North Carolina — The Knot Community https://forums.theknot.com/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:49:54 +0000 en North Carolina — The Knot Community SOUTHPORT!! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90171/southport Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:47:19 +0000 North Carolina sellis128 90171@/discussions
Also, does anyone know if there are any planners in the area? I'm stressing a little on the reception part :)

Thanks!!]]> Potomac Floral https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90391/potomac-floral Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:38:27 +0000 North Carolina HouaBudgetSavvy 90391@/discussions
Have any of you ever ordered from Potomac Floral before or know of any other brides that have made a purchase through this online bulk floral site?
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Thanks in advance!!!
]]> NC Wedding Laws -- Help! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/89465/nc-wedding-laws-help Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:53:13 +0000 North Carolina HouaBudgetSavvy 89465@/discussions North Carolina Wedding Laws
 a. In the presence of an ordained minister of any religious denomination, a minister authorized by a church, or a magistrate; and b. With the consequent declaration by the minister or magistrate that the persons are husband and wife; or (2) In accordance with any mode of solemnization recognized by any religious denomination, or federally or State recognized Indian Nation or Tribe.

To perform a marriage in North Carolina you need to be ordained and may be required to provide proof of ordination such as an ordination credential, wallet credential, or a letter of good standing from the church.

This is found from the following site...NC wedding laws

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I called my local county (Catawba) to seek if it would be ok to have a friend get ordained online as a minister and perform the wedding ceremony.  She stated that it will be determined by his/her title and if they will be recognized as a member of the church to perform the wedding.

So -- this would mean that I get a friend  according to the statement abot that I can have him or her be ordained by this site ULC then they will be a recognized member who can then perform the ceremony for us?

Does anyone know? I know it has been discussed over and over but I'm still not clear about it?

Thanks!!!
]]> Hair/Make-up Greensboro? https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90263/hair-make-up-greensboro Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:02:32 +0000 North Carolina VintageGlamBride 90263@/discussions
I am doing some b-pics in the Greensboro area with some friends and need recs for a hair/make-up artist that will come to the hotel.  I'm hoping they will also stay for the shoot and switch the looks up.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

]]> good wax in Charlotte? https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/88151/good-wax-in-charlotte Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:19:21 +0000 North Carolina intherough 88151@/discussions
I want full leg, and... um, crack hair? Sorry, if that's TMI.]]> Nail Salons - Raleigh https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/85980/nail-salons-raleigh Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:15:36 +0000 North Carolina GDWWed186731 85980@/discussions
Thanks!
]]> AW: dress shopping https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91555/aw-dress-shopping Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:13:29 +0000 North Carolina ecuchika 91555@/discussions
I FOUND MY DRESS!!!!!!

Ok so I tried on like 10 dresses and found one like really liked and thought could this be the dress(?) after that we were like is this all the dresses you have...the girl helping us said no we have a few more rooms....walked through them found a few more..last room was a the sale room and we went to my size.  My MOH pulled this dress out and said what you do think--my reaction was like eggghh.  She said for the price you have to try it on.

In dressing room---tried on all of them --last dress was the sale dress.
TRIED IT ON and.......
there was all this fabric; we were really confused then realized this dress is long sleeves , wait, what!!!! but this was after I had the dress on! I was really not liking this dress at that point and wanted to take it off! But my wonderful MOH sees things I can't and she had the bright idea of taking off the sleeves!  we pinned the sleeves back making it strapless and I walked out to look in the mirrors!

My MOH got a veil shoulder length and I wasn't thrilled then changed it out for a birdecage veil!  I didn't want to take it offf---it was so vintage and classy.  Not even the sales ppl reallized it was long sleeves til we told them (except the one girl that monitors inventory).

called mommy on the phone described the dress and she was like buy it now!! I love it...

its trumpet fit,  lace overlay, ivory, button up back (despite I wanted a corsett), fits like it was tailored to my body, beautiful train!!!

for those who may wonder
cost of dress right under $2000
my price $350
total after tax w/veil $530.

and no i didnt get the "this is the dress feeling at first" after looking at myself in the mirror for about 5min I did start to feel like that.  after i got it home i got more like that.

EXCITED AND ALL SMILES

I LOVE MY DRESS!!
]]> Travel Documents... https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/89464/travel-documents Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:51:54 +0000 North Carolina GirlieGirl27320 89464@/discussions Because it's Friday... https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/88790/because-its-friday Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:08:45 +0000 North Carolina pirategal03 88790@/discussions
... Who was your favorite teacher in High School?  What grade/subject did he/she/it/they teach?

... Would your high school friends say you're the same now as you've always been?

... How long has it been since your High School graduation?

... Roughly what percentage of High School football games did you attend while in school?

... Roughly what percentage of High School dances did you attend?

... Was your school's homecoming dance a formal dance or a casual one?

... Did you go to prom?

... Did you do anything after prom?

... Were you in any cool clubs?

... Were you in any not-cool clubs?

... Did you manage to get through school without majorly embarrassing yourself in front of the entire student body? (If no, we want the story)

... Did you play sports?

... Were you in band?

... Did you have the coolest car in the parking lot?

... Did you bring your lunch and sit in the corner, or sit at the popular kid's table?


aaaaand...GO! ;)
]]> Invitation Printing - Triangle Area https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91070/invitation-printing-triangle-area Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:57:02 +0000 North Carolina Jess87657 91070@/discussions
I'm interested in ordering our invites from Fourth & Folded: www.fourthandfolded.com, and having them printed locally.  Do you all have any recommendations other than the big players like Staples, OfficeMax/Depot and Kinkos?  I called them and they each charge .80 per side for color printing.  I wasn't sure if this is an average price or if I could get it cheaper from a mom and pop shop.

Thanks!
Jessica]]> **Beth** https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91543/beth Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:30:24 +0000 North Carolina GirlieGirl27320 91543@/discussions TGIF! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/85877/tgif Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:32:47 +0000 North Carolina sunnysarahinNC 85877@/discussions
Anyone have big plans this weekend? FI is playing a little "gig" in his parents neighborhood for a cookout they're having...so that will be fun!]]> Anybody using Special Events Catering? https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90109/anybody-using-special-events-catering Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:22:26 +0000 North Carolina carolinagal78 90109@/discussions bridesmaid dresses still not in.... 16 days to go! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91334/bridesmaid-dresses-still-not-in-16-days-to-go Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:13:53 +0000 North Carolina intherough 91334@/discussions **Melissa**(MelBee12) https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90534/melissa-melbee12 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:51:19 +0000 North Carolina GirlieGirl27320 90534@/discussions Florist Meeting (Lots of PIPs) https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/88121/florist-meeting-lots-of-pips Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:09:08 +0000 North Carolina Beth0882 88121@/discussions
Anyway -- the bouquets were not totally put together, but she had most of the flowers in the right colors to show me how everything would go, so it was helpful.  My bouquet will have orange and red gerbers, orange roses, and pops of blue delphinium, as that is our main color:

 (the actual bouquet will be bigger)
The bridesmaid bouquets will have these flowers (yellow daisy mums, orange, red, burgandy gerbers, blue delphinium):

 (next to BM dress fabric)
Moving on to the CPs...when we took our CPs into the caterers on Friday, we discovered that they were too small once on the table with the linens and dishes:

And this table isn't even as big as the ones we will be using.  So we brainstormed a way to raise the CPs and make them a bit more elaborate, and the best we could come up with was this:

We found bronze colored chargers at Michaels which are perfectly sized to hold everything, but we couldn't find anything to raise it up that did not make the whole thing very unstable, risking broken wine bottles before the end of the night.  Took it all in to Lisa, and she came up with these flower pot things to raise it:

They are brown, so they match without having to paint them, and wider so they are more stable.  She can order them for us from her wholesaler.  And then she added some flowers to make it more elegant, and I LOVE what she came up with.  Its hard to see in the pictures because of all the stuff in the background, but :

 I love the flower choices (rose, gerber, and something I can't recall the name of with curly branches, and the pops of blue delphinium on the charger).


Anyway, she will be giving me the final estimate by Friday.  I know we can swing the flowers/pots/water tubes if we do all the work ourselves and she just gives us the unprocessed flowers (we would have to cut the stems and strip them), but she is also giving us the price if she does the work, which would be awesome and stress relieving if we can afford it. 

Now that I've written an entire storybook, hope you ladies have a nice day.  And if anyone in the Triad area is looking for a florist, so far I can highly recommend Lisa at Designs North!






]]> Super upset..need to vent! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/88372/super-upset-need-to-vent Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:07:25 +0000 North Carolina jmp0930 88372@/discussions Happy Thursday! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/89751/happy-thursday Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:20:37 +0000 North Carolina SassyPants150 89751@/discussions
I feel like I'm in the middle of a 24 hour crappy marathon.  Starting at about 9 pm, I got the message from my hairdresser sister that she wasn't going to do BM hair. That has a vent post of its own.  I woke up super late so I'm having to work from home before I head out into my sales territory.  I hate when that happens because I'm under the microscope for not coming into the office.  Not sure what will happen throughout the day but I start back in my Masters classes tonight.  I've been doing this part time program for almost 4 years.  They don't always offer everything I need so i've had a break for 9 months.  Its so hard to get back into gear.  Plus the idea of 3 hours from 6-9 every week sounds dreadful...especially with taking accounting this semester. 

Hope everyone has a great day!  Spread some my way...You might as well call me Oscar the Grouch today...
]]> Last minute bail....vent! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90272/last-minute-bail-vent Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:08:31 +0000 North Carolina SassyPants150 90272@/discussions
I sent her a message yesterday and asked her how long she thinks it would take to do all of the girls hair and she replied and said "You know I don't do updos, I will still do your hair but I'm not going to be responsible for your girls and I will have Jaden (my niece/flower girl) with me"

I know that she's had a lot of drama going on and is super scatterbrained but come on.  I don't talk to my sisters all too often, they are technically half sisters and they are 12 and 14 years older than me.  I don't want to cause any drama and throw a fit because we only have 10 days until the wedding and no one needs to be in a sour mood.  My sister has already been on the hot seat from some family situations lately and I really don't want to stir anything to make it worse. 

I knew I couldn't hit cruise control just yet...now what to do?  Any suggestions??]]> HELP!!! Reception Site ideas!! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/88604/help-reception-site-ideas Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:33:30 +0000 North Carolina lcfghd 88604@/discussions
Thanks!]]> 26 days out and I get.... https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90281/26-days-out-and-i-get Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:52:14 +0000 North Carolina alliegator8 90281@/discussions
And to top it off, some of FI's family hasn't rsvped yet because we schedule our wedding the same weekend as a Michigan football game.  What the is that?  They are playing U Mass.  It's not even a big game.  I could understand them being upset if it were against OSU or Penn State, but it's freaken U Mass which is why we picked that weekend.  Not to mention it is our wedding!  We wanted to get married in Hawaii with just our parents and siblings, but knew FI's family would be upset b/c they are all so close.  Makes me wonder why we went didn't do it anyway.

Sorry just needed to vent.  FI and my parents are so upset about the chicken pox thing, that i have no one to vent to.  Thanks for listening.
]]> Raleigh Bride https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91474/raleigh-bride Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:32:43 +0000 North Carolina jloneal85 91474@/discussions
Introduction first--I've been stalking the boards for awhile, but this is my first "post".  My fiance and I have been engaged for almost a year, and we weren't going to have a wedding until 2012, but due to some fortunate luck, we are going to be getting married next year!!

I live in Virginia now, but I grew up in NC and went to school at NCSU.  We are heading down on Friday to take a look at a few venues that I have my eye on.

Here's my questions:

1)  who else is getting married around Raleigh in August of 2011?
2)  Any recommendations for a venue that can hold at least 150 and isn't too extreme in price.  I know it's a big guest list, but I still have a budget and I'm hoping to stick to it!!

Thanks everyone!

Jenny]]> Pure Dorkiness.... https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91110/pure-dorkiness Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:25:07 +0000 North Carolina SassyPants150 91110@/discussions
BUT

I can't listen to Canon in D without tearing up (What I'm walking down the aisle to)...for the love of God please let me not bawl my makeup off before I even get to the end of the aisle

Has anyone else had dorky wedding moments while you've been planning/at your wedding? ]]> How Many Do Not RSVP?? https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/89834/how-many-do-not-rsvp Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:27:14 +0000 North Carolina hlumbf2010 89834@/discussions parent torubles https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90922/parent-torubles Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:07:24 +0000 North Carolina kemcsw 90922@/discussions i am engaged to a Marine, we have been together for the past 2 years (next month) & we have been engaged for about a year...my parents do not approve in the least. we pretty much dont have a relationship anymore. my fiance and i are going to have to pay for the entire wedding, which is about a year away, we want to go ahead and get the big things outta the way, like the invitations...but my parents have already said that they are not going. should i still send them one? any advise on the relationship from those of you that know what i am going through?? thanks in advance!!]]> Good Morning Wednesday https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/92026/good-morning-wednesday Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:48:11 +0000 North Carolina pirategal03 92026@/discussions
It almost feels like Fall.  This was always the start of my favorite time of year.  I love school, I really miss it. 

People have told me they've received our wedding invitations, so I guess it's really happening.  So strange.  I hope they start sending in those RSVP cards :).

How's everyone's Wednesday?  Fabulous, I hope. 
]]> Wilmington Band https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90581/wilmington-band Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:24:00 +0000 North Carolina JaiteJanerico 90581@/discussions Hey ladies..! https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/90670/hey-ladies Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:12:17 +0000 North Carolina katherineUTC 90670@/discussions Fall Wedding Inspiration https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91957/fall-wedding-inspiration Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:33:02 +0000 North Carolina shigaites 91957@/discussions
How cute would these be for a fall wedding?

]]> Timeline, music for bridal entrance, processional music and first dance https://forums.theknot.com/discussion/91589/timeline-music-for-bridal-entrance-processional-music-and-first-dance Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:11:57 +0000 North Carolina moongurl_ 91589@/discussions
I need help. Will you be willing to share your the timeline of your wedding day?  For example, time frame of each event or a summary of the order.

Along with that, how long did it take for you all to find your bridal entrance music,  processional music, and first dance?

If so, do you mind sharing what song or music you used?  I need to get an idea of where to go?

Thanks in advance!


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