Shades of Green Mike and Janine Wedding

[JanineBlum]

We picked up the marriage license on Thursday and at first we were told that we needed our social security cards. Mike could not find his that morning and I had to go into work by 11:00. We called again and spoke to someone who said our DL would be fine as long as we know our ss #’s. So it all worked out then went to breakfast at Cracker-barrel and I went to work.
Mike does not want to go to the JP for the authenticating the marriage.


Instead he wants to have a private wedding with our Pastor. I thought it was sweet because he said he wanted to start out right even if it wasn’t when we planned. So we checked with Pastor Heinz and he said he would be thrilled. Then he told us he had lots of contacts in the area and be could do it on a boat or on the balcony of the Aquarium on Kemah boardwalk or anywhere we wanted at no charge! Wow, I am giddy and so is Mike! So we said that the balcony of the Aquarium would be wonderful and the owner said sure…do you want music, do you want breakfast …just let me know what I can do... all at no cost. How wonderful is that! I told our Pastor we would like to at least donate some money to the church. It will just be me, Brandon and Mike at the private wedding.

 

[JanineBlum]

We asked our Pastor if he would like to officiate our official wedding and he said yes. He is not even charging us for transportation or stay since he is going to go out there and make it a family vacation! I am so happy!! I think this is the first time I really feel like this will be something special and unique to us since our pastor knows us on a personal level. We have such a wonderful church!!

 

[TinkLoverSam]

I just started reading your pj and had to skip ahead to tell you that i your date (it's my 25th bday) So good luck and I'll think about you on my birthday this year.

 

[JanineBlum]

That is so sweet.. Nice to know I will share my wedding celebration with your birthday celebration!

 

[JanineBlum]

Well last Thursday we had our legal marriage. Our pastor was nice enough to arrange for us to have it on a private balcony over looking the Gulf in Kemah. We did not exchange rings but did say our vows as well as some vows to our son. My dad was more nervous then me the morning of the wedding.

The pastor made me feel better by telling me in the biblical days the couple announced a legal bond to each other and then got married and had a 7 day celebration.

My parents through us a nice BBQ the Sunday we got back from San Antonio and invited Mike's family.

I will post some pictures soon.

 

[JanineBlum]

I forgot to mention the only people at the legal wedding were, Mike, Brandon(my son) the pastor and me.

Also we lost the license certificate and had to go get a new one printed an hour before the wedding... LOL It was not funny at the time though..

 

[JanineBlum]

My ticker is broken anyone know how to fix it?

 

[JanineBlum]

Here is the first draft of my fan.
I will change the font.

 

[JanineBlum]

Finally here are some pictures from our private wedding that took place for insurance reasons. It was a lovely wedding but I can not wait to put on the white dress.

On our way to the wedding

Brandon took this picture- Pastor Brad and us

We got locked out

Signing the paperwork!

 

[lpizzuro123]

Wonderful pictures. You all look wonderful and so happy. I just love your dress - the color was perfect for the location you had.

Looking forward to reading more.

Linda

 

[JanineBlum]

Wonderful pictures. You all look wonderful and so happy. I just love your dress - the color was perfect for the location you had.

Looking forward to reading more.

Linda

Thanks Linda- I actually had picked that dress a long time ago for when we would need to go to the court house a month prior to the wedding. It was a good thing I already had a dress since we had to fast foward a little. I think I will wear that dress the day after our wedding when we hit the parks. But will wear my bride ears with it.

 

[JanineBlum]

I think I will have the design for the fan done tonight. I am going to look for some black cardstock on my way home. I can't wait to mark another thing off my list.

As for the cake I submitted a design to my cake lady and she said it would not work out good but she had some ideas. So I am going to through some more of my input her way and then give her full artistic authority as long as she is in my budget. I love suprises and I am not worried because all of her other cakes look beautiful.
So far we have some up with this:
We are going with a marble inside, strawberry filling, chocolate fondant with buttercream underneath on one layer and white fondent on the other layer with buttercream underneath.
I will let you know how the story of the cake and the fan un-folds.

 

[JanineBlum]

So I managed to keep my wedding and grooms cake within my budget.
Yay me!

Here is a sketch of the wedding cake.

Here is a computer graphic of the edible image for my grooms cake. I put the together the image myself. It is cheesy but I like it.

We are thinking of using this as the base. The cake will be on a cake board.

So what do you think? My cake topper is the Mickey shown in above pictures.

The top tier will be white iceing with chocolate scroll. Inside Marble with chocolate filling.
The bottom tier will be chocolate with chocolate scroll. Inside will be vanilla with strawberry filling.

Ughh I have a head ach all day I think I may have a fever.

 

[JanineBlum]

Well I finally got my Mickey Head fan done. I am going to go to Kinkos or Office Depot to print it since my printer is not that great.

I will post a picture of it when I can. Right now I have it in a word version so I can not put the picture in to view.

One thing marked off my list yay.

 

[princess22]

Things look like the are coming along nicely!

The pictures from your private wedding are nice! The location looks beautiful and you guys make a gorgeous happy looking family!

 

[JanineBlum]

It looks a little distored in this format but I think this is the final for the fan. The other one I thought I had done yesterday did not print well.

 

[JanineBlum]

Things look like the are coming along nicely!

The pictures from your private wedding are nice! The location looks beautiful and you guys make a gorgeous happy looking family!

Thanks so much, we are a happy family. That location is Kemah, TX 10 minutes from my house.
I can't wait to do the public wedding and wear my white wedding dress!

 

[JanineBlum]

I printed 50 copies of the fan and am going to get some cardboard pads from eBay and glue them to each side and cut out. I still need to get the sticks to hold the fan. But a friend of mine also had the idea of getting contact paper and self laminating them.

Oh and other fun stuff. My son found some multicolor flameless lights that would look great in the crystal globe that may be on the base of the cake. The extras we will try to figure something else to do with as well.

We also got some sheer bags and lined them with plastic to put porcelain in that we are going to have broken the night before the wedding. Safety first.

 

[JanineBlum]

I also took a trip to Hobby Lobby this weekend to look for some other odds and ends. Umm I walked out with more than odds and ends. LOL

I got a purple wisteria garland and blue rose garland to hang as a swag on the gazebo. I took some flower wire and weaved them together. I think it looks great. Below are the pictures of the garlands I will send a picture of the final result soon.

I also bought some extra pieces of the same flowers and a little brown weave basket and some butterflies and made the flower girl basket. That was fun and I saved a bunch!

I also bought some cheap silk flowers: mini calla lilies to use for the bout for the groom, best man, my dad, father in law and son. I also bought a long stem calla lily for the maid of honor and added a butterfly. In addition I got a calla lily corsage for my mother in law and I had a special one made for my mom. . I will also send pictures soon of the maid of honor lily and my mom’s corsage. Each of these cost only 1.00 other then the corsage which was 4.00.
The purple lily will be the Mike’s the groom the other color will be what everyone else has.

I bought some light blue tulle for the cake table and for the gazebo. I bought some sheer purple fabric which I do not have a picture of but will post soon...it is so pretty it will also go on the gazebo.

And on top of all that I bought some shells. I am going to put them the sides of the white runner near the end. Also I went to Kemah and found a shell cross that we are going to stand on the candle table behind the candles.

More Pictures soon

 

[JanineBlum]

Does anyone know anything about chair umbrella's? My father in law will be at the wedding and we are worried about the sun as his health is not the best at 82. He will not be able to hold an umbrella during the cermony. If anyoen has any ideas I welcome them.