Weddingbee Blog

Venue: Lake Valhalla Club, Montville, NJ
Wedding Date: 5.3.08
Bridal Gown Designer: Melissa Sweet
Florist: Romantic Garden
Photographer: DMDC Photography, Punam Bean Photography
Cake: Baker’s Perfection
Bridesmaid Dresses: J.Crew
Honeymoon: Greece

To describe our wedding, all I have to say is YELLOW!! We wanted yellow everywhere. Yellow makes people happy, and being a fashion designer, I knew that yellow was the trending color of the season. At the time, I was designing for famed fashion store Anthropologie so I wanted a rustic, vintage look.

The vows that we wrote each other were very emotional. I was crying so hard that I was actually heaving, and could barely get my words out. I just remember that moment being so special. I’m not a person who is very good at expressing my feelings to my husband, and for the first time, I was able to pour out my heart to him.

Centerpieces, mantle pieces, and personal flowers were shades of yellow and creams. The flowers we used were peonies, ranunculus, and roses.

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Our wedding was a total family affair. My brother-in-law is a pastor so he officiated the wedding, my two sisters were among the bridesmaids, and my niece and nephew were the flower girl and ring bearer, respectively.

I basically made everything! invitations, programs, alterations to bridesmaid dresses, and my birdcage veil.

I purchased all our decorations - yellow table runners, candles, and candle holders There were candles everywhere! Huge ones!! I loved it. I was basically our wedding planner, DJ, seamstress, invitation/ program designer, and, of course, the bride. I had some big shoes to fill, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I even made our table number setting board. At one point, I even had to go to the emergency room because I sliced my finger open with an X-Acto knife while cutting out invitation cards.

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If I could have done something differently, I would’ve had an evening wedding instead of a day wedding. I was soooo tired, and got no sleep the night before. On top of that, there was another wedding right after ours, so we were extremely rushed. I know all brides say that they don’t remember their wedding, but ours was like a speed wedding.

My advice for future brides is to do your research and don’t be impulsive. I was so impulsive that I would buy one thing without doing enough research, and then two months later, I’d find something better. I ended up having 2, or sometimes 3 different versions of one thing. (We even had two photographers b/c I didn’t want to lose my deposit on the first one.) My brother in law kept making me fun of me, saying that I had enough ammunition to plan 3 weddings.

images: DMDC Photography, Punam Bean Photography