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Crystal
Devoted August 2021

Planning.

Crystal, on September 22, 2019 at 2:48 PM Posted in Planning 0 9
Hey there Brides!
i posted earlier about being stressed and feeling alone with all my wedding plans, so I thought I’d make another post here giving some of the details I’ve come up with already in hopes that someone out there can give me more advice or give me pointers.

here we go:

I’m getting married 8/13/21. My fiancé is Greek. We are unable to marry in a Greek Orthodox Church as there aren’t any in my area of North Dakota. I’d love to incorporate some tradition some how. Ideas?

I am an only child. I am almost 40. Never married. Mother of 2 girls. My color is going to be Tiffany blue and grey. I am wanting to include my girls as much as possible. For one. I want my girls to walk me down the isle. Instead of giving me away I want them to use the verbiage of “sharing” me with Johnny. After vows I want him to do a small set of vows for the girls and give them a special
necklace. I also want to have a big wooden heart cut out, and our names in puzzle piece shapes. I want us to be able to put the puzzle together with each of our name pieces.

My FH mother has passed on, along with his grand parents. He does not know his biological father and his step father and he are estranged. I plan to have a reserved area of seats for our family who has passed as well as flowers in their memory. I will have him give my mother a rose and I will put a rose on the seat his mother would have sat.

At my reception I thought it would be fun to play on Friday the 13th, as I LOVE horror movies and maybe the wedding party March can come in wearing “Jason” masks. Just for fun. I plan on having a photo booth and I plan on having a candy and dessert table with my favorite candies, bars, cookies and baklava for the Greeks! i also plan on having an activity/coloring area for children.

And this is where my planning and thinking has stopped.

anyone else got any advice for me?!

9 Comments

Latest activity by Melle, on September 24, 2019 at 5:35 PM
  • Lisa Marie
    Devoted October 2020
    Lisa Marie ·
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    I would definitely secure venues for the ceremony and reception ASAP, if you haven't done so already! Dates fill up fast!

    From there you'll need to start finding your 'big' vendors; catering, photography, hair & make up artists, start trying on dresses, baker, etc. Wedding Wire has a good timeline to reference once you input your date and everything - it even helps with budget!

    Our wedding colors are grey and Tiffany Blue, too! We are just over a year out and we have all our vendors secured; starting dress shopping pin November!

    Good luck!

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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
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    I think you should work on including your FH. “My colors are...” “I want him to do a small set of vows...” “I love horror movies...” Does your FH like those colors? Does he want to recite vows to your children? Does he like horror movies? A wedding is about two people coming together, it sounds like you’re only focused on what you want.
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  • Crystal
    Devoted August 2021
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    Yes...or it wouldn’t be done.

    These are things “WE” have talked about.

    I should also include that he got my older daughters PERMISSION before asking to marry me, he guy including her in picking the ring, and he showed it to her before I got it. Also. He WANTS my children to refer to him as “dad” and he stated that as long as he’s in my youngest daughters life she won’t know any different because she doesn’t know her birth father. So yes. NONE of my ideas are done SELFISHLY
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  • Crystal
    Devoted August 2021
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    Next time I’ll refer to “US” for the more literal of the readers who think I’m not including my husband. 🤣😂
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  • Lara
    Devoted October 2019
    Lara ·
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    Get organized early. Get a notebook or Google sheet going with everything from vendor possibilities, budget, meetings, ideas, to do lists, etc.

    I have both and it's been a big help.

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  • Crystal
    Devoted August 2021
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    Thanks Lara! I will do that!
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  • Andrea
    Super May 2020
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    You’ve got ALOT of time, that’s great! If i were you I’d be pinning everything I like, from dresses to floral arrangements. It’s early to book a venue and ceremony space.
    The first thing you guys need to do is set your budget. Then work on your guest list, once you have a good idea of how many people you want, you can start to look at venue spaces. We booked our space about a year out. Some things are just too early to do 2 years out. Focus on being engaged and picturing what you want the day to look like. You and your fiancé have time to make the big decisions.
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  • Yoice
    VIP March 2019
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    I think you have a lot done and you still have almost 2 years to go so no need to stress. So far you have a general idea of the execution and small details so your next step is to start looking at vendors. Find and narrow the venues you like that are within your budget. Get some general idea on photographers, florist, DJs and all general vendors so when the time comes you can hire them already.
    So for now enjoy the planning and relax. My best advice is to tackle each task one at a time to avoid the stress.
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    You've got a lot done and it sounds good, you're on the right track!

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