Initial Choices

Since my wedding fever seems to be sticking around, I've been looking up different ideas on stumble.com. I love that web site. It has been super easy to just choose weddings as my interest and surf the inter-web on just that topic.

It seems to come up with idea after idea for saving money, going green, and do-it-yourself. While I'm not a big going green person, I really appreciate the other two ideas. I am just starting out in life with the whole new job, new person, (hopefully) new location. Also I love the idea of creating things that are just a bit, or a lot, more me.

My color theme of Alexandrite didn't start out that way. I've always loved dark blue and silver. So I grew up thinking that was going to be my colors. Then I thought about a Chinese theme. Not because I'm oriental, I'm very white, just because I love the colors and the traditions and themes. But when I found my ring was going to have my birthstone on it, green and reddish-purple all the way. A lot more "me" and a little more creative.

The same thing kind of happened with my flower choices. I thought I was going to have roses and babies breath, in a very traditional kind of floral arrangement. Of course lately I kinda started to day dream of a lily based wedding, with every bridesmaid being able to choose their favorite lily while mine would be a tiger lily, my favorite. Then, during stumbling I came across the idea that screamed me louder than any real flower could. I found a way to make flowers out of the pages of books. That nailed it. I adore reading, to the point that I can ignore everything in favor of finding out what happens next. My favorite books? Harry Potter. That's right, I am a Potterhead. So now the goal is to have a bridal shower where all of my bridesmaids create their bouquets out of a different HP book.

The boys, on the other hand, are incorporating His passion into the boutonnieres. This may sound weird at first, but he loves to fly fish. So that means, that's right, that he is going to create fly fishing "Flies" inspired boutonnieres for all the groomsmen. They are following the same color scheme, and may have a paper flower or two, but these are going to be something the is so him.

When people see the flowers of the wedding, I want them to be so overcome with recognition that they say, this is totally Joshua and Hattie.

The center pieces are still coming along. I am juggling a couple different ideas right now. I like them all pretty much equally for different reasons. I like floating candles in bubble soap. The kind where children can use "wands" to blow bubbles through the whole reception. Evil? Yes. Messy? Yes. Could it be awesome? Also yes.

Next I like the idea of doilie balls. Kinda like the string balls from when I was a kid. I would glue doilies around a balloon with an opening aroung the knot. Then I just let it dry, pop the balloon and place them over tea lights and decorate. Very pretty, and very easy to personalize.

Finally I just can't get a wine glass with a tea light and a miniature translucent lampshades on the wine glasses. It looks so classy in my head... And on my entertainment center.

I think the flowers will probably go best with the doilie balls, or maybe even stick with string balls, but we shall have to see.