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Second time bride ~ who "gives me away"
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on March 19, 2016 at 8:13 PM

I am a second time bride. I have two children. I originally thought that I would have my son walk me down the aisle, and then he will stand with the other groomsmen. Do you think that my son should...

Cyndy, Jun 6, 2019 16 1,468
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KWR - wedding photos!!!
Sept2017AKBride in Community Conversations, on November 15, 2017 at 11:47 PM

Just got a text from our photographer - she is just finishing up with our pictures and then sending to us tonight!!! EEEEE!!!! Hope everyone is having a good night! I will share my BAM soon!!!

Future Mrs. Greene, Nov 16, 2017 3 16
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Professional Photo sneak peek
Sept2017AKBride in Community Conversations, on October 17, 2017 at 12:17 AM

Our photography contract states that we will have our photos 8 weeks from our wedding....we have 4 weeks to go (but whose counting lol) we did get one little sneak and I am dying to see the rest of...

Brianna, Oct 17, 2017 15 30
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Officially a MRS!!!
Sept2017AKBride in Honeymoon, on September 18, 2017 at 9:02 PM

On our first full day of the honeymoon! We had an amazing wedding on Friday and if anything went wrong I know nothing about it! My vendors were on point, my DOC was amazing! Our friends and family on...

BHW11, Sep 19, 2017 22 156
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Alcohol
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on September 5, 2017 at 4:24 PM

This is literally stressing me out more than anything. We are providing beer and wine for the reception. We have 42 adults attending - clearly not even one will drink alcohol but I am afraid I won't...

PrettyWitty&Gay, Sep 6, 2017 18 28
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Rsvp - argh
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on August 29, 2017 at 8:56 PM

So our deadline was last week - I didn't feel the need to reach out to those who didn't respond because they are mostly out of state and figured if they are flying to Alaska they would have let us...

Erin Wood, Aug 30, 2017 15 12
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KWR - signature bracelet
Sept2017AKBride in Community Conversations, on August 26, 2017 at 7:10 PM

I was very close to my grandparents growing up, when my parents divorced we lived with them for a few years. My grandmother was a great influence in my life, she passed away several years ago. I tried...

Angie, Aug 26, 2017 19 26
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22 days - the little things
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on August 23, 2017 at 10:33 PM

Today I spent the better part of the day making detailed notes of my vision for the wedding for my DOC. We will meet in a couple weeks and I will hand over the items however I have some anxiety...

Nicole, Aug 23, 2017 4 42
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41 days - Vendor Payments - September Check In
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on August 4, 2017 at 8:01 AM

I just wrote the final payment for the last vendor we owed!!! While my bank account is giving me the finger for the amount of money I just took out, I am ecstatic!!! My mom surprised me last night and...

andrea, Aug 4, 2017 5 24
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Final Payments / September brides check in
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on August 2, 2017 at 10:21 AM

I just wrote out the checks for our final payments. While I am excited to have the payments done I want to cry thinking about how sad my bank account will look when these checks clear ~ LOL so what's...

mel, Aug 3, 2017 14 34
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Invitations
Sept2017AKBride in Community Conversations, on July 9, 2017 at 9:58 PM

Had my bridesmaid, mom and daughter working hard today. We assembled invitations and the "favor" bags - they will have York Peppermint Patties in them at each table setting. Invites will go out...

Sheri, Jul 10, 2017 7 15
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What would you do?
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on June 10, 2017 at 5:19 PM

The state wheee I live is in a fiscal crisis, the elected officials and governor have been arguing for literally months on a budget. The state has sent out 18K layoff notices to state workers and have...

Tiffany, Jun 10, 2017 7 37
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KWR - Date Night
Sept2017AKBride in Community Conversations, on April 29, 2017 at 1:41 AM

We had date night tonight. We went to our favorite Pho restaurant and then BB&B to do a small registry. We basically have everything we need as we have lived together for several years, it was fun to...

E.V., Apr 29, 2017 4 21
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PSA - wedding paper diva coupon code
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on April 15, 2017 at 11:34 PM

Wedding Paper Divas has up to 40% of invitation suites. I used the code on enclosure cards (ordered my invites and rsvp cards previously) I saved $48 on my order. 40APRWS.

Kristen, Apr 17, 2017 9 26
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Hotel Room Blocks
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on April 11, 2017 at 10:04 AM

I don't have a question rather a comment. I have spent not a lot of time but several hours myself trying to obtain room blocks for my guests. The wedding is at the end of tourist season for Alaska,...

Jo, Apr 11, 2017 1 16
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Menu
Sept2017AKBride in Community Conversations, on March 21, 2017 at 12:57 AM

We had our menu tasting today! The food is going to be off the charts! I don't know if I will be able to wait 6 months to eat this food! Here is what we decided on: Cocktail Hour cheese, meat and...

mrsanda, Mar 21, 2017 8 23
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6 months to go!!!
Sept2017AKBride in Community Conversations, on March 15, 2017 at 10:10 AM

I don't have really have a question! Today is the 6 month mark! We started at 20 months on this journey of planning! I can't wait for our day to arrive!!! 7 years ago I went through a very nasty...

Jillian, Mar 15, 2017 9 29
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NWR - sweating for the wedding? Workout gear!
Sept2017AKBride in Fitness and Health, on March 11, 2017 at 11:03 AM

Old Navy has all workout gear on sale 50% off! I have seen a few post about sweating for the wedding, if you need workout gear this is very good stuff!

Sept2017AKBride, Mar 11, 2017 7
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Where did you find your vendors?
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on March 4, 2017 at 1:05 PM

As I was looking through my vendor list, I realized that I found most of my rockstar vendors via social media or recommendation from friends. Most of my vendors are local small business owners, most...

Novbride04, Mar 7, 2017 46 54
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Another check mark on the list!
Sept2017AKBride in Planning, on March 3, 2017 at 11:59 PM

I ordered our invitations today WPD is having an amazing sale! 40% off! We also had cake tasting today and ordered our cake! What have y'all checked off the list this week?

Ellsy62, Mar 4, 2017 16 43
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