Green Wedding

Bridesmaids Gift!

2009-05-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

I found these really cute antique handkerchiefs at a vintage store in Santa Cruz a few months back and i thought they would make great thank you gifts for the bridesmaids. I'm going to give each bridesmaid a different handkerchiefs with there name stitched on the front. Here are two of the six handkerchief to give you an idea of what they look like.

UPDATE!

2009-05-08T21:43:00.000-07:00

Lets see what is new..... Well we are getting married in 4 months!!!! YIKES! We still have so much more to do before the big day! We decided to have a reception the next day at the house. We thought since it was going to be just close family and friends in Yosemite that it would be nice to have are extended family and friends join us in the celebration the next day! I will share later my ideas for the reception on a different post.

For now here is what the brides maid dress and shoes look like

This is what it looks like on the model ( it wont be that color)

3 of the girls will be wearing Gray

The other 3 will be wearing yellow

This is the shoe

Here are a few ceremony decorations that I like

2009-02-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

Wedding colors

2009-02-07T12:22:00.000-08:00

The colors are.......

Yellow and Gray!

Honeymoon

2009-01-20T22:13:00.000-08:00

So far we are not going to have a honeymoon right after the wedding. We decided to hold off because we don’t know where we will be at that time with school and work. I will be graduating in June and looking for a new job, and didn't want to have to take time off of work when I haven’t been their long. Steven won't be able to get much time off of work till a few months after the wedding when his vacation time kicks in. What we are going to do instead of planning a honeymoon now, we are planning our one year anniversary instead. Steven Aunt owns time shares and offered to let us use the one in Hawaii on our anniversary. So for now that is plan unless we decided last minute on something else!

Invitations

2009-01-14T11:34:00.000-08:00

I’m going through design ideas right now and trying to pick out or create my own invitations. I'm having my neighbors mom makes them for me. She makes cards and invitations and sells them. She does all the Gallo weddings and parties so I know she will do an amazing job. Once we create one I will post it. For everyone who keeps asking we are going to send out invitations around July.

Little things that cause me to pull out my hair!

2009-01-12T10:39:00.000-08:00

I still have a bunch of small details left to worry about with wedding. For the lunch part I still have to make some final decisions. I get till June 5th to decided, but I feel like it’s not enough time! Here are my decisions to worry about just with the lunch part of the wedding. I didn’t list them all, because it would take forever!! They sent me 7 pages of requested information.

-Tables- what types of tables do I want? Sweetheart, guest book, gift table, booster chairs, high chairs, cake and knife and server.

-Linen and napkins- colors? An color besides white or ivory will cost more. $1 more per napkins and $3 more on table cloths per table.

-I need to list what I am brining and how much. Describe my wedding favors in great details so they can be approved (that want to make sure that it wont hurt the park in anyway) Then I have to discuss where I would like to have them placed.

-The hardest part is the seating assignments. I really don’t want to do buffet, but if I do then I wont worry about seating assignment. If I don’t go buffet then I have to make place cards and put what the guest choose to eat for lunch.

-I need to list all the vendors’ names

-I need to describe in great detail how I will be decorating the room in great detail. I also need to let them know if I will be having someone set up the room for me or if they have to do it.

-I need to let them know what the meal choices are, the hors D’oeuvre that I choose and the dessert, and the number of vegetarians attending.

-How many children will be attending and if the need a special meal options for them.
Approximate the number of guest- adults, vendors, children 4-12, toddlers and infants (3 and under) then add it all up.

I Like You Book

2009-01-08T09:44:00.000-08:00

I came across this children's book that I LOVE! I want to find away to incorporate it into the wedding some how. Its called I Like You by Sandol Stoddard Warburg

Here is the link to the book and the words

http://ginevra.vox.com/library/post/i-like-you.html

Hair Ideas

2009-01-04T20:56:00.001-08:00

Here are a few ideas i have for my hair. I'm still looking!!! I want something simple.

Shoes

2009-01-03T10:44:00.000-08:00

I LOVE this shoe! its from J Crew

It a random color to wear with a wedding dress but i think it would be a nice color peeking threw the bottom of my dress

Inspiration

2009-01-02T09:13:00.000-08:00

More inspiration coming soon

Update

2009-01-01T22:16:00.000-08:00

hmmm.... Where to begin? Jessica my lovely talented friend has agreed ( after much groveling via email) to take pictures at the wedding! I LOVE HER! Also I just got my dress!!!! its beautiful and amazing. Its a mermaid style and it has these weird stacked layers on the bottom. I still haven't decided if we are going to do a sit down lunch or a buffets ( I don't know if that's spelled right?). I just don't know if i want to deal with setting charts. As for themes its us! very hippie/antique inspired.

I guess that's all for now

blah blah blah

2008-09-24T20:10:00.000-07:00

UGH! planning a wedding SUCKS! If it wasn't for all the deposits we would have gone to Vegas already. Here is the new things about the wedding:

1.We changed out wedding time to earlier in the afternoon

2. We are getting ready to put the deposit down for our lunch reception

3. We are going over what we want with the photographer

Nothing super exciting but... eh!

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something GREEN!

2008-08-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't figured it out yet, we are having a Green Wedding! Its more then just our soon to be shared last name, its the invitations, the decorations, and everything in between! We (or should I say... me) is doing everything we can to make this the most earth friendly wedding EVER! I don't think anyone would expect less!

And the winner is...

2008-08-28T13:17:00.000-07:00

The Ahwahnee Hotel!!!! We are supper excited to get our first choice! It's already official we signed the contract and made the payment yesterday, and its now ares! WOO HOO!!!!!

Crossing my fingers...

2008-08-25T20:31:00.000-07:00

I think we have a place! I don't want to say what it is yet and jinx it!!I want to make sure we know we can have it on our date before i reveal the spot!!! All I can say is I LOVE IT! Its still a little over a year away so I'm planning it really slow. I think once we get the place i might slow down until about 9-6 months before the date. I will keep you posted when we know for sure about the place!

Location, Location, Location!

2008-08-22T20:54:00.000-07:00

We decided to have a small wedding with close family and friends in Yosemite. We are thinking no more then 50 people. We went back to Yosemite and looked for a few spots to get married at.

Here is a meadow that we love, but your not really suppose to get married in the Meadows. For now its still up in the air about this spot.

Another spot we are looking into is the Ahwahnee Hotel. I'm still emailing the people back in forth, so this one is also still up in the air!

This one is our first choice!

Popping the question

2008-08-22T20:40:00.000-07:00

Steven poped the question on July 12, 2008 in Yosemite.