Ladies, The American wedding bash is SOON. Like, really soon all of a sudden, on September 11th. This is how I feel inside every time I have to go back to Michael's and buy MOOOOORE ribbon.

Hi Chatties!! Meet Bella!! (Bella means Beautiful in Italian)! She is a 100% pure bred Germen Shepherd :-) We picked her up last week. She is beautiful so we named her Bella (nothing that has to do with Twilight) She turned 10 weeks old this week and she is growing fast! We have wanted a dog for a long time, the price was right and when we met her we instantly fell in love with her. She is a little shy but playful.

Hi Ladies,

So while we all want and had perfect wedding days. There are bound to have been some things that we learned either after the fact or during the planning phase that we wished someone would have warned us about (whether we would have actually listened is another story)...So in the interest of helping another future bride avoid a situation we may have found ourselves in, why don't we each share our pearls of wisdom that we've learned or are learning along the way... Here's mine.

I am super excited! My fiance just bought us the Vera Wang Love Knots guest book! But has anyone seen the Vera Wang kissing bells? If anyone has these and they would consider selling them please contact me, this would totally complete the look! Yeah!

Ok, I know I'm already married, so that's one worry I don't have because I know what it's going to be like the day after. However, I flew home on Saturday and I miss my husband already, I've been doing DIY arts and crafts since I got here, been to Michael's and AC Moore like 5 times, Christmas Tree Shop 2x, only seen a fraction of the people I want to see, and have eaten clamboil once (bridal diet?). AND I HAVE NOT GONE TO THE BEACH YET!!!!!

Makeup appt was today, hair in Prov on Friday, shower in NPT on Sunday, booked day after shore dinner caterer (amazing deal fyi-- Christian's Catering in Westport), talked about husbands' US bachelor party (haha, bachelor party for a married man!!) with my boys... It's alot of work being home :-)!!!!! Accomplishing things, but suddenly feeling all like, very bridey, being home and it''s really exciting (except when I am in line at BJ's buying stuff for my OTT bags!!!! )

30 days exactly to go. Hope you other September Chatties are staying calm!!!! xx bb

Hey Ladies,

So is anyone thinking of having fake eyelashes done for their wedding? I chose not to and I think I really regret not doing so. I was afraid of not looking like myself and so never even tried to get them done, however since the wedding, I have seen pictures on various photographers blogs of brides and their eyes really do pop and I am convinced that they have fake eyelashes! (Yet they do not look "Fake" just really "Wow")!

So in the hopes that some of you don't feel the slight regret that I feel at not having done them, why not try them before the wedding, and get a picture of yourself with them on so you see how they look and then decide ...unlike me lol!

Anyone considering this or anyone actually did use them and can share your experience or photos???

Hi Everyone,

I have been lurking on this site for over a year! Terrible I know. I've replied to posts by others but only registered to be a blogger very recently. My fiance and I got engaged in December 2008. We live in Maryland but both have ties to RI (I went to Brown U and he went to boarding school at Portsmouth Abbey). We didn't start dating until years later however, but decided to have our wedding in RI given our mutual roots.

Our engagement lasted 18 months. We looked at places in Newport and Narragansett and settled on Narragansett for our wedding. Thanks to sites like this, I had an absolute blast planning our wedding and have been hooked ever since. We got married three weeks ago at the Village Inn in Narragansett and had our rehearsal activities and dinner in Newport at the Schooner Adirondack II and the Newport Blues Cafe. I can't seem to get enough of wedding planning it seems :-).

I'll post later on with a list of my vendors in case anyone is interested. Here is a link to our Photographer's blog featuring our wedding. Joseph Prezioso was our photographer and he was awesome! Check out his blog for anyone still planning:

http://josephpreziosophotos.com/blog/2010/07/soundia-konah-around-the-world.html

We also had some great engagement photos done in Newport in May 2008 by Julie Cumes who is also great. The photo below is me and my husband (married July 18th 2010) in Nantucket on our "minimoon".

Hi All! Wedding went well and it was a success! We had tons of fun and where grateful for all our friends from all over the country that were able to be there for our special day. For other news my now husband found a job back up here! Its just a 6 month contract job but its something, therefore my blogging fell behind right before the wedding since we had to move him home in very little time! Ill be going back to my old post and updating the content and reposting it :-) Ill also have some pictures of our wedding that our guests took and wonderful HM!

Here is some fresh news from Emily of Cabana Cabana Girl Events.

Emily says, "Cabana Girl Events is now producing docu-style Wedding Vignettes and Video Save the Dates!! The long, drawn-out wedding video is a thing of the past. We develop highly creative, HD vignettes that take an intimate look inside the couple's Big Day. All vignettes are individually tailored for each client's style and is set to music of the their choice.

We are now booking for 2011, and if you book a Wedding Vignette or Video Save the Date - along with a Wedding Planning Package you receive 25% off the wedding planning package of your choice - a great savings! Offer ends September 30th."

The first three brides that choose this option receive FREE "day of" planning from Emily!

Take a peek below at what the Wedding Vignette looks like, it's super cute!

You can reach Emily at: 401.391.7799