busybodykweddingplanningbio

Wedding Planning Bio

Atlanta, GA

I am married now but my Planning bio has all the pictures of the details and ideas

I used for inspiration when I was planning. Feel free to page me on the

Atlanta Board if you want to borrow a picture.

You can look at my Married Bio to see how everything turned out.

How We Met

Picture it....Atlanta, GA on a chilly Saturday night in January 1998. Two young ladies, T and K, went to visit T's friend Jin the Kilgore Hall dormitory on the campus of Morehouse College. J introducted T and K to B. They all enjoyed a brief conversation before parting but their meeting was never forgotten.... Fast Forward to a Monday night in May 2001.... Both B and K found themselves in Chaos Nightclub in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, GA. K recognized B and after much internal debate she decided to call him over to begin a conversation. Being totally oblivious to K's advances, the conversation was shorter than expected and B returned to the spot on the wall that he previously occupied. As he was planning his next move, K came over to him and asked if he wanted to dance. Not wanting to be swindled into dancing with anyone other than K, he clarified her request by asking, "With you?" The two danced and enjoyed casual conversation until K's friends were ready to leave. At that moment K asked for B's information so they could continue their conversation, and he obliged. She called the next day. The rest as they say is history...

The Proposal

After much preliminary planning, B's original plan was to ask for K's hand in marriage sometime in the Spring of 2007. However, on the morning of February 18th (the coldest day of 2007), his spirit moved him to wait no longer. He called K and asked if she would accompany him to their favorite breakfast eatery. They met in the parking lot of B's apartment complex. As they got into the car, B told K he wanted to stop by the campus of Morehouse College in order to "show her something". She agreed to the excursion grudgingly due to her increasing hunger, and the seasonably low February temperature.

Upon arriving on the Morehouse College campus the two came across Danforth Chapel, and B asked if K knew the history of the chapel; to which her repsonse was "Why don't you tell me." While in front of the chapel, he explained that historically the chapel was utilized to marry Morehouse Men and Spelman Women. He then expressed his feelings about K and the future of their relationship, and proceeded to get down on one knee and asked for her hand in marriage. She said yes, eventually...

Engagement Pictures

These were taken at Morehouse College where he proposed.

The Bling!

My Engagement Ring - Past, Present & Future /3 stone princess cut diamond ring

Us

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B and I are both from New York. Most of our family lives there and will be traveling to Atlanta, GA to celebrate with us. We think we will have around 200 guests. The wedding and ceremony will be in dowtown, Atlanta, GA.

Save The Date Postcard

When I told B about my idea for our STD to be us on a magazine cover he was not feeling me. He wanted to do something formal for our STDs. I wanted something fun. When I showed him the Feb 07 (also the month we were engaged) cover with Barak and Michelle on it he warmed up to the idea and helped execute it by getting his friend who is a graphic artist to put it together and print it for us. We have gotten so many compliments on it and love how it really represents our personalities.

Inspiration Cover (Feb 2007) Barak & Michelle Obama

......We did it our way!

Front

Back

Designed and Printed by Jason at Big City Graphics - 770-490-9119

Our Colors

The colors are Black and Ivory and our style is a mix of classic and modern

The Invitation

We thought the STD was interesting enough so we wanted something classic and simple for the invitation. Invitations were ordered from

Mindy of American Reprographics (404-310-6296) gave us a great rate on our invitations. They cost about $512 for 200 invitations, including printed return address on outer envelopes, lined inner envelopes, response cards & printed mailing address on response card envelopes.

The Venue

Altar decorations will be like the pics below. Decorations will be provided by I Thee Wed Atlanta

Catering

The Flying Biscuit Cafe

We are having a brunch buffet reception. B & I love The Flying Biscuit! We go there all the time for

breakfast and it was where we went right after he proposed. Its kind of "our place".

Click here to find a flying biscuit near you!

I'm so excited about giving jars of their cranberry apple butter they serve to our guests as favors.

This sticker will be on the top of the jar.

Mobile Bar

Liquid Chefs will be our vendor for our bar.

Our logo will be in lights

The Bridal Party

7 Bridesmaids & 8 Groomsmen

Bridal Party Attire & Gifts

I wanted something simple and classic. This J.Crew dress is

perfect for what I had in mind.

Look! It has pockets!

BM Shoes

Lexington d'Orsay style from Payless!

Groomsmen

The groomsmen will be in black tuxes with a black vest and black bow ties. B will be in a black tux with a white vest and white bow tie. Sorta like this but with bow ties:

Thanks to knottie Plum

Flower Girl Dress & Shoes

I love this dress for my FG. She's 8 so I wanted her to look more like a big girl. I bought them both from Nordstrom for under $100. I am going to replace the black ribbon with an ivory ribbon.

Flower Girl Basket

Bridal Party Gifts

The bridesmaids will receive the clutch purse below filled with goodies they can use on the wedding day and after (jewelry, lip gloss, tissues, foot petals, mini manicure set, mirror, etc). I bought the purses from Target for only $10 each and they match the dress and shoes perfectly!

One of my BMs is making the BM jewelry. This is the neclace she has done so far.

The groomsmen will receive Yankees baseball caps with "Best Man" embriodered on the back.

Gooooo Yankees!!!

The Dress!!!

First......The losers...

(drumroll please)

THE ONE!!!!!

I didn't think I wanted a dress with beading. I thought I wanted a very simple satin dress but when I saw this I was in love and it fits me like a glove!

Front Detail Back Detail

The lace detail on the train is beautiful but I don't have a closeup picture of it now.

Picture my train with an American three point bustle, smilar to the pic on the right:

Bridal Accessories

A knottie friend heard my cry and led me to these on White Aisle.com.

Ivory elbow length veil bought on ebay for only $10 from
ultimatebridal

I don't think I am going to wear it but we'll see....

J. Crew shoes I won on ebay from justgr8buys

Shoes after I got the heels shortened from 3'' to 2.5'' (only $14!)

The NY Yankees garter I bought on ebay from kristis_charmed_life

Wedding Bands

HIS HERS

Bought from Titanium Kay website Bought from Helzberg Diamonds

Wedding Day Beauty

Makeup will be done by January of Brown Sugar Beauty (404-468-8524)

Makeup Trial on 2/9/08

Hair

I met this lady in the mall when I went for my makeup trial and stopped her to ask her who did her hair. I got the info for her stylist so I can see what she can do for me. I think I would like my hair twisted up into pin curls.The pics don't do it justice. It is a beautiful style.

Hair Trial on 3/8/08