charliegirl76
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2012
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Hey guys! Sorry I've been MIA for a while. Things have been so busy! And, I've done a LOT with the wedding so I wanted to give you an update
First off, yesterday I sent out my very first newsletter! It was a labor of love, that's for sure. I put SO much work into it. I am so grateful to the help I got with template examples, especially SarahK!
I sent it out via email as a .pdf file. Tonight I printed out some to mail for people that either don't have email, or did not send me their emails like I asked them to with the Save the Dates!
The only way I can post it was to save each page as .jpg file. So I will attempt to post just the first three pages. If anyone would like the file, I'll be happy to pass the whole thing along.
I used weddingwire for my site...BUT I did not use them for my Pre-RSVP because they did not have a "Maybe" option. So I made a link to a second website called anrsvp.com, which is fully customizable. The link was pretty seamless and I've already had people reply with their Pre-RSVP!
The rest of it has details about each resort and some initial info about park tickets and dining. I plan on expanding on more details for people, including our favorites from each park. I also plan on having some friends contribute who have kids at different ages to give their perspective.
The other thing I did was book our wedding photographers. I decided to go with an outside vendor: David & Vicki Arndt. A friend of mine who works at Disney, and who got married at Disney and used to be a planner, had them do her wedding when they worked for Disney Fairy Tale Weddings. They are now on their own and I really liked what I saw on their website. They also gave me a great package which was more for my money than Disney. I realize that I have to wait now to book my MK Bridal Portrait session but I am hopeful that it won't be an issue since it will be February.
Next week I am going to look at bridesmaid dresses again. Wish me luck that I find the dress finally!
I haven't been good at posting on here this month. Nothing major going on since the newsletter but I do have a few updates.
I found out today that DJ Miles WILL be available for my wedding! I am SO excited! I had accepted that he was not available and I was fine with Steve W. but when my planner's assistant emailed me today to tell me DJ Miles was now available, I was like I kind of feel bad dumping Steve but oh well. It's not like he knows, right? LOL
Been getting a few Pre-RSVP's, which is good. I've been gently nudging people who I know are going to do it, including the bridal party. Ah hem. I know I said June 1st, but really. I have a feeling this will be the trend. Ugh.
I also booked my rooms in my room block. We're doing a split stay: BW then Coronado.
I also contacted Beaute Speciale and they are available for my wedding day. So I just need to get the paperwork to them tomorrow. My sister is a makeup artist and she is going to drive down so she's going to do my makeup. I was on the fence about having her "work" the day of the wedding, but she wants to. She's also going to touch up the girls' makeup.
On another fun note, I got a wonderful woman in the Creative Dis thread, Marion, to make me a couple of logos:
Aren't they awesome? I'm SO happy! I plan on using them in my upcoming newsletters and possibly even on an aisle runner and on welcome bag stuff. Not sure about table number stuff at the wedding. We'll see. I haven't gotten that far in the planning.
Tomorrow, I am going to bridesmaid dress shopping with three of the girls. (The other three are in other states) I am going back to a place I went before because they had a lot of selection. I went there today on my own to narrow down brands and dresses for them to try on. Since the samples are all size 10, only one of them can actually try them on, but at least we'll all be there. Since I am adamant about a hunter green (cool, not warm), my choices are narrow. But I'm confident that we'll find something. I'm also going for tea length now, instead of floor length..unless we just can't find a tea length one. They are less common but I did pull a few today for them to look at tomorrow. Fingers crossed!