MR. LLAMA - TIME TO GO AWAY AGAIN!
So in my last post, I found a 'used' (actually new, but pre-owned, I should say!) dress that was pretty darn perfect. But since I'm determined to be 100% sure in my decision, I kept shopping! Image via KeepCalmandCarryOn.com If you were to look at my Pinterest board of "Dresses I Want to Try On," you would see mostly fitted, lace gowns with straps. However, in my Pinterest surfing shortly after becoming engaged, I found one dress, by a designer I had never heard of, that intrigued me a lot. It was definitely a case of "One of these things is not like the others."
MR. LLAMA - TIME TO GO AWAY AGAIN!
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One day, when out to brunch with some of my House Party ladies, we realized we had a little extra time on our hands, so we headed to Macy's on a last minute dress-shopping appointment. Bridesmaid 'K' and House Party gal 'A' got to come with me - which worked out well, because they had not been available for any of the other dress trips, and I definitely wanted their input.
MR LLAMA - DRESS PICS AHEAD! So, a big aspect of any destination wedding is a hotel block. If we're asking our nearest and dearest to make the trip, we want to offer them the best accommodations we can! Fortunately, Disney offers a variety of hotels in different price points. Part of our contract with them is that we have to guarantee a total of 25 hotel nights from us and our guests- otherwise, we pay the difference. That might sound scary at first...but when you do the math, it's actually not scary at all. For one, we're not just counting the night of the wedding - this includes any nights that are booked by our guests for nights surrounding our wedding. If Mr. L and I stay there a week...that's 7 nights right there. Since we have ~120 guests...well, as you can see, 25 hotel nights is virtually nothing We actually had to set up our hotel blocks BEFORE we signed our contract. Disney recommends you offer guests 3 different hotels to choose from - one 'value' resort, one 'moderate,' and one 'deluxe.' Image via BuildaBetterMouseTrip.com
Now that I knew what my bridesmaids were wearing, I had to figure out what my House Party would wear. And it wasn't going to be this: Image via CommercialObserver.com
So I had my bridesmaids vote - did they want to ... a) Choose their own dresses from within my color palette (red, magenta, & fuchsia) Image via Style Me Pretty / Photo by The Collective Photographers OR b) Choose their dress from the Alfred Sung line in Barcelona, Dahlia, or Watermelon dupioni Snapshot via Weddington Way With 6 voters, how did we turn out?? <DRUMROLL.....>
So, in my last post, I discussed my love of mismatched bridesmaids dresses. However, it should be noted that the mismatched route requires a little more time & effort on the side of the 'maids. Image via People.com / Photo by Gia Canali
Prior to my experience as a bride, I took on the responsibilities of "Dress-Wrangler" for two weddings. What's a Dress Wrangler, you ask? Excellent question! Photo by Michael Novo Photography It means putting together this!
For House Party gal "M"'s wedding in 2011, she knew she wanted coordinated, but not matching bridesmaid dresses. She decided on a color palette (rust, brown, and gold/copper) and decided to let us pick out our own dresses from there. However, the reality is, in order for this to work, there was has to be a certain amount of balance of colors. We couldn't have five of us in brown, and one in gold and one in rust! Since it was a bit of a project, the bride asked me to be her "Dress Wrangler," helping sort out and suggesting dresses for the group. I'm one of those people who has champagne taste on a Diet Coke budget (I don't like beer.) Image via SomeEcards.com A few years ago, I went to the Filene's Basement "Running of the Brides" sale with one of the members of my House Party. I'm such a bargain-hunter, that this was literally making one of my ultimate dreams come true! I mean, who doesn't remember The One with the Cheap Wedding Dress? Image via Friends.wikia.com / Produced by Warner Bros. Television
Does anyone else remember this bizarre Sesame Street sketch? As I've mentioned before, BW Groom and I started legitimately considering a Disney wedding a couple months before getting engaged. I do not remember what specifically spurred it, but I remember asking 'permission' from him to send away for Disney's brochure with basic information about 6 weeks prior to our engagement.
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