Discussions by Sept2017AKBride

Last night I had a hair appointment just my normal cut and color. I showed my stylist the picture of what I would like for the wedding - I am in the process of growing my hair out so I wanted to make...

Just curious if there are any other Alaska brides on the forum? I am in Anchorage we will be getting married in Girdwood next year! Would love to meet other brides in the area!

For this community and these forums. I have been on for a bit and am continually grateful for the advice and sense of community from these forums. I look forward to fostering friendships over the next...

I earned my fifth star!! Didn't think I would be so excited, LOL! There is just something about seeing that final gold star pop up! Have a great day ladies!

I am doing food prep for the week on this rainy day and have 4 weddings on in the background. This particular episode the BP had 33 people! I had to stop what I was doing and watch, that's just too...

Our ceremony and reception will be at the same venue. There is a deck outside where I envision cocktail hour happening. We would like to offer two signature drinks for cocktail hour and have guests...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching (well sorta) my best friend get married. This was a second wedding with one attendant on each side. I was not part of the bridal party. I was an invited guest...

We are narrowing down our wedding photo package and I am wondering how many hours is the average for the wedding day? We are not doing a first look, and have a small BP. The packages range from 5...

I feel that when I am reading through posts I am one of the few (maybe the only one) who doesn't understand why the need to have an announcement or sign for an unplugged wedding. Maybe it's because I...

We have already hired our DOC she is amazing! Tonight she sent me a text that she had a recent bride whose style was similar to mine, she had some items she was hoping to sell. I connected with the...

I clearly have a lot of time to make this decision, but I am totally a planner and we have a goal to have all major decisions, vendors etc. confirmed by the one year mark. So onto my question - one of...

I received an email that Sandals resort now has private over the water bungalows. Sounds perfect right? I inquired about a quote for our honeymoon next year and the rep was very nice and said our date...

I am treating myself to a Mother's Day photo session. I booked family pictures (the last ones I had were with my kids 6 years ago) super excited as this will be our first family picture since FH and I...

We had visited our venue a few weeks ago, I knew that this was the place we would become man and wife. FH however wanted to "think" on it. The venue coordinator penciled us in on the calendar and said...

So I have been on a steady track losing weight hitting my goals! 40 pounds lost to date - well on my way to hit the 100 pound mark by the wedding. Working out 3-4 times a week eating right and feeling...

We are planning to have disposable cameras for the kids at our wedding, there will be a handful. We are also thinking it would be fun to have either a selfie station with props or a couple different...

We will be having a plated dinner. We have several choices (1 fish, 1 beef, 1 vegetarian and 1 poultry) with so many choices I am struggling with how to list the choices. Is it acceptable to have a...