Wedding day, oh wedding day.

You cant get here quickly enough.

We've decided on small ceremony in Seattle, to be followed by an elaborate honeymoon. I mean, come on here, this is the only BIG time (anytime SOON) that Bryan and I can be completely focused on each other.

I expect a total of, I dont know, say 20 people AT MOST. I DO think that we will have an engagement party. This way, all of our friends and family in Texas that wont be able to go to the wedding can come out and see us and whatever else happens at engagement parties.

Here are a few little pictures I've been collecting.

I liked flowers in the center of the table. Also, this kind of color coordination I like.

Cute little invites...above and below.

Little cake topper.

I thought this dress was really pretty, and looked comfortable!

Green Inspiration part 2...and 3 and 4 and 5

I think I would like these little babies better if they didnt have that background. Just two little paper people. I might work on making some of these to see how they turn out. Whether or not they'd be fancy enough for me.

I like the way they designated reserved seating. The perfect color, and just a nice little detail.

The bride and groom at this wedding wrote quoets on the back of little pieces of paper with their last initial on it. I thought that would be a perfect way to tie up napkins, and share some of our favorite insights with our guests.

Aw, this program is just beautiful is all.

Cant you just see these shoes peaking out from under a pretty white dress? I think i might opt for green shoes ladies and gentlemen!

This is awesome. Inside is a cd that bride and groom made for their guests. That is absolutely what I said I wanted to do! I really liked the presentation, the cd being in the tin, and the graphic on the front is very pretty :)

At this wedding tables were named after the couples favorite cd's. I thought this MIGHT work, as far as table names go, but I wouldnt want it on their cards. Alllllsssssoooo, I might just go with different parts of Seattle for table names, we'll see.

I really like the graphic on this card. I think i might do something similar, have a bold graphic background on BLACK, and then the name and table on a smaller top piece of paper.

I thought it was cute how they used the stem to keep the name in place. Pretty adorable.

I guess I just really like the fruit idea. Know to figure out how to use ALL these ideas....sheesh!

I love this bouquet. I want something that cascades down like that.

This little guy is the perfect look. It's not busy, and it's the perfect color.

I am going to try to incoporate this bee into as much of the wedding stuff as I can. There will be two of these little guys on everything! Envelopes, maybe invitations, programs, etc.

Green Inspiration

THis cake, is freakin awesome. I mean, i really really like the color!

I like this as a cake topper. Really I'm having trouble working my way though all these figurines that dont really look like myself or like Bryan...

This little baby cake topper really is adorable. I dont mind it too much at all.

Brainstorming.

I'm pretty set on the idea of giving a charitable donation in leau of excessive wedding favors. Our guests will recieve trinkets, but those will probably end up being hand made or something so super cute I just had to have it.

Since we will be making our own reception playlist, and I have to say it will be MAGNIFICENT, I think we will burn cds for all the guests as a wedding favor. Music is an important part of both our lives and I know our mix cd would be the perfect way for our friends to remember our wedding day. Also, you can always play a good cd right, it's not going to just sit on a shelf.

And my idea for save the dates is simple. I want seeded paper. This way, when you recieve your save the date, you can write that date into your calendar, and then PLANT the save the date card. Just plant it, and it will sprout wildflowers and last as long as you continue to take care of it.

Botanical Paperworks makes wedding favors that are use seeded paper. I am either going to BUY the favor, and USE as a save the date, OR buy the seeded paper in bulk and make them myself. In order to decide which would work better, I'm going to practice this weekend with REGULAR paper, so I can see how much would be wasted (to determine which option is the least expensive). I dont want it to look TOO homemade though, so I'll need to be objective about it, and not be a penny pincher if the homemade ones dont pan out.

Figure A

Figure A : Here is an example of the premade wedding favors/save the date. I'm concerned about this design because the DATE is so small. And the point of the entire thing is the date. Sooo....

Figure B

Figure B: These arent bad, but I like the design of the other ones much better than a butterfly. At the same time, I dont MIND the butterfly at all. The price difference is $.66. The ones I like better, with the small dates, is the less expensive of the two.

More cake inspiration!

oh boy do i like the flowers in between the layers! I"m not sure we'll need THIS many layers, but its something to think about.

This cake is so neat. I like that it is colored blue. Blue is one of our colors and I think it just looks kinda...vintage I guess. For whatever reason, this cake really pleases me!

This one is my favorite of the three. The vibrant colors match ours and I love the idea of using real flowers. Now, i still like that cake from a few posts back with the airbrushed grass. Maybe I can figure out a way to mix these two.

Flowers

So the legend is that brides carried bouquets of flowers because back in the day people didnt shower much, so the flowers were used to make her smell pretty on her wedding day.

SO following tradition, I am not going to shower for weeks before the wedding.

JUST kidding, but here are some flowers i think are really pretty.

Ps, 364 til we are WED!

These are pretty and a bit traditional looking.

This arrangement is very different from ones I've seen before. It's so PRETTY. and I feel like I'll probably go with a style much this.

This bouquet has our wedding colors in it, and I love the various shades of blue and green. I've got alot to think about!

A more accurate depiction

Keep in mind, I have told Bryan the colors I want, but it's not as though he's said "I 100% approve". But after coming up with these colors *we talked about it a little* I noticed that our house, and wardrobes, are filled with these same colors. :)