Wow I've written a lot of these today. This is the wedding update (the full one, all those others were captioned.) so if you have any questions or comments this would be the place to put them.
Here is what we know so far:
Date: October 17th 2009
Place: Spokane, WA
Colors: Hunter/Forest Green, Gold, and White
Symbol: fleur de lie (I found all sorts of cool info on the fleur de lie. Many random coolness.)
Bridesmaids: Tara, Mika, Mithril, Mindy, (I haven't got to ask the last person I want so I'll wait until I know her answer for sure.)
Groomsmen: James, Hunter, Bryan, David, and Mike (I don't know if any of them have actually said yes to Matthew yet, but I know those are whom he's planning to choose.)
Maid/Matron of Honor: Tara
Best Man: No clue. I think they were going to have a Battle Royal on Wow to see who gets to be the best man. I can't decide if gamer geeks are just that cool or just that pathetic. lol.
And for the actual planning of the wedding itself I'm happy to say I've been able to start and am confident I can get everything ready and assembled with hardly a problem at all. I know how I'm going to decorate (though the layout of course depends on the actual building) what my cake will look like, what kind of finger foods we'll be serving, music, dancing (I had my mind set on one song for Matthew and I to dance to but now I'm torn between it and another. Maybe I'll toss a coin. :p) If you think I'm missing anything reception wise please let me know! I want to have things planned, down to the last detail if possible, far in advanced so that I can make sure things happen that way. I'm terribly stingy in case you didn't know. xD
As I don't know who all we will be inviting, or who will be coming for that matter, I haven't decided where the wedding and reception will be yet. The nearest LDS church would work very well, (and free to boot!) but Matthew hasn't Okayed it yet so we shall see.
The projects I will be doing myself (or very kindly and lovingly will be forcing someone else to do for me. :D) include the invitations, the cakes, the flower girl basket and cornet, the ring bearers pillow, the tableclothes, the bouquets and bootnieers, the wedding runner (and possibly an arch to stand under. I know how to do balloon arches but they are really annoying. I'm thinking I'll get a trellis and make it up myself.) and I might possibly add my own touches to the reception desk as well. Tannis gave me a beautiful and perfect book that will be our reception book itself, but you know me. I might just use an actual quill and ink, and where will most of you be then? lol.
I'm also going to be doing the embrodery on my own wedding dress, which means I must first make the stencil and after we have the fabric all cut and laid right I'll have to draw it on so I can trace it. I'll be doing a different kind of stitch than my usual embrodery so I'll need to start practicing that as well. I have'nt decided what kind of stitch I will use yet, but I've found books on Monograming that I could probably put to the same use. Although it's entirely possible I could do some beading on the dress I've decided against it. Beads snag and rip off after time, I intend to make this dress last. >:D
I already know how to bake cakes of course, but I've never tried anything to fancy (except the pumpkin cake roll and that was only because dad was there with me every step of the way.) Plus I once saw a cake...the most beautiful cake their ever was...and my heart has been set on duplicating it since then. It's going to take a lot of work to make that cake and I haven't even figured out HOW they got it to look the way they did yet, but I will. Oh yes I will.
Tara has suggested in the past that I talk to Tecia since she's so creative and has had practice making unusual cakes before. I don't know when I'll have the time to sit and talk to her about it though, and it's not so very pressing yet so I'll just stew on the idea some more for a while.
I was delighted to find a journal set with wedding plans in it, old plans and things I had wanted and forgotten that I can now reincorperate into my designs now. Things like my wedding march (which I still have the song but will have to edit for timing when we find the right building.) designs and ideas for my flower girl's dress, as well as jobs for each of my neices and nephews. Unfortunately, with the wedding being here and not in Juneau, I'll have to rework some of those plans. It is highly unlikely that every single one of my family members will be there. (Although my parents and siblings have no choice. The one thing I have stood firm on since Matthew asked me to marry him the first time was that my family would be there. If even one of them can't make it I will postpone it. Don't believe me? I wouldn't recomend trying me to find out, I am very serious and will be MOST displeased if one of them tries to slip out of coming.)
I've even planned down to what my bridesmaids will be helping me with on the big day. Mika and Tara are in charge of my make-up, (I actually intend to wear some!) Tecia, and Tannis if she's able to come, will be doing my hair, (I've been finding pictures of hairstyles I like and once I've collected enough I'll send them to Tee and we'll begin planning what I want.) I don't know if Mindy will actually want to do anything, I don't know how she feels about me marrying her brother at all, and I don't know if Shanda will want to but I was going to ask her to help me with my nails. Mithril will be doing my jewlery of course, and I WILL be paying for it, whether she likes it or not! I know her to well, she'll make something absolutely gorgeous and sparkly and then be like "It's your wedding present!" and I will have to beat her. :p Just kidding. Mostly.
I will also need her help, and need to look up, how to make the crown I want, plus talk to Tecia about how it will fit with my hairstyle. I have a general idea, and I think I could make it myself without Too much trouble, if I can find wire that is thick enough, but still workable. I have plenty of silver wire to practice with though, and I've made one or two things that are similar enough to what I want. I'm possative I can figure it out in time.
Kathy Buell wants to make my garter, which I think is awesomesauce of her, and Aunt Angie has the perfect cake topper that she said she'd save for me. I think I will ask Tara to make me a pair of shoes like Tecia had, they were so cool! And it would be nice to have comfortable tennies on when walking down the isle or dancing. :P
The isle runner still has me stumped. It has to be a very wide one, (and the isle does too obviously) because I will be walking down it with both my parents not just my dad. (As strange a thought it is I'm still trying to figure out how I can stay arm in arm with them both and still hold my bouquet. Laugh if you must but I meant it when I said I wanted EVERY detail down.) Mom suggested that I could make my own, since I will be doing the table clothes myself, and I think that would be best too. Of course it also depends on the building we will be in, for length and width, but I think I will do a wide green border running up the sides...maybe a fleur de lie on either end. Of course, if it turns out to be to big a hassle I can scrap it without a problem. I've also got the flower girl basket in mind just how I want it so.....Ooooo! I've just had an idea! The basket is going to have green lining inside and green ribbon as the handles trim, with a gold border on the rim, but I just remembered mom telling me about some green cloth that had gold fleur de lie's on it that she found...that might be really pretty too...I haven't decided yet what to do with that material.
I think I'm done with this update. (I didn't mention anything about the flowers but it's 3 already and I haven't done most of what I wanted to get done today. So I must away and save that for another time.) Away with me I go. <3
-Kayla
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