This is arggh1's Pink Wedding!

Our cupcake vendor is creative, helpful, and easy to work with. Her cupcakes are delicious and we are very excited! Our cupcakes are going to look like the ones with the small flowers in the picture.

We also figured out a solution for a stand. We are still going to use the square one pictured, and create it ourselves. I worked in a hobbies and crafts store for most of my high school and college career, and called upon my friends there to help us find the supplies we need to build it ourselves. Have you heard of cake dummies? They are styrofoam blocks that they use in cooking schools to make display or dummy cakes. Those are definately a great solution!

How long did you date before you got engaged?
almost 3 years

-Did you get the ring you wanted?
Yes!

-Was the proposal a complete surprise?
yes...it was on valentines day, of all days.

-Do you wish you had a bigger/smaller diamond? If so How big or small?
he couldn't of done better.

-Did you cry when he proposed?
Nope...he was hoping I would. It was more like...No way...WOO HOO!

-Was the proposal romantic or creative?
it was at a park in the hills with an unbelievable view of Santa Barbara. He sang a song about marrying me while playing his guitar. So both!

-Where do you want to go for your honeymoon?
Europa! I am more of the adventurer type vs. all pamper. In Greece we will get both!

-Are you buying his wedding band for him?
He said he'd buy all the jewelry...we're going to find our wedding bands at the local arts fair they have in town on sundays.

-Have you gone over your original wedding budget?
So far we're not too far off the original estimate

-What day of the year will your wedding be?
Saturday, September 19th, 2009

-What kind of weather?
It's usually sunny and pretty warm that time of year.

-Inside or outside?
Ceremony is outside, Reception is mostly inside

-Church/justice of the peace/other?
Reverend Thomas James

-How many people will be there?
approx 90

-Time of day?
5:00 ceremony start followed by reception.

-Any kind of theme?
california style? just fun, hip and sweet

-How many bridesmaids? Who would they be?
4...my big sis is the MOH, and Mel, Christina and Shannon

-What kind of cake/what will it look like?
Cupcake cake! It will have vanilla/spice, chocolate, and fruit cupcakes with white frosting with hot pink flower cutouts on top. I think.

-Where will you have the reception?
a place best described as a clubhouse/mom's house. It does all catering in house. We have the building for the whole day and they have changing rooms and awesome places for pictures.

-What kind of dress will you have/color/material?
greek goddess like...chiffon with rouching at the bust.

-What kind of flowers in your bouquet?
dahlias and roses

-Kind of engagement ring?
princess cut on a 45 angle...white gold. Unique and pretty!

-Kind of wedding bands?
not sure yet.

-How will you wear your hair?
half up with soft curls

-Who will be important to be there?
Family and close friends

-Will the reception be big or small?
big for me, but known as smaller when comparing to others.

-What will the groom wear?
black tux with a white tie

-How long on Honeymoon?
12 days

-What will you do?
Travel the greek isles! Go to a party island and a pamper island.

-Will it be modest or costly?
We created a honeymoon registry which we hope will help us make the most of it.

-How old will you and the groom be?
I will be 25 and he's 28

-How long will you be engaged before you get married?
7 months

-Live together before or wait till married?
We did..it was a practical choice when we moved up to SB.

-Take a long time to plan the wedding or will it be simple?
I don't think I would want to plan it longer than 7ish months which we have been.

-Will you do it yourself or with family or hire someone to plan the wedding?
myself, along with getting input from family and friends along the way. we're even having a good friend as our point person the day of.

-Will you write your own vows or use something pre-made?
Pre-made

We are getting married in a garden where the only thing they allow thrown is rose petals, and we would have to clean them up afterwards. Our reception hall also has the same rules. I found this on melissaswitten.blogspot.com, and think wedding wands will be perfect!

We have been contemplating our invitations for awhile. They are what set the "mood" for the wedding right? I ordered a few samples of more traditional ones that I could live with and I thought my fiance would like. We both ended up hating them! We both loved this one immediately. We are going to change the orange part of the flower and text to hot pink. These are perfect because the garden we are getting married in has a bunch of unique flowers like the one shown on here.

We are going to use a guest note jar instead of the traditional guest book. These will be fun to incorporate into the wedding scrapbook. This will be some work, but I think this is more personal than having two seperate books (photo album and guestbook).

I am still brainstorming our escort card set up. I am inbetween a board, setting them up in a tray filled with something fun, and attaching them to our favors.