Friday, June 26, 2009

Check, Check, Check - It's coming along

With Nana and Aunt Stacey taking the kids to the beach house for a few days and Tim working, I managed to check off so many items from my To Do list.

I finally found a design and font for our cocktail napkins that I was so excited about!! And then they arrived - I only wish I could post a picture for you to see now... When you're at our wedding, please do not come up to me and ask who "Jim" is!! It's not my fault that a cursive T looks like a J to some people!

In addition to the napkins, I personalized matchbooks, and found the long sparklers I had been searching for! Yet again, those are from Shelby & Tim, not Jim! Does it seem a little weird to be giving personalized matchbooks out to a bunch of fire fighters? Oh well. No worries about causing serious damage with the sparklers. We'll have plenty of fire fighters on hand that night :)

Check out my shoes for the evening: Silver ballet slippers.





During my productive wedding planning time this past week, I managed to schedule appointments for alterations with Kim at The Bridal Loft, cake tasting at Wrightberry's Custom Cakes, menu planning and tasting with Premiere Catering, and a time to get together with my sister and mom to address the invitations! Tim's wedding ring has been purchased, and just last night we picked out the tuxes (online, at least!) Can you also believe I got my side of the guest list done, along with addresses?!

As an added bonus, our photographer, Jessica Shepard, offered Tim and I a complimentary engagement session as a thank you for paying for our package up front. While I can't say I'm incredibly comfortable in front of the camera, I'm really excited to have engagement photos taken!

Do you think they'll turn out better than our infamous self portraits?




This wedding planning is beginning to be A LOT of fun!

Monday, June 8, 2009

To Do List...



Planning a wedding in one summer can be overwhelming.

Moving, ending the school year, planning a wedding, a trip to Huntington Beach, a trip to Hawaii, and looking for a new home in one summer is really overwhelming.

What a blessed life I live! It could be worse :)

In order to keep myself on track and accountable, To whom? Well I don't know... I need to start myself a to do list. Here it goes...

*Pick songs for the DJ, including processional and first dance.
*Create slide show for reception
*Design photo book to use as guestbook
*Schedule tastings for wedding cake or cupcakes (Beaverton Bakery, Saint Cupcake)
*Schedule tasting with Premiere Catering and confirm menu
*Figure out what the heck my handsome future husband will be wearing at the wedding
*Buy handsome future husband's ring!
*Design programs and buy embosser
*Finish our Theknot.com website before invitations are mailed out
*Register (Where?!)
*Order sparklers and monogrammed match books
*Purchase unity candle and pillar candles
*Reserve shuttle to take guests from The Aerie to downtown Portland after reception
*Flower arrangement designs - Colors? Ribbon? Floating Candles? Hurricanes?
*Finish guest lists for wedding, bridal showers, and bachelorette party
*Search for addresses for aforementioned lists.

Could there be more things that I am forgetting? Most likely.

Here is what has been done already! You know, the important stuff.

*Reserved the site for the wedding and reception at The Aerie
*Ordered invitations
*Ordered my dress
*Met with Jessica Shepard to confirm photography package.
*Confirmed that our floral designer Dorinda is available.
*Confirmed that Terry is available to DJ.

This list looks awfully small. But it's all coming together, piece by piece.