Today I Order......

The Flowers!

You may remember.....

We are so excited!  Flowers are the main piece of the decor.  Flowers and Lighting.  We are having a professional lighting company fix us up with some antique fixtures and special lighting.  I am making candles for the tables.  It should be a sweet, gentle and romantic look overall.  The only tricky part is that the tent is so huge that things could look lost in the space.  Here's hoping they don't.  We are doing all in our power to scale our decor and arrangements to fit the space.

An artist friend has been making canvas art.

I have not seen them yet....other than in photos.

I think they are going to look small in the space but 

they are also going to be very sweet.

It will give people an excuse to get up and walk around to read 

them and appreciate the time invested in them.

Susan, from Divine Florals,  sent over the flower list last evening and was thrilled to have such a large budget to work with.  But with savings on the dress, a very affordable venue and the fact that this is our only daughter we wanted to splurge.

It also felt very good to drop off the list for the caterer yesterday.

Andrew, at The Daily Grind, is going to do a great job!

Chelsea has loved that place since the day it opened.

In fact she started campaigning for a job there before they opened.

Over this past "changeover" of shows at the theatre she worked at The Daily Grind part time.

It was great!  Andrew and the rest of the staff are wonderful.

It ended up being too much when she went back to the theatre so she had to 

give it up....but we are thrilled to have them cater.

Chelsea has worked so very hard to have every detail in place.

As you know, things will happen but they should be minor with all of her

attention to detail.

I made my shopping list for the appetizer tent.

I even purchased some of the items for it....you know, the ones that won't go bad.

I need to focus more on the decor for that area very soon.

It needs to compliment, but not duplicate what Chelsea has designed for 

the main tent.

I hope our friends coming into town for the wedding won't mind

helping to make tray after tray of appetizers with me.

Another big detail I need to get put together yet is the order for the 

rehearsal dinner.  Rehearsal will happen almost a week in advance of the big day

and so it is sneaking up quickly.  It should be a big ball of fun!!

When it was time to do Michael and Emily's rehearsal dinner they wanted a picnic

in the park beside their venue.  The link above takes you to my blog post about that day.

There was a lot going on in our lives at that point too.

I tried to add some touches that included their colors but it was pretty 

straightforward.  I "catered" that one mainly from Costco.

Chelsea and Chadd's will include many of their favorite foods from 

their favorite restaurants.  I'll keep the decor simple because it will be held in a very 

sweet cafe looking room at the venue.

It is going to be very fun!!

One of my projects.  This photo wall.  I "stole" this from Mom's house while she was in Europe.
No worries, I had her permission.
 I was just very thankful that the police officer
 who lives next door to her knows me
 and wouldn't question me hauling
 a large piece of decor out of her house when she was away.

If you know me you know that I don't work "ahead" as well as I work

nearer the hour of need.

The adrenaline that comes from panic helps my brain work better, I guess. 

That's my excuse anyway.

Perfectly opposite of how Chelsea works.

This both makes her crazy and makes us a great team.

She's getting tired...and I'm just getting started.

We've got this!

Anyway...those are the exciting, rambling and optimistic

thoughts running around my head today.

I'll get to more of the details even as I make candle orders and

prepare for a candle event this evening.

I really considered dropping out of the event after Jonathan's accident

but just can't bring myself to do so.

So...if you happen to be local I would LOVE to see you at 

Good Harvest Supply in Strasburg this evening.

They are having a Ladies Night Out from 6:30 - 8:30pm.

I will be offering my final clearance on Fall/Winter candles in stock

at 50% off and will have a handful of Spring/Summer candles

at their regularly affordable prices.

Hugs from the crazy candle lady and mother of the bride!

Both hats are on today.