Today Dallas Wedding Planner is featuring the newly married couple Cher and Brian.  They were married on October 17, 2009 and their wedding was captured by Crosswhite Photography.

How did the two of you meet? We met when we were both students at Stephen F. Austin State University about 10 years ago.  We were introduced by mutual friends. We were friends for almost 5 years before we started dating!

Tell us about the proposal.  He proposed to me in our back yard….It was just me, him and our dog…it was very intimate and i was VERY surprised.  He tried to get the dog to give me the ring but she would not cooperate with him, so instead he just got down on one knee and asked!  It was PERFECT!

Tell us about your wedding gown. I got my wedding gown, veil and shoes all at Alfred Angelo in Frisco.  The gown was a very simple, trumpet style, strapless gown in ivory, with just a little beading under the bust.  It was the second dress i tried on out of about 30 and we all just kept coming back to that one.  It was so me.  My veil was an ivory fingertip length veil with satin ribbon around the bottom, also very simple.  I was really going for a chic, elegant, kinda 1940′s glam look.  The shoes were pale pink (my favorite color) with a little beading across the toe strap. I would not change one thing about the whole ensemble.

Did you have a design inspiration for your wedding? We were really just going for a chic, sophisticated look without being to stuffy.   The main things we wanted were to have enough food, EXCELLENT cake and just to have fun. When people think back on our wedding, I want them to think “wow!!  That was so much fun!”

How did you decide on your wedding colors? Our colors were pale pink and chocolate brown and ivory.  We choose pink because it is my favorite color and brown because it is a fall color and looks so good with pink.  We wanted brown as the primary color with the pink as an accent color…because i believe there is such a thing as TOO MUCH pink and i didn’t want our wedding to look like it had been hosed down in Pepto.  I think it turned out beautiful.

Our favors were little bags of mixed nuts and pink M&M’s with tags that said Brian and Cher, Nuts for each other!!

Did you have any DIY items at your wedding? YES!!  We made all of our favors ourselves (even the tags).  We printed all of our programs and invitations, reply cards and accommodation cards.  We also did the floating candle centerpieces on the tables.  Our florist provided the petals and the floral centerpieces. I also made the cake toppers myself.

Three adjectives that describe your wedding day: beautiful, elegant and FUN.

What are the hardest decision you made during the planning process? Choosing the menu.  All of the food was we tasted was so good it was really hard to decide what to actually serve.

What was your most favorite part of planning your wedding? Dress shopping (it’s like playing dress up for grown ups), cake tasting – I LOVE all things cake and menu tasting.  My husband would definitely say cake and menu tasting.

What was your favorite part of your wedding day? Seeing Brian’s face when I rounded the corner for the first time…it was the best.

What was the most unexpected event on your wedding day? The giant blob of mud that ended up on my dress during pre-wedding pictures!  Seriously, it was like the size of a 50 cent piece.  Thankfully one of my bridesmaids had a tide pen that took it right out.  After that, you could never even tell that it happened. All brides must have a tide pen with them on wedding day.

We really wanted it to be a reflection of who we are as individuals and a couple.  We had traditional ceremony music but the pre-ceremony and post-ceremony music was non-traditional, Beatles, Van Morrison, U2, Radiohead, all courtesy of our string quartet.

What advice would you give a bride planning her wedding? Try not to stress out.  Get as much done as far ahead of time as you can so you can enjoy the last couple of weeks before the big day.  It is only one day and no matter what happens, you still end up married at the end of it.

Where did you honeymoon? We honeymooned for 3 nights in London and 4 nights in Paris!  We didn’t actually go until 3 weeks after the wedding to make sure we were rested up for our big trip!

Here’s a list of Cher and Brian’s wedding professionals who helped make their wedding day a success.
Photographer:  Crosswhite Photography
Ceremony  Location:  Timarron Country Club, Southlake, Texas
Reception Location:  Timarron Country Club
Florist Name:  Justine’s Flowers, Ft. Worth
Musicians:  European Ensemble String Quartet for ceremony, Randall Stout DJ (Greg Michaels) – reception
Bakery:  Sweet Memories, Keller
Hair: Daisy at Daisy’s Salon and makeup by Luisa at Daisy’s Salon, Dallas
Wedding Planner:  – me. We did have a coordinator that came with the site, Alexis Schreffler. She was AWESOME!

Cher and Brian congratulations on your wedding.  Enjoy your new life together.  Thanks again to Andrea Crosswhite of Crosswhite Photography for sharing Cher and Brian’s wedding day images with the Dallas Wedding Planner readers and fans.