March 2012 Weddings — The Knot Community

Daddy daughter dance

bethmerchant — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:34:56 +0000

My father is no longer with us, so I will not have a father daughter dance. I was thinking of having a special dance for my daughter who is 8 and her new stepdad and then having the DJ ask other dads join them in dancing with their daughters. Has anyone ever seen this done? Is it a weird idea? Any song suggestions? I posted this in second weddings, but love hearing from you all and wanted your opinions too!

Pre-registered!

smurdock1 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:12:27 +0000

Yay! FI and I pre-registered for our marriage license, so when we go to Vegas at the end of the month all we have to do is go and pick it up!! WOOO. It felt so weird filling it out...definitely a surreal moment (I am getting married WhAt!?!). Just thought I would share this rather monumental moment with my knot girls.

P.S. I tried to look up Britney Spear's marriage license but my computer was being wonky and didn't show any results...bummer haha.

invitation help needed

KH 2012 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:13:23 +0000

Hey girls! I need some invitation advice:

1) we are getting married March 24, 2012. what date should we send out the invites?

2)what date should we make the rsvp?

ok I may need more help with the rsvp cards but I will let you know. Thanks girls!

Bouquet Question.

Carykay — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:36:22 +0000

My Bouquet is Hot pink. Should I do my bridesmaids pink too? I was going to do theirs white so it would be different. What are yall doing.?

MIA lately

LoverBean27 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:17:04 +0000

Hi Ladies,

I've been so MIA for a long time. How are ya'll? FI and I signed a lease on a house, we decided not to buy because we want a lot of time to find what we want. We haven't done much wedding related lately.

I need to stuff my invites, and book two last vendors. I have my dress fitting next weeked and I'm nervous because I have gained some weight. :(

Found out my bridal shower is Jan 21 and my tasting for our venue is Jan 14! Cannot believe tomorrow is 3 months!!!

PS: My siggy is out of date--sorry :p

FFFC

tiffk10 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:12:06 +0000

Alright ladies, spill the beans!

AW: Check!

amberr110 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:56:28 +0000

Final vendor (hair and make-up) booked! Yay! Oooh! And my sister (MOH) booked our airline tickets for my Vegas bachelorette.

Bustles

Rachmarie23 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:40:39 +0000

Has anyone figured out their bustle situation? I'm not 100% sure, but I think I will do an underbustle french style. What are you girls doing?

If anyone has any other ideas on how to bustle my dress, I would appreciate it. Here is a link to my dress. clicky

NWR: Finding a home-vent

rachel801231 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:15:33 +0000

My FI and I are still struggling on finding the right home for us. We know it's a buyers market and homes are a lot less expensive than they were several years ago. So we thought it would be a great time to buy a house. We have been searching for several months now. We CANNOT find anything that we would even consider having as our home. We had hoped to find a home and be in it by the wedding but right now it is not looking like it. Then, there's the fact that winter is fastly approaching, and it's really not a time people put their homes up for sale. There have been a lot of beautiful homes we have seen but they are fast approaching 100+ years. I love the character the older homes have, but there is just some much work and money that is going to need to go into these homes. Then the other issue is most of our town is in a flood zone and we obviously do not want a house that has had or gets a lot of water in the basement and if it's in the flood zone you're required to have flood insurance which can be pretty costly. With all this being said, we may just consider building a home. We can have it made to our wants and needs and sometimes it can even be cheaper to build than buy. If we did this, they wouldn't be able to start until spring so that means we will be renting the first few months of our marriage. This is completely fine by me because the end result will be a home we both love and will live in the rest of our lives and raise our family in. This has just been the most frustrating process. With all these homes for sale, I thought we would have found one fairly quickly. If anyone has any tips or suggestions on building a home, please let me know. Thanks for letting me vent.

UGH I HATE THIS. Long! (vent)

Carykay — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:33:15 +0000

I can NOT stand my boss.. My boss is NEVER on time. She shows up when she wants too, then disapears for 3 or 4 hours. We open at 8 every day M-F. She gets here no earlier than 11 and leaves for lunch at 12. Sometimes I dont even get to take a lunch until 2 or 3 because she isnt back. I have to close the store down so I can go to class because she isnt back or wont answer her phone.!

She doesnt know ANYTHING about how to run the store. Ive been here longer than her and she keeps asking me how to do stuff. Then when I try to tell her she is like ill do it this way. THen the Regional manager gets mad.. I work 24/7 and dont get paid sh*t!! I am so sick of this job.. Now that school is out I will off of work for like 2 or 3 weeks (without a paycheck). I cant keep doing this. When I leave she will be screwed because no one else here knows how to do everything I know. I have been here almost 2 years and no raise. I am looking for a new job next week. I dont care anymore how screwed she is going to be.

Sorry yall I am just SO MAD at her.

If yall cant tell everything seems to be bugging me this week. sorry about that. I just feel like so much is going on and no help. So i have to help myself.

AW: Brooch Bouquet -Almost done! PIP

arrestclementine — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:45:29 +0000

Well I FINALLY have my brooch bouquet put togehter. It's not quite finished yet. I have to decide what I want the handle to look like. But I was sooo excited that I got itogether that I had to share! I attempted first on Wed night. I tried two times to put it together - wasting about four hours of my life because both times it looked like crap! But last night after about 45 minutes - I think I finally got it!

Now I'm just not sure what to do for the BM bouqets and what the handle should look like.... I kind of like this CLICKY - but not sure if that will be TOO much? Or should I just do a pink or white ribbon?

Ready to call it off.

Carykay — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:26:48 +0000

I am so ready to call off this wedding. Nothing is going right. I am the ONLY one planning it. I try to get him involved but he just doesnt want to do it. He tells everyone he helps out and he really doesnt. My parents do not care to help me plan it either. Half of my bridesmaids live out of town so they cant help. I am just so sick of it and im ready to say the heck with it. I have been asking him for MONTHS now to help me register for gifts. He always says he will but when It comes down to it he has an excuse. I would do it without him but then he will get mad. I dont know where we are going on our honeymoon. Im tired of waiting on him the wedding is in like 94 days. I am ready to call it off until he is ready to help. I cant do this on my own and I shouldnt have to.. I am just so upset right now. Sorry I need to vent. Thanks for listening.

Anyone not totally in love with FI's last name?

JCWhitey — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:06 +0000

This has been kind of an issue for me since I met FI and knew we'd be married someday. I actually love my current name, which is actually my married name from my first marriage, not my maiden name (which I also liked). I do not like FI's last name. I know it's silly because it's just a last name, but his last name is White. I know none of you have met me, but most people will say I'm the palest person they've ever met and when I tell people that my last name is going to be White it usually comes with a snicker and a "No, seriously? You're kidding, right?". Yes, I'm white and I'm becoming a White. Back off! :P

BUT, I want to have FI's last name so I'll deal with it! He says he's fine with me keeping my current name just because my business and my passport and everything else is tied to that name and it'll be pretty expensive to change everything ($500+ from what I understand). LOVE HIM! But, I want to have the same last names as my husband and kids.

Am I alone here? Do you love or hate your FI's last name / your future name if you're taking it.

Did you hear....

w+c3 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:10:48 +0000

The Duggers had a miscarriage :(

False hope.

kamarks08 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:54:06 +0000

TK IS STILL NOT FIXED! I just commented on a post and it bumped my response up to like the third one, when I was really like the fifth. Argh. I just want to bitch about it cause I hate having to figure out the order of the posts in threads.

St. Patricks' Day Wedding

moonbee73 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:19:03 +0000

Hi Ladies, I just found this board, I'm getting married St. Patty's Day too. What are you doing for your wedding, is anyone going with a green theme, I'm not but I watn my shoes green

St. Patty's Brides!!!!

corrinfire — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:28:49 +0000

Can you believe we only have 107 days left!!! EEEEE!!! I'm so excited!!!

Anyone watch Virgin Diaries?

elidellio — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:13:40 +0000

I admit it, the weird kiss promo got me and I DVR'd Virgin Diares last night. I just started watching it on my lunch break and I'm just not sure what to think.

I feel like it almost gives a bad name to people who decide to save themselves for marriage. Did anyone else watch it?? What did you think??

100 Days

nikkinay89 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:48:13 +0000

I'm so excited! I hit the 100 days left mark today!!! Yippeeeeee!!!!

St. Patty's Day Brides

brittandjp — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:25:17 +0000

I'm on etsy searching high and low for the perfect garter and I came across this one! Just thought I'd share if any of you need a garter for the big day. :)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/59985952/emerald-irish-wedding-garters-claddaugh?ref=sr_gallery_12&ga_search_query=wedding+garter&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_min=10&ga_max=30&ga_page=21&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade

Vows?

rebeccaa12 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:57:58 +0000

I hadn't even thought about them until right now. I haven't a clue as to where to begin with those :/

Anyone else?

Lightbulb!!

w+c3 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:34:08 +0000

So I'm not sure why this came to me but I was just thinking about my girls (bridesmaids) and I want to do really special touches for them that don't cost a bunch of money, becasue well I don't have it ha. So I was already thinking of doing these for their bouquets becasue I know they will love them:

And then I got the idea to sew a patch inside their bridesmaids dresses with some hearfelt message sort of inspired by these:

And I thought up the idea to maybe sew a little heart inside their dresses in the boobish area (well because that is where your heart is) and somehow get the heart to say "A good friend is like a good bra: supportive, hard to find and close to the heart" and then my name and the date? I'm not sure how....I'm open to suggestions. I thought get fabric and maybe they make pens with dye in them that I could use?? Like a sharpie with fabric dye...hmmmm

What do you think? Too over the top. A cute touch? Different quote? Idk Ive never seen it done before so i'm tentative

Mom's Dress

firechick83 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:15:16 +0000

Good Morning Ladies! My mom is having a tough time finding a dress/suit. We've looked at JCP, Dress barn, Lane Bryant & DB. She is not comfortable in anything low cut or too tight. I told her that if she wants to wear a pants suit, that would be ok too (she has never been comfortable in dresses). So I guess my question is, what are your mom's wearing? Where did they find their outfit?

TMI ALERT! Brazilian Test Run Experience (Long).....

lisa&sean — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:13:41 +0000

Just got home from my very first Brazilian experience ever! If some of you didn't know, I had been asking suggestions about this. I usually just shave everything, but didn't want to be picky on my wedding and honeymoon. I decided to do a test run to make sure my skin didn't have a bad reaction to it cause I am very fair and have pretty sensitive skin, rather than come to find that out my honeymoon week! So anyway...this is probably way too much info and some of you prob don't want to hear it...but in case your wondering if you should do it or wondering what it was like here it goes (cause I wish I would have had something like this to read!)

Sooo.....Wow....let me just say, that was the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. And most of my back is covered in tattoos. I have sat through 6 hour sessions of tattooing before. And none of that compared to this...

I was so nervous all day...about if it would hurt, if I would be uncomfortable doing it, if I would have a bad reaction. I went to a spa that is inside of my gyno's office. My girl was super nice and so sweet. She immediately made me feel comfortable and we just talked about what I wanted. I told her I didn't want any of my butt area done but the rest of it I wanted gone. I knew they offered body sugaring and body waxing there and I asked her the difference and asked her which I should do. She said she ALWAYS recommends body sugaring over waxing. She said waxing uses a chemical and it takes off everything including your top layer of skin which is okay, but usually causes reactions for people with sensitive skin. Sugaring only adheres to the hair and it pulls it from the root. Another thing about sugaring is that they can go over the same area more than once to make sure to get all the hairs, and with waxing, you can only go over an area once and if hairs are missed you have to wait. So I opted for the sugaring. She let me change into a disposable pair of undies. I got to keep them on the whole time and felt SUPER comfortable! I guess watching movies I always thought that I would be naked and have my leg raised high in the air and it was NOTHING like that. She was just able to move the underwear to the side and do small areas. She had a big sugar blob that she would rub onto my hair that then pull up quickly with her fingers. She used the same sugar blob the whole time. She said that was another good thing about sugaring, everyone gets their own ball of sugar and then it is thrown away. She said sometimes with waxing, some salons will double dip with the waxing stick and the wax will harbor bacteria. It was actually really neat, the whole process...but DAMN it hurt!!! She told me since it was my first brazilian it would hurt the worst but would be less painful after. Also, I have to go back in 2 weeks and get the stray hairs that haven't grown in fully yet (but again that is only when you get your first one). But I will tell you what...I am so freakin' smooth down there. Baby butt smooth! And to know that I will be like this for 4-6 weeks makes that short 10 minutes of pain seems soooo worth it! I am kinda pink but not too bad, and extremely surprised because my skin is soooo sensitive.

I was so sold after she did it I went ahead and made an appointment for January 30th and then one for March 5th. It only cost me $65 and I believe the maintenance appointments are cheaper (the first one costs more because of the 2 week follow up included). I just might keep this up after the wedding too...it is so nice to know I don't have to shave for soooo long!

So ladies, if your even toying with the idea...DO IT! But definitely go now for a test run! Let me know if you have any questions....

P.S. So sorry for the novel!

NWR... FI's dog and I....VENT

[Deleted User] — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:56:08 +0000

... yea we're not friends. Especially this week.

Let me preface this by saying I LOVE dogs. I have a big 65lb shelter mutt who is pretty much the greatest thing since sliced bread, grew up with dogs, frequently pet random stranger's dogs, and would bring every homeless dog home if I could afford to.

However... I've never been a huge fan of little dogs. I don't know why. I always had big dogs growing up, and maybe I'm a bit biased. I've made great attempts to learn to love FI's 11 lb miniature doxie, but he's making it so hard.

This little dog is the most spoiled, needy animal I've ever met. He steals food, toys, and the bed from Mac (mine) and Mac just let's him because he's basically a giant teddy bear. Little dog will bark and whine and b!tch all day if I'm not paying attention to him. I work from home, sorry little dog... you're not top priority from 8-6.

But this week has been too much. First, I caught him chewing up the baseboards on the corner at the top of the stairs. Sprayed bitter apple all over it. So he started eating a door instead. Coated that in bitter apple. Today, he ate my brand new, worn only once, Clemson beanie (complete with embroaidered Tiger paw, ear flaps, and poofy thing up top). And I have to be the bad guy because the damn dog will act like an angel as soon as FI gets home.

The dog hates me.

Ok, I'm done. Thanks for reading my doggie b!tch fest. :)

Timing on Invitations

73jewels — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:24:43 +0000

I also posted this on the "Invitations" board, but you guys all seem really helpful, so here's my question...
We are having both the ceremony and reception at the same place and are doing a very short ceremony (maybe 15-20 minutes including processional and recessional). Our cocktail hour starts at 6 PM, so working backwards, I figured we would start the ceremony at 5:30 and put 5 PM on the invitations, but someone said that people will get there early anyway and then will be waiting for almost an hour... so they suggested putting 5:30 on the invitations and start just a few minutes later. I am unsure what to do... Any advice?!?

Im back!!!!!!!

Carykay — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:51:34 +0000

So I havent posted in a couple days. Ive been studying for finals.. Now all of my finals are over! YAY!!! Im so happy. Now I can focus more on the wedding. :) what is everyone else up to?

Timing on Invitations

73jewels — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:22:56 +0000

Pinterest Invite?

Siglers0412 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:26:07 +0000

Can someone please invite me to Pinterest? My email is mallorymacrae@hotmail.com I asked for an invite on Pinterest but I haven't gotten it.

Thank you!!!

Kirsten Tutschek and Carlos Cianca Sent me hear! HELP!

amontee — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:20:45 +0000

We were invited to this wonderful wedding which is scheduled for March 23,2012.
We are very excited because no one inviotes us anywhere ever !

Well, The bride Kirsten gave us the link toi this website. We think she wants to keep track of the guests but..... we are lost...........How sad.

We need help. where do we go ? What do we do ?

It's all so confusing.

Lois & Tony