This post is long over due but dah welp! My life has been a ROLLER-COASTER to say the least since 2016 began. But in May of 2016 , this ma'am got MERRIED!!! Yes MERRIED!
Quick Breakdown :
My Dress : ordered offline
Our Hair : Annoited Hands, Amber Davis
Bridesmaids :Designed and made by Bianca Loren
Make Up : Brianna( myself and a few bridesmaids ), Some Mac Workers, Some bridesmaids
Groom & Groomsmen : Savvy
Flower Girl : Etsy
Flappers : Halloween Customs Online
Little Men : Belk & their closets (lol)
Brides Mother : David's Bridal
Grooms Mother : Dillards
All Decoration & Floral arrangements : I Do ... Creations with a little help from my husband
Wedding Director : Mrs. Milicent
Wedding Coordinator : MIL
Cocktail Hour Set : Tina
Ok so my wedding was a big one. We had about 440 people there. Planned for 500, so we were in the clear on setting! The great thing is a lot of people who RSVP'd didn't show and A LOT of people that didn't RSVP came in folds hunny. LOL. We would've been assed OUT if everyone showed up. Our theme was Old Hollywood and I think we achieve it very well. This was a collective family creation but all hats go off to my sister in Law with I Do ... Creations and my husband. I wasn't stressed out until the month of the wedding and I didn't actually cry until the day before the wedding at the reception hall. The only time I cried on my wedding day is when my sister in law - who created my bouquet - brought it to me in the room. Yup - I broke right on down and my bridesmaids did too. LOL. My wedding was everything, from the wedding party being filled with friends - turned family - to my wedding reception turning into an old high school All Occasions ( a place we used to have parties back in the day ) party. I twerked my life away! So that's about all I have to say about the wedding. Oh wait - a few tips to help upcoming brides - other than know your budget up front
1. Get a wedding planner ( like an actual book lol) ,wedding coordinator, wedding director, and a decorator. All these need to be separate unless you have a wedding coordinator that has a team of people. This saved my life. I didn't have to worry about my decorator telling us how to line up, or my wedding director steaming dresses. NO NO NO! Everyone has a role and let them play just that role.
2. DIY ... DON'T. Now my husband created some pieces for our wedding BUT he builds things for
our home all the time. If you have never created this masterpiece you are trying to create for your wedding, oooorrrrrrr your wedding decorator is super new to the game ..... DON'T. I have yet to see a great DIY wedding from super new people. This isn't any shade to anyone but just because we watch HGTV all the time don't mean we can build a house hunny. I stood by this rule and I didn't DIY anything, hell my hand writing is horrible. LMAO!!
3. GREAT A REAL FLORIST! I don't think you guys hear me well ..... I SAID GET A REAL DAMN FLORIST!!!! Stop with the hobby lobby bundles. I CAN'T!!!!! It's actually not that expensive to have a REAL FLORIST create a few center pieces and your bridal parties flowers. My flowers were all hand created. Nah - I didn't say they were all real .. lol .. what I did say was they were all hand created. Our flower arrangements for the wedding party were all hand created - my mother even had hers made onto her bracelet. Just .... ya'll I'm tired of seeing the little candle floating in the water, then the vast with the weird one plastic flower or a bundle of hobby lobby flowers in a vase. You deserve better. You really do.
There is a lot more things I could go on and on about but you can email me about it. Enjoy some photos of the wedding below and everyone I listed above are real deal traveling businesses, some have been in the game for over 15 years.
out of 1200 photos .... aint nobody got time for that lol ...
wait wait wait ,.. my reception dress :
xoxox
Saafiyah
Quick Breakdown :
My Dress : ordered offline
Our Hair : Annoited Hands, Amber Davis
Bridesmaids :Designed and made by Bianca Loren
Make Up : Brianna( myself and a few bridesmaids ), Some Mac Workers, Some bridesmaids
Groom & Groomsmen : Savvy
Flower Girl : Etsy
Flappers : Halloween Customs Online
Little Men : Belk & their closets (lol)
Brides Mother : David's Bridal
Grooms Mother : Dillards
All Decoration & Floral arrangements : I Do ... Creations with a little help from my husband
Wedding Director : Mrs. Milicent
Wedding Coordinator : MIL
Cocktail Hour Set : Tina
Ok so my wedding was a big one. We had about 440 people there. Planned for 500, so we were in the clear on setting! The great thing is a lot of people who RSVP'd didn't show and A LOT of people that didn't RSVP came in folds hunny. LOL. We would've been assed OUT if everyone showed up. Our theme was Old Hollywood and I think we achieve it very well. This was a collective family creation but all hats go off to my sister in Law with I Do ... Creations and my husband. I wasn't stressed out until the month of the wedding and I didn't actually cry until the day before the wedding at the reception hall. The only time I cried on my wedding day is when my sister in law - who created my bouquet - brought it to me in the room. Yup - I broke right on down and my bridesmaids did too. LOL. My wedding was everything, from the wedding party being filled with friends - turned family - to my wedding reception turning into an old high school All Occasions ( a place we used to have parties back in the day ) party. I twerked my life away! So that's about all I have to say about the wedding. Oh wait - a few tips to help upcoming brides - other than know your budget up front
1. Get a wedding planner ( like an actual book lol) ,wedding coordinator, wedding director, and a decorator. All these need to be separate unless you have a wedding coordinator that has a team of people. This saved my life. I didn't have to worry about my decorator telling us how to line up, or my wedding director steaming dresses. NO NO NO! Everyone has a role and let them play just that role.
2. DIY ... DON'T. Now my husband created some pieces for our wedding BUT he builds things for
our home all the time. If you have never created this masterpiece you are trying to create for your wedding, oooorrrrrrr your wedding decorator is super new to the game ..... DON'T. I have yet to see a great DIY wedding from super new people. This isn't any shade to anyone but just because we watch HGTV all the time don't mean we can build a house hunny. I stood by this rule and I didn't DIY anything, hell my hand writing is horrible. LMAO!!
3. GREAT A REAL FLORIST! I don't think you guys hear me well ..... I SAID GET A REAL DAMN FLORIST!!!! Stop with the hobby lobby bundles. I CAN'T!!!!! It's actually not that expensive to have a REAL FLORIST create a few center pieces and your bridal parties flowers. My flowers were all hand created. Nah - I didn't say they were all real .. lol .. what I did say was they were all hand created. Our flower arrangements for the wedding party were all hand created - my mother even had hers made onto her bracelet. Just .... ya'll I'm tired of seeing the little candle floating in the water, then the vast with the weird one plastic flower or a bundle of hobby lobby flowers in a vase. You deserve better. You really do.
There is a lot more things I could go on and on about but you can email me about it. Enjoy some photos of the wedding below and everyone I listed above are real deal traveling businesses, some have been in the game for over 15 years.
out of 1200 photos .... aint nobody got time for that lol ...
wait wait wait ,.. my reception dress :
Saafiyah
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