Mary & Patrick
September 27, 2008
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Engagement Pictures
The Engagement
Patrick proposed while we were in St. Martin on vacation in December of 2007. So, after 5 1/2 years, it's time to plan our wedding!
Patrick proposed while we were in St. Martin on vacation in December of 2007. So, after 5 1/2 years, it's time to plan our wedding!
Planning
The Ceremony Site- St. Mary's Church Franklin, MA
The Ceremony Site- St. Mary's Church Franklin, MA
Our Reception Site
Cafe Nuovo Providence, RI (right on the river for Waterfire)
Below is a pic of Waterfire, which will be taking place the night of our wedding!!
Here are a few pictures of the Rotunda room
All the construction equipment and carpets will be moved out. It will just be 8 round tables with floor length white table linens, and LOTS of votives. :)
There's my Fiance posing in the background :)
My Dress
purchased at Filene's Running of the Brides February event- can't beat it for only $250!
Here are some pictures from the Manufacturer:
Dress Label
Purchased from www.justembroideredtotes.com
Veil
Purchased on Etsy.com from seller Cici Bridal
Shoes
My future sister in law gave me her Manolo Blahniks! They go absolutely perfect with my dress!
Make Up
Pictures from my trial with Ann Marie Kett- She did a great job! Exactly what I was looking for!
Jewelry
A gift from my friend Jeni
I'll be looking for a simple necklace to match
Flowers
RCH Designs www.rchdesigns.com
For my bouquet, I'll have 24 white mini calla lillies in a ribbon hand-tied arrangement
For my bouquet, I'll have 24 white mini calla lillies in a ribbon hand-tied arrangement
Bridesmaids will have a hand-tied bouquet of black magic roses(deep red), leonidas roses(orange with red), and hypericum berries. The centerpieces for each table will be made up of the same types of flowers.
Pew Decorations
Long white tulle with a sprig of hypericum berries (this pic is *sort* of an idea)
BridesMaid Dresses
Both bridesmaids will be in Navy
This is what I picked for my pregger bridesmaid (AlmostAmyLum)
Jim Hjelm 555M
This is for my MOH (my sister) in Navy (NOT Mango)
Jim Hjelm JH5521
Favors- Caramel Apples
Something Sweet
At the end of the night, our venue will put out chocolates and bottles of water for our guests to take as they leave. The water bottles and the chocolates will have our monogram.
I am making the water bottle labels, and I got the candy labels below from www.doingpersonalfavors.com
Invitations
Created by Amy Lum (aka AlmostAmyLum on Boston Boards)
She will also be doing all the menus, programs, table numbers, and favor tags
using the same theme.
I love the pocketfold idea!
Amy embossed the "H" for our wedding seal
The same printed paper seen as a matte here will be used throughout our entire ceremony and reception
I love the font choices!
Table Numbers
Rehearsal Dinner
We wil be holding our rehearsal dinner at Luciano's restaurant in Wrentham, MA
Honeymoon
We will be going to Disney World to stay at the Grand Floridian for 4 days, then jet off to the Bucuti Resort in Aruba for 10 days! :)
Grand Floridian
Bucuti Resort
We will be going to Disney World to stay at the Grand Floridian for 4 days, then jet off to the Bucuti Resort in Aruba for 10 days! :)
Grand Floridian
Bucuti Resort
Some Teaser Photos
Our Family
Our two dogs: Noodle (left) and Puffy (right)
Vendors
Ceremony- St. Mary's Church Franklin, MA
Reception-
Harpist-
Violinist- Sandra Martineau (508-379-0307)
Pianist- Patrick Durkin
Photographer- Jeff Newcum Photography
Videographer- Folio Publishing Services
Florist- RCH Floral Design
Favors- The Big Apple Farm Wrentham, MA
Candy labels- www.doingpersonalfavors.com
Wedding Day Make-Up- Ann Marie Kett (508-854-3113)
Veil- CiCi Bridal on Etsy.com
Wedding Day Hair-
Rehearsal Dinner- Luciano's Restaurant
Signature Platter - Brushstrokes Studio
Limo Service- Silver Line Limo
Invitations, Menus, Programs, & Calligraphy- Amy Lum (aka AlmostAmyLum on Boston Boards)
Wedding night hotel- Radisson Providence Airport Hotel
Vendor Reviews
St. Mary’s Church Franklin, MA (ceremony) B: (am I going to go to hell for giving a church a B?)
The church coordinator was a little crazy, and ended up sending my father and I down the aisle, when my FI/DH was not at the alter. Subsequently my husband missed me walking down the aisle!
Café Nuovo Providence, RI (reception) A+ :Not only was the food amazing, but the service was outstanding. Out of 58 people, no one received a wrong order or a bad meal. It was our mission to have a restaurant that would offer our guests the entire menu and have an impressive ambiance; Café Nuovo was a huge success! Dimitri and Sean were so helpful, too.
Diane Patenaude (ceremony harpist) A: Diane was great. I was in the back of the church listening to the music before the ceremony started and it was beautiful!
Sandra Martineau (ceremony violinist) A: Mrs. Martineau was excellent. As I said above, I was in the back of the church listening to the music before the ceremony started and it was beautiful! Mrs. Martineau is a family friend, but performs professionally for weddings all the time, we’re so lucky to have had her play!
Patrick Durkin (reception pianist) A+: Patrick was recommended by my sister and brother in law for background music for the reception, since we were doing a dinner reception and it was the best decision that I made! He had such a huge play list! He even learned our song (we weren’t doing dancing) just for our wedding, which caused my husband to get up in front of everyone and dance with me!! I totally recommend Patrick!
Jeff Newcum (photographer) A+: I have posted the “teasers” in my bio, and so far the pictures are fabulous!! I can’t wait to see all the pictures! Jeff was great and never intrusive, which can be tough when you have such a small wedding. So far, I am so happy with the quality of the pictures.
Folio Publishing Services (videographer) A: Pending Video- Walter and Audrey were very accommodating with any questions that I had, and attended the rehearsal (free of charge) to ask the church coordinator questions so there would be no confusions the day of the wedding. Both Walter and Audrey were very pleasant and not at all intrusive during the wedding.
RCH Designs (florist/linens) B-: I had an overall good experience with Rachel from RCH Designs, but I still had to give her a B- because there were several items that I had discussed with her that were not carried out correctly on my wedding day:
1. I requested cream colored roses for the fathers/grandfathers and she could not provide them because she doesn’t carry any inventory and the floral wholesaler’s cream roses “didn’t look good”, so she used red instead.
2. I requested a special type of rose, which she couldn’t get. So we had discussed over email several times that if she couldn’t get those special roses to only use red for the centerpieces. However there were different colored roses in my centerpieces.
3. She was to provide floor length table linens, but they were not floor length
4. The corsages for the mothers/grandmothers looked slightly wilted
5. I requested hypericum berries, and it turns out there are two colors (green and red). Well, I had shown Rachel pictures of red berries, but the berries at my wedding were green.
6. I had shown Rachel several pictures of the type of pew bows that I wanted, but the pew bows looked completely different
All the flowers looked great, everyone enjoyed themselves, and nothing was ruined, but I was a little upset that so many things that we had discussed over countless emails were wrong. But overall, everything came together and Rachel gave me the best prices that I could find.
1. I requested cream colored roses for the fathers/grandfathers and she could not provide them because she doesn’t carry any inventory and the floral wholesaler’s cream roses “didn’t look good”, so she used red instead.
2. I requested a special type of rose, which she couldn’t get. So we had discussed over email several times that if she couldn’t get those special roses to only use red for the centerpieces. However there were different colored roses in my centerpieces.
3. She was to provide floor length table linens, but they were not floor length
4. The corsages for the mothers/grandmothers looked slightly wilted
5. I requested hypericum berries, and it turns out there are two colors (green and red). Well, I had shown Rachel pictures of red berries, but the berries at my wedding were green.
6. I had shown Rachel several pictures of the type of pew bows that I wanted, but the pew bows looked completely different
All the flowers looked great, everyone enjoyed themselves, and nothing was ruined, but I was a little upset that so many things that we had discussed over countless emails were wrong. But overall, everything came together and Rachel gave me the best prices that I could find.
The Big Apple Farm (caramel apple favors) A: Price was great and the whole process was very easy. The farm wrapped the apples in cellophane and tied the bows for me. My only problem was that towards the end of the night, the heat caused the apples to get a little melty, but nothing an hour in the refrigerator couldn’t fix! They were delicious!
www.doingpersonalfavors.com (candy wrapper labels) B+: Nothing wrong with the labels, they fit perfectly on the candies and everyone loved them. However, I should have just done them myself. All they were address labels with the text changed to vertical-very easy DIY! But, they were shipped quickly and reasonable.
Ann Marie Kett (make-up) A+: I have nothing but raves for Ann Marie! She was so thorough and detailed! She did such a lovely job! My make-up
was flawless! Highly recommend her!
Gina Joubert (hair) A+: I know many knotties use her, but she was excellent!!!! I never did a trial, I didn’t have any pictures, but she knew exactly what to do with my hair. And it came out beautiful!!! That was the first thing that my husband said to me after we got married!
Cici Bridal- Etsy.com (veil) A-: I wanted a very simple veil, so this may not be for everyone, but the veil was exactly what I wanted! It was only $20, custom made, and it shipped out within a week!
Brushstrokes Studio (signature platter) A: I loved the platter idea and it came out great!! Amy from the studio did a custom design, and the first platter that we received wasn’t exactly great. But after one email, Amy did another plate and it was perfect! Everyone loved it too!
Silver Line Limo (limo) B: We chose them because they were a family friend, but their prices are on the high side. It was pouring out and the driver didn’t have an umbrella, so that was a rocky start. But all in all they got us where we needed to go without a problem.
Radisson Providence Airport (wedding night hotel) A: Even though we only stayed in the hotel a total of 4 hours, it was great. When I called ahead to confirm the reservation I let it slide that it was our wedding night, so they upgraded us to a suite.
Beach Bum Vacations (travel agent) A+: Robert was AWESOME. He was so accommodating with ALL of our many questions and his recommendations were great! We went to Disney World for 4 days, then Aruba for 10 days. Robert recommended the Grand Floridian (which was AMAZING) and the Bucuti resort in Aruba. The Bucuti resort was absolutely perfect! Couples only and it’s right on the beach! We had the Tara penthouse suite and it was LOVELY!