my engagement party is next weekend i’m so excited!!!
included are pictures of my ring that i love so very much and is so me from my new york proposal, sketch my artist friend did of one of the pictures of the proposal for our engagement party invites, and my bridesmaid’s gift bags from the pool party where i asked them to be my bridesmaids!
we toured this gorgeous gorgeous building that includes a whole house (amazing bridal + groom suites, huge outside space) and it’s publicly owned so the grounds rental alone is only $900, but you have to use the catering company that works with them and they are pretty pricey.
Rough estimate for all of the food + drink minus cake (cocktail hour apps, buffet dinner, late night snack, champagne toast, open bar for 5 hours, plated fruit + mousse dessert) all of the rentals we would need (outside chairs for ceremony, podium, etc) as well as access to bridal/ groom suites for 2 hours before the wedding is $11-12k depending on our final selections for a couple things. 60 people.
the venue has no a/v so we would absolutely need a dj, still need a photographer, dress etc.
the venue also includes centerpieces, linens, lighting and decorations and they have a wide variety of options. it’s extremely close to home for us and most of our guests and also to an affordable hotel.
we would also have a day of coordinator included, waitstaff, and an on location venue employee there the whole time to keep up on bathrooms etc.
this was the first place we toured, we have a couple other places scheduled to tour this summer but they all have a much more expensive rental price but include more entertainment- if there’s a/v i think i’d be fine skipping a dj and just playing a well made playlist lol. i feel like we could maybe bring the total cost down if we do cheaper catering, but wouldn’t have the help of a waitstaff. i was hoping to keep budget $15k, but it’s looking like it’s going to be at least 20k.
in NY for the very first time. my partner took me out to an amazing dinner (i had a pork chop and mascarpone mac n cheese 🤤) to celebrate me getting into nursing school. afterwards we were walking around the brooklyn bridge and all of a sudden i turn around and he’s down on one knee😭😭 he had his friend hiding taking pictures and every single thing about it was so perfect. i didn’t see it coming at all!!!!! this summer is gonna be our 7th anniversary so we both knew we were going to get married but i didn’t think this was happening for a while longer but omg i don’t think i’ve stopped smiling since. 💓💓💓💓💓💓