A little bit about ourselves: Mitch and I met for the first time our freshman year of college at Emerson in Boston, MA. We lived on the same floor of our dorm.  Our relationship at that time was nothing more than a friendly hello in the hallways. After we graduated from Emerson in 2003 we met again through a mutual friend. Our groups of friends started hanging out all the time and we quickly became friends. That became something more somewhere down the line and the next level of our relationship started with a kiss on Halloween night. On December 1st, after attending a Celtics game together, we decided to be "official".

The Setting 

Our Wedding: Our wedding will take place in Central, MA at the Wachusett Village Inn.  Both the ceremony and reception will be held here.

The Colors

The Wedding Party

Best Man 

Tyler 

Groomsmen 

"Bob" Dylan 

Mike (He & Erin, will be getting married a month after us!) 

 Therrien

Ryan "Stoo" 

Officiant

Patrick

Matron of Honor

Mom

Bridesmaids

 Brina

 Kathleen

 Lisa

Melanie 

The Attire 

The Bride's Dress: My dress was purchased from J.Crew.  I had my eye on this dress for awhile and one day it was on sale.  I could not let it pass me by.  It really has the exact feel that I want for our wedding.  Very simple and elegant.  I wanted something I could be comfortable in and this dress is just perfect.  No pictures of me in it yet, because I wouldn't want Mitch to see me wearing it until that day when I'm all dolled up.  Not for any superstitious reasons, but just because I want my hair and makeup done up before he gets a look. :) 

The Bride's Shoes: I found these shoes originally at Macy's in Downtown Crossing.  The did not have this color in my size.  The told me no Macy's stores had them in my size anywhere in MA. New Jersey had some though (no help to me).  On an outing with two of my bridesmaids I saw them on display, on sale, at the Macy's in the Natick Collection Mall.  I had to get them! They are gold, but neither of these pictures - one I took and one from online - really show the color as it is in real life. I love them.

The Groom's Tux

The Groom's Tux is Jones New York 3 Button from Men's Warehouse.  Vest is Ivory Herringbone and shirt is Ivory.

The Groomsmen

The Groomsmen will be wearing the same Tux with a white shirt and wine vest.

The Bridesmaids

Each girl is wearing their own dress in the espresso/chocolate brown color.

Matron of Honor

The Matron of Honor is pulling double duty as the Mother of the Bride. We wanted her to stand out and she wasn't thrilled with my color choices.  She has chosen to wear Alfred Angelo Separates in Clover

This Top (Above)

 With this skirt (Above)

Mother of the Groom

I have to say, I probably have the best Future Mother In Law out there.  She was so gung-ho about getting a dress and patiently waited for my Mom to pick hers first.  She consulted me on colors and options even though I never asked her to, nor was I about to tell her what she was wearing to my wedding. I wanted her to be comfortable and feel beautiful. However I really appreciated her wanting my opinion on it. What she ended up with is fantastic and I can't wait to see her in it!!

Alfred Angelo separates in Spice

Top

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In this color (Below) - LOVE IT!

Everyone is going to look FIERCE!

Details 

Invitations/Stationery:  I am DIYing all of the stationery.  I got everything I needed at Paper Source in Brookline, MA.  The people there have been very helpful and I could just spend days in that store.

Save The Dates 

Invitations

 Main part of invite-  5x5 square flat card. I then punched out two leaves and then glued the red leaves on opposite corners.

Direction Cards - printed on 4 bar flat card stock 

RSVPs - I had bought the pretty flower stamps for these because the colors fit and some of the flowers (i.e. Gerbera Daisies) will be used in the wedding. Then postage rates decided to go up. ugh. I ended up adding the 1 cent Tiffany lamp stamps instead of starting over.  It looks just fine.

Petal enclosure - I stamped the leaf patter in gold on the outside.  The invites will be folded up so that when you open the envelope some of the gold stamped side will stick out. 

All components were tied together with a red ribbon and placed in the petal enclosure. This picture was taken before I made the direction cards, so they stick out a bit over the RSVPs

The leaf stamp was also carried over to the envelopes. Here in brown instead of gold.  A fellow Knottie had posted that when she sent an invite to Mickey and Minne they sent back a cute picture with a note from the two of them.  Mitch and I went to Disney on our first vacation together and had an absolute blast, so I figured it's worth a try because that would be cute to have. 

Back of envelopes - I had a custom stamp made with our address on it so that I didn't have to write it on every single envelope.  This can be used (and has been used) for letters and birthday cards too, so not just for the wedding.

The heart stamp I thought was a cute way to "seal" the envelope instead of a sticker.  I also think it will match well with the wedding stamp pattern (which I am psyched the 59 cent ones are now an orange color!!) 

Other Details 

These are our favor boxes.  I made the monogram sitckers on sheets of Avery Round Sticker paper. These will have Red and Brown M&Ms in them when all is said and done. 

Finished Favors

Favor Tags

These are the favor tags.  I printed these onto business card stock by Avery.

On the back of the favor tags we have our photo sharing information.  I figured this way people will hopefully take them home. 

Our Personalized napkins.  I all of a sudden just had to have these.  I really just want a couple to keep for our anniversaries. I think it's a nice keepsake.  Ordered from theknot.com. Ivory napkins with Cranberry print.  

More up close shot.  I am going to get some plain Cranberry and possibly and orange or chocolate brown color napkins to mix in with these for the cocktail hour. 

Menus

I decided to try something different for the menus.  Since we are having a buffet I didn't think it necessary to have a menu at each place setting, but I still wanted people to know what they were about to eat in hopes of moving the line along and giving them the full picture.  So, I decided to do a folded menu. Kind of a smaller version of something you would get in a restaurant. I am really happy with how they came out. 

Outside front cover.  I pulled in the leaf stamp from the invitations here again, as well as the same color card stocks that have been used throughout the paper products at the wedding.

Inside text 

Menu open. 

Thank You Cards 

Bridal Shower Thank Yous

Wedding Thank Yous

Programs

Card Box

Rings

 Both my Engagement ring and our Wedding bands are from Barmakian Jewelers in Boston, MA

Flowers
The  Bridesmaids, Matron of Honor and I will all carry bouquets of gerbera daisies in reds, and oranges as well as hypericum berries.. Mine will also have Ivory ones.  Mitch's boutinere will be a mini gerbera in ivory.  The rest of the guys will have hypericum berries and a little greens.

Centerpiece Mock Ups

Glass bowls were purchased at AC Moore. Silk Fall Leaves purchased from Saveoncrafts.com. Glass votive holders are actually juice glasses that we got at Christmas Tree Shops (that also need their price tags removed).  Brass easels also from Christmas Tree Shops. Table numbers were DIY - supplies from Paper Source

Hair Stuff

This is THE style I want!

I really liked this hair pin so I had one custom made that is similar, only a little larger

My ACTUAL Hair pin

I really like this look. More of a relaxed up do.

Also love this!

 Hair and Makeup Trial

I love what she did with the hair pin.

Makeup

Trying to get a better look in natural light. Ignore the odd face I'm making.

Monogram 

Used in both our favors and Programs 

Honeymoon!!

We will be spending 7 nights  at the Excellence Punta Cana

(yes, we're going to the Dominican during Hurricane season)

Vendor List

Wedding Dress: JCrew.com - The "Goddess" Dress in Ivory

Bridesmaids Dresses: Each Bridesmaid will be wearing their own chocolate brown dress

Tuxes: Men's Warehouse - Mitch will be wearing Ivory and the Groomsmen will be wearing wine in the "Herringbone" style vest and Euro Ties.

Acessories: Hair Pin- Etsy.com Seller remusa65

Shoes - Nina bought at Macy's

Earrings - Etsy.com seller remusa65

Undergarments: Spanx - bought at barenecessities.com 

Photographer: Pamela Jean Photography

DJ: DJ Al Beuscher

Florist: Sandy MacDonald - A friend of my Mother who does this out of her home. She has been great to deal with so far and is the only florist that asked me what my budget was.

Invitations: DIY- All by me! I am actually trying to get a card/invitation business off the ground currently - although it's been slightly put on hold for all this wedding stuff. Contact me if you need help with your invites, I'd be happy to help.

Favors: Also DIY - Pictures to come soon. We will be giving small clear boxes filled with brown and red M&Ms - Being called M&M ourselves for some time now it seemed to fit.

Ceremony Musician: Alan Adelberg - Friend of a Friend who has generously offered to do this as a favor to us. He will be playing the acoustic guitar.

Officiant: Patrick Duggan - a friend of ours, that actually is responsible for introducing us. We will be applying to have him officiate our wedding under Massachusetts law.