Ok so I can check a FEW things off the list!! :)
#4 Check!
#15 Check!
Oh, oh....I thought I checked more than that off!
Well, I have a few ideas on centerpieces, cake topper and we have talked to a paster, just waiting to hear back from him! We're hopefully doing engagment pictures next weekend...and my appointment with the cake lady got rescheduled. But we have picked the date for the bridal/bachelorrette party (Aug. 7th)...now just to come up with the guest lists.
Feel free to email me you address at tarakay2@yahoo.com!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Too many "TO DOs" before "I DO" !
4 months from today, and I'm starting to panic a little bit!
I have been on this computer for the last hour, hour and a half googling "wedding gifts for bridesmaids, wedding centerpiece ideas, wedding jewelry, wedding flowers". If it has "WEDDING" in front of it, believe me I HAVE GOOGLED IT! And the worst of it is, the more I look the harder it is and the more behind I feel. I need to keep reminding myself of the "for sure things". The things that I am 100% about so that I have a little confidence in my planning skills. I tend to second guess everything, and so I have changed my mind about too many things. (I have probably collectivly planned 3 different wedding in the last year in a half!)
Ok so here's some "FOR SURE THINGS"
1.) Brad (whew, right!)
2.) Location
3.) Bridesmaids, Groomsmen, Flower Girl & Ring Bearer
4.) Rings
5.) Dress
6.) Color of the wedding
7.) Photographer
8.) Date (I guess this counts too, huh?)
9.) Who's doing the cake
10.) Who's doing the flowers
Doesn't look too bad, huh? Until I remember it's FOUR MONTHS AWAY and my "TO DO LIST" looks like this!:
1.) Pastor
2.) DJ
3.) Centerpieces
4.) Bridesmaid Dresses
5.) Tux
6.) Bouquets
7.) Cake
8.) Gifts for bridesmaids/groomsmen
9.) Dinner menu
10.) Chair covers??
11.) Rent chairs for outside
12.) Engagement pictures
13.) Invites
14.) Set up Group Block
15.) Make hair appointments
16.) Plan Grooms dinner
17.) etc, etc, etc!!
If you have any suggestions I would be more than happy to hear them! :) Wish me luck!
I have been on this computer for the last hour, hour and a half googling "wedding gifts for bridesmaids, wedding centerpiece ideas, wedding jewelry, wedding flowers". If it has "WEDDING" in front of it, believe me I HAVE GOOGLED IT! And the worst of it is, the more I look the harder it is and the more behind I feel. I need to keep reminding myself of the "for sure things". The things that I am 100% about so that I have a little confidence in my planning skills. I tend to second guess everything, and so I have changed my mind about too many things. (I have probably collectivly planned 3 different wedding in the last year in a half!)
Ok so here's some "FOR SURE THINGS"
1.) Brad (whew, right!)
2.) Location
3.) Bridesmaids, Groomsmen, Flower Girl & Ring Bearer
4.) Rings
5.) Dress
6.) Color of the wedding
7.) Photographer
8.) Date (I guess this counts too, huh?)
9.) Who's doing the cake
10.) Who's doing the flowers
Doesn't look too bad, huh? Until I remember it's FOUR MONTHS AWAY and my "TO DO LIST" looks like this!:
1.) Pastor
2.) DJ
3.) Centerpieces
4.) Bridesmaid Dresses
5.) Tux
6.) Bouquets
7.) Cake
8.) Gifts for bridesmaids/groomsmen
9.) Dinner menu
10.) Chair covers??
11.) Rent chairs for outside
12.) Engagement pictures
13.) Invites
14.) Set up Group Block
15.) Make hair appointments
16.) Plan Grooms dinner
17.) etc, etc, etc!!
If you have any suggestions I would be more than happy to hear them! :) Wish me luck!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Saying "Yes" to the Dress
Someone told me that saying "yes" to the dress is even harder than saying "yes" to the fiance and boy are they ever correct on that one!
The dress shopping deserves a post of it's own....
Last year I found a dress that I L.O.V.E.D, but wasn't sure that it was "the one". It made me feel sexy, fantastic and even better I didn't have to suck my guy in when I turned sideways. I held off on buying it because he hadn't set a date and in the case that it wouldn't be last fall like we orignially wanted I didn't want to regret buying one so quickly and findly one that I ADORED later. So almost exactly 5 months from the wedding, I started to panic, because I.did.not.have.a.dress! My first instinct was to purchase the one from last year, but I questioned whether I loved it just because I felt sexy and what was it exactly that I wanted to feel on my wedding day. Was the dress "weddingy" enough?? I never wanted to be a princess on my wedding day...or did I?? So I made a last minute decision to go on Friday the 19th to try on dresses. Mary, my friend and co-worker who I look up to and wouldn't be able to write a letter to save my life at work without her, so graciouly took the day off to come with me. My personal attendant and good friend, Amanda, also accompanied me on this special day. We had lots of laughs and tears and bad directions that day!
It started off searching for about an hour in Duluth for a bridal shop that no longer existed. (But hey, I found a GREAT place to take pictures if I ever do a photo shoot in Duluth any time soon!) We finally ended up just going to David's Bridal, a much better experience this time than last time. Sara, the lady helping me was wonderful and very attentive. Not to mention great with Rylee, who came to try on Flower Girl dresses. (Which I'm not discussing...thinking of her again in those dresses brings tears to my eyes!!) I narrowed it down to 2 poofy dresses that were princessy but could not for the life of me decide on one or the other. So we went to lunch at Grandma's Restaurant to take a break and do a pro and con list of the 2 poofy dresses and the sexy dress. I decided to go to Princess Bride (home of the sexy dress) and try on some dresses to see if one would jump out at me. I only picked out about 4-5 "ok" dresses. By the 3rd one I was so frusturated and confused and getting stressed because I knew my dress should've been ordered months agao. As I unzipped the bag, I looked up with a tear and thought, "Mom, I need you here right now. I need to know what kind of dress YOU would've seen me in. If only there was a sign." I put on the 3rd dress and looked in the mirror before it was all laced up and sighed. I didn't like it. Mary came to help me lace it up and "had a feeling" about the dress. Once it was properly on and I looked in the mirror again, it was the ONE! It was elegant, it had a little bit of everything I liked in other dresses I tried on, and better yet--CHEAPER than the sexy dress!!
I later (thanks Mom!) got the "sign" I was looking for. About 5 days later, someone I worked with bought me a bridal magazine and out of the HUNDREDS of dresses I tried on, the ONLY dress in there that I tried on was MY DRESS...now that's gotta mean something!! :)
The dress shopping deserves a post of it's own....
Last year I found a dress that I L.O.V.E.D, but wasn't sure that it was "the one". It made me feel sexy, fantastic and even better I didn't have to suck my guy in when I turned sideways. I held off on buying it because he hadn't set a date and in the case that it wouldn't be last fall like we orignially wanted I didn't want to regret buying one so quickly and findly one that I ADORED later. So almost exactly 5 months from the wedding, I started to panic, because I.did.not.have.a.dress! My first instinct was to purchase the one from last year, but I questioned whether I loved it just because I felt sexy and what was it exactly that I wanted to feel on my wedding day. Was the dress "weddingy" enough?? I never wanted to be a princess on my wedding day...or did I?? So I made a last minute decision to go on Friday the 19th to try on dresses. Mary, my friend and co-worker who I look up to and wouldn't be able to write a letter to save my life at work without her, so graciouly took the day off to come with me. My personal attendant and good friend, Amanda, also accompanied me on this special day. We had lots of laughs and tears and bad directions that day!
It started off searching for about an hour in Duluth for a bridal shop that no longer existed. (But hey, I found a GREAT place to take pictures if I ever do a photo shoot in Duluth any time soon!) We finally ended up just going to David's Bridal, a much better experience this time than last time. Sara, the lady helping me was wonderful and very attentive. Not to mention great with Rylee, who came to try on Flower Girl dresses. (Which I'm not discussing...thinking of her again in those dresses brings tears to my eyes!!) I narrowed it down to 2 poofy dresses that were princessy but could not for the life of me decide on one or the other. So we went to lunch at Grandma's Restaurant to take a break and do a pro and con list of the 2 poofy dresses and the sexy dress. I decided to go to Princess Bride (home of the sexy dress) and try on some dresses to see if one would jump out at me. I only picked out about 4-5 "ok" dresses. By the 3rd one I was so frusturated and confused and getting stressed because I knew my dress should've been ordered months agao. As I unzipped the bag, I looked up with a tear and thought, "Mom, I need you here right now. I need to know what kind of dress YOU would've seen me in. If only there was a sign." I put on the 3rd dress and looked in the mirror before it was all laced up and sighed. I didn't like it. Mary came to help me lace it up and "had a feeling" about the dress. Once it was properly on and I looked in the mirror again, it was the ONE! It was elegant, it had a little bit of everything I liked in other dresses I tried on, and better yet--CHEAPER than the sexy dress!!
I later (thanks Mom!) got the "sign" I was looking for. About 5 days later, someone I worked with bought me a bridal magazine and out of the HUNDREDS of dresses I tried on, the ONLY dress in there that I tried on was MY DRESS...now that's gotta mean something!! :)
Friday, March 26, 2010
Update
We have booked the Grand Ely Lodge for our Wedding Ceremony (outdoors) and our Reception for Aug. 21, 2010!
We are currently working on setting up a block of rooms for our wedding guests. Because the rooms are above and below the Reception Area we are required to book those 10 rooms. There is one smoking room with Two Queen Beds and the rest are non-smoking rooms with Two Queen Beds or single King Beds that overlook beautiful Shagawa Lake. These rooms were completely re-modeled 3 years ago and come complete with pillow top mattresses, flat screen TV, mini fridges and microwaves. Not to mention your everyday amenities such as coffee maker, hair dryer, wet bar, iron and iron board. Feel free take a look at our website:
www.grandelylodge.com
Our block will be the Larsen/Akemann Wedding Block and the rooms will be at a discounted rate of $139.95. The 2 night minimum has been released for the group block for those of you that may only want to stay Saturday night. The block is not set up as of right now, but I will notify everyone when it is for if you'd like to make reservations! Keep in mind that the GEL has lots to offer in the summer and is great for a family vacation if you'd like to extend your stay! We have FREE canoe, kayak, paddle boats and bikes for guest use. Or you can rent a pontoon or fishing boat to check out Shagawa Lake (if you're lucky, Brad will give you some pointer for all the "hot" spots!)
We hope to see you all there!
We are currently working on setting up a block of rooms for our wedding guests. Because the rooms are above and below the Reception Area we are required to book those 10 rooms. There is one smoking room with Two Queen Beds and the rest are non-smoking rooms with Two Queen Beds or single King Beds that overlook beautiful Shagawa Lake. These rooms were completely re-modeled 3 years ago and come complete with pillow top mattresses, flat screen TV, mini fridges and microwaves. Not to mention your everyday amenities such as coffee maker, hair dryer, wet bar, iron and iron board. Feel free take a look at our website:
www.grandelylodge.com
Our block will be the Larsen/Akemann Wedding Block and the rooms will be at a discounted rate of $139.95. The 2 night minimum has been released for the group block for those of you that may only want to stay Saturday night. The block is not set up as of right now, but I will notify everyone when it is for if you'd like to make reservations! Keep in mind that the GEL has lots to offer in the summer and is great for a family vacation if you'd like to extend your stay! We have FREE canoe, kayak, paddle boats and bikes for guest use. Or you can rent a pontoon or fishing boat to check out Shagawa Lake (if you're lucky, Brad will give you some pointer for all the "hot" spots!)
We hope to see you all there!
Friday, December 11, 2009
We're Getting MARRIED!!!
Welcome to our Wedding Blog! We have finally decided on a date for the wedding. We are going to have it on August 21, 2010. Right now we are looking into a location here in Ely and are waiting for after the holidays to make a few calls and put down some deposits. Planning this wedding that is long over due will be a great way to start off the new year and we are very excited! We will try to keep you updated on the decisions and the process of it all.
Woo Hoo!! :)
Woo Hoo!! :)
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