Wow! We have been so unbelievably busy over the last few months! But the good news is that we have gotten a lot of wedding stuff done.
We found a great caterer who can do all the appetizers, food, linens, china, and booze. We also decided on a really great photographer! Her name is Angela Tappen, and this is her website: www.atappenphoto.com. She takes awesome pictures, and when we met her in person she made us feel super comfortable and seemed to know exactly what we were looking for as far as pictures go. We decided to go with her over a few others, even though she wasn't the cheapest.
I also have all of the bouquets (mine and the bridesmaids) assembled. I decided to make my own out of silk flowers. I did them with ivory roses and little white flowers, and I love them! Now we're trying to figure out what to do about centerpieces. Chris's Mom actually came up with a really good idea that I think I'm going to go with. I will take some pics and put them up when I get a chance. That would be easier than trying to explain it on here.
In other news, Chris and I are moving into an apartment in downtown Vero on May 1st! It's a great 2/1 in a really cool old building that has been refurbished. We are so excited! Especially since our friend Dave is moving into the same building! It's within walking distance of a lot of our favorite local places, and we can't wait to move in! We've been thrift store and garage sale shopping for things, and we've gotten some great deals on stuff for the apartment.
Anyway, so we're insanely busy, but it will all be worth it in the end! Pics to come soon!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
busy busy busy
Wow! It's been a busy month and a half! I have really been slacking on this whole blog thing...and I was doing so well!
Anyway, things have finally settled down after the holidays, and our wedding to-do list is expanding rapidly! We finally got both of our venues booked, so that's a step in the right direction. Now we really have to start working on finding a caterer and a photographer.
On a completely different note, we had some serious ring drama go down. Back in April of last year, one of the diamonds on my engagement ring fell out. Luckily, we have really good insurance on the ring, so it was replaced for free. Then, just after New Year's, it happened AGAIN! So I took it in and had it sent off to get the stone replaced. 4 weeks later, I went and picked it up. I was so excited to have it back that I didn't really think about inspecting it. When Chris looked at it closely, he noticed something was amiss. The diamond that they had replaced it with was WAY smaller than the original, and it was crooked in the setting! We were not pleased, to say the least. So we took it back to Gordon's. They basically told us that we had two choices: send the ring off again, wait, and chance it happening again because the setting is so unsecure. Or, we could pick out a different ring.
At first, I was not a fan of picking out a different ring. It made me sad to think that the ring Chris proposed with would be gone. But once I thought about it for awhile, I decided that it wasn't worth having to worry about the stones falling out all the time. So we looked around at the rings they had, and I finally found the one! It's actually exactly the kind I was originally looking for...very vintage-y and unique. I loved the ring I had, but it just wasn't worth the headache. I felt really bad because Chris is having to pay quite a bit of money to make up the difference (since we got the first ring on sale), but it's for forever!
Chris even got down on one knee when we got home to re-propose! It was really really cute!
Anyway, things have finally settled down after the holidays, and our wedding to-do list is expanding rapidly! We finally got both of our venues booked, so that's a step in the right direction. Now we really have to start working on finding a caterer and a photographer.
On a completely different note, we had some serious ring drama go down. Back in April of last year, one of the diamonds on my engagement ring fell out. Luckily, we have really good insurance on the ring, so it was replaced for free. Then, just after New Year's, it happened AGAIN! So I took it in and had it sent off to get the stone replaced. 4 weeks later, I went and picked it up. I was so excited to have it back that I didn't really think about inspecting it. When Chris looked at it closely, he noticed something was amiss. The diamond that they had replaced it with was WAY smaller than the original, and it was crooked in the setting! We were not pleased, to say the least. So we took it back to Gordon's. They basically told us that we had two choices: send the ring off again, wait, and chance it happening again because the setting is so unsecure. Or, we could pick out a different ring.
At first, I was not a fan of picking out a different ring. It made me sad to think that the ring Chris proposed with would be gone. But once I thought about it for awhile, I decided that it wasn't worth having to worry about the stones falling out all the time. So we looked around at the rings they had, and I finally found the one! It's actually exactly the kind I was originally looking for...very vintage-y and unique. I loved the ring I had, but it just wasn't worth the headache. I felt really bad because Chris is having to pay quite a bit of money to make up the difference (since we got the first ring on sale), but it's for forever!
Chris even got down on one knee when we got home to re-propose! It was really really cute!
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