My Community Bio
Knot Name:  soilschick
Wedding Role:  Bride
Wedding Date:  December 20, 2003
Location:  Nanjing, China and Carlyle, IL
Age:  26
What I do when I'm not on The Knot (occupation):
building inspector
Where you'll find me on The Knot (favorite board):
Planning & Etiquette
About our wedding:
Dress | Tuxedo | Flower Girl Dress | Wedding Cake | Flowers |
Our Pics | Bridal Accessories | Hair | Bridesmaid Dresses |
Wedding Accessories | Rings | Reception | Honeymoon | Quiz |









Dress


My dress, but it will be ivory with rum pink flowers from Davids Bridal. Style 2295E.


Actual color of dress: ivory with rum pink flowers.


My Chinese traditional bridal gown for second reception in Nanjing China for Tonys family. And possibly change into during Carlyle, IL reception, from chinabridal.com

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Tuxedo


Tuxedo possibility for FI from Desmond. The vest will either be light blue or grey/silver.

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Flower Girl Dress


Flower girl dress from Davids Bridal.

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Wedding Cake


My wedding cake from Patty Cakes in Highland, IL. I will have more roses added around and on the cake.

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Our Pics



This is my furbaby Sugar, Queen of the house.


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Flowers


The following pics are from Flowerbio. Thank You!


I love this bouquet!.


A cute idea for the bouquets. Thank you Marvsbride!


Bridal flowers idea from FTD.com. I have seen several bouquets I like and have a hard time deciding. But I will definitely have roses for the flowers. Rum pink, dark red (wine/burgundy), and ivory (maybe white, depending upon the flower) for my colors for my wedding color scheme.


Possible bridal bouquet.


Possible bridal bouquet.


Possible bridal bouquet.


These are fire and ice roses that I want to use for the bouquets, from Flowerbio.


These are fire and ice roses that I want to use for the bouquets, from Marvsbride.


Possible centerpiece idea. I borrowed this pic from ecowedding. Thank you.


Centerpiece possibility from decorbio.


Centerpiece possibility from decorbio.


Another centerpiece possibility from aperfectevent.com.


A centerpiece idea from flowerbio.


Another Boutonniere possibility from aperfectevent.com.


Possible decoration for church/ceremony site from decorbio.


Possible decoration for church/ceremony site from decorbio.


Idea for deorating place card table at reception. Will have names written for people to place at their seat and table, also from decorbio.


Decorations for the Carlyle reception from chinabridal.com.


Possible reception decoration for chairs from decorbio.


How I would like our reception to look like, but with more red, pink and cream, from decorbio.

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Bridal Accessories


My tiara from Davids Bridal.


My shoes from Davids Bridal.


My veil from Davids Bridal.


My garter from Davids Bridal.


My cape will be ivory. I borrowed this pic from lmdbww. My original pic cannot be displayed due to Ofotos policy. This cape was discontinued from Davids Bridal. I was able to have a cape transferred from another store to the one close to me.


Choker bought from knottie divergirl11 for rehersal dinner.

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Wedding Accessories


Pretty in Pink invitations from Carlson Craft for the Carlyle wedding.


Chinese/English wedding invitations on chinabridal.com for the Nanjing reception.


Guest book from chinabridal.com.


Gift for the flower girl from exclusivelyweddings.com.


Wedding favors for Carlyle, IL reception from chinabridal.com. Emphasizing the Chinese connection to the wedding.


Chocolate roses that will be placed on the plate of each guest at the Carlyle reception from sayitwithfavors.com.


Wish bowl for guests to write advice. Thank you ddash!


For the entrance to the country club in Carlyle from exclusivelyweddings.com.


Bridesmaid gift is a 1/4 carat diamond earrings.

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Hair


Hair updo possibility from haircomesthebride.com.

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Bridesmaid dresses


This dress will be worn by the Maid of Honor.


This dress will be worn by the Matron of Honor and BM. The dress is from Davids Bridal.

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Rings


My e-ring from Zales.


My wedding ring from Zales

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Reception


The reception lodge at Governors Run Golf Course in Carlyle, IL


The banquet room at Governors Run.


Xuanwu Lake was the place for the emperors and kings of the Song of Southern Dynasties to make merry or have their navy trained. By the end of the Qing Dynasty it was turned into a park. Surrounded by the city and mountain, this biggest park in Nanjing boasts a lot of places of Historic interest and scenic beauty, and thousands of willow trees on the banks. I hope to have the Nanjing reception here. Do not know if possible.


Zijinshan (Purple Mountain) is also called Zhongshan (Bell Mountain) or Jiangshan. It is so called because the rocks on top of the mountain look purplish red in the distance. It is verdant and towering with the main peak 448.9 meters high. Places of historic interest and scenic beauty there are Dr. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Mingxiaoling Mausoleum, Linggusi (Soul Valley Temple) and many others. This is Tonys hometown of Nanjing, China. Pic is from chinaats.com.

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Honeymoon


The Sheraton Maui.


The Kauai Marriott.

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