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For reference on the design, click here.

We had an example cake made up so we could taste the filling/etc and see how the cake designer/maker handled my complicated design. She did ok, but I can see what she may have meant by “I may not be able to do it justice.”

Its probably more the frosting then the cake though…I wish there was a way we could have something more fluid, but solid that we could pipe out on something flat, lift it up, and stick it on the cake somehow. She tried a couple different things in the center of the heart. I like the 1st one better.

John’s mom was visiting when we got it, and she said it was a little dry. That didn’t stop her from eating half of it! Seriously, the woman ate half of the cake. It was crazy. Not in one sitting mind you, but she was only here for a week.

——————— FAVORS ———————

We got M&Ms with our names and the date printed on them, put them in a little tin, and wrapped the whole thing with ribbon. My mom & dad helped me fill all the containers and it was so funny watching my dad SO CAREFULLY make sure that each tin had 40 M&Ms. <3

Now all I have to do is figure out if I want to attach these to it, and then if I do…how?!

As posted in my To-Do List entry, here are the details on my wedding invitations:

I originally wanted to use double sided pink scrapbooking paper, but I couldn’t find any, so I went with this instead. It’s two sheets of paper glued together. Bonus: they were only 15 cents a sheet! Can you believe that? Score! The info and the little inserts (directions, rsvp, and registry info) are printed on cardstock, and I only needed one steet per invitation.

Normally I don’t like all my text centered, but it just seemed right for this. I don’t know if it’s because it was for an invitation or what, but…

The little circle you see on the tip of the envelope flap is a silver floral sticker.  And that’s them!  I blurred out the important info so you can’t stalk me, lol.  What do you think?

Here is the list of people who can/can’t come.

Can
Mom/Dad/Pat/Sami/Matt
Daphne & Ken
Aunt Pat
Noreen/Jack/Julie
Mike & Wendy
Jessica & Chris
Lucia & Husband
Sean & Guest
Maria & Linda
Kim & Her Boyfriend
Bill & Jes

Can’t
Mike & Patty – can’t
John D – Can’t b/c he might be out at sea somewhere
Jackie – Can’t b/c she will be IN GERMANY
Pam/Larry & Co. – Can’t
Geoff & Jess – Can’t
Matt – Can’t
Aunt Janet & Uncle Roger – Can’t

Haven’t Heard
Uncle Kenny (But I’m thinking it’s a no.)

We went with Hank Parker Rental because they’ve worked with our venue before. My mom and I went there last week and checked out their show room. I expected something WAY different. The place was a little…unprofessional. I mean, they still have good prices, but I was not impressed. The guy who we talked to took forever to greet us, had dirty nails, and his shirt was stained. It looked like he was one of the delivery guys, not the showroom salesperson. *shrugs* I don’t know, maybe I’m just being snobby.

This is the kind of folding chair we’re getting for the ceremony.

This is the kind of chair cover we’re getting for the reception…although it really doesn’t look impressive from this picture. :-/

I’ve been working with the wedding cake designer/baker at the Burgundy Basin, and I sent her over what I wanted the cake to look like. (Click here to see full sized image.)

She said that she didn’t know if she could do the knot design justice, but that she would try. We ordered a sample cake, and she did the design on it. It came out ok, but not as smooth as I’d hoped. I’m not sure how she would make it that smooth though. I’ll post pictures of it later.

The cake tasted good. It was maybe a little dry, but over all not bad. And I mean, we’re only paying $100 for this, so how could could we really expect it to be. John’s mom HATED it, which was a little annoying, but oh well. That didn’t stop her from eating half of it!

The cake topper arrived from the UK and it was A LOT smaller than I expected it to be! I’m thinking it will be ok though, because it’s so tall, but I wish it was thicker. Maybe if we add some flowers to the base it would be ok. I’ll have to play with it.

We bought our rings, but I only have a picture of mine right now…and it’s a crappy camera phone one. I’ll have to edit this post later with better ones!

Its a simple band with a line of diamonds. We wanted the band to be muted. I tried on a band with diamonds in the next size up, and it was awful. The band really took away from the engagement ring. Which was not cool. I really like these two together. Now to get them sized!