Invitation Protypes

Here are some protype invitations I have been working on...

Champagne Toasting Flutes

Greg and I were

looking at champagne

toasting flutes today

and noticed the prices

ranged from $24.99 to

$49.99 per pair. I

thought, I could dress

up some champagne

glasses myself!

We bought these

glasses for $6.99

each and then I

bought earings

for $3.00 for

a total of

$17.00

and

then

I had

this

ribbon

at

home...

I plan

on

cutting

the tails

on an

angle

yet, but

this gives you an idea as to

what they will look like. Plus the ribbon is in our colour!

Wedding Cake

I was talking with my friend Andrea, and she asked me what a cupcake cake looked like... I wasn't exactly sure... so I decided to look at cake options....

These two are clearly not cupcake cakes,

but they have the colours and I thought they were cute.

I like how this cake alternates the chocolate and vanilla.

This one has the colours and it has the mini cake on the top for the cake cutting, which I like.

This one is so quaint and elegant looking...

Turquoise cupcakes!

This is my favourite! It has the little cake beside two tiers of the cupcakes...

And it is surrounded by cupcakes... one side vanilla the other, chocolate...
I like this idea the best and I think it would work well functionally too.

I love the idea of the moderness of cupcakes... non-traditional... it is cheaper than traditional cakes (aprox $2/serving as opposed to $5-6/serving), easier to serve, gives people options with chocolate/vanilla, and I read it is supposed to make people feel special and more connected to the wedding getting their own special little cake.

Deejay and Marriage Commisioner

Friday night Greg and I met with the Deejay that we have decided to go with. He seems really great and fun, and is the number one Deejay in Kelowna that works at Flashbacks, so I'm pretty confident he and/or his crew can throw a pretty awesome party. He took an hour and a half to answer our millions of questions, showed us the computer programs he uses and will be emailing us lots of sample playlists that can help us get a start on picking some music to incorporate. He also had lots of fun ideas to keep the reception interactive. I don't want to give them all away, but one included kids, adults, and the chicken dance :) So we have booked him and paid the deposit... one more thing planned!

Also, we met with a Marriage Commissioner on Saturday and she was amazing! Actually, we were so impressed with her that we decided right there on the spot that she is the one and she is booked. She also sat patiently and answered all of our questions, she has suggestions for us if we would like, but stressed very much about how important it is that we do what we want that day because it is our day. She will be emailing us a sample ceremony. She explained that there is one part that must be included for legal purposes, and the rest is up to us to cut and paste or add as we see fit.

Now we can work on putting together our music selection and writing our vows.

Progress

This friday Greg and I are meeting with a DJ to get a feel for his personality and DJ style. I hope it works out so that we can have that detail taken care of. Also, on Saturday we are meeting with a couple of marriage commissioners to get an idea of who we feel comfortable with. Hopefully we can take care of that detail this weekend too!

I can finally announce my portion of the wedding party: Courtney, Michelle, and Katie. I'm looking forward to the months to follow and I hope we can incorporate lots of people's ideas and suggestions.

Bridal Show

Greg and I went to a bridal show in Kelowna on the weekend. There was tons of turquoise... especially in the bridesmaids' dresses... loved that. Then... I saw a dress I absolutely LOVE! Most of the time I look at dresses and they are all pretty but they kinda look the same, this dress really stood out and I can't wait to try it on. It didn't have much for beading (which I like, I'm not crazy about the dresses covered in beading, I think it looks too busy and it wouldn't work with a sash), it was a bright diamond white and had off the shoulder strap/sleeves and it flowed out into a princess gown with the fabric bunching all the way down and it had a white sash tied into a bow with a diamond buckle around the waist.

I won a door prize at the show... a basket full of Watkin's products... like chai tea mix, air freshener, medicated oinment for muscles, gravy mix... random selection. Also, I spoke with a DJ who sounds awesome. Howling the Night Away it is called and the guy said he is from one of the major night clubs in town and was like, you probably know, and I was like um no I probably don't, I never go out lol... but he was totally willing to sit down and get to know us and incorporate our broad spectrum of music likes... I think we'll probably go with him.

Wedding Band

We got a letter from the Canadian Jewelry Exchange, where we got our engagement ring from, giving us a discount on all products. We went down just to have a look and found a beautiful wedding band that matches perfectly with the engagement ring and so we decided to go ahead and buy it!

Wedding Band to go with...

Engagement ring

.

I'm so excited! I love putting the two together and thinking about being married :) The band is too small as of yet, but we are waiting until next summer to have it sized.