score

The rest of my flowers are here. Wee!

I need to get vases so I can start making the centerpieces, and I need to go buy more ribbon.

AHH! So pretty.

DIY'd

I spent some time screwing around with my flowers today, and accomplished much. You can see the details over here.

I also ordered the rest of my flowers from save-on-crafts.com. They should be here in, I don't know, a couple weeks. I need to pick up more ribbon, mostly so I can wrap my own bouquet when it gets here. Wee, flowers!

bleh

I think I'm going to change my boutonnieres. I don't think the cost of getting different ones is going to be any more than buying all the stuff I need to fix the issues with the ones I originally purchased.

So I think I'll get this one for Darren.
These ones for the groomsmen.
And these for the ushers/attendants.

Also, I'm thinking about tying paper fans together with each program and I'm currently searching for the least expansive fans I can find. So far this is my best option. We'll see if I actually follow through on this idea, but whatevs.

1. Four months!

2. My first flower order came today. Bridesmaid bouquets look good. The daisies are smaller than I expected, but I can just order more and put several in each vase instead of just one.
The wooden flower heads for the groomsmen are more yellow than green, but I bet I can find some paint. And the dark green flower heads for the ushers and attendants are dried, not plastic like I thought, so they're very fragile. I'll see what I can do to make them stronger- maybe spray lacquer or something. Michaels seems to have what I need.

decor, finalized.

I ordered my first batch of flowers today! Gotta make sure they don't suck before I order the rest. Here's what I'll end up with:

This vase ***edit** HOLD UP. Shipping for those vases is as much as the actual cost. DEALBREAKER.

So instead, I'll find some bud vases and fill them with some twigs (or these twigs... probably the first ones because they're cheaper. Heh). and a single daisy (I'll break up the bouquets) for the centerpieces.

I'll make some garlands for accents on the head table and probably buffet table.
The centerpieces on the head table are going to be made with three vases I got from work and some vase gems, so we (me, Marsha, Kate) can put our bouquets in them.

I'll make boutonnieres for the ushers/pins for the attendants with these flower heads.

Similarly, I'll make groomsmen boutonnieres with these wooden flower heads.

Darren's boutonniere.
My bouquet.

Ladies of honor bouquets.

Boutonnieres for our dads.

Wrist corsages for our moms.

Finally, because ceiling draping is so expensive (like $600 minimum, srsly!), instead we'll hang green and white lanterns up (sans actual lights). The tent lighting we're renting plus the shitload of Christmas lights I acquired should provide enough light- the lanterns will just be there to add a touch of awesomeness.
ALSO, I bought a new flower clip for my hair. Ordered it yesterday. The other one just wasn't doin' it for me. Or, the other two that I got when I ordered one. I mean, I like them, but I like this one better:

So maybe the other ones can be for mah ladiez.

(for my own reference: today I ordered the bridesmaids bouquets, 1 daisy bouquet, all the flower heads for pin-making, and the flowers for garland-making).

ooh

This vase is super neat.

I kind of want to buy a couple sets of them and, instead of putting full bouquets at each table, do a single flower. With twiggy accents, like this. Or these. Or both! I might find different flowers for the centerpieces altogether... maybe just the two types of branches? Hmm.

Also, I might have my ladies of honor wear these wrist corsages instead of carrying bouquets.

Double hmm....

rocks rock

I was thinking more about centerpieces. Right now the plan is to put these daisies into these jars. I'll have to trim the stems. And I'll put ribbon or something around the tops of the jars.

Well, I felt it was lacking. So, long story short, I decided that I'd fill in the empty jar space with rocks. Easy and a little more interesting to look at, plus it will hide any damage I do when I hack off the long-ass stems on those flowers. I figured black stones, since it is one of our colors and is under-represented in our decor thus far. I can buy a 5 pound bag of smaller stones, and a two pound bag of larger ones, and mix em up for jar fillin'. So easy. And cheap. Like the whorish rocks they are.

One decision = made!

It's official- the flower scheme I outlined a couple posts ago is what we're going with. Yay! One less thing to deal with (until I actually have to buy them).

I'm sick of looking at flowers

Flowers, again.

My bouquet.

Groomsmen.

Darren. I think I'd also add some leftovers from the groomsmen to make it extra awesome.

Dads

Moms

Centerpieces

Bridesmaids

Ushers & Personal attendants.

Petals for scattering on food tables, etc.

If we have some sort of altar area/table, we can put bouquets on either side. Like these ones, in some vases.

I can also buy these paper flower heads to make decorative garlands!

Blurgh. Flowers are hard.

If we decide to go with real flowers, Stephanie recommended flowerbud.com (and then googling for a coupon code). If we did that, I think I'd get a box of greenery and the harvest garden box. Although I do also like this bouquet and the daisies, of course.

lights and such

So if we get married on the farm, our reception would be in a tent, and we'd have to consider lighting it.

BAM. We could put these lights inside these lanterns (and these ones). Those plus white Christmas lights draped over the ceiling would probably do the trick- the less we have to worry about extension cords, the better. These lanterns even have build in LED lights.

Unrelated: I like these for centerpieces. But I also think I'd want something brighter... like perhaps these, or this guy.

We could put small bouquets in mason jars- they're super cheap at this site. I think they'd be cute and definitely fit if we had a farm wedding. :) Tie some ribbon around the top... heck yeah.

We need to start making decisions. Darren will start a discussion, like "I think we should get married in September," but the conversation dies before we actually, you know, decide anything. I feel bad trying to force him into actually planning stuff, but it's going to have to be done at some point. Blurgh.