We happened across Sweet Boutique Bakery at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden’s wedding expo. They mentioned they were hosting a free wedding cake tasting event, so I signed up for an invite. We went to the shop the next weekend. The ladies had a larger than expected turnout, so we had to wait a bit….
Since our wedding was three weeks ago, I figure it’s safe to post our invite suite. We opted for a customized version of Spice Grace from Invitation Consultants. Once the invites arrived, I noticed that the mailing envelope was rather dainty. Given the abuse that our save the dates took getting mailed to our roommates, I…
Mac and I discussed the need* for a wedding coordinator after we booked the Botanical Garden. We were mainly looking for a non-family member or guest to work with our vendors to set up and oversee the set-up, reception, and clean-up. Sharon, the CFBG event coordinator, gave us a stack of vendor information after our…
Once upon a time, a young bride decided she would only walk down the aisle to Pachebel’s Canon in D played by a string quartet. Twas I, in my youth and naivete. Once we had our venue and caterer nailed down, I started to look at knocking out some other big vendors. I realized that our wedding…
Or, how we booked our wedding photographer before meeting them. The majority of my sources for wedding planning came by searching [vendor] in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Websites like The Knot and Weddingbee helped me by giving me an idea of what was available in our area and an assortment of reviews. One day, I decided…
Save the dates. STDs. What bride doesn’t giggle at that immature abbreviation? As I worked through our wedding planning tasks, I decided to send out save the dates. I really wanted Virginia Tech save the dates but couldn’t find anything (until too late). So I shifted gears to look for a maroon and orange color…