Date:10/28/06

Ceremony: 
Cape Island Baptist Church, 
Cape May

Reception: 
Wildwood Country Club

Photographer: 
Aleksey Photography

“For some reason a lot of photographers were booked for the weekend of my wedding. I almost thought I was just going to have guests take pictures. Then I remembered I knew the photographer from Exit Zero. I wasn’t sure if he did weddings but when I asked he said said yes and it worked out great.”

Theme/colors: Bordeaux & Ivory – “My gown was in ivory and all the bridesmaid’s gowns were the bordeaux. We used the same colors for our centerpieces, flowers and balloons.”

Florist: ShopRite, Rio Grande

“My grandfather knew the person working as the florist at Shoprite and she did our church flowers, altar pieces, and bouquets. On the head tables we had 2 dozen roses.”

Cake: John’s sister is a baker up in the Maple Shade area and she made our cake.

DJ: Tony Genero

Wedding & 
Bridesmaid Gowns: 
Tesi Bridal Boutique

Formalwear: VIP Apparel
They’re a new place and they were really great.

Hair/Makeup: Snippers, Villas

Invitations: Ocean Crest Printing, West Cape May We were able to get our invitations and all our matching printed goods, napkins, guest book from the same place.

Favors/Placecards: We had wine bottles with personalized labels from Cape May Winery. We used cellophane and ribbon to wrap the bottles and attached the place cards to the bottles.

Bridesmaid’s Gifts: Matching necklace and earring sets and a framed photo of all of us from the wedding.

Transportation: 
Cape May Limo

First Dance: 
“Memories” – Keith Urban

Grandfather / Stepfather / Daughter Dance: “Through the Years” – Kenny Rogers “My grandfather and stepfather are both such a huge part of my life that I wanted to include both in my first dance so I danced with my grandfather for the first half of the song and then my stepfather cut in half way through the song.”

Mother/Son Dance: 
“Because You Loved Me” – Celine Dion

How we met: 
We both grew up in Cape May and we even went to the same high school but because of an age difference we didn’t meet in High School. My girlfriend was dating John’s best friend. John was living in California and was coming back to Cape May to visit. My girlfriend invited me out with them one night and in the one week he was here visiting we both knew it was right. He went back to California, quit his job and moved back here.

Saved Money By: 
My mother & grandmother made all our centerpieces for us. I’m not sure if it saved money, fresh flowers may have cost less, but it was really nice and part of her gift to us. We’re really lucky and grateful that we didn’t have to pay for our wedding because our families (my grandparents, parents and his parents) all went in together to pay for our wedding.

Best Part: 
I’m not sure I can pick one best part. It rained in the morning and then stopped before the wedding. Everybody being together and having such a great day together meant a lot but the best part of the day was when he put the ring on my finger.

Tip for Brides-To-Be: 
Be calm and don’t stress out about things. I actually planned my wedding in less than a year. Everything fell into place because I was calm. If someone couldn’t do my wedding I just knew I’d find someone else.

Honeymoon: 
Fripp Island, South Carolina