Okay, I admit it. I totally have slacked off on blogging this week! But for good reason – I’ve been wedding-ing. I’ve been doing lots of shopping and buying and reserving and frolicking. So I have plenty to report!
First of all, in venue land: I am happy to report that we visited our potential reception venue this weekend and….we booked it! It is the Vice Community Center. It is basically just a huge building that is rented out periodically for dances, receptions, weddings, reunions, etc. So it comes fully equipped with everything we need, which means we don’t have to rent anything! Ohhhhhh holy happiness. Seriously. They provide a full-service kitchen for catering, tables and chairs for 150 people, a stage with sound system for the DJ, and the kicker is we can have access to it the day before the wedding at no additional cost so that we can begin reception set-up a little early. I unfortunately don’t have any pics to post because Andrew took them all on his phone – but you shall see soon enough.
Along the same lines, I would also like to officially announce that: WE HAVE A DATE! The church confirmed that we may indeed be married there and it is officially reserved, along with the reception venue. We will be saying our vows and getting married on November 8, 2014. Whoa. It is….official! We have a date! We have a date! We have a date!! I’m getting married in less than 10 months now. NOW can y’all see why I have already been crazy in the planning department?
Other reserving-type areas of interest include that we did book a DJ for the reception, a string quartet for the ceremony, a florist for the day of, and we are thiiiiiiiiiiiisssss close to booking photography! So naturally, I spent most of last week, this weekend, and this week shopping. And I am VERY happy to report that I found my bridesmaids dresses!!!!! I present to you: The. DRESS.
Okay. I lie. That is not going to be worn by any human being that I currently know or even do not know. But because it was purple and fluffy, I felt it at least deserved the act of being photographed as a prospective client.
So I did not buy this dress, or any dress for that matter, but I have purchased an insanely large amount of baskets for my hot air balloon bottoms. And I have also purchased an insanely large amount of old vintage plates. I have been to every Goodwill in Lexington, Mt. Sterling and Morehead, and am now beginning round number two of hunting. I have a little over 80 dessert plates, and about 30 dinner plates. Each one is completely unique, for the bargain of 50 cents each. Oh, and my mom had some fabulous lace table runners for me to use for the tables. So each table will have a table cloth, old lace table runner, individually old china plates for each setting and my centerpieces. I feel it coming together at last! Below are some pics of the plates I have purchased thus far; I am sorry to say that these pictures do NOT do these plates justice. They are so beautiful and delicate and vintage in person, but these cell phone pics will just have to do for now.
Other than some more lace and vintage candlesticks, that is pretty much what I have purchased for now. Next begins the task of selecting precisely how to assemble my hot air balloons, and making a sample of each item. Oh, and we now have to select our wedding music. And decide the ceremony. You know. That stuff.
We have finally settled on our wedding party. We both put a lot of time and thought into this, and though we are not ready to share quite yet because all involved have not been spoken to, we both feel really great about our decisions. I am hoping we will have our account set up on The Knot by March 1st with everything in one cohesive area, and the wedding party will certainly be a part of that process.
Okay my lovelies. I’m off to update my spreadsheets. Like a boss.
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