Post from Erick :)

Greetings! Erick here. First of all, here’s what we think we’d like for each other’s rings:



Mine is the first and hers is the second, though I would like my ring without the gold stripe. Just the silver/white gold pattern on the outside and yellow gold on the inside.
Personally, I thought the wedding bands were supposed to match, but whatever as long as we both get what we want :)
[In my opinion, those match enough :P - Beth]

ANYway, we got some good stuff done this weekend. We looked around at invitations and actually picked one out! Beth has the picture, so I’m sure she’s show you them.



We also looked at a bunch of the other odds and ends, and I’m pretty sure we know what we want in terms of the ring bearer’s pillow, flower girls’ basket, guestbook and pen. I look a picture of these arrangement:



But I think we’re gonna go with the group Beth found at Hobby Lobby.



We’re also gonna be getting the paper we’re gonna need for our paper decorations. For my last finals week I learned out to make paper cranes during my breaks from studying, mostly due to the Japanese legend about how, if you make 1000 origami cranes, you can make a wish and it will come true. I never even tried to make 1000, but Beth latched on to the idea and now we’re making them in our colors for the wedding reception :)



Lesse... we looked a bit at what our unity candle should be. I liked this one, but it didn’t come with yellow or green ribbon, let alone both:



I really like the jewel-y thing in the middle. Hopefully we can find something like that somewhere else.
The last thing was cake toppers. This is taking FOREVER to resolve, especially when we know what we want. Namely this:



…but without the background heart. It’s so close to perfect… but the only thing we’ve been able to find that’s remotely like that is:



…but it’s just not the same. It would be a massive compromise, in my mind, to get that when what I really want is the first one. Oh well… I’m sure it’ll work out.

More updates to come soon during my week-long stay! :D

Glass flower bowls/tealight candleholders

I saw these the other day at Hobby Lobby, loved them, but didn't know if I should buy them or not. So I asked around, and everyone thought I should, so I went today and bought all of the ones in the store, and ordered the rest I needed. We're thinking about putting M&Ms in them, but if we find something else to put those in, we might use them for their original purpose, to put tealight candles in XD

Wedding plans so far

So, there has been quite a bit of planning going on so far :). The date is set for November 6th, 2010, and we will be getting married at my beautiful church. The reception is going to take place at Holiday Inn North, and we will be using their caterer. Our colors are Canary Yellow and Forest Green. My dress has been purchased, along with my undergarments, veils, and tiara, and I'm really excited about it. The dress for the flower girl, my baby niece, has been bought. The bridesmaid and candle lighter dresses are still under consideration, because none of the girls have been able to try them on yet :). The bridesmaid dresses will be yellow, the candle lighter's dark green. We have already placed a deposit at Julie's Chewies for the cake, and we already have it designed. We have looked around at multiple flower shops, and are leaning towards going to Galvin's. The person to take and make the wedding video has been booked. I have bought most of the items needed for centerpieces at the reception. We've looked at tuxes, invitations, ring pillows, flower baskets, guest books & pens, cake toppers, photography, DJs, places to rent table runners and the like, and so much other stuff that I can't even think of it all at once ^_^. I went to the local Bridal Crawl on Sunday, and got a TON of info that I have yet to look through, but it will definitely be helpful! We have already asked a few people to be in the wedding, more to come soon! Feel free to give advice, suggestions, ask questions, whatever you want! I know I probably forgot something, so don't be surprised if I come back later and edit this post to add a few things in :)

~Beth

EDIT: Duh, I forgot the rings XD. We are going to order them from the same person who did my engagement ring, and we have the style that we want picked out :)

Hello!

I've decided to make a blog about the progress of our wedding plans, so everyone can join in the fun :) Feel free to make suggestions, if you want! In the next blog post, I think I will explain everything that we have done so far!