About Us About Us Cory and I are highschool sweethearts! We met when I was 14 and he was 16! When I laid eyes on him I knew he was the one. It took him some time to realize I was the right girl for him! We've been dating since Nov 9, 1999 and we got engaged on October 16, 2004. We wanted to wait until  I finished college that's why we wanted so long for our wedding. I cannot wait to be a wife! 12/15/07 cannot come soon enough!! Planning Photos I've been collecting pictures for a while so if I borrowed one of yours and didn't give you credit please let me know by paging me on either the Dec'07 or Boston Board   Our Cake is a mixture of both of these cakes. The first cake I love but our cake will be 3-tier and square w/ snowflakes and bows.   My Bouquet I love it! It'll also have mini callas! My BM's will be carrying calla lilies! My MOH will have 3, BMs 2, JBM 1! Our Favors: I'll be adding a ribbon to them w/ our names and wedding date!   Our Invitations:  Ready to be Mailed! Vendor Info   Wedding Photos Honeymoon Photos STLWed Bio Builder    Wedding Party Back to Top Jim and Sylvia (BM and GM )  Mike and Amanda (BM and GM)  Stephanie (our flower girl on left) and Sabrina (my little cousin)  My Brother Jessie (GM) and his girlfriend Gloria  Amanda (BM) and I  Kristin  (BM) and I at her wedding!  Carole (MOH) and I  Jeff (Best Man) and Cory  Cory, Dan (in back) GM and Cory's little brother, George  Trent (Junior Groomsman, Owen, Shawn (Cory's older brother and GM), Jarrod, Damon (ringbearer)     Our Jack and Jill: (Couples Shower) On Sept 22nd we had our shower and we had an absolute blast! It went by way too fast; before I knew it it was time to go home =(  We got  lots of fantastic gifts; our friends and family were very generous! Mike and Amanda (part of Bridal Party) made us a DVD of us as children and then together it was hilarious and very sweet!! Here's some pics!! We just walked in! I was feeling overwhelmed by all of the people there! My wonderful parents! Our awesome cake!  Even my Dad busted a move! Everyone had a great time!!  One of our favorite gifts! My MOH made us a collage of us throughout the years! It's hanging in our living room!!  All of our gifts! Cory let me unwrap all of them =) I had so much fun! I was like a kid in a candy store!!  All of our unwrapped gifts!   Must Takes!!   Ideas I'm going to be doing: Vendor Information Back to Top   Vendor Information Back to Top   Ceremony Location - Saint Michaels Parish Hudson, MA http://www.stmichael-hudson.com/ Comments/Reviews: This is the church my parents and aunts got married at. I’ve been coming to this church since I was a kid!   Officiant - Father Joel Comments/Reviews:   Reception Location - Riverview Portuguese http://www.riverviewhpc.com/ Comments/Reviews:   Caterers - Paivas Catering Comments/Reviews: Their food is amazing and you get so much! I’m so happy we decided to go through them!   Cake Creator - Gerardo's Italian Bakery Comments/Reviews: I just had a cake testing there and their cakes were so delicious that my fiancé and I couldn't decide on what kind of cake to have. Also, at 2.50 per slice what a great deal!!   Florist - Holmes-Shusas in Worcester www.holmesshusas.com Comments/Reviews:  I knew what I wanted and he told me that it wasn't a problem! He even gave me the 3 flowers that I would be using in my bouquet and the bridesmaid bouquet flower! I can't wait to see my bouquet. It's going to be beautiful!   Photographer - Bella Pictures www.bellapictures.com  Comments/Reviews:   Videographer - JAM Productions Media  www.jamproductionsmedia.com Comments/Reviews:   Disc Jockey - Curtis Knight Entertainment  www.curtisknight.com Comments/Reviews:   Musicians - Comments/Reviews:   Transportation -  Robin's Limo  www.robinslimo.com Comments/Reviews:   Invitations – www.Invitationsbydawn.com  Comments/Reviews: My invitations came within 2 days and they are perfect!         Jeweler - Engagement Ring purchased from Kay Jewelers. Wedding Bands purchased from Decenza Jewelers Comments/Reviews: First of all I don't recommend Kay Jewelers at all. When Cory and I got engaged I had to switch my band b/c it was the wrong one (they screwed it up) and then they lost the information on what size ring it was so they ordered me the wrong size.  Long story short I didn't have my ring for about 2 months b/c it kept having to be sent to Kay's Manufacturers to be fixed. Now all of my paperwork is all screwed up.   Tuxedos -  Bonardi's Comments/Reviews:   My Dress - Michaelangelo purchased from David's Bridal Comments/Reviews: The staff at David's Bridal were wonderful and very patient. It took me a long time to find the dress! I would absolutely recommend them.   Bridesmaid Dresses – Bill Levkoff Style 454 Comments/Reviews: I ordered them from Carbennau’s Shoes in Worcester. They matched the lowest price I found on the internet and I didn’t have to order from online!   Hair Stylist - Liz Andrade Comments/Reviews : Liz is my cousin and has done my hair for all the major events that I've been too. She's a hairstylist full time; if you need a hairstylist let me know by paging me on the Boston Board. I highly recommend her and her prices are really affordable and reasonable.   Makeup Artist - Comments/Reviews:   Wedding Coordinator - Me! Who else is better qualified! =o) Comments/Reviews:   Honeymoon Destination - Comments/Reviews:   Travel Agent - Comments/Reviews:   Other Vendor - The Garter Maker www.thegartermaker.net Comments/Reviews: I ordered my ring pillow, sash for the inside of my dress, my hoodie w/ my new name, my garters toss and keep which will be embroidered,  all of a really great price! I'll post pics as soon as I receive the products!   Other Vendor - Comments/Reviews:   Other Vendor - Comments/Reviews:                 (type comments or reviews here)       (type comments or reviews here)   (type comments or reviews here)     Re (type comments or reviews here)     (type comments or reviews here)     (type comments or reviews here)           (type comments or reviews here)   )           Wedding Photos Back to Top Don't forget to replace this image with your own. 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Bella Pictures (pending the pictures) Bella contacted me the week of my wedding to let me know that they were giving me an extra photographer free of charge!! Can't beat that; I was thrilled!! Both photographers were wonderful to work with! I certainly didn't mind not meeting them face to face b/c I spoke w/ my main photographer a ton before the wedding and she knew what I was looking for!! The only thing I'm kind of disappointed about is that we didn't take lots of goofy pictures b/c we wanted to enjoy the reception! Paiva's Catering (A) The food was wonderful!! Everyone commented on it! They even set up the entire place for us (centerpieces, favors, candy buffet, everything). My issue was the the kids under 6 were supposed to be free but last minute he ended up charging us 1/2 price b/c we had so many kids. Also they wait until after the last course to take the cake away so there was lots of uneaten cake b/c people were mingling and not at their tables. Holmes-Shusas (A+) My flowers were absolutely beautifu!! They're prices are so reasonable and they were such a pleasure to work with. They even put my grandmother's rosary beads on my bouquet last minute. Jam Productions Media (pending video) I never saw the camera guy he was so unobstruve (sp?) They even set up 2 cameras at the church. He's a friend of ours so I know he'll do a fantastic job! Curtis Knight (A) They did a great job! Everyone had so much fun! My issue was that I wanted to have all fathers and daughters join my dad and I during our dance and she forgot. I was really upset. She remembered at the end and it was too late. She did have all mothers and sons join Cory and MIL's dance. during my father daughter dance she started playing me and DH's song and then realized it was the wrong one and played the right one. I would still recommend them b/c I called to tell them what happened just so it wouldn't happen to anyone else and they offered us money back to rectify. Robin's Limo (A+) The night before our wedding the topkick (limo we had chosen) got vandalized. They called the morning of our wedding to let me know. I was freaking out b/c I thought we weren't going to have a limo. They told us we could have the hummer and chrysler 300c and they arrived and they were perfect, clean, and the drivers were wonderful! They took care of my train, held jackets while we took pictures outdoors. David's Bridal, Natick (A+) I had wonderful service when i was looking for my dress. It was really busy that day since it was a saturday but they saleslady, Elise was wonderful. I bought off the rack and they spot cleaned it. They also gave my mother a discount on her dress =) Carbonneau's in Worcester, MA (A+) They matched the lowest price I found for my Bill Levkoff dresses. I liked that I could deal w/ an actual store as opposed to a store online. Bill Levkoff (A+) style 454 Compliments the entire night on the BM dresses. They were beautiful. I don't think that if i had to do it over I'd do the fishtail dress only b/c the bm's have to have them bustled and the bustle kept coming undone by people stepping on the dress. I love the dresses thought so oh well =) Guiseppe's Grill, Northboro (Rehearsal Dinner) (A+) My in-laws took care of the rehearsal the food was absolutely amazing!! The service was great! Hair by Liz (A+++) MY cousin is a hair dresser she did my hair at 7:30 in the morning and it stayed all day and night! It looked gorgeous and I got so many compliments!! Makeup by Tania Garcia (A++++++) I cannot rave enough about Tania!! She is absolutely wonderful! Her prices are spectulacular!! She did 3 of my BM's, my moms, me and the flowergirl (free of charge for the flowergirl). My makeup looked great it stayed all day and night; I only had to apply lipgloss. Everyone complimented on it! If you want her contact info just let me know!! She came to me!