Oh that's pretty! I love it!

5/21/2012 10:46:00 AM

Me too

5/21/2012 10:50:17 AM

Beautiful dress!!









[Edited on May 21, 2012 at 11:33 AM. Reason : How do I make the pics smaller??]

5/21/2012 11:32:05 AM

elise you can always ask if the etsy seller would use a champagne colored lace instead of the white: they might be able to do it for you

5/21/2012 12:47:16 PM

^^ Those first ones kind of look like Legos ...

5/21/2012 1:00:52 PM

3^nice selection

2^yes, I definitely could. I love etsy!

1^he proposed with legos

5/21/2012 7:35:41 PM

can anyone recommend a dry cleaner in raleigh that can dry clean a wedding dress? it's chiffon.

5/22/2012 8:24:06 AM

^^ That's why I pointed that out.

5/22/2012 8:58:15 AM

I have a guy taking care of my dress in Louisburg, which is where my wedding will be. Going to have it pressed and such day of, and then mom bought the dress preservation pack from David's Bridal, and they will clean it and preserve it and pack it up after the wedding.

5/22/2012 10:12:06 AM

that sounds nice but it's not exactly what i'm looking for

[Edited on May 22, 2012 at 10:26 AM. Reason : ]

5/22/2012 10:24:58 AM

want.

[Edited on May 22, 2012 at 10:41 AM. Reason : tiny]

5/22/2012 10:39:51 AM

Cass, my mother in law is taking my dress to some place in Nash County that specializes in wedding dresses. They clean the whole thing by hand. It's a 2 month turn around time. I can get the name of the place, if youre okay with taking it about an hour's drive from here.

5/22/2012 12:59:29 PM

that sounds lovely but i have my bridal portraits in 2 weeks and i get married in a month

when i bought my dress from Priscilla of Boston, they called the dry cleaner in Cameron Village and they said they can clean chiffon, i just didn't know if anyone had any recommendations or had taken their dress somewhere else locally.

[Edited on May 22, 2012 at 2:07 PM. Reason : edit]

5/22/2012 2:00:56 PM

Ah. This is actually a good place to take it after the wedding. My dress was chiffon too and, by the end of the night, a good inch of the bottom of my dress was grey. My wedding was May 5th and she only took it to them last weekend, so I'll let you know how it turns out!

5/22/2012 2:16:46 PM

ah good to know. thanks!!!

and fyi to all other future brides - it takes anywhere from 2-4 weeks to get the dress cleaned

i.am.so.screwed.

5/22/2012 2:18:21 PM

^very good info to know. Thanks!

5/22/2012 7:00:27 PM

yeah, i made the mistake of trying to take it somewhere the week before to have some wrinkles steamed out and all that happened in that week was that someone laid my dress down on an open ink pen and made a huge scribble on the sleeve. So I can tell you where NOT to go...

5/24/2012 4:17:34 PM

FYI if you need a place to do a cleaning of the dress in less than 2 weeks - medlin davis in Cameron Village is AWESOME! i dropped off the dress at 4pm on tuesday and it was ready for me to pick up Friday after 5:00pm. and the dress looks SOOOO good.

question regarding thank you notes - when is it appropriate to send them out? right after you receive a gift or can you wait until after the wedding? i had my shower last weekend and we have been receiving gifts since late april, i have heard you can wait but i feel like if i wait, those that sent gifts early will think we're just rude and aren't going to send a thank you card. thoughts?

5/27/2012 12:48:54 PM

I sent them immediately upon receiving gifts/cards/cash

I think it's silly to wait

[Edited on May 27, 2012 at 2:24 PM. Reason : plus then people know you received the gift if they mailed it from a long distance, etc]

5/27/2012 2:23:44 PM

shower gifts send immediately.

wedding gifts my family has traditionally waited until after the wedding to mail them, but that's up to you.

5/27/2012 2:35:07 PM

There are more, but here are some of mine and frybaby's engagement photos that Ronny took. I'd highly recommend him; it was a good time for a good price, and the pictures came out great.

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5/30/2012 10:06:40 PM

I'm going to wait to send thank you notes until we move... Hopefully people will understand that :/ (we move June 9th)

I would highly recommend hypaone and tommy_wiseau!!! they were great. Also, David from SpiceCubed (fuckwads hubby) was fantastic as well!

I would NOT highly recommend River Ridge. I keep hearing more and more stuff that happened that I didn't know about, and they totally screwed our caterer. And they basically didn't do things the way we agreed upon at all for many things... Bah.

5/30/2012 10:23:26 PM

don't forget about the flower peoples

5/30/2012 10:28:29 PM

Oh yeah, Fresh Affairs

But they did such an amazing job with Joie's wedding I'm hoping it was a fluke for me... But yeah, way way WAY disappointed in them.

5/30/2012 11:10:42 PM

Quote :

"question regarding thank you notes - when is it appropriate to send them out?"

I sent mine immediately after receiving it. In fact, I would usually write a thank you note the minute I received a wedding present. After my shower, I spent all weekend writing the thank yous. I think it's kinda rude to wait.

5/31/2012 8:51:10 AM

whoops well i guess i'm being rude

i do need to get on that this weekend - things just have been super hectic but i have a list of stuff we have received and from who so i just need to buckle down and get it done.

5/31/2012 9:07:50 AM

It may be rude in most cases, but I think in Samwise's case people understand. She just graduated one week, got married the next week and two weeks later is moving. Honestly, I think as long as they get sent out within 6 weeks most people will understand. I'll be going on my honeymoon 6 days after my wedding, and I'm not sure I want to spend those 6 days writing thank you notes, especially because I will be working that week as well.

Apparently Emily Post says you should have all thank you notes out within 3 months of receiving the gift.

[Edited on May 31, 2012 at 9:10 AM. Reason : ]

5/31/2012 9:09:10 AM

^ yea everyone is different. i think waiting more than a few months is definitely bordering on rude.

i have a friend that got married in october and still hasn't sent out thank you notes.. i love her to death but it really annoys me.

5/31/2012 9:11:08 AM

^^^ I wouldn't sweat it. We waited a couple of weeks because while we were at our wedding our damn apartment flooded and we were fighting with the landlord about the damages. If people got pissy over the fact they got thank you cards a month after the wedding they can kiss my grits.

5/31/2012 9:13:59 AM

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"i have a friend that got married in october and still hasn't sent out thank you notes.. i love her to death but it really annoys me."

Why is that annoying? Do you really crave that "thank you" so much that it bothers you?

I'm awaiting a couple thank you cars only because I hope that the gift got there (ordered online and shipped). Other than, I don't really give a shit. I know they liked me and are grateful for their gift. I don't need a thank you care to tell me that.

5/31/2012 9:17:03 AM

it annoys me because writing thank you notes for any gift received is standard and polite.

i do it for christmas gifts, birthday presents and i will certainly do it for wedding gifts in a timely manner.

5/31/2012 9:23:41 AM

Quote :

"It may be rude in most cases, but I think in Samwise's case people understand. She just graduated one week, got married the next week and two weeks later is moving. Honestly, I think as long as they get sent out within 6 weeks most people will understand. I'll be going on my honeymoon 6 days after my wedding, and I'm not sure I want to spend those 6 days writing thank you notes, especially because I will be working that week as well. "

well anyone that knows me knows that we've been in a hellacious bathroom remodel for the last month and also dealing with two HVAC systems breaking within weeks of each other

sorry i couldn't be southern and proper and send out thank you cards right away! i need to go buy thank you cards.

5/31/2012 9:26:16 AM

I would shop for thank you cards online. When I tried to find packs of thank you cards around town, either places didn't have any or the ones they did have were butt ugly. I was very disappointed. I think I ended up ordering some from Pear Tree Greetings in the end.

5/31/2012 9:28:55 AM

i found some simple yet decent ones at AC Moore on Sunday. i was going to buy them but then i wanted to check out target to see what their prices were like as well. i guess this also means i will need to buy more stamps

5/31/2012 9:34:34 AM

Yeah the selection at Target was crap when I looked last year. With the 40% off coupon at AC Moore I doubt Target could beat their price. Make a couple people go with you so you can get 40% off each pack

5/31/2012 9:48:18 AM

we took thank you cards with us for the long travel to the honeymoon, with the thought of knocking some out during the flights. still haven't written a single one.

it's been a month, and i don't have a problem with it yet.



[Edited on May 31, 2012 at 9:53 AM. Reason : e]

5/31/2012 9:53:05 AM

We are doing the trendy pinterest thing and taking a picture at the wedding with a banner that says thank you and will probably order cards from vistaprint again. Not sure if i want to make them postcards or actual cards.

5/31/2012 9:57:30 AM

i never got a thank you note from the gift ($75) I gave at a wedding last june. Apparently they told there parents to disseminate down through the ranks and tell everyone "we aren't doing thank yous"

still kinda miffed about that, never thought I would care but I guess I do.

I've always been told you have 6 months - a year after the date to do thanks yous.

5/31/2012 12:02:18 PM

Quote :

"Apparently they told there parents to disseminate down through the ranks and tell everyone "we aren't doing thank yous" "

lol, while I wouldn't care if someone just got tied up with life and sincerely forgot to write one, it would kind of piss me off if someone decided they were too good for writing thank yous or some shit. I mean seriously, who says they don't do thank you notes? If I had said that to my parents they would have told me to fuck off and call people myself.

5/31/2012 12:11:19 PM

we were busy too, of course

but thank yous are polite and the VERY least you should do after someone actually bothered to send you a gift (especially in our case: we weren't registered and didn't really want anything from anyone... so when someone sent something it was above and beyond)

it's beyond rude to not do them at all

5/31/2012 4:44:36 PM

oh i'll do them this weekend - i just need to buy some thank you cards first.

i think i have some around here but i'll just go out and buy a bunch and go from there.

5/31/2012 6:03:17 PM

2c from a dude in here. i hate cards. they're an absolute waste of money and time for all involved (do you keep thank you cards as mementos or something?). i send cards, only because somebody will get all bent if i don't. personally.. i prefer and tell people not to send me anything. seriously, save your time and money... call/text/e-mail or simply thank me in person if it's appropriate. cards are just a way for people to fulfill social obligations without directly interacting with anyone.



[Edited on May 31, 2012 at 8:23 PM. Reason : ]

5/31/2012 8:14:27 PM

i tried to get TYs out as fast as possible, but i feel a thank you card sent WHENEVER is better than none at all. i still have a few i need to get out for baby gifts that trickled in after he was born.

5/31/2012 9:55:25 PM

Quote :

"I would NOT highly recommend River Ridge. I keep hearing more and more stuff that happened that I didn't know about, and they totally screwed our caterer. And they basically didn't do things the way we agreed upon at all for many things... Bah."

that Elissa girl... no comment.

kept threatening me that the cops were gonna show up because it was too loud.

6/1/2012 2:11:55 AM

yay weddings

6/1/2012 8:20:25 AM

yay i am all caught up on thank you cards

seriously - never letting it get to that many again, my hand was permanently cramped for an hour after i was done

and my bridal portrait is tomorrow! we're doing a trial run of my make up and hair as well and it looks like the weather will hold out

6/4/2012 7:52:53 AM

http://www.katespade.com/gifts-and-sweet-accoutrements/gifts-and-sweet-accoutrements,default,sc.html

so cute

6/4/2012 12:09:59 PM

^ you just get the email too? lol

6/4/2012 12:14:24 PM

OH those are so cute! damn i just ordered my bridesmaid's gifts last week too!

6/4/2012 12:23:06 PM

^^ haha you know it!

this is the kind of shit that makes me want to get married... just this stuff though. not the whole actually getting married thing

6/4/2012 12:23:54 PM