Wedding Notes
Mar. 29th, 2009 03:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sulwenThis is only going in LJ because if I put it in a word file it'll get hopelessly lost in the mess that is my hard drive. Feel free to skim right by.
Pictures!
The colors:
I love this image because it shows just what I'm looking for in flowers - not so much the type of flower or the size of the bouquet, but the ratio of green to white. It also shows all three colors working together nicely:
I'm very attached to using braids in my hairstyle, and I love the middle one in this pic:
I want my cake to be very simple, with only a few fresh flowers for decoration. This is a good example, minus the pears:
Boring stuff, only interesting to me:
To Do: Call Benham's Grove and get the date finalized and the deposit down - THIS WEEK. While there, look more closely at space issues - we really, really need to be able to seat at least 55. Also start thinking about table arrangements and decor - the house already looks nice, so how much do we really need to bring in?
To Do: We really need to book an officiant. I don't want to find someone I love only to have them be busy that day. That should really be the next thing after the location.
To Do: Talk to Barb and Jerry about catering. Get contact info from them and call company, set up meeting time.
To Do: Talk to Tim about doing photography, possibly with some assistance from Linda.
To Do: Set up some appointments with bakeries. Definitely want to try the Bonbonerie.
To Do: Find a florist. Maybe ask Linda to help look into that, since I'm paying for all the flowers myself. Decide exactly how many flowers are needed and what kinds. I'm thinking we definitely need: bridal bouquet, three maid's bouquets, groom's boutonniere, three groomsmen's boutonnieres, petals for the flower girl's basket and to go on tables, and a few small arrangements to go on the cake.
To Do: Register! Never too early, right? Need to decide where we want to do it...
To Do: Do rehearsal dinner research and get that info to Bob and Nancy. I don't really care too much about this - I'm just happy we get to have one at all - but it needs to be done.
To Do: Choose invitations, finalize wording, and get them ordered.
To Do: Have Sam and Amanda order their dresses.
To Do: Start thinking about menswear. Maybe go and check out some things with Matt sometime.
To Do: Start thinking about hairstyles. Maybe meet with Diane to try a few things. No hurry on this one. See if she can recommend a makeup artist.
To Do: Decide on honeymoon plans. We've discussed everything under the sun, it seems like. We just need to actually decide.
To Do: Talk to Dad about music. I'm not too worried about reception music - it shouldn't be too hard to get an iPod (plus a backup iPod) full of music for that. I'm more concerned about ceremony music. I'd love to have some live music for that...but I probably can't afford it.
To Do: Look at wedding bands and get pricing. Plain and simple totally works for me.
Thought: Possible receiving line order - Me, Matt, Mom and Dad, Bob and Nancy (wonder if that's ok or if I need to include steps too?), Abby, Curt, Sam, Chris, Amanda, Matt P.
Get this: The two gemstones that, according to theknot.com, represent marital happiness? Sapphire and aquamarine. How awesome is that?
Thought: I want my bouquet to be very green. I love the color green, I love greenery...it just feels right. Hopefully I can get something in the lovely dark shade that's my favorite. I think green and white for me and just white for the maids would be nice - white, blue, and green being the overall color scheme. I also LOVE the idea of herbs in my bouquet...I love herbs for some reason.
Thought: Picture times. I do actually like the idea of Matt not seeing me in my dress until after the ceremony, but I wonder if it'll work out to do the pictures after, considering that there's no travel involved between ceremony and reception. I love the idea of a cocktail hour, but as we're not having alcohol...well, it kind of makes that hour less fun. Guess we'll have to talk that out later.
Thought: I actually completely love the idea of doing a seating arrangement. In fact, it might even be necessary considering how little space we're going to have. I think this is one place
where I'm going to let my control-freak out of the box.
I have SO MUCH to do...*sigh*
Pictures!
The colors:
I love this image because it shows just what I'm looking for in flowers - not so much the type of flower or the size of the bouquet, but the ratio of green to white. It also shows all three colors working together nicely:
I'm very attached to using braids in my hairstyle, and I love the middle one in this pic:
I want my cake to be very simple, with only a few fresh flowers for decoration. This is a good example, minus the pears:
Boring stuff, only interesting to me:
To Do: Call Benham's Grove and get the date finalized and the deposit down - THIS WEEK. While there, look more closely at space issues - we really, really need to be able to seat at least 55. Also start thinking about table arrangements and decor - the house already looks nice, so how much do we really need to bring in?
To Do: We really need to book an officiant. I don't want to find someone I love only to have them be busy that day. That should really be the next thing after the location.
To Do: Talk to Barb and Jerry about catering. Get contact info from them and call company, set up meeting time.
To Do: Talk to Tim about doing photography, possibly with some assistance from Linda.
To Do: Set up some appointments with bakeries. Definitely want to try the Bonbonerie.
To Do: Find a florist. Maybe ask Linda to help look into that, since I'm paying for all the flowers myself. Decide exactly how many flowers are needed and what kinds. I'm thinking we definitely need: bridal bouquet, three maid's bouquets, groom's boutonniere, three groomsmen's boutonnieres, petals for the flower girl's basket and to go on tables, and a few small arrangements to go on the cake.
To Do: Register! Never too early, right? Need to decide where we want to do it...
To Do: Do rehearsal dinner research and get that info to Bob and Nancy. I don't really care too much about this - I'm just happy we get to have one at all - but it needs to be done.
To Do: Choose invitations, finalize wording, and get them ordered.
To Do: Have Sam and Amanda order their dresses.
To Do: Start thinking about menswear. Maybe go and check out some things with Matt sometime.
To Do: Start thinking about hairstyles. Maybe meet with Diane to try a few things. No hurry on this one. See if she can recommend a makeup artist.
To Do: Decide on honeymoon plans. We've discussed everything under the sun, it seems like. We just need to actually decide.
To Do: Talk to Dad about music. I'm not too worried about reception music - it shouldn't be too hard to get an iPod (plus a backup iPod) full of music for that. I'm more concerned about ceremony music. I'd love to have some live music for that...but I probably can't afford it.
To Do: Look at wedding bands and get pricing. Plain and simple totally works for me.
Thought: Possible receiving line order - Me, Matt, Mom and Dad, Bob and Nancy (wonder if that's ok or if I need to include steps too?), Abby, Curt, Sam, Chris, Amanda, Matt P.
Get this: The two gemstones that, according to theknot.com, represent marital happiness? Sapphire and aquamarine. How awesome is that?
Thought: I want my bouquet to be very green. I love the color green, I love greenery...it just feels right. Hopefully I can get something in the lovely dark shade that's my favorite. I think green and white for me and just white for the maids would be nice - white, blue, and green being the overall color scheme. I also LOVE the idea of herbs in my bouquet...I love herbs for some reason.
Thought: Picture times. I do actually like the idea of Matt not seeing me in my dress until after the ceremony, but I wonder if it'll work out to do the pictures after, considering that there's no travel involved between ceremony and reception. I love the idea of a cocktail hour, but as we're not having alcohol...well, it kind of makes that hour less fun. Guess we'll have to talk that out later.
Thought: I actually completely love the idea of doing a seating arrangement. In fact, it might even be necessary considering how little space we're going to have. I think this is one place
where I'm going to let my control-freak out of the box.
I have SO MUCH to do...*sigh*
