Date: Saturday, August 11th, 2012
Place: We're still looking for a ceremony site but we're have our reception in a family friend's home in Steilacoom, WA
Size: The ceremony has a tiny guest list, only immediate family, my grandparents, our wedding party and their significant others. The guest list for the reception is at 85 though.
Colors: Turquoise and other shades of blue
Formality: dressy casual, I don't want to see jeans but I'm not wearing a ball gown or anything
Theme: playful, if you could call that a theme
The other big thing to know about this wedding is the amount of things I'm making myself or a friend or family member is providing.
The list includes:
- My dress
- At least one of the bridesmaid's dresses
- The flowers
- The invitations
- The food, including the cake
- The photobooth (the pictures will be the favors)
- Probably the decorations
- All the music
- The photography
So as you read on you'll learn about each element of the wedding then follow me through the next 16 months of planning. Right now, the wedding seems so very far away but I know with all the things I'm doing myself, I need all this time to create and practice. Wish me luck!
Are you really "The Bridezilla?"
ReplyDeleteI think it's a good part of the story that one or more of your and Lawrence's mutual friends thought that you two would hit it off, even before you two met each other. (I don't remember who that was.)
Sorry - I couldn't even misspell "bride". You're labeled as "The Birdezilla."
ReplyDeleteOh, and - Good Luck!
Amy
ReplyDeleteI hope you will ask for help on your "list". Jaina and I were the sole planners and organizers of her day (and did most of the execution) and it is a LOT (lot, lot) of work. I had even planned to do more…. like the cake.
So identify what others can do for you, and ask for their help. Dan, Jay, Matt and Niki were invaluable to us. As the time nears, let me know what I can do for you.
And let me tell you….when your day has come and gone, you may feel a bit lost, as all the time consumed with planning, deciding, organizing, making….will be done. For me, I felt a big empty place for a couple of months afterwards.
Juli