We knew when we got engaged that our wedding ceremony would be at the Lutheran church where I grew up. I attended kindergarten through 8th grade there, and my parents and siblings still attend the church. Reserving the church turned out to be no problem at all and I honestly didn't even have to do anything. My Mom, who can be over enthusiastic at times about wedding planning, reserved it as soon as we told her what date we were planning. My sister was also married there:
The next step turned out to be a little more difficult. Bryce and I both had an idea of what we were looking for in a reception location. We both like the historical and naturally beautiful places that generally weren't originally intended to be a reception location. We found two that were exceptionally beautiful and had a natural personality. One was an old train station and one was an old brewery.
At this point, I need to back up a little. Before we looked at the reception locations, we sat down to draft a preliminary wedding list. My Dad had a list already together from my older sisters wedding two years ago. Bryce's father had also given us a list that included his side of the family as well as the large step family. Once we added Bryce's mother's list, we were at well over 300 guests. Unfortunately, these locations only held about 200 guests. They were out.
The same caterer who owned the old brewery had another location that was fairly new and would accommodate our guests. We set up a meeting and checked it out. It was 9000 square feet, and had the modern classy look to it which created the ambiance we were looking for. We booked the room two days later.
I am really excited about this location and think its should turn out great!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Picking the Locations
Flowers!
The first item we checked off the massive to-do list (in April) was meeting with a florist and choosing preliminary floral arrangements. Now I realize the a full year in advance may seem a little out of the ordinary for a wedding that is not in peak wedding season, but I digress.
We actually found our florist through a co-worker of mine who was on facebook. She accepted a friend request from a girl she went to high school with and saw that she was now a wedding only florist who lived in my hometown where we are getting married. Talk about a chance discovery! We looked at her work online, and I fell in love with her designs! You can view her website at http://www.rb-weddings.com/.
I decided to go with 30 red black magic roses for my bouquet. I do really like the white roses as well though.
For the bridesmaids, we are using three stem calla lily bouquets tied with maroon ribbon, much like the picture from my previous post. The groomsmen will have a single calla lily and the groom will have a single black magic rose to match my bouquet. I am about 95% certain this is what I want for the wedding party, but who knows what might change before our next meeting with her!!
We picked out our tall centerpieces as well. They will be similar to the photo in that they will be the tall bowed glass jars with black river rocks on the bottom and the three tired red roses with rose petals and candles surrounding them. We will have shorter centerpieces at half the tables but we wont pick those out until we meet with our reception location.
All in all, we really enjoyed meeting with the florist and getting the preliminary stuff out of the way. Plus we guaranteed an awesome florist for our wedding!
Monday, August 10, 2009
From this moment...
I love the Internet. I can spend hours looking at nothing of any importance at all. Because of this, I stumbled upon a wedding blog of another bride. I loved reading her posts and seeing pictures of what she was planning for her wedding. What a great way to journal the planning process and bounce ideas off of others who are doing the same thing you are. Since I liked the idea so much, I decided to begin my own blog.
So here we go...
