wow my last post sucked
Posted
Friday, October 05, 2007 3:48 AM
Okie, i am in a much better frame of mind right now. I am still getting a bit of static from some people about how far away the wedding is and how much it's going to cost to get down there, but honestly if they can't afford they don't have to come. I would love every person that I know to be there but unfortunatly I can't afford to invite every single person that I know and they can't afford to come.
Anyway I have almost all the major things done except the caterer and cake. I have the venue (ceremony and reception), florist, hair and make up, officiant, photographer, dj. I have my dress (still needs alterations) but I still need to pick our bridesmaid dresses.
I am working on getting some hotel rooms blocked off, I originally thought it would be about 20 rooms and it's actually closer to 40 rooms. I have called a couple of places but I can't seem to get them to call me back. It's more then a little annoying.
The caterer is a friend of my FI and I haven't actually had a chance to speak to her but I have a lot of questions. I really don't know if she has the equipment to caterer something like this or if she realizes our guest list is at about 150 people. I was thinking of doing a sit down dinner, and then I thought maybe we would do the wedding more in the evening and have heavy appitizers and maybe a candy buffet and cake. I would like to get this detail sorted out fairly soon because if we don't then if we have to book someone else we need to get that done kind of soon. I am also under the impression that she is able to do the cake as well, but I am not sure so if not that's another thing I will have to get taken care of asap.
We have a great idea for the theme and decorations. I know some people think theme weddings are stupid but I love the idea and I have hosted many a party with a theme. We are going to go with sort of a rock and roll wedding theme, and have some records as decorations, and I was thinking of trying to make a juke box style envelope holder. That might be a little over the top though. I am going to see if I can come up with some other cool ideas.
I am doing the invtiations and I am hopefully going to try and diy most of the decorations. I am not 100% sure about that though. I also thought we could do some cool old gig posters or band posters and hang them up around the venue. apparently the venue is really pretty and doesn't need a lot of decoration, but I really want it to have the cool, funky rock and roll feel.
I am going to be using chocolate brown, bright pink, and a spring green. I think the colours are going to go really well together. I was thinking of doing black and pink but I think it's kind of cliche for a rock and roll wedding, and I am going to be wearing an ivory dress which I think will lend itself better to brown. I am kind of insane about matching so that part is really important to me. I can see myself throwing a fit before the wedding if everything isnt' matching the way I think it should.
God sometimes it's hard to believe I am getting married. It doesn't even seem real and there is so much stuff to do. But I am actually feeling fairly calm about the planning side of things. Now I just have to worry about the immigration side of things.