Date: Oct. 11, 2008

Ceremony & Reception:
The Sheraton, Atlantic City
"We were treated like royalty!"

Officiant: 
Father Robert Daly

Photographer: 
Photography by Julia
"She was an absolute doll and everyone loved her. We're so happy with our pictures and that we chose Julia to document our day."

Ceremony Music:
Trio Classica - a string trio recommended by a musician on AtlanticCityWeddings who was already booked.  They were great!  I would highly recommend them!"

Wedding Gown: 
Tesi Bridal
"She was wonderful.  She actually picked out my gown.  Tesi suggested a few and I didn't think I wanted a strapless gown but the gown she suggested was great!  She gave me as much time as I wanted, too.  It wasn't a rushed 45 min apt."  

Theme & Colors:  
Ivory & Chocolate Brown
Monogram Theme
"We used Monograms throughout the wedding: in the flowers, on our aisle runner, etc."

Hair & Makeup:
Salon Bellezza, Caesars.  
"I had gone for a trial in Aug.  The girls there were lovely."

How We Met: 
"Terry & I met about 22 years ago.  He was dating a friend of mine.  We became very good friends through the years and then 8 years ago he moved to Seattle.  It's like a Harry Met Sally.  Then around 2004 he was back visiting his family and decided to move back here.  We started dating in 2005 and in 2007 we got engaged." 

Flowers:  Art of Flowers
"We just can't say enough about Becky.  She was just fantastic!  Amazing, lovely woman! I love flowers, so they were really important to me.  She also made beautiful little hair bows for the flower girl that were just great!

Cake:  
Captain May's Bakery
"It looked lovely and they remembered to put our secret design on the cake."

Placecards/Table Names:
We scanned Monopoly cards and used them for Placecards. 

Formalwear:  
Baldwin Formals, NYC & 
Men's Wearhouse

Bridal Party Gifts:
Tiffany necklaces for the bridesmaids and Tiffany engraved money clips for the men.  For the Flowergirl and Ring bearer we had customized Converse Sneakers made in our wedding colors of chocolate brown w/ivory tongues and their names on the back.  We also had custom sneakers made for ourselves with our date.

Favors: At each place setting there was a hand written note with an organza bag with a lotto ticket and we had chinese takeout containers with a Monogram on them that guests could fill at a candy buffet. (photo)

Disc Jockey: 
Jack Fahey of Above and Beyond DJ's
"He was a lot of fun.  Great!  We had a mix of older and younger guests.  He had them up and dancing from the end of dinner to the last minutes of the reception.  He was great with kids and had streamers for them to play with.  The music he played for our cocktail hour, light jazz, was really nice!

Transportation:
Joe's Limo

First Dance:  
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" 
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Father/Daughter Dance:  
"The Way You Look Tonight" 
Frank Sinatra

Groom/Sister Dance:  Terry's parents are deceased, so he danced with his sister to "The Flame" which is a song originally done by Cheap Trick but we gave Jack a version to play that was performed by Terry's old band, Gang O'Kids.

Honeymoon: 
We went to Ireland for a week.  We stayed in castles, different places each night.  The price was fantastic and included our car rental too.  I found a package online at IrishTourism.com. 

Best Part: Wow...everything, though The Sheraton was great.  We were treated like royalty.  Tara Marsh went so above & beyond it was like it was her own wedding.  I never had to worry about a thing.  I just can't sing their praises enough.  We're from north Jersey and everyone was going to have to travel so we wanted to get them to travel somewhere fun.  Once at The Sheraton though, no one had to drive anywhere.  

Tip for Brides to Be:
"Terry and I DIY'ed our invites, placecards and save the dates.  We saved money, but we also had a lot of fun doing it together.  Coming up with the ideas was fun.  The planning was fun.  We also tried to think about our guests with the planning.  It goes by so quicky...it's absolutely true.  Just look at each other and savor the moment"