UPDATED*******Our Wedding 8~24~07!!! Innovative Alternatives, Silk City Ent, Mia, Jade, 2NV Productions,Sharper Image Photography****** TY Card

********************** OUR LOVE STORY *************************


***********THE PROPOSAL************
Pictures by My Daughter Niki

So Dh & my daughter conspired with our Pastor to planned a surprise proposal for me.
Sunday morning in front the church congregation I almost fainted because Dh is a real low key guy, so that was a real shocker.





Engagment Pics
Sharper Image
Park in NJ
I just have to mention that it was freezing, but you couldn't tell looking at these pics.


CHECK OUT THE ICE ON THE WATER




Bridal Shower
Randalls' Residence
W. Hempstead, NY

It was so much fun & beautiful. My Bridal Party did a fantastic job. I knew the day but that was it. My mom & cousin (who live upstate) DH, godmother all said they couldn't make it and I was not in a good mood. They all surprised by showing up. It was great





I LOVE THIS GIFT FROM MY MOH - THIS WAS THE DAY WE GOT ENGAGED


FH left a surprise for me. A matching diamond necklace & earrings.

The funniest gift ever. My underwear as it changes in years to come. It went from a thong to grannie panties!





BACHELORETTE NIGHT
AMBIANCE, QUEENS NY
STRATA NYC, NY
DJ Kauos [B/]


I just wanna say that DH took care of the location for us, and he came through. We had the entire club to ourselves free of charge.. I Love my MAN!!!!

ME & MY BEAUTIFUL BM's


CHECK OUT DH IN THE BACKGOUND GETTING A PLATE!


ME & MOH


MRSB2BE GETTING IN ON THE FESTIVITIES


DID SOMONE ASK FOR CANDY

NO HANDS


THE AFTER PARTY @ STRATA w/ DJ KAUOS




THE CREW



************************** WEDDING DAY****************************


Weather- A++++++++ : It was about 80+ out, but gorgeous not too humid.

Invitations- A++++++++ : DIY
It was a bit time consuming but so worth it



Dress A+++++++++
Forever Yours
Belle Bridals
749 Highway 35
Middletown NJ 07748
732-671-3800
Owner-Kim

I saw this dress online & it was love at first sight.. i called so many bridal stores all along the east coast from NY to VA and no one had this dress. I finally spoke to the owner of Belle Bridals who was nice enough to order it for me without me having to make a deposit incase I didn't like it.. I sent her a check the next day. She was so sweet and helpful she always made me feel like I was her only bride. Since my commute to her boutique is a distance she even went out her way to meet me in manhattan to pick up BM dresses.



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Shoes
Liz Rene Couture'
www.onlineshoes.com
Tried them on at Klienfiels, way over priced found them online for almost half of what klienfield wanted.



JrBm dresses
Forever Yours
Belle Bridals


BM dresses
David's Bridal
1504 Old Country Road:C
Loved the dresses.. Hated the customer service


BM shoes
www.Bakers.com



Jewelry
okay please forgive me but i cannot rememder who made my Tiara but i bought it at Belle Bridal

Earrings -luxe
www.whiteaisle.com


Bracelet & All bridal party jewelry including MOB
Fashion District NYC





Garter -DIY



Hair A++++++++++
Mia of *************
www.************.com
(212)961-7019/ (631)920-2997
what can i say about her that has not been said... She is on top of her game. On time(early), professional, great to work with, corteous. Mia not only did my hair but she also did my moms after the original stylist messed it up & she jumped in to assist jade and did my moms make-up also she saved the day BIG TIME. i still owe her.. I cannot say enough words to express my grattitude to Mia.


Make-up A+++++++++
Jade
(718)926-9304
Jade is a friend of mine and she is awesome. She came with an assistant for the day and they did 16 faces including mine. Everyone looked awesome. Worked nonstop without a complaint,, very professional. Even though she is fairly new to this business she is AWESOME!!!!!


I feel like I had the best of both worlds working on me that day. Who could ask for more.

DOC- Angie of Jazzy Affairs A++++++++
347-529-2892
Angie was on top of things. All I did all day while awaiting my hair & make-up stylist was sleep, eat & relax. She took care of everything & everyone while preparation was going on. After the wedding my BM's told me about so much bumps that went on in their prep, including one of my nieces forgetting their dress , but I never knew any of this. I was too busy listening to music & eating my fruit platter (courtesy of Angie). Not to mention that on my way to the ceremony I realized that i never checked if my seating chart was dropped off to my RH by a friend (who shall remain nameless and it wasn't, Angie once again saved the day & seating chart was in place before the ceremony even began. My day would not have been what it was without her.


Tux
Tuxedo King & Limousine Depot B-





Limos
Tuxedo King & Limousine Depot B-
They get a B for customer service , I felt like I they were doing me a favor whenever I spoke to them as though it was a hassle. On the hand since we had such a large BP I got a vintage rolls for FREE!!!! But it was Vintage it sounded like it was gonna stall at any moment my mom & I laughed all the way to the RH. We also got our party bus from through them and it was top notch, BP loved it. They were on time, but the drivers did not know where they were going even though the limo co. was given an itinary



Floral TerraceA++++
Fantastic place. We took one look and knew it was for us. No regrets. The food was fantastic, vienesse table is still on the tongues of my guest. There was an overflow of food. Place was clean and staff was curteous to my guest.

DJ RedboyA++++++++++
Silk City Ent
(718) 864-9611
DJ Red Boy
We have been friends for a lifetime and I couldn't imagine anyonelse doing this. he kept us partying all night & the MC was so funny, my guest loved him. Whenever we would make an attempt to sit down & eat he through on anither hit. He even got on the dance floor and taught my guest the Brooklyn slide.(he is in the black shirt) AWESOME!!!!!!!



Photograpy-A (still awaiting proofs)
Sharper Image
(973-) 705-8473
Ok at first i was a bit nervous about this because he is a family friend. But he proved me WRONG. He was professional & easy to work with and i am excited about seeing our final albums.
85% of the pictures here are his work. None of them retouched, he just let me get my hands on them because he is a freind of DH family. As most of you know we are taking pics soon because we didn't get outdoor pics. I can't wait to see the outcome of all the proofs, I know it will be amazing.


Flowers- DIY
All bo-ks, bouts, crosages, kissing balls, pew bows, CP






All decorating & assembly of CP on day of
InnovativeAlternatives
Event & Floral Design
718-241-4210
Website

Huppah[B/]


Unity Canle & Broom- DIY




Aisle Runner A++
www.lorilis.com
The words are 'God Bless Whoever Sent You I really needed you.' One of my favorite things in the whole wedding. The words are from the song FH dedicated to me when he asked me to be his wife




Some more DIY's
Guestbook

Crypacks

Petalcones

Cardbox

Menus

Seating Chart

PewBows (ended up on the huppah )

and my sweet maid of honor who made me my cake topper(she tried) spend days doing this. i loved it


Videography -C
2NV productions
www.2nvproductions.com
914) 664-3184
He was referred to us from a friend of DH. He is reasonably priced. Was on time and professional. He gets a C because he was about to leave after his 8 hr contract was up and my mom told him to stay at his $150p/hr overtime rate and he sat down for about 30mins that I noticed, and when i approached him to ask him why was he sitting he was rude about it, telling me he is waiting on 'FOMALITIES' I told him at that price you need to keep taping until the roof comes down or LEAVE.

That was the only bump on this journey . If I had the oppurtunity to marry my wonderful husband again, i would sufffer all the headaches, sttress & anxiety that come with planning a wedding, just to become Mrs. M all over again .


Hope I didn't forget anything. Please enjoy!!!!!

Happy Planing!

TY Card by Sharper Image