Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
First day of Winter
If you are a sucker and live in the midwest like us, I'm sure you realize it's the beginning of winter...BOOO. Today we thought we would give you something to look forward to....APRIL 28, 2012 and the scenary around Panama City Beach!
White Sand,
Emerald Waters
Blue Skies
And us in April!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
The Bride and Groom Stand Alone (Together But Alone)
The wedding will be barefoot and bridal party-less. So if you are waiting for us to pop the question "Will you be in our wedding?" you will unfortunately be waiting forever. No offense, we just figured since we are traveling and asking everyone else to travel, we don't want to impose another item on people. If you want to be part of the wedding party, you have to be there in the sunshine state with us on April 28, for the actual wedding and party! If something comes up and you can't attend, we understand (but we may not like it). You will miss out on the fun so it will be your loss!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
We Bleed Purple
Metaphorically that is! When deciding on wedding colors Sherry wanted hot pink, then one day while she was surfing the web looking to buy things she did not need, she stumbled upon some purple shoes-
http://www.dessy.com/accessories/duchess-bridesmaid-ballet-flat/
and fell in love (not as hard as she fell for George, of course) because every girl needs some purple flats. So we started throwing around this idea of the color purple and it makes purple sense.
George graduated from Northwestern, Sherry works at Northwestern, Northwestern's main color IS purple!
We got our engagment pictures dressed in purple- we started a trend before we even realized it.
So we are now researching purple and ditching the first idea of hot pink. Because the color purple screams beach- yeah right- we are finding the balance between getting married on the beach and incorporating puple into things. At this point flowers are the hardest thing. Purple flowers are easy to find (clarification we are thinking primary purple not lilac), but most deep purple flowers have a traditional formal feel to them. Orchids remind us of the beach, but the purple ones come in a shade of purplish-pink. The good news is that we have time and websites like The Knot and Pinterest exist.
Back to the shoes. So you may be thinking who wears purple shoes on her wedding day? Well there will be no shoe wearing during the ceremony- it's on the beach so we will all be barefoot. That is of course you wish to wear shoes, but then you'll have sand in your shoes. The purple shoes will be a nice pop of color for the reception.
http://www.dessy.com/accessories/duchess-bridesmaid-ballet-flat/
and fell in love (not as hard as she fell for George, of course) because every girl needs some purple flats. So we started throwing around this idea of the color purple and it makes purple sense.
George graduated from Northwestern, Sherry works at Northwestern, Northwestern's main color IS purple!
We got our engagment pictures dressed in purple- we started a trend before we even realized it.
So we are now researching purple and ditching the first idea of hot pink. Because the color purple screams beach- yeah right- we are finding the balance between getting married on the beach and incorporating puple into things. At this point flowers are the hardest thing. Purple flowers are easy to find (clarification we are thinking primary purple not lilac), but most deep purple flowers have a traditional formal feel to them. Orchids remind us of the beach, but the purple ones come in a shade of purplish-pink. The good news is that we have time and websites like The Knot and Pinterest exist.
Back to the shoes. So you may be thinking who wears purple shoes on her wedding day? Well there will be no shoe wearing during the ceremony- it's on the beach so we will all be barefoot. That is of course you wish to wear shoes, but then you'll have sand in your shoes. The purple shoes will be a nice pop of color for the reception.
Friday, December 9, 2011
To cake or to cupcake?
So since this is all going down in Florida, and we happen to live in Chicago...we are on the fence of whether to order a cake or have cupcakes.
Both have their appeal, so let's weigh the pros and cons-
Cake:
Pros-
Cake is CAKE! and who doesn't love wedding cakes??? I (Sherry) drool at the thought of white cake with overly sweet buttercream icing. And we can get a bulldog cake topper where the little doggies are dressed as bride and groom- melts my heart it's so stinking cute (ssshhh don't tell George, but I've been eyeing me some bulldog cake toppers on ETSY).
Cons-
Since we are getting married in Florida, there is no easy way to sucessfully get the topper back to Chicago for the one year anniversary tradition. In addition, we will be staying in Florida a few days after the wedding, so we won't have a way to successfully keep the cake frozen for those few days and then get it home on the plane. It may mean we are eating smashed up birthday cake for our first anniversary.
In addition, if we choose not to go with cake in Florida, there is still another opportunity for cake. We are having a reception in Ohio on July 28, so we will definitely have a cake there and can easily bring the topper home as my mom can wrap that baby up in freezer paper. It can be packed nicely in our car and arrive safely to be placed immediately in our freezer.
Cupcakes:
Pros-
We can order multiple flavors. It's easier to deal with and no cake cutting is required. Plus, cupcakes are the hot trend and cupcakes are cute. If we go this route, we might get white cake with white buttercream icing. Maybe we'll find a nice a bakery that can make one to look like a bulldog.
If you are in the dark about my (Sherry) Bulldog obsession, know that it's because I have one. His name is Neiman Marcus and he's beautiful. He'll be 7 years old on April 29, so our wedding on April 28 is as close to his birthday as it gets. I have been around him since he was 4 HOURS old. Unfortunately, Marcus won't be going to Florida for the ceremony & wedding, but he will be at the Ohio reception with his bow tie. I can talk about Marcus forever, but since this blog is SnydertoChen, not 'Sherry's bulldog is the cutest bulldog in the world.blogspot', I must move on...
Cons-
No bulldog cake toppers (insert frowny face). No cake cutting pictures. :(((
We will not partake in smearing cake in each other's faces- no offense, but we will rise above that temptation.
On January 29-31, we will be in Panama City Beach for some cake tasting, so we can figure this all out then...to have cake...or to have cupcake. In the meantime, what are your thoughts/suggestions???
Both have their appeal, so let's weigh the pros and cons-
Cake:
Pros-
Cake is CAKE! and who doesn't love wedding cakes??? I (Sherry) drool at the thought of white cake with overly sweet buttercream icing. And we can get a bulldog cake topper where the little doggies are dressed as bride and groom- melts my heart it's so stinking cute (ssshhh don't tell George, but I've been eyeing me some bulldog cake toppers on ETSY).
Cons-
Since we are getting married in Florida, there is no easy way to sucessfully get the topper back to Chicago for the one year anniversary tradition. In addition, we will be staying in Florida a few days after the wedding, so we won't have a way to successfully keep the cake frozen for those few days and then get it home on the plane. It may mean we are eating smashed up birthday cake for our first anniversary.
In addition, if we choose not to go with cake in Florida, there is still another opportunity for cake. We are having a reception in Ohio on July 28, so we will definitely have a cake there and can easily bring the topper home as my mom can wrap that baby up in freezer paper. It can be packed nicely in our car and arrive safely to be placed immediately in our freezer.
Cupcakes:
Pros-
We can order multiple flavors. It's easier to deal with and no cake cutting is required. Plus, cupcakes are the hot trend and cupcakes are cute. If we go this route, we might get white cake with white buttercream icing. Maybe we'll find a nice a bakery that can make one to look like a bulldog.
If you are in the dark about my (Sherry) Bulldog obsession, know that it's because I have one. His name is Neiman Marcus and he's beautiful. He'll be 7 years old on April 29, so our wedding on April 28 is as close to his birthday as it gets. I have been around him since he was 4 HOURS old. Unfortunately, Marcus won't be going to Florida for the ceremony & wedding, but he will be at the Ohio reception with his bow tie. I can talk about Marcus forever, but since this blog is SnydertoChen, not 'Sherry's bulldog is the cutest bulldog in the world.blogspot', I must move on...
Cons-
No bulldog cake toppers (insert frowny face). No cake cutting pictures. :(((
We will not partake in smearing cake in each other's faces- no offense, but we will rise above that temptation.
On January 29-31, we will be in Panama City Beach for some cake tasting, so we can figure this all out then...to have cake...or to have cupcake. In the meantime, what are your thoughts/suggestions???
Friday, December 2, 2011
Minister By Day - DJ By Night
Kind of like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, but who we are talking about is Dennis W Rader. He is going to be our wedding ceremony officiant AND the DJ for the reception- how awesome is that?
It's the best idea EVER- to combine the services of an officiant and DJ in one- it makes it so easy for couples, especially in destination weddings.
His website-
http://www.denniswrader.com/
Although we have only communicated by e-mail with Dennis, he is super professional, asks a bunch of questions, and seems genuinely interested in us. Plus, not only was he referred by our wedding contact at Bay Point in Florida, he is all over the TheKnot.com website and listed on the WeddingWire Best Bride's Choice Award for Officiant for 2010 and 2011 (an award that represents the top 5 percent of WeddingWire's vendor community, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys).
Instead of the Unity Candle for the ceremony, we plan on having a Unity Vase with colored sand- we each get to pick a color and make sand art. Remember those sand art bottles that were popular in the 90's? We are going to get one to keep forever AND it's going to have our wedding date and names etched in it. How throw-back totally rad are we now?
So now- our only job is to work on getting the weddings vows to him before the big day.
It's the best idea EVER- to combine the services of an officiant and DJ in one- it makes it so easy for couples, especially in destination weddings.
His website-
http://www.denniswrader.com/
Although we have only communicated by e-mail with Dennis, he is super professional, asks a bunch of questions, and seems genuinely interested in us. Plus, not only was he referred by our wedding contact at Bay Point in Florida, he is all over the TheKnot.com website and listed on the WeddingWire Best Bride's Choice Award for Officiant for 2010 and 2011 (an award that represents the top 5 percent of WeddingWire's vendor community, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys).
Instead of the Unity Candle for the ceremony, we plan on having a Unity Vase with colored sand- we each get to pick a color and make sand art. Remember those sand art bottles that were popular in the 90's? We are going to get one to keep forever AND it's going to have our wedding date and names etched in it. How throw-back totally rad are we now?
So now- our only job is to work on getting the weddings vows to him before the big day.
Monday, November 28, 2011
5 months!
Countdown is on! 5 months from today and 22 weeks from this past Saturday (11/26/11)!
See ya all in the Sunshine State!
See ya all in the Sunshine State!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wedding Photographer
We are super excited to say that we were able to get Meg Baisden as our wedding photographer! (Yay! Hooray! Oh Boy! Yippee! Hot Digity Dog!)
Check them out-
http://www.megphoto.com/
They are a husband & wife duo- so we get two professional photographers! Meg has the talent and Charles has the brains (but I think they equally have both). Charles teaches a photography class and Meg takes that best pictures ever.
Did you look at their website yet? Her (or his pictures- they website doesn't label which ones are Charles and which are Meg's) gives you an emotional feel of the people in the pictures. It's a good feeling that seems to capture key moment so perfectly.
We took a long time to narrow down our wedding photographer. At first, we were considering flying someone down from Chicago. We then decided to use local photographers as they were more used to taking local scenary and beach weddings. We also looked through a ton of websites for Florida photographers and even spoke to some of them on the phone to get a feel for their style.
After narrowing down our choices for our favorite Florida photographer (Meg Braisden), we emailed them in early October to inquire their availability and they responded back immediately- They were going to be available for our wedding day! No only that, since they had engagements in Panama City Beach on Friday and Sunday of our wedding weekend, they were going to give us a deal on the wedding package. How awesome are they? We think incredibly awesome!
We plan to meet Meg and Charles in late January 2012 when we go down to Florida to check out our wedding venue, cakery, and florist. Their awesomeness score goes even higher in our eyes as they are willing to take a weekend day out of their busy schedule to have meet with us in January. It will be at this time we confess our fears of candid photos (see engagement picture blog for details on candid shots). In the meantime, we are practicing our wedding picture cheesy smiles.
We are so blessed to get Meg & Charles- it worked out so perfectly that we not only got the photographer we really wanted, but they also happen to be familiar with Panama City Beach so we are sure to get great pictures!
Check them out-
http://www.megphoto.com/
They are a husband & wife duo- so we get two professional photographers! Meg has the talent and Charles has the brains (but I think they equally have both). Charles teaches a photography class and Meg takes that best pictures ever.
Did you look at their website yet? Her (or his pictures- they website doesn't label which ones are Charles and which are Meg's) gives you an emotional feel of the people in the pictures. It's a good feeling that seems to capture key moment so perfectly.
We took a long time to narrow down our wedding photographer. At first, we were considering flying someone down from Chicago. We then decided to use local photographers as they were more used to taking local scenary and beach weddings. We also looked through a ton of websites for Florida photographers and even spoke to some of them on the phone to get a feel for their style.
After narrowing down our choices for our favorite Florida photographer (Meg Braisden), we emailed them in early October to inquire their availability and they responded back immediately- They were going to be available for our wedding day! No only that, since they had engagements in Panama City Beach on Friday and Sunday of our wedding weekend, they were going to give us a deal on the wedding package. How awesome are they? We think incredibly awesome!
We plan to meet Meg and Charles in late January 2012 when we go down to Florida to check out our wedding venue, cakery, and florist. Their awesomeness score goes even higher in our eyes as they are willing to take a weekend day out of their busy schedule to have meet with us in January. It will be at this time we confess our fears of candid photos (see engagement picture blog for details on candid shots). In the meantime, we are practicing our wedding picture cheesy smiles.
We are so blessed to get Meg & Charles- it worked out so perfectly that we not only got the photographer we really wanted, but they also happen to be familiar with Panama City Beach so we are sure to get great pictures!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Engagement Announcement
We're famous! We made the newspaper for our engagment announcement, photo and all!
http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/22/miss-snyder-mr-chen-plan-spring-wedding/
We submitted an engagement announcement a few weeks back for the Youngstown, OH Vindicator. Since we don't live in Youngstown and Sherry's parents only subscribe on Sundays, we had all of her mom's friends check the paper every day until this little beauty was posted.
Please note- Sherry did not attend the University of Nevada, she went to the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The difference is University of Nevada is in Reno, not Las Vegas (this is just a small formality issue that drives her loco. This error of misrepresentation of her college alma mater is not new. When she worked at Disney, the school on her name tag was University of Nevada as well, which is NOT UNLV!).
Anyways, since all of the other information is correct in the engagement announcement of the paper- names, date and venue, we will forgive them ;)
http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/22/miss-snyder-mr-chen-plan-spring-wedding/
We submitted an engagement announcement a few weeks back for the Youngstown, OH Vindicator. Since we don't live in Youngstown and Sherry's parents only subscribe on Sundays, we had all of her mom's friends check the paper every day until this little beauty was posted.
Please note- Sherry did not attend the University of Nevada, she went to the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The difference is University of Nevada is in Reno, not Las Vegas (this is just a small formality issue that drives her loco. This error of misrepresentation of her college alma mater is not new. When she worked at Disney, the school on her name tag was University of Nevada as well, which is NOT UNLV!).
Anyways, since all of the other information is correct in the engagement announcement of the paper- names, date and venue, we will forgive them ;)
Friday, November 18, 2011
Engagment Pix
We took engagement pictures in October. While it was fun, it had its awkward moments. The photographer, Laurie Peacock, is very artistic and big on capturing pictures of people being "natural". She is a wonderful photographer, we must say. However, the problem for us was when we tried to be "natural" during the shoot, we would end up laughing. This was the first time we ever took professional pictures that were not in front of a screen (remember those pictures you were forced to do with foam numbers for the year you graduated in high school?) We were not used to having a person with a camera right in front of you and not stare at it and smile. So we ended up with many shots with goofy faces. Aside from that, the pictures are amazing- the lighting was fabulous, we were in sharp focus, and the locations we went to were gorgeous.
We did our engagement pictures at 3 locations- on the Chicago River, in a park by River North, and at Fullerton Beach.
We had about 14 REALLY good pictures from the shoot and another 14 that we were happy with. The rest of them were just OK or we didn't particularly like. Not that these rest of the pictures were bad, but because we had awkward faces or mismatched expressions in them.
We still find it somewhat weird to look at some of our engagement pictures. We are so used to looking at ourselves in pictures where we have a big cheesy grin it's just weird to see yourself in a non-smiley or mid sentence speaking pose. We look at these pictures and are like "Do I really look like that when I'm not smiling?"
We are posting our favorites on this blog, because we paid a pretty penny for them so you can be sure we are gonna use them all we can (or at least until the wedding pictures come in!)
Laurie's website-
http://lauriepeacock.com/
Once at the site, go to the engagement tab and scroll down to find George and Sherry (NOTE: the ones posted on her blog are not our favorites. So pay attention to the ones we post on our blog as we like these much better).
We did our engagement pictures at 3 locations- on the Chicago River, in a park by River North, and at Fullerton Beach.
We had about 14 REALLY good pictures from the shoot and another 14 that we were happy with. The rest of them were just OK or we didn't particularly like. Not that these rest of the pictures were bad, but because we had awkward faces or mismatched expressions in them.
We still find it somewhat weird to look at some of our engagement pictures. We are so used to looking at ourselves in pictures where we have a big cheesy grin it's just weird to see yourself in a non-smiley or mid sentence speaking pose. We look at these pictures and are like "Do I really look like that when I'm not smiling?"
We are posting our favorites on this blog, because we paid a pretty penny for them so you can be sure we are gonna use them all we can (or at least until the wedding pictures come in!)
Laurie's website-
http://lauriepeacock.com/
Once at the site, go to the engagement tab and scroll down to find George and Sherry (NOTE: the ones posted on her blog are not our favorites. So pay attention to the ones we post on our blog as we like these much better).
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Airports
There are 2 airports that will get you to the Bay Point Resort-
ECP, Panama City Beach serviced by Delta and Southwest
http://iflybeaches.com/
VPS, Fort Walton serviced by American and United.
http://flyvps.com/
ECP to the Bay Point is approx 26 miles 45 minutes and VPS is 62 miles 1 hour 24 minutes.
ECP, Panama City Beach serviced by Delta and Southwest
http://iflybeaches.com/
VPS, Fort Walton serviced by American and United.
http://flyvps.com/
ECP to the Bay Point is approx 26 miles 45 minutes and VPS is 62 miles 1 hour 24 minutes.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Venue
The ceremony and reception will be held at the Wyndham Bay Point Resort Beach.
http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/ECPWR/main.wnt?cid=ROMGWB
http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/ECPWR/main.wnt?cid=ROMGWB
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Save the Date
We have 174 days (less than 6 months) until the wedding in Florida!
We will be using this site to post information regarding wedding details.
We will be visiting the property in late January and then post more info at that time regarding surrounding hotel options, how far the airport is and the area in general. But we WILL be updating in the meantime so keep checking!
We will be using this site to post information regarding wedding details.
We will be visiting the property in late January and then post more info at that time regarding surrounding hotel options, how far the airport is and the area in general. But we WILL be updating in the meantime so keep checking!
Monday, October 24, 2011
April 28, 2012
April 28, 2012 at 4pm we are tying the knot at in Panama City Beach Florida at the Wyndham Bay Point Resort. So pencil us in!
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