Okay, here's the probable bridesmaids' dress--it would be in this color, celadon, with a "blush" sash.

http://www.dessy.com/dresses/bridesmaid/d403/

Congrats on the second daughter getting married Carnation :) Sorry I missed it earlier as I haven't been around in a while. I can't wait to read more of the details.

I like that a lot - similar to colors I'm looking at :)

Love the bridesmaid dress. It's not reall "foo foo" like a lot of them. Very simple and elegant. Yay. Will all the sisters be BM's?

That's a beautiful combination on the dress and an excellent style.

I also looked up the rose type. It's gorgeous too.

Congratulations!

If you haven't got your invitations yet, invitationsbydawn.com is definitely worth checking out. I got them on a recommendation and they did NOT dissappoint. My invitations were beautiful and very inexpensive. They are the same ones you order at the fancy boutiques, but cost a lot less.

Carnation - congrats to your daughter. I also planning a fall (well late summer/early fall) wedding and I actually chose Dessy as my BMs dress. Dessy can run a bit pricey and I actually found if I ordered it online I could save my girls around $100. I ordered through Netbride.com and the dresses actually were delivered on Friday (2 months early!). I know a lot of brides that have ordered through them with no problems so I thought I might pass the word along.

Good luck!

Oooh, thanks! Netbride will be the next website I go to!:)

Because--yes, she'll be using her 8 sisters as bridesmaids as well as 2 of her Zeta sisters and 3 friends from home. Buying 8 dresses and 13 bouquets is going to be pricey!

Lovely! That color is very pretty. And wearable again. I am so in love with tea length dresses...which is what I chose for my girls, too!

The bridesmaids dresses are very pretty. Any pictures of the wedding gown?

No problem, let me know if you have any questions about it.

Also they do 110% price matching guarantee which is awesome! I found that Houseofbrides.com sold larger sized dress (size 18+) a bit cheaper so I mentioned that to Netbride and not only did they match that price but they gave me free shipping on my entire order!

Wow! 13 bridesmaids!?!?! I'd love to see the photographer's face when s/he hears how big the wedding party is. :D

I went to a fall wedding a few years ago. They used the colder weather to their advantage by offering (among other things) hot spiced cider and hot chocolate at the reception. It was great!

Well, the photographer for the first daughter's wedding knew it would be like that because he's also a teacher at the high school that the Carnations go to!

Our first daughter was married at Christmas and she had a "Christmas morning breakfast reception", including hot cocoa! Now this one will be getting married in September so it'll be about 90 degrees in Alabama at that point...no cocoa for sure!

We took pictures of her trying on the gown but I wonder if I could somehow find the picture from David's Bridals website.

I missed this whole conversation until right now...congratulations! Our oldest is so excited that she was asked to be the only "sorority sister" in a wedding this summer...her first time as a bridesmaid.

How exciting--have fun planning!

Hey, Carnation! I missed this thread until now, as well. Congrats on another upcoming wedding. The bridesmaids dresses are so classy, I'm sure all the girls are thrilled at your daughter's choice. And yes, please try to post a pic of the wedding dress.