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My 10/7/07 wedding! Burtons, Velvet STudio, Venetian Yacht Club, FM Entertainment, Cosmo NY, Pansy B...
Tatum&Steve Posted: Dec 27, 2007 07:15 PM+
Tatum&Steve MEMBER SINCE: 5/06 TOTAL POSTS : 2806 WEDDING DATE: Oct 07, 2007
Posted: Dec 27, 2007 07:15 PM bride-minus.png

My 10/7/07 wedding! Burtons, Velvet STudio, Venetian Yacht Club, FM Entertainment, Cosmo NY, Pansy Bloom, Barton Limo, Camelot Tux...etc! *************UPDATED VIDEO AND THANK YOU ON PAGE 3!

WOWSWERS! I debated even WRITING one because I was sad most 07ers have left…and I write a freaking BOOK! I hope it is not too long! Once I started I couldn’t STOP MYSELF!


Engagement
Well after dating my cutie pie for 5 years 3 months and 11 days, he finally popped the question. We got engaged in the middle of a dolphin swim! I am a dolphin freak so it couldn’t have been more perfect! THE Flipper brought me the ring! Do I really have to rate my engagement!? Couldn’t be rated in MY book!


LIW A+
Thank you soooo much! Not only was this site a HUGE HUGE MEGA help, it also brought me many laughs and many sleepless nights of addiction as well as many hours lost at work! ? It was so nice to talk to girls who understood me and related. I was happy to know I wasn’t the only one who was turning into a raving B1tch.



Shower A++++
My BM’s are AMAZING! The three of them mean so much to me that I couldn’t have imagined my wedding day without them. My MOH, Heather has been a dear friend of mine since High School and she is just an amazing lady! Devon I have known since we were like 7 and Diane and I have worked together for the past 10 years. We haven’t worked together since January but that hasn’t changed a thing.

Diane had just closed on her FIRST house in July and managed to have my SHOWER there a mere 2 weeks after she closed! Invitations were OUT before she even closed! How risky was THAT! On August 4th we planned to have a girls night/sleepover at her house to celebrate. WRONG!!! It was my SHOWER! I was TOTALLY SHOCKED and unprepared! I was SURE I had figured out my shower because my mom had sent me a decoy invitation for a party in Hampton Bays (my home town). I figured it would be out there where my mom lives and all…TOTALLY fell for it! It was an amazing feeling! It was a perfect day!!!! The weather was beautiful! Just amazing…

They took my beach theme and ran with it down to the favors. The favors were a HUGE hit and people asked me for another pair after the shower! They were so perfect! They even bought me an outfit for the day knowing I wouldn’t have any decent clothes for our ‘sleepover’!

– centerpiece

– flops

– flop close up

– invite

– sign in

– hat

Girls

Alana (NY031978) flew all the way out just for MY SHOWER! She is amazing…more about her later…




Bachelorette Party! A+++++
I am an easy kind of gal, I am happy just staying home having some beers and playing board games. I didn’t really want to go into the city for the expense and also it can be a bit far after several drinks. I was happy with a house party for a Bachelorette Party. And that is what I got, I was told to meet at Diane’s at a certain time with a $20 gift but I didn’t know what the plan was. They had made up games relating to our relationship and showered me with Bachelorette things! We had a great time and then we walked to the KARAOKE BAR just at the end of the block. I didn’t even know it was there because Diane had just moved in! The bar was a total dive but we had the time of our lives! We got to monopolize the microphones and the locals at the bar loved us! They probably haven’t seen that much excitement in a long time! No one had to drive or pay for taxi/limo’s, it was so much fun!


I don’t know what is going on here.


I have NEVER made a balloon animal in my life…but apparently I can when I am drunk!


And here is me the second we walked in stealing the microphone!


Now we are friends! – It looks like I am sticking out my boobs, but I was trying to show my shirt – my friends wrote ‘Mrs. Bon Jovi’ on the front!






PS – Me, Heather, Diane & my mom went there the night before my wedding for a drink and a few songs! They were all thrilled to see us! Lol! Mike the Karaoke guy gave us these cozies and INSISTED we take pics with them to promote his business! LOL Here are a few…








Bridal Party Gifts – A+++++
We had our rehearsal lunch at the Beach Tree in Islip near our church. The food was fine for a rehearsal, nothing great but it wasn’t like it was inedible. We didn’t want to go nuts on the cost for this.

As stated earlier, my girls have been with me a LONG time and they mean the world to me. I only had 3 girls and they are my most special friends and I wanted to splurge on them. I got them ADORABLE make up bags from www.bagetts.com HUGE FREAKING A +!!! The girls LOVED them and I had the ribbon personalized with our date and something special to them. Worth every penny.

Another gift I got them was video ipods. NONE of them had them (surprisingly) and had been wishing for one for a while. I had them engraved to read ‘I couldn’t have done it without you by my side.’ I could have wrote a book to them, but there is very limited space. The girls were truly shocked and very grateful. I was so happy to give them as they have gone above and beyond for me through this wedding process.

Here are my rocks!




Here are the make up bags and Ipods!




I think they liked them!



THEN I have them jewelry…that I made! So A+++++++++++ for ME! ? More on that later…

Groomsgifts - DH kind of went with my ipod idea and got ipods if they didn’t have them or an accessory like the ihome or something.



Save The Dates – A+
I ordered these through VistaPrint thanks to the Recommendation from fellow LIWers! After pulling my hair out over making my own for days…this was SIMPLE! I loved them.




Invitations and Misc. things from Tying the Knot– A+
Jenn from Tying the Knot in Renates. To be honest I am not sure she is around anymore, she was having a baby a few weeks after I picked up my invites and I haven’t seen her since. I also ordered my unity candle and personalized gifts for our ring bearer, flower girl and Junior Bridesmaid. All were great!















Personalized Stamps – www.zazzle.com A+
A HUGE Splurge but WAY worth it. Steve even loved them! We had to spend an extra .40 cents for each invitation because of the increments they sell it in. We had an oversized envelope so the standard wedding stamp wasn’t enough $$. They were a huge hit! Got tons of compliments on them and Steve loved the idea so his family that was out of state could see me before the big day! HUGE HIT!





NOW FOR THE BIG DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weather A++++
It was actually warm for an October day! The day before was like 80! Sunday was still warm, but cooler than Saturday thank goodness! We asked the Church to put on the Air Conditioning! Unfortunately they didn’t have air in our church, we didn’t even think of this when we were booking, who thought you would have needed it for an OCTOBER wedding! Our church was PACKED and we were ROASTING up there, but it was still amazing. Getting out of the church was a HUGE relief and it was getting breezy and cooler, it felt GREAT!



Shoes A+ for all!
Well lets see, overall I bought 4 pairs of wedding shoes and managed to wear 3 of them on my wedding day! It actually worked out perfect. I first when with this little hot number from www.shoebuy.com , but after putting them on I knew I couldn’t wear them all day with my back issues…what was I thinking! Lol I then went to a plain white Chinese slipper thinking that was best for my back. But there was NO support in them! Then I bought shoe number 3 and just weren’t comfy in them but loved them. Then I bought #4 from Craft Shoes in Commack. They were just plain Colorifics Dyeables and SURPRISINGLY I was very comfy in them and my back didn’t bother me that day. I wound up wearing the Colorifics for the church and reception and I wore the Chinese slippers for pictures because they had no heal to dig into the grass, and the hot little silver number was easy to slip on and off if my feet were showing in pics! Worked out pretty well!!!

Church/Reception Shoes


Shoebuy/Pic Shoe




My Jewelry
Well I bought my necklace/bracelet at Macy’s. I LOVED the necklace and was soooo pleased with it when I tried it at my last fitting, I felt it went with the dress so well because of the ‘scallop’ look to it. I had a very very hard time finding earrings, I wanted long dangly ones but found them to be too much with the whole look. My friend Diane was kind enough to lend me her Daisy earrings. These earrings mean the world to her and I was SHOCKED that she even offered. Well not really shocked that she would be so kind, just shocked knowing she would let them out of her site knowing how much they meant to her, which made it even more special. I got emotional as she put them on. She actually took them out of my ears at the end of the night at the reception! Lol! She wasn’t letting them out of her sight overnight! But none the less, it meant a lot to me and her as well that I wore them on my day.



Putting on the earrings…this was also the moment I felt like a bride!




Oh PS – for borrowed…my mom also bought me a garter and wore it for a few days to make it ‘borrowed’! LOL

While we are on the topic of BORROWED, lets cover OLD.



Old
Honestly I was going with my underwear as old because I couldn’t think of anything, my mom didn’t really have any real jewelry past down so I thought I was out of luck….TILL…my wedding day. My mom TRIED to give this to me in the very morning before everyone arrived. I was about to open it, till I saw Heather with the camera. I had JUST woke up and I looked like hell. I wasn’t ready for pictures. So I pushed it aside. We were running late and had to run out the door and we were like OH NO! MY OLD! So we opened it…..bad timing! HELLO, MAKE UP was just done! Inside was some fabric wrapped in a square and a poem explaining to me that this was the bonnet I wore when I came home from the hospital, and I was also Christened in it, it was then sewn together at the top to make a HANKIE FOR MY WEDDING DAY! Can you believe it! This was actually giving to my mother from her best friend when I was born. It was absolutely touching and I will never forget it. I will do the same for my best friends when they have children one day.













I kept it in a safe spot….




My Dress/New A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Burtons, Melville
It took me 9 months to find my gown. I had been to literally every store on LI and tried on close to 200 dresses. I probably tried to many on but I was never getting that ‘feeling’ and fearful that I never would. I had so many WANTS in a dress and fell in love with this dress FIRST, then realized it had all of my WANTS! Corset back was a must, strapless, SPARKLE, lace, beading, scallop bottom and a sash. The sash ‘want’ developed in my last few months of shopping. I found it at Lilettes in Baldwin but purchased it at Burtons in Melville. I had been to Burtons SEVERAL times to try on the same dresses and Carol was always patient with me as she laughed at me that I knew EVERY name of the Maggie gowns. I also found their alterations to be the cheapest. At the time of purchase, they were all selling it for the same price as it had just came out. Plus I work in the area so it was convenient. We also purchased our BM & FG dresses through her, they were discounted seeing as I bought mine there. My Dress is a Sottero & Midgley.









I REALLY LOVED MY DRESS!!!






BM Dresses – A+
I wanted something ‘beachy’, natural and simple and NOT satin. Our BM Dresses were $120 with my discount from Burtons! Couldn’t go wrong there! I think the dresses looked GREAT on all of my girls and they were very pleased with them as well. They were Jordan Dresses




FG dress was a Mori Lee. She loved it and felt like a princess!



And as stated earlier, I made the BM Jewelry so of COURSE an A++++ for yours truly!








Veil/Hairpins A+
Barrons – TriCounty. I was so worried about what would look good in my hair the day of with everything put together! I purchased a few different kinds of pins from Barrons to have the day of, at my last fitting, I put it all together and didn’t like the bigger ‘starfish’ looking pins, but the day of, they looked GREAT! My veil was beautiful, I loved it so much I wanted to wear it all day! I love that look! It was just what I wanted! My mom bought my veil and I just loved it!





Hair Pins






Tuxes – Camelot Tuxedoes in North Babylon A+
Steve wanted to stay as local as possible. We have driven buy this store so many times and seen the mannequin dressed for a holiday or with is life vest on in the rain and laughed each time! That was what brought us in, we thought he had some personality. Turns out we knew several people in common and one of them was our GM! Kevin is a SUPER nice and honest man. He does all is tailoring on the premises and takes pride in his work. It was a no brainer, we looked no where else. I loved the tuxes and they all looked GREAT in them! Kevin was so patient and helped us decide on colors. Highly recommended!!!!!!!!!





Hair – Roseanna Amador from Cosmo NY (LIW Vendor) – A++++++
Roseanna is a hair master! She was super sweet from the first phone conversation. She was ALWAYS great with talking over FM and returning phone calls. I think we chatted close to an HOUR the first time I spoke to her! So I went for a trial at her house and loved her. I booked her and all my girls plus my mom and flower girl. Last minute my mom PANICKED over her hair! I insisted she went for a trial with Roseanna but she just couldn’t. Roseanna was kind enough to call my mom and relaxed her and assured her she was in good hands. This really helped my mom. Everyone’s hair was AWESOME! I highly recommend Roseanna. She even recommended me to a great colorist at her salon a few weeks prior to color my hair! I was very pleased with her as well! I even found my Make-up artist through Roseanna! I loved my hair the day off and got tons of compliments on it. MUAH!!!!








Make up Artist – Michelle 631-533-8991 – A+++++
Michelle met me at Roseanna’s house the day of my hair trial to do my make up trial. I had my epics later that day so I thought I would get good use out of my make up! Well I LOVED IT! …Well not at first. I rarely wear make up and when I do I wear mascara and some very light eye shadow. At first I HATED It and thought it was too much. She told me to let it sit for a few minutes and to let Roseanna continue with my hair. After letting it ‘sink in’. I was very pleased. I think I just wasn’t used to seeing myself with make up and it was just a big shock for me. By the end of the trial I booked her and was VERY pleased with my epics AND the day of! Thank you Michelle!









Limo – Barton Limousine, Lindenhurst A+
DH wanted to book them as they were literally less then a mile from his house. He insists on staying as ‘local’ as he can. Anyway they actually had the cheapest prices in overtime and we knew we would need it. He was always helping me with my dress any second he could. He also put the OTHER limo in place when they decided to STOP AT 7 11
FOR BEER ON THE WAY TO PICTURES! I was FUMING and Pat told me to remain calm and he took care of it! Lol We were back on our way!




And here is the Champagne Shot!




Ceremony/Officiate A+++++++
I have to say my ceremony was so emotional! First of all Pastor Doug of the Islip United Methodist Church in Islip is great! We went to several churches because we wanted Steve’s father (a pastor) to be involved with the ceremony. Most churches gave us little wiggle room or none at all. Pastor Doug met with us and was so kind and generous. We were shocked because he basically gave us all the freedom and said he could basically do the entire ceremony! Steve and I went through the program and broke it up involving Pastor Doug as much as his father. We gave things such as the rings and kiss/announcement to Steve’s father. It couldn’t have been more amazing. My mom and brother walked me down the isle. Both of Steve’s sisters are singers and they both sang during our ceremony. His mom did a reading and we recognized our mom’s by giving them roses. The ceremony was FILLED with love and family and couldn’t have been more touching! It was a dream come true.

Dad & Pastor Doug









Sisters Singing












This is when we gave roses to our Mom’s.









Misc. ceremony pics..


Church was PACKED



First Kiss























Wedding Bands. A+
Steve got my engagement ring from Diamond City in NYC. We went back there for my wedding band. I LOVE THEM BOTH!
I got his at The Karat Shop off 110. They were nice there, infact, we just went back a few weeks ago. I couldn’t even get his ring on at the ceremony, we thought it was because it was 10,000 degrees in the church, but it turns out the ring was ¼ size smaller than what we ordered. So they just stretched it and were very accommodating.






And this is as far as it got in the church.




DJ – FM Entertainment, Frank A-
Frank was great from the beginning. At the time he was having trouble with his percussionist and I insisted on having one so it took a while to actually book with him. I wanted Frank but insisted on a percussionist. So the search began. I actually wound up finding a great percussionist thanks to DNicholos! She recommended Pat and so I passed the info to Frank an vualla! We booked. We went with a lot of bells and whistles, Frank also did a photo montage. The floor was packed and the music was great…(of what I can remember, but that is what the guests say!) Also the name plate with our dates was a big hit, everyone loved it! I gave Frank a minus for two reasons. I debated even picking on these two but hey, most of us brides are brutally honest, right? 1. – Several guests told me that as they entered the reception room Frank was not set up and the flat screen TV’s weren’t hung and were still in boxes…. And 2 is because of my photo montage. There was one very important picture to me that was landscape when it was supposed to be portrait, and there were several pictures that had heads cut off as well as people cut off. Frank seemed like he had difficulty playing it. It looked bad to me, but probably not anyone else, however, all the guests loved the montage. Sorry Frank, but as you even said to me, you have to be 100% perfect, but hey an A- isn’t bad! Thanks again!










Wedding Cake – F!
Audrey’s Bakery in Sayville. We got our cake through our hall. I spoke over the phone with the guy, picked up a sample, spoke of my selections and agreed on a cake. Most of the time we spoke over email. I wanted the SEA OF LOVE cake that was pictured on the website, there are several sea of love cakes but we spoke on the phone of the SPECIFIC one I wanted as well as over email. I spelt it out in black and white saying, ‘this is the cake I want’ and ‘this is the cake I do NOT’ want, and EVEN ATTACHED PICTURES. Well what do you know…I wound up with the HORRIBLE UGLY BLUE cake I HATED for the main reason being the color! I emailed him 3 DIFFERENT times since our wedding to try to find out what went wrong, and he never responded. I found this to be totally rude and unprofessional! I warned him I would write a bad review and I am true to my word. After expressing to many of my guests my distaste in our cake, they said ‘I was wondering why you would pick that color for a cake’…NUFF SAID!

(I just heard that the person I was dealing with is no longer there, this may explain why my cake was messed up) Bummer

I am not attaching pics as I HATE IT, if you see it in the background you have seen enough.



Grooms Cake – Cakes By Mona – A+ www.cakesbymona.com
I was NOT going to do a grooms cake as I thought it was a waste. But DH’s 40th birthday was 5 days after our wedding and I thought it should be recognized. So I immediately thought of my old friend Mona, we worked together for several years and I watched her creative talent blossom! Mona was more than happy to fit me in on her busy cake weekend! So after my speech to my girls and my guests I ended with a birthday song to DH. I had Mona make a replica of his boat. It was a big hit! Thanks Mona





Here are a few shots from my speech.




Then Steve said a few words to his buddies..




Florist A+ - Pansy Bloom, Plainview 516-433-0333 Marina
I met Marina one night at Max & Dunnes when I ran in to LIW correspondent Maria Marino. We recognized each other through from a LIW Bridal Expo and started chatting. She introduced me to Marina. I was actually just about ready to book with another florist but figured I would see what she had to offer. I can’t even tell you how many times I met with her and revised my contract in the end! Honestly more than 10. I had an idea for centerpieces but knew nothing for bo-k’s. I didn’t want the traditional roses or …can’t think of the name, those white flowers… and didn’t like that perfectly tight circle of flowers. Anyway I told her that flowers did nothing for me and I never saw a bo-k I was drooling over. She laughed at me and told me to get in her car. She actually took me to her warehouse where she gets all her flowers. We went into this HUGE freezing room of flowers and walked up and down every isle while I pointed at flowers I thought were pretty. She then grouped them together so I could see what it looked like and kept making changes till I was happy. She stopped by my office weekly many times and nearly every day at the end when we kept making changes. She was right down the road and always came to me – how often do you get a vendor that comes to YOU! I LOVED our flowers and loved the vibrancy of the yellow. None of my pro pics were color enhanced and they have the same vibrancy in guests pics. My flowers were just perfect and I couldn’t be happier! My centerpieces were TOTALLY original and I got TONS of compliments on them. Guests said they lasted for 3 weeks! I HIGHLY recommend you give her a meeting at least. THANK YOU MARINA! She is a phenomenal vendor! And a great lady!












Bo K Charm A++++ for me again as I made it!
I had made this special bo-k charm at the time I thought I had to put my cat, Dirt down. She is about 18 and was very sick. Everyone was telling me it was time to put her down before it got to close to the wedding. Well Steve INSISTED I took her to the vet just to get a check-up first. I kept delaying it because I just thought it was old age and they were going to tell me the worst. Well turns out she has anemia and has to be medicated every day! Which is so much better than what I was thinking! I am sooo thrilled, this cat means more to me than you can imagine. I am soooo grateful she is still with me. None the less, I used my bo-k charm as I wanted her there with me anyway! I would have strapped the rings around her neck and made her walk down the isle like Jinxy Cat if I could!




Here is a cute pic of her just cause I love her so dang much.




Cardbox DIY A++++ for me and Hubby!
So I found these 5 x 7 frames that SCREAMED beach. I THOUGHT at first they would be big enough because the frame was thick and would make up for it, but usually people get an 8 x 10 frame that has a thick border…so we improvised! Steve made a box and glued the frames onto it and we decorated the bottom with seashells and marbles! Good thing we made it bigger, we had over 200 guests and the box was STUFFED at the end of the night. ? At first I thought it was all a bit too much with the fabric on top, but I didn’t want to deal with it anymore. Too much stress, in the end, I was very pleased overall.






MENU’S & PROGAMS A+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Well thank you to LIW, I met a very special girl here. Our FIRST 07 BRIDE, yes that is right, NY031978, Alana! Over one simple post we quickly became friends. I regret now the fact that I almost didn’t go to her wedding due to bad timing. But I did thanks to her persistence and I am very grateful!

Alana was kind enough to make my MENU’s & programs. The girl is amazing! She lives in SC and was working the last seconds of the day before sending them out to me! Her and hubby Alex took a HUGE HUGE HUGE monkey off my back by making these, there is NO way I would have gotten them done if she didn’t do them for me. I am so grateful that she did them for me and didn’t throw them out the window after the many problems she had with her paper vendor. She is a TROOPER! Her and her hubby also designed my programs! That only took about 10 versions…thank you for your patience again! AND she also helped me design my petal cones! I LOVE ALANA! Alana also helped me with soooo many aspects of planning this wedding. Looking for favors, invitations, FG baskets, RB Pillow, unity candle, toasting flute, HM, YOU NAME IT! She is the B O M B!!!!!!!!!

All in all, I like to call her my DOC. So everyone please give a round of applause for my DOC…A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

PS, she got and ipod too as a sign of my sincere gratitude!!!!

Menu


Program


OF COURSE I had to shout her out in my speech…


Can’t wait for the video!




And of course…the ’07’ shots…I have to photoshop it so we are both brides in one pic…Anyone wants to do it feel free! I am DONE with pics after THIS review! LOL




XOXOXO, POOKIE!



Venetian Yacht Club, Babylon A+
We booked with them in April 06. There were still undergoing some construction but the place was amazing! Steve wanted to stay local and pretty much insisted on being on the water. So out of the South shore catering halls there was NO CHOICE. There really was no comparison to the other halls. Bill was GREAT through the whole process, I really enjoyed giving him my thousands and thousands of dollars! Lol Our Day itself was great, our Bridal Attendant and Maitre D were fabulous too. I will surly miss popping in to say Hi to Bill!




Favors – A+
I actually had two…First I purchased these from Blue Rainbow.com I am a huge picture freak so the photo albums were PERFECT. I felt they were a quality gift and USEFUL too, plus they went with my beach theme! I also splurged on placecard frames. I said I would never do them, but I felt they were different and went with my theme! I spent one night with Diane and Heather putting them together….we all had blisters at the end of the night but another memory for the record books! Thanks girls!




I also wound up getting these frames/place card holders last minute. They looked great but they were a TON OF WORK! Getting it to fit right, cutting them out, making sure we didn’t miss anyone…we didn’t need this added stress on top of table seating, but they looked great!




Photography, Velvet Studio A+
I had Judy and Carolina at my wedding. Judy did my e-shoot and I was THRILLED. I was actually freaking out that day because it was so windy, but it made for an interesting picture. I thought Judy was going to run the show the day of my wedding, but it was Carolina. Both ladies are amazing photographers and I really liked them in general. I really got to know Judy more as she did my e-shoot and Carolina was running around posing us all day. We also had a third photographer, Serio. He took some great shots too. Thanks Velvet for great pictures...Highly recommended.

Judy and Carolina did an amazing job and I will miss them too! Now it is album time.

(WARNING - I went a bit overboard on the pics, but it is also to show friends and family pics…. Photographer does not put them online)

JUDY AND CAROLINA!!!
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Carolina getting amazing shots!


..such as this…


I think Judy is trying to tell me something here….



Here are a bunch of Misc. shots for your viewing pleasure!

Getting Ready…



















Garter








Me singing to Diane …my bo-k is the mic.






Church…








Look at those smiles..











They look so serious but I LOVE IT! This is the hottest MOH and BM ever!


Gotta have fresh breath!



































FINALLY a great pic of me and Frank, this is the first nice pic of us since we were kids.



A mom sandwich





First Dance
This pic looks posed! I LOVE IT!




My MOH wrote a beautiful speech.









BM Speech





Dance with Mom and Brother
First Mom




½ into song I danced with my bro..




My Aunt hysterical as Frank and I danced





Steve Dancing with his mom


























And LASTLY OUR HONEYMOON!!!! A++++++++++++++++++++++++
OH MAN, I could relive this HM over and over again and not get board! We booked through Alana’s mom, Priscilla, at Complete Travel Consultants. We also managed to get ALANA to book her VERY overdue HM at the same time! We had SUCH A FREAKIN BLAST!

We spent 5 days in Maui at the Hyatt. We went on a Helicopter ride (Not my cup of tea, I got very sick) saw the sights, boys went snorkeling, dinner, dinner, dinner all the time, an AMAZING LUAU at the Old Lani for Steve’s bday, Massages on the beach…

















Then we spent 5 days at Kaui Hyatt, This Hyatt blew away the Maui one! It was AMAZING! The pools were enough to keep us there everyday, not to mention the salt water lagoon with the sand bottom! We went horse back riding, Steve took another helicopter ride (this time stag) dinner, dinner, dinner, drove up to Wyamai (sp?) Canyon. And of course, we had to try a Puka Dog….you must try if you are there!







And the MUST HAVE Puka Dog.




The famous Spouting Horn


And the Famous SHAVE ICE


Me feeding the wild animals…




And the money shot…..


What a fun night!!!!!!!....and Our last together in HI.



Then we spent 2 days in Oahu at the Sheraton in Waikiki. Waikiki was like NYC! It was CRAZY! But we did drive the whole island, went to the north shore to see the surfing spots, stopped at Hanauma Bay to do snorkeling…A MUST! Went to Pearl Harbor and also the Zoo.






Things to do – EAT A SHAVE ICE AT EVERY STAND YOU SEE – nothing else matters.

If you are still reading, I thank you very very much! This took me FOREVER! A COUNTLESS number of hours!!!!! I hope you enjoyed and found it helpful!









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Brendanzgirl Posted: Dec 27, 2007 07:38 PM+
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Re: My 10/7/07 wedding! Burtons, Velvet STudio, Venetian Yacht Club, FM Entertainment, Cosmo NY, Pansy Bloom, Barton Limo, Camelot Tux...etc!

Great REVIEW!!! love your venue!! CONGRATS
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kslmbuggie Posted: Dec 27, 2007 07:39 PM+
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Re: My 10/7/07 wedding! Burtons, Velvet STudio, Venetian Yacht Club, FM Entertainment, Cosmo NY, Pansy Bloom, Barton Limo, Camelot Tux...etc!

fantastic review!
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Erica48 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 07:40 PM+
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Re: My 10/7/07 wedding! Burtons, Velvet STudio, Venetian Yacht Club, FM Entertainment, Cosmo NY, Pansy Bloom, Barton Limo, Camelot Tux...etc!

Great review!!!! you looked beautiful!! and of course you had your reception at the greastest place ever
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ama1771 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 07:51 PM+
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stunning pictures. thank you for sharing and congrats!
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mea516 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 07:54 PM+
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Wonderful Review. Your pictures are stunning and you looked beautiful!
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Coach416 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 08:26 PM+
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Yeah for VYC!!!!!!!! I can't wait! Glad everything was good there. Thanks for the October arboretium pics too......everything came out beautiful. Congrats!
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jerrys girl Posted: Dec 27, 2007 08:32 PM+
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Great review and love all the pictures!!!
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Alexandra1028 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 08:42 PM+
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Congrats!!
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roan126 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 09:15 PM+
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Re: My 10/7/07 wedding! Burtons, Velvet STudio, Venetian Yacht Club, FM Entertainment, Cosmo NY, Pansy Bloom, Barton Limo, Camelot Tux...etc!

BEAUTIFUL!! Your flowers are GORGEOUS!
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NY031978 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 09:29 PM+
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Tatum thank you so very much for the kind words! I had a blast helping you plan your wedding. Steve is a very lucky man to have a wife as sweet and wonderful as yourself. You will forever have a special spot in my heart and I miss ya like crazy!!!
This review is crazy....I can def see all your hard work in it and im glad to see you wrote it!
May you and Steve have many years of love and happiness together.
xoxoxoxoxo

PS...I wont ever forget Hawaii but I think you are missing a certain pantie shot!! LOL
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soon2BMrsMcD Posted: Dec 27, 2007 10:32 PM+
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gorgeous BRIDE
gorgeous WEDDING!!!!!!!!

beautiful pics!!!!!!!!
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TiffJoey Posted: Dec 27, 2007 11:07 PM+
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What a fabulous review! You looked stunning
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lisalisa27 Posted: Dec 27, 2007 11:28 PM+
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Very nice. I wish you and hubby a great life together. Everything looks great. VYC was one of my choices also but they did not have my date avail.

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nycgirl79 Posted: Dec 28, 2007 01:17 AM+
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Fabulous review!! You looked so beautiful!
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Belongs2DanBuckley Posted: Dec 28, 2007 01:28 AM+
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You wedding was BEAUTIFUL Tatum!!!! I love the whole hadkerchief thing!!! I was sooooooooooo sweet! . I'm sorry you didn't like ur cake but i thought it was pretty! Did it taste good at least???
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FutureMrsCarrieri Posted: Dec 28, 2007 07:52 AM+
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
You look absolutely beautiful -- great pics. After the bakery review, I just had to see the cake. Lol, I found it in the background of another pic. It's very bright... Did it at least taste good?
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Kimbalina Posted: Dec 28, 2007 08:12 AM+
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Looks like you had a beautiful day!!! Congrats and best wishes!!

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AllJoy Posted: Dec 28, 2007 08:16 AM+
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Wow, that is some review. congrats. You were an absolutely gorgeous bride. Your dress was soo pretty.
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GinaZ Posted: Dec 28, 2007 08:53 AM+
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great review!!! I looooove your flowers! They looked great! Your pics came out very nice! Congrats to you and your new husband!
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