Design work

I've been feeling under the weather so I've been here designing my wedding invitation and my cake.

I've not decided if I'm going to call us a "reaffirmation of vows" or a regular ceremony. I have the option to do both, and I'm tempted to just call it a wedding. Initially I was going to Photoshop something, print it and mail it.. but now I have the desire to make them all by hand, and this is what I came up with.



The back would be ivory, and the vellum and inside would be white. I might use decorative vellum just to add some oomph. Another option I have is to use fuchsia elastic on the paper, but I'm afraid it would make the invite bend if not done perfectly!




As for the cake. I've been very specific on this the whole time. 3 tiers with the 3rd (the anniversary cake) being raised above the other two on pedestals with flowers between the second and third layer. I love flowers on a cake, but I also adore cake toppers. This way I get to utilize both.

This is what I came up with.



I've not chosen a topper, Woody and I will choose one together and have been leaning towards something funny rather than traditional. When Vix and Jimmy gave us our cake, it had bride and groom duckies on it! They will be on the cake table, but just not on the cake. The flowers will be stargazer lilies for sure, and then something turquoise. Maybe Orchids, or maybe decorative grasses. Something to make it stand out a bit more. If I can't find anything turquoise I'll buy the pedestals that are hollow and clear and I will fill them with colored beads, mostly white, but enough turquoise to make it sand out. I have ribbon we can use for around the cakes if there's any left after we make our bouquets. But I'm sure Walmart will have more if I need it!

Unsure if i want fondant or if I want butter cream. Leaning towards fondant!

Favors...

This I've been struggling with for a long time. I don't want to spend a fortune on party favors, but I do want to do them. Most things cost about 1.50 a person.. that'd be $300... no way.

But I found these tonight.. and they are very.. "us"



They're called seed bombs. Recycled paper with wildflower seeds inside! It would cost me about $50 for 200 of them, plus tulle, ribbon (could be that cheap dollar store plastic stuff for all I care) and a paper tag with our details and what the favor is on it. Not too bad right?




Or these, same logic, just in a shape. I'm sure I could get them in my color since the person has the right color in the balls on the site.

But I'm crafty enough I could probably figure out how to make them all by myself, and give me something to do while Woody's working next spring. :)

Flower Girl Dress Dillemna

I'm still not sure what I want to do about Teanna's dress.

here are the options

The Fuchsia like her sister:



Turquoise like the groomsmen:



The Traditional White:



Or the Classic Ivory



The problem with choosing her color, is if she's not going to be in color, she has to match me, and I don't know if I'm going with White or Ivory (leaning towards ivory because I'm so pale). So it looks like I'm ordering only Tori's dress for my trip home!

Yup that's right, I've got him now...

It's official, on August 11th 2012 I will be his wife. :)

Oh wait a second, I already am his wife. Ha ha... but we're going to do it all over again in a big wedding in Bridgewater for my entire family to see. It wasn't feasible for them to come to New Orleans with us, but that doesn't mean they get to miss out completely.

I'm starting this so I can express my joys and my absolute frustration with planning our wedding, and this way I can keep the specifics that I want organized and easily accessible to others!


Let's start with the Cast list.

Bride: Ashley
MoH: Courtney, cousin of the bride
BMaid: Jennifer, best friend of the bride
JrBrM: Tori, cousin of the bride
FG: Teanna, cousin of the bride

Groom: Woody
BestM: Adam, friend of the groom
GrM: James, friend of the bride and groom (possible change)
JrGM: Undecided, there are several possibilities
RingB: Undecided, see below.


I'm undecided if we will be having a Ring bearer. I do not know many young boys who are Teanna's age, and truly my only option would be Jennifer's going on 4 year old. Teanna will only be two.

As for the Junior Groomsman, we won't be able to choose this until we find out if Woody's son will be able to make the trip with us. If he can, he will be the obvious choice. If he cannot, Courtney's step-son is an option, or Jennifer's older boy. All three boys are the same age, which is two years younger than Tori. But Tori's well seasoned with weddings and will do fine with someone a little younger.

James has not been able to make a full commitment to come to the wedding. We only asked him tonight, and he's never been on a plane before. If he cannot make it, even if it's last minute, I will find someone to stand in his place. I have a brother (well I have two, but one is doing my photos), I have family and friends who could stand in. My first choice would be my baby brother, second choice my friend Benjamin.

At this point we do not expect any of Woody's family to be attending. In fact, they don't yet know we're getting married (we'll announce it in the coming months). But it's a long journey and we don't expect them to make that sort of trip. He has been married before, so he is less worried about them than he was my family. Being my mother's only daughter, he felt she should get the chance to see me walk down the aisle. Good thing, my grandmother was liable to kill him if we didn't. *laf*


*** And on to the colors***

I've actually only made half the decisions I need to on this. I've chosen Fuchsia for the Bridesmaids. I'm thinking Turquoise for the guys. Silver for Woody. Courtney has the choice between Turquoise and Fuchsia (I'd like to see her choose the Fuchsia, but it's her choice).

Teanna is causing me some grief. I know that Flower Girls are traditionally white. But she'll be 26 months old. A white dress is going to last 30 seconds before it's no longer whilte.


This is Tori's dress:


http://www.girlsdressline.com/fuchsia-flower-girl-dresses/fuchsia-jeweled-bodice-ruffle-layered-flower-girl-dress.html

Teanna's will be identical, but just don't know if she's wearing the fuchsia or not. I think it would be very different for the flower girl to not be in white at all, she'd match in so well, and she looks adorable in pink.. now if she'd just grow some hair....