Washington-Seattle — The Knot Community

Wedding Dress- Cleaning and Alterations

mgoss228 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:03:21 +0000

Are you aware of any seamstress who provides both alterations and cleaning?

I bought my dress at a sample sale and will need it to be both cleaned and altered. I would rather have it done by one vendor, rather than two.

For Seattle area vendors: Who do you recommend for cleaning and/ or alterations?

Rehersal Lunch brew pub

Frogger5 — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:25:41 +0000

We're looking for a place for our rehersal lunch. There will be 21-ish people. The four I came up with on the internet are these: Six Arms, Pike Brewing Company, Hopvine Pub, and Kell's. We don't necessarily need a separate room, but just somewhere where a group of 20 could sit relatively together in a back corner or something. We're planning on checking these places out over the next week or two, but I'd love your opinions if you've ever been to these places! I've never been to any of them!

Check-In Monday

mgoss228 — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:36:31 +0000

What have you recently accomplished and/or currently working on?

Children

jales — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:07:59 +0000

I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to communicate to parents that we prefer not to have children at the wedding/reception. I left it off of my invitation and am choosing to put the info on our wedding wesbite. I can't figure out how to word it or what to say without feeling rude. This is what I have right now: "Children are welcome at the wedding and reception if necessary, but please keep in mind the reception will last late into the night and be aimed towards adults. If it is possible to find a sitter for your little ones, please do."

Thoughts/suggestions? Thanks!

Reviews from my 5/29/11 Wedding

Sweet_Adeline — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:57:07 +0000

Hi all, I haven't spent a lot of time on the boards planning my wedding, but thought I would at least post reviews of my vendors.

Tina's Nails, Belltown: B+

They were very accomodating and opened the salon a half hour early for my bridal party. The only reason I can't give them an A is because my nail polish began cracking and chipping the day after I got them done. I'm really glad that I decided to go the morning of the wedding, as I'm afraid they would have looked really bad had I gone the day before. My toes, however still look fantastic six days later.

Fairmont Olympic Hotel: B

We were originally going to stay at the Grand Hyatt the night before and the wedding night, but they overbooked for the weekend and we ended up getting bumped. Thankfully the Fairmont had room for both nights. I was disappointed, howerver, when they told me that I would not be allowed to have ANY photos done inside of the hotel because of a wedding they were holding that day. While I understood that "their" bride would have first dibs on the hotel, I was made to feel that I had to sneak out of the hotel to my limo so that my being in my wedding dress wouldn't upset the other bride. I found THAT stance to be rather tacky. Other than that, the stay was nice, though the service wasn't anything special.

British Motor Coach: A-

These guys were fantastic, the driver was ontime and very courteous. My only issue was that they said that their limo seated 8-10 but didn't specify that it really would only seat 8. I had wanted one of our photographers to ride with us, but they weren't able to do so.

C2 Photography: A

I love Charles and Cindy of C2 Photography. They do amazing artistic and candid photos, and are just the nicest people! We obviously don't have our pictures back yet, but they did our engagement pics and they turned out wonderfully. I cannot wait to see all of the moments that they were able to capture at the wedding!

Flowersandfreshness.com: B+

I knew I was rolling the dice a little bit using wholesale online flowers. We ordered roses and gerbera daisies from them, and they arrived on time. I guess I don't know what I was expecting when it came to the roses. They were fairly bruised and we ended up having to remove 3-4 petals from each one. Thankfully, the flowers in general were not all that important to me. The daisies were fantastic, however. From the pictures I've seen, you can't tell that the roses are somewhat bruised, and turned out pretty well. And I saved a LOT of money.

Off White Makeup - Megan Bingham: A+

I cannot say enough how much I loved the way Megan did my makeup. I am a makeup freak, and I had pretty specific thoughts for my wedding makeup. She pulled it off perfectly. To top it all off, she was extremely helpful in getting my tattoos covered and blended almost perfectly to my skin tone. Just amazing.

Tune City DJs - Jason Brown: A+

Jason is AWESOME. He filled the exact roll that we wanted for the wedding, and didn't try to impose his own style or the typical wedding DJ shtick. Of all the DJs that we looked at, his price was one of the most reasonable. Jason is super friendly, and kept the music going the entire night (I've been to weddings where there have been odd silences while they were switching songs). He even surprised us with adding some uplighting to the venue, it was a perfect addition!

Happily Ever After Wedding Planners (Teasha and Shannon): A+

They made the day of so easy, and stress free. I don't know what else to say of them other than that, lol. They were perfect, and set up the venue just as I had envisioned.

Rev. Ray Van Winkle: A

Rev Ray gets a lot of compliments on this board, and my review is no different. He was very professional, and I loved that he led us through the entire ceremony - I didn't have to remember to do anything, haha! He reminded me to hand my flowers to my MOH, used non verbal cues to remind us to look at eachother, he was just perfect! We got comliments form our guests about him, as well.

Mikes Amazing Cakes: A

I didn't actually have time to eat any of the cake, other than when we did the cake cutting, but all the guests said that it was fantastic. The cake was beautiful, and was exactly how we envisioned it.

The Lake Union Cafe: A+

The venue was gorgeous, and Dann, Victoria, and their lead server Laura were all amazing. Dann was awesome and made sure that my drink was filled and that I was eating, haha! After he left Laura was super attentive and made sure that we always had just what we needed. There were no hiccups, nothing went wring, and I know it has everything to do with the professional staff at the Lake Union Cafe. And, the food was DELICIOUS! We did a plated dinner, and all the guests raved about the taste and presentation of the meals.

All in all, our wedding was amazing and was exactly how we wanted it. I can't wait to see the pictures, though because it was mostly a blur, haha! I think the only thing I would have done differently would be to have someone video at least the ceremony. After all the time we spent choosing the perfect music, it would have been nice to see the final product (I forgot that I wouldn't see it, being that I'd be hidden until I walked down the aisle!).

Engagement Party Venue in Seattle

pinkie798 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:23:11 +0000

Does anyone know a good venue (restaurant) to throw an engagement party in Seattle? My fiancee and I live in San Diego but most of our family is in the Seattle area and we're coming up to throw a party. I would need some place with a banquet room with enough room for about 40 people. I also need the place to be somewhat inexpensive...maybe around $10-$15 per plate. Please help!!

Nicole

Need a caterer on Whidbey Island - advice please! :)

meesh78 — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:17:21 +0000

30-40 people on Whidbey Island in June of 2012. Budget is $2000 total (including fees, tax, etc). I thought that would be viable - estimating 50-65/head. But maybe I'm wrong?

Fireseed was nice, but said they only do catering for their venues.
Gordon's returned my first call, took a message, and didn't call back. I called one more time, no return call.
Magic Kitchen replied with an email that they would send a menu, but didn't.
Herban Feast said they couldn't work with my budget, as their buffet starts at $28/head and only having $50-65 head total would be insufficient.

Can anyone help with ideas?

Thank you!

flowers

marblewhite — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:46:11 +0000

looking for vendor around Everett - Tight budget

Friday Rant & Rave

mgoss228 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:52:00 +0000

And GO!

Craigslist Photobooth find!!!

alyssa324 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:47:56 +0000

hey goils!! Haven't been here in soo long. I found a to die for photobooth for FREE on cl. I don't know if one of you knotties made it but i thought i would share because I would have loved to find this beauty a year ago :)

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/zip/2417821034.html

Traveling from San Juan Island to the Olympic Peninsula??

KellyT6 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:27:14 +0000

We're going to San Juan Island, the Olympic Peninsula and Seattle for our honeymoon and I need help with traveling advice, please! What is the best/fastest way to travel from San Juan Island to Port Townsend? What about from Port Townsend to Seattle?

Thanks!

Wedding Help Thursday

mgoss228 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:42:59 +0000

What do you need help with this week?

Hump Day 20 Q's

mgoss228 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:34:08 +0000

1) How is planning going?

2) What is currently "Grinding Your Gears?"

3) What is currently making you all uber giddy?

4) Did you watch My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding on Sunday? Thoughts?

5) Did you do any shopping last weekend (Memorial Day Sales)?

6) What are you most looking forward to in the month of June?

7) Thoughts on Kim Kardashian's Engagement Ring?

8) What book are you currently reading?

9) When was the last time you were in Las Vegas?

10) What's for lunch today?

11) Are you going to put any kind of Wedding Announcement in hometown's/current town's newspaper?

12) Any weekend plans?

13) What are you currently DIYing?

14) What was your last Etsy purchase?

15) Do you watch the News in the morning?

16) If so, what channel/show?

17) What are you doing with your dress after the wedding?

18) What are you doing with your veil after the wedding?

19) What type of guests are the worst RSVP'ers (Family/Friends/Coworkers/OOT/etc)? (guess who WILL be if you haven't sent out invites yet)

20) What type of guests are the worst wedding gift givers? (guess if you haven't received gifts yet)

Yet another DOC thread: any Janel w/ Occasions reviews?

cadencecake — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:58:43 +0000

When I first started this planning process I knew right off the bat I wanted a DOC. So I started emailing around and meeting with people. I was surprised to find some charge upwards of $3000 for their services. Yikes! I certainly didn't have that kind of money. I really liked Janel w/ Occasions and she charges at least $1800. Then I came on the knot and found DOCs that came highly recommended like Manette Grace (other names that came up Christine Heidel, Laura Gram, Emily of Exquisite Events, for under 1k.

Now I'm even more surprised and confused. Why the big difference?

Has anyone worked with Janel from Occasions, of all the planners I met, I liked her the most. Granted I haven't met any of the more affordable DOCs yet.

Open Letter Tuesday

mgoss228 — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:52:46 +0000

"Anonymously" vent here!

Big check

Sharingourlove — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:20:33 +0000

Just booked my alterations for my dress! It's been a stressful thing since the place I bought the dress pulled a "we won't do them for you afterall" w/no reason given. Feeling good about the person and happy it will be a relaxed experience (judging from her tone of voice). Breathing again.....

Monday Check-In

mgoss228 — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:52:30 +0000

And GO!

NEW GTG post for the "southern" Knotties

kinmir30 — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:39:00 +0000

Go check the FB group. :)

GTG- Please RSVP!

mgoss228 — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:45:26 +0000

Please make sure you have accurately RSVP'd for the GTG on the FB Event page by Noon on Wednesday!

SUMMER WEDDING GOWN FOR SALE -$250.00

uxoklb — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:54:28 +0000

Ella gown number 5425

Cleaned after wedding. BEAUTIFUL gown

$250.00. Tag says size 10. I wear a 4-7 normally.

kristenlmendes@gmail.com

Weekend Confessions

mgoss228 — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:46:37 +0000

And GO!

Q for those with Honeymoon Registries

mgoss228 — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:53:53 +0000

The next wedding I'm attending is in a month. The couple already has a pretty established household and they have two registries: small one at Macy's and a Honeymoon registry.

I would have NEVER given a check/cash as a gift before I was married (thought it was weird/tacky/untraditional), but after being an OMH the check/cash gifts we received were SO AWESOME and really helped with honeymoon/post wedding expenses.... so I'm 100% okay giving check/cash now.

My question to those who have/had a Honeymoon registry:

Would you rather receive:
1)   Cash
2)   Check
3)   Money put into the Honeymoon Registry website

What would help you more? From what I understand, most Honeymoon Registries take a certain percentage of whatever money guests contribute. So I kinda would rather give cash or a check as a gift.

Pizza Cart

chelsea1110 — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:14:25 +0000

Anyone used a seattle area pizza cart vendor for their wedding catering? I'm looking for reviews and any vendors I may not have found yet. Let me know how it was or any pitfalls you ran in to with using a mobile food caterer! Thanks!

Friday Rant & Rave

mgoss228 — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:43:28 +0000

List 'em here!

Wedding Help Thursday

mgoss228 — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:49:05 +0000

What do you need help/idea/suggestions/inspiration with?

Frustrated BFF/MOH--what to do?

megz1983 — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:32:42 +0000

Hi ladies!

I need your help. My best friend and maid of honor seems frustrated lately that I do not have as much time to spend with her as the "good old days."

She is single and has been organizing a lot of "girls only" and costly events like concerts, trips to Vegas, etc.

I sense her frustration and I really do make effort to spend 1:1 time with her. It's just that I have to be choosy with my time and money these days!

How can I gently help her understand that while she is very important to me, I just cannot participate in everything?

What to do?

Thanks!

-M-

Hump Day 20 Q's

mgoss228 — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:59:57 +0000

This week I'm asking for all your "favorites."

1) What is your favorite color?

2) Who is your favorite celebrity?

3) What is your favorite restaurant?

4) What is your favorite place to go to for Happy Hour?

5) Where is your favorite place to go on the weekend?

6) What is your favorite type of shoe (flat, sandal, heel, etc)?

7) What is your favorite tradition that can happen at a wedding?

8) What is your favorite App on your phone?

9) What is your favorite Boy's name?

10) What is your favorite Girl's name?

11) What is your favorite WR website?

12) What is your favorite movie?

13) What is your favorite part of your job/career?

14) What has been your favorite age (so far)?

15) Who is your favorite musician (or group)?

16) What is your favorite TV Show?

17) What is your favorite piece of jewelry (besides your e-ring)?

18) What is your favorite book (or series)?

19) Who was your favorite Spice Girl?

20) What was your favorite class ever? (High school, college, grad school, etc)

Weight Loss AW w/pictures

emyinpink — Thu, 19 May 2011 00:45:31 +0000

Posting a password protected link to my blog, password is fabulous (I'll likely edit this out later, so please don't quote me).

http://emyinpink.com/?p=146

This is my 30 pounds of weight loss, with the swimsuit pictures I took this past weekend. I was actually heavier when I really started, but this was the last set of pictures that I had taken.

Open or Cash bar?

nannynotes — Sun, 22 May 2011 03:16:03 +0000

My FI and I keep "arguing" about it. I think that we should have an open bar because we have a lot of friends flying from out of town and some from out of the country. He thinks we will end up with a huge bill if we do open bar. I keep saving money on other stuff so we can put it towards drinks but he just wants to save the money for after the wedding.
We decided (for now) that we would have a couple of drink tix for each guest and then they can buy their own. What do you guys think?

Hump Day 20 Q's

zoiesmurf — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:53:46 +0000

This week is a total hodge podge of what came to mind...

1.      How long have you and your FI been together? How long will you have been together when you get married?
2.      How long of an engagement are you having?
3.      Have you been trying to lose weight before the wedding?
4.      If so, what have you been doing that’s worked for you? Anything you need help with?
5.      What do you think about the weather this past week? Do you like the rain, or are you excited to see the sun finally starting to show?
6.      Do you have any plans for either this weekend, or Memorial Day weekend?
7.      What are you looking forward to most this summer?
8.      Do you have any big trips planned?
9.      If not, is there somewhere you wish you could go?
10. Have you registered yet?
11. If so, what is your favorite item/item you are hoping to get most?
12. Where did you register? Did you have to register somewhere to accommodate OOT guests?
13. What is your favorite place you registered at?
14. Are there any movies out/coming out that you want to see?15. Any you have seen recently? What did you think?
16. Who has been your favorite vendor to work with thus far? Why?
17. What has been your favorite part of wedding planning thus far?18. Are you planning to do a bridesmaids luncheon before the wedding? If not when are you planning to give your WP their gifts?19. What did you/are you getting your WP?
20. Any questions you have? Anything you need help with?