African American Weddings

Sooo NWR (Tyswife2Be - hope it's ok)....

Disclaimer:  Tyswife2Be, I do hope this post is acceptable as I know I don't post regularly but I do visit alot and make comments here and there as an "old skool" knottie...hahaha!Smile

Some of you are probably thinking "WHO THE HECK IS THIS AND WHY IS SHE POSTING NWR STUFF ON OUR BOARD?"  Well the "old knotties" are aware I was in the process of planning our wedding renewal event last year and was on the board religiously (it was bad y'all...LOL!) BUT I was side tracked with the planning of my DH's 40th b-day party for this March.  As strange as it seem, planning the b-day party has actually helped me out a great deal with planning our renewal event because I dealt with basically the same vendors (bakery, photog, venue, stationary, etc) a bride would deal with when planning a wedding.  N-E-whoooo, I started planning in Aug'09 and from everyone's reaction and statements - the party was a huge success!

There are several knotties I have to thank personally for helping me through my planning process:

Danyelle a.k.a. "MissJones09"- CD cover for favors - as I've already said to you, the CD's were amazing and they were a hit with the guests; even though us knotties see these all day er'day from other knotties and think they are played out, that's not the case with our guests as long as you can personalize it and make it your own and Lady, you definitely worked your magic with my ideas.
Kim a.k.a. "Kimand Mike" (Dallas/Ft Worth board) - photog; Julian Race - Julian was the best!  He was prompt with his email communications; his rate was incredible; and he's fast with sending the DVD; thank you so much for providing a great review of his services when he did your Feb 12th wedding.
Stephie a.k.a. "StephieHall" (Dallas/Ft Worth board) - candy jars for candy buffet - I cannot thank you enough for being so kind as to selling all your candy jars to me back in January; the guests were truly excited about the candy buffet and acted like 12 yrs olds when the party ended and they made their goodie bags...LOL!
Katrina a.k.a. "TheKat", Michelle a.k.a. "Blue19"; Tanaya a.k.a. "LadySun" and my girl Chelle a.k.a. "MrClintonsBride09"- individual knottie support - ladies I cannot thank you more than I have thanked y'all enough for all the convos and "polls" that have taken place to make this event as grand as it was; LOVE EACH OF YALL TO DEATH AS YALL ALL R MY SISTA-FRIENDS!!!

Alright, enough of the words, it's time for a few pics from the event (I will post alot more on FB, so you can view the rest there if we are friends)....

Tootles!
Alf  Wink


     














Re: Sooo NWR (Tyswife2Be - hope it's ok)....

  • edited December 2011

    Hey Alf!!!

    I'm so glad that DH party was so successful!! I'm loving the candy bar!!! And the Invites and the Tables!! And especially YOUR LOOK!!! Aww Hell I LOVE it all!!

  • edited December 2011
    Hey Alf, I been so sick with the flu, but I need to head to your fb and look because everything looks AWESOME.... I hope now that you are on the vow renewal you will stop by more. XOXOXO
  • edited December 2011
    Hey Alf! I am so happy the party turned out so great! I love the pictures so far and can't wait to see the rest. you looked HAWT that day (per my fb comment)
    Now this vows renewal planning should be a breeze right? LOL!
  • winter443winter443 member
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    edited December 2011
    Hey Alf!!
    Glad that the party turned out good, love the table setting!!
    I love my baby, yep yep, he loves this chick! imageimageimageMy Planning Bio
  • edited December 2011
    awww, thanks a bunch ladies!!...I really do appreciate it...and yes it is true, the road to planning our vow renewal must begin and that means the PEACOCK madness will come back with a vengeance...LOL!...H-O-W-E-V-E-R, the event of the year (well in my book, LOL!) will be taking place in July and that right there is gonna be on FIYRE!  No where near what I did for my hubby...LOL!

    mypasmita - oh you asked me on FB how did I lose all my weight; GIRL!, it's been a very very long hard road but basically when we initiated the AAW Weight Loss Challenge last summer I had already started my diet in July (after my b-day) so I just took to heart using the diet journal and wrote down EVERYTHING I ate and I made it my personal goal to stop drinking sodas and eating sweets along with exercising 3x/wk...and so it took me 6 months to lose 27 lbs., I have 13 more to lose before my b-day gets here in July and then I would have gotten to my goal weight BEFORE HAVING KIDS...hahaha!!!Laughing

    If you wanna discuss specifics in more detail, pls let me know as I have been helping out several other ladies too with the very limited knowledge I now have but I do not mind sharing cuz someone shared with me -- I was just too closed-minded at the time toreally listen when they told me cuz all I could hear was "I CAN'T EAT CUPCAKES!!"...hahaha 
  • tamtam7tamtam7 member
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    edited December 2011
    Hey Alf!  I'm glad that DH's party was such a success!  Can't wait to see pics of the vow renewal when you have it.  You should visit more often.  Us old school playas miss you!
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