Thursday, April 11, 2013

Wedding Planning

I am what many people would call "crazy".
I'm planning a wedding for 150+ people in about three months.
Right now, there are 38 days left until my wedding.
Let me share my process with you.
Day 1:
Struggle to find a venue. CALL AND EMAIL ALL THE VENUES. Seriously. I called and emailed pretty much every venue in the immediate area. Then I waited...patiently (HAH!)
Day 2: Secure venue.
We chose The Publick House.  The first picture is where the ceremony and reception will take place.  The second is where the cocktail hour will be.

Day 3: Panic. Seriously.
The next days were spent:

  • Making "will you be my bridesmaid?" cards for Danea, Alexis, Kristin and Alicia and sending said cards.
  • Picking out bridesmaid dresses.
    • They're from target.com and reasonable! The bridesmaids are also going to wear silver shoes and silver jewelry.
  • Make/choose the invitations and RSVP cards. Alexis' husband was kind enough to print them for us.
  • Sending invites!!
  • Picking out items for the registry
  • Going to the wedding tasting
    • My dad and I went, as Ev is in Virginia, and happened to be underway.
    • We chose Lemon Chicken, Vegetable Lasagna, and Salmon.
  • Meet with the DJ
    • assign Evan the task of picking out the music
  • Meet with the florist- And be shocked with how much it costs to have flowers
  • Buy my wedding dress.
  • Get my dress hemmed.
  • Drop my dress off for dry-cleaning.
  • Attending 2/4 of our premarital counseling
  • Oh, and picking our pastor.
Still to do:
  1. Have our detail appointment
  2. Make seating charts
  3. Call all guests who haven't responded
  4. Get an accurate food count.
  5. Create name markers for the tables
  6. Create a ceremony program
  7. Print thank you cards.
  8. Print table numbers
  9. Probably 2000 other things.

How did your wedding planning go? Was it big? Small? Just right?





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