#26 Further info

Thank you for your input Jeff. Excellent questions. I forget readers haven't been in my brain regarding this wedding. :P

1. Our wedding will be at about 5ish p.m. Sometime in the later evening though, I doubt much earlier. The girl getting married before me is getting married at 7 p.m. (so the chance of setting up Sat is none).
2. As far as I know I don't think we will need access to the place prior to the day of. Of all our vendors I can think of...I don't see it being a problem. The only thing I would miss is I was planning on bringing all the dresses and other clothes during the rehearsal on Friday and leaving them there in the house until Sunday. But not that I think about it maybe I should keep all those in case of a disaster...(fire?)
3. I think the decorating will be minimal. We are having a buffet and that will be taken care of by the caterer. Flowers we are doing ourselves but nothing too fancy. I've got 2 fabulous ladies heading that up. Then other miscellaneous things like candles and maybe some lights/lanterns (haven't put anything in stone yet).
4. As far as coordinating, I haven't asked anyone yet, but I do have some in mind. This is DEFINITELY something that I am planning on having. From all the brides I've talked to all have said to make someone else in charge...that way you can enjoy the day and just trust that it will be beautiful.

Hope that helps...
I'm looking forward to your responses!

#25 Help!

My vendor called yesterday regarding out wedding site. We have the place reserved for our day, with an agreement that we can have the rehearsal Friday or Saturday. She called me yesterday and told me that there is another girl who wants to renew her vows on May 16, the day before our wedding. She said it's up to me, since I get first dibs. The lady who runs the lake house has done this before and she said it usually runs smoothly. There are a few pros and cons to this situation and I need help.

PRO: If I let her share the weekend, we can share the price of chair rentals, which would save about 100. It may even save us more money if she is using the paper lanterns in the barn (this would save $50 if we split).

CON: If we did this, we would ONLY be able set up on Sunday. No Friday or Sunday set up since she will be there before the boy and me.

Doesn't seem so bad...but is it nice to be able to set up the day before? I'm not sure how much set up there will and I'm not sure there will even be time to set up before. Has anyone been through this route and have advice? Please help!

#4 The Place is Reserved. Flowers and Food coming!

Yayyy! I'm so excited that we finally decided on a location. Check my first entry - we are having it there. Did I mention that it's gorgeous?

 

On the agenda for Thursday:

10 am - Pay car insurance bill

11 am - Meet Ron in Cleveland and talk about flowers for the wedding

2 pm - Talk to Tara about catering

3:30 pm - Massage (gift from friend)

5:30 pm - Knockout aerobics class (yeah...if i REALLY feel ambitious after that massage)

7 pm - Going away party for Adam.

So I guess it doesn't really seem that wedding oriented, but I'm hoping to feel accomplished after Thursday. I've called numerous florists and caterers and Ron and Tara were the only truly nice people. Everyone else just wants to suck money out of my wallet. If only you could hear my experiences. They are too brutal to share. :(

As for flowers, I think I'll save money by only ordering bouqets and boutonnieres, plus any special corsages and boutonnieres. We've got family friends that have a connection with flowers so I think we'll be able get a pretty good rate on bulk flowers for center pieces. The idea is to keep it simple, yet elegant. None of that fancy flower arrangement stuff. Don't get me wrong, I think they are nice nice, but it's not quite my style. If anyone sees any cool vases pass the word on to me. :D I like this photo. A couple flowers with a fun vase. Check the flower and vase in the back of photo 2. I like the cupcakes too.

I'd like my bouquet to be all white. Now as for which flowers...I'm not sure yet. However, I know that I don't want roses and I do want something like a daisy. After all, it is my favorite flower :) Aren't these bouquets beautiful?

#1 The Place

This is week 6. I checked out this location today and it's absolutely AMAZING. I wanted to find that place that made we want to run around I was so excited. Yay! The moment I drove into the property I was in love. Beautiful green grass, white house, RED barn (eee!) Tomorrow I'll take the boy and make sure he likes it too.

The price is also very reasonable. It includes all the tables and chairs for the reception (in the barn) and includes set up fees. Pretty sure I couldn't stop texting my love all the way home.

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About Me:

Once I got engaged, I realized that I've been to about as many weddings as I can count on one hand. This worried me a little (okay a lot) so I dove into the most popular resource available - the Internet. Needless to say, I found a plethora of fabulous wedding blogs and sites that I became addicted. This is week 6 of my engagement and I have multiple folders on my computer dedicated to my upcoming wedding filled with photos, menu ideas, vow ideas, and so much more.

So here I am tonight. This blog developed like this.

Me: Babe, I'm addicted to these wedding blogs.

Him: Why don't you start one of your own?

Me: Okay.

Here I am. And I'm sooo excited. I've checked these things off my list:

The dress (but I can't share too much in case the boy finds this blog)

The photographer (This really did take 6 weeks...hardest decision we'll make I bet)

and....possibly location. Which is so exciting!!! Here are the details:

We've reserved 2 places. One beautiful park in the middle of tons of land. It's got a blue spring, lush green grass, and awesome old farm cabins scattered around it. One problem - a caterer would never want to come there. Basically it's fend for your selves...in the land of simple. Electric's all we got friends.

Place number 2 is a cute bed a breakfast with a lake. It's alright, but still not everything I imagined. However, I've never really thought about my wedding day until about 6 weeks ago so I wasn't sure what I wanted. Until I found today's location.

Anyway, I'm feeling very accomplished. My goals were to get these numbers done before school starts in August:

1. Dress

2. Photographer

3. Place

4. Flowers

5. Caterer

After all that big stuff everything else will come together pretty easily.