I'm also a mother who has been lurking around this board. My daughter, Tara, is getting married on the same day as Joann's daughter. It has been fun communicating with her and all of you. You have really been a tremedous help and I wanted to say, THANK YOU. I got some wonderful ideas from you and the vendor recs were also so helpful. I flew down from Vermont last Sunday and this last week has been crazy hectic. I will be so glad when Saturday arrives! I will also post vendor reviews and a picture or two if I can figure out how to do it! Good luck to all the brides getting married in the next few weeks. Now that I know how much work planning a wedding is, I'm glad I only have one daughter!