Wedding Dresses

Okay,
So off to the side is a widget with pictures of wedding dresses I liked for one reason or another. If you click on the widget it will take you to the Picasa album where you can leave comments on individual pictures. The address for the album if you want to go straight there is http://picasaweb.google.com/miranda.abernathy/WeddingDresses?feat=directlink

I look forward to your opinions!

Is this stupid?

Okay,
Just got off the phone with Roses Run Country Club. Jill was super sweet and funny. They are willing to charge us the same price for family style as they would for a buffet (which is awesome!). They are also willing to throw in the staff to serve hot apps for no additional charge. I absolutely love their can do attitude (she actually said, if there is anything we want that is not on their menu, they are more than willing to do it).

So, is it stupid that I am so much more excited about having the wedding at a country club rather than a party center?

It shouldn't make a difference if the the location is beautiful and the menu is right, but something about "party center" provokes this visceral yuck reaction. I already weeded out locations that actually say party center in their names, but do you think I am making a mistake? Are party centers better able to provide the best service? Would the event run more smoothly? Is it weird to ask to vet your event staff before the actual day of?

Okay, here are the pictures from Roses Run. They have a large vaulted ceiling room downstairs that can do 300 people. Upstairs there are two rooms that hold about 150 people each. She was saying that they typically do receptions downstairs and then the ceremony upstairs for winter weddings or outside by the lake for the rest of the year.

Wedding this Weekend

So, I've been picking up catering jobs while I hunt for a "real" job and this weekend I worked at a wedding that was amazing (read similar to what I was thinking of for ours).

Location: A historic SF building with

1. Large main room
2. Medium size room with a bar
3. (2) small bride and groom's rooms


First the front half of the main room was set with rows of dark bamboo chairs with black cushions.




The back of the room was set with some of the round tables for the reception and then those tables were hidden by pipe and drape during the ceremony. The couple got married in front of a fireplace (lit with candles) and draped with white flowers. There were candles throughout the entire room.

The bar room was set up with a couple of small corner tables and then some tall cocktail tables. Their colors were deep blue and silver with white and red flowers. I didn't like the red flowers because it made it feel a little too state dept., but they had terrific table linens

The linens were a blue on blue stripe. It wasn't busy, but added great texture and made everything very classy. While the ceremony was in progress, the catering team set up cheese plates and baskets of bread on the small corner tables in the bar. As soon as the ceremony finished, the guest were let into the bar room for a cocktail hour. Server passed hot apps, while the rest of the staff flipped the ceremony room for the reception.

All of the reception tables had the same table linens, silver napkins, and pretty white floral centerpieces and tall white votive candles.

Engagement Photo

Hey Everyone,
Sorry I haven't posted in forever. I got laid off just before New Year's, so my wedding planning is kind of on hold until I sort out this job mess, but I thought you might like this. Here is the photo that was taken less than 10 seconds after we got engaged. This crazy woman came racing up to us to ask if we got engaged (which instantly dried any tears I may or may not have been about to shed) and then asked if we had our phones to take a picture. I'm so glad she did because we were way to giddy to remember something as silly as capturing the moment.


Happy New Year to everyone and I'll get back in gear soon, I promise!

Color Palette

Okay, so everyone knows I am no designer. I will definitely not be offended when you guys gently steer me away from the truly tacky. I think the main color will be midnight blue, but we are having trouble nailing down other colors we might want. Here are a couple of palettes let me know what you think.



(Blue, Cream and Gold)



(Blue, Cream and brown)




(Blue, butter and maple)



(Blue, cream and green)

(Blue, cream and silver)


(Blue, wheat and brown)



(Blue, silver and orange)-this would be a very deep orange and used in very small amounts


Okay, keep in mind that Steve's first wedding colors were sea foam and something else and that we'll be getting married in October, so we need to find a palette that will mesh well with the floral available.

Wedding Time and Style

We really want everyone to have fun at the wedding and feel comfortable, so when we started planning it we decided to chuck out some of the aspects of weddings that are stressful for the guests and the happy couple.

1. No Church- we want to have the ceremony and the reception in the same place, so once you arrive you are set and ready to enjoy the whole thing

2. No one is late- I'd like to do a cocktail hour before the ceremony to allow everyone time to get there and get ready before the actual ceremony

I'm thinking we could get started late afternoon/early evening have a cocktail hour, 45min-1 hour ceremony and then head straight into the reception.

3. Everyone get's to be with their family and friends- no head table and no single's table

We have a large family and friends from a lot of different places, we think everyone (including the members of the wedding party) will have more fun if they get to sit with their immediate family or the friends they know.

(Unreasonable Bride moment in 5...4...3...2...


I really want a candle lit ceremony, I know this may be more hassle to pull off and that the photographer will not be amused, but I think it is both beautiful and memorable.

The Basics

Oh yuck we've started a blog...

Ok, but we have a pretty good reason. Our friends and family are terrific! We couldn't possibly plan this wedding and stay sane without you. We've already gotten some great suggestions and we know you have tons more. We really want to make sure that we haven't forgotten to share information with anyone and that everyone who cares knows what's going on.

So we're going to blog it. We'll post the details we know and the questions we have and you let us know what you think (honestly if the dress is ugly I want to know now and not at a drunken Christmas party 10 years from now)

The Stuff we've got so far:

Date: Sunday October 10th 2010 (I know I know it's a Sunday, but I'm pretty stuck on this date)

Location: Somewhere in the wilds of Ohio (we have a short list of vendors we are trying to get quotes from that I'll post in the sidebar)

Wedding Party:

Bridesmaids-
1. Jessica Abernathy
2. Kate Macevicz
3. Allyson Bucy
4. Sarah Maple

Groomsmen-
1. Todd Bucy
2. Ryan Bucy
3. John O'Rourke
4. Mark Biggins