Brie, Cew, and any other May 8-ers

squirrly

So - what have you got left?  What's stressing you? 

ashmy211

Programs! One of my friends is in design/marketing so she is working on them this weekend for us. I mentioned last night I am keeping an eye out for flip flops too but I'm not going to stress out about that... if I find them great, if not oh well.

louisvillebride21

::Runs in and jumps up and down at Squirrly:: WHOO!!

Brie2010

Everything and everything.

No, not really. Major things left to do are the programs, which I'll do this weekend, and the seating chart/escort cards, which I'll do next weekend.  I have to pick up my dress next week and I'm getting my hair colored this weekend.  Lots of little, stupid stuff--wrapping gifts, etc. 

Major stressors?  My mom.  She is just SO EXCITED and thinks planning is going SO WELL, and does not realize at all that she's total momzilla.  She went out and blew $200 on toasting flutes and a cake serving set for us this week, which is nice of her, but we were perfectly happy using the ones at the venue.  And then I feel guilty because I'm not SUPER EXCITED about stuff like that.  She also got made and made me feel totally guilty about us doing a private first look.  She wanted to be there for it!  And I put my foot down and told her no, we really want this to be just between the two of us, nobody else, and she was completely butthurt.  So that sucks, because now I feel like an awful daughter.  She literally has nothing to do but sit around and plan this wedding and think about it.

What about you?

squirrly

I think I need a few more programs, but I may not get to it.  We have 97 people, including us, and I have 58 programs made.

louisvillebride21

*does not need a program!

Brie2010

Eh, people can share.  We're anticipating we'll have about 95 guests when all is said and done, and I'll probably make 50 or so.  The WP won't need them, people will share, etc.

I am not looking forward to another weekend of cutting paper.  Ugh.

Mrs_AF

So in a week I will most likely be ripping my hair out is what you're all saying?

Brie, don't worry about your mom. My sisters MIL was like this too, but the day of she was just happy to be there. She'll realize this.

squirrly

Brie, your mom is nuts.   

We're doing the first look too, because I want a zillion pictures and I want to enjoy the party, so pics gotta come first.

We got the license yesterday, so that's done.  I mostly have little things left, except the cake stand.  Somehow the buckle that goes on it got lost, so I had to order a new one.  My dress is hemmed, but she's having trouble with the bustle, so I'm going tomorrow to work on it.  She was my sewing instructor for years, and she's awesome, so it'll be ok, but gah. 

I think really it's just the venue that's got me stressed the most.  They finally contracted a DJ, but I haven't talked to the DJ yet.  Yeah.  2 weeks out.  Holy eff. 

Mrs_AF

squirrly, are you still doing the fan programs? Any chance you could post a how-to after the wedding?

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Hi Ladies! I was just thinking about you two the other day and wondering how you were doing with things. I don't think I have any major stressors. We are going to meet with the florist today and we met with our minister last night. My new DJ no showed for our meeting on Tuesday, so that sucks balls, but I'm hoping it's an honest mistake because I just don't have the money to hire another one.

I'm starting to realize what a plain jane type of person I am because people keep asking me about all of these details that I never thought of.

squirrly

I think I actually have 4 more somewhere that just need ribbon.  I need to count the menus too.  I'm really close on those.  I need 49, and I might only have 44. 

Also need parents gifts, GM gifts, finish up OOT bags, etc.  And I need FI to make our hotel reservations for Germany, darn it. 

ashmy211

I was wondering how many programs I actually had to make so I'm relieved that you aren't having 1 for every person. We have 125 including us/wedding party so do you think 100 will be enough?

Brie2010

AF, I think I started feeling serious stress at about 3 weeks out.  Brace yourself!  But I'm an obsesser/worrier, so that might just be me being strange.

I'm slightly worried about the marriage license.  We can't get it until the Thursday before the wedding.  I hope it goes ok.

Also, since nobody can come to my fittings with me, I have to learn how to bustle my own dress and somehow show people how to do this.  So, that'll be fun.

squirrly

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_brie-cew-other-may-8-ers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:e02fc449-dd07-41d0-8233-596c675ed700Post:b34e77f6-d8ca-43e6-b70a-accaffb685bb">Re: Brie, Cew, and any other May 8-ers</a>:
[QUOTE]squirrly, are you still doing the fan programs? Any chance you could post a how-to after the wedding?
Posted by Mrs_AF[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I did them.  Cut the straight lines with a paper cutter, and the curves by hand.  About 250 petals worth.  Start early.  I used LVB's Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole and set an eyelet with a washer in each one, and put ribbon through that just to be pretty.  FI thinks I'm nuts, but I think it was worth it.  I'll probably find ruined eyelets in the basement for a while - took me a bit to figure it out.  :D

squirrly

Brie, it took us about 2 hours but only b/c the wait was crazy.  We had some friends who got married in Chicago (the south side, I don't remember the exact name of the area) a little while back, and their marriage certificate was six kinds of wrong when they got it - the only thing right was their names.  Date and location was wrong.  So - take a photocopy of whatever you mail in first, to make it easier to correct if you have to. 

And, the bustling shouldn't be bad.  Just talk somebody through it while it's still on a hangar, so that you can still see stuff.

AF, at 3 weeks out I was good.  Starting about 2 days ago, though. . . intermittent freakouts, which are getting more frequent/closer together.  I'm thinking getting tanked tonight at LVB's b-party might be good for me.  Ha! 

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You ladies are so put together. Can we trade weddings?

Brie2010

cew, I am the opposite of put together.  My boss just told me she's not giving me anything mentally taxing to do until after the wedding is over because I guess I look like hell.  I feel like I have perma-PMS going on. 

Mrs_AF

Thanks for the instructions! I have a few mockups i've tried but I'm not 100% in love with them. I'm my own worst critic though so we'll see how it goes.

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In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_brie-cew-other-may-8-ers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:e02fc449-dd07-41d0-8233-596c675ed700Post:adf6f9be-5beb-42b0-8373-f20e23376a2d">Re: Brie, Cew, and any other May 8-ers</a>:
[QUOTE]cew, I am the opposite of put together.  My boss just told me she's not giving me anything mentally taxing to do until after the wedding is over because I guess I look like hell.  I feel like I have perma-PMS going on. 
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]

Yes! This is me. I'll be in total bitch mode until the wedding. I just know it. I'm not good with stress. I wish my boss would take some off of my plate. I would cry tears of joy.