Okay this is my very first post on here, so I'll give ya'll a little background on my fiance and I. We are both fire fighter for our city. He is also a paramedic and I'm an emt and we absolutely love what we do. We are a young couple, he's 22 and I'm 20, we have been together for 3 years and theres no doubt in my mind he's not the one. We are getting married September 25, 2010. Our ceremony is going to be outside, and our reception will be held at a local community center. We are wanting to go with red & black colors, with a fireman theme. I have found a few cute ideas, but I'm running into problems with bridesmaid dresses, and the ceremony decorations. I know the groomsmen are wearing black tux, black shirt, with red vest and tie, with my groom in the same attire but white vest. I want to have my bridemaids wear black dresses with red sashes, or maybe alternate 2 red dresses with black sashes & 2 black dresses with red sashes. I'm just worried it will be too much black. I want it to be kind of classy looking. I thought every thing was coming to together nicely till I realize I havent the slightest idea how I want to do the ceremony I know outside, and I decided to only put maybe 50 chairs out, with a guest list of maybe 125, I figure we can have chairs for ederly and save the budget a little bit. I really need ideas for my alter, I think I just want to put up an arch, but havent the slightest Idea on how to decorate it. I know my wedding is almost a year away, but if I can have the idea in my head and written down then it's alot easier to figure cost then buy things little by little and it won't be so hard to pay for (or thats my theory). Any ideas would be lovely!! oh and Ive looked at many of you guys planning bios they are beautiful!!