Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Dance Party!!!
I probably shouldn't post this, as it is a surprise but I won't let it all out! One hint... Bridal Party will be entering the reception in a very unique way that will surely start the night out with high energy and lots of fun!
Flowers of Spring
I have been able to take advantage of having winter break to take care of necessary details that I won't have a chance to handle otherwise.
Last Tuesday, I took my dress to the bridal store for alterations. I didn't think it needed everything the seamstress planned for but when she described everything it really was necessary. She will be shortening the front end about an inch and a half, readjusting my bustle to actually fit the length of my height, shortening the ribbon for the corset *cough cough*, and fixing the shape of the chest area.
Fortunately the total came out to be a whole lot less than I thought it would and I pick it up mid January :)
We also arranged to meet with our pastor, Mark Eiken, late January to talk about the ceremony and all the details necessary to do the actual wedding! I'm super excited about that!
Now for what you have waited for, AKA the flowers... I wrote previously (like June) about all the florists we visited and how impressed I was with Huff's Flowers in Lawrenceville.
As I was trying to explain it to Scott, the florist starts out with business stating she would show pictures, trying to be very time sensitive and direct. But her personality always blossoms through, and after the first time I saw this, I knew she would be perfect for my flowers. The more and more she talked about flowers and what would go beautifully with the others, she even brought out samples of the flowers (in other colors they had available at the time). She, Penny, got very excited about making the bouquet and you could definitely tell with her excited smile and gleam in her eyes.
I took Scott to the florist yesterday to make a couple of changes from the original contract we had discussed. The original total came to be nearly a thousand. With so many changes that took place between June and now, we removed flowers from the centerpieces, removed flowers from the ceremony stage, and also removed flowers from the Bridesmaids, father of the bride, and the Groom (both wearing military uniforms!). With these changes, we brought the total to a third of the original price, along with a huge sigh of relief! I actually went today with my aunt and paid the total!
In case you are wondering.. here's what we have going for my bouquet.. light blue delphinium, white freesia, white agapanthia, white roses, white spray roses, white daisies, white stock, blue hydrangea, and a couple of other choices the florist decided to throw in last minute to accentuate colors. The bundle will be bundled together with the hemmed part of my dress and tied with pearls!
The evening ended great.. after we returned from making the payment, a box was sitting on the kitchen counter. My Wedding TOMS had arrived!!! Ivory Glitters :) don't forget to ask to see them at the wedding!
Last Tuesday, I took my dress to the bridal store for alterations. I didn't think it needed everything the seamstress planned for but when she described everything it really was necessary. She will be shortening the front end about an inch and a half, readjusting my bustle to actually fit the length of my height, shortening the ribbon for the corset *cough cough*, and fixing the shape of the chest area.
Fortunately the total came out to be a whole lot less than I thought it would and I pick it up mid January :)
We also arranged to meet with our pastor, Mark Eiken, late January to talk about the ceremony and all the details necessary to do the actual wedding! I'm super excited about that!
Now for what you have waited for, AKA the flowers... I wrote previously (like June) about all the florists we visited and how impressed I was with Huff's Flowers in Lawrenceville.
As I was trying to explain it to Scott, the florist starts out with business stating she would show pictures, trying to be very time sensitive and direct. But her personality always blossoms through, and after the first time I saw this, I knew she would be perfect for my flowers. The more and more she talked about flowers and what would go beautifully with the others, she even brought out samples of the flowers (in other colors they had available at the time). She, Penny, got very excited about making the bouquet and you could definitely tell with her excited smile and gleam in her eyes.
I took Scott to the florist yesterday to make a couple of changes from the original contract we had discussed. The original total came to be nearly a thousand. With so many changes that took place between June and now, we removed flowers from the centerpieces, removed flowers from the ceremony stage, and also removed flowers from the Bridesmaids, father of the bride, and the Groom (both wearing military uniforms!). With these changes, we brought the total to a third of the original price, along with a huge sigh of relief! I actually went today with my aunt and paid the total!
In case you are wondering.. here's what we have going for my bouquet.. light blue delphinium, white freesia, white agapanthia, white roses, white spray roses, white daisies, white stock, blue hydrangea, and a couple of other choices the florist decided to throw in last minute to accentuate colors. The bundle will be bundled together with the hemmed part of my dress and tied with pearls!
The evening ended great.. after we returned from making the payment, a box was sitting on the kitchen counter. My Wedding TOMS had arrived!!! Ivory Glitters :) don't forget to ask to see them at the wedding!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Invitation Craze
I will say.. invites turned out to be more of a hassle than it should have been! It was a series of days and events that made it all possible..
The invites arrived on Friday and I sent dad to pick them up. I had my first scare when the ribbons were not attached to the invites. We had originally thought they didn't come with them even after we paid for them! Sunday came around, Scott and I spent the afternoon assembling the little pieces together (ribbon, envelopes, etc) while our moms wrote addresses. It was a long but fun afternoon of talking and working! Kim came by in the later part of the afternoon and we took a mini break to Archiver's to find some gold seals to close the envelopes. That store has everything!
Monday night I picked up a tip. If you number the rsvp return cards, if someone forgets to put their name, you will still know who it is! For those of you with invites, you can check the upper right hand corner of the inside of your rsvp card. It's got a penciled in number. AND if you erase it.... I will come after you!!
Each number has been paired with a family on my complete wedding list excel sheet for easy access.And just an FYI if you are filling the rsvp card out, the M ____ is where you put MR (NAME) or MRS (NAME).
Tuesday I was able to make it to the Post Office before lunch. I ended up spending nearly $200 in stamps and wanted to throw my wallet away then and there! I bought extra forever stamps too.. knowing that postage is going up in January, it was only wise to get the stamps for the save the dates later.
What makes it funny is the bittersweet feeling I had Tuesday afternoon when I dropped off the invitations at the post office. Of course I wanted to send them off and show people the invites, but after all that time spent working on them I wasn't ready to part. I wanted to hand deliver them with care that we all know is lacking in the postal service.
Finally one last thing... Wednesday afternoon I get a call from dad that an empty RSVP envelope had returned with nothing inside meaning that the invitation had come apart in the postal service somewhere. So PLEASE let me know if you received your invite, received your invite with a missing RSVP card, or did not receive one all together and you have all ready gotten a save the date!
The invites arrived on Friday and I sent dad to pick them up. I had my first scare when the ribbons were not attached to the invites. We had originally thought they didn't come with them even after we paid for them! Sunday came around, Scott and I spent the afternoon assembling the little pieces together (ribbon, envelopes, etc) while our moms wrote addresses. It was a long but fun afternoon of talking and working! Kim came by in the later part of the afternoon and we took a mini break to Archiver's to find some gold seals to close the envelopes. That store has everything!
Monday night I picked up a tip. If you number the rsvp return cards, if someone forgets to put their name, you will still know who it is! For those of you with invites, you can check the upper right hand corner of the inside of your rsvp card. It's got a penciled in number. AND if you erase it.... I will come after you!!
Each number has been paired with a family on my complete wedding list excel sheet for easy access.And just an FYI if you are filling the rsvp card out, the M ____ is where you put MR (NAME) or MRS (NAME).
Tuesday I was able to make it to the Post Office before lunch. I ended up spending nearly $200 in stamps and wanted to throw my wallet away then and there! I bought extra forever stamps too.. knowing that postage is going up in January, it was only wise to get the stamps for the save the dates later.
What makes it funny is the bittersweet feeling I had Tuesday afternoon when I dropped off the invitations at the post office. Of course I wanted to send them off and show people the invites, but after all that time spent working on them I wasn't ready to part. I wanted to hand deliver them with care that we all know is lacking in the postal service.
Finally one last thing... Wednesday afternoon I get a call from dad that an empty RSVP envelope had returned with nothing inside meaning that the invitation had come apart in the postal service somewhere. So PLEASE let me know if you received your invite, received your invite with a missing RSVP card, or did not receive one all together and you have all ready gotten a save the date!
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