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| My Community Bio | ||
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| Knot Name: sarahjanell | ||
| Wedding Role: Bride | ||
| Wedding Date: April 08, 2006 | ||
| Location: Tulsa, OK | ||
| Age: 25 | ||
| What I do when I'm not on The Knot (occupation): Business Development Manager | ||
| Where you'll find me on The Knot (favorite board): Ceremony Ideas & Issues | ||
| About our wedding:
Here is what we used for our thank you cards: Here are a few pages from the photo book I made using PowerPoint. I ordered it from VioVio.com and love it!
 
The picture on the left is my mom, me, and all my sisters at my youngest sister's wedding last May. And that's me and my little sister Rachael on her big day....she looked beautiful and it was perfect!
These are two of my favorite pictures from her wedding. On the left, their exit with sparklers - which we'll also be doing. On the right, her getting ready to walk down the aisle. She looks so nervous and my dad looks so cute in the background!
The FABULOUS MrsAmazon took care of all my paper needs. Teresa is wonderful and I highly recommend her! Her email address is tlangdesigns@yahoo.com. I used chocolate brown envelopes and wasn't able to find a pen that showed up on them well enough. So, I resorted to printing labels. They were printed on a blush pink label...just a couple shades lighter than the crest in the background. Teresa also made adorable Rehearsal Dinner invitation postcards for me, as well as beautiful programs!
Teresa also designed these fabulous monograms for me!
This was one of my final choices for flowers. From PinkPumps bio - photos by Tara Lokey. We ended up going a total different route though after I went to wholesale with my florist...see my pro pics for flower pictures.
Here I am at my first fitting. That's my little sister with me, who is one of my BM's....she had just made it to Waco from Norman for my appointment! My dress was just out of the bag so it's really laying funny. Here are the simple little shoes I wore. I decided not to wear heels because I made my entrance down a flight of stairs....too risky for me! These were very nice and comfy too. My cake topper...I'd like to give a shout out to ChiOCutie for help determing the best way to do it. I ordered my 5" acrilyic cake topper from www.craftcuts.com. I ordered a variety pack of crystals that included 3 different sizes and up to 3 different colors from www.tamisplace.com. I then used E-6000 jewel glue from Hobby Lobby to glue the crystals on...I found it worked best to place them with tweezers. Here are some pictures of my collection of jars I used for the candy bar. Initially I was going to stick to my colors, but when I saw these I couldn't resist!
And my favors! I made 5 magnets for each tin: 2 stripe, 2 polka dot, and one "M". I ordered the tins from eBay seller kahns, which I highly recommend. I then wrapped the tins with a piece of ribbon and sealed them with our wax seal.
 This is the signature mate we used - I got it from Kirland's for about $25! Initially we were going to have the guys wear different ties, but that didn't work out quite as we thought it would. Anyway, here are some of our favorites as well as some great tie sites I came across in my search. Ebay sellers jcmould & breakpricenet
Here's a link to our engagement announcement in my hometown paper...we're at the bottom of the page. Gotta love the small towns! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is another fun thing we did that was a huge hit: coloring books and crayons for the kids. If you want to create your own word search, this is a great site: I've decided to use gable boxes for my OOT packages. Here is my inspiration from DrzWife bio: I'm using the natural kraft color gable boxes. I will tie them off with champagne ribbon, and print this monogram on pink paper (the color I used here). My Publisher Album - Guestbook I've been thinking about doing a MyPublisher Album as my guest book for awhile, and have finally had the time to work on the design for some of the pages. I will have some blank pages throughout so if someone doesn't want to write on the watermark images they don't have to. The images should be light enough that their writing will show up...we'll see! This is still a work in progress.... So my MOH (cls_ou) is the BEST!!! She's been so helpful in this planning process...and is throwing me what I know is going to be an awesome shower on March 18th. Check out these INCREDIBLE corset invites she custom made for my shower! Are they not the cutest? I can't believe she took the time to do all these....so so sweet! Here are some pictures of the different designs and the back of a few of them. You can see the box she's sending them in at the bottom. Yeah for my perfect MOH!!!
So here are a few of us at the beginning of my Bachelorette Party. Yes, I look like a hooker and am wearing more flair than a prostitute. What can I say??? I have crazy friends! It was a blast.
Here I am onstage at Full Moon in Tulsa...I was slightly embarassed at some of the stuff I had to do. At least the guy in the picture with me is blind! Still crazy though.
We also played the "That Guy Game". The hawaiian shirt guys were the dualing piano players at Full Moon. The game, and Full Moon, were a blast! Here we are on the Urban Trolley. It was awesome! We were dancing on the benches and basically just out of control. The poor old trolley driver called somebody and said, "You should see my trolley. It is out of control." Surprised the old guy didn't have a heart attack...so much fun!!!
Here are some pictures from my personal shower. It was the morning after the bachelorette party and I was soooo sick! My hostesses did a fabulous job though...the shower was awesome and I got a TON of stuff! :)
My parent's church had a shower for us too...it was very nice and we got a lot of great stuff there as well! They made us feed each other cake and hook arms and toast for practice...it was fun! Despite the strange look on my face, the cake was delicious!
I am doing the standard knottie BM gifts right now....totes with fun stuff inside. Here are a few things going inside: I put their initial on tanks, and am giving them these shorts to go with it. Also did little make-up bags and jewelry bags that their day of jewelry will go in.
A really bad picture of my cardbox...I hadn't put the top on yet completely so it looks a little funny. Plus it's a weird angle. And my initial wreath. Ran out of flowers so it's not completely done in this picture...need to fill in the gaps still! Thanks ChioCutie for the instructions! And now, appearing in no particular order....girls, sorry for the randomness of these pictures....I will clean them up later!
These are the jars we were going to put the sparklers in. However, burn ban = no sparklers so who knows what we'll end up using them for.
Reserved signs and the short newsletter deal to go in the OOT boxes. I put this off too late, so ended up not doing it near as extensive as I'd liked to. Still yet, the format could be a good start, so if you'd like the template let me know. It's a Publisher document. Get started on those projects early girls! :) How did I manage to forget a garter? I have no clue. So, yesterday I went to the dollar store and got one of theirs and threw some ribbon and a charm on it. Not the best, but hey - it's cheap and will serve it's purpose.
Bottles of water for the OOT boxes Candles for the OOT boxes.
The chocolate M's I made for the OOT boxes! The pink is white chocolate, and the brown is cocoa chocolate...both are excellent! I ate way too many of these in the process of making them. :)
Gift on the left is for my guestbook attendant; on the right is for my aunt who will be playing music for the ceremony.
Gift on the left is for my cousin who will also be playing music; on the right is for my niece who's one of the FG's.
And my crinoline!!! Both the inside and out. :) Excited, much??? I hope it works with the dress...
On the left....did toy buckets for the 3 RB's. On the right....the cover of the book I had bound for FI. It has copies of all the emails I've ever sent him, notes & cards I've given him, and a few other tidbits. Gift for FI's aunt who was partially responsible for setting us up. The frame's a little too big but oh well! As I've heard many other knotties say, I didn't plan on creating a bio at first...but then decided to once I became completely addicted! If I have used something that is yours, please page me on the OKC board and I will gladly remove it or give you credit. Thanks! | ||
