We are renting a self installing 20x30 tent from here along with all the tables and chairs. They have everything you could possibly need to rent available and their prices are some of the best we've found. We really liked the option of the self installation. This saves about 200 dollars! They deliver on Friday and pick up on Monday for weekend events, which gives plenty of time for set up for a Saturday night event. You can rent your linens, serving things, lighting, etc. from them as well. Customer service was more than helpful with lots of information given over the phone as well as via email.

Rebekah is a graduate of Johnson and Wales and was a pastry chef for many years before deciding to do cakes. She does all of this out of her home. Her talent is unbelievable. Her Buttercream frosting is delicious and white. She can do anything you need done and loves the personalization aspect of it. Tastings were done in her living room, very formal and fun and YUMMY! She offers the basics, buttercream, fondant, marzipan, etc. She will sit down with you and go over every aspect of your wedding cake. You can tell she really enjoys what she does as her face lights up when looking at her own work! I highly recommend her!

I braved the cold and snow in Boston in February to go the annual Running of the Brides. What a trip!!!! It was worth it though.

My advice:
If you aren't gonna get there and be one of the first hundred in the door, show up about 1 hour after it starts! That's when the brides start putting things they don't want back on the racks and the staff starts to reorganize and you can look at your own pace.

If you do find THE dress, BUY IT!!!!! The deals are fantastic! My dress was marked 1900 but the sale price was 249. It's a one of a kind from a store in Boston that just happened to get out of the brick and mortar business and needed to sell it's inventory!

Wear something underneath your clothes so that you can "strip" down to try on the dresses. Leggings and sports bras work GREAT!!

Don't get discouraged if you don't find THE dress. There are other opportunities out there and it wasn't meant to be for you.

HAVE FUN!!!!!!

I purchased this invitation kit from AC Moore while it was on sale. It had 50 print your own invites along with the envelopes, response cards and response card envelopes. The Wilton website has templates to use with Microsoft Word which makes it very easy to set up your invites. We printed them all out on our computer using a wonderful elegant font and they look like we ordered them.

The plus with using a print at home kit was that we could try out different wordings and settings and colors without having to pay for samples or wait for that matter. The cardstock was high quality and the ink didn't smudge or anything. I highly recommend them!

What is nicer than pure and natural? We wanted to get married on the beach on Cape Cod. This beach has TONS of parking and a natural aisle made between the dunes. While standing on the beach, you can look back and not even see the parking lot! A bonus for pictures. There is a great fish pier and boardwalk for those who do not want to go out on the sand and the views of Nantucket Sound are gorgeous.

We applied for a permit to the Town of Yarmouth and because we are not using sound or any chairs or decorations, no fee was required!

After looking at every catalog and every website I could think of, we decided to use David's Bridal for my Maid of Honor dress. Noticing that some of the dresses were on sale currently, it was time to BUY! The dress we wanted #8585 was only available in stores, but we could look at it online. So my Maid of Honor called up the closest store to us to see if they had one in her size. They did and told her that they could ship it to her for an extra $15!!! We were both pleased!

The website had so much information. The "dress your bridal party" application was so much fun. I enjoyed the reviews of dresses by users also, it helped make a decision! I will use them again!