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Only 185 Days left! :)

Here are a few really quick updates.

Saturday was our appointment for our Wedding Invitations...And it went really well. She is going to make up a couple of designs for us to chose from.

Then on Sunday we met with the Priest. We were so comfortable with him that we decided on having a mass. We were originally just going to have a non-mass ceremony...And I am actually very very excited about our special wedding ceremony and mass!

Last night we met with a different florist...And I am absolutely in love with this man! He is just so fabulous!

And he gave us a good enough price that we can actually afford to have flowers in our centerpieces! So we no longer have to go with the flower-less centerpieces.

I am sooooo excited for this florist!

Now I think that we have every vendor we need booked!! OMG!

The only thing left to book is our Hawaii Honeymoon!! :)

I am finally way more excited than stressed for this wedding now!

Once we have our honeymoon situated and booked, there really won't even be too much to worry about or do for a couple of weeks at least.

The biggest things I still need to decide on:

• What linens I want
• Escort cards and escort card holders
• More Favors in addition to the photo booth favors
• Location of the Rehearsal Dinner

Then there are just little decisions like what songs to play during the reception...What readings to have during the ceremony...Etc.

Either way, I think I get to start relaxing a bit now...And then I'll stress again as the wedding gets closer.

All I know is that I am soooo uber excited!!

Only 6 Months & 4 More Days left to go!! :)

Escort Card Holders & Table Linens

Remember my love for the Blume Bud Escort Card Holders?

I found some more pictures of other brides using them...And it makes me love them even more!

They are so elegant and classy, right?

I just haven't totally decided what kind of flower (or lucky bamboo) I would put in each vase.

Of course the down side is, I don't know how many times they can be re-used. Like say, a mini picture frame holding the escort card can then be used again to hold a picture.

Especially since I am in love with the photo booth idea again.

I had talked myself out of it for a while...But am loving it again. (Especially since they have had them at 2 of the bridal shows I have been to...And now I'm in love with them again!)

On another note...I have made a mock-up of how I am pretty sure I want my table linens to look:

I didn't really draw the chair covers in...But white chairs kind of gives you the illusion of white chair covers.

With fuchsia chair sashes and bows.

And a black table cloth with white napkins.

And the black and white damask table runner outlined in fuchsia.

And then of course some kind of centerpiece that incorporates fuchsia.

I think I did well not making the hot pink the sole color.

I didn't even use shades of pink like I could have.

I am totally trying to go more sophisticated and elegant than sweet 16.

Hence why my original thought of hot pink napkins have been replaced with white napkins.

PS Try not to mock my mock-up! I made it in about 5 seconds in Paint! :-P

Escort Card Holder/Favor Possibility

Originally I wanted some kind of picture frame as the escort card holder. I thought it would be nice to have the escort card holder double as a favor (whether that be the only favor or just an additional favor.) I also thought a picture frame would be cute since we might have a photo booth at the reception too.

I have been trying to find some really cheap mini frames that I could some how decorate to match the theme. Either by wrapping the borders with my fabric or just adding a hot pink flower or something.

But then I came across these:

They are kind of cute, right?

They are definitely escort card holders AND favors.

AND I can get black ones for the guys and pink ones for the girls...And with about 150 of these babies on the escort card table, I think it would make a pretty black and pink and flowery scene.

Of course I don't know what flower to put in the 'vase' (which is actually glass, and not plastic like I thought it was!) I wonder if I can put a tiny bamboo stalk in each 'vase'...Then it can match my {possible}bamboo centerpieces.

Of course, flowers die...Thus the guests will have to throw out their favor eventually...But how long does everyone keep the little knick-knack favors that sit and collect dust anyway?

Of course if we do bamboo, we should probably tie a little note to each vile with instructions for lucky bamboo care...Which can also double as assistance for anyone who takes home the {possible} bamboo centerpiece...Since I was worried people wouldn't know how to care for it (Granted, they could always just Google it.)

So I see that the test tube vase comes with the card holder...But the cards probably don't come with...Which is fine.

Also, on further inspection, the patterns to chose from (which is only on the inside anyway) are: orange chain link, mocha birds, passion pink damask, silver damask, lime slice birds, red burst damask, pretty-n-pink damask, black & white birds, and gold damask.

So I can always get the hot pink damask and the black birds and hope that no one notices the birds. OR I can just get all pink and make the escort cards have my black and white damask pattern with hot pink writing for their names and table numbers.

Random Fun Wedding Stuff

And for the second time today, I just lost the wedding post I was writing and need to start over, yet again.

Basically, I was just posting some cute random wedding pictures to curb my wedding addiction for tonight.

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I simply adore this picture!!
Those are my dream shoes...They have been for the past several years. I just love the ribbon and lace...And, well, just everything about them is so adorable!
Unfortunately, I have never been able to wear them because of my incredibly weak ankles. :(
So I have to wear flats (which I hate, since I am so short!) or thick heels that give my ankles better support.
So I just love that I found that someone used my dream pink stilettos for their wedding! :)

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Yes, I admit that it is kinda tacky looking...And I don't think I am really digging the whole tree thing. BUT it is pink and has bling...So I figured, "Why not just post it?"

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I kinda like that neat criss-cross thingy that's going on in the back at the bottom there.

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And I guess that is about it for tonight's random wedding related photographs. :)

Table Numbers & Escort Cards

There is something about Table Numbers that I just don't like for some reason.
Instead of numbers I would rather have something cute and clever.

For example, The tables can be called "Love"..."Honor"..."Cherish"..."Best Friends"..."Soul Mates"..."True Love"

Or maybe label them with cute couples, "Lucy & Ricky" (from I Love Lucy, or use their real names, "Lucille & Dezi")..."Prince Charming & Cinderella"..."Peter & Lois Griffin"..."Fry & Leela" (Well they weren't really a couple, I just always hoped they would be! Hehe)

If I was only having like 5 tables at my wedding, that would be fine.
The guests would pick up their escort card, see what table name they were at, and only have a couple tables to look through. "Oh this is Table Mario & Princess Peach, I'm at Table Zach Morris & Kelly Kapowski" And then they just look through a couple of tables and they found it, no big deal.

But chances are, there are going to be at least 20 tables. No one is going to want to go from table to table without any guidance of where their table is...And quite frankly, I wouldn't blame them.
Furthermore, I wouldn't blame them if they gave up, and just sat wherever the heck they wanted to!



So I am thinking that I will probably have to do stupid table numbers.
But I guess I can always have sayings or whatever on the numbers...Maybe.
Like the escort card only says "Table 2", and you get to a table clearly marked "Table 2" and then also on it, it says something like "Link & Zelda forever!"
But maybe that will be too tacky.
Maybe it is more classy to just stick with nice table numbers.

And you don't want to have another table decoration saying "Jon & Christina Rock!" in addition to a sign saying "Table 3"...
Because then you have to worry about the centerpieces.
And room for the escort cards to go (And possibly a holder, if the escort card wasn't just a bi-fold).
AND one or maybe a couple of wedding favors per guest.

Not to mention the dinner plate, silverware, glasses, and possibly bottles of wine or champagne or a pitcher of water.

Yeah, that is one crowded table!

So I think I will do my best to keep it as simple and classy as possible.


Let's see...I think the essentials are: escort cards, table number (and holder thingy to hold up the number), centerpiece...And probably the wedding favor(s) will be already on the table too.

Maybe the centerpiece can have a little table number sticking out of it...Which can help save room...But not all centerpiece themes will work will with a number sticking out of it.


Below are two examples of really cute escort cards with a holder:

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I especially love this one because I am soooo about the 'LOVE' items that replace the 'O' with a heart!
I even want to go to Love Park so Jon and I can get our picture in front of that famous statue. And then we could use that picture for the Save the Dates or the Invitations...And use all the 'LOVE' items as a possible theme for our wedding! :)
(One of these days I am going to devote a whole post to those 'LOVE' items...They are just too adorable! Or perhaps overdone? Either way, I LOVE them!)

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I just can't help but love hearts...And at a wedding, it seems extra appropriate! :)


I think the following is a good example of a money and space saver:

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Now that example is classy. And I love calla lillies!
Plus, the frame holding the escort card can double as a wedding favor; the guest gets home, takes the escort card out, and now they have a cute little picture frame. If you want to be cheap, that can be the only wedding favor. I doubt anyone would complain. And now you have one less thing on the table too.

So another way I think I can save room (and money) is by eliminating the escort card holder altogether.

The other day I came across a really cute picture of unique escort cards. Instead of just a bi-folded paper with your name and table number on it, they were shaped like chairs. They said "Please take your seat" on them. And then of course also listed the important credentials.
And for some reason I cannot find where I saw them. I'm sure it was in someone's wedding blog that I came across. But I wanted to give them credit, and show off their cute picture.
If anyone knows what I am referring to, please comment with where I can find them! They were so adorable! Thanks! :)

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OK, so that is not the chair escorts I was talking about...But I just wanted to throw in a visual aide to assist me in explaining what paper folded to look like a chair looks like. :)
And they were super cute, so no one would miss the escort card's holder.


So here is another example of how cute the escort card can look all by itself:

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Let's see...I covered escort cards with holders, escort cards with a favor, and escort cards without holders.


Oh and I just came across this:

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The website describes it as, "They not only act as placecard holders, with their included vellum strip which serves as a place card, but inside the seat of the chair they hold several ounces of whatever favor filling you want."

I think they are cute...I like how they serve more than one purpose...But where does it show the table numbers? Maybe these are already sitting at the tables, and the guests have to go around to all of the tables to find their names or something?

Sometimes people have like 'maps' or the floor plan of the reception hall drawn up for when you first walk in. And the guest's names are included in the seating chart. And you have to find where you are sitting that way, and then just walk to the table (if you can remember the seating chart in your head)...Maybe those are only used when there are less tables?

Soooo many questions!
Or maybe I am just looking too much into these things.


Well, I should get to sleep.
I have to get up early for work tomorrow...And then Jon and I are off to a wedding this weekend! Yay! :)

EDIT: I was really tired last night and apparently didn't realize something. Sometimes I said 'escort cards' and sometimes I said 'place cards'...And I was using the term interchangeably.

But I am thinking that was wrong. And escort cards tell you what table you are at...And place cards tell you the seat at the table. Right?

Which is why those last chairs I posted are place cards, when I asked where you put the table numbers, they aren't escort cards.

My guess is that you first walk into the reception hall and you see a escort card with your name and table number on it...And then you get to said table and see a place card to show you which seat at the table is yours.

I haven't been to a wedding that has told you which seat at the table you must sit at.

Has anyone else seen or done that?

I am thinking I will not use place cards, and I will just have escort cards tell the guests which table is theirs...And not force them to sit in a particular chair at that table.

What do you want from me? It was like 1am!

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