Meag Tuck's (future_mrs2010)SUPER long planning thread!!! PIC HEAVY!!!

[*Meagan*]

WOW! I can not believe it is my turn! FI and I leave Sunday January 17th, 2010 for Turks and Caicos! We will be there for 11 days, staying at Beaches resort (honeymooning there also). Our wedding is on Saturday January 23rd. It feels like I just booked our trip yesterday, but it is finally our turn. We have 21 guests coming!

 

I wanted to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone on this forum for all of your help! And a huge shout out to my "shoutbox" girls! I could not have done this with out the support of everyone on here. Thanks Tammy for such a great site!!! I got a ton of my ideas from here, so thank you again, to all of you!!!

 

OK so lets see...

FI and I got engaged on Christmas Eve 2008... long story short.. I opened a box in a box in a box in a box and when I finally made it to the bottom of the last box it was filled with....COAL!!! I was shocked.. everyone was laughing and they thought it was hysterical and finally FI said "I thought you said you wanted a rock!" and then he stood up and walked over to me, pulled the ring out of his pocket, and got down on one knee. It was soo perfect and he did a great job.

 

 

My ring is a Verragio; paradiso collection. I love it and its def. an eye catcher!

 

FI's wedding band. I had this made on Etsy by seller Zoe and Doyle. Great to work with!

It's blue on this inside of the ring and I had it engraved with "Gimmie Kiss 1.23.2010" an inside joke and our wedding date.

 

My wedding band is from the Shane CO. It has 11 diamonds and looks great with my E ring.

 

Our colors are Navy blue and bright pink with hints of light pink and blues. Our monograms were made by Aimee @ Creative Montage. She also made our STD magnets. And did such a great job!

 

more to come...

[*Meagan*]

Our passport invites, luggage tags, and door hangers were made by Jess @ the Stylish Scribe (she is also a BDW member!)

We sent and handed these to our guests 2 weeks before the wedding.

 

We are putting these in the OOT bags.

 

My dress is the Maggie Sottero "Harriet"

 

My shoes are from Aldo.

 

 

more to come...

[*Meagan*]

I had my wedding jewelry made at Kay Jewelers.

 

I "borrowed" a bracelet from a girl I work with, but I also purchased another one, so Im not sure which Im going to wear yet...

 

My headband

 

Hair inspiration pictures for wedding day:

For boudoir shoot (also makeup inspiration):

 

Rehearsal dinner dress (trying it on, I just received it in the mail!)

 

 

still more...

[*Meagan*]

My garter and toss garter. I also purchased these on Etsy from the GarterLady. She also made the Hanky for my mom. I wanted something different. She has tons of AMAZING garters!

 

My TTD. I wore this dress for our almost married reception and it is a bridesmaid dress by Barijay.

 

FI will be wearing khaki linen pants and a white linen shirt.

Obviously they need to be ironed.

 

His best man and groomsman will be wearing linen pants and a blue linen shirt. We purchased them all from Island Importer.

We got the guys flip flops from American Eagle (on sale).

 

I got my girls dresses and shoes from American Eagle. They just happened to work perfectly with our colors and the beach!

 

Our junior groomsmen are wearing blue button up shirts as well and khaki shorts.

 

still more...

[*Meagan*]

Gifts:

We got the entire bridal party (guys and gals) Oakley Sunglasses! I also got my girls earrings for the big day. We got the guys necklaces. We got our three junior groomsmen personalized football and baseball jerseys!!

[*Meagan*]

double double

[*Meagan*]

I also am going to be giving my MOH a starfish to put in her hair for the special day. This was given to me by someone very special on BDW!

 

My girls are going to be carrying bright pink parasols and origami flower kissing balls.

 

We got boutonnieres for all of the guys and boys. They are made out of clay by Etsy seller FentonFlorals. She is amazing to work with!

 

I also had Sarah make mothers bouquets.

 

For my parents we got them personalized hankies from Etsy and a Shutterfly photobook filled with pictures from our Almost Married Reception!

http://www.shutterfly.com/photobook/...f3edf1ebadc1fb

 

 

still more...

[*Meagan*]

Sarah from Etsy also made my stunning and amazing bouquet. It's made entirely out of clay! I will be attaching a "something old" brooch from my mother on the stem wrap.

My DIY Welcome Letter. (the writing is missing but it will be broken down into three separate days with their timelines and activities.) These were very time consuming but I love the way they came out!

 

OOT bags: We purchased the bags on sale from VistaPrint.

 

Mugs/Steins are from Factory21 on Ebay and Amanda was GREAT to work with!

 

Scentsy travel tins (PM me for details)

 

 

still more...

[*Meagan*]

Bath and Body works Mini Anti-Bac

 

I purchased the tylenol from a fellow BDW. The immodium and sunblock was from minimus.biz.

The first aid kits were only $1.28 on firstaidmonster.com.

I am making kits with the first aid supplies in them along with the sunblock and everything. And these are the tops I made to seal the bags.

 

We are putting post cards in the OOT bags for our guests to send back to us, like a guestbook. I also got these for free on Vista Print.

 

We are giving Pashminas to the ladies and cigars to the guys the night of our wedding. I made tags for the pashminas and Im going to tie them with pink and white polka dotted ribbon.

 

I also had a wedding sign made on Etsy that says "Just Married" in our colors for when we take pictures.

 

Well I think that is it! Thanks again to each and every one of you. I love BDW! Contact me if you have any questions. I am happy to help in any way possible!

[SusieQ]

amazing stuff... I love so many thing that you have choosen... Love the sandals your wearing, jewelry.... Yeah great job girl