Backtracking... ok so it was about a year ago we went down for site visits and decided that we were getting married at the yacht club gazebo and that our reception would be lunch at Narcossees. We then got home and I started thinking about it. I thought maybe it would best to move the ceremony to the Grand Floridian so we could cut costs and avoid transportation. Great idea right? I have never been fond of the wedding pavilion - its just too formal for our style - we wanted something different, something unexpected. I saw pictures of a wedding in the Marina and thought it could be perfect! My only concern was the cost for decor for that space. I contacted the bride who used it for ideas and thats when I met my Fairy God Sister (will be referred to as FGS 
). This was where my PJ ended (sorry!!) From that point on with her help our wedding took off in a whole new direction.
Sing with me! A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view, no one to tell us no or where to go, or say were only dreaming! Its prettier in french - Ce rêve bleu, c'est un nouveau monde en couleurs, où personne ne nous dit, c'est interdit, de croire encore au bonheur!
Ok our wedding had nothing to do with Aladdin. Moving on!
The first thing we figured out was that we really wanted bright colors, mainly bright pink. I knew I wanted my husband to wear a brightly colored tie. I found an etsy seller with five different fabrics that I loved. With the help of FGS we picked hot pink with orange polka dots - LOVE polka dots!!
That was it! The colors were hot pink and bright orange. We just needed an accent and so we picked bright blue which I think complemented everything perfectly. Hot pink, bright orange and bright blue - I was in love.
I still had concerns about ceremony decor. FGS suggested something she had seen a while back on Carlys blog. http://www.disneyweddingblog.com/2010/04/and-theme-for-week-ishome-events.html ( LOVE this blog!!!) The poms were PERFECT for decor. They were the bright punches of color (and jumbo polka dots) that we were looking for on a budget that we could work with. The only problem - they did not even begin to go with the space in Narcossees that we had liked so much. DH and I were torn. Then FGS suggested we keep the ceremony location at the yacht club and do an outdoor reception at the Boardwalk. I was really hesitant - what if it rained? All I could picture was pouring rain on our wedding day and us being stuck in an empty ballroom that we were not prepared for. After much debate we decided to move the reception to the Croquet Lawn at the Boardwalk. (Insert FGS doing cartwheels here.)
Suddenly our wedding was coming together!!!
I was very lucky that we had access to photoshop and were able to piece together all of our ideas. It took a number of drafts and lots of dreaming to figure out exactly what it was that we wanted but we kept working on it. It was so helpful to be able to visualize everything. Most of what was done was never saved as a Jpeg, but here are a few of the pictures that were uploadable.
(Just so that DH could be a part of the drafts FGS ever so slightly disguised my wedding dress.)
See not that different! LOL!!!
Before long, we had reached something that was simple and perfect and completely and totally us.
This was our dream ceremony space.
Next up reception and cake planning.
). This was where my PJ ended (sorry!!) From that point on with her help our wedding took off in a whole new direction. Sing with me! A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view, no one to tell us no or where to go, or say were only dreaming! Its prettier in french - Ce rêve bleu, c'est un nouveau monde en couleurs, où personne ne nous dit, c'est interdit, de croire encore au bonheur!
Ok our wedding had nothing to do with Aladdin. Moving on!
The first thing we figured out was that we really wanted bright colors, mainly bright pink. I knew I wanted my husband to wear a brightly colored tie. I found an etsy seller with five different fabrics that I loved. With the help of FGS we picked hot pink with orange polka dots - LOVE polka dots!!
I still had concerns about ceremony decor. FGS suggested something she had seen a while back on Carlys blog. http://www.disneyweddingblog.com/2010/04/and-theme-for-week-ishome-events.html ( LOVE this blog!!!) The poms were PERFECT for decor. They were the bright punches of color (and jumbo polka dots) that we were looking for on a budget that we could work with. The only problem - they did not even begin to go with the space in Narcossees that we had liked so much. DH and I were torn. Then FGS suggested we keep the ceremony location at the yacht club and do an outdoor reception at the Boardwalk. I was really hesitant - what if it rained? All I could picture was pouring rain on our wedding day and us being stuck in an empty ballroom that we were not prepared for. After much debate we decided to move the reception to the Croquet Lawn at the Boardwalk. (Insert FGS doing cartwheels here.)
Suddenly our wedding was coming together!!!
I was very lucky that we had access to photoshop and were able to piece together all of our ideas. It took a number of drafts and lots of dreaming to figure out exactly what it was that we wanted but we kept working on it. It was so helpful to be able to visualize everything. Most of what was done was never saved as a Jpeg, but here are a few of the pictures that were uploadable.
(Just so that DH could be a part of the drafts FGS ever so slightly disguised my wedding dress.)
See not that different! LOL!!!
Before long, we had reached something that was simple and perfect and completely and totally us.
This was our dream ceremony space.
Next up reception and cake planning.
