18 MONTHS TODAY
It's been a while, but while it seems like there wasn't much going on, there has been a ton of decisions being made in the last few weeks.
First off, let me get right into it. We entered the Disney Royal Wedding contest on Family.com. Now, at first, I thought (and still do think) it's either a memories or escape style wedding and we won't have any ability to upgrade anything. It kinda bummed me out, which is why we didn't enter for a while. But then I read the part where the winner of the fan voting portion of it, receives a $1000 gift card to Alfred Angelo. While receiving a free $15,000 valued wedding seems awesome, the likely-hood we could win a fan voting seems more in our control. So, we went ahead and entered.
http://family.go.com/happily-ever-after-contest/stories-category/our-magical-story-67353/
Please go ahead and vote. I could go on and on saying how much it would mean to us and such, but the reality is? It would be nice to shave $1000 from the total wedding bill for her dress. Hey, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it...
Moving on...
My DF sent me a few ideas if we choose an indoor reception. It has been a daily occurrence of us changing the idea of either outdoor (Summerhouse) or indoor (GF Convention). Okay, Okay, maybe a daily occurrence of ME, but yea, anyways.
We know there is a lot more customizations available if we choose indoor, and while it would really seem awesome for an outdoor, we just can't justify 100% doing it outdoors. Either way, here are some of the looks we have been looking at:
I'm not sure I like the "traditional" type look, but we put it out there as inspiration
I'm really loving the blue here. It's definitely BOLD. But is it too much?
Another "traditional" look, but tweaked. I guess I'm more into the bold blue than pretty pink.
The glow tables are huge inspiration, and have me working on grand entrances. I'm not a fan of the glow chairs, but the tables are awesome looking.
Music...
DF decided on the music for the ceremony... and I couldn't be happier with the choices she came up with. I LOVE it, and I love how the ceremony will be sprinkled with Disney pixie dust!!!!!
Parents/Groom/Groomsmen/Bridesmaids: A Whole New World from Aladdin (instrumental version)
Bride: Cannon in D (This would be played live by a violinist)
Unity Candle lighting: Tale as Old as Time from Beauty and the Beast (instrumental version)
Recessional: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (instrumental version)
So that's it for now... In the coming days, I'll be writing about our journey to the Bridal showcase, meeting David Tutera, and how we changed our entire original plans after we went down.