My Community Bio
Knot Name:  pengwynbride
Wedding Date:  September 20, 2003
Location:  Got married in upstate NY
Age:  26
What I do when I'm not on The Knot (occupation):
Pharmacy Student at The University of Oklahoma
Where you'll find me on The Knot (favorite board):
Planning & Etiquette
About our wedding:
 

 


 



Everything was so beautiful, even a day after hurricane Isabella came through, we couldn't have had a more perfect day weather-wise.

I will put more pics up as they come in- still waiting for the photographer's pics!



Gettin' my shoes on


30 min before the ceremony


Thanks Isabella!



Hair closeups


At the church


We did it!!


My foot massAHHHHHHge


Head table


Head table


Cake table


Cake close-up


Cake cutting


Picture with Grandpa






RD- Karyn & Melissa (& me)







Here are my old "planning" pics


Me and my FI, our engagement pic - our photographer - Photos and Videos by Tom Marrer


Me and my FI at a wedding in Nov 02


A pic of me cutting the cake at my shower (that cake was sooooo good- from La Baquette- chocolate with raspberry filling- it was so moist and rich!! Boy could I go for another piece right about now!!)


My FI in his element, doing a stoppie


FI, sporting one of his company t-shirts at stuntwars in Lakeland, FL 1/03 (Like his hair?... I did it leopard)


"The Girls" Zuzu, Skyy aka- KyyKyy, and Guin (short for what else... penGUIN!)


Zuzu saying hello to Wilson, my red-eared slider turtle



My new baby turtle saying hi to Wilson!




My bouquet- I made all of the bouquets




These are the bouts & corsages I made...

RD dress


BM dresses in periwinkle
 


MOH bouquets- the colors did not show up very well, the ribbon is periwinkle, and the little flowers are also a periwinkle color






My Dress


Me in my Dress- sorry these are so blurry


Me in my Dress


Me in my Dress


The top of my dress- still not sure about the jewelry


Tux FI picked out- Ralph Lauren oxford grey cutaway. Vest & tie will be white version of groomsmen (below)


GM vests & ties- tuxes will be Ralph Lauren oxford grey stroller (like FI's, but shorter)




Possible hairstyle


my e-ring



Wedding band and e-ring


my e-ring & plain band


FI's wedding band


my p-band
(j/k... it's my favorite ring- if it wasn't so wide, I'd use it as my w-band)


I definitely need a tall shoe (4.5 inches with these...) FI is 6 ft 7 and I am only 5 ft 5!! They're actually NOT hard to walk in, and they're more comfortable than I thought they would be. I absolutely love them!!


This is a picture of the reception site


This is a mock-up of our place cards (I'll make sure they're centered, etc. The final ones will be made out of 67 lb medium card stock)


The STDs- I do not know why the "and" didn't show up very well in the scan... it shows up fine in real life... but you get the idea anyway!


Our invitations will look like these, but instead of colored ink penguins on top, they are embossed From "Precious Collection"


The cake is sort of like this, it is 3 tiered, with hidden pillars (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and grapes hiding the pillars) and 12 inch pillars underneath. Basket weave icing and fresh fruit on top. Cakes will be done by Cakes by Linda Soliwoda


This was the cake we had for my shower in NY. It was made by the same lady who is making our wedding cake, and it will be similar to this





My mom dressed those penguins... aren't they cute? The topiaries were the favors we had at the shower


The pillars will look like this- the cake will be raised, and the penguin couple will go underneath


I made these guys to go under the cake...


This is the cake topper I made for MissKitty545 :)






I got this to go next to the groom's cake. It is just like his bike, and I think he will be surprised...


Groom's cake, except not tuxedo strawberries- will be dark and milk chocolate dipped strawberries


These candleholders will be on the cake table


Are these guys not the most adorable things?





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Favors: I made these little penguins (3/4 inch tall) for favors... they're a small army right now!



I just got these- we're going to give these as favors too


OOT guest baskets... We made these for our out of town guests. They had a local map, 2 small bottles of wine, fresh local donuts & candy apple, chocolate bars which are available in the region, local postcards, and special marinade which is found locally (Lupo's Spiedie sauce!)



Cake knife & server


Toasting flutes- Mikasa Platinum Flames d'Amore


My parents in June 1974
We are actually getting married in the same church my parents did 29 years ago!!


Summer 01- sorry so pixel-y


Us in 1999


Us at Halloween 2002 - I made his costume... he won the costume contest too!


Us Halloween 2002 - he won $500 at the costume contest!


One of my favorite pictures- in the Texas bluebonnets!


I just love the bluebonnets in the spring!


That is my 2nd cousin Lauryn- she turned 3 in August 03


Me and one of my MOHs, Karyn


Me and one of my MOHs, Karyn


Karyn's wedding pic


Me and one of my MOHs, Karyn


Me and one of my MOHs, Karyn - at an awards banquet for school in May 03...


MOH Karyn's cutie pie Madison


MOH Karyn's cutie pie Madison


MOH Karyn's cutie pie Madison


Recent pic of MOH Karyn & her daughter Madison


Her brother (MOH Karyn) and my sister got married after we introduced them, and they have a little boy- our darling nephew Tyler. That is Madison on my sister's lap. So her brother is my brother-in- law... and my sister is her sister-in-law...


My (and MOH Karyn's) nephew Tyler- isn't he adorable?


My MOH Megan, at her wedding. That is me on the left :)


This is one of my favorite pics from my friend (and MOH) Megan's wedding- (her husband is a GM too) I saw this photo op and "snapped" it up!


Madison Elisabeth- she is such a doll!


 


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