This is ericafleck's Red Wedding!

I like the idea of taking the swirls from the rings and putting them in gold on a white cake

I've finally settled on a design but of course it's not the one I orignally panned on using. I'm going with our names at the top with initials to divide the rest of the invite; celtic-like border around everything to balance the pearl embossed border already on the invites.

So I'm getting my Gerbers but I think I'll still with potted plants, maybe mums, for the reception tables.

I finally got to ordering the rings for us. I'm still not convinced that he'll wear his, they're very ornate. He says he will. German tradition has the bride and groom wearing the rings on the opposite hand during the engagment sot that's what we're doing since ther germans don't wear diamonds

OMG...this isn't what's it's supposed to look like...holy alterations batman!!

We're opting for a cabin in the middle of the woods for a couple of days. It will be nice to get out of town and enjoy what God has given to us.

We're having an outdoor reception at our house. I'm getting a friend to roast a pig and I plan to have traditional german dishes to keep witht he theme. Any ideas?

I'm very proud of my german heritage so we're planning a german themed wedding. We're including all the traditions like sawing a log after the ceremony, walking down the aisle together, having a wedding weekend instead of one day, etc. I've included the colors from ther German flag in the decorations mostly the red and gold with black accents.

My centerpieces for my reception will be red Gerber daisies with gold mums and bear grass in Mason jars. I'll have smaller jars around the large jar with votive candles in them and our date and names on them. I'm thinking of putting black ribbon around the top of the jars for an accent color (our colors are black, red, gold to keep with our german-themed wedding).