Discussions by Cyndi Lou

How long did it take you to set up the reception for your wedding. Our reception venue rents per hour ($35 per hr) so I want to make sure I plan accordingly. My mom is not considering set up...

Where is the best place to get chalkboard paint? Hobby lobby was $15. I am hoping it might be cheaper at home depot. Any other ideas?

Is there anyone that is doing the throw blankets at their reception? We're planning a new years eve wedding and I've thought that it might be a nice idea for our guests. If you did the reception...

I'm having a hard time figuring out what I want to serve for my wedding reception, granted -yes I have time. Of course if I had my preference is do prime rib, but that's probably the most expensive...

Wedding planning is fun they said... to me it's frustrating, just call me indecisive bride. Engaged for almost 2 years and we can't even set a date that sticks. On NYE, I threw out the idea of a new...

I'm looking into having a beach wedding and then the reception would be on a sail boat. There are two options (OK 3) I'm looking at: afternoon sail to snorkel with the turtles (I love turtles, they...

FH and I were talking today about wedding vs elope and we were solidly decided on eloping. So I let my parents know. I got the complete opposite reaction from my parents as expected. My mom who has...

We are planning on a destination wedding to USVI. Now I'm running into a hiccup in planning, how many guests do we plan for? What percentage will most likely show up? I mean, I don't care if no one...

Hello, it has been a very long while since I was a regular poster, so I thought I would stop in and say hello and reintroduce myself I am Cyndi aka Crochet Bride, I am crocheting my wedding dress, I'm...

So, FH brother and his best man just announced they are expecting again, and the due date (end of October) is around the same time as our wedding (Oct 29). And they are out of town so they have to...

I have decided on polka dot bridesmaid dresses for my bridal party red and black. But I'm having problems locating a site/store who would carry them. Anyone else have polka dot dresses who can tell me...

I broke my foot. Two days before I have to fly to Boston for a week long convention and I broke my foot. My wonderful insurance sucks now (I blame obamacare) so pretty much it's all out of pocket...

So excited, almost to the one year mark :-) but as the one year mark comes I'm worried about the weather. It's so cold and rainy. But everyone admits this has been an exceptionally wet may. We usually...

Did you pick long or short BM dresses and why? At first I was leaning towards long dresses. That way I didn't need to worry about their shoe choice. Now I'm rethinking and leaning towards shorter knee...

We've changed our date twice and are probably going to change it again. Our venue won't let us book for next year til June, and since its super budget friendly, it's a popular venue. I'm having...

I heard this for the fourth time today. From co workers and today from a Facebook friend. (And the fb friend is one of the few ppl that I don't know irl on my fb). It seems so odd that they would say...

FH and I were watching inkmaster on Hulu and it got me jonesing for a new tattoo. I told FH we should get a Pepe le Pew and a Penelope kitty tattoo (I saw a super cute kitty tattoo). He came back with...