Nicole & Evan's PJ: 12/29/2009 SBP/Ariels

[tiggerrifficheidi]

Your ideas are gorgeous! I had a "turn-of-the-century" theme and it was fun to see all the ways I could incorporate a historical period. Of course, I'm not nearly as creative or talented! My DH and his groomsmen even wore the same morning coat you have in one of the pics on your blog. I thought they looked so distinguished!! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

[ColeV]

Tiggerifficheidi: Thank you! Your wedding was absolutely beautiful. I still wish I could steal some of your ideas! (Ragtime band, silhouette artist, barbershop quartet...) I have been meaning to ask you where you got the morning coats from (are they black or dark grey jackets?). I'm building Evan's, but doubt I'll have sanity to build two more!

 

[MainStMandy]

Wow! Everything looks great I can't wait till I am that far in the planning stages!

 

[Stephie77]

Wow-your ideas are beautiful. i love the sketches-you and your friends are very talented. we are getting married 5 days after you at the WP! we are flying in on the 30th though. i also have ken as my planner and we are going down the end of june for our PS. so excited! can't wait to see the rest of your plans.

 

[tiggerrifficheidi]

Tiggerifficheidi: Thank you! Your wedding was absolutely beautiful. I still wish I could steal some of your ideas! (Ragtime band, silhouette artist, barbershop quartet...) I have been meaning to ask you where you got the morning coats from (are they black or dark grey jackets?). I'm building Evan's, but doubt I'll have sanity to build two more!

Thank you! I think the jacket is charcoal grey. It was this one from Men's Wearhouse.

http://www.menswearhouse.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_10051_10751_10601_10130_-1_10751__10651

 

[ColeV]

I got a rendering of a cake design idea done this weekend. The first picture I sent him (of what I thought was a real cake) goes against physics, so after a quick 30-second discussion I had with the baker as he walked through the office, I put together some new ideas. I have no clue if it's feasible either, but we'll see what they can do!

 

[ColeV]

Well, I have officially started on the invitations and Evan's suit. I cut out his muslin (cheap mock-up) last night and got our logo done on Sunday. We're using the image on the paper cones for rose petals. A slightly different version will be on our invitations as well. And, yes, that is the lighthouse at Yacht Club (my own little "hidden mickey" thing). I'm still trying to decide if those are the colors I want to use for the invites. Figuring out what font to use, let alone what color to do it in is much harder than anticipated!

 

[ghoulish delight]

You are so creative!! I'm loving everything so far!

 

[spacerangerqueen]

That cake is awesome! Very Art Deco I hope they can do something similar.

 

[dhay]

I cannot wait to see your wedding!!!

 

[acomasdiaz]

Nicole,

Everything looks beautiful! I love the sketch of your dress. Can't wait to see how it all turns out. I will definitely be tuning in...

 

[MegKate]

I don't know how I missed your PJ, but my GOSH! Your wedding is going to be gorgeous! Esp. that dress!!

 

[ColeV]

Well, I'm taking a quick break from working on the wedding gown (squeee!), and I figured I'd should get back to posting! I got a good portion of my invitation work done last weekend. I still have to put the text in the extra pages (directions, rsvp, and such), but I've got a tentative text in the main page:

 

[pezaddict231]

Love all your plans so far. The invitations are beautiful!

 

[Sweetsus]

I know many have already said it but your wedding is going to be AMAZING! I can't believe how talented and creative you are. I can't wait to see more.

 

[pinkcow]

Oooh! I'm LOVING what you are doing, particularly the dress!

I saw this on Off Beat Bride if you haven't already seen it!

 

[ColeV]

Thank you everyone!

Pinkcow: that wedding is by far my favorite wedding ever! I have soooo many pictures of it on my computer. They used to have a website up, but it's since disappeared. We're still trying to figure out a nice way to encourage our guests to dress vintage, like they did. And I'm still fighting Evan over the mustaches!!

 

[ColeV]

I got my BEO and budget yesterday (floral came a week or so ago), and it's lower than we expected! We cut a few small things from the floral, like using all highboy tables for the pre-reception rather than small tables with five chairs each, and cut the idea of a few extra palm trees. Even with that complicated menu, it's still less than $100 a person! Here's a few images that Laura, our floral planner, sent me for the reception:

The first big one is going to be on the guests tables (15" high) with palms and feathers. The small votives surround it. The other fun shape is going to be with a few others in a mixture on the bridal party table surrounded by copper orchids.
I still have to talk to Ken about the cake design (I didn't think it'd be physically possible, but one can try!). I also got a great deal done on my gown last weekend, planned on finishing it this weekend, but ended up with a horrible insect bite on my hand and I'm not allowed to use it!
We're also debating about switching the string trio to a jazz trio. Most of the songs we really want played wouldn't work without a woodwind. Anyone else use them? We still can't decided on which instruments. Evan wants a bass, but that's about as far as we got.

 

[ColeV]

Woo hoo! I got a mock-up done of the invitations today! I'm still waiting on the ribbon to go around the pocketfold, but that should come in soon. Granted, there's still a lot of printing to be done before I even need it. Everything else is coming along, but slowly. My wedding gown is almost finished (hook & eye, then hem), but I can't do much more until those darn shoes get here. I'm struggling my way through Evan's suit, but only seeing him every 1 or 2 months makes things much slower! If the fitting next weekend goes well I should be ready for the last fitting in November...eep. The BMs are coming over tomorrow to start draping their gowns as well. The ball is finally rolling, it's just more of a boulder than ball!

 

[tiggerrifficheidi]

Your invitations are AMAZING! I am so impressed! They look great!