Hotel Guest Bags

Hi All,

FYI...I was just over at the Christmas Tree Shop to pick up stuff for my hotel guest bags. I found these miniature manicure kits (scissors, nail file, nail clip, tweezers and cuticle tool) for .69 cents each! They even come in a little case. For those of you looking for stuff like that, I thought it was a good deal. Any one know where to get mini-sewing kits? Are any of you doing bags? If so, what are you putting in them?

Next Get Together?

Hi ladies... there was a little talk about September, but I thought I'd throw out some days:

How about Saturday, 9/9 or Sunday, 9/10?

Incidentally, these happen to be the only weekend days in September I'm free, but of course you all can plan something without me too :)

I know Kelli you probably couldn't make it, but being busy with your wedding is a good excuse. Hope all your planning is going well and there's not too much last minute stress!

As to location, well, I don't ever mind going to the city... we could also do it somewhere outside the city, maybe in between Worcester and Boston, but I'm not sure everyone has transportation. My home is always open for entertaining too, if anyone wants to trek out to Sturbridge!

ceremony procession

Hi everyone,
My FI and I are different religions (he's Catholic and I am Jewish) and we decided to not include religion in the ceremony because it was causing too many family problems. We are having a justice of the peace marry us and are not including any relgious readings or customs in our wedding because I am trying to keep it "fair". However, I am starting to stress out about what we are going to do about the procession and which sides our attendants stand on because the tradition is different with the two religions. For Jews, the bride side is on the right and it's the reverse for the Catholic side.
I know it sounds like a small thing and that it is my wedding and I should just pick one but my parents are dead set on hosting the wedding ceremony and reception, however it has lead to so many deatil fights. My mother is the one who is giving me the most stress about this and not being able to compromise at all. Anyway, I was curious if anyone had any ideas on how they blended the Jewish and Catholic procession. I wanted to have a really good solution in mind that would take into account both styles and then lay it on everyone.
I feel like I am dealing with grammar school kids fighting over a ball, I swear :)

Linens

Hey ladies, I need some advice please!
My colors are chocolate brown, sage, and ivory. My centerpieces are sage - fabric covered- hat boxes and will have ivory roses inside. I had been planning on having dark brown-floor-length linens. The only ones available as part of my package are polyester, very little shine to the material. Will that look ok? They have some beautiful ivory linens, striped and such. Should I stick with my original thought, brown, or go with fancier ivory. What do you think? Thanks!

Invitations by Dawn

Have you ladies used them? I just got their catalogue yesterday and they have gorgeous invitations. I might have read that a couple of you have used them! Did you order them online or did you fill out the form? Which is easier? Thanks!

Here's a good one..

I just don't know why I have to deal with drama... Why? Ok so I just got an e-mail from my cousin who will be my Matron of Honor next September. It's a little over a year away. Plenty of time to plan ahead accordingly because she is pregnant now. The baby is due in August (couple more weeks!). So she has been having some problems with her new husband. Very controlling, doesn't like it when she visits her parents, and so on.... I guess he had told her that traveling with a baby that young is not a good idea. The baby will be 13 months old by then! And I have known babies to travel when they are younger! She basically told me in the email that she might not be able to come down. I am not going to get upset over it right now because it is a "maybe". But just the thought of her saying that really pisses me off. There is plenty of notice here. My family knows that it's next year and some have already begun to make arrangements... What pisses me off is that I went to her wedding and was in her wedding on 8 weeks notice. At the drop of a dime. I found out right after Xmas and it was during my last semester of school.... *big sigh* My husband and I spent almost 2 grand for going. I love her to death and we are as close as sisters but am I wrong to feel this way.. Nothing is a guarantee right now but it still hurts that she would even tell me that she might not come.... Thoughts? What should I do? Should I just let it go for now?... Thanks Ladies!

Videographer?

I think I am going to boycott boston.com. HAHA. Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone is going to have their day recorded? I am not sure if I want a cameraman in my face the whole time. I just wanna know your thoughts about it... Would you regret not having a DVD of your day? Wedding videos-DVDS are just too long!! My cousin had 4 DVD's and they were about 90 minutes a piece. That was too long.
Thoughts? Thanks!

Boot Camp

Jen- how is it?!?!

Big Dramatic Changes

Wow I missed my computer!! After careful thought, recalculations, long talks with my husband, parents, and one of my BMs, we decided that we are going to hold our renewal of vows ceremony in my parent's backyard for just family, and hold a big reception afterwards. Going to Las Vegas would have costed more than doing it locally. It's stressful thinking about the work we have to do, but in a way I will be glad because it will be what my DH and I want. We want to make it easy for us and not cater to everyone else. Since we have gotten married almost three years ago we have done everything for everyone else and we are sick of it. We finally put the foot down. And it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. *sighs* I am looking forward to calling up venues, and florists, and bakeries, and all the other little things I would have missed out on if it were a Vegas event.

Luggage Tags

Hi there! Sarah, I know you were talking about the cute idea of having luggage tags for favors! Here are some fairly reasonable ones I found:

http://www.letravelstore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?screen=CTGY&Store_Code=T&category_code=TS
Loved the retro tag!! But the $3 leather one is a little more affordable.

http://www.plumparty.com/partysupplies/19736.html
$4/each... they have a cute one with a Paris theme too, and one that says "Love" that kind of looks like a tattoo

http://www.americanbridal.com/heart-luggage-tag-ka17006.html
Only $2!!
http://www.americanbridal.com/luggage-tag-favor-dsfc4824.html
or $2.50!

And eBay....
http://cgi.ebay.com/Leather-Luggage-Tag-Gift-Bride-Placecard-Favor-ID-Color_W0QQitemZ270006703575QQihZ017QQcategoryZ16085QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I also saw some silver ones on www.beau-coup.com that could be used as favors and place cards.

Loved that idea!! Now the only picture of your dress I can find is from an ad that has 2 other dresses in it...

First GTG Fun!

Hi gals-

To everyone who made it today, it was fantastic meeting you all! Hope you stayed and chatted long after I left!

If you were curious, my girlfriend was completely surprised by the shower and it was really great. I highly recommend the full tea at the Boston Harbor Hotel! Just make sure you eat lunch first... the tea snacks were delicious, but, well, not a hearty meal :)

To those of you who couldn't make it, hopefully we'll see you next time! Please all feel free to propose any other events.

Dance Lessons

Are you taking dance lesssons with you fiance for the wedding? I'm looking into it right now. Bob and I arent' the greatest dancers. We usually just do the junior high shuffle in a small circle on the dance floor. Not a memorable first dance image. How many lessons does a couple take? Just for the first dance song or should we learn more than one type of dance? Thoughts...

Calligrapher

I just saw this review on boston.com:

6. Calligraphy- Shauna Kilcoyne in Millbury, 508-728-8426- Shauna did our invitations, place cards (which were flags on swizzles sticks in glasses of lemonade), and various signs we needed for the reception. She is fairly new to the business, so her prices are way below the competition, but she does a beautiful job.

Jen, this really made me think of you, since we were talking about it. I'd still be more than happy to help you with the computer stuff, of course!

Introduction for Kelli aka Bobsgirl

Hi All.

My name's Kelli and I'm bobsgirl on Boston.com. My lack of blogging ability has prevented me from posting until now (I had some technical issues, and I guess at 35 I'm technologically challenged ;-) but I've followed the discussions since the beginning. Believe it or not this is my first blog. Cara, I love the idea of an off-Boston.com area to talk. Thanks for setting it up. Although my mom is a great help and my sister's also getting married, it's nice to have non-family to talk to about the wedding.

Bob and I were engaged on Christmas Day 2005 and are quickly approaching our October 14 wedding date. Everything is moving so fast now.

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you on Saturday. When I finish setting up Bob and my wedding website I'll post it. Just another thing to on the to do list ;-)

BIG DIG!

Craziness in the Big Dig- apparently some ceiling tiles fell down and killed a woman! Awful awful.

Bachelorette Party

Has anyone planned or helped plan their bachelorette party yet? How do you envision your party? Going out on the town? Spa style? Co-ed party (and I'm not talking strippers here!)?
What are your ideas?

Dinner (and Cake!) choices done!!

Tim and I had a super productive weekend- we did our tasting for both the reception dinner and our cake. For dinner, we're having:

Charbroiled NY Strip Steak (with Shrimp Scampi)
and
Parmesan Crusted Chicken Florentine (with Grilled Shrimp)

The shrimp is optional, but we're hoping we can afford to add it. It was delicious! We originally wanted to serve Filet Mignon, but the steak ended up being so much better- we were shocked, and it costs ~$4 less per plate!

For cake we're having chocolate with bavarian cream filling.

What's everyone else having, if you've chosen so far?

Something I would never post on boston.com either!

So, one of my shower invites went out recently and people have already bought things from my registry! I wasn't peeking when I found out (I swear!)... I hadn't finished adding a few things, and choosing dishes. I was so shocked when I saw 3 different things had been purchased. Of course, now I'm working very hard to resist actual peeking. Everyone does it though, right?! :)

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Something I would never post on Boston.com!

Okay, so everyone saw my save the date. I put a sticker on the back that leads to my website. My mom saw it for the first time today and one of the first things she said was: "Oh, your registry, begging for gifts, are ya?!" She says she was just kidding, that its fine, but with all this talk on Boston.com, is it okay to do so?

Save the dates!

I am sending out my save the date cards today! Our wedding is 4 months away this week. Hope that's not too late to send them out. It took us forever to get all of the addresses! And I decided to put a sticker to our website on the back. My printer was being testy till last night, so they didn't get done till then.

Pet Peeves

What are your pet peeves on Boston.Com? Sometimes I just sit there and laugh at how judgemental people can be. I am no saint and I have judged others before... But I don't attack ppl online. I don't know. Maybe I am just getting tired of "drama" that really isn't real... Thoughts?