Maggimus
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2006
November 14, 2006:
This morning I woke up very relaxed, more-so than usual. I have to give many compliments to the new beds at the WL. They are so comfortable. Shane and I stayed together this night so we both woke up and went to meet our parents for an early breakfast and goodbye before we started getting ready for the wedding. We went down to the WCC (we ate here a lot out of convenience- especially when dealing with the wedding). I had to go down with literally horrible hair and no make-up (considering I was meeting Lisa there a little later). Our waiter made a big deal out of us getting married that day, and everyone was so nice. We had to stand up in front of the entire restaurant and toast. Very sweet. They brought us champagne and it was very nice to have some pre-event excitement.
(Notice that we were coloring the little coloring sheets they gave us. I was so relaxed. I am normally a nervous wreck about everything. )
My parents went back upstairs and mom was getting her clothes to meet me in my room, while Shane came back up with me to get the tux and his other needed essentials. By that time Carolyn Allen with Carolyn Allens was coming in the room to steam the dress. Shane and I said goodbye and she immediately got started on the dress.
She is so superb. She knows what she is doing and she does it well. She works from the moment she gets in the room and you hardly even know she is there. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use her- you won't be disappointed!
About 2 minutes after Carolyn Allen got there, Lisa Pena and her assistant came on in. I had origionally had her coming at 9:30 with the wedding being at 1:00pm. I wanted to give her plenty enough time. She decided to move it to 10:30, said I wouldnt need that long. Once she got there she made the comment that she was pleased she didn't have to get up so early. She started doing my hair. I told her I wanted it up, with curls in the back that were held down with bobby pens- like the majority of the brides have on her website (we discussed this through e-mail also prior to her coming). She said she knew exactly what i was talking about.
(I wanted hair like this! Photo was taken directly from her site!- This is NOT me!)
First of all I want to say that Lisa is the nicest woman! I absolutely loved her. She has a great since of humor, very personable, and would probobly be a friend of mine if we were relatively close in age and location. Shes a super person!
So she starts doing my hair and I am turned away from the mirror (i cannot see what is going on). She starts using about a can of hairspray on my hair- which I think is great because I want that baby to stay put! After what seemed like not very long, she tells me to get up and turn around, she is finished. At this moment RANDY walks in to take pre-wedding photos. I, personally, hated my hair.
(Please look at my hair, and the other girl in the photos hair - her assistant. Her assistant wasnt getting married that day! )
This wasnt one of those- "Please give me lots of compliments because I want you to tell me how great my hair was".. it was a "I hate my hair, it's too late to fix it. I have a can of hairspray so it would have to be washed, and Randy is here fixing to take photos- what the heck do I do." So I start thinking to myself that a good face of make-up and the veil should disguise the hair since it is too late to fix (completely not what I asked for). I, however, did not tell her how much I hated my hair. A mistake I should have made, though it was too late to do anything about. She begins my make-up. I am not turned near a mirror so I just think that she is very reliable when it comes to knowing skin tone and getting someones colors right, etc. Randy decides to go on down and take some photos of the boys getting ready (Dad and Shane) and is going to come right back up when he is finished. Randy showed up at 11:00ish (An hour before he was suppost to- So sweet of him). He said he finished what he was doing before and didn't mind shooting with me for an extra hour (I Randy!).
Once Lisa is finished with the make-up I go look at it and it isnt my color of lipstick, and I had very little eye-makeup on. I wear thick eye-liner and almost have to have it to not make me look sick (you all saw my make-up'less picture above!). So I had just a minute to stair into the mirror and nearly cry before she started on my mom. I didn't know this at the time, but my hair was starting to fall out as Lisa was doing my make-up.
I hope I am not going on-and on and offending anyone, these are just my feelings. I wore my hair like this in HS sometimes just on typical days. Okay, enough about that.
She did my moms make-up. My mom has curly hair so my mom did her own. My moms make-up looked good, I will say! Lisa leaves as soon as she is finished because she had to go meet someone in a different town to do a trial run. Randy is there with us and he is ready to take us for some photos.
(My dress -Carolyn did an awesome job!)
I tell Randy to give me a minute while I rant with my mom about my hair and makeup. I stay in the mirror for a while stairing and my start walking toward my mom. She is like "Lets take a photo" and as you can see in the next photo (which I would never post normally because I look mean, upset, not happy, and just plain not good) you can see my feelings. Im like "MMMOmmm.." (you all know the mom reaction im talking about.
(I love Lisa! She is great. I want you all to take this experience as a grain of salt. I know others have stated opinions on their vendors and this is mine. I have seen nearly flawless reviews on her, this is why I chose her. I am not one to jump to complaints, im not hard to please- but this is my wedding and this just wasnt making me feel very pretty. I hope it doesnt reflect in Randy's photos).
To be continued... (More to come with Randy and his great photography, the limo, the wedding, and the after wedding. Also- tonight was our YOMD's DREAM!! Also I appologize because these are not good photos of me whatsoever. I would never post bad photos, I dont want you all to think I am snotty or anything, but I do, however, want to give an honest run of the mill experience with the vendors- something I looked for prior to my DFTW)
This morning I woke up very relaxed, more-so than usual. I have to give many compliments to the new beds at the WL. They are so comfortable. Shane and I stayed together this night so we both woke up and went to meet our parents for an early breakfast and goodbye before we started getting ready for the wedding. We went down to the WCC (we ate here a lot out of convenience- especially when dealing with the wedding). I had to go down with literally horrible hair and no make-up (considering I was meeting Lisa there a little later). Our waiter made a big deal out of us getting married that day, and everyone was so nice. We had to stand up in front of the entire restaurant and toast. Very sweet. They brought us champagne and it was very nice to have some pre-event excitement.
(Notice that we were coloring the little coloring sheets they gave us. I was so relaxed. I am normally a nervous wreck about everything. )
My parents went back upstairs and mom was getting her clothes to meet me in my room, while Shane came back up with me to get the tux and his other needed essentials. By that time Carolyn Allen with Carolyn Allens was coming in the room to steam the dress. Shane and I said goodbye and she immediately got started on the dress.
She is so superb. She knows what she is doing and she does it well. She works from the moment she gets in the room and you hardly even know she is there. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use her- you won't be disappointed!
About 2 minutes after Carolyn Allen got there, Lisa Pena and her assistant came on in. I had origionally had her coming at 9:30 with the wedding being at 1:00pm. I wanted to give her plenty enough time. She decided to move it to 10:30, said I wouldnt need that long. Once she got there she made the comment that she was pleased she didn't have to get up so early. She started doing my hair. I told her I wanted it up, with curls in the back that were held down with bobby pens- like the majority of the brides have on her website (we discussed this through e-mail also prior to her coming). She said she knew exactly what i was talking about.
(I wanted hair like this! Photo was taken directly from her site!- This is NOT me!)
First of all I want to say that Lisa is the nicest woman! I absolutely loved her. She has a great since of humor, very personable, and would probobly be a friend of mine if we were relatively close in age and location. Shes a super person!
So she starts doing my hair and I am turned away from the mirror (i cannot see what is going on). She starts using about a can of hairspray on my hair- which I think is great because I want that baby to stay put! After what seemed like not very long, she tells me to get up and turn around, she is finished. At this moment RANDY walks in to take pre-wedding photos. I, personally, hated my hair.
(Please look at my hair, and the other girl in the photos hair - her assistant. Her assistant wasnt getting married that day! )
This wasnt one of those- "Please give me lots of compliments because I want you to tell me how great my hair was".. it was a "I hate my hair, it's too late to fix it. I have a can of hairspray so it would have to be washed, and Randy is here fixing to take photos- what the heck do I do." So I start thinking to myself that a good face of make-up and the veil should disguise the hair since it is too late to fix (completely not what I asked for). I, however, did not tell her how much I hated my hair. A mistake I should have made, though it was too late to do anything about. She begins my make-up. I am not turned near a mirror so I just think that she is very reliable when it comes to knowing skin tone and getting someones colors right, etc. Randy decides to go on down and take some photos of the boys getting ready (Dad and Shane) and is going to come right back up when he is finished. Randy showed up at 11:00ish (An hour before he was suppost to- So sweet of him). He said he finished what he was doing before and didn't mind shooting with me for an extra hour (I Randy!).
Once Lisa is finished with the make-up I go look at it and it isnt my color of lipstick, and I had very little eye-makeup on. I wear thick eye-liner and almost have to have it to not make me look sick (you all saw my make-up'less picture above!). So I had just a minute to stair into the mirror and nearly cry before she started on my mom. I didn't know this at the time, but my hair was starting to fall out as Lisa was doing my make-up.
I hope I am not going on-and on and offending anyone, these are just my feelings. I wore my hair like this in HS sometimes just on typical days. Okay, enough about that.
She did my moms make-up. My mom has curly hair so my mom did her own. My moms make-up looked good, I will say! Lisa leaves as soon as she is finished because she had to go meet someone in a different town to do a trial run. Randy is there with us and he is ready to take us for some photos.
(My dress -Carolyn did an awesome job!)
I tell Randy to give me a minute while I rant with my mom about my hair and makeup. I stay in the mirror for a while stairing and my start walking toward my mom. She is like "Lets take a photo" and as you can see in the next photo (which I would never post normally because I look mean, upset, not happy, and just plain not good) you can see my feelings. Im like "MMMOmmm.." (you all know the mom reaction im talking about.
(I love Lisa! She is great. I want you all to take this experience as a grain of salt. I know others have stated opinions on their vendors and this is mine. I have seen nearly flawless reviews on her, this is why I chose her. I am not one to jump to complaints, im not hard to please- but this is my wedding and this just wasnt making me feel very pretty. I hope it doesnt reflect in Randy's photos).
To be continued... (More to come with Randy and his great photography, the limo, the wedding, and the after wedding. Also- tonight was our YOMD's DREAM!! Also I appologize because these are not good photos of me whatsoever. I would never post bad photos, I dont want you all to think I am snotty or anything, but I do, however, want to give an honest run of the mill experience with the vendors- something I looked for prior to my DFTW)