Wedding Venues

Ok so our first step in getting started is picking a venue and reserving it. Sean and I had decided we want a place that can host both our ceremony and reception, and we were leaning towards somewhere in the Poconos. Not only is it gorgeous there, but we thought it'd be a nice meeting place since we have so much family coming from other states & Puerto Rico. We picked out 5 places that we like so far- one of them is in Macungie, which is near Allentown, and the other 4 are in the Poconos. We are going to be setting up appointments to look at each one and then pick from our favorites. Here are the websites for each location:

http://bcmountainresort.com/winter/weddingsandbanquets.aspx
Bear Creek Mountain Resort, Macungie (one of my favorites)

http://www.shawneeinn.com/banquets.aspx
Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, Poconos (my top favorite)

http://www.poconomanor.com/pages/weddings.htm
Inn at Pocono Manor, Poconos (Sean's favorite)

http://www.stroudsmoor.com/Wedding/Wedding.asp
Stroudsmoor Country Inn, Poconos (We both like this one alot although it seems very pricey)

http://www.chateauresort.com/weddings/
The Chateau Resort, Poconos (We both like this but the photos seem a bit sketchy)


I've also decided on the color scheme- I would like for my bridesmaids & maid of honor to wear black dresses of their choice with some type of pink accent, like a sash or any other kind of material. I saw a picture of it and it looked really nice. Plus I'd love for my dress to have a little bit of pink at the bottom- kind of like Gwen Stefani's wedding dress but not as bright. I'm going to look into possibilities of dyeing wedding dresses. I know it sounds nuts, but I love the color pink so much and I've always wanted my dress to have at least a little bit of my favorite color in it. And Sean said he wouldn't mind wearing a pinkish tie so...everyone's happy, I hope! We were also talking about moving up the date to the last weekend of May in 2010. We're going to look into this and talk to our wedding party and families about it. This would make it easier for me career-wise plus I'm very anxious for us to get married :) It seems so far away at this point.