R&P Wedding Update: The Venue Hunt

Huge thanks to everyone who has so kindly offered their moral support, help, and services!

The main issue now is trying to find a venue. Seeing as how May is peak wedding season and there’s only 3 months… EVERYWHERE is booked!

Last night R&P were able to find 1 place available for May 14th, but being the same night as P’s religious services, half the guests would not make the wedding including the co-officiant.

So if you know of a venue in the RGV that is available on a Saturday or Sunday between May 8-23, please, please, please let us know. Thanks!

HELP!

Ok… so some very close friends of mine R&P were set to get married two weeks before Luke and I, on May 15th. They had everything set. A beautiful wedding for 350 guests at a new ballroom that was providing gold and fuchsia linens, the dj w/ lighting, a photographer and videographer, cake and catering. The Works!

Well 3 weeks ago, P decided she wanted to change something aesthetically and she gives the venue a call. No answer. She calls back the next day. No answer. She calls back nearly everyday until finally she gets an automated message saying the number is disconnected.

Now thoroughly concerned, her and R go to the other venue also managed by the same people yesterday. They meet with the building owner and he informs them that this supposed “wedding company” no longer is renting from him and has apparently made off with several couples’ money and has left no forwarding info.

So R&P now have nothing but a wedding dress and an officiant and have lost 25% of their wedding budget to this crooked company. Needless to say they are thoroughly distraught and don’t have any clue how to pull this off.

So I am turning to you my dear followers and wedding peeps. We have 3.5 months and need to pull off an amazing wedding of their dreams on dimes and pennies. I know it is possible… I have faith. And I am asking that if you are a wedding vendor or lover of making people happy, please contact me with anyway you can help this dear couple.

We can use anything so please just let me know what you can offer as regards info, discounts, etc. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart!

Amendment: for those of you wondering… the wedding is scheduled to take place in McAllen, TX which is in the southern tip of the state in a region called the Rio Grande Valley. And they are needing help with everything! They lost everything but their dress, rings, and officiant.

Specifically:

Venue

Cake

Rentals (Tables, Chairs, Linens)

Drinks

Possible Catering

Photographer

Flowers

Favors

Centerpieces

Paper for Invitations (thanks to Lauren & Grey Moggie for handling the rest!)

Of course if you have any other ideas that would be great too! Thanks a bundle

Grand Finale Winner & a Special Sale

I can’t believe the day is here… the last winner…

When I was reading all the wonderful comments on the finale giveaway, I wanted to help with everyone’s wedding. You guys have some amazingly awesome events planned and it would be so fun to collaborate with all of you to make them unforgettable. Of course though I can only giveaway one free consultation package right now. And I am constantly thankful for dandy tools like random.org so that I don’t have to make those decisions…

So before I say which sweet bride I will be working with I want to let all other entrants and anyone who will contact me before March 1st, that I am going to offer you all a very special discount to work on your weddings.  I know that each of you all have very specific needs for your wedding and some will require more help than others. So my rates vary depending on your needs and budget. But I do have a basic guideline of the cost of my services and will more than happily supply these to anyone interested. This also includes my design work like the custom wall art and decorations or invitation suites.

So if you contact me before March 1st, I will give you 30% off any services you may need. This can be up to a $750 savings on my complete package! So just let me know what you are in the need for

But as for the winner of the 3 free consultation sessions with Mismikado Creations…

random.org chose entry #6:

Tiffany – “Wow I love it. So why us….. Well we are getting married November 13, 2010 in the amazing city of San Francisco!!! I can’t believe it is coming up so soon! But I am still lost when it comes to color scheme and of course I need to pick out some invitations and well everything really. We just booked the venue but have so much to do now. I really want to create a wedding that everyone will remember and be talking about for years to come. I know I want to go with some kind of San Francisco theme especially since we are getting married on Fisherman’s Wharf but I don’t know what or how to incorporate this theme without it being cheesy! Oh and it is our 10 year anniversary also! Ok I really need help “

Congratulations girl! I already have some great ideas for you and can’t wait to get started. I will be emailing you shortly!

And a HUGE thank you to everyone who made this Blogiversary Celebration so amazing! Always remember that I’m here to help you all so just shoot me an email explaining your situation and I can see what i can do

Cake and a dandy little topper

So we went on 3 cake tastings yesterday. 2 were automatically out b/c their cake was not yummy and they weren’t comfortable making the style of cake we were wanting. But then we fell in love…

I give you….

Honey’s Cakes by Nancy Cortez

Her butter cream frosting was amazing! It was so light and delicious… and all her flavors were to scrumdidily umptious

Plus she can design like nobody’s business. She spent and hour and a half with us design an amazing 5 tier wedding cake that was a hybrid between these cakes….

We picked two tiers of banana and creme cheese, two of italian creme with raspberry mousse, and one with mandarin and pineapple filling for mom

Then we selected a grooms cake featuring chocolate with strawberries and creme that looks like the bottom two tiers of this one…

Add in two sheet cakes that will match each cake in design and flavor and we have all our cake for $900 with tax and delivery. We are so happy but we do have one more tasting on the 27th. At that point we will decide between the two and book before March.

Plus we finally found and bought our cake topper!

I was parousing through the premiere issue of Get Married magazine when I saw these adorable lovelies…

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Not only were they only $16 but they are salt & pepper shakers so they don’t even count as a wedding expense since we will use them at home later. Score! And if they are too noticable, I can always cover the holes with a little veil and top hat

What cake finds have you guys had?

Just Wright Boutique Giveaway Winner

I cannot believe I am posting this a whole day late O_O

I’m so sorry everyone… but hey you get to hear about two winners in one day :-/

So without any further delay the winner of the choice of any one of Just Wright Boutique’s Wedding Guest Book Boxes is…

Megan aka Miss Guinea Pig on Weddingbee

Congratulations! Hope this rocks your socks off!

Inspired Goodness Giveaway

So as I’ve already told you all… I am a huge fan of Inspired Goodness…

And they are offering an amazing giveaway right now for Free Event Design services for one special NYC based couple.

So if you are a NYC reader please enter to work w/ this amazing team!

Florrie Mitton Giveaway Winner

I know many of you were holding your breath about this one and I honestly wish I could make everyone of you a winner….

But…

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So today I give you the winner of one of Florrie Mitton’s amazing garters…

Laura Kuntz!

Congratulations! And I’ll be emailing you shortly…

And only 2 more giveaways left folks… enter fast!

Messages of Passion by Angelika Liv Bolero Winner

Here is the announcement you have all been waiting for…

And Random.org has spoken…

That means a huge congratulations goes out to Amanda B. Young @ Swoon Over It! I’m so happy for you

And thanks to everyone who entered! There’s still a few more prizes left so be sure to enter for them…

Miss Erika’s Giveaway Winner and Other Tid Bits

So for starters I just want to say that the winner of 12 Sugar Diamante Flowers from Miss Erika’s is…

Cupcake Wedding who said “I like the green gum paste. Everything in my wedding has leaves– even my wedding dress is covered in white leaves.”

Congratulation! I will pass your email onto Erika tonight

On another note… sorry I’ve been so quiet :-/

But I will make it up to you all with an awesome update on the groomsmen attire and our Friday cake tasting extravaganza And my first go at a pre-wedding cleanse/diet…

So stay tuned folks

Celebration Plates & Stamp Out Winners

Sorry it’s so late… CRAZY DAY! I’m starting to really hate mondays :-/

But I just wanted to announce that Dabney won the gift certificate to Celebration Plates and Lauren won the Stamp Out Self-inking stamp.

Congratulations girls! Please email me asap w/ your mailing info so I can pass it on to the respective sponsors. Otherwise I will contact you all tomorrow afternoon…

Thanks for being patient everyone! I love you kindly