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3174 days agoAfter exactly 2 years of being engaged and planning, we got married Saturday and it was absolutely perfect!!! Everyone told us how great the food was, people were drinking and dancing until the lights went on, and we made it around to do all of our...
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3221 days agoFH and I cannot come to an agreement on our bar package. Neither of us drinks much. Our families have varying opinions. We're planning on having 200 guests (ages mid 20s-late 60s). Which of these bar packages would you choose with a fair amount of...
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3230 days agoSo excited after our meeting with our officiant! FH and I want a simple ceremony, fairly non-religious but maybe reading Corinthians since I love that verse. We got talking about how FH and I love to travel together and how I saved sand from each...
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3230 days agoAny brides with bacne (back acne) or scarring from picking it over the years? I've got a lot of varying shades of scars on my upper back and my dress is fairly open. Is there a product you've had success with to lighten or remove your marks? Or are...
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3234 days agoOn your veil? I have a few options on veils just from the shop I got my dress from (haven't shopped around much yet). 1. Borrow my sister's double layer tulle veil with a satin from and small rhinestones (if oxiclean de-oxidizes it) 2. Buy a similar...
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3238 days agoHey all. I've got my first alterations consultation today and am trying to get an idea of which way to bustle my dress. I know the alterations person will show me an example of my options but wanted to know how other brides chose to bustle their...
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3244 days agoAnd they hit all at once. Photographer didn't show up (he was at Disney) because he was sure the wedding was the next day and I couldn't find my contract The reception was in a basement with about 15 people (were inviting around 200) I did my own...
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3251 days agoFH and I got engaged during a vacation to Myrtle Beach two years ago and are getting married on the same date this year. We went to a great little sweets shop at Broadway on the Beach and watched them pulling taffy on the machine (which amazes me)....
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3253 days agoWhat planning have you done recently that you're excited about? Planning was stressing me out and we procrastinated a lot until we realized we had less than 90 days left. That was the kick in the ass we needed and in the last week, we've: Ordered our...
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3369 days agoWe've had our reception hall booked since March 2016 with the intention of using their outdoor space for the ceremony. When we saw it this past August, we both agreed it wasn't as well kept as we were hoping and stated looking into other ceremony...
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3434 days agoI've had my eye on this dress since after my first dress appointment and finally found a salon that carried it (and sample was in my size!) an hour from home. Took a trip to store with my mom, sister, and fmil and tried this dress on immediately. I...
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3481 days agoAny tips or advice for our epics tomorrow? -Half hour session in a local gazebo/downtown/park area nearby -I'm doing my own hair and makeup. Having trouble with a nail color (kind of want a dark polish but feel like everything says to do light/nude...
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3514 days agoAfter trying on dresses last weekend (thanks for all the wonderful words on that post! Still undecided), I realized lots of years of acne and picking have left me with a lot of scarring on my arms/back/face. I've always had mild acne (not cystic or...
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3518 days agoWent to a local boutique and David's bridal this morning to try on dresses. I love one of the boutique dresses and it fit me like a glove (would really only need hemmed) but I didn't get emotional about it and I'm a big crybaby. I could see myself...
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3525 days agoWe went to check out our reception venue's ceremony site and we're not impressed at all. Poorly kept lawn area immediately next to their parking lot with no real atmosphere or anything to it. So now we're trying to figure out other options around...
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3527 days agoI've seen some articles saying to go light on makeup to not stain the samples then other articles saying to do your hair up/down depending how you plan to wear it with your dress. So, my question is, did you do anything special with your hair/makeup...