Dress shopping has finally come to an end! After 29 different dresses and 5 different stores I finally found a dress that I really liked and within my price range! Well there were quite a few that I really liked but I concluded that this one was best for my day. There are many factors to consider for picking out a dress such as:
-The time of year of your wedding date
-The style of your wedding
-Personal attributes that should be accented by your dress
-The location of your wedding. There is a big difference in style from a beach wedding to a chapel wedding. I don't think you will want a huge ballgown with 10 layers of tulle on an 85 degree sunny day on the beach.
My dress most definitely fits my personality and style. It has a modern vintage essence about it, that I really wanted to incorporate into the wedding, and detail that I wanted to incorporate. I was torn between this dress and another. The other was much heavier and longer and would not have been appropriate for an outdoor wedding. Had Andy and I decided to get married at Northside UMC, the dress would have been spectacular...but we're getting married outside so we'll keep with the lighter more comfortable 1940's dress...it is very Audrey Hepburn. After I tried it on, other brides-to-be wanted to try it on..so I guess that's a good sign :-)
A funny story: there was another bride trying on dresses when I was. She and I were commenting on the gowns the other one tried on and finally saw each other come to a final conclusion. We started talking about wedding dates and she said she was getting married in October 2010. I explained that I had originally wanted an October wedding, but we did not want to wait that long. I asked her when she got engaged and her words were "oh, well he hasn't proposed yet, but I think it's coming the Christmas". I was in total disbelief!!! She and her mom had been dress shopping all over the Piedmont area and she finally picked a dress at the store that day...as in ORDERED IT....without even being engaged!!! Please ladies, you can/should research and have a great idea of what you want but don't buy a dress or pay deposits until you have the ring...seriously...you never know what can happen between October and Christmas. I wish the "engaged-to-be" girl all the best and that she finds a ring under the Christmas tree this year!!!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
April 10, 2010
April 10th seems like a nice day to have a wedding in North Georgia! We have been working on our Save-the-Date postcards and just received our first sample from www.overnightprints.com. They're an excellent printing company, but the turnaround is pretty slow, two weeks for a standard order. My advice: order your sample super early so that you have plenty of time to make any revisions before you put your final order in. This way you can receive your Save-the-Date cards just in time! Also if you order in bulk you get a discount on the price!
We decided to stick with the postcard idea because we loved our engagement pictures so much that we wanted to share them with our friends and family...plus shipping is quick, easy and cheap! Also, family members can stick it on their refrigerator, planner, calendar or wherever! So keep an eye out for those postcards...maybe in 3-4 weeks<--which will give us 3-4 weeks to finalize our guest list...it's difficult not being able to invite everyone you know :(
We decided to stick with the postcard idea because we loved our engagement pictures so much that we wanted to share them with our friends and family...plus shipping is quick, easy and cheap! Also, family members can stick it on their refrigerator, planner, calendar or wherever! So keep an eye out for those postcards...maybe in 3-4 weeks<--which will give us 3-4 weeks to finalize our guest list...it's difficult not being able to invite everyone you know :(
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Set the Date!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, ok so we have still not set the date. I know that most brides-to-be are somewhat expecting the proposal when it does happen, but Andy caught me completely off guard...so I had not been saving for or even thinking about planning a wedding. I was much more concerned with finding a job and just living. So we set a date for November 7th 2009. We both wanted a fall wedding and thought we could plan it in 4 months...well NO...not happening. So we have decided to start considering days next Spring. So to all of our friends and family who are eagerly awaiting to hear the formal date, we apologize but PLEASE be patient and you will hear from us soon. In the meantime, how about an engagement party? How about celebrating the engagement? OR....just wait and be patient :-)
Engagement Pictures
Even though we have not officially set our date we have taken our engagement pictures! Andy's cousin-in-law Lindsay is an amazing photographer! We were so lucky to steal her for an early afternoon photo shoot while she and Will (her husband) were visiting Atlanta from Red Bank, NJ. Below are a few favorites!
Also, for those of you out there who are trying cut costs entirely...engagement pictures are not necessary. I just really wanted to have engagement pictures and use them for our Save the Date postcards ($25 for 100!!). We got Lindsday a gift card to her favorite store, and she gave us AMAZING pictures. Thanks Lindsay!!!!!!!
Also, for those of you out there who are trying cut costs entirely...engagement pictures are not necessary. I just really wanted to have engagement pictures and use them for our Save the Date postcards ($25 for 100!!). We got Lindsday a gift card to her favorite store, and she gave us AMAZING pictures. Thanks Lindsay!!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Engagemet story!!
So on to the engagement story!! Talk about one exciting weekend for this gal!
Andy and I were living in Washington D.C. We were very far from our family and friends and had grown quite sick of the unfriendly clashing cultures that were surrounding us. We decided to take a trip to Atlanta to see Ryan Adams last show at the Fox Theater in ATL, and to visit our family, and get out of town!
We left on a Wednesday which is when we stopped in Statesville where I bought a new car!! (For those of you who do not know; I was still driving my '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee)
Thursday I had a job interview at ALTA Language Services in downtown ATL! Andy also played in on a few songs with Matt's band at the East Atlanta Icehouse. We got to see Polly and Ricky that night too! It was so great to see them and catch up.
Friday morning I had my 2nd job interview at ALTA (which was awesome!), followed by going over to Matt & Julie's house to help Julie paint. Friday night was the Ryan Adams show (one of the best concerts I have ever seen!). Saturday Andy got me up really early to head up to his parents' cabin in Jasper, GA.
The Moffitt's cabin has always been a special place for Andy and I. It was always our escape from troubled times, stress, or just life in general. We would always go fishing or hiking or take Thomas to the lake.
That morning we were planning on going on the North Georgia Wine Tour with his parents. Andy suggested that we take Thomas to the lake before we drove up the mountain to the cabin (since we were going to be gone all day). He handed me Thomas's leash, then his ball, then a little black box and said "So are you gonna spend the rest of your life with me?!" I had no idea what he was talking about. I was completley surprised! He then got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. It was so sweet and SO "Andy and Crystal".
We spent the rest of the day celebrating at different vineyards in North Georgia with his parents and Uncle Eddie. The ring is white gold with a 1.04 carat blue diamond (like the Hope Diamond) with .03 in normal diamonds on the band.
On Monday I drove back to DC to head back to work. It was Tuesday that I found out that I got the job at ALTA in Atlanta. A week and a half later we relocated back to Atlanta.
Now let the wedding planning begin.........
Andy and I were living in Washington D.C. We were very far from our family and friends and had grown quite sick of the unfriendly clashing cultures that were surrounding us. We decided to take a trip to Atlanta to see Ryan Adams last show at the Fox Theater in ATL, and to visit our family, and get out of town!
We left on a Wednesday which is when we stopped in Statesville where I bought a new car!! (For those of you who do not know; I was still driving my '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee)
Thursday I had a job interview at ALTA Language Services in downtown ATL! Andy also played in on a few songs with Matt's band at the East Atlanta Icehouse. We got to see Polly and Ricky that night too! It was so great to see them and catch up.
Friday morning I had my 2nd job interview at ALTA (which was awesome!), followed by going over to Matt & Julie's house to help Julie paint. Friday night was the Ryan Adams show (one of the best concerts I have ever seen!). Saturday Andy got me up really early to head up to his parents' cabin in Jasper, GA.
The Moffitt's cabin has always been a special place for Andy and I. It was always our escape from troubled times, stress, or just life in general. We would always go fishing or hiking or take Thomas to the lake.
That morning we were planning on going on the North Georgia Wine Tour with his parents. Andy suggested that we take Thomas to the lake before we drove up the mountain to the cabin (since we were going to be gone all day). He handed me Thomas's leash, then his ball, then a little black box and said "So are you gonna spend the rest of your life with me?!" I had no idea what he was talking about. I was completley surprised! He then got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. It was so sweet and SO "Andy and Crystal".
We spent the rest of the day celebrating at different vineyards in North Georgia with his parents and Uncle Eddie. The ring is white gold with a 1.04 carat blue diamond (like the Hope Diamond) with .03 in normal diamonds on the band.
On Monday I drove back to DC to head back to work. It was Tuesday that I found out that I got the job at ALTA in Atlanta. A week and a half later we relocated back to Atlanta.
Now let the wedding planning begin.........
Blogging
My first Blog, EVER! Call me crazy, but I have never been one for blogging, myspace, or even facebook. But today I currently have an account in each of the listed items. So, what is the purpose of my blog?! What am I even thinking?! Well....as you noticed the name of my blog is "The Wedding Pit". I got the idea from the movie "The Money Pit" with Tom Hanks. If you have not seen it, I HIGHLY recommend it! The whole plot behind "The Money Pit" is this young engaged couple who buys a house...well a mansion...at a VERY cheap price. They are so excited about their new purchase until they move in. From this point forward everything falls apart, and they end up spending SO much money just to be able to live in the house. The theme of my Blog is "The Wedding Pit" because Andy (my boyfriend) and I just got engaged, and I am determined to have a 5 star wedding for under $10k. Is it possible? I have no clue! But I do know that if I can pull it off, many other brides-to-be can know that it is possible to have a spectacular wedding without going in debt or selling a kidney (I already asked about the kidney..haha).
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