Old Soul, Young Heart

Last week's blog was supposed to be about the program and this week was supposed to be about the ceremony, but they are basically one in the same, so here goes. I made the programs. They took me a long time. This is the best picture I have of it, because the photographer forgot to get a photo of it. I was pretty proud of them. I thought they were cute. They fanned out with three pages. The front page was the ceremony program, the middle was the wedding party, and the last page was the "In Memory" page. They were held together with fancy pronged thingies--I had several different kinds, so each one was a little different. The corners were rounded and that took foreverrrrr. I kind of miss doing crafty things! From the picture, you can tell what the ceremony was like. I was lucky enough to basically wordsmith the entire thing myself, with Philip's go-ahead, of course. Our officiants (and my friends) were very gracious and just let me do what I wanted to do. ...

Centerpiece saga: Simple Elegance finally called me back on Wednesday (after I posted last week's Wedding Wednesday). I emailed back and forth with a girl there about what I'm looking for, but haven't heard from her since last Thursday. I randomly got an email from I Do Events, so if they're more responsive, I'm going to go with them instead! My aunt and I took my dad to Men's Wearhouse on Saturday because he's in dire need of a new suit. My pops is a big guy, so I was concerned that we wouldn't find something to suit him (ha!), but we found two that will possibly work. They are ordering one into the store in his size so that we can compare the two different options and choose one. Finally heard back from the musician ( Heart Strings ) for the ceremony after giving her a call at home. We met on Monday and I have to say that I am unimpressed by this person's professionalism. I feel as though I am generally not too demanding of customer service, but ...

The ceremony service is nailed down. We met with Jim and Michele (co-officiants) on Monday and went over a lot of logistics. Michele and I also made a quick trip to Evelyn Chapel since she had never been there. I just love that place. I can really visualize now what everything's going to be like. It is both exciting and scary, because it's getting so close!  With the service fully figured out, I can start making programs now. I feel as though this part might be a larger undertaking than the invitations, because there will be double the amount! The actual construction should be easier, though. Menu card printing/construction will also start soon. We met with the travel agent to go over our honeymoon itinerary. I'm so excited to be on vacay with my new husband in just 5 weeks. (Husband! So weird!) I am disappointed that I've been unable to reach our musicians for the ceremony. I've emailed twice in the past 3 weeks... still nothing. Maybe they're on vacation? I ne...