12/3/05- Harrison House, High Voltage, Cosmetic Artistry, Jacqueline, and so much more!

This is going to be a long one, so bear with me. ****Most of the pictures of this thread were taken by my extremely, talented brother in law. He's amazing.**** I promise to post Duet's proofs as soon as I get them.

First my Mom, Dad and family- A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I cannot even begin to tell you how much they did for us to make this the most amazing planning experience/ day of our lives. Without them, their love, support, advice, ideas, time, the thoughtfulness they put into my shower and wedding, we would be up a creek without a paddle. People say that weddings show you who your true friends are and I’m lucky enough to say that my family showed me just how great they all really are.

LIweddings.com-
Where do I even begin. My sister stumbled across this site when I first got engaged telling me all about her addiction to it and I just didn’t see myself as being one of those people since I was planning it in Virginia………….yea, right! I absolutely loved everything I learned, gained, and found out about Long Island just by using this site. Every single vendor I used was recommended by former brides and I felt like you all did the hard work and I got to benefit from your shopping around ? Thank you Ron and Liz for developing such a great site and for all the girls who helped me out during the whole process, we are eternally grateful! Tip: First off, get addicted. I’ve read so many people talk about their families not getting involved, not wanting to hear about the wedding, etc. etc. but on LIW you ALWAYS have women (and men) to share in your excitement! Use LIweddings wisely- always, always, always search the boards when considering a vendor. Sometimes you’ll get a really good/ bad vibe by doing that alone. Befriend people who are using your hall. You get some great ideas from them about how they are using the space, cool things they’re doing, questions you forgot to ask your banquet manager, ways they are setting up the room, perks you can ask for that others have. They can be such a great source of information, its unbelievable.

Bonwit INN- Commack- A- Shower- This place was absolutely beautiful and the food was delicious! It was a perfect place that fit 32 people perfectly. But, it was like a sauna along the window side so just make sure they have the air conditioner pumping in order to keep people cool. We played Bingo, Scratch off games, and multiple choice questions about how DH and I would answer questions about ourselves, such as 'What is Jim's favorite meal prepared by Danielle?' or 'What does Danielle describe as her favorite date?' And then the guest get to choose the right answer. It was so much fun!!!! See 2nd picture below

Sandstone Invitations.com- A- STD magnets
A year later its still clinging to the frig so its got some staying power. Great prices too and so many people thought it was so cute! TIP: We put them in people’s xmas cards the year before which saved us some money on stamps. Also, I know another handy bride just got the magnet paper from staples and made their own. REALLY easy to do, it seems to just insert picture and type of what you need to type up. Now, a different tip to keep in mind….we sent our STD’s out a whole year early….please be careful about this because you have no idea how your life changes in a year as do relationships and we wound up inviting 20+ people that we were no longer friends with because we had sent them out an STD a year in advance (we had since moved 2 ½ hours away so no longer saw the old neighborhood people anymore)