Why do people try to make other people’s wedding a family get together/reunion? Just wondering. It seems like when you get married, everyone wants to come and invite others as well at the payee’s expense. At this point of my planning stage, I should get this tattooed on my face “MY WEDDING IS NOT A FAMILY REUNION!”
Are people forgetting the cost that’s involved?
$25 for food pp, $10 for drinks pp, $2 for chair cover pp, $10 per table linen $3 for guest favors pp and $2.00 for a slice of cake pp
What makes someone I haven’t seen or spoken to in 2 or 3 years think they should get an invite? What makes a family member think that it is okay to invite 3rd or 4th cousins that no one knows? What makes a person think its okay to invite a bunch of children? What makes it okay for a guest to bring 2 or three uninvited guests with them and think nothing of it? Who thinks its okay to go to a person’s wedding with no gift or even an envelope? If I send you an rsvp card and it clearly states that we reserved 3 seats for you, why would you write in 5 people’s names? Is it okay to NOT RSVP, and just show up? Is it okay to rsvp a week or two after the rsvp due date??
Just askin???
Now that I am planning a wedding, I will now and forever pledge going forth to be the best guest I can be. I followed the rules before, but it will now be my duty to educate ignorant wedding guest on wedding guest etiquette.
The End,
B.Rob
 Today was such a mushy gushy day for me! I just loooovveee my fiance! On top of just feeling really in love today, I also feel super appreciative! A knottie friend slwbride posted a note to me over on the AAW board and said that my blog had been featured here: http://bestblackbridalblogs.weebly.com/. I was shocked! All these months I thought I was blogging to imaginary people! It feels good to know that people are actually reading my blog, and some actually like it! Cool huh? Yayyy me! Thanks to you bloggers out there that actually take the time to read my blog. I just thought it would be cool to document my journey of wedding planning! Happy Planning! B.Rob
Time is a ticking and I am BUSY!! Here is what I have been up to..just little odds and ends to get done before the closer months of the wedding! PrinTING will start to take place soon for all of my little paper DIY items! MENU, TABLE NUMBERS, MUSIC SHEET
Get em while on sale! My fiance thinks that since he works with cars all day, and his ring is so expensive, that he could wiggle his way out of wearing a ring everyday...not so FAST Mr.!! I saw this post on theknot.com and purchased a back up ring!!! Gotcha babe!!! nice ring for everyday wear!!! Price: $29.99 includes shipping! http://www.ashleysjewelry.com/
I am so excited about my invitations. When I first started planning, I was so scared that invitations were going to cost me an arm and a leg. So, I started looking at DIY kits from Michaels Arts & Crafts, Targets and other stores. I never quite found anything that excited me. I then started looking at companies that custom design invites for you, but they all required printing and the cost ranged from $500 to $1,000! I refused to pay that amount for invitations! Then, I started lurking on theknot.com at different ideas that current bride to be's were posting regarding great finds for invitations and signage. And boy oh boy, did they provide me with some awesome ideas. Howver,I ended up finding out that the knottie that designed my monograms (see monogram post) also designs custom invitations! I was so excited! I sent her pictures of what I wanted and we worked together designing the invitation suite. She crated an invite, rsvp postcard, directions and hotel accommodations card for me. She also created signage for my reception. All this cost me a total of $50. I went to Office Max to do a test print. I printed on metallic white paper. They also cut everything for you for a small fee. This is another great example of getting a custom item created at a great price. Contact miss jones via her blog. Great working with her!! http://thebuckeyebride.blogspot.com
Hi Blog World! I have been extremely busy! During the holidays, I took a break from the world of "wedding planning", but I looked at a calender one day and suddenly I realized I had under 200 days to go! (as of today 134 days..Yiikkeesss) I thought to myself " I better get busy". So, I spent a week trying to catch up on all the things that I haven't gotten to already. During this time, I had to think outside of the box becasue I love being different and I was also trying to catch back up finacially. The holidays took a chunk out of our wedding budget! Needless to say, God will always provide..so I didn't stress. I just took a walk around different stores to see what I could find! And to my amazement, I think I did PRETTY DARN GOOD! Take a look at some of my wedding checks!!!
Wedding Shoes..Check!
Flower girl baskets...Check!
Card Holder..Check!
Bridesmaids Jewelry...Check!
Mom's Dress..Check!
Groom and Groomsman Attire..Check!
Cake...Check!!!!
Ring Bearer Box..Check!!!
Linens..Check!
Design of Invites...Check!!!
Coming Soon...
Dress, Grooms Ring & Wedding Gift, Ringbearer and Flower Girl Gifts, Flower Girl Dresses, Actual Finished Invites/RSVP Suite
i'll give you a sneak peek of my amazing and affordable finds!  150 glass tea light holders...purchased from a knottie "kaykay". I think I paid $30 bucks..I also got 6 glass cylinders as well (sorry, no pic yet)
 I know, I know...why is my bird cage card holder blue and not purple?! LOL Well, this was the only color Marshalls Homegoods had, so I purchased it and added it to my fiance's list of "things to do". He is going to get it professionally painted for me either a metallic pearl white or a metallic purple...who knows!?...Cost.. VERY AFFORDABLE!
 My lovely ivory Nina Shoes. yup..I fell into the pit of loving Nina Shoes..guess what..they were only $54 at Macys!!!!! These bad boys usually run $99 and up on the nina website, or zappos..but I caught them on sale!!! Last pair in my size!! Yayyy meeee!
 My cute little flower girl baskets... $3 bucks a piece at Michaels'! i'm going to jazz them up closer to the wedding.
 My ring bearer box and accessories box. I found them both at Marshalls Home goods. There was no way I was passing these up! They just caught my eye! The big box..I am going to put my jewelry, shoes and maybe my veil..not sure. But it ran me $12 bucks! The little cute box..well its not really a ring bearer box, but it is for my wedding. I purchased this for about $6 bucks! You can't tell, but both boxes are ivory and are decked out in crystals which reflect color. I love it!
 Cake!! Yummy!! So this is a pic of knottie "KayKay's cake...Gorgwous right! I am going to use this as inspiration because I would love this romantic look with purple, pink and orange roses. My cake will be 4 tier, 4 flavors...red velvet, lemon, pineapple and chocolate. We just couldnt decide on one flavor..so why not 4! LOL My cake was ordered at Hollies Bakery in Redford Mi...cost us about $400 bucks
Above cake #1 Right now I am in the process of selecting a wedding cake! I am so excited about this. There are so many decisions to be made! Round or Square? 3 layers? 4 layers? Maybe 5 layers? Fondant or buttercream? Freash flowers or elaborate design? Vanilla, Strawberry, Red Velvet? Chocolate? You see what I'm going through? I have so many decisions! Anyway, before I spill the beans on what I really desire, I thought I'd share a brief history of how the wedding cake tradition came to be. Wedding cakes dates back to the Roman era.
Certainly the Romans were not in the habit of baking elaborate or elegant wedding cakes with buttercream icing and custom wedding-cake toppers. Usually they used loaves of wheat bread. The loaf of bread was broken over the heads of the newlyweds to bring them luck and prosperity. Sometimes it was broken only over the bride’s head, usually by the groom.
The crumbs of wedding cake, that landed on the floor symbolized good luck and fertility for the bride and groom, and it was considered good luck for guests to eat the crumbs of "wedding cake". Single women scrambled for the grains to ensure their own betrothals.
During the middle ages the bridal - wedding cakes were simple biscuits or scones.
At that time each guest brought one small bridal cake to the wedding (somewhat bigger than cupcake wedding cake of nowadays). They were piled on top of each other, and the bride and groom had to kiss across the top of the piled cakes to bring them good luck in their marriage.
The history of wedding cakes goes on: In the seventeenth century French bakers stacked the wheat buns and coated them with icing. This was the beginning of new history of wedding cakes, they start looking like ours. The typical wedding cake today is composed of several cakes stacked in layers and the whole thing covered with icing.
Shapes range from: square, round, rectangular, heart etc... But there are so many options and design ideas that it can be difficult to choose the one that is just right for you. You would also like to keep the wedding cake price at the reasonable level, while having elegant and classy cake.
In the past, wedding cakes were considered a symbol, and everyone wanted the same bland white cake with white icing because that was the symbol. Luckily, the days of those boring wedding cakes are past. Today’s bridal cakes can be a culinary and design extravaganza.
The bride creates or finds a design she likes, and the caterer hires a bakery to create her unique wedding cake or bride does it herself.
At the reception the bride cuts the first two slices with the groom’s hand placed over hers. The groom feeds the bride the first slice and then the bride feeds the groom the second. This symbolizes the support they will provide to each other.
I hope you found the history of wedding cakes interesting :-) You may share it with the guests at your reception and have some fun together.
Source: http://www.cakechannel.com/history-of-wedding-cakes.html
Here are some designs I'm thinking about. Tell me what you think!
Above..cake #2
Directly below..cake #3 Cake directly above #4
Cake Directly below #5 Final cake..#6
Wow!! I feel TERRIBLE! It has been an entire month since I last posted! Well, I was on "wedding planning strike" I was just tired of planning, talking about planning and yeah..PLANNING! But now I am back and refreashed!!!
This blog is dedicated to my awesome finace and all the other groom and groomsman out there. It seems so unfair that majority of the wedding world is centered around the bride! But, you know what..TE GROOM MATTERS TOO!
I think grooms are okay with it, heck, I don't think they even have a choice!
Anyway, right now I am focusing on my groom to be and his groomsman. We kind of want to stay away from the traditional look... you know, the all black tuxedo, black vest and white shirts. We want to be a bit unique.
Below, I have some pics of different styles and trends I really like. Tell me what you think???  I LOVE this look for my fiance!!! (The model is a cutie huh? ) LOL
 These guys look very handsome and unique! I wonder if it would look great with purple accessories???
 I really like this tie!
 I love these guys socks!!! I have to find some for my groomsman ASAP!!
 Although my colors isn't focused on pink, this is pretty cool!
 This is a very classy/elegant look...still a bit too traditional for me.
 Hey shoe lovers! So for all you Chrisitan Louboutin fans out there on a budget, I have a treat for you :) ... (I hope I don't get in trouble for this post). Anyway, if you are familiar with this designer, you know that his shoes are EEXXXPPPENNSSIIVE! I mean...$995.00 for the shoes you see at the top of my page. Geesh, that is alot of money. Ok, so anyway..all you crafty DIY (do it your self) chicks out there, I present to you... DIY Louboutin's!!! I love her blog!! Source: http://www.lovemaegan.com/2009/05/diy-christian-louboutin-petal-sandal.html#
 Of course all of you that happens to be planning a wedding (like myself) know all about the "colorful shoe" trend. But for those who don't, the new trend, for a few years now is instead of a bride wearing a traditional white or ivory bridal show under her gown, some brides choose to wear a colorful shoe under their gown! I think it is an awesome trend! If I decide to follw this trend, the shoe you see above would be my number shoe pick (Paris Hilton Gala Shoe). Too bad it' sold out everywhere!!What do you think? Take a look at all the daring brides below! I love it!!
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