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UPDATED...Pro pics with Link to more, March 05 Watermill Wedding!

lanabean Posted: Mar 30, 2005 12:02 PM+

lanabean MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 2355 WEDDING DATE: Mar 19, 2005

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 12:02 PM

UPDATED...Pro pics with Link to more, March 05 Watermill Wedding!

Sorry for the few pics; I am just getting to see some and I am dying to share them with you all!!!! For now, here ya go. The night goes by SOOOO fast. First we were doing our dance, then we were cutting cake. We spent the whole night dancing and truly enjoyed our wedding, though! My favorite part was the church. It was beautiful. I thought I'd be an emotional wreck as you guys know. But a calm came over me that morning. When I saw all the people at the church as my dad walked with me to the doors, I was touched. I had a huge smile on my face. I have never felt more loved in my life. Really. By my husband, my family,ALL of my work friends and other friends all came. Our receiving line was huge!!!

It's mostly all good and the things that went 'wrong' are ONLY things Danny and I knew. Scale of 1-10; 10 being the best:

THE WATERMILL: 10. Amazing. Everything was present and set up as per our contract. The bridal attendant and maitre'd were wonderful. As soon as we arrived they were ready for us with plates and all sorts of food and drink in our bridal suite. Everyone raved about the decor, the food, the service. No one has any worries. And the Black Forest wedding cake! I highly recommend. Funny story: my grandma, hungry the next night found it in the fridge at my parents' house and ate the top layer the WM had saved for us! Gotta love it. Really, though. It was my dream venue and wedding. We dealt mainly with Glenn Bezold, director of operations. Oh! I had the idea to put family wedding photos in antique frames on the fireplace mantle behind our sweetheart table. Everyone loved it and found it to be a really personal touch. WM Brides, utilize this mantle for special things! And the Martini bar was the BIGGEST hit of the night.

TIMEPIECE, FRANK WAYNE MUSIC. 9. The calls once again have not stopped while we were on our honeymoon. They rocked. They got everyone up dancing. The 9 is because here's what only we noticed. I'd asked them to play my parents, his parents, and a set of grandparents' wedding songs for everyone to dance to and instead of just announcing it and letting everyone dance, they made these 3 dances 'spotlight' dances. Everyone actually loved seeing them dance alone. Still, Timepiece is hands down a class act party band that all our friends LOVED! We did our last dance of the night to Dirty Dancing 'Time Of My Life.' Okay, so we're a little cheesy. This didn't stop a bunch of our buds from attempting the 'dirty dancing lift'. Many happy, martini-d out friends.

JAMES CRESS FLORIST: 10. My calla lilies centerpieces were fab if I do say so, myself. Everyone took them home and raved about it. Everything arrived perfect and on time. Gorgeous. My bouquet had huge white callas, stephanotis, and freesia.

YOU'RE INVITED, TOO: 10!!! Invites, menu cards, place cards, mini cocktail shaker favors, church programs. This vendor, Tara, is a close personal friend of mine and she was amazing. We got our Encore Studios invites through her.

OKSANA AND JENN: If I could give them higher than 10, I would. Arrived on time and made us all look gorgeous. Oksana even hugged my mom when she got emotional while getting her makeup done. My house was tense and crazy and these ladies calmed us all down. Wonderful. My hair looked amazing!!! Makeup lasted, too.I paid a little extra to have Oksana with me a few more hours. When I got to church, Oksana whisked me in the little side room and when the church coordinator came to tell me and Dad, 2 minutes, Oksana goes, 'Two minutes my ***! When she's ready!' SOOO funny. What a doll.

ADRIENNE'S BRIDAL SHOP. 5. GRRRRRRR. Okay, whenever people complained about this shop I'd defend them and report my good experiences. Here's the good, the great actually. My seamstress, Cleo, was a godsend. When I got sick the week before the wedding and lost 5 pounds, she fixed my dress on Wed. for the wedding on Sat. The dress was perfect. Cleo even made me a shawl. The bad. Toward the end, the shop was terrible about calling about the flowergirl dress when it wasn't ready and my cousin (her daughter was the FG) had a fitting and was prepared to pick it up. They said they forgot to call and she ended up waiting 2 hours for it to be done with her 2 kids in tow. Crazy. Also, in between church and reception, my SIL's zipper BROKE on her gown and it was a 2-piece, side-zip gown. Okay, normally I'd say these things happen, but SIL told them at a fitting that the zipper seemed shaky. Her seamstress (I forget her name; request CLEO!) told her it was fine and the poor girl was almost near tears at my house between. My grandma saved the day and sewed Laura into her gown with grey thread. Laura has called to complain and wants her $$ back. I am furious. Also, insult to injury, the night of the rehearsal someone from Adrienne's called to say that my veil and tiara hadn't been paid for. My mom knew she paid and they requested money or proof of purchase! Just before leaving for church, my poor mom rummaged through her bag, found the receipts which I knew she had, and faxed them to show she'd paid. She then called to say they needed to keep on top of things and how dare they demand this the night before the wedding. On the whole, it is a nice shop with orgeous gowns but I urge you to deal with Sophia at the front desk and Cleo as a seamstress. Keep on them, ladies!

WHITE WINGS, NY: Dove Release. 10!!! Amazing. People raved about it.
Macy was on time, sweet, and called me the day before to go over the plan.

ANDREAS RENTSCH, PHOTOGRAPHER: 10. But waiting on the proofs. Andreas is a photojournalist and arrived at my home with his wife who is his assistant photog. They were professional and he was snapping in color and BW all over the place. I think he enjoyed our family; we had a blast!

ULTIMATE CLASS LIMO: Again, higher than 10. These limos were gorgeous. We had a regular limo, an X-type Jag, and '57 Bentley. The 'wedding coordinator' was the driver who did everything from help me into the car, hold my bouquet, fluff my gown, and keep Dad calm in the Bentley. The ride to the church was great.

S&S TUXEDO. 7 Okay but my dad's tux was wrong when he picked it up on Thursday. He had to go back to Hicksville. It was kinda his fault cause he ran out sans trying it on first.

ELEGANT EATING: 10. Elegant Eating is in Hauppauge and it's great. They catered my at-home shower and some snacks for between church and wedding.

WEATHER!!! 10! It was great out and we even got outside for some shots.

I think that's it. Oh, I recommend St. Maarten to all. We explored all over the Dutch and French side. Have a guavaberry colada for me if you go!!!!!

I WILL POST PICS SOON! JUST GETTING TO SEE SOME!

DCSAAB06 Posted: Mar 30, 2005 12:21 PM+

DCSAAB06 MEMBER SINCE: 8/04 TOTAL POSTS : 4347 WEDDING DATE: Apr 28, 2006

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 12:21 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

Congratulations!

Thanks for the review and happy to hear that you day was great!

Post your pictures when you can as Im sure we all look forward to seeing!

Lots of luck to you both!

kissy27 Posted: Mar 30, 2005 02:19 PM+

kissy27 MEMBER SINCE: 4/04 TOTAL POSTS : 10930 WEDDING DATE: Mar 31, 2006

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 02:19 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

congrats!! Glad you had an amazing day!! Can't wait to see pictures!

VS11 Posted: Mar 30, 2005 03:01 PM+

VS11 MEMBER SINCE: 1/05 TOTAL POSTS : 3241 WEDDING DATE: Jan 01, 2012

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 03:01 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

congrats..I cant wait to see how beautiful you looked....

mcaula Posted: Mar 30, 2005 03:50 PM+

mcaula MEMBER SINCE: 5/04 TOTAL POSTS : 1921 WEDDING DATE: Aug 26, 2005

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 03:50 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

CONGRATULATIONS Can't wait to see pics

Soon2BMrsA Posted: Mar 30, 2005 04:42 PM+

Soon2BMrsA MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 2855 WEDDING DATE: Jun 18, 2005

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 04:42 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

Congrats! Sounds like everything went great!

Dom n Nic Posted: Mar 30, 2005 05:12 PM+

Dom n Nic MEMBER SINCE: 10/04 TOTAL POSTS : 3589 WEDDING DATE: Aug 30, 2012

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 05:12 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

congrats ---hurry and post some pics

dm24angel Posted: Mar 30, 2005 06:20 PM+

dm24angel MEMBER SINCE: 2/04 TOTAL POSTS : 8533 WEDDING DATE: Mar 11, 2005

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 06:20 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

YEAH! Im so glad it was perfect..weather included, I know how much me and you worried about our weather!

The Watermill does truly do an amazing job! Who was your Maitre'd and bridal attendant?

Congrats! Glad you enjoyed your HM..welcome back MRS!

tonia1001 Posted: Mar 30, 2005 06:21 PM+

tonia1001 MEMBER SINCE: 4/04 TOTAL POSTS : 1163 WEDDING DATE: Oct 01, 2005

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 06:21 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

CONGRATS!!! sounds like you had a great day!

May05Bride Posted: Mar 30, 2005 07:38 PM+

May05Bride MEMBER SINCE: 10/03 TOTAL POSTS : 4006 WEDDING DATE: May 29, 2005

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 07:38 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

CONGRATS!!!!!

christy Posted: Mar 30, 2005 08:04 PM+

christy MEMBER SINCE: 1/02 TOTAL POSTS : 6763 WEDDING DATE: Apr 18, 2003

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 08:04 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

CONGRATS LANA!!!!!!!! Your wedding day sounds just perfect. I wish you the best, and I cant wait to see pics!

jozieb0925 Posted: Mar 30, 2005 08:14 PM+

jozieb0925 MEMBER SINCE: 7/04 TOTAL POSTS : 3418 WEDDING DATE: Nov 10, 2010

Posted: Mar 30, 2005 08:14 PM

Re: My 3/19/05 Beautiful Watermill Wedding! :)

Hi Lana,

I can't believe how quickly your day came!!!! It sounds like you had a perfect day. Tell Dan I said 'Hi' and congrats to you both!!! I can't wait to see your pics!