Katlyn and Kevin- A Kingdom Hearts Wedding- *Wishes* Japan/LSS 09/17/17

I can't believe that you're actually getting the Donald and Goofy costumes! And what's even more amazing is that they were still even available haha I don't think they've been worn in years have they? I feel extra emotional since we just got back from attending the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World Tour
 
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So excited to hear about your planning session but the images aren't working :( i want to see your floral.

So I just realized your planning visit was the week of my wedding. I'm reading through your description of your rainy day at Epcot and was like oh yeah that happened to us on a Tuesday in May too. It was flooded but awesome because it was empty...then realized it was the same day. lol

Sounds like your planning session went really great and sounds like mine with your mom interrupting; that's what moms do. I too was really hesitant about getting and DJ and got pushed into one but it worked out really well for us. Disney assigned us DJ Steve who we spoke to over the phone a few weeks before the wedding and he was great totally worked with us about picky musical tastes and let us send over a ridiculously long request list.
 
Loved reading thru the thread.. for some reason I am unable to most of the pictures.. I'm not sure why, there's a box that says something about photobucket?
Anyway It all sounds wonderful and just wanted to say congrats to you both on ur upcoming marriage. Health, happiness and laughter!
 


We also asked Vita about the KH outfits for Donald and Goofy and she got us the info, its a good deal more because of shipping so we probably won't use them, but its so tempting.:eek:

wait,..... we can get that?! THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! i legit started crying when i read that you got them. dave is laughing because im crying over this. he thinks my miss america moments are adorable.

also yeah im getting all the fail pictures too. photobucket seems to hate us now. and im mad at my emails for not updating me that there were updates. ive been wondering what was going on. jerk gmail.... i need to have a talk with it.
 
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Ohhhh this was part of that photobucket debacle that people were blocked from there Owen ( free) posted photos Unless they then signed up to pay several hundred dollars...
There's a thread somewhere on here about it

Would have loved to see your photos OP
I hope at some point you ll b able to post them.
 


https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/30/photobucket_charging_400yr_3rdparty_pgs/ heres a thing on it.

i honestly post pictures to my facebook messenger and open the image in a new tab. the address in the bar doesnt link back to my facebook and its an easy way to make sure that they dont get deleted. it will be a pain, but at the very least, we can open the links to see the images.

Another suggestion is flickr or whatever it is. my photography friend uses that for all our cosplay pics.
 
Sorry for the delay, everyone! Kevin and I have been super busy packing our lives up and moving back from Japan, so there hasn't been much time to update you all...

I'm working on my next post but before I do anything I'm gonna have to figure out what to do about this Photobucket mess.
We're a month away as of yesterday!
 
So the past few months have been a bit of a hectic mess! We had to start packing up our whole apartment about a month before move-out, shipping about seven boxes overseas just for the overflow from our suitcases! During the lead-up to moving out, however, Kevin was tasked with designing place cards for our reception tables. We’ve named each table after a Keyblade, and we put a silhouette of each Keyblade over a background (either sapphire blue or gold) and embellished it with various splatter and crack patterns of the opposite color. Our table’s Keyblade got to stay full-color, though (since we’re the center of attention :P)
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Kevin also designed matching escort cards for the guests sitting at each table. The cards still have the Keyblade silhouette, but they’re laid over a black background with a gray pattern that’s used on a lot of recent Kingdom Hearts memorabilia. Once we get all our RSVPs we can get around to attaching names to the cards.
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And our last artistic project together was our ceremony program. We’re making heart-shaped fans with the order of events in blue Kingdom Hearts font. It took us forever to figure out how to change the color of the pattern we used on the escort cards to gold, but we eventually ended up with what you see here!
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Since we’re finally 30 days out, we’ve been making our big payments, which has been THE MOST STRESSFUL THING OH MY GAWRSH. Thankfully, we’ve been using and abusing our Disney Rewards Visa card, so as of July, we have over $600 in Disney Rewards money for our honeymoon!:teeth:


Since we’ve sent out our invitations, we’ve been getting RSVPs pretty steadily! It was expected, but we’ve had about 20 people say they can’t make it. So boo, rejection (but also at the same time yay for less money for food and beverage costs~). Kevin’s mom got a bit spooked at the cost of the dessert party/rehearsal dinner, but we ended up with a smaller number of people coming to that, so it’ll be a more intimate affair.


And speaking of getting spooked… I had a big scare during our trip to Tokyo before coming home to America. There were a lot of difficulties with the travel to our temporary place in Tokyo and my new supervisor was very inexperience and made some mistakes with things like bus tickets and my visa and just ugh.:scared: But the worst thing was that I lost my engagement ring, most likely on the bus. So for the time being, I got a temporary replacement ring from a jewelry store in Japan I’ve been following for a long time but never found a reason to justify the cost. It’s very pretty and I love it but I’m still upset.:sad:
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I’m going to pause here and try to write another post tomorrow about some other updates along with trying to fix this photobucket stuff. I go away for a bit and all my pictures get locked up!:mad:
 
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Everything is paid off! Glad that's taken care of! I still have to pay a few vendors but the big cost is done and I can rest a little. Well I say I'll rest but I'm still sewing away on the dress and doing other miscellaneous tasks every night.

We got another package from Disney as well, sorry for the low lighting, Kevin took it in his families apartment and its pretty dark.
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This week I'm going to try to make some runs to printers to get the programs and escort cards and all printed out. I need to get started on those ASAP. Kevin's back in NY until the wedding so I'm just here with my mother working on everything. Thank goodness she's so supportive and helpful with all the wedding tasks. My bridesmaids are being pretty quiet about the bachelorette party but that's coming up soon as well. :hyper:
 
OMG those are PRECIOUS! yeah sorry about that mess with photobucket but the rest is looking great! <3 im gonna miss your updates on here when your wedding comes finally.
 
We're getting so close! I've been busy everyday working on last minute projects. I just got home from a hair trim,I'm keeping the length till the wedding but needed those split ends gone.

I've finished a few projects like making a flower crown for my flower girl. She's 3 so she may or may not wear it, but we can only try. Her mom is trying to get her excited about it so we have a better chance :)

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I also bought a veil for super cheap at a consignment shop nearby. It had a few little rips on it but the trim was already really pretty and it had some flowers sewn on that looked a little like Mickey heads. It was $20 so I got it and attached some pearls and beads to make some not so hidden Mickeys that looked like the flowers already on. They covered up the rips and added some Disney Magic!

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I'm still deciding if I want to add any embellishments to my regular wedding shoes, but that will depend on time left over. In the meantime I took my comfy backup shoes and embellished them. They were plain white slip-ons and I put some trim and crystals on them so if I need to switch to them I still feel fancy. The gloves have been done for a bit but I kept forgetting to take pictures of them.

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Yesterday we ran to the printing shop and printed out all the programs, escort cards, and table cards. It wasn't too bad a price but we're cutting it out ourselves so even more DIY. I'm glad I'm getting all this stuff that matches my vision but I'm getting a little tired. Just normal last minutes stress and exhaustion. Thankfully my parents are helping but I still can't wait till the day so I can just enjoy.

To finish off here's a dress update! I'm working on the fitting and adjusting a few more things but here it is now! (ignore my messy house)pug:
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Love your dress SO much! How talented you must be!

I've been following along, and hope you'll show us your wedding after it happens. It will be beautiful.
 
I'm watching the stuff on Irma right now and couldnt remember the date of your wedding so i had to come check! I'm so glad its not today. That would have suuuuucked. I love your dress! it looks amazing, as do all of the additional details you've been making. ^u^ Can't wait to see more!
 
Love your dress SO much! How talented you must be!

I've been following along, and hope you'll show us your wedding after it happens. It will be beautiful.

Thank you! I'll be sure to share everything after the wedding is over.

made a mistake

You were fine, I realized I put the wrong date in my title. I put in my birthdate instead of my wedding date! Your comment made me realize it after it's been wrong for months!

I'm watching the stuff on Irma right now and couldnt remember the date of your wedding so i had to come check! I'm so glad its not today. That would have suuuuucked. I love your dress! it looks amazing, as do all of the additional details you've been making. ^u^ Can't wait to see more!

Yeah I was watching Irma the whole time and praying it would go through fast and not harm Disney and fortunately it looks like we'll be okay! It's only a few more days!
 
We had my bachelorette party last weekend. Sadly my maid of honor couldn't come with us because she's in Hawaii and isn't flying in until Friday before the wedding. We went to Medieval Times without her, but we added her to the picture in post :P
We had a great time even though we go lost on the way there and had to pay the Jersey Turnpike toll like three times. All my bridesmaids are in jail because they didn't treat me though. :snooty: It was a birthday/bacherlorette party combined too since Thursday had the cheapest ticket, and luckily our knight won (Go Red and Yellow Knight!)
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On the craft end the dress is completed now and I'm so glad. I'm not going to post a picture of it since the wedding is in just a few days and I'll have good pictures of it then. I had enough time to add some to my shoes. They were just plain lace boots before but now they have a little floof on them!

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And I made some custom Mickey Ears as well. I may still buy the standard Bride and Groom Ears but I like having some hats that fit well and are comfortable. Kevin's head is usually too big for most standard hats anyway so this cap will fit him without giving him a headache. Ignore the yellow pins, I was drying glue as I took this picture.
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We did get some bad news for Vita unfortunately.:sad1: She told us Donald and Goofy are considered "Storybook" characters and they can't take picture outside of a backdrop area. That means no dancing or cake cutting with KH!Donald and Goofy. We only were told this 10 days out and just arghhhh!! They refunded us part of the shipping cost, $500, back, but I'm still upset. We may be able to bring the cake over to the characters, we're still waiting to hear back on that. The costumes got used for an employee only event a week or so ago, which I felt mixed on. It led to a lot of people being confused why they were there and some people spreading misinformation on where the costumes were, and it just was extra stress. Disney has a right to do what they want but still :crazy2:

I'm getting back to cutting out papers and packing up. It's only two days until we fly down to Disney!

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Luckily i've seen pics of the japan epcot area and it looks amazing still. seems like it wasn't even touched! I saw that they had donald and goofy at a party and i was a little annoyed for you too. but things are so close now and i cant wait to see everything! *squee* so close! Take pics of EVERYTHING!
 

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