Shiloh's Wedding Thread

[SnowyShiloh]

My fiance, Paul, and I are getting married on August 1st, 2010 here in Alaska. It's going to be a small wedding with family only. We're inviting about 55 guests, but since almost all of them live out of state, probably only 20-30 will be able to make it. We'll be thrilled with whoever can make the trip, though! It looks like all of our closest family members will be able to come, which is fantastic. A lot of them are planning to have a vacation up here since they'll be here anyway, which I think is great.

We're planning on having the wedding ceremony in the beautiful botanical gardens at the university and the dinner afterward in a lovely event room at a local hotel. It's a complete gamble with the weather, so thankfully the event room is big enough to have the ceremony in if it's raining, or too hot, or smoky from forest fires.

We've run into a ton of issues with the planning so far, but today we finally paid the deposit for the event room! Now we're picking Save the Date cards since all of our guests will have to travel. We want magnetic ones and like these bunny ones the best:

http://www.magnetstreet.com/store/details/market/517/productId/22488

How cute is that?! I was willing to go with a different design (that website has a ton of them), but Paul likes the bunnies and of course I love bunnies:bunnydance: What do you guys think?

 

[JadeIcing]

I love it! Sounds like it will be a lovely event.

 

[hartleybun]

:bunnydance:many congratulations! i love those magnets! what a great idea/souvenir. im getting the impression that bunnies are going to feature heavily in this wedding

 

[Nela]

I can't wait for more details. Keep your head up, you will have a splendid wedding :rose:

 

[kirsterz09]

what gorgeous magnets, all the best for your wedding it sounds lovely.

 

[undergunfire]

I LOVE those save the date's, very adorable! I bet your wedding is going to be amazingly beautiful.

I can't wait for the pictures! Ryan and I really want to visit Alaska some day, before we have kids.

 

[slavetoabunny]

Do you have your dress yet? We need pics!

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

OMG i love the magnets!!!!! how cute!!!!1

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Patti, no dress yet. I won't get one for several more months. Wedding's 8 1/2 months away, after all! I don't plan on getting a dress from a bridal salon or anything or anything that needs alterations. The dress may not even be white. I just want to find something I like.

We haven't ordered the save the dates yet, but we will be getting the bunny ones! Our event coordinator lady forgot to have us sign the contract for the room where the reception will be, so even though we've already paid the deposit, I don't want to order the save the dates until the contract has been signed. I am in the progress of blocking several hotel rooms for guests though.

In case anyone is curious, this is the cake topper we bought:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BCFRL8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

And these are the champagne flutes:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002W6HGW/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

The flutes are really tall!

In more depressing news, a couple friends of ours are getting divorced. They're only 23. Paul introduced them, they started dating about 2 weeks before us. We thought they were rushing into the marriage because they were 21, neither had been in a relationship before, and it was a long distance relationship for all but 2 months. They got engaged after only 6 months or so. It's a shame the relationship didn't work out

 

[TinysMom]

SnowyShiloh wrote:

Patti, no dress yet. I won't get one for several more months. Wedding's 8 1/2 months away, after all! I don't plan on getting a dress from a bridal salon or anything or anything that needs alterations. The dress may not even be white. I just want to find something I like.

We haven't ordered the save the dates yet, but we will be getting the bunny ones! Our event coordinator lady forgot to have us sign the contract for the room where the reception will be, so even though we've already paid the deposit, I don't want to order the save the dates until the contract has been signed. I am in the progress of blocking several hotel rooms for guests though.

In case anyone is curious, this is the cake topper we bought:

http://www.amazon.com/Weddingstar-Contemporary-Love-Birds-Topper/dp/B001BCFRL8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1258422399&sr=8-1

And these are the champagne flutes:

http://www.amazon.com/Lenox-Opal-Innocence-Champagne-Flutes/dp/B0002W6HGW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1258422434&sr=1-1

The flutes are really tall!

In more depressing news, a couple friends of ours are getting divorced. They're only 23. Paul introduced them, they started dating about 2 weeks before us. We thought they were rushing into the marriage because they were 21, neither had been in a relationship before, and it was a long distance relationship for all but 2 months. They got engaged after only 6 months or so. It's a shame the relationship didn't work out

We had friends in NC who were married for a few years and then split up - we felt bad cause we had a lot to do with them getting together.

Earlier this year we found out she'd had a car accident and was laid up for a while - so he was helping with the kids and stuff and...the next thing we know - they're getting back together.

So I guess sometimes things can work out - after detours.

Anyway - on to the real point of this post....I LOVE your cake topper. It is so....you....which is a compliment. I've never seen anything like that and yet it seems perfect for you - and I love the flute glasses.

I'm so excited for you - can hardly wait to hear more details, etc.

 

[NorthernAutumn]

I NEED you to put your rings on somebunny's ears for the ceremony.
Please, please, please do it!!!
Little ringbearer Rory

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Well! This hasn't been updated since last year, but the big day is this Sunday, August 1st. Only 3 days left! Things have been crazy between the baby bird thing, visiting friend, and our trip to Seattle. I've been behind on things I want to get done but in the past day or so caught up pretty well. It seems like when I cross 1 thing off the list, 3 more get added! I'm actually not really nervous, I know everything will be okay. I'm pretty prone to being nervous so this is good. I did get sick and lose my voice for a while though which I think was because of the stress of everything.

Yesterday, these are the things that went wrong: Florist called to say they do not have the vases we want and have to use teeny tiny ones instead but we can go buy our own vases if we want. My mother has been making a gigantic ordeal over the size and shape of the flower arrangements (I'm no bridezilla, but she is most definitely a mother of the bridezilla), so of course she's freaking out. When she gets to town Friday, we're going to go look for vases. I honestly would be fine with the smaller vases. Funny that my biggest source of stress by far is my mother.

Other thing that went wrong is the purple organza overlays I ordered to go on our cake table and candy buffet arrived, but the company sent the wrong color. They sent royal blue and I ordered a very pretty pale lavender. I even ordered fabric samples first so I know what it's supposed to look like! Royal blue may be pretty, but it's definitely not going to work. So we're going to have to hit up some fabric stores and see if we can buy a replacement fabric. I'm sure it will be expensive and not look as nice (especially with the raw edges). It will be okay though.

Also yesterday we put together the trellis/arbor we'll be getting married under. All was going great until we went to put the top on, and the metal is twisted so it's a good inch away from where it needs to be. Paul was able to bend it into place eventually, but because we cannot transport the arbor assembled (car is too small), we'll need to transport it in 3 pieces (sides and top) so we'll be going through trying to force it in the hole there in the botanical garden. It will have silk flowers on it and I'm concerned that they'll either mangle the flowers or break the metal since it's not really supposed to bend that much.

Other than that, we have a good number of little things still to do and more things keep getting added. Such as finding purple organza and vases!

 

[nermal71]

To avoid the raw edges either trim them with fancy design scissors or you can get a liquid stitch and just press a quick hem into it and do it that way.....there is even a type of tape that's used for quick sewing repairs that would work

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Cool, thanks for the suggestions! I didn't know about that. The vase issue has been resolved. The ones my mom picked are $20 each, ouch!

 

[Nela]

Is she paying for them?

Hope all goes well today and make sure you rest (do you know that word?) plenty for tomorrow! Congrats to you and Paul! :biggrin2:

 

[Pipp]

I'm sure everything will be perfect!!!



sas :big kiss:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Tomorrow!! Wow! I have stuff to do today but it will all be just fine. The rehearsal dinner was Friday night and it was so nice. Paul's mom and aunt had it in the apartment they're renting for the weekend and had SO much food- all kinds of breads, meats, and cheeses, and different salads and deviled eggs and chips and that kind of thing. Plus a giant display of cupcakes frosted with 2 shades of purple icing and white icing, with the letter S on top in chocolate. So cute and very pretty! Our families really got along well and the last people didn't clear out until 11 pm, 5 hours after it started.

Oh our rehearsal was Friday afternoon too. It went quite well and I'm sure our officiant (who has never done a wedding before) will be great. The only thing is I started bawling right after she had me start to practice my vows and again during a blessing she read at the end. It isn't even the real thing! I'm afraid I'm going to blubber my way through the whole thing. I really hate crying in front of people and do NOT cry gracefully or even very often (unless it's pet or small child related). I guess it's a good sign though that I love Paul enough to cry just thinking about our vows

 

[hartleybun]

:hugsquish::jumpforjoy:enjoy your day!

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Congratulations on your big day tomorrow!!

Emily

 

[LuvaBun]

Have a wonderful day, Shiloh.

All the very best to you and Paul

Jan