Have your wedding featured on The Knot or WeddingChannel.com!

celadorr · July 2010

Hi Knotters!

John and I are getting married in the summer of 2012. I'm a Special Education teacher and he works in biotech. We have been together for over 4 years and he proposed this past March, on the steps of Boston Symphony Hall, just before we were to attend a concert by YoYo Ma. Needless to say, we had trouble sitting through the concert!

We are planning an outdoor, rustic feeling wedding. We are both big outdoors people, spending our time fishing, biking and I keep a vegetable and flower garden. We have been touring places that have carriage houses, historic estates and botanical gardens.

Our plan is to meld our heritages: Scotch-Irish (him) and Thai (me). John will be wearing a kilt in his clan colors. He is also a Highland Games competitor. And I will be wearing a traditional Thai wedding dress. Our plan is to also meld Celtic and Thai wedding traditions during the ceremony and reception.

Wish all of the brides and grooms much love and happiness!

jbpoll · July 2010

We would love to have our wedding featured on The Knot because our inspiration for the big day is love. The wedding date is February 20, 2011 at the Delray Beach Marriott in Delray Beach, Fl. I am not one of those brides who dreamt about what my wedding day would be like or what my dress would look like. I never really began to think about any of those things until I actually got engaged. Once we started to plan the details, it all came together with such ease.

We have been planning the wedding together and have been having so much fun. We have not disagreed on anything and no decisions have been made without approval from my fiance since this is OUR day and not just about me. Our wedding day is going to be filled with romance and we want to share our love with our guests. That is what will make our wedding day so special.

The dress is from Priscilla of Bosaton. We have hired one of the best bands in south florida so we can al dance the night away. The theme of our wedding is "pure romance". Red flowers, red uplighting, silver linens, silver chivari chairs, silver chargers and a red chuppah.

We were introduced by a mutual friend that I met in law school. She is now married to my fiance's best friend from when he went to law school. Stephanie said that she always thought we would be a great match but neither of us were single until after I had graduated from law school. Our first telephone conversation was two and half years ago, lasted for three hours and the rest is history!

I am maryring my best friend and the love of my life. I am gaining a wonderful family as well. I absolutely love my fiance's family and my family absolutely loves him. I could not have dreamed that our families would get along so well. This is what makes our wedding that much more special.

Our wedding is going to be a true celebration of the love we share for eachother and we would love for you to be a part of that day.

jenbryant · July 2010

Hi Knot Annie,
Who would have thought that online dating would result in a marriage?! I never would have imagined that a year after meeting 'my match', that I would be engaged and planning our wedding ( I do want to point out that he was the one that winked at me first! haha). We both live in Las Vegas, and if anyone isn't aware, the dating scene in Las Vegas is difficult..which is why we both decided to join an online dating service. Ironically, we both weren't huge fans of online dating, but I guess that's where fate struck...if it wasn't for the wonderful world of online dating we would have never met. He works for Cirque de Soleil and I work as an environmental consultant, which means we have complete opposite schedules.. but lucky for us we have made a success story for ourselves.
In July 2011, we will be getting married at the Biltmore Estates in North Carolina.. neither of us have been there yet, but that was our first idea and we both fell in love with the location immediately. We are having an intimate ceremony in the Champagne Cellar.. filled with white candles and flowers. I think the best part about our engagement so far, is that my fiance is totally involved in this process (if not more)... we are well on our way to planning our beautifu wedding.

Jen

sunderlandt · July 2010

Our wedding should be featured on The Knot because it is truly a dream wedding. Brad and I are getting married at the place that we first "accidently" met. It was fate that we met, and we still talk about it to this day. We met and are getting married at Les Bourgeous Winery in Missouri. It is a beautiful place on a blufftop that overlooks the Missouri river. The view stretches for miles. We are getting married on the blufftop. We are having an all white ceremony with white orchids draping off of white ribbons hanging from a frame draped in white satin fabric, that will no doubt be blowing in the wind. The place is breathtaking and so romantic. It holds so many memories for us and we both knew it would be the perfect place for us.
Unfortunately, the winery does not have enough room to have a sit down dinner for our large wedding, so we will be driving to the reception site in Columbia Missouri. It is a large ballroom that is going to be completely draped with white fabric to give a tent like atmosphere in the comfort of the air conditioned indoors. The lighting is going to be amazing with changing color affects on the fabric throughout the night. While the wedding ceremony is all white, the reception is going to be festive with color! Purple and orange will be the primary colors with splashes of pink and green throughout. The flowers will be orchids, roses, and various types of lilies. The food is going to be mexican fiesta type food, fun food. There is going to be an ice sculpture pouring out a custom drink that we make ourselves. We invested in the best DJ in the area, and it is sure to be a very fun, festive, beautiful celebration of our love together.
There are so many details to this wedding that are just amazing! Two wedding dresses, open bar, flowers, decor and entertainment are exceptional and I am paying for half of the wedding so it is definatley on a budget. Vote for Us!

jewelied · July 2010

Hi! Our wedding and reception will be completely DIY to the max! I became unemployed in December 2009 and have not yet found another job. We have been living on faith and faith is what finally brought Bill and I together. You see, Bill and I dated off and on for about 5 years. First, he was serious about us, then I was serious about us, then he, then I and over and over. In between times, I dated others but no other relationship ever seemed to work out. After 4 1/2 years of dating Bill off and on, I decided I was going to just get on with my life and seriously pursue a deep and meaningful relationship with someone else. When I met and started steadily dating someone else, Bill got wind of this through a mutual friend. Bill called me one evening sobbing, saying "he didn't want to be with me, but that he needed to be with me" and that he "wouldn't TRY to make our relationship work but that he would do whatever it took to make our relationsip work." From that moment on, it was clear to me why other relationships I had did not work out; Bill and I were truly meant to be together but it had to be in God's time. Bill asked me to marry him in June 2010 and we committed ourselves to each other. Our wedding is in October 2010.
Since our budget is very tight our ceremony and reception will be DIY at every turn. It will be a nice, classy ceremony but with budget in mind. We are marrying in the fall, so our colors will be golden yellow, rust, emerald green and cranberry. I am an experienced seamstress so I will be making my own dress. My dress is a halter style with a lace train and a matching shrug. I will also be making dresses and jackets to match our fall colors for my 4 attendants, 3 dresses for the flower girls (my granddaughters) and 6 sets of bowties and cumberbunds for Bill, his 4 attendants, our ring bearer (my grandson) and Bill's father, who is walking me down the aisle.
We decided since our date is close to Thanksgiving Day, we would serve a nice Thanksgiving dinner. We will bake the turkeys ourselves at home a few days prior to the event and purchase the side dishes in bulk to prepare the day of the reception.
Our DIY continues with my best friend's daughter providing the DJ service, my nephew making and decorating our cupcakes/cake and my brother-in-law providing the site for our wedding ceremony and reception (the local union hall). The decorations at the reception site will be grapevine and clear lights entertwined and strung around the room. The tables will be decorated with mason jars filled with branches of fall leaves. We found some great dishes at a discount store that matched our colors so these will be used as the place settings. I will also be making the fabric napkins with ivory/off-white fabric.
There are many more details to our ceremony and reception that are DIY like invitations, RSVP cards, escort cards, candy bar, etc. but time won't allow me to mention them here.
We have all these wonderful plans in place but have to wait for that extra dollar here and there to make the next purchase for the wedding. I have less than 100 days left and have yet to make the first dress! Of course, I'm holding out that I lose a few pounds before I make my dress! Again, faith will make it possible!
We deserve a mention, don't you think?
Thank you,
Diane Young

AlmostMrsCoppola · July 2010

Not only would we love to have our wedding featured, but more importantly we would LOVE to share our love with all of the readers of The Knot publiciations!

The connection between my fiancé and I, is something that I only thought existed in movies. We met at work, unknowing that we grew up in neighboring towns over an hour and a half away from New York City where our office was located. As we got to know each other better, we shared stories about our past and unbelievably, we were in the same place at the same time numerous times and just never saw each other. We share the same love for food, music and are completely spontaneous. People call us the "social butterflies" because we ALWAYS have something going on. Just last week we went to the state fair and two concerts in 4 days! Last February we did the polar bear plunge in which we helped our team raise over 8,000 dollars for the Special Olympics of new Jersey. No matter what we do, it always great, as long as we are together!

As unique as we are, we want our wedding to be the same way. We are planning to have our wedding by the Jersey Shore where we both grew up. We would love to have it at the beautiful Mallard Island Yacht Club (which if you have not seen, you must take a look at) We want the wedding to reflect us in so many ways. We are planning on ditching the tuxes and opting for kakis and blazers, having a photo booth, hiring an awesome 9 piece band and letting our guest chose our first dance on our RSVP cards! We want everyone at our wedding to have as much fun as we do together, as well as the readers of the Knot, that’s why we should win this contest!

anaeser1 · July 2010

Love is vibrant, rich, passionate and these are the elements I hope to always hold dear in my marriage to the best friend I've ever had.

With the feeling of excitement and charisma at the core of our relationship, I want it to show exhuberantly when I walk down the aisle. That's precisely why I chose the Maggie Sottero Capri Royale in Fuschia as my wedding gown. My colors are wine and pewter and I want the dress to match and express how I feel on the inside. It's a secret surprise for my fiance and I know that he will be stunned, amazed and speechless.

These are the moments that stand out for a bride and groom and make their day one of a kind, and this is what I hope to share with the knot and weddingchannel.com at our October, 9, 2010 wedding.

Sea24Q · July 2010

Dear Knot Annie!

Hi! It would be wonderful to have our wedding featured by The Knot and the Wedding Channel because it would be an honor and a pleasure to share our romance with the Knot community. We are so excited about the details that truly represent us and symbolize significant parts of our lives and relationship. Every part of our wedding has a reason, from our favorite color (red votive candles) to symbolizing a member of the family whom is no longer with us (a gardenia boutonniere).

[History] My FI and I have been friends for 10 years and have been together for nearly three. We both liked each other throughout the 10 years but neither one of us wanted to admit it because we were such great friends. Finally, one of our friends just told us we were dating and we have been together ever since. The first year we were together I had 4 surgeries in 5 months (July-November). When I’d wake up from anesthesia he was the first one I asked for and the first one I’d see. As soon as I saw him I knew I was safe and loved so I could go back to sleep. He sat through every bad diagnosis, scary pre-op, and post-op infection trip to the hospital. He told me a year later that he knew I was the one when every time I went through the operating doors his heart stopped and he panicked. He knew he could not live without me and I could not be without him; from then on we have only grown closer and more in love. There truly is nothing like being in love, being in a relationship, getting married to your best friend. We both feel like the luckiest people in the world in love and cannot wait to share this feeling with our family and friends.

[Theme] Our wedding is going to be bathed in candle light. Since our wedding is in the middle of the winter, December 27, 2011, we wanted our wedding to be warm, intimate, soft, romantic, etc. To create this atmosphere we’re going to light the entire wedding with candles everywhere. We’ll have floating candles in vases full of rose petals as centerpieces, votives lining the fireplaces at our venue, candles lining the fountain in front of our ceremony. This, if it works out as planned, will create a glowing ambiance without being overpowering.

[Site] My FI reminds me I would be remiss if I did not mention the gorgeous place we are getting married. We are getting married in the atrium of the Manor House, under a roof of glass with little white Christmas lights lining the edge. If the clouds and weather cooperate, it’d be our dream to get married under the stars as the roof is lined with snow. Then our reception will be in the Magnolia room where there is a fire place, an upright, dark mahogany bar, and chandeliers. We both can’t wait to make the chandeliers glow among the candles, sip hot chocolate by the fireplace, and to become man and wife under the stars.

[Biggest, Important Element] Family (history and heirlooms) is a huge factor in our wedding, from my engagement ring to the date of the wedding. My engagement ring contains the diamond from my Grandmother’s ring. My FI proposed on my Grandfather’s birthday. Our wedding is on his Grandparent’s wedding anniversary. Both of my grandparent’s have passed away and his Grandmother passed away a few weeks before he proposed. Furthermore, my wedding dress is by Priscilla of Boston, the same designer of my Mother’s dress when she married my Dad in 1983. Our dresses actually have the same lace and I will be wearing my Mom’s veil, which is trimmed in the same lace. It is absolutely gorgeous and I cannot wait for it to come in!

We want our wedding to symbolize our relationship. The feeling you get when you look at someone that you love, the emotion, the spreading of joy – it is so hard to explain – that is the aura we want to create for our guests when they walk into the ceremony and reception. We love each other unconditionally and we have already been through so much together that we know that our love will abound throughout the entire wedding. Our wedding is going to represent and share our love with our family and friends; it would be a privilege to share it with The Knot community and the Wedding Channel too.

heartscake · July 2010

hi annie,

first off, i am not engaged... yet.. we have started the process of looking at rings and seeing what we like and what we don't... learning all the ins and outs of buying an engagement ring... and its tough...

but one thing i know for sure is that we are getting married on october 15, 2011... that will be my maternal grandparents 61st wedding anniversary... and we have decided to get married close to and have the reception in my grandparents town on dixon, il...

i am looking forward to being able to put all the ideas i have into action once we are engaged... we are planning on having a diy wedding with a vintage feel to it... my boyfriend has introduced me to the wide world of micro breweries and we are hoping to incorporate that, and his last name cake, into the reception... i hope that the creative ideas that we have together will make everyone feel that they have never been to a wedding like this before (in a good way)...

danielle

kb0623 · July 2010

We would LOVE to have our wedding featured on The Knot!

Larry and I finally got engaged last month after 8 yrs of dating...It's about time we make it offical! Our wedding date is set for May 21, 2011 and the Ceremony will be held at The Shrine of St. Stanislaus, which also the church my grandparents, parents, sister, and many other relatives have been married at. The Reception will be held at the Galleria of Erieview, in their Rotunda. We were both born and raised in the city of Cleveland and our goal is to highlight the beautiful city, and what it has to offer...urban architecture, Lake Erie...

Our marriage will not only bring Larry and I together...this marriage is truly joining two families. We grew up in the same neighborhood, have the same friends, and our parents couldn't get along any better and are so extremely supportive!

This Wedding will reflect how hard Larry and I work to obtain any goal we set out for. Larry is a perfectionist, he puts his all into everything he does. This shows in his work as a carpenter, his home life, and the friendships that he has made and maintained. As for myself, I was raised to be a hard worker and I am willing to help out anyone in the time of need:) I decided to return to school to earn a degree in Nursing while working full time. Needless to say...I've been quite busy! I have dreamed of this wedding and I'm so excited that it has become reality...it's only 10 months away!

Fuschiablu · July 2010

Hi Annie,

My wedding this November is one that The Knot should not miss out on, it is certainly going to be a wedding to remember. We are having a themed wedding with plenty of unique elements, tons of DIY and absolutely nothing traditional.

My fiancé and I are both heavily involved in the theatre arts here in Orlando, so we knew we wanted to make our wedding a celebration of the arts. We have entitled the wedding “With This Ring” and the entire event is designed to make our guests feel as though they are attending a show. We hired a graphic designer to create a wedding logo for us which will be printed on all of the stationary. Our save the dates went out back in June and were designed to look like an announcement for an upcoming show at a local theatre starring my fiancé and myself. Invitations are currently in the design process, I have secured the help of an artist friend who did all of my flier artwork for the shows I directed in college. The cover of the invitations will look like a flier for the upcoming show and inside guests will find their ticket which doubles as an RSVP card. Guests will also be invited to the “cast party” following the show. The ceremony is being held at the beautiful historic, and newly renovated, Garden Theatre in Winter Garden. As guests arrive at the theatre they will be given a Playbill just as they would if they were attending any professional performance. The Playbill will feature a list of the cast and crew, headshots and bios of the cast (bridal party,) and ads for all of our vendors. Inside the theatre the stage will be set with flowers and draping fabrics as well as the stage flats that we are building with famous theatrical love quotes painted on them. The ceremony is going to be performed on stage by a local comedian who is an ordained minister under a dragonwood arch dripping with green orchids and candles designed by our amazing florist. We will have a wine unity ceremony which will be followed by an aerial silk act, which is a Cirque du Soleil style acrobatic performance. This performance will be followed by our vows which will be derived from some of Shakespeare’s works. I’m even having my dress designed and constructed by a very talented costume designer who makes costumes for all f the local theme parks and conventions. Of course we will have a professional lighting design and audio and spotlight operators for a fully polished final product.

The entertainment continues as guests arrive at our reception location. I chose Maison & Jardin for our reception because of it’s antique elegance. When guests arrive for the cocktail hour they will be able to grab a drink and some hors d’oeuvers while they watch local artists and artisans create their masterpieces. Guests will find envelopes with their names written on them on our will call table. The tickets they find inside will determine which play they are going to see i.e. which table they are going to be seated at. Once in the dining room guests will find centerpieces hand made by me that will help them match up their ticket to their table. Each of the centerpieces is a miniature stage on which I have crafted miniature trusses and sets for each of the plays that I am using. The centerpieces will even have functioning theatrical lights. After a delicious dinner and fun dancing we will all enjoy the raw vegan wedding cake that I am having made by a local raw foodist who runs a health food store. You can find more information in our online production book at www.toni-gene.com. Our wedding will most definitely be one of a kind and I think it will be a great feature for theknot.com or weddingchannel.com!

kristinachoate · July 2010

HI ALL! My name is Kristina Choate, soon to be Kristina Rowland! My fiance and I are literally the real life girl/guy next door. We started dating when we were just 15. Though we have had our share of ups and downs as well as time apart we can't wait to tie the knot next May. Its not only a really important day for us but also for our two young sons. They are amazing and bright and a big reason why Chris and I try activly everyday to be a good couple. Being a small family in this economy also takes a toll on wedding planning but luckily for us we're doing a lot of things ourselves and have been very luckily in some instances.

Ever since I was a child I've loved Alice in Wonderland so much so that the day after Chris propossed he bought me an antique version of the book to say that he'd be ok with making our reception Alice in Wonderlaand theme. I'm fortunate enough to be pretty craft and I'll be putting together most of the decorations myself.

We'd love to showcase our wedding on TheKnot because I have drawn so much inspiration from the website and magazine. Also to show young couples that you can have the wedding of your dreams at any budget.

Thank you so much for the consideration!

Kindest regards,

Kristina Choate

knichols205 · July 2010

hi Annie!!!
We would love to have our wedding Featured.. Our wedding is taking place september 4th 2011. we are planning to a DIY wedding all the way from my wedding dress to the favors with some exceptions. WE want our wedding to reflect us as a couple and how we met thats why alot of the wedding is DIY because we want it to be us. we are having a black and white wedding with a pop of red here and there. we are planning a non traditional wedding in a tradional kind of way. we have alot of things that my mother and soon to be mother-in-law are doing. our favors are going to be either potted herbs, maybe flowers, maybe cacti we haven't decided. but all in all I think this wedding is one for the books and would love to have it featured in the magazine.
Getting Married in Petoskey, MI
Thanks Krystle and Kyle

WKLSNP · July 2010

Hi Annie!

This is the story of a very expensive (looking) wedding that was done on a $10,000 budget.

I got engaged to Bill in August, 09 and set a wedding date for October 23, 2010 to give my Mom time to plan her finances. As a single mom and realtor it has been hard times, but she wanted my wedding to be the best it could be and a year would hopefully be enough time to set aside the money.

The first week we went to look at dresses. And every few weeks we would go back. Just to see what I liked. Every time I went I chose a different style. And being I had gone on a work out regiment in January of 09, my size kept shrinking so new styles (smaller sizes) only confused the issue more.

In the meantime, my Mom and I signed up on The Knot. We started emailing articles back and forth, organizing our guest list, setting budgets (the original budget was 15k), saving pictures of flowers, cakes, dresses – everything a wedding would need. Mom kept track of my favorites and as we talked about colors schemes, hair styles, wedding sites styles and themes – all manner of ideas about the wedding – constantly.

In January 2010 we started in earnest looking for a site. We have a beautiful art gallery and garden on the river in our city and a fabulous rose garden facility out in the country. Both had all the elements I wanted. Water and outdoors was important. When Mom got the bids they both were way over the budget. Yikes. I told her I could get married in a barn if we could find one. I really wanted an outdoor wedding, something rustic. My husband and I love the outdoors – Bill is a good ole country boy and our idea of fun is a weekend camping with our blue heeler, Rylie.

Anyway, Mom had heard of a place way out south of town, but no one seemed to know about it including the real name. So one day she drives out Ellerbe Road and lo and behold she finds Hill Country Village. She tries to call the number on the door for two days. Then she goes to the parish tax assessor and looks up the address to see who owns the property. Still not finding his phone number, she sends an email out to all of her friends, real estate associates and clients. Within 10 minutes, a good friend emails back that the owner also owns a shop on Line Avenue. Mom gets in the car and goes to see the owner. Within two days we had our venue booked and Mom had built him a website so other folks could find him easier! Check it out – HillCountryVillage.net.

Still we’re online at The Knot constantly checking out budget ideas, favors, and the works. Mom’s determined to have a champagne wedding on a beer budget.

April 6 I drop the bomb on Mom. Our wedding date in October falls within a Venus retrograde which is bad news for Bill and my signs – and besides Bill is ready to be married! She doesn’t even flinch. She visits a local astrologer the same day, armed with my and Bill’s birthdays and the available dates from HCV. Viola – our new date is July 10, 2010 - only three months away!

Now she kicks into gear. April 7 I take off from work so we can find my dress. We are headed to check out a boutique in the next city (which Mom visited showing a house one day). But on the way, she says let’s stop at David’s Bridal and see what’s new. Of course they know us – we’ve been there a dozen times. In my yet another new size, there are three dresses that would work for me. But Mom says – you don’t look 100% sold on any of these. She’s checking out their magazine and sees a dress. They bring it out in a much smaller size and I go ho hum. No, she says, there’s something about this dress that looks interesting. The bridal consultant checked and a store in a nearby town (in the opposite direction where we are headed) had my size. We drive 2 hours and I try it on. IT IS THE ONE – I almost cry when I see myself in the mirror. We order the dress in ivory without a train and it is due in July 1. It will be close to our “W” day and over the next months I worry about what it will look like in ivory without a train and will it fit?

The same afternoon we find the perfect invitation paper at a party shop in town and Mom gets to work printing the invites. Of course we already have our guest list on The Knot so by April 9 the invitations are done.

From then on my Mom’s house was my personal wedding central. Her dining room was converted to a workshop. She got online and shopped for components for the details that would make my wedding complete. She watched online videos on how to make fancy bows, prepare fresh flowers. She bought flowers at the grocery store in different colors and tried them out to show me so I could pick what I liked. She bought cupcakes from every baker in town for me, Bill, my Grandma and Aunt Carla to taste test. She found the perfect program kit that matched the invitations and even added a page to the program with a tribute to my Grandpa Ray, Papa Honey and Aunt Marcia who had passed during this time. She had spreadsheets, timetables, photo files of hair, makeup, flowers, dresses, cake decorating – you name it she had it on her laptop!

I could go on for 20 more pages. If it was important to me or Bill, my Mom made it happen. As it turned out the July 10 th date was auspicious for us. My dress came in three weeks early and fit perfect – no alterations. The bridal consultants were amazed at our leap of faith on ordering it the way we did – but Mom just smiled. She said she could see it in her head.


The local lady at the grocery store worked with mom on getting all the flowers at a discount – plus gave her valuable tips, like the stamen in lilies staining dresses! She got my favorite band that had stopped playing together, friends of hers, to do a onetime gig for my party. Every detail came together like a great symphony – with my mom as the conductor.   And no stress, no hysterics, no Bridezillas. If there something that didn’t go right I sure didn’t hear about it.

My wedding day came and it was everything I had envisioned. And it ran like a carefully choreographed ballet. And even though a wedding is all about the bride – especially when the wedding planner is the MOB - Bill was ecstatic with all the little details my Mom thought of to make it special for him too. The music CD’s she burned for different times at the wedding included some of Bill’s favorite songs. She used two of his cowboy hats as favor containers. And finally, the cupcake boxes and napkins had Bill’s name printed first!

Mom and I are working now on designing bound photo books for family gifts and of course a special memento for Bill and me of our picture perfect wedding. And I’m trying to get Mom to open a wedding and event planning business!

I don’t need to win a trip to New York or a wedding dress (obviously). But I would absolutely love for our wedding to be featured in a magazine because it truly was collaboration between Bill’s and my vision, my Mom and The Knot to make the most amazing day of my life perfect!

Stephanie and Bill Lumpkin

PS – And she came in under budget and our guests thought she had spent a fortune! The decor, location, food and flowers were amazing. I could post more photos of all of the great decorating ideas and the flowers my Mom arranged...but there wouldn't be room for other posts!!

PSS - She also made my necklace and bracelet set and when I can I will post a photo of them!

ashleyandjed2010 · July 2010

Our Wedding should be featured because we feature a smaller demographic of very unique couples, we are dual military. My husband (USMC) and I (USN) were married April 2, 2010 in a small courthouse ceremony after two years of dating, he deployed later that month.

We are holding a ceremony for our families and friends on May 27, 2012 so we can celebrate our marriage with the people we care about, and so we can have our chance at a white dress, first dance, bouqet toss, and champagne toasts. We will be getting married in the Dallas Fort Worth area where my husband was raised, and our colors are coral (with the rule that he won't wear any "pink":)) navy blue and khaki!! Though not many of the details are hashed out we know that we are going to have gerbera daisies (my favorite flowers and the first ones he bought me after we got married) and I have decided on table "numbers". Each table is going to be named after a place that is special to us, and include a sentence of why it is important and a picture of us there. Some of the places to be included are Pensacola, FL (where we met), Cedar Rapids, IA (where we got married), Oahu, HI (where we have spent most of our life together), and Manila, Philippines (where I flew to meet him in between deployments). Our flower girl is going to be the daughter of one of our close friends, whose wife is my deployment buddy and whose husband Jed has gone on every deployment with to date. My ring is a family ring (from his side), of which I am fourth generation to wear, and we plan on doing a lot of DIY (thank god I have a hands on husband

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We should be featured because although we are not traditional in the sense of many civilians, we are a common occurence among peers and can represent the strength and uniqueness of marriages in the military. Though we will not marry in uniform, we are having our wedding during our terminal leave (vacation time taken prior to seperation from the military) because it is truely a celebration of our new life together, where the military can no longer seperate us. By the time this year is over we will have spent 19 months of our relationship apart. When we seperate in two years who knows how long we will have been apart, but by then it will not matter because it's the past and all that is left is our future!

We hope you feature us, and we can represent all our amazing friends out there who are also "married to the military".

"My love is alive, way down in my heart, although we are miles apart"

SWbridey · July 2010

Hello! My fiancé and I would be an outstanding couple to feature on The Knot or WeddingChannel.com because we are simply a couple that many people can relate to and learn from. We met in college about 7 years ago, have been dating for the past 5 years, and engaged for just over a year-and-a-half now. We were both good kids with bright futures, worked hard through college and graduate school. When we started planning the wedding, we assumed that, with our education, we'd be making a sizable income together. Everyone's struggling in this economy, and we are right there with you. I work full-time in Social Work; my fiancé struggled to find a job in his field (Sport Management) and settled for an Internship with long hours and little pay. We both wanted the traditional church ceremony and big ballroom dinner reception. Fourteen months before our desired wedding date, we were surprised to find that many venues and vendors were already booked! We are in the Erie, PA area--a city not yet covered on The Knot or WeddingChannel. We had to get very creative and put a LOT of time into 'shopping around' in order to stay within our $12,000 budget.
We've included a lot of trends that Knotties and WeddingChannel brides blog about (candy buffet, feather details, seasonal menu) and also a lot of personalized touches. My fiancé is a big Cleveland Browns fan, and I really wanted a fall wedding, so we compromised and used orange, ivory, and chocolate brown in our Browns/Autumn wedding theme. He's all about tradition, I'm all about fun, and our wedding day will be a blend of the two.
We have been together through a lot over the past 5 years: losing family members, graduations, moving in together, and (the hardest) getting past my fiancés false cancer diagnosis in Oct '08. I think what has made us strongest, though, and most appreciative of one another is just the day-to-day; it is difficult not knowing what's ahead, and working opposite shifts that sometimes (although we live together) we go almost a week without seeing each other.
Being a featured couple would give us an opportunity that we would otherwise not have--a chance to show other couples how you can have a big wedding on a small budget, how to incorporate personal details that truly make the day your own, and, most importantly, how to keep in sight the relationship and partnership behind it all. We could truly use this, and would very much appreciate the opportunity to share our day with your audience!

karaepope1 · July 2010

For me and my husband it was love at first sight. I thought all of that mushy love stuff didn't exist in real life, but after one date with him I knew he was the ONE. Six weeks later he proposed and a year and a half later we were married! We got married on May 29th of this year and it was the most magical day of our lives. I thoroughly enjoyed every step of the wedding planning process and Zack helped out with every decision along the way. My career is in marketing and so I used my design skills to create my own engagement and wedding invitations and ceremony programs. Our wedding ceremony took place outside beside a small lake and our reception followed under a large white tent. It was AMAZING! Our friends and family couldn't be happier for us and I know that we're meant to be together. I have married my very best friend and I want to share everything I have with him. There is a such a peacefulness to being married and I truly feel complete. We're madly in love and I swear we're still glowing! Our wedding definitely deserves to be featured on The Knot because it was an absolutely incredible day and you can tell that what we have comes only once in a lifetime!

-Kara & Zack

karla&carlos · July 2010

Why do i think our wedding should be featured?... because just by our names you will see that we were meant to be together like two peas in a pod. We are Carlos & Karla. Carlos and i met in college back in March 2002 when i was 18 and he 19. We started dating soon after and since then i can say my life has been perfect. He is everything any girl can ask for...he's funny, smart, and always there when i need him.

We got engaged in December of 2010 and by March i had already booked the reception place, photogher, and purchased my wedding gown and bridesmaids dresses. I was fortunate to go with my sister to a sample sale by Jcrew where i immediately fell in love with a dress and didn't think twice of buying it. Since i was in grad school up to three weeks ago a budget wedding is the only way to go and with my endless research i have managed to book and purchase the most essential items at a much lower price than anticipated.

Our wedding is planned for May of 2011. We Chose a quiet Hudson Valley Estate to hold both the ceremony and reception. Becasuse we both love nature colors, The ceremony will be held in the estate garden over looking the Hudson River. And the reception will be at the mansion house with a perfect view of the sunset. Our Colors are Fuschia/Magenta with Silver. We can't wait to share our special moment with our family and close friends who have seen us grow together as a couple and individually during the last 8 years. It is also exciting to know that our first year wedding anniversary will actually be our 10th year anniversary together.

jbrow375 · July 2010

Wow, just reading the responses to the call for submissions is very inspiring to us DIYers and The Knot readers - thanks for having this discussion here.

My wedding date is 10.10.10 - yes, one of the most popular dates for 2010. But it isn't because it is just an easy date to remember, or that in Chinese the number 10 is the luckiest number for love and success. It is because my finance is a computer programer who knows that 00101010 is binary code for 42, and according to the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, 42 is the answer to everything in the universe. It is the meaning of life.

We are both older, in our mid-late 30s and having been married before, we decided that this celebration is going to be a party with our friends and family honoring our love throught the entire event.

The last 2 years my finance has been working in England and so we have had to schedule and reschedule this event, with delays, booking cancelations and just trying to incorporate our kids into the event - it has been an exciting journey to get here.

Our Perfect 10 wedding will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah under the majestic Wasatch Mountains at an Italian Resturant on a Sunday evening. The theme of the event is "Art Deco" spanning the 1920s and 1930s. Our entire wedding party is dressing in vintage gowns, fabulous make-up and hair, and the guys are sporting zoot suits with matching fedoras.

We have invited our guest to our handfasting ceremony, which is a non-traditional and non-religious ceremony in which you litteraly "Tie the Knot". We have added all the information about a handfasting ceremony to our Wedding Website here on the knot so that our guest can learn about this unique ceremony prior to the event.

The reception will be a dinner party at the same location in which we will have a photo booth to capture all our guest dressed to the Ritz and give them a strip of photos as a keepsake from our wedding. There will also be a signing book in which we will add the same strip of photos to - and they can sign leaving us well wishes or funny stories to make our event memoriable.

I have DIY'd this entire event within a few short weeks of planning due to all the help of theknot.com. I used the budget tracker to keep note of the money spent and have an idea of cost of what I still need to buy. It has been great to talk to vendors with a budget already set-up, and find good deals on those things I really wanted. I used the checklist feature to make sure I didn't forget any details - with only a few months till my wedding this has been a life savor for me. I spend hours on theknot.com each day to help me plan the Perfect 10 wedding.

jcoder001 · July 2010

Hi Annie!
Rich and I's wedding is in September 2011- We are looking at September 17th 2011 because that would be two days after our 2 yr anniversy.our wedding is also a romantic well blended themed wedding with a lot of intimate details. Our wedding is Military/Catholic/Romantic wedding, and our colors are Navy or Royal blue with Fuschia and accented with Lighter pink and Blue
The ceremony includes some of these details:
It is taking place in my family church, the same one my grandparents got married in 50 years ago.
The music during the ceremony will be done by family members
The decorations are all our colors, pew bows are every 3 pews with a drap connecting them- in the bows there is 3 single roses representing Past Present and Future- each a little different shade of Pink.
in my boquet i have shades of pink, blue and it is cascading with my grandmother's rosary she carried- along with all the daughters and granddaughters who married in the catholic faith carried- drapped on the top and going down gentally along my flowers- all silk flowers because of allergies- except for the memorial floral arrangement which will be real flowers.
Rick will be giving my son- who is 7 yrs old a gift of always being there for him.
the ring bearer pillow my son will be carrying is going to be handmade by my mother- and it will have a place to put 2 silk long stem roses in it for us to present to our mothers after we are married- these are silk also for them to keep forever. the basket my flower girl will be carrying will hold silk flower petals and full stem silk roses entwined through out the basket.- also made by my mother.
We will have a beautiful floral arrangement with a candle in the middle of it in memory of all our family and friends who passed away, and a special memory for my grandparents, and his military friends who passed on.
the unity candle- we are going to have my maid of honor-my sister- help my son, and as me and rich have our candles alex will have a smaller one and he will also light the bigger unity candle as it will unite us as a family.

Reception details include
We have the memory floral with the candle on a special table at entrance- reminding what they are in memory of.
our first song is a song written, sung and recorded by my cousin- only family has this song, and it will be sung by 2 of my cousins, this song is about my grandparents- grandpa was a navy man- who served in pearl harbor and the love story of them- the only story behind that was the only story told about his tour with the pearl harbor, this is our first dance for 2 reasons- respect to my miltiary grandfather- from my fiancee and i, then a promise to rich from me to always be by his side- no matter if he has to deploy again to overseas.
Prayer balloons- we will have our guest book- but also balloons with sharpie markers where if guests choose they can write a prayer for us, and we will have our own prayer on one, when we leave for our honeymoon we will release all the balloons in the air and up to God for the prayers.
I think these are beautiful and meaniful details of our wedding you might enjoy to know

kashakat23 · July 2010

I'm afraid I may have missed the deadline by a few days. But I wanted to let you know what makes Gary and I so unique and why we deserve to be featured. Gary and I met 14 years ago with days of my meeting my now ex-husband. He is only one year older than my ex, has the same name and was his uncle by marriage. LOL. I was instantly taken by him, but had just started dating my ex. After 10 years of marriage and being treated in ways no woman should ever be treated let alone as someone's wife, my husband walked out on me and our infant son and 3 year old son. At the time, following the birth of my youngest son, my kidneys had failed and I was on dialysis and waiting for a kidney transplant. My sons and I are strong and we survived 5 years of dialysis together and I received my transplant on 2/11/07. Gary - the good one - was always a great friend to us during our marriage and an amazing "uncle" to my boys. After the divorce, I drifted away from everyone and moved to the Boston area. Last September 4th, I needed some work done on my car and thinking of Gary, I went to his shop to see him and we have not been apart a day since then. My boys and I moved back out to Western, MA and we are in the process of buying a house together. We had set plans to marry on our one year anniversary this September, but last February he couldn't wait any longer and asked me how soon we could do it, turned out it was in a week. It only took me a 1/2 hour on the phone to find out about the license, the City Clerk agreed to drive out an hour to JP the ceremony at the Salem Cross Inn in West Brookfield, I called the Inn and they had a private dining room with a fireplace ceremony spot available on Valentines Day!!! We had the kids and just his mom and my dad there. It was beautiful and romantic, but it left out all of our family and friends that we couldn't invite in time. We are not planning a vow renewal in our church, as a formal wedding, tuxes, dresses, etc and a huge reception blow out cont...

kashakat23 · July 2010

cont from first post. We will have a huge bash for over 100 of our family and friends and are looking to do it back at Salem's. The most amazing part to me is that I have found out from numerous people, my husband included that he has loved me since he first met me 14 years ago and has struggled all these years with not telling me and not being able to step in and help me out when my ex-husband was so horrible for so long. He kept himself away for a lot of the time because he was afraid of what he would say and didn't want to put me in an awkward position. Our love for each other is so pure and unreal. I feel as if I can see his soul. What we have both been through in our lives has made us such amazingly better for each other. Together we have 3 boys, 17, 12 and 8 and are hoping to add a much wanted and needed! girl to our family soon. My health is horrible, and he undersands that and just wants to enjoy as many days as he can with me. We regret the 14 years that we have missed out on, but know that there is nothing we can do and those years made us who we are today. I am 3 years out from my kidney transplant and doing well, but have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease for my thyroid and just had lung surgery on 6/16/11 and have Cappillaritis of the lungs and am having another surgery on 8/4/11. I'm 34 and to look you wouldn't know I'm sick, but my time is pretty short compared to most. He never left my side the 4 days I was in hospital. We deserve to be showcased to show how much you can overcome and what happiness truly is in life. Thank you.

kashakat23 · July 2010

Sorry, I meant to say we are NOW HAVING THE WEDDING VOW RENEWAL AT OUR CHURCH. We will be having groomsmen for my husband and funnily enough, I will be having men of honor, as my closest friends are men.

bebe82 · July 2010

I am sure everyone's wedding deserves to be featured!

It would be my dream to be featured in a wedding magazine as I, like many other brides, poured my heart into every single detail trying to make it the most perfect day of my life and it was definitely the most AMAZING day of my life!! I could've never imagined it going more perfectly.

I hope that the link to our video and photos will speak for themselves as words cannot describe the joy and love and all the other emotions I felt on that day.

We played this on the day of the wedding towards the end of the night before the dancing so that our guests could see a highlight reel of the day. it was nice especially for those who couldn't make the ceremony.

http://blog.rfproductions.ca/2010/07/beverly-quang-sde/

and here are some photos
http://blog.rfproductions.ca/2010/07/bev-quang/

Enjoy!

AnaEmilio · August 2010

Is it too late to reply and be counted? With the whole wedding planning it has been a little crazy for us as we are planning the entire wedding on our own and under 12,000 dollars. We are in a very tight budget and have desided to do mostly everything by ourselves but thus far it has been great and it has helped us bond much more. Not only us the couple but also our friend which have helped us tremendously. The dress we got at filenes running of the bride, friends are doing our buffet, a great friend of our took care of save the dates and invtations and will also be doing photography. The bridal party has been put in charge of the decorations and signature cocktails for the wedding. I think it will be an amazing event where everyone attending has participate in one way or another.

Also the knot has assist us so much with our budget planner and helping us get up and running with our free website.

EllenParham · August 2010

Our wedding deserves to be featured on theknot.com for many reasons. We are getting married on May 14, 2010 at my family's farm in Franklin, Georgia. The farmhouse is over 100 years old and will be the perfect backdrop for our outdoor wedding. We will be getting married by the old well followed by a cocktail hour and reception in the backyard. Surrounded by hydrangeas and rose bushes, the setting will be gorgeous. The barns will be transformed into places for games and fun for kids and adults alike :-)
The ceremony and reception are imbued with the values of theknot.com- orginality, budget, class and traditions. It is a true reflection of us as a couple and is definitely a true DIY wedding. We will having food stations that have mostly traditional southern soul-style food, but we will also have some traditional Swedish food as well- my fiancé is Swedish and about a 3rd of our guests will be coming from Sweden to celebrate with us. Our signature cocktail also is a twist on traditional southern tradition- Firefly sweet tea vodka with lemonade (spiked Arnold Palmer). We will have a dessert table with a small cake, a groom's cake, pies, and a cookie bar. The cookies will be homemade and will serve as our favors- each guest will have a small chinese takeout box stamped with our logo, which I created.
Our colors are bright and clear yellow and green and will be symbolized by lemons and limes interspersed with the flowers and arrangments.

All in all, we have a wedding that fuses two very different cultures and in a quirky, unique way.

We met in Budapest and after a year and a half of long distance love, I moved to Sweden. We flew back to my childhood home outside of Atlanta for a weekend and I wasn't told why. While we were there, he proposed and I said yes and we were officially engaged. A quick insight into my family and thus, the atmosphere of the wedding- instead of celebrating with champagne, my dad popped out a bottle of bourbon and we celebrated with bourbon instead.

Feature our Swedish/Southern wedding and experience something truly unique!

Rstruch · August 2010

HI Annie!
I think our wedding should be featured because we put our focus on but what matters most to us ...Our life after the wedding and family. I will say that I LOVE the knot.com!!! It was the most useful information that I have seen on any website! Our wedding is only in a few weeks...August 28th and I have relied on the knots guests lists, budget manager, tips, photos and advice from other knotties every step of the way. Our wedding is all DIY and in every aspect we enlisted the help of our family. From the flowers to the music to the cake our family has generously volunteered to help. Thank goodness the knot had suggestions on all of these topics! Weddings are about family and extending your family to another. And that is why our wedding should be featured.

jlyoung77 · August 2010

Well we just started planning the wedding and so far we are pretty overwhelmed! I never knew how much planning and detail went into a wedding. I know I want an outdoor wedding with a fun reception! I want the wedding to be romantic yet include everyone attending the wedding. I want a classy, chic, vintage wedding. I want a ice cream bar and photo booth at the reception. I think we have decided that we will have a band (a good friend of mines), and a dj, as well as a open ipod with a selection of music for guests to pick from. While we are deciding on the venue we have it narrowed down to a few ourdoor venues. Lights and candles will be everywhere, with a evening ceremony. The wedding will be in the fall, with the colors being, toast, nutella, and chocolate. Maybe a hint of pink tossed in here and there, with a butterfly theme. My bouquet will have crystal butterflies in it, as bling is always necessary! Fireworks, and sparklers are necessary for our GRAND enterance! This wedding will be a fun, over the top celebration for everyone! Please pick us, as it would mean so much to me and my fiance and family to have you celebrate our special day with us! We have both waited a very long time to find eachother, and are ready to tie THE KNOT!

clbo1984 · August 2010

We got engaged on top of a mountain in the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest. We have been planning our wedding for the exact date, one year later from our engagement - September 4, 2010!. Our ceremony will be under a alter that my fiance and future father in law made, and in the front yard of my parents home in Snohomish, Washington. The reception will be under a big white tent in my parents horse pasture. Almost all of our wedding is DIY. Our colors are gray and yellow. We were on a budget for most things and splurged on the things that mattered most for both families. The splurges: photographer (he was the first vendor I booked!), catering/rentals, wine/beer

The DIY: Flowers (will be all market flowers with the exception of the bridal/bridesmaid/groomsmen's arrangements) and arranged by a family friend, my aunt is officiating and we wrote our entire ceremony ourselves, we are using aspects of BOTH parents weddings ie, bible verses and vows. We designed and handmade all the menus/programs, we painted fence posts for signs around the wedding and my future sister in law's boyfriend (who is a wedding DJ) is supplying the music... In addition to all the DIY some things that make our wedding unique is the fact that we wanted to be true to ourselves: we are going with individual berry cobblers instead of wedding cake, my wedding dress was found 'off the rack' for $350 (Richard Glasgow gown originally $3,400!), and my bridesmaids all found their own gray dresses. The wedding is a true backyard, labor of love, and I can't friggin wait! Please pick our sweet little wedding!

CObutterfly · August 2010

A Vintage Inspired second wedding for people in their 40's (+)

Our wedding should be considered as a featured wedding for several reasons:
1) It is our second wedding (for each of us, so it will be different than someone's first wedding
2) We are not in our 20's any more, and it can be harder to find ideas, inspiration for people who are not in their 20's. It might be good for the "Knot.com" to feature more weddings for people in their 40's and 50's.
3) My dress is a vintage dress from the 1940's, and as such the "theme of this wedding is Vintage/hollywood glam. Dress is a champagne color, and the wedding colors are white, black, champagne with touches of chocolate and red.
4) Our wedding is very small, and intimate
5) Our Wedding date is 10-10-10-- and we are getting married in the city of San Francisco, at the Rose Garden in Golden Gate Park.
6) Our four kids are not just part of the wedding party, and we have waited years to make sure that they were all old enough to remember and participate in the wedding.
7) With two kids in college and two kids still in school, we have a limited window of time for everyone to be together, and an even more limited budget. We have planned this whole wedding to happen on Columbus Day weekend so the big kids and out of town family can come in to town over the long weekend, and we will get married on 10-10-10. All wedding planning will be arranged on a limited budget with less than 5 months to plan it all out.
8) Until July, The Bride (me) and 2 of our kids were still in Colorado while the groom and the 2 other kids were in California.

We will upload more photos as the day gets closer. But it hasnt happened yet!

Sydney Hastings (bride)

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