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WE'RE MARRIED!!! Professional pictures from our amazing photographers - Something in Blue Guys getting ready:

Girls getting ready...

Details

close up of veil

Putting on the dress...

MOH crawling inside my dress to get the string

BM's break out the OOT box & water bottles

Matt and I seeing each other before leaving for Hoboken to take pictures

Leaving the hotel to go take pictures

Hoboken pictures

Guys waiting for us as we pull up to the reception hall

Pictures in the old bank vault at our reception hall

Bridal party shot in the bank vault

The girls

My with my parents and brother

With my parents before the ceremony

Matt and his guys before the ceremony

Ketubah signing

Super cute ringbearer and junior groomsmen. They were so well-behaved! They wanted to be in charge of our polaroid guestbook and did such a great job taking pictures of everyone and having them sign it.

I love this picture of the Rabbi & Priest before the ceremony

Ceremony details We didn't have a budget for the florsit to decorate the room, so everything was DIY!
Programs I made. The first page is a picture of our reception hall printed on vellum - which matches our save the dates

We did all the ceremony decor ourselves (huppah, branches, candles, etc.) to reduce our florist cost FIL built the chuppah for us and the top lace part was a tablecloth that was a wedding gift given to Matt's great-grandmother

I loved the candlelight!

You can see the initials hanging from the BM bouquets. They're actually christmas ornaments and I got each BM one of their first initial and had the florist attach it to the their bouquets.

Unity candle that FIL hand dipped dipped for us. He also made the unity candle that was used at their wedding 30 years ago!

Mazel tov!

Cocktail hour room

Other side of the room

Polaroid guestbook - the end result is great! We loved looking at the pictures & everyone's comments right after the wedding.

Flower details My bouquet and hubby's bout

Bridesmaids bouquets with initials

Reception room and centerpieces - we did half high & half low centerpieces to add some depth (and some money, of course!)

This was on the window ledge right behind our sweetheart table

Reception

The Hora...I wasn't digging the chair thing at first

Okay, not so bad...

Watching as people leave :-(

Some non-pro pictures from friends getting my hair did by the wonderful Claudia Pedala (pre make-up)

Finally some make-up! Make-up by the amazing Maureen Pedala

I'm a bride! [:D] With my beautiful MOH

Seeing Matt for the first time! Look at the sign that's behind us!

He surprised me and got us an antique Mercedes convertible to go take pictures in Hoboken

Here's the chuppah that FIL made for us. It looked amazing!
the lace on top was a wedding gift given to Matt's great grandmother - how cool is that!?

Being silly with my brother

with MOH & her hubby during cocktail hour

With GM & his wife

First dance! "In my Life" by Johnny Cash

The hora! Whew that was FUN!

Dancing with dad - "Sunrise, Sunset"

Party time! Playing with the band

Yummy!

Candy buffet was a bit hit

Fiesta , Fiesta! After the show it's the after party then After the party it's the hotel lobby then After party at the hotel bar...and then after last call...more partying in a hotel room We left at 3am, but our friends were still going strong

not quite sure what was going on here

That's all folks... Contact me if you have any questions: info@korueventdesign.com VENDORS Ceremony & Reception Hall - The Mezzanine - Frungillo Catering (Newark, NJ) Officiants - Interfaith Clergy Network - Rabbi Berris & Father Maione Photographers - Something in Blue (NYC) Band - Mission Dance Hair - Claudia Pedala (NYC) Makeup - Maureen Pedala (NYC) Florist - Yumila at Metropolitan Plant & Flower Exchange (Saddle Brook, NJ) (201) 794-4747 All paper products (STD's, Invitations, Menus, Programs, RD invitations) - made by me! contact me if you'd like help with yours - info@korueventdesign.com Liquor - Gallagher's Wine (Bloomfield, NJ) Transportation - Lucien's Limo Dress - Custom made at Gallery of Wearable Art (NYC) by designer Alex Teih Bridesmaid dresses: Jim Hjelm Chiffon in Mocha - purchased at RK Bridal no frills Shoes - Grazia Sabrina - purchased at Model Bride (Chatham, NJ) Tuxedos - Coleman's Tuxedos (Short Hills, NJ) Hotel - Hilton Newark Penn Station Earrings & Bracelet - Regina B (NYC) Engagement ring and wedding band - Yanina & Co. (Cedar Grove, NJ) Rehearsal Dinner - Seabra's Rodizio (Newark, NJ) Dance lessons - Anne-Marie from Wedding Day Dance (NYC)Event planning & design - myself :-) PLANNING BIO
About the proposal
~ october 8, 2005 ~
Matt took me to one of our favorite spots near his family's home - Mohonk Mountain House. It's an old victorian castle surrounded by gardens, hiking trails and amazing scenic views. We went there and took some pictures and then sat down to look at the pictures we just took on the digital camera and after clicking through them...surprise! there was a picture of Matty holding up a sign saying 'will you marry me?'
He also made reservations for the weekend at a hotel in Cape Cod - the Chatham Bars Inn, a hotel that we always dreamed of staying at. In fact, during each of our 4 vacations to the Cape, we've driven by this very hotel and admired it. And as if all this wasn't enough...on Sunday morning, Matt told me he made reservations for brunch at our hotel and when we get to our table...my parents and his parents were sitting there to celebrate with us.
It was such an unbelievable weekend and I can't believe he pulled it all off without me suspecting a thing.

Mohonk...where he proposed

and the Chatham Bars Inn, where we stayed during the proposal weekend

my ring!

ring on my hand

Wedding ring!

E-ring with wedding ring (ignore my nasty fingers - they look abnormally wrinkly in this picture)

About the wedding:
Although it took us a whole 7 months we finally got our act together, found a reception hall, and set a date! Not too shabby for a bunch of slackers!

We're getting married on May 5, 2007 at The Mezzanine in Newark, NJ - built in 1930 and the home of the former National Newark & Essex bank.

Picture of knottie staceyloren outside the reception hall (picture by Black Dog Photography):

The reception room:

Cocktail hour room and Lobby below not set up (ceremony room on the right & reception room on the left:

the bridal suite (used to be the bank president's office)

and last but not least....the bar! it was the teller window when it was a bank...

DIY Projects;
Engagement party invitations that I made. We had a cocktail party to celebrate with our friends - lots of fun!

Engagement party favors (cookies by laurenpetro, tags made by me):

Another engagement party invitation made by me :-)
Matt's parents had a party for us at their house for his family

and here are the thank you cards i made

Save the Dates:
Vellum sleeve printed with sepia image of our wedding location circa 1930 with 2 layer metallic cardstock insert. The belly band is made with ribbon and 2 layer metallic cardstock. Custom envelope liner with our names…I still need to take a picture of these

Napkins and coaster from www.foryourparty.com

DIY INVITATIONS! They were mailed in a chocolate brown box and sealed with a label wrap that had each guests’ name and address on it. The invitation is 2 layers and printed on metallic cardstock. The Invitation had an ivory satin ribbon and rhinestone buckle wrapped around the top layer. Silk rose petals lined the inside of the box.

Water bottles for OOT boxes

Programs

Sign for candy buffet

Rehearsal Dinner invitations - we did get married on Cinco de Mayo afterall!

OOT Booklet (went inside our OOT boxes) Front cover - we had guests come from Italy, Argentina, and Israel...hence the Welcome in 4 languages. Those languages also represent our backgrounds - Matt is Italian & Puerto Rican and I'm Israeli and Argentinian.