African American Weddings — The Knot Community

HEYYYYYYYYY MISSJ! and HEYYYYYYYYY EVERYBODY! Long Time

[Deleted User] — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:32:03 +0000

I know I could have text u but its been awhile thought I would drop in....well me and my new boo are all booked in at the wyndham in clearwater beach yaayyyyyyyy we are leaving here on the 30th but anywhooo my invite is still packed up so I need to get info from ur wedding website and is ur registry info on there also? if not tell me where ur registered and do yall have anything planned for friday night? saturday night? or is all the festivities on the website we are so looking forward to this trip and sharing this special moment with u and ur FI.

Photographer rant (long)...stressed!

fancywright2 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:29:53 +0000

So we booked our photogorapher back in July. Her pictures were great and she was very responsive. We took our e-pics at the end of September. She told us that she had several weddings that she needed to edit before she could start on ours, but indicated that it would be about 3 weeks which is fine, because our contract says that proofs would be available 10 business days after the session and mailed discs available 15 days after.

Well I sent her a FB message on 10/22 and asked for an update and she said she was working on them and I should have it the following week which was last week. I left her a message yesterday and today but no answer, no return call. So I just sent her an email and waiting for a response.

I really don't want to start this photographer search again, but we may have to. We gave her a 50% deposit, which of course the contract says is non-refundable, but she also violated the terms of the contract since we didn't get the proofs in 10 business days. Do I have any recourse her to ask for our money back if I don't hear back from her soon?

UUGH! Very stressed over this.

OMG It's been 4EVER! Wedding pix & update

peachy2012 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:04:23 +0000

Hellooooooo Ladies,
Last time I was on here I was super pissed b/c my DOC quit two days before my wedding, but if you remember I had been doing the whole thig myself anyway. I just wanted to be able to rest on that day. Well, I had plenty of help from my friends & surprisingly my MIL, but then the cake lady was late, my hair person was not answering, & I still needed to make sure thing would get set-up the way I wanted them too. Of course the Lord told me to go head & bring the beach wave hot rollers I order when I planned on doing my own hair b/c guess what? My BM & I had to do my hair one person flat ironing (b/c I am natural & had partial sew-in that I did myself) and the other putting in the rollers. I just wanted to tell you ladies that with everything that went wrong, oh & my DJ not having any of the songs (oh 1st dance was literally the intro and the chorus lol) I still had a blast! Things may get stressful but trust me just enjoy yourself & have fun, if you want to get mad or cut ppl off do it after the wedding. After all the madness I now want to help brides on a budget and will be adding wedding planning to my resume Lol.

Bought these flowers at the dollar store, diamond pins & mesh wrap on ebay

checks all over the place!

soontobehasrouni — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:50:22 +0000

i got some much done this week!! I ordered by fathers gift, hand folding fans for myself and my girls, my comfortable after ceremony shoes, won my longline bra on ebay!! it only costs $17 vs $80 in the store! hmm what else.... oh, ordered the charms that me and FI are going to wear on our bouquet and boutinerre, and im pretty sure something else but i cant remember

I also started blinging out the cake cutting set to match the cake toppper. im going to get the knife and server engraved and after the wedding put the set and the cake topper in a shawdow box and hang in the kitchen.

Knottie of the Week - aquari0216

TysWife2Be — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:01:02 +0000

1. First Name & Fiance's First Name:

2. Your Birthday & Age and Fiance's Birthday and Age:

3. City Born In?

4. City Live in?

5. Where did you go to college?

6. What was your major?

7. What is your current job?

8. What is your dream job?

9. How did you and your fiance meet?

10. When did you get engaged and how did he do it??

11. When is the Wedding Day?

12. Where is the ceremony and reception?

13. What are your wedding colors?

14. Where are you honeymooning?

15. Favorite wedding vendor so far?

16. Biggest wedding splurge?

17. What is something you wish you could have at the wedding but don't?

18. Another knottie wedding you'd like to attend?

19. Favorite book?

20. Favorite movie?

21. Favorite tv show?

22. Favorite wedding dress designer?

23. Any advice you can give?

24. Anything you wish you could change about your wedding?

25. Share something about yourself!

O M G

leatba — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:21:26 +0000

I was minding my own business having a good day when I decided to check my email. I am 10 months out today. I haven't been the same since- even left work earlier. Where has the time gone?

Wedding Wednesday

M1ssJ — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:20:57 +0000

http://blog.karentran.com/recent-weddings/white-romantic-wedding-on-the-lake-jennifer-and-richard/

http://www.shellyedwards.blogspot.com/2012/11/trudys-and-lenoxs-wedding.html

http://rachaelnicolephotography.com/blog/?p=4167

Engagement

http://rachaelnicolephotography.com/blog/?p=3963

Ring Insurance Question

Sophia1913 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:57:25 +0000

Hey sistahs, I hope everyones wedding planning has been going well. I just had a question for those that have gone thru the process of getting their rings insured. So when we bought our rings we had a 2 year theft protection plan. The 2 years is just about up on both our rings so I am looking in to maybe adding them to our homeowners policy. Is this what you normally do or is it better to go thru a private insurance company? We also bought our bands from Zales and they told me its about 100 per ring to appraise. I'm not sure if this is reasonable or not. Any info anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. TIA

SHOES SHOES AND BLINGY SHOES...

nursing2u — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:48:09 +0000

Tell me what you guys think....

I have shoes that everyone has seen... JS hot pink.... but I thought about blinging the heel with crystals.... then I saw these other shoes today on etsy.. and I wanted to know what you guys think....

1st pair

2nd pair

3rd pair

need a lil help...

nursing2u — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:05:49 +0000

I am looking for pink football charms for bouquets... I am looking for like footballs, helmets, and any other type of nfl symbols that come as charms for my bouquet and the bm bouquets.

Any pics you can find and where they can be found... I would sooo appreciate it..

Centerpieces- DONE. check!

footballwife77 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:01:50 +0000

I went and picked them up today and i putting my craspedia in them. I'm going to have votive candles on the sides with ivory petals on the table.

Wedding is over: Non Pro Pics @ Magnolia Hotel Dallas

gmg75241 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:58:46 +0000

My wedding is over now :(

Everything went great. Only complaint, my decor company forgot to put all of my 100
votives on the tables and uplights behind the draping in the ceremony but besides that everything was fine.

AND we were on time lol

Just waiting on the video and the pro pics

male stripper rant

footballwife77 — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:04:43 +0000

ok, so i went to the bar w/my girlfrinend tonight. this was my 2nd time ever. 1st time was in vegas for my bday (5 yrs ago) they were to touchy feely/grabby. tonight just confirmed it's not for me. My girlfriend wanted to go and it was only $10 to get in. so i talked to fiance and went with her. these guys were super cheesy on top of that not in very good shape. i'm assuming because there were only about 75 women in the bar they told us we could go on stage for $1.00. So I pulled $5 out and went up with 4 other women. This dude made his rounds and when he was doing what it do- asked me if I had a towel because he was hot. #DONE. Did this fool just ask me for a towel, because YES, i bring towels with me everytime I go out. and to top it off, his breath was ON FIRE. I'm a little upset and extremely disappointed. BOO!!

Special day.....for several reasons...

sweettiffy03 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:55:56 +0000

1. The most important thing is Election Day, go vote! I'll put this election in God's hands!! 2. It's my 27th birthday and due to me and the boo LDR( he's from Ghana) this will by our first time actually celebrating my birthday in the same country! Everybody have a great day!

Let's chat..

keysmit — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:14:19 +0000

Hey Ladies,

Happy hump day.. :-).. I just want to see how everybody week is going so far and how is wedding planning coming?? What big projects are you working on? DIY? what's left to make your day complete??

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MrsHoward2Be — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:55:37 +0000

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RECAP FINALLY!!!! LONG (PIP)

GingerCake — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:42:44 +0000

Hey Lovebugs,

I am finally reacclimated to the real world after being in lovely wedding and honeymoon bliss. So here's my RECAP of my 10.20.12 wedding:

I flew home to Louisiana on Monday as I knew there would be tons left to do as my mom and I did plenty of DIY projects for the wedding. And good thing I did! On Tuesday I get a call that my venue, City Park New Orleans, is worried that it will be too hot for my guests to be on the balcony and want to know if I would consider switching to another of their venues (Pavillion of Two Sisters) so that all guests can sit inside during the reception. I had toured the pavillion during one of my visits but had not really paid it any mind since it was not the one I chose. So my parents and I hop in the car and roll to New Orleans (which is about an hour away) to see the pavillion again. Now the room is just GORGEOUS, there really is not anything to dislike but it took my some time to rethink my vision and to now see my reception being in here. I was worried that my decor would not match the grandness of this new space. It had much higher ceilings and felt more formal than the space I originally chose for my morning brunch wedding. But my parents were able to help me see that this would be a great option and everyone being inside was a plus so they sold me. Just by happenstance I venture off to see the tree where my ceremony was supposed to be and realize that it looks NOTHING like it did when I had seen it before. Every year they have an event in City Park called Celebration of the Oaks where they light the trees and the whole park just looks beautiful. Well little did I know that they had already started setting up for this which means the beautiful, majestic tree I had chosen now had weird black strings hanging from it which were the lights. Now I am sure that at 7pm, the tree looks AMAZING all lit up and such. HOWEVER for my 10:30am ceremony it looks like weird black strings and I was not pleased. So I started asking about other options for my outside ceremony and eventually settled on a beautiful space right outside of my reception venue. So let me just tell you, my nerves were completely shot. I mean what bride changes their entire ceremony location and reception venue 4 days before the wedding???? However there was not much time to dwell as there were projects left to complete, etc.

Friday night was the rehearsal and dinner and why was DH and 3 of the 6 groomsmen, and DH's family 45 minutes late for the rehearsal. You know I was too done. After all the stress of projects, wedding plans changed, etc I couldn't take it. The tears began to flow but one of my bridesmaids quickly helped me to pull it together and I was ok. We had the rehearsal and then the dinner at Copeland's of New Orleans and it was delish!

The morning of the wedding, I was eerily calm. My hairdresser through everything off by being 45 minutes late but were still able to get to the park on time and get all of the pictures taken. The other story behind City Park is that 2 weeks before my wedding I randomly find out that the Susan Komen walk is in the park the same morning as my wedding which means that major streets are blocked and parking is limited. So when I arrived to the park I hear loud music blasting and all kinds of noise. Luckily, they were able to get the sheriff to go over and ask them to turn it down so that by the time our ceremony started it wasn't an issue but it did make me a little on edge before that happen.

DH and I decided to do a first look and it was sooooooo amazing. I really feel like that set the tone for the rest of the day because we got all our jitters out, took all of our pics and were able to spend some time together before the chaos of the day started. When it was time for the ceremony, my matron of honor gave me the BEST advice. She told me that no matter what, as I walked down the aisle to keep my eyes focused on DH. I knew I would be tempted to want to look around and see who was there but I didn't and didn't focus on anything else besides him. After the ceremony, people told me they heard hecklers and someone on a cell phone while it was happening and I hadn't heard any of it because I was so focused on him. I think the first look helped with this as well. Our ceremony was officiated by my older cousin and he did an incredible job. It was so touching and personal and turned out to be one of my favorite memories of the day. DH teared up as he said his vows to me and that was also a very sweet memory. After the ceremony, which lasted about 30 minutes, we moved right into the reception and it was so much fun! I had been very nervous about our first dance as we hadn't practiced very much but it turned out wonderful. We first danced to beautiful surprise by india arie and then had the dj switch it to the second verse of adorn by miguel. We were singing to each other as if we were not in front of all these people and really had a blast with it. The food at the venue was delicious and plenty of guests commented that it was the best wedding food they had ever eaten. Our menu was passsed tea sandwiches, chicken and waffles, omelette station, jambalaya, and a pasta station. One of my absolute favorite moments of the day was the second line band! I always knew I would love this moment of my day but it was even better than I expected. The crowd really got into it and it was just awesome. We had our second line to close out our reception, so they played a few songs inside the venue and then led everyone to the parking lot where we made our getaway in a classic royals royce. It was really just a beautiful day and turned out so much more wonderful than I could have ever imagined. We flew back to ATL that Sunday morning, repacked and regrouped and then flew out to Curacao for a week to honeymoon which was a beautiful and relaxing way to wrap it all up. Below are a few pics we have received from friends and our sneak peek from our photog followed by some closing thoughts for all of you beauties waiting on your big day!

1. Hire a wedding planner if you can!!! My wedding planner was soooo helpful to me, especially the day of the wedding. She basically set up the entire reception hall just the way I wanted it to look and kept the entire day running smoothly.

2. Hire a videographer if you can. Although I have not received my video yet, I am more excited about getting this back than my pictures. There are so many things I can't remember about the day and I know the videographer was able to capture all of this. My videographers were also a husband wife team so I got 2 for the price of one so that expands the moments they were able to capture and I can't wait to see it.

3. Have a detailed list for your photographer. My photographer sent me a list of typical pictures the bride takes throughout the day that included all the normal family shots, etc. However, what wasn't included on that list were things like pictures of the bride alone which means that I did not take a single posed shot by myself that day in this ensemble that I had stressed soooo much about putting together. Now granted, that was not something I anticipated wanting ahead of time but I guess just assumed it would be included and it was not. I am sure she got great candids of me but in terms of posed shots there were none. Someone recently sent around a great list and that seemed pretty exhaustive to me!

4. Lean on your bridal party. Hey you picked them for a reason so allow them to help you when they can. I was able to delegate all kinds of task that needed to be done so then I didn't have to worry about it. Of course I guess this only works if they are reliable folks, which mine were.

5. Go with the flow. Trust me I know how it is when you have a plan and it's what you have been thinking about for months, but without a doubt, things will come up that you have no control over. It's easy to get caught up in problem solving and event planning and miss the true purpose of the day which is to marry your true love! Which brings me to the final point:

6. Focus on your partner! Like I said this was the best piece of advice I got in all of the wedding planning because at the end of the day that's what all the planning was about. You and them having an amazing start to the rest of your lives. In the end, no one will remember what color your linens were or how big your bouquet was, but they will remember how in love you two looked and how much love was in the room. Focus on capturing that and I promise the day will be amazing.

THE KNOT...

M1ssJ — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:58:58 +0000

made me a number..... not a name

STD

keysmit — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:30:23 +0000

Where did you order your STD from? I want a magnet? Any suggestions that are resonable? Or unique?

Thanks, sheikscorpio88!!!

keyaira04 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:21:16 +0000

I saw a post a while back on Mary Catomy...I just hit 8 months yesterday. I saw your post at 6am today and called her at 10:30am to inquire any opening for July 5th. She had one more spot left! Yay!!! Im so excited for this check! I really did not think I needed to book a seamtress this far ahead. Dead Wrong! Thanks!

Free 20pg Shutterfly Book

GingerCake — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:44:06 +0000

For all the new wives and those who will be soon, if you get an email from the knot or wedding channel asking you to review your vendors to get a free shutterfly book, DO IT! It's not a hoax or a scam. I did mine and got my coupon code today. You will likely get the email 1-2 weeks after your wedding date so be on the lookout.

E-PICS PIP

Toiizloved — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:41:36 +0000

Hey Yall...

So here's the FREE epics I was telling yall about a while back. Let me know what you think. He customize a package for me that will include 8 hrs of time, bridal and a 8x11 pic of our choice in frame. I will also receive a disc with all the pics included and copyright release for $495.00 I see areas where he can approve but overall you cant beat FREE lol.. I made the signs myself.. whoop whoop

Fendi Shimmer Baguette

EsquireJL — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:57:35 +0000

Hello Ladies,

I am selling this bag on ebay after using it once for the wedding festivities. If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

http://r.ebay.com/njELOK

I posted this in classifieds but thought that someone on this board may be interested.

Coffee and Cream with a hint of green tea or aqua....

purplelotusca — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:27:27 +0000

My FH and I are big coffee drinkers and all our family and friends tease us about it, so we decided we would do coffee and cream with either a hint of green tea (a mint color) or aqua or pink. My question is what you all think of this in a July wedding. We are kind of stuck on our months of late June July or August because that is when all our kids will be home for the ceremony.
This is a second marriage for both of us, but a first wedding for him. We will have a coffee bar both hot and cold and we will be indoor and outdoor ceremony.reception, in FLORIDA! Hence, my dilemma. LOL!

Thanks for your help!

Terri

bling!

soontobehasrouni — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:21:44 +0000

keep the swvorski crystals away from me. i blinged out our cake topper a couple months ago, and was bored to death and thought....lemme bling out the cake cutting set too!!so im currently attaching tiny crystals to an akward shaped handle. i think im getting arthritis. but whatever....these are going to be adorable! Im going to put them in a shadow box in a X position with the cake topper (the cake topper is a flat H) in the middle and hang it in the kitchen after the wedding :-D

Tell em Tuesday

Knottie_22382935 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:02:13 +0000

Dear Etsy, We are breaking up. J Dear Mom, Yes you picked a bold dress. Yes it's too late to change it. No bowls of rice are not offset with salad and no workouts. No my stomach is still not flat. Let that dream die. J

Election Day!

Knottie_22382935 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:59:06 +0000

If you haven't voted early get to your poll and make your selection today.

I finally have a check.. LOL need help planning for these e pics.

keysmit — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:06:00 +0000

We put the deposit down for the church yesterday... Yayyy.. Also this sunday we have E pics.. Finally.. So excited.. What should i plan for? it's suppose to be nice in Cleveland this weekend.. should i go with a theme? how many out fits?

I'm needy today... Boquets

M1ssJ — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:27:06 +0000

So I saw a picture of a satin wrapped bouquet with rhinestones at the bottom. Now I cant find the picture..... Who's the awesome person who can find it?

EPIC sneak peak !!!

MrsBad13 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:30:04 +0000

My photog sent a sneak peak over the weekend. So far the 1st one is my fav ! Ill post more when I can.

Enjoy !