One of many versions of the same photo by me...
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: The State Park
Wedding Theme: Old English/Offbeat Pride & Prejudice
Wedding Inspiration Boards:
Wedding Colors: Midnight, platinum, pale pink, light green, and white.
kaicolorscheme by jmmiller8
This may change a little since our new outdoor venue, and intimate ceremony style will make it more informal.
Formality: Semi-formal.
Wedsite: http://www.mywedding.com/foxnkai
Save-the-Dates: For $5.45 I got 250 save-the-dates thanks to Vista Print’s free business card deal:
Invitations: I am making our own from over-a-century-old and one-of-a-kind postcards. Each in keeping with our theme with swirl handwriting, and covers with flowers or romance themes.
RSVP cards:
Officiants: Instead of having our goth rev friend officiate, we're having our preacher and his aunt (also a preacher) co-officiate.
Flowers: We're using beaded flowers instead of real flowers in the wedding colors. In fact, my flower girl will walk down the aisle with six beaded flowers to present to each mother and grandmother instead of casting petals.
I’ll be carrying a bouquet of six pink beaded roses, and the bridesmaids will carry an antique volume of their favorite book.
We’ll have no other flowers, and none that are fresh.
Engagement Ring: Gershom unknowingly chose the very ring I wanted: 1/5 Marquise-cut diamond solitaire in a 2mm white gold band.
Wedding Rings: My mister and I originally tried to design our own wedding bands via Etsy, but the seller seriously screwed up my ring. We then went on the ring hunt. He isn’t too picky since he doesn’t generally like jewelry (the wedding band being the one concession), so he left the choosing to me.
I had this ring made…
The seller gfox88 was fantastic, and made it in just a day, but I wanted something a bit more sturdy, so I am going to get my mister this thick titanium ring with an inner-engraving of something poignant to us…
I had considered it all for my ring, from a plain and very thing band to something blingy, then I found this on eBay and fell instantly in love…
Our ring nest for the ringwarming…
Bridal Jewelry: I handmade my bridal jewelery, which doubles as my "something old, something new," from freshwater pearls, crystal accents, silver clasps, and a 1,900 year old Roman leaf pendant.
I decided earring crafting wasn’t quite my skill, so I had Oklahoma Mama (LOVE her!) make a custom pair with blue accents and pearls, which takes care of my “something blue”!
I'll also wear my great grandmother's ring in memory of her, as I was her main caregiver leading up to her death, and we became very close during our time together...
I’ll be wearing this pin and Gershom will be wearing the matching, “I would rather be smooching my nerdy wife” courtesy of ButtonsEmpire.
Bride:
The Headpiece:
My Wedding Headpiece by AlwaysKai
Hems ‘N’ Bustles did a smashing job.
The Dress: This blog has photos of me wearing the dress, but here are the images from Camilla La Vie’s site:
Self-taken detail, full-length, and detachable train shots (forgive the black undergarments)…
The only alteration I’ll need is a modesty panel, as it is a bit too revealing.
The Garter: We’re on the fence about this particular tradition…I think it’s tradition’s way of trying to cop a feel pre-wedding night, haha. IF I do go this route, I want something like this:
My mister and I have, and are working to, include bits of our heritage into the wedding. I am just about everything, but predominantly Cherokee and Irish. This garter would be the perfect combinations. One of my known Cherokee ancestors was my full-blooded great-great grandmother and her middle name was Green (Native Americans often chose color names when acclimating to “white life”) and the claddagh charm for my Scot-Irish/Irish ancestry.
The Bouquet:
Six French beaded pink roses…The photo really doesn’t do them justice.
Bride's Wedding Night Lingerie:
It will definitely surprise him =]
Groom:
The Attendants:
The bridesmaids' dress is in Midnight with a Platinum sash. This board shows some of our gift ideas. We're working on the guys' gifts, and I'm nearly finished with the girls' gifts. We're keeping their personalities in mind, and so far we've found great alternatives to the generic board items. The girls will each receive freshwater pearl bracelets and a pocket mirror from Madison Craft (I custom ordered all of them).
Our Shoes:
Mine (in silver)…
His…
The bridesmaids and I will wear silver heels of our choosing for the ceremony, and Gershom and his groomsmen will wear the converse throughout.
Wedding Party: We each started off with seven, but I am experiencing some attendant issues…
Couple Slideshow Photos for the Reception (still working on the infancy to childhood photo collection):
Pre-Ceremony Music:
"Fade to Black" by Apocalyptica (5:03)
"Black Bird" by The Beatles--Across the Universe cover (3:05)
"Irish Whistle + Tin Whistle & Guitar" by Tinwhistler (2:07)
"The Butterfly" by Ulli and Tinwhistler (1:55)
"Hip Agus Hop / The Roaring Barmaid" by Tinwhistler (3:26)
"Promentory (Last of the Mohicans)" (6:13)
"You Raise Me Up" by Celtic Women (4:39)
"Brown-Eyed Girl" by Weezer (3:29)
"Still the One" by FMIL Sherri P. (3:28)
Processional Music:
"Polska" by Ulli and Tinwhistler (3:05)
Bride's Walk:
"Can't Help Falling In Love" by Lick the Tins (3:23)
Recessional Music:
"Our Farewell" by Within Temptation (2:11)
The pre-ceremony music will be axed since we’re not going to have everyone standing around for that long, and we’ll see about the rest.
Ceremony Draft:
Is probably my favorite part of the wedding...It's beautiful, and we wrote it together a year or so ago. I'll post it later =]
First Dance Song: We still haven't decided, but it will be performed by friends by our Rock Band “wedding band.” What can I say? I’m marrying a gamer, and I’m a mild one myself.
Father/Daughter and Mother/Son Dances: Still haven't decided. I always dread these kinds of dances…
Reception Site: Our church's new Life Center.
Reception Decor: We're hoping to do something like this...
Seating Chart: Here is the full-sized image, and description of the set up.
Guest Book: We have considered a signable photo mat, a photo guest book, and the like, but opted to not do any of them. I will make one of my metal books with a framed photo of us on the cover and beading in our wedding colors. I make these books for everyone I know who gets married to be filled with memories, advice, drawings, etc. We will also have permanent markers, and beautiful stones for everyone to sign then place in a glass vase as a beautiful display for our new home.
Activities: This is still in the works, but we will have Rock Band and video game stations =] A tribute to my gamer boy. We'll also have a DIY photo booth using a gilt frame, a basket of goodies for them (costume jewelry, feather boas, masks, etc), and foam sword duels. I'm making a handmade metal book with beading a framed cover photo of my mister and I together for our guests to fill with memories and advice (see Guest Book).
Kid's Section: A paper-covered table cloth with crayons at each place setting, games, babysitters, etc.
Centerpieces: I have long collected antique books, so they'll be our centerpieces, like so:
Reception Music: We're playing the music in a progressive fashion starting with a few songs form the era from which we've taken our theme, and moving on to more modern music. Our list is still being compiled.
Photo Account Wreath: Since we are having free seating, I decided an awesome seating chart I found would be perfect for Flickr account info. That way the guests can snatch a leaf, and upload their visual goodies:
Wedding Cupcakes (instead of wedding cake):
We’ll have a cupcake like this…
And self-decorate cupcake stand for everyone else…
Groom's Super Mario Cupcakes: I need to find someone in our area willing to work with fondant, so that I can surprise my mister with a special version of groom’s cake…
If we can’t have them, we’ll definitely have Super Mario and Princess Peach as our giant cupcake’s topper. Ellethecoconut is trying her hand at making the topper for us =]
Reception Food: We're serving food trays, a few dishes prepared by a chef friend, crashers, desert, wedding cupcakes, and a candy buffet.
Reception Sweets for the candy buffet:
Reception Inspiration Board:
Photographer: Offbeat Bride Laura. I found her through my group Talent Trade. She posted some awesome pics, and I am quite impressed, and excited.
Videographer: Still need to find one or two of those =] His uncle is the head of the electronics dept of Ohio Univeristy, and he may be able to do it.
DJ: Gershom's older brother, a DJ, will perform this service for free as a wedding gift.
Groom's Gifts: Okay, I admit it. I'm going to spoil the boy. I'm making him a metal book containing the offbeat fairy tale he wrote for me the day before we got together, our story, and favorite memories. The "I would rather be smooching my nerdy wife" button. I am also getting him a kickass watch that is a modern take on the locket. The face lifts to reveal a picture, and the inside can be engraved with a three-line message of your choice:
Officiants’ and parents’ Gifts: We’ll likely get them gift cards to their favorite restaurants. We don’t have an officiants’ fee for either one, so we definitely want to do something nice for his aunt and our minister.
Gifts for Those Lending Talent: We haven't decided on those yet...
Not to mention I found these great gift card holders in our wedding colors…
There's still so much more to do! My To-Do List keeps growing, though I have scratched off a lot of items...
So what do you lovely ladies think?
So much has changed since the last time I made a progress report...The last month I have had so much going on that I haven't really done much planning-wise (an oddity to be sure), and I feel so behind...We still need to do so much. I need to find a job, we need a videographer, and we need to check out the new venue to see how many people can attend then cut or guest list accordingly...Not to mention 1 million other tasks...
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