Wedding

If you have any questions about our wedding information, or are wondering about one of the vendors, or would like pictures of any of it, feel free to leave me a comment with your question, or leave me your email and I will gladly get back to you!



Ian proposed to me on September 29, 2007 and we immediately dove into wedding planning. 




I opted to rush the planning so that we could get married the summer before I started law school, as opposed to trying to plan our wedding during law school.  Good decision?  Yes!  We were married on June 21, 2008 during a beautiful ceremony in North Bethesda, MD and it was followed by an amazing, fun night filled with dancing and laughing with all of our friends and family in Washington, DC.  I can honestly say, our wedding day was filled with so many special moments that they still bring tears to my eyes.















I documented a lot of the planning on this blog.  I shared the names of all of the vendors we met with, the venues we looked at, and the ideas that went into planning our special day.  I've compiled a very short list of various things on this page.  If you're looking for more detailed information, I suggest looking in the archives anytime between October 2007 and July 2008 for countless posts about our wedding.  There are a ton of resources and advice that helped us throughout the process.

PLANNING TIMELINE

Ever wonder how many appointments go into planning a wedding?  Here's our list of appointments, deadlines, and all of the vendors we met with.

09/29/07 - Ian Proposes!!
09/30/07 - The Planning Begins!
10/13/07 - Visit Reception Sites
10/14/07 - Register at Crate and Barrel
10/18/07 - Day off to Visit Reception Sites
10/20/07 - Hitched for Dresses and Dinner with Jeremy and Kim
10/21/07 - Creative Cakes for Tasting
10/23/07 - Bridal Images for Dresses
10/27/07 - Distinctive Designs for Dresses
10/28/07 - Absolute Entertainment for DJ
11/01/07 - Cherry Blossom for DOC
11/05/07 - Carl Bower Photography
11/06/07 - KIAD Creations for DOC
11/08/08 - Jan Michele Photography
11/10/07 - Bridesmaid dress shopping with Maggie
11/12/07 - Elaine Studley Photography
11/13/07 - David's Bridal with Maggie for Bridesmaid Dresses
11/14/07 - Freed Photographery
11/16/07 - Lauren Arrives! and Meeting with Russell from Freed Photography
11/18/07 - Photo Session with Kim and Jeremy
11/21/07 - Engagement Session with Freed Photography
11/29/07 - Meeting with Chris Laich
12/09/07 - Interview Marc Wilner - DJ
12/12/07 - Deadline for all Bridesmaid Dresses to be Ordered
12/31/07 - Bed Bath & Beyond Registry
2/02/08 - Wedding Band Shopping
2/06/08 - DaVinci's Florist
2/12/08 - Normandie Farm Restaurant for possible rehearsal dinner
2/16/08 - Cakes in Style Cake Tasting
2/17/08 - An Elegant Invite and Custom Cake Design Tasting
2/24/08 - Attendant Gift Shopping
3/02/08 - Upper Crust Cakes Tasting
3/04/08 - Westin Grand Tasting
3/08/08 - Pre-Cana Day 1
3/15/08 - Pre-Cana Day 2
3/17/08 - 3 Year Anniversary
4/07/08 - Pick out Flower Girl's Dress
4/18/08 - Sairra Lax for Makeup Trial
4/19/08 - Perez Salon for Hair Trial
4/22/08 - Meet with Priest
5/05/08 - First Fitting
5/10/08 - Quick Makeup Trial with Sairra and Shopping for Hair Piece
5/13/08 - Meet with Priest
5/17/08 - RSVP Deadline
5/19/08 - 2nd Fitting
5/20/08 - Meet with DOC - Erin!
5/27/08 - 2nd Tasting at Westin Grand
5/28/08 - Get Nails Did
5/29/08 - Meet with DaVinci's to go over Flowers
5/31/08 - Bridal Shower and Bachelorette Party!
6/03/08 - Meet with Russell from Freed
6/04/08 - 3rd Fitting
6/06/08 - Walk-through at the Westin and Sex and the City Movie with Girls
6/07/08 - Ian's Bachelor Party; make seating cards, menus
6/10/08 - Final Fitting
6/11/08 - Nail appointment
6/13/08 - Meet with Music Director
6/14/08 - Hair Appointment and Ian's Family Arrives
6/15/08 - Last minute details
6/16/08 - Last minute details
6/17/08 - Last minute details
6/18/08 - Hand over Materials to Erin
6/20/08 - Get nails done, Rehearsal and Dinner
6/21/08 - WEDDING!!!!!:)
6/23/08 - Leave for Honeymoon in Greece
7/06/08 - Home from Honeymoon

WEDDING VENDORS

Here is a list of all of the wedding vendors that made our day so special. (Here is the link to a page with all of the vendors we used, and their websites).


Alabasters Limousines - Bride and Groom's transportation
Atlantis Imagery - videographer
Cherry Blossom Weddings and Events
Chris Laich - We used Ray
DaVinci Florist - all flowers and centerpieces
Distinctive Designs Bridal - wedding dress
Freed Photography - Russell Cosner
Georgetown Prep's Chapel - Our Lady of Lourdes
Perez Salon and Day Spa - Michael Sr. for hair
RMA Limo - buses for guest and wedding party transportation
The Westin Grand - for the reception
Upper Crust Wedding Cakes
Vista Print - for save-the-dates printing

WEDDING RESOURCES
 
If you're looking for resources in the Baltimore/DC area, these are links to places that really were useful.