Children and E-Pics

As you know my FH and I will be taking e-pics sometime in the spring. We have been together for 10 years now and we have a cute little family which includes our two little girls. My FH and I had a discussion about whether to include our daughters in our e-pics. We think that this is kind of our time, we rarely have pictures of just us. I think that we could make it a date thing, get lunch and have our pics taken without restrictions, like if we want to have some touchy feely pics. Some people are saying that we should include the girls in our e-pics. I think that e-pcs should look like e-pics not a family portrait. I love my girls don't get me wrong but we just had family pictures taken at Christmas so I am not sure that it's necessary to have them in our e-pics. What would you do if you were in my shoes? We have made the decision not to include them in e-pics but I still want to hear your opinions.

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::E-Pic Outfit Ideas::

I mentioned here that we won a super fantastic engagement session with a really talented photography company. While I admire their photography we have come to the conclusion that we like two other photographers in our area better. We are now in the process of making a decision between the two of them.

Although we didn't choose Enigma Pro as our wedding day photographer, we still want to take the free e-pic session that we won from them. Since we won the contest I have been going over and over in my head about what I would wear. I love the e-pics with the brides in cute cocktail dresses but honestly that is just not me. I love my pants, I'm not a skirt or dress girl at all. I do want to have something dressy and sexy so check out what I have come up with and let me know YAY or NAY!

This is a definate outfit I already have something similar this one but just wanted to show you::

Ok now for the dressy outfit::
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I plan on rocking some cute pink or red heels with these outfits.

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Our Cake

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Saturday was the big cake tasting. I was both nervous and excited. I was nervous for three reasons:

1. My FH and I had not come to a decision about the design of the cake, we talked about it the entire one hour drive there.
   
2. The cake baker does not have a shop or a website so I had not seen any of her work. But she is well known throughout the area for her beautiful cakes.


3. We had no idea of what her price ranges were.
   

My FH and I decided to include our girls on this meeting, because they love cake and we wanted them to feel a part of the wedding planning process. Upon arriving at Mrs. Wilson's cute little house for some reason when she answered the door all of my worries kind of went out the door. She is an older lady with the sweetest voice. She had her dining room all set-up for our tasting, with her portfolio, cake magazines and water. I knew right then that it was going to be a painless process. We talked for about ten minutes as I asked her the necessary questions, like how long have you been making cakes, to which she answered 15 years. She was so awesome and very professional, she offered some references (but I don't need them because we love her). Next came the actual tasting. We knew we wanted different layers for each tier with fillings and buttercream because FH and I just don't like fondant and we don't believe in paying for something that will be peeled off the cake, NO THANKS!

He gave in and let me pick the design I wanted and he picked the actual cake flavors. So we will have a four tier cake with the bottom layer being a 12" square chocolate cake with strawberry filling, next will be a 10" round layer with Lemon cake with raspberry filling, then an 8" round layer with white almond cake and strawberry filling and last our "anniversary" layer will be one that I picked a 6" round lemon layer with strawberry filling. This cake will be enough to feed 150 people at around $3.53 per slice, which was definately in our budget and her work is AMAZING!!!

So here it is, I picked this design because I love the scroll work that is throughout the cake and we will be adding chocolate brown ribbon with a swarovski crystal bling initial topper.

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We Like to Eat!

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When you mention the word food my ears perk up like a puppy! My FH and I love to eat and we are total food snobs. We have date night usually once a week and we will try a different restaurant every week. We have tried everything from Brazilian food to east Indian food, and honestly we like it all. So when it came down to what kind of food we would have at the wedding we knew that it had to be something great and it would probably cost us a pretty penny to have exactly what we want. We really want our guests to have a great time and talk only good things about our wedding and the food that was served (there will no rubber chicken going on at our wedding). We have lined up meetings with three of the best caterers in our area and I cannot wait to meet with each of them to see exactly what we can get for our budget. The only thing that we know for sure is in order to save a few dollars we will go with a buffet instead if a sit down dinner. We will have it set up on a serpentine table with lots of decor so the presentation will be fabulous. I think its standard at every wedding to have two entree choices, one starch, one salad, & one veggie choice, what more should we include? Is food a big part of your budget or are you splurging on something else in your wedding? If you have already chosen your caterer, if so what is the final cost per person? I would love to hear some ballpark prices from some of you.

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Will You Write Them?

Happy Friday Ya'll!! My FH and I were discussing the vows last night and we came to the conclusion that neither of us want to write our own vows. I am too much of a nervous wreck in from of a lot of people as is so I was thrilled when he said we can stick to the traditional vows. I had to take public speaking in college and dropped the class twice because I could not get up there and do a speech without my voice shaking, my hands shaking and me sweating the biggest bullets that you've ever seen. I think that if we stick with traditional vows that I have to repeat I think I might be able to keep myself together (keep it short and sweet). So how many of you are writing your own vows and how many are sticking with the traditional vows?

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I Finally Found My Shoes!!!!

WoooHooo!! After a two week search high and low I finally found my shoes. My dress is ivory with gold threading and I wanted to play on the gold so I found the custest Carlos Santana Shoes at Macy's. I have flat feet and because of that my feet are wide and I was having such a hard time finding something that were comfy on my feet. I love these shoes they are super sexy, comfy and I can surely rock them again with a cute dress for date night or dress up a cute pair of jeans.

"Believe 2" By Carlos Santana

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The Bridal Party Fashion

My bridal party consists of my sister as my Matron of Honor, two of my cousins and my bf from high school as my bridesmaids. Dresses have been a little stressful for my sister because she is plus size and is very chesty oh and she mentioned the fact that she hates her arms:(. Two out of three of my bridesmaids are also chesty but not as big as my sisters "puppies" as she calls them. So my sister came up with a plan, that she would wear a dress with straps and the maids can wear strapless. I thought that it was a great idea, so that she can feel comfortable and beautiful. I also decided that as a gift I will buy all of them an ivory pashmina to have. Below I have matched up some beautiful dresses for my party, just some ideas I'm going to show my sister. Are any of your bridesmaids freaking out about their dresses?

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