So…it’s been a while since I posted, huh? Well, to try and keep everything organized, I’m going to try to recap everything.

We settled on Bloomers Flowers for the florist, and are going to go with round bouquets of spring roses, hydrangea, and I THINK stephanotis. (This is why I should have blogged about this sooner!) The people on the isles will be adding regular sized roses.

Sami’s bouquets will be similar, and the corsages will be roses…I think. I’m not sure. I was disappointed that lilies wouldn’t be able to be included in them, but the only ones the florist had access to would have been too big for the bouquet size I wanted.

We are also ordering ferns for the gazebo, and are having little cups filled with flowers hanging from the chairs on the isle. I bought containers that I thought would work, but it turns out that they might be WAY too big. But they were only 87 cents each, so if they do work, it will be quite the steal!

And our idea for the centerpieces has COMPLETELY changed. We are no longer going with the idea I had in college, but we’re taking a cue from the place that we’re getting married. I bought bird feeder gazebos off ebay, (seen above) and my dad was able to get the tops off, so we can add flowers inside. It’s going to be sooo pretty! He also added these little tabs so the lids won’t slide around. They’ll have to be glued or nailed again if they are ever going to live as bird feeders, but they’re great for our purposes now.

The seller (xtremebuys4u) was really great with communication. Shipping was crazy expensive, but the bird houses were only 5 bucks each, so it was ok. Two of them arrived a little damaged, and when I told the seller, he sent me two more at no extra charge. Sweet!

I also a birdcage at Michaels for $20 that will be great to put the cards in, once it’s lined with fabric. It was originally $40, but was 50% off. Can you believe it?! I *so* lucked out!

Ok, so here is the guest list, divided up into tables. 

Wedding Party: Matt/Sami, Me, John, Mike/Patty, (6)

My Family: Mom, Dad, Pat, Aunt Pat, Jack, Norreen, Julia, Mike Blum, Wendy (9)

John’s Family: Daphne, Ken, Aunt Pam, Uncle Larry, Uncle Joe, Aunt Lisa (6)

My Work/Friends: Matt, Jess, Sean, Bill, Kim, Jackie, John (7)

John’s Work: Angela, Lucia, Melissa, Nick, Sal, Judy (6)

John’s Family 2: Stephanie, Jeff, Kelly, Patrick, Connor, Kyle, Morgan (7 – if they come)

So that’s possibly 41 people…if everyone comes.  I’m a little worried about the table for my family… the tables really only fit 8 people.  But Julia is 6 years old…how much room can she really take up?

Anyway, as for the centerpieces, I wanted to get all of the same figure (and the one I used in college) because both John and I like the simplicity of it.  BUT, the one I got for college is really an ornament, and has this hook coming out of the man’s head.  So that won’t work.  And when I looked it up online, the statues (not ornaments) were only availible in the UK and something like $40 each (or so John tells me) WITHOUT shipping.  So that wouldn’t work, even for only 5 tables. 

So what we’re thinking about doing is splurging for one to put on top of the cake, and then get other similar statues for the table centerpieces. Here is what we’ve found:

I like how this one is wearing a veil.

There seem to be a lot of this one, for cheap, so maybe we could just get a bunch of these…  Something about it just isn’t quite right though.  Actually, you know what?  This one is a no… it creeps me out!

This one is nice, but I think it might be too thin.  Where is the guy’s body?!

The little wavy thing reminds me of curly hair!  And John likes it too.  So yay!

I wonder if the florist would be willing to help me design something fancy.  Take what I have in mind to the next step, you know?

Also, These are AWESOME. (But soooo expensive!) I need to make a friend who makes clay sculptures, lol.

Photos taken from various ebay auctions.

The weather was is bad today; the roads are worse, and we couldn’t check out the Avon Inn.  :(

So it looks like we’re having the wedding/reception at the Burgundy Basin!  I just confirmed the date and we have a follow-up meeting at noon on the 22nd.

One thing done, omg!

 Decorating Ideas:
- pedistals with flowers at the end of last isle ONLY

- paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling of gazebo
- Wish Tree: The purpose of the tree is for guests to write down their advice or well wishes on a card and than hang their wish from our tree.

- chair covers (the ones the ceremony site provides are plain ugly folding chairs. They will need to be covered or replaced with white wooden ones.)
- a memorial candle w/multiple names on it (grandparents x2, uncle bob)
- pictures in frames comparing baby uses vs adult uses

- bubbles blown at end of ceremony/reception (whenever), not rice/bird seed thrown

Also, weddingbycolor.com is a FANTASTIC website! I mentioned it before, and if I didn’t have this blog, I might make one over there!

My favorite brides are Kelly and Amy. They’re inspiring!