Another Bouquet I love

I definitely want a colorful bouquet with lots of rich greens, succulents, and maybe even some non-traditional greenery additions.  I love the Billy Buttons, Succulents, and Dahlias in this bouquet.  Ideally, I'd like yellow to be more of an accent color than the main color in the bouquet, so I'd cut some of the BBs from this and add different colored dahlias, roses, anemones, etc.  Plus that gray stuff that I think she calls Kangaroo Paws would have to go.

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More Chuppah Inspiration

I found some beautiful Chuppah pictures while catching up on some blog-following this weekend.  Seeing how these are put together should definitely give Jake and I a better idea of how to build/assemble our chuppah.  And we probably should go ahead and start looking for materials soon.  Regardless, here are the photos, enjoy!

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I particularly like how the flowers hang down in the back of this one.  Love that its simple but still very elegant.  Maybe I could find some fake flowers that would string easily to create this effect? 

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I could not resist...

This is our venue, the ballroom of Prestonwood Country Club (photo credit Tamara Lackey Photography).  I really like this set-up a lot, but we won't have a band, instead we'll have Jeff Simpson (Simpsound) as our DJ for the ceremony and reception.  I'm also debating having a head table or a sweet heart.  I see the positive aspects of both.  Do I want to be with the bridal party or alone?  Even as I think about the differences I can't decide. But I do need to consider lighting options and videography as well.  So much to do!

Prestonwood spotted...

Ashley of Story Photographers just blogged about this beautiful Prestonwood wedding of Allison and Scott.  Its always fun to see our venue set up and to get ideas on all the ways to use the space.  I've been seriously neglecting the good ol' blog - I keep saying, "I've been busy," and I have been, but I need to get some wedding things done, stat.

Ask my two, yet to be asked bridesmaids to be bridesmaids
Schedule our tasting
Get serious about flowers - do I want to DIY the centerpieces and have the florist do the bouquets/bouts?
Schedule meetings with florists -  how many is a reasonable number to interview? 
Figure out flower budget (eeek)
Schedule an appointment to try on bridesmaid dresses @ DB
Work on guest list and start getting addresses for e-party
Are we going to do Save the dates?

Yea, the list could go on and on.  When I sit down and think about it, the 8 months we have left just keeps shrinking and shrinking.  Oh and can we please figure out the Honeymoon plans??  And when do vows come into play, and music?  I wish work wasn't so busy right now so I could get a lot more wedding tasks taken care of on the clock.  I'll leave you with a picture from the wedding mentioned above.  Hope you all enjoy the weekend! (And Go Pack! Great win vs Pitt!)

The Registering Process

We thought the registering process was going to be easy.  Everyone says its so much fun, and they are right, it is.  But I believe that the registering process is much better after its over.  Sure, I know we may tweak some things online later on down the road, however I'm glad that after 5 hours of analyzing options, we can say that our first registry is done.  The Bed Bath and Beyond store in Cary Crossroads is daunting, and Jake's napping now after we finished round 2 earlier today.  We broke up our visits into kitchen/fine dining the first visit and bed/bath the second visit.  I think we made wise decisions and I hope that we'll be happy with our choices for years to come.

Yes, we are still planning on registering at Crate and Barrel in addition to BB&B - we have considered adding a Macy's or Belk's, but we'll just have to see how much we can handle!

Quarantined

After a busy week at work last week and a short trip to the beach, Jake and I came back to Raleigh Sunday. Monday morning I took him to Urgent care and he was diagnosed with Swine Flu! He had a terrible fever Monday and Tuesday, but is improving every day. I'm basically waiting until it hits me. We ate off each other's plates Saturday night, but since Sunday we've been avoiding contact, practicing good handwashing, etc. My management has asked me to work from home this week to avoid spreading the flu if it is in fact in my system... So Jake and I are quarantined for now.