew where long before he asked the venue's availability determined our date (I know some pick a date then find a venue available)...then we jumped on the other three.

11/14/2011 9:01:27 PM

Quote :

"Some planning--yes, now. Date, venue, officiant. "

I would say also knock out the caterer and photographer now too as those seem to book up quickly if they're talented and/or a good deal. If you're not as picky about the food and photos though they can wait.

Once you have those big five out of the way take your time and enjoy the planning

11/14/2011 9:53:07 PM

I thought I liked the yellow version of this dress.... but after seeing it in red




OMG WANT

11/18/2011 2:08:11 AM

^super cute!

11/18/2011 8:58:30 AM

^^That dress is amazing!

11/18/2011 9:12:41 AM

too bad it's $Texas



*sigh* it's becoming very evident my sister and mother won't be taking my feelings about a shower (and even the guest list for the bachelorette party) into consideration. -.-

11/18/2011 3:41:35 PM

I don't understand how that conversation would go...

Sam - "I want XX, XX, XX and XX to go on my bachelorette party."
Sam's Sister - "Nope."
Sam - "....."

Where does it go from there?

11/18/2011 4:14:54 PM

Quote :

"Where does it go from there?"

Sam: Stop being a raging dick.

lol but seriously, I think the only thing I did for my bridal shower was give the maid of honor a list of people to invite and everything went well. I'm not sure she would have taken any of my suggestions if I had given them so I didn't bother.

11/18/2011 9:58:44 PM

Wadhead, it literally went that way.

Everything came to a head. She sent me a hateful email saying there would only be ONE guest list for both events (meaning bachellorette party and bridal shower because they would be on the same day). She tried claiming it is beyond rude to invite some people to one and not the other She was acting like I don't have a choice.

But I do have a choice, and this isn't her time. My friend offered to do the bachelorette party (because of all this) and I accepted.

This whole thing has crushed me... especially because my mother agreed with everything my sister said. I I don't even know what to do anymore.

11/19/2011 11:33:15 PM

It sounds like your mom is burned out by wedding stuff.

11/19/2011 11:37:23 PM

I think it's more like she's realizing I have done a lot and im not snapping my fingers at her... and she keeps saying she wants to feel like she's involved, but she's already involvedw! what more can I do?!

[Edited on November 20, 2011 at 12:04 AM. Reason : ps my only beef was my sister and mothers attitude towards the guest list]

11/20/2011 12:03:28 AM