I feel like I'm in the thick of things now.
- We put a deposit down on the location (NW DC)
- We talked to the hotel that's nearby for their rates, and are going to contact another shortly
- We're meeting with a photographer that came highly recommended (thanks, Devin and Beth!)
- I've started filling out the budgeting tools on theknot.com (don't love the community, but the tools and resources are pretty awesome)
- We're talking about ceremony musicians
- I designed some Save the Date cards (but I'm not sure if I love them yet)
This week:
- See if printing the Save the Dates ourselves looks cute or chintzy
- Design an outer card and get the materials to print them, if we're going that way
- Meeting with said photographer on Saturday morning
- Work out whether or not we want a photobooth (I vote yes!)
- Get more addresses from my parents
It seems like so much, especially when I think about all the OTHER things we have to do (contact the caterer, figure out something with flowers, find a tux shop, get my mom down to VA to the dress shop to see the dress I love, and, uh, EVERYTHING ELSE) but I'm trying not to freak out.
Oh, and we're closing for our house on August 5th. I think we've both lost it. (That is, incidentally, why we didn't get married this summer - we didn't want to be moving and planning a wedding all at the same time so urgently.)
Whew.
PS: A couple of things I forgot! I have the wedding website started, and have added the wedding party and some pictures and stuff to it.
And we've got 251 days to go! Yikes.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Cake Topper and more
We went to a catering tasting the other night. The location was really lovely. Romeo kept calling it "cozy", which amused me. Twin fireplaces, dance floor in the middle, really lovely checkerboard flooring in the foyer. The catering was tasty, too, although not something either of us really is too concerned about. Just make it good, you know?
In slightly more exciting news, I found the most perfect cake topper you can possibly imagine for the two of us. I can hardly stand how cute it is!
In slightly more exciting news, I found the most perfect cake topper you can possibly imagine for the two of us. I can hardly stand how cute it is!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Showers and Bachelorette Parties
My maid of honor is starting to plan my shower and bachelorette parties! At least, the east coast shower which will likely be in Baltimore (there may be a local Detroit one as well). I'm so excited, and these little things make everything seem SO REAL.
238 days to go, which means that I'm beyond the halfway point of planning. When I first really started, I had just over 500 days to go. I'm getting a bit nervous about booking the last few vendors, florists have been so much pricier than I though they'd be. Its making me annoyed at flowers in general, but I want to have them so I will suck it up. We'll start looking for a baker in a few months, they don't book up as fast since they can do more than one wedding in a weekend.
My dress will be delivered in about 2 months! I can't wait to see MY wedding dress, not just the sample. Some days I worry that I chose something too busy, but at the same time I look back at pics of all the other dresses I tired on and they all look so much worse than the one I chose.
This weekend I'm going to help pick out a bridesmaids dress for Annette for my wedding, and help her look at gowns for her wedding. I am so so excited about this! Next weekend I'll help Margreta choose hers and then Joan the following weekend (slightly complicated by her 22ish week pregnancy, but we'll make do!). So much wedding stuff to do, so little time.
How are my fellow blogger's doing?
-Aurora
238 days to go, which means that I'm beyond the halfway point of planning. When I first really started, I had just over 500 days to go. I'm getting a bit nervous about booking the last few vendors, florists have been so much pricier than I though they'd be. Its making me annoyed at flowers in general, but I want to have them so I will suck it up. We'll start looking for a baker in a few months, they don't book up as fast since they can do more than one wedding in a weekend.
My dress will be delivered in about 2 months! I can't wait to see MY wedding dress, not just the sample. Some days I worry that I chose something too busy, but at the same time I look back at pics of all the other dresses I tired on and they all look so much worse than the one I chose.
This weekend I'm going to help pick out a bridesmaids dress for Annette for my wedding, and help her look at gowns for her wedding. I am so so excited about this! Next weekend I'll help Margreta choose hers and then Joan the following weekend (slightly complicated by her 22ish week pregnancy, but we'll make do!). So much wedding stuff to do, so little time.
How are my fellow blogger's doing?
-Aurora
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wedding fears
Someone on theknot boards today put up a poll asking what people's biggest fears were. I have a lot, but I will limit my list to 10.
1) Almost none of Prince's family will bother to come out because they're all so stuck up that they can't bear to leave New York.
2) I will cry, a lot, and ruin my makeup and be all red and blotchy.
3) I will fall down in my big dress and high, slippery heals. I have to go up and down 2 flights of stairs TWICE during the ceremony.
4) It will snow.
5) I won't enjoy the day because I do my normal "can't trust anyone else to do stuff right" bit and be overly controlling about the few details I actually care about.
6) I will get a headache.
7) I will be so tired at the end that I won't enjoy my wedding night.
8) My wedding dress will dig uncomfortably into me. I did my best to pick a 'comfortable' dress but we'll see.
9) Someone important is late!
10) People don't dance and have fun.
That list was entirely too easy to make...
-Aurora
1) Almost none of Prince's family will bother to come out because they're all so stuck up that they can't bear to leave New York.
2) I will cry, a lot, and ruin my makeup and be all red and blotchy.
3) I will fall down in my big dress and high, slippery heals. I have to go up and down 2 flights of stairs TWICE during the ceremony.
4) It will snow.
5) I won't enjoy the day because I do my normal "can't trust anyone else to do stuff right" bit and be overly controlling about the few details I actually care about.
6) I will get a headache.
7) I will be so tired at the end that I won't enjoy my wedding night.
8) My wedding dress will dig uncomfortably into me. I did my best to pick a 'comfortable' dress but we'll see.
9) Someone important is late!
10) People don't dance and have fun.
That list was entirely too easy to make...
-Aurora
Friday, February 8, 2008
9 months to go!
With 9 months to go we've made pretty good progress. We have most of the vendors booked, though I still need to find an officiant, florist, and cake person. My invitations are being designed by an amazing woman who is a friend of a friend, and they're being done for a great price! The last few vendors will be booked within the next 2 months. After that I've got 2-3 months of crafty projects to complete like decorating my vases and such for the reception. I also need to figure out how to decorate my chapel. There's so much to consider you never think about!
My save-the-date cards/magnets went out and have started arriving at various houses. They look amazing and I'm very proud of them. Our guest website has also been launched: www.mcleansullivanwedding.com has all the info about the hotel, flights, and area.
I have nearly finished putting together my look for the day. My dress has been ordered, and I've found very "Aurora" shoes which I have dyed red, for a splash of color and fun. I've also decided to wear feathers in my hair, just for something a bit different. I am so excited about all these little touches. I've got most of my jewelry figured out. I will be borrowing Donald's mother's earrings, they're both 1k diamonds that were her mother and grandmother's engagement rings (something borrowed). My mother will be getting me a second pair of earrings for my second holes which will be small sapphires (something blue). I have a piece of handmade lace my great aunt made for my something old (not 100% sure where this will go). My something new will be one of many things! The only thing I need to find is a bracelet, and I want something a bit unique and art-deco without being gaudy. I'm picky, apparently.
That's all for now :)
-Aurora
My save-the-date cards/magnets went out and have started arriving at various houses. They look amazing and I'm very proud of them. Our guest website has also been launched: www.mcleansullivanwedding.com has all the info about the hotel, flights, and area.
I have nearly finished putting together my look for the day. My dress has been ordered, and I've found very "Aurora" shoes which I have dyed red, for a splash of color and fun. I've also decided to wear feathers in my hair, just for something a bit different. I am so excited about all these little touches. I've got most of my jewelry figured out. I will be borrowing Donald's mother's earrings, they're both 1k diamonds that were her mother and grandmother's engagement rings (something borrowed). My mother will be getting me a second pair of earrings for my second holes which will be small sapphires (something blue). I have a piece of handmade lace my great aunt made for my something old (not 100% sure where this will go). My something new will be one of many things! The only thing I need to find is a bracelet, and I want something a bit unique and art-deco without being gaudy. I'm picky, apparently.
That's all for now :)
-Aurora
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Moving right along
This afternoon, Romeo and I are going to head to the store where he got my engagement ring to look at wedding bands. The store has a yearly sale, and next year will be too late, so we may get this particular detail out of the way quickly. I'm excited.
And we've settled on a date! I emailed my sister and it turns out that for the kids who are coming from France (my cousins and her stepson), the best date in regards to their winter holidays from school will be (drum roll please) February 21, 2009.
So that's also settled.
On Saturday we're going to take a tour of a location here (actually, in Maryland, pretty close to my office) where we might have the wedding. I don't want to get my hopes up, but having that detail out of the way would make things SO much easier - then we could move on to hotel blocks and such that we can do this early but not until the location is set.
It's a whirlwind!
And we've settled on a date! I emailed my sister and it turns out that for the kids who are coming from France (my cousins and her stepson), the best date in regards to their winter holidays from school will be (drum roll please) February 21, 2009.
So that's also settled.
On Saturday we're going to take a tour of a location here (actually, in Maryland, pretty close to my office) where we might have the wedding. I don't want to get my hopes up, but having that detail out of the way would make things SO much easier - then we could move on to hotel blocks and such that we can do this early but not until the location is set.
It's a whirlwind!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Checklist!
Wedding planning requires lots of checklists. Right now mine is about 15 items long. To do in the NEXT MONTH alone! Here they are:
1) Pick out bridesmaids dresses
2) Find and book officiant
3) Send out save-the-date magnets
4) Finalize contract with hotel for room block
5) Find possible alternate hotel with shuttle
6) Make list of florists to interview
7) Make list of bakers to interview/taste cake!
8) Order my dress
9) Invite GMs
10) Pick out Tuxes
Yep, there's more too. Sigh.
1) Pick out bridesmaids dresses
2) Find and book officiant
3) Send out save-the-date magnets
4) Finalize contract with hotel for room block
5) Find possible alternate hotel with shuttle
6) Make list of florists to interview
7) Make list of bakers to interview/taste cake!
8) Order my dress
9) Invite GMs
10) Pick out Tuxes
Yep, there's more too. Sigh.
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