i couldn't post yesterday because we were out of town. in fact, we visited j's grandma who will be hosting our wedding in her backyard. (enter wedding mania stress here). since nothing is quite set in stone yet, so many ideas are flowing in from everywhere, and i can't handle it already. now i know we are betting on having a rain-free day, but thousands of people plan outdoor weddings that go fairly smoothly, so i'm hoping we will be included in that number. she mentioned having guests stand at the ceremony, which is apparently typical for the outdoor ceremonies she's been to. i've been to one outdoor wedding, and i was sitting-- is this the experience that you've had? i feel that if i am having family pay hundreds to travel to be with us on one of the holidays, we shouldn't skimp on everything, especially since we're already going to be outside. in may. in virginia. OUCH. my main concern is that all of the tables & chairs for our reception will fit in the backyard.
my gut tells me to rent chairs for the ceremony... so i think we'll be doing that. if all fails & it does rain, we don't have much of an indoor location besides the house, so the reception could include mingling inside. (although we are definitely setting aside money for a tent that we would get days before after we see the weather forecast). my main concern is that since we will be hosting the rehearsal dinner/welcome party at their house as well, i don't want the two nights to be similar. i'm hoping to have somewhat of a themed dinner (ie: bbq, red/white colors), held inside of the house, for our families to get to know each other w/ talking, games, etc.), so i don't want our wedding to be an exact replica of this.
j&i talked about the wedding on the way home from williamsburg today, and he assured me that if i work out all of the details of the little things i want, he will work out all of the logistics to make it happen. this is why he is amazing.
so yes, we will be married in one year. we've already been engaged for seven months, which only seems like one... so i am sure this year will fly by. we'll be getting a sewing machine so that i can start on cloth napkins and peace flags... with table runners & a quilt to follow. that's right, we will be attempting to include a quilt wrapping tradition into our ceremony. we're very untraditional people, so why have the standard unity candle ceremony? i realized today that only in the wedding blog world would people understand the ideas i have for our wedding because when i bring it up to family & friends, i get the crazy eye. i think we could totally pull this off. here's a post from sara from 2000 dollar wedding regarding their quilting project. can you tell that she is totally my wedding-planning-hero?
let the diy projects begin.
Hey! So we are having an outdoor wedding (including the ceremony as well). Out plan is to have the guests walk their chair from the ceremony to the reception . . . that way we only have to rent one set of chairs, but people can still sit at the ceremony. Then we will have a couple guys that will help get everything moved for people that dont move their chairs (or who can't). I think it should be fine! We are also having a rehearsal dinner BBQ with red and white!! Good luck planning, I have been loving it so far!
ReplyDeletei'm glad i'm not crazy~ our original plan was to have a few guys move all of the chairs to the tables after the ceremony. & that is crazy that our rehearsal dinners will be the same!!!
ReplyDeleteAbout the ring pillow . . . because I have made a couple so far . . . I have a new idea for the strap on the back that I added. It is a little hard to explain, but if you want I can draw you a pic and email it to you. I did my strap on the back with elastic, but I think it might be better (and prettier) with ribbon and a few stictches . . . just let me know!!!
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