I want one!!  We have to have Verizon because it just gets better service out here.   

YAY!  I'm happy you got to cross that off of the list.  And everything else is falling into place.  Now let's see pics!!

Mikla

 
This is very good news!!!!   This was we will know it will be right. 

Both are gorgeous. But that second one is such a classic! I love it. Makes me want to get married all over again.

I hope we get to see some kind of pictures!!!   Lil' Baloooo will be your something blue.   

Sounds good - we had I think 60 people at our wedding and it was great. Enough to make it a heck of a party, but not so many people that we didn't have time to talk with everyone.

If you haven't already chosen a venue, may I suggest that you pick one with a person limit round about your own upper limit? When we actually got to sending invitations, we'd have got carried away in spite of our good intentions if it wasn't for the fact we could only fit 60 people in our reception venue.

I've found the shoes - not quite as casual as the promo photo; but I'm not a cute little 20-something, either.



I'm still waiting on my sis to see what she wants  to wear.  I've also decided to coordinate the other bridesmaids by length, color and fabric, but not style.  It's all by the same design house to make things easy. Colors are Riviera sky and Lettuce.  There are number of dresses where a secondary color(lettuce) can be chosen, but not that I can show from their website.  Examples below in chiffon and satin:



My sis (MOH) is 59, and my other two bridesmaids are both stepdaughters by different Dads.  They are 30 and 15, so we have quite an age range.   

Would it be goshe to give the shoes and handbags that match the dresses as brides' gifts to her girls?  Two out of 3 are on the east coast USA.  It's quite an expense for them to even attend, let alone participate in a wedding party on our west coast.  The cost of those items would easily be a night's stay in a decent hotel. 

The youngest is from our new family and will be moving back in with us after the school year ends,  so I'd cover all those expenses, anyway.  We plan on finding her dress over Christmas break, while she is visiting here.

I do too, Mikla.  I could see the yougsters both in that chiffon with fancy beaded thong type sandals.  The satin is more my sister's style, especially since she could get a 3/4 sleeve jacket that would match mine (they don't make the long sleeve version any more). 

I'll just have to see what they all want to do. 

Could you pick the color and let them pick their dress style? 

Just one note on the colours: I suspect the photos are photoshopped to change the dress colour (look at the fall of the pleats and the shadows: totally identical in the sky blue or lettuce images). There's nothing wrong with that, but the colour chosen may not match the real one, so ask to see a sample!!!

This is the hotest thing right now!!!  Bridesmaid dresses in the same color and different styles.   You are going to be so cutting edge!!!   

My cousin had a piper at her wedding in NYC last month. I saw the video, it was amazing. He played Highland Cathedral while she walked up the aisle. As the bridal party reached the altar, the organist joined in. It was one of those moments that made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up (in a good way).

Just a thought - if you find a community of ex-patriot Scots, you can pretty much guarantee there will be one who can play the pipes and might do it for fun and a dram, rather than a fee. (Check to see if s/he's any good first...)

Remember, if you have a piper, you need to give him a dram of malt whisky in a quaich when he's done.