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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Final Groom Statement… For Now

11 Monday Oct 2010

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Sometimes I’m a man of few words, other times, you ask me a question and I will give you a pageant. As we speak I am in a reflective mood; and as I sit on my couch seeking inspiration from Stanley Kubrick and these guys, I giggle at the thought of what life has in store for us. If our wedding is just a prologue to our lives, I can only imagine what lies in the next few chapters.

So as I exit, I leave this gem as a parting shot, knowing that somehow, “For now” is a correct statement.

Thank you all for following us in our journey!

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The DaNi Wedding Celebration: FINAL POST

11 Monday Oct 2010

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WOW,

Wedding planning consumed my life for the past year and a half and I wouldn’t  have had  it any other way. Creating this blog is arguably one of the best parts of the wedding planning process for me. I was excited to share my ideas both original and stolen LOL. I hope this blog has helped brides and will continue to help future brides.

It is kind of bitter sweet to write this final DaNi wedding related post. Thank you all for visiting and being part of this process with us. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or just want to talk wedding. As you can tell I am in love with all things wedding and I am def. staying abreast with all the new trends and still coming up with ideas as if my wedding has not passed (soo sad but true LOL).

So what is next for the blog? I am not sure :/  For now, we are are going to just leave it up. If you don’t know, I LOVE to scrap book. My next project is to print out every blog post to create a wedding planning scrap book. I know I do too much, but I can not help it goooooosh LOL.

So what is next for Dami? I am back in the classroom, and completing my masters at Columbia University (ONE CLASS LEFT) :). I am launching my fine stationery line called Parchments by Dami. I am having a lot of fun working on it, It will be chic and cheap. I know what it feels like to feel like you have no money, but you want really nice invites. This will be launched next year (I  might relaunch DaNi as my invitations blog…who knows?).  Something else that has been following me since the wedding is the idea of wedding planning. It is interesting how you think you have your path figured out, but then life starts to happen. Needless to say, I am fully trusting in God, may His will be done.

To all my future bride friends and just brides to be in general, BE YOU. Make sure you try your best to make your wedding speak to your personality. Please don’t try to compete with anyone or compare your day with others. It is YOUR day. So get to planning and best believe I will be all up on facebook checking them out and oohing and ahhing 🙂

Finally, even though we have been married for a little over a month, one thing I am trying to focus on is the Fruit of the spirit. Niyi and I spoke about this during counseling and it is interesting. Interesting in the sense that, it is not the fruit(S) but the fruit of the spirit. Which means that there is no way you can say you have love without having patience, or joy, or kindness, or goodness, etc. It is one fruit which means when you have the fruit of the spirit, you have LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF CONTROL all at the same time.  This definitely cannot be accomplished without the grace of God. With that said, may the lord grant you your heart desires, may He guide you and shower you with blessings, cover you with His grace and empower us all with t His fruit.

I will miss this process 😦 :).

Cheers

Dami

Vendor Check List / Ratings

11 Monday Oct 2010

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Picking a vendor is a huge commitment I tell you. I actually prayed and asked God to help me with the vendors and he sure did 🙂

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

My ratings are out of 5 stars

Chateau Polonez—(FOUR AND A HALF STARS)

I chose the Chateau simply because it is breath taking. They were very professional and easy to work with. I even got reimbursed some money because they sent home unneeded staff. I think that says a lot about them because most  establishments just want the money. I failed to give them 5 stars because I wanted my open bar to start later but they did not let me for some random reason. Everything worked out fine though!

The Centrum (FIVE STARS)

I know most people think I am random for renting a church but I am so glad that I did.  It was simply beautiful, the coordinators, musician, lighting, EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL 🙂

MONARCH LIMOUSINES (5 STARS)

We used their services for the bridesmaids limos and DaNi’s Rolls. I loved the free personalization in front of the rolls. The drivers were extra respectful and nice. Great company.

PRISCILLA OF BOSTON (FOUR AND A HALF STARS)

We dealt with the Salon in Uptown Park, Houston. We got my dress, veil and our bridesmaids dresses there (by the way my girls had free reign on their dresses, shoes and hairstyle). They were very professional and all, but I had to take half a star cause “they was a lil uppitty up in there.”

MORANTICE VIDEOGRAPHY (5 STARS)

Contact Info: 832 207 2914

Morantice was outstanding to say the least. He worked overtime and his pricing cannot be beat. He came in early to set up and came to wedding rehearsal to ensure that he was fully prepared to capture all the moments of the ceremony. The absolute BEST!  Thanks Mama Nia for the referral!

DJ GQ MIKE (THREE AND A HALF STARS)

I wish he was a little more level headed…but he did rock the house. Thanks to Femi for thinking ahead and saving us from several possible disasters!

FEMI MY OUTSTANDING MC (FIVE STARS)

You know how you ask a friend for a favor and they just go above and beyond? Well, that is exactly what happened with Femi. He totally helped all the way through, I can not even start to mention all he did!

Thanks FEMO!

COLLINS METU (FIVE  STARS)

 

I just love being a TEACHER..(I thank God that I get a chance to live my dream everyday with my boys in Brooklyn)

 


I have sooooo many of these engagement pics, I don’t even know what to do with them.

 

THIS IS MY FAV PIC!

 

Collins is simply the BEST thing that happened to our wedding. From the engagement pics all the the way to the wedding. We became good friends through the process 🙂 Very professional, he works HARD, and he is WORTH every penny. Brides please keep in mind that you need someone to be able to document your hard work and help you create life long memories through his pictures. I have to say it again, Mr. Metu, ALL THE WAY!

PROFESSIONAL SOCIALITES (FIVE STARS)

What can I say, my girls were troopers. I don’t think they fully understood what they were getting into–such a large Nigerian wedding–but, they did the darn thing. Crystal was hustling so hard and broke her zipper, but she still held it down. I even delayed the start of their day due to my guest list, but they still came in with a smile. Gotta love the socialites 🙂

RALS CATERING (FOUR STARS)

The food was off the chain!!!!! But I hate to have to call a vendor multiple times before getting a call back.  Also, he did not provide the specialty non-alcoholic drink he was paid for…SIDE EYE.  Not  to worry, he will be serving a complimentary drink during my 25th Birthday/Invitation launch party!

CAKES MY GINA (TWO STARS)

( Only the truffles on the edge of the  tray, Rals did the ice cream treat)

They are a HOT MESS!!!! no comment! The truffles they provided were good though…but they are ridiculously expensive and the taste is nothing compared to Supreme Kakes. So save your self a lot of dollars and visit Supreme Kakes 🙂

TNT ENTERTAINMENT (5 STARS)

 

"When God Made You He Must Have Been Thinking About Me"

 

Bolu, a friend of the blog got some of his singers for us during the wedding. Thank you so much for this because it exceeded ALL of my expectations. They were perfect!!!! Please contact Bolu for any of your performing need needs. Live band, singers, musicians, sound equipments, videographers, lights and the whole audio/sound/video/light productions.

bolu.olupona@tamusicians.com

832.413. 3739

TINELL MCINTYRE (5 STARS)

My sorority sister hooked up my hair…she is also a professional makeup artist. SHE IS OFF THE CHAIN.

Beauty Geeks International   (5 STARS)

 

I wanted to look like myself and I did 🙂

 

Jums of BGI hooked me up all through and she did the darn thing!!!!!

SUPREME KAKES

(FOUR STARS, even though I am being generous with my rating, I can’t go lower because the cakes were delicious)

At first, Supreme Kakes could not get it together..For my shower, they made a lil stripper cake that I did not accept until they fixed it, and they made a white girl (SIDE EYE). Apart from that, It was perfect!!!

DARRYL AND COMPANY (FOUR STARS)

Great to work with…even though Darryl himself tried to change my display due to the recession (ole oshi!) None the less, they did a great job!

HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE—5 MILLION STARS !!!

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