North Carolina — The Knot Community

A taste of Carolina

uneek1323 — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:46:29 +0000

I got some Duplin shipped out here! Woot!

Thanks Charlotte girls!

CltBride2008 — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:32:12 +0000

Hey gals! I'm getting married in just a few short weeks and wanted to throw out a shout out to the Charlotte gals! I seriously don't know what I would have done, or where I would be without your recommendations. I didn't know where to begin with florists, videographers, djs, makeup artists, etc, but somehow it all worked itself out with your recommendations!! We found almost all of our vendors through this board!

Thanks again ladies!!

Charlotte Area Dress Help

irishminion01 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:40:18 +0000

Hi everyone,
I am getting married in Davidson this coming November but live in Texas! I will be in the Charlotte area for less than a week next month to plan the whole thing- plus find a dress. I am a street-size 16, so I know I will need a plus size- dress- any ideas on places that have quite a few plus-size samples to try on? I DO NOT plan to order a dress online, and am avoiding Davids at all costs. Anyone know anything about Poffie girls or Hopes bridal in Kannapolis? Any help would be appreiciated!

Veils: Where did you get yours

kelsey+brandon — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:25:12 +0000

Where did y'all get your veils?

I've been looking on Etsy because I really don't want to pay the $1,000 the bridal salon is quoting us for. I found one seller that makes veils that seem to look great and be a really good prices, but I always love getting references!

Thanks!

(I'm probably going to do a cathedral length veil with a blusher - lace trim on the bottom of the blusher and lace starting where the blusher meets the veil>

Looking for Photographer-Mooresville Area

jennowens1 — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:16:19 +0000

Hey guys :)
I am looking for a good photographer in the Mooresville/Lake Norman area. Our wedding is June 18. I have found several but they want a small fortune. Any suggestions?

HI!! (eagerly waving... from CT)

kristyand — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:27:09 +0000

Hey Ladies,

Russ and I have been talking about planning a vacation this summer and were thinking we wanted to do some sort of resort (since we did Italy for our honeymoon) and after not finding a great ecoresort (yet!) I thought to post on the Knot honeymoon board. So that's one long sentence about how I arrived here, to say hello to you lovelies

Who is still here that I know?! Update me.

We are in New Haven, CT where we moved Fall of 09. Russ is in his second year of grad school at Yale. I am working. And no babies... yet.

And we are just a month away from our second anniversary.

caterers in the charlotte area...

lcfghd — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:30:44 +0000

Hey everyone!
I am looking for a caterer for our january wedding in the charlotte area!!
I keep looking and looking, but we are on a strict budget! We have found some that will let us bring our own beer, and are looking for one that will let us supply our own beer!

Thanks!!!!

no kids allowed!!! please help!

thetouringys2011 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:17:46 +0000

ive been up for hrs considering a no children allowed wedding. my fiance and i are trying to plan a very small economic wedding. half (i actually did the percentage) of my guest list are children. and a third are spouses of guest i hardly know. i saw on a site that one way to trim the guest list is to cut on children. i will only have 2 children in my wedding party, i could care less about misbehaving but i really dont want to pay an extra 400 at my reception for children who will be bore run around and not eat. i narrowed it down to two guest who may have trouble finding a sitter. i could make arrangements for that. and some guest will have to have the spouse stay home with the children, even better! could i make this happen or will it blow up in my face?

Best Bridesmaids gift you've ever received?

Josh+Shannon — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:57:11 +0000

I purchased necklaces for my ladies, but they have been so wonderful they deserve something more!
What was the best BM gift you have ever received?

Budget friendly hair and makeup

ajribaudo — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:31:33 +0000

Hi everyone!

I am getting married in the beggining of April and am looking for hair and makeup that isn't super expensive. If you guys could suggest something that would be awesome!

Thanks.

~Looking for a Wedding Reception Venue/Hall in Smithfield

Mrs*Shyest02 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:38:51 +0000

Do anyone know of a reasonable Wedding Reception Venue in Smithfield, NC? Maybe a wedding and reception in the same place, if not just the reception any ideas?

WIN a COACH, GUCCI or LV Purse!! NO Purch Necc!

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Never been worn gown for sale

taylormay — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:36:36 +0000

Size for Mori Lee strapless gown. With sash and size 7 shoes included.
Detaied beading on bodice and along bottom of dress. MUST SEE! Im asking $500 OBO. I live in the charlotte area. Pictures available upon request. EMAIL TMAY65@YAHOO.COM with questions. Thank you!

Beach Decor Help

jdunn2011 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:27:18 +0000

Hi everyone,
I am getting married on 9/17/11 in Carolina Beach. We will be using bamboo poles to mark the aisle. I want to tie some ribbons on the poles. Does anyone know how long the ribbons should be?

Rainy Day poll?

pirategal03 — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:58:25 +0000

- Who's here?
- Is it raining where you are?
- Prepackaged cheez-it mix, or prepackaged chex mix?
- What brand is your cell phone?
- Would you be annoyed if your neighbor painted the outside of their house bright pink?
- Lipstick or lipgloss?
- If you won $50k to throw yourself a destination wedding, where would you have it? (leftover cash would not go to your pocket)
- Do you speak a language other than English?
- Eggroll or springroll?
- Why isn't there a wedding pie tradition like the wedding cake tradition?
- Did you vote in the last presidential election?

Oops. Forgot the SASE for RSVPs

CLTKate — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:03:52 +0000

Ugh...is that totally tacky? I have been too busy with work and life to even think about the little things. I sent out invitations a couple of weeks ago with no self-addressed stamped envelopes for guests to send back the RSVPs.

Plantation Bridal portraits

ashleynwilliams — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:07:01 +0000

I am having portraits done in April and had planned to use Orton Plantation in Wilmy. They are closed with no sign of reopening. I would like the look of big columns, spanish moss, etc. I found Bellamy down there and that is a possibility. Do ya'll know of any other places that fit the bill? I would also consider locations around Raleigh.

What do you do when this happens??

elcobb — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:36:06 +0000

So, to make a long story short(ish), we've been planning with our caterers for going on 6 months now, but we're still in the estimates/tasting stage. The caterers we are using do most of their business during the holiday season and couldn't do much for us until recently anyway.

My situation is that we have what we [thought] we wanted as far as food, but the estimates we've been given are thousands of dollars higher than what we said our budget was. While it includes all the rentals (linens, dishes, etc.--BUT tables are included with our venue) I REALLY don't think we have a ridiculous amount of food, so I can't imagine why it's so high. We are doing very heavy hors d'ourvres.

We're getting married at the end of May and the caterers want to finalize everything soon... do you think they'd want to punch me if we changed our menu? I purposefully chose a non-all-inclusive venue so we could save a little bit of money, so I am NOT okay with going over budget.

Am I being crazy here? What would you do if this happened to you?

GirlieGirl

aleighk1 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:29:36 +0000

Not sure if you saw, but you have a PM :]

Lots of changes possible! - Long!

kelsey+brandon — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:04:43 +0000

Hey girls!

So this weekend started out having nothing WR on the schedule, and I ended up maybe changing our date! Ahh!!!!!

I've emailed all of our vendors and am still waiting to hear back from our photographer, reception venue and the church. We have heard back from our florist and he is all for it!

Everytime I think about our wedding, I imagine spring/early summer, a big white tent, lots of southern style, seersucker, bow ties...and everything that goes along with that. The problem...we're getting married in December.

FI and I had a serious talk about it on Saturday night, then we went out with a bunch of our friends and I talked to them about it. I also talked to my mom yesterday and then some more friends today. I'm really leaning towards moving our wedding to June 2, 2012.

It would give us more time to save, we could have the wedding I keep envisioning in my head, we could do the tent at our current venue (The State Club has a terrace/patio thing that is enormous to the side of the building). As long as they have the date available and so does church and Kellie, I think we're set to change.

I am sad that we're getting married 6 months later, but like Meredith said, we're spending the rest of our lives together. And it's not like our lives haven't already started together. It would also give FI a little more time to get settle into a job after taking the bar and we'd be able to go on a nicer honeymoon because he'd have more time to save up for that!

What do you girls think? Am I crazy??

Hair and Makeup in the Triangle

sksites — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:36:18 +0000

Does anyone know of a good (and reasonably priced) makeup artist that does bridal makeup or a good hair place for updoes? I'm getting married in North Raleigh. Thanks!!

Looking for Sanford Wedding Resources

michelekellogg48 — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:26:04 +0000

I live in the Sanford area, and planning a September wedding. We are trying to keep the budget as low as possible. Any help and tips is very much appreciated.
TIA
MK

Bridal and Formal Center of Fayetteville

CRH2011 — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 03:24:32 +0000

Has anyone used them for alterations? Any good/bad/ugly stories I should know before allowing them to do alterations.

I'm open to other suggestions too...

David's Bridal - Raleigh

az3thou — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:52:18 +0000

So, I've been reading the reviews on the DB in Raleigh, and they are baaaad. Does anyone have any personal experience there? I would at least like to check it out, whether I get my dress there or not, but I'm almost afraid.

I probably don't want to spend more than 700 or so on a dress, so if anyone has suggestions for another place, I would really appreciate it. I read some reviews from A Beautiful Day Bridal in Durham and those were very good (it's 40 or so miles from me, but I could handle it). Also, Savvi Formalwear in Raleigh had some good reviews.

Finally put a few things together to sale....

GirlieGirl27320 — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:45:08 +0000

Hello from a former knottie!!! I have still been lurking from time to time, but haven't been posting as much as I used to. I hope everyone is doing well with all their planning!!! After 5 months of marriage, I have finally put together a few things that we had leftover from our wedding. If anyone is interested in anything, let me know!!! Here's the link to our stuff... http://tinyurl.com/4r8uyvf

Ahh, sweet weekend.

jennieweaver1 — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:58:53 +0000

Just wanted to write and say that I hope everyone has a great weekend! (yes, I know it is already Saturday, but I had class earlier so NOW it's finally the weekend for me!) My mom and I finally got our act together and planned out everything that is left to be done. I hated being so disorganized! Who can remember all of the stuff that needs to be done while working on wedding stuff, working a job, and worrying about schoolwork? Anyone doing anything exciting this weekend? Big plans during the week?

Also, does anyone have any great etsy shop favorites? There are so many out there!

AshleyNicole81

NcsuPsych — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:13:51 +0000

You've got a PM. Please check it. Thanks.

Hello

AshleyNicole81 — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:21:01 +0000

Hi brides! I am new to the site we just got engaged on 2/19/11 I got my webpage going and joined here, bought my planning book and decided kind of what wedding we want but now I am at like a block what do I do firsat or next or what Help!!
Smiles
Ashley Nicole

TGIF!! ~Morning!~

NcsuPsych — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:37:38 +0000

This is a P&R because I've got to get ready for classes, but I wanted to say Good Morning! Also, TGIF!! AND next week is SpringBreak for me :)

I've got a whole list of things that I'd like to do around the house. Anyway wanna place bets on how many I'll actually complete? Hah.

I hope everyone has a great day! What are your weekend plans?

Bartender?

aleighk1 — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:03:04 +0000

We are supplying our own alcohol for the reception but we are hiring a caterer for dinner.

Are we supposed to find a bartender to serve the alcohol since we are supplying it? If so, how would I go about finding a bartender?