We are down to double digits-- 99 days! Holy moly, I can't believe we are SO close. At this time last year I didn't even have a date solidified, and now I'm down to mostly little details and getting super nervous about paying for all of this and making sure it's going to come together smoothly.
I haven't written in a little while because things are really busy right now between work, planning our wedding, and planning the pre-wedding parties for the wedding we're both in two weeks before ours. But lots of things are done now and there are still some things I am just itching to scratch off of our "to do" list that I'm obsessed with these days. I literally have a copy on this website, a copy printed out in my planning binder, mini lists everywhere, and a list of weekly checks in my iPad. Crossing something off is so satisfying. So here's what we've recently got done... -We got our guest book tree in the mail! I used a free graphic I found online, added our name and wedding date in PhotoShop and bought a Groupon to have it printed on canvas. It is SO cute and I can't wait to hang it in our future house! -We also got the picture frame for our sand ceremony. It's a vase/frame combination that we got online that wasn't marketed for sand ceremonies, so instead of paying $50/60 we paid $9.99 on clearance. Love! -Bridesmaid's dresses arrived yesterday! They are SO pretty. The colour is amazing! When we ordered them, we only got to see a small swatch of the colour, so we had to use our imaginations on the rest of the dress. It is so vibrant and lovely. We also got the guys their ties and pocket squares in the same colours. -I figured out my something old/new/borrowed/blue and attached a sixpence to my barefoot sandal. My old is the promise ring my dad gave my mum when they were teenagers; my new is my new last name (Mrs. undies!), my borrowed is a lady bug brooch that a close friend carried on her own wedding day, and my blue is my crinoline. Nice to have those little details sorted out! -I bought serving trays for our seating card display (we're going to fill them with sand and put the seating cards inside). I painted them white and finished them with an acrylic clear coat, so those are ready to go! -Started working on wedding cake stuff with my mum. I think we have our cake!! On my list for this weekend: -Call about rentals (so nervous to do this for some reason- probably because I know it will be expensive!) -Harass our caterer to send us a contract. This is killing me! -Call to make a fitting appointment for tuxes (the shop owners were on vacation so we had to wait for this one) -Call about alterations and set up my first fitting Hopefully my next update finds that bottom paragraph "checked off!" One of these days I'm going to post a giant super post with tons of pictures of all the little details that are currently hanging out around our house and at FMIL's house. Till then, you'll just have to use your imagination <3
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For some reason I've been obsessing over my tables today. I don't know why and I don't really care why. I just feel the need to pine over some little details for a little. So here's what I'm thinking. Chris and I attended a wedding in July that had oval tables. I loved them. We can get 10 tables that seat 10, or 8 tables that seat 12. Whatever works. We decided that this is a definite because we both loved it. I want to cover the tables in light blue table cloths- nothing too fancy. Then I want to add a burlap table runner for a natural, laid back beachy feel. I found some at Oriental Trading that aren't badly priced.  We're borrowing dishes. My mum's best friend is a youth pastor, and her church is loaning us their simple glass dishes for the weekend. They're nothing fancy, but they're nice and they're free. I might splurge and get brown woven chargers, but if not I think just adding brown napkins will be fine. Also, I love the idea of having aqua-tinted water goblets if we can fit it into our budget.   For centerpieces, I'm not picky while being picky at the same time. I don't want anything tall, and neither does Chris. We don't want any flowers. I don't want it to be tacky or look unfinished, but I don't want to spend a whole lot of money. So, I'm thinking something like this:  We would have three of these on every table- one in the middle and then one on either side a bit down the table. The one in the middle would stand slightly taller than the others. Then I'd scatter shells and sea glass on the table to make it complete, and possibly some tea lights or votives in aqua holders (see two pictures up).
How does that sound? Does it create the beachy, laid back feel I'm going for? Would you add anything? | Planning Blog
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