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These are a collection of ideas, inspirations, and actual details of our wedding. Click on the galleries to find more pictures :)
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We were in Gatlinburg on a family vacation. We had been talking about it for awhile but it was a running joke that we'd never get married because we already had two kids and bought a house together but always dodged the question, "when are you two getting married?" Jon being the wonderful provider that he is wanted to make sure that we were ready financially to take the plunge. However, that is not the most romantic way to go about it. I was just about to give up on ever getting married when he started hinting that it was coming soon. So while we were shopping around on vacation we stopped in a jewelry store to look around. The salesman was wonderful and led us through the rings explaining detail........at one point I had four rings on my fingers.........I was drunk with DIAMONDS!
And that's when I heard something I never thought I would. "Honey, why don't we get this one. It has the pave setting that you love." It was music to my ears and I was beaming. Of course I did not want to take it off, but Jon said I had to wait until he officially proposed. It was an agonizing two hours before I would put that baby back on my finger. Since we were with his family (who we are extremely close to), Jon thought it would be special if we surprised his parents with the proposal. So although nothing about it was traditional or "romantic", it was perfect all the same :)
Since Gatlinburg is a special place for Jon and I, we decided it would be the perfect place for us to get married. Which also worked out well for me because although I had never been the girl that had dreamed of her perfect wedding all her life, I did always picture that day outside. Since I had grown up in Hawaii, it seemed like I had endless possibilities......but Indy not as many. Gatlinburg has beautiful scenery which will make the perfect backdrop for an outdoor ceremony. The venue we decided on is the Park Vista Hotel & Convention center. It is located at the highest point in Gatlinburg.
Our wedding attire/style I would say is somewhat laid back and less formal, but I am a girly girl so you will tend to notice that I will glam it up if possible. Overall, I think that it fits both Jon & my personalities, if you know us it makes perfect sense :)
To save money I have decided to DIY all of our flower arrangements. That being said, we are keeping the flowers to a minimum and arrangements simple. Although I would love to have blue hydrangeas everywhere, I don't have the time or budget to. It's okay though, I have included hydrangeas all throughout my paper products.
All of my flowers will be purchased through Sam's Club. In all I will be spending just under $250 on flowers......I hope it works out!
So please excuse the fact that alot of the pictures that I have posted in this gallery are blurry. I have yet to grasp how some of the documents I save are clear and some are blurry, but you'll get the jist.
I definately a champagne girl on a beer budget, but I refuse to let that get in my way. That being said I have had to commit myself to DIYing almost every single detail of my wedding. So this is probably going to be the most detailed gallery. If there is something here that you like and would like me to share more info with you about feel free to email me @ sushi618@yahoo.com. I am not the best teacher so I apologize in advance if my instructions are the best. All of my projects are done by trial and error, googling, and instinct I guess so it's hard for me to express all that in instructions.
I am not going to bother putting all my paper products in this gallery, but like most other knotties I am doing all my own paper, if you want to check any of those out it is the gallery right before this one.
I made a seperate gallery for this project because this was one of the projects that I was most confused about at first. I had heard all about the umbra frames and the finished product looked really nice, but when I got my frame I wasn't clear how the whole thing would work. I found the famous "tutorial" for making the frame sand ready and after much additonal thought and research I came up with a DETAILED step by step instruction gallery. I hope this helps someone else out!
This gallery is full of other pics and ideas of things for the wedding that I haven't yet classified.
I have tons still :) I have been trying to get them all down on paper/web but I start and get overwhelmed. But here goes
FINISHED:
~ Wedding dress purchased
~ Flower girls dresses purchased
~ Earrings purchased & adjusted
~ Bracelet
~ Purse purchased
~ Brooch for sash purchased
~ Sash for dress purchased
~ Hair accessories purchased
~ something blue (right hand ring & mrs. undies)
~ paper for all paper products purchased
~ Sand ceremony frame purchased and finished
~ Small silver funnel for sand frame purchased
~ Finish bridesmaid newsletter
~ Finish STD postcards & order postcards, magnets, & return labels from VP.
~ Meet with venue for tasting (food & cake) and finalize contracts.
~ Coordinate all blocks for rooms & post on wedding website.
~ Make mantilla veil.
~ Finish "blinging" out shoes.
~ Finish menus (dinner & drink) and print.
~ Make wedding & reception signs
TO DO:
~ Finish day of outfit
~ Make bachelorette tank
~ Make pearl necklace
~ Make pocketfolders
~ Finish & print out invites and inserts.
~ Line envelopes and emboss invites & envelopes.
~ Table numbers.
~ Reserved ceremony seating signs
~ Paint & "bling" initials & I DO letters.
~ Make guest book.
~ Make monogrammed table runner.
~ Favor boxes
~ Order chair covers & sashes
~ Order rose petals
~ Buy votive candles & holders
~ Print out votive wraps and cover votives.
~ Finish 2nd flower girl pomander.
~ Make ring bearer pillow.
~ Make card box.
~ Find 2 shepards hooks
~ Attach crystals to ribbon and give to cake maker for cake.
~ Seating chart & frame
~ Programs
~ Jack Daniels truffles
~ Bouquets, bouts, & corsages.
~ Tears of Joy packets
~ Dancing Shoes Buckets
~ Cut ribbon for napkin presentation
There are a lot more things but my head hurts right now so I have to take a break :)
