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[Voss102905]

Hope this belongs here--just want to get people to post more:
Your name: Pam
Fiance's name: Ryan
Big day: 10/29/05
Live in: Illinois-just east of St. Louis
wedding in: same place, I could not imagine what long distance brides must go through. this is hard and the wedding is right here.
colors: Espresso (chocolate) dresses for the bridesmaids, harvest gold for the usherette, white/silver for me, white for flower girl, white or silver vest for him, not sure on the vests for the groomsman and fathers. depending on the actual colors of the vests we are going to do champagne for one, gold for the other.
type of wedding: catholic ceremony in our church with reception following at the KC hall in our town. a normal clinton county wedding
how many attendants: 9 total then us. we have a matron of honor, best man, 2 bridesmaids, 2 groosman, 1 usherette and 1 usher
how long have you known each other: known each other since 98, started dating in 2000.
honeymoon: we live about 40 min. from st. louis. we are going to stay there two nights then come home and spend the week at home relaxing. my mom will have serena until probably wednesday or so. then we are going to get her and maybe take her to the magic house or city museum. it's going to be nice to have a week off and just being able to do whatever. not off because of a sick kid, or because being sick or having surgeyr. just a day off. we might go somewhere next year when we did not just spend $$$ on a wedding.
problems you have run in to with your date: the first dj i called was like "you do realize that's the weeknd of the halloween pub crawl right?" then it took him one month to get paperwork when he said he was putting it in the mail that day (mailed from breese going to breese) by that time i had booked a dj that came highly recommended and have been to weddings done by both and the one we got is a lot better. pretty much dj number one rather do the bar scene and instead of staying that he was booked that night or something waited forever to send me info.

Okay ladies (and gents) share your info!

[Sabby12s]

Your Name: Sabrina
Fiancee's Name: Matt
Big day: 7/28/07
Live in: Seattle, Washington
Wedding in: Bodega Bay, CA
Colors: Red and white with silver as an accent
Type of wedding: Garden wedding with a non-denominational ceremony. We are hoping to have FH's Uncle get deputized for the day so he can officiate.
How many attendents?: Right now, 5: 1 Matron of Honor, 2 bridesmaids, 1 best man and 1 groomsman. I'm thinking of asking my friend to have her daughter as our flower girl though.

How long have you known each other? It will be 3 years in October.
Honeymoon: Don't know yet! We have a poll going on our website if you want to vote!

problems you have run in to with your date: Only that it is so far away! Most of the vendors I've talked with really appreciate it though, some don't book out that far in advance.

[shoehurl]

Your name: Sheryl
Fiance's name: Jeffery
Big day: June 24th, 2006
Live in: Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
wedding in: Niagara Falls - just 20 min away from home...reception at a gorgeous hall about 20 min from little church
colors: Very light lavender - as my sister said "it's like an iced purple"
type of wedding: Non-denominational.
how many attendants: 6 in total plus us. We've got a 2 maids of honour, 2 bestmen, 1 bridesmaid and 1 groomsman. And depending of if my little cousins make it from Nova Scotia, then 2 little ushers/usherettes
how long have you known each other: We've known eachother since i was 12-years-old and Jeffery was 13-years-old. We started dating in 2000
honeymoon: My dad is planning the honeymoon for us so it will be a huge surprise! I can't wait
problems you have run in to with your date: Well, originally we wanted June 3rd, 2006, but the reception hall we wanted only had the 24th available so we changed our minds. It's ok this way so we have 3 more weeks to plan our fun. We've been really lucky for the rest so far. I booked my DJ in February and he's actually a friend of a friend so I'm getting a deal. I can't complain....Yet

[jtaylorvt]

Your Name: Jen
Fiance's Name: Jason
Big Day: July 15, 2006
Live In: Newton, MA (just outside of Boston)
Wedding In: Essex, Vermont (I'm from VT)
Colors: Ivory, Celadon, Lavendar
Type of Wedding: Outside non-demoninational ceremony at an inn followed by cocktail hour/dinner/dancing inside at the inn
# of Attendants: 10 = 1 Maid of Honor, 5 Bridesmaids, 1 Best Man, 3 Groomsmen
How Long Have You Known Each Other: Will have been dating for 8 years in March!
Honeymoon: We are going to Aruba, my dad is also planning it for us and it is our wedding present from my parents
Problems with Date: None yet! We booked early and were able to get the date we wanted.

[mistylark]

Your name: Misty
Fiance's name: Lucas
Big day: 03/25/06
Live in: Springfield, IL
wedding in: same place
colors: white for me, bridesmaids in joyberry, groom and groomsmen in black tuxes with lemon vests and cravats
type of wedding: semi-traditional United Methodist ceremony, follwoed by a "big-ass party"
how many attendants: 3 on each side, 2 ushers, and a hostess maybe a host
how long have you known each other: 7 years - friends for 1 1/2 years, off an ond for a while and you know the story now
honeymoon: the ocean somewhere, i've never been
problems you have run in to with your date: none that i can think of, we avoided all kinds of things in our planning. oh wait, it does not fall during the spring break of our college student attendants - but i think our st. pat's day bachelorette and bachelor parties do!

[Chi06Wed]

Your name: Carrie
Fiance's name: Ryan
Big day: 08/26/06
Live in: Just outside Los Angeles, CA
Wedding in: Suburbs of Chicago, IL -and it is a pain planning a wedding this far!
Colors: Pink and White
how long have you known each other: started dating 01/03 were engaged 10/04
honeymoon: ideally, hawaii. problem is I don't like to fly much and I don't think we have that much money in our budget. Looking more like Los Cabos/ Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the only problem there is that they bug you to for the timeshare thing
problems you have run in to with your date: surprisingly none yet, but this DJ that we met (and really liked) doesn't know if plans on doing weddings still next year- he's like 45 and been doing this since he was 20! He said he will make a decision after the 1st of the year....

[Suzzyna]

Your name: Susan
Fiance's name: Tony
Big day: 12/11/05
Live in: Vancouver
wedding in: San Francisco
colors: Lots of green. The theme is "Enchanted Forest"
type of wedding: Small and intimate. Magical? It'll take place at the San Francisco Zoo.
how many attendants: None! Just the bride and groom walking down the aisle.
how long have you known each other: Approx. 7 years. We met online.
honeymoon: WE'RE GOING TO DISNEYLAND!!!
problems you have run in to with your date: It's somewhat in the middle of finals for some of my friends. However, Dec 11 is a very auspicious day in the Chinese astrological calendar so that was pretty important to my man's grandmother.
Website: tonysusan.weddingannouncer.com

[SpicedSugar]

Your Name: Sandra
Fiancee's Name: Wade
Big day: Aug/19/06
Live in: Peterborough,Ont
Wedding in: Lake St.Peter, Ont
Colors: Red and unknown yet
Type of wedding: Chapel
How many attendents: Maid of honor, Best man, 2 possibly 3 bridesmaids, 3 ushers and our 2 daughters as flower girls.
How long have you known each other?: We have known each other 3 1/2 years
Honeymoon: Not sure yet.
problems you have run in to with your date: So far we have had nothing crop up. Praying nothing does.

[Chantel1209]

Your name: Chantel

Fiance's name: Brendon

Big day: 29th April 2006

Live in & Wedding in: Grafton, New South Wales Australia

Colours:Blue & White, we don't really have a theme.. Just Royal Blue & White!

Type of wedding: Traditional, We only plan on getting married once (doesn't everyone!) so we thought we'd have a big traditional wedding (although after all the planning, if there is a next time I think we'll ELOPE!)

How many attendants: 6 total, we're having 1 Maid-of-honour & 1 Best Man, then 2 Bridesmaids & 2 Groomsmen

How long have you known each other: We met & started dating (internet blind date!) 22nd December 2002 so as of todays date we've been together 2 Years 8 Months & 18 Days

Honeymoon: I believe we are going Island Hopping on the Great Barrier Reef, we'll probably drive up (2 days) then spend time on each Island and maybe charter a yacht.. Spontaneous and Fun is the whole idea!


Problems you have run in to with your date: We actually chose the date bec
ause a lot of our guests will be coming from QLD (state) and we're in NSW (another state) and the Monday the 1st of May is a public holiday in QLD. The day also happens to be my Father's birthday, but we either chose that date or we had it on easter and our Cathedral wouldn't do it on easter. But we've not found any real problems with the date.... My sister is due to give birth on the 11th, but it's her 4th child and she has gone early all three times so far, we think she'll be alright to come!

Website: Brendon & Chantel's Wedding Website!

[Tara23]

Your name:Tara
Fiance's name: Paul
Big day: 19 November 2005
Live in: Masterton, New Zealand
wedding in:Masterton, New Zealand
colors: I am wearing off white, Groom, groomsmen and pageboy are in balck pants white shirt and burgundy tie, my chief bridesmaid is in a burgundy dress, my 2 bridesmaids are in emerald green dresses and my flower girl is in a white dress with emerald green bows. I am carrying an all white bouquet made up of carnations, roses and lillies. My bridesmaids are carrying bouquets of sunflowers, burgundy roses, and lillies with a slight burgundy tinge to them.
type of wedding:We are getting married in a private garden then we are going to a function room for the ceremony.
how many attendants: 8 best man, chief bridesmaid, 2 bridesmaids, 2 groomsmen, page boy and flower girl.
how long have you known each other: We have known each other for about 14 years and finally we are getting married!
honeymoon: we are not going away on a honeymoon with christmas just round the corner we will save our holidays for then.
problems you have run in to with your date: At this stage we have not had a problem, but November here can be temperamental and I do not have a back up plan for the ceremony if it rains(I think I had better do something but so want our wedding in the garden we have chosen)