1. The DJ - he sucked and didn't have a lot of the songs I specifically requested a month in advance 2. The photographer - family friend, should have gone with a pro
Loved... The food. Everyone said it was the best ever. The location. It was sort of destination since it was 90ish minutes from home at a winery. It was gorgeous, fall colors, and just very us.
Change... A drunk male family member who made inappropriate comments to much younger female family members (who were on my other side or my h's, not his) then fell into some grape vines and ended up needing stitches... Ugh.
Wish I had been close friends with the people who I am with now so I would have invited them.
Loved: 1. My photographer was stellar and caught all the great memories. 2. Everything. It really was a wonderful day.
Changed: 1. My videographer was sort of a family friend...and did everyone's wedding videos for the little church I went to. But she was just OK....The good thing is that she did zero editing so I can basically relive the day anytime I pop in the DVD. She wasn't expensive either.
2. I would have involved DH a little more. He really wanted things done differently and was hurt with me for a long time that he didn't have more involvement. It caused some stress in our marriage that re-surfaced again in 2014.
I think it goes without saying that my H is my favoritest part, but...
Loved (in no particular order) 1. My photographer (she's doing my maternity and newborn pictures too). She's a family friend who goes way back, but is actually a professional photographer, not just someone who did it as a hobby and made a little cash. 2. The food. 3. The fact that DH's brother married us.
Disliked (this is in order) 1. DJ. I wish we had a band, but we weren't sure we could afford it. Turned out, I was actually under budget when all was said and done. I was like, dammit! 2. The owner of the venue. He was an arrogant ass. But I wouldn't have changed the venue, it was gorgeous and cheap.
I honestly would probably do most things different. I was young and trying to make our wedding what I thought a wedding should be instead of what DH and I really wanted. At the end of the day we were married so it all worked out.
Post by HoneySpider on Mar 31, 2015 10:52:32 GMT -5
Loved: 1. Our church! It was on the campus of my alma mater 2. The food/reception venue in general (riverboat)
Would change: 1. DJ - I don't know what happened, but it was like a completely different person showed up. The guy we interviewed was cool, the guy who showed up was an asshole 2. Photographer - It's a long story but our original photog cancelled on us and we had to find a new one at a time when a lot were already booked. I knew we'd get some good photos from my BIL so I didn't want to spend $$$ (and at that point, couldn't because we'd already budgeted for original photog) but I feel like the guy we hired was kind of a waste. Honestly though, I haven't even done much with the photos, never made an album and only printed a few out. One of these days...
Changes: 1- I wish my dress had been altered to fit better. It was too loose and showed in photos. But I loved the dress itself.
I feel you. I, myself, thought my dress looked fine. It was on the long side and the dress store refused to alter it because of the lace. When I got to my hometown in the days before my wedding, my long-time alterations person, and family friend, said she would alter it. However, one of my bitchy friends still made a comment to some of my other friends that it was "obvious" I had lost weight or something after seeing the dress. Of course, that bugged me when I looked at the photos. I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise. Years later, I've decided that I feel like I looked beautiful and I FELT beautiful on the day of...and that was all that mattered to me.
Loved: -my dress and had confident I was in it. (I hat being the center of attention, and feeling beautiful in it defiantly helped.) -the DJ, he had everyone dancing until 1:30am when he was done and it was amazing. (DH and I also stayed until the bitter end.)
Would change: -I'll agree with everyone else that says that I'm disappointed in my photographer. She did a pretty good job and most of the pictures are amazing but she was late to get to my parents house in the morning, she lost my list of must have pictures, and she took forever to get me the pictures after wards.
Loved 1. My dress. I would have changed the neckline a little, but overall I loved it. 2. All the family that could make it. It waa fun having so many of them there.
Change 1. The venue. It was really the only place and the A/C was overheating. 2. Probably the photographer. The did a good joc, bit I've seen others that I like better.
Post by estrellita on Mar 31, 2015 17:46:00 GMT -5
-Having all my friends and family in one place having a great time -The personal touches.. my mom, aunt and sister made a ton of things and we picked non traditional music. I loved it all!
-I would have pushed a little more to get pictures I wanted. We got going to pictures late (and not because of me!) and we got no pictures with the ring bearer and only a few with the junior bridesmaid. I love our pictures but I'm sad we missed out on those pictures. -I would have made sure someone taped the speeches. We got the ceremony on tape but not the speeches
Post by wanderingenough on Mar 31, 2015 19:14:51 GMT -5
Loved:
1. Our cake - I'm not even a cake fan, but it was so purrrrty. 2. My bridesmaid dresses - I still adore them. Some of the bridesmaids, not so much!
Would Change: 1. Eat breakfast! I'm sure I've mentioned before, but I ended up with a severe migraine (vomiting and all). It definitely put a damper on the whole day. 2. Photographer - The pics are great, but she had a crappy attitude and H had to basically threaten to sue to get the pics. I ended up editing the majority in photoshop myself after she only did about 10 of them.
To be honest I can't really think of anything I would change. Everything was perfect!
Especially loved: 1) my photographer. She was and still is the best I've ever seen. She also did my boudoir pics 2) Food/venue/flowers/dress/tuxes/pastor/church/DJ etc
Could have changed; 1) One or two people in the wedding party if we are being picky lol!
1. I loved having our moms read a poem at the ceremony. 2. I loved the whole vibe. Everyone was so happy, the dance floor was full, and there was just so much love in the room!
I would have changed: 1. The weather. 102 degrees and humid. 2. Related to the weather, the photos. It was just too hot to be outside taking them in a heavy dress and tux so we have no really great photos of the two of us.