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Just gorgeous - love the lace overlay!

Quote: Originally Posted by TonyandTricia To me, a shower is for your closest friends and family and if you didn't think they were close enough to invite to the wedding I wouldn't invite them to the shower. I would probably think it was kind of rude to be invited to give someone a gift and not invited to share in their day with them. "You want a gift from me, but not for me to share in your wedding with you?!?" If you were only inviting a few people to the wedding then maybe I could understand, but 70 people is a lot. You will most likely still get gifts from them for the AHR if that's the point of inviting them to your shower. Just my thoughts... I agree with TonyandTricia as well. I've always heard that you don't invite people to the shower who aren't invited to the wedding (with the exception of work showers).

We had 3 flavors and ordered 2 pp. We wanted for people to be able to taste more than one - which they ended up doing.

Ashley, you did an amazing job - and even more impressive in that you did them by yourself!

We used photos from the ceremony and our AHR for thank you notes: I ordered them through Shutterfly, and got a ton of compliments! The middle photo says "Thank you" using the same signs as in my sig.

WOW. You look amazing!

I didn't have a veil for my second wedding, mostly because our ceremony was literally only family (about 10 people). I also thought that my whole ensemble looked better without a veil. I say try a couple on with your dress and see how you feel. No one's going to think you're inappropriate for wearing it!

Lisa, you look beautiful, and your aunt is quite talented!

So excited for the storm. I made gingerbread and sugar cookie dough tonight - going to my mom's tomorrow to make and decorate christmas cookies with my niece. The MTA has halted all construction on the subways - I just hope the storm isn't too thick and they're still running.

Those look awesome and so festive!

That's awesome, congrats! I wonder how often that happens to that poor lil' old lady!

We sent out STD's and invitations to everyone on the invite list - there was no A or B list. I figured that there may be some who say that they're coming who won't be able to, and those who initially think that they can't and then are able to - so I didn't want to try and make the determination.

Your dad is one cool cat! Reminds me of the twitter, "Sh** My Dad Says" - nice and blunt and to the point.

Hmm, not sure I agree but I'll take it! Sophia Loren?

So in case anyone is thinking about holiday presents, I got a converter at Best Buy for about $80 the other day. It's great! It comes with a holder for slides, a holder for negatives, and a scanner. I tried it out, and the resolution on a negative from 1992 was surprisingly good. It's going to be a long project for me to digitize all of the negatives and slides, but it will be nice to have archived them before they further degrade.

I agree with everyone - send them out as soon as you have them done. RSVP deadline can depend on when the resort needs to have a final count. You may also want to factor in when you personally need to know for things such as OOT bags, programs (if you're having any), favors, etc. AHR can wait since you don't know if or when you're going to have one. That also depends on where you're having it (backyard is different from formal venue) and when they need to know by. I wouldn't stress about that - concentrate on the wedding first! Just think about what type of AHR you can afford and want to have if you do have one. Once you have decided that, then you can narrow it down to venues, meet with them to see when they need to have the #'s, and work backwards from there in terms of when to send them out and rsvp deadline.

Those look great - and yes, pretty crafty of the FI! One question - is the font really really small, or is it easily read?

Quote: Originally Posted by Quietstorm We choose that date since it's memorial weekend. That gives our guest a day off they have to go back to work. We ended up having our AHR (which was the only reception we had) over Memorial Day weekend as well for that reason. The reception was on the Sunday of that weekend, which meant that people really didn't have to take any days off from work. We're all so lucky in that flights into and out of NYC are usually so reasonable (even for a holiday weekend - where prices usually sky-rocket), and they have 3 different options of airports.

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv We used Angels Accents and LOVED them! Now, my bouquet and 2 BM bouquets are on display at our home! Wow, Tami, your arrangements are beautiful - and what great shots!

For my first wedding we used bubbles - they really did photograph beautifully, and we fun, light and airy. Best of all, they're environmentally friendly - nothing for animals to choke on.

That place is fantastic! The second job will be well worth it!

I agree, put the actual invitees on the inner envelope. You may also want to include info on babysitting services at the resort if you are inviting anyone with kids. That way they are more inclined to come.

They look great, Lady Trunck! We also did hot sauce favors - It tasted great, and people loved them! The label also said, "Thank you for celebrating our marriage with us on May 24, 2009!" on the left hand side.

Mine was a 2nd marriage as well, and I didn't want a shower. I felt like the people who would be invited already went to my first shower, and I didn't want to feel weird about having them feel obligated to give more presents. But, we also didn't have attendants, so that also made it easier to not have a shower.

Nope, he didn't see it until the big day.The anticipation was great for both of us!