sravll's Blue Wedding Blog - Wedding By Color

How is everyone doing? - 4 months since the wedding and everything is amazing

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:30:00 PST

The attached is one of our professional pics by JTImages. You can see more work by JT Images at www.jtimages.ca

Wedding Photography - Check out this Masquerade Wedding!

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:34:00 PST

We don't have our pro pics yet, but I saw a really cool wedding that our photographer, JT Images, shot. They had masks on every table, fireeaters, and beautiful purple peacock (of course) centrepieces. Check it out: http://www.jtimages.ca/blog/calgary-wedding-photography/amber-aaron-06-12-10-calgary-fairmont-palliser-wedding/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=July+2010+Newsletter&utm_campaign=July+2010&utm_term=fuss%2Bis%2Ball%2Babout_

Wedding Decoration - Non-Pro pix of our Reception

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:57:00 PST

I didn't put up as many of the reception, since most pictures are of course pics of family and friends, so I tried to stick with pictures showing the decor. Unfortunately there were few pics taken of the venue before people arrived. I will add more later of the first dance, etc. Once again, the pics do not do it justice! It was beautiful!!

Wedding Hair Style - Real Pics of My Wedding Hair and Bridesmaids' Hair too

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:31:00 PST

We got our hair done at Celon, and the lady there, Pearl, is awesome. I had a totally different idea of what I wanted when I went in. She suggested something different and more unique. I am so glad I took her suggestion. The other girls, after seeing my hair, gave her pretty much free rein to do whatever she thought would look best. Note where I am giving the evil eye to the veil. Once we got back to the house it got stepped on 5 times in about as many minutes and I had a bridezilla moment (thankfully my only bz moment of the day) and ripped it off! The hair still looked great!

Wedding Decoration - Real Pics of Ceremony (Peacock Decor)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:00 PST

I was amazed at what our decorator, Dee Dexter from From Junk to Funk (Calgary) was able to do to Triwood Community Centre. I mean, the one room where we had our reception is the nicer of the two, but the ceremony room was a horrendous box of a thing, plainer than a gymnasium. She used the stage (comes with the hall), some fabrics, bamboo sticks covered in lights, fabrics and vines, painstakingly hand-pieced together silver crystal trees, a whole lot of lighting, and a nicely gurgling fountain, candles, and artistic amazingness to completely transform the room into a rainforest at night tropical peacock themed room. The pictures do not do it justice at all! Everyone said it was the most beautifully decorated ceremony they had ever been to, and I agreed! Some of the photos are blurry (you will see clearer ones when we have the professional pics)---but you get the idea! There are pics of the whole ceremony here so I'm just going to leave this as the ceremony post and not put another one about the ceremony. I will suffice to say---it was beautiful! The ceremony went perfectly, and I will always remember it as the most beautiful and exciting moment of my life (well, having my daughter was pretty awesome too).

Bridesmaids - Real Pics of Bridesmaids and Groomsmen Attire

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:14:00 PST

Here are some non-professional pics of the wedding party dressed up in their awesome outfits. We got the bridesmaids outfits at Sunshine Studios (dress by Bella formals by Venus), and the groomsmen were outfitted at Moores. The boutonierres for the men were designed by Dee Dexter. Me and all of the girls wore silver shoes/sandals on our feet, and I gave the girls each a nice swarovski crystal bracelet. My little sister was 8 months pregnant and had to wear a different dress, also by Bella Formals by Venus.

Wedding Flowers - My Real Peacock Flowers--Pics

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:54:00 PST

So I decided that instead of cramming all of the non-pro pics onto one post I will stagger them by subject. These are all photos of my wedding bouquet, some pics of the bridesmaids bouquets, and a shot of the ladies' boutonierre (grandmas and moms wore these). I was very happy about how my bouquet turned out; it was more beautiful than I had imagined. The photos don't do them justice; they were gorgeous. They are real flowers too, in case you are wondering. The bridesmaids bouquets looked really cute as well, but I would have switched the cream flowers with something hardier the same colour, since they wilted during photography outdoors. I was also disappointed that they gave my daughter a bouquet the same as the other bridesmaids--it was supposed to be a tiny version of mine, since she had a similar coloured dress.

Wedding Photography - Non-professional Pics!

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:50:00 PST

Well...the wedding was PERFECT. Better than I could have possibly hoped it would be. will tell more later, but here's some photos so you can all see how gorgeous it was!

It's TODAY!!! - Yay!

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:11:00 PST

10 Days! - OMG OMG OMG

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:27:00 PST

Just had to post that....10 days, wow....still so much to do! Still to do: --get rings (that don't have to be fitted)....I know we left it so late! --get rush passports (fortunately not leaving til probably the 24th) --dress fitting (today) --makeup trail (today) --get hair extentions and then have hair trial --ask Grandpa to say grace at wedding --figure out songs (hoping my pianist, my lovely and talented cousin, will kinda take charge here since we have no idea what exactly, though she gave us a questionnaire to fill out which we did) --wedding rehearsal (the Tues before the wedding @ 7:00)--and figure out details for rehearsal dinner, FH mom said probably a BarBQ --Get booze and liquor license --Get wedding license (like NOW!) --finish putting ribbon on photo coasters (we decided to put guests names and "thank you from Sara and Drew" in instead of photos, then they double as placeholders) --pick up the bridesmaids gifts (we got them pretty swarovski crystal bracelets) I can't believe we've left things so late, but until last week I was still doing my practicum, and now i'm looking for work while trying to get wedding stuff accomplished. The stress is pretty heavy, but I'm excited too.

Wedding Decoration - Pics of my Peacock flower decor, throw away bouquet, etc

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:05:00 PST

Here are the masterpieces...the long one on the mantle will be on our head table. The ones in the square vases are for the bathroom, and the purple one covered with cellophane is my throw away bouquet. All handmade by Dee Dexter. I wish you could see these in person; they look beautiful! PS: also threw in a pic of my favor coasters as they will be given, with the ribbon on them.

28 Days Left! - and so much to do!

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:10:00 PST

Well, it's now less than a month to go until the big day, and things are coming along nicely. All the guys finally got their tuxes, and all the girls their dresses (except my sister, whose extra large maternity sized one just arrived yesterday). Stagettes and stags are planned: FH is having his this weekend, a camping trip,a nd mine is next weekend--a big surprise that they have been planning for months! My bridal shower is tonight, which I am excited for. Mostly to see everyone, but presents are nice too! I am a little unsure of who all is attending the shower since a lot of people didn't RSVP, but judging from who IS coming it'll be a good time had. Bridesmaids gifts are selected and paid for; beautiful swarovski crystal bracelets that will match their dresses. The line of events has been drawn up by the MC and myself. The ceremony is finalized and we love it. We did a cake tasting with my wonderful friend Sara from Brulee patisserie; we are having lemon cream and chocolate raspberry ganosh, a four tiered staircase cake, with scrollwork, all in the wedding colours. The guest list is finalized, and the numbers look good; while we invited 153 onyl 110 are attending, so food will be less expensive--yay! The only down side is my uncle and his wife and kids aren't coming. It was rather hurtful. Got my bustier and and I got my dress in for alterations. Things still to do: -Book makeup trial with a friend of a friend (who hopefully isn't booked already!) -get passports ASAP now that we have our name changes etc -get wedding bands for FH and me ASAP -forward cake details to my aunt who will be picking it up the day of the ceremony -get steamer from Grandma so we can dewrinkle everything -go to final dress fitting on Jul 2 -confirm times with photographer -Ask my grandpa to do grace at dinner -order the wine and beer and get liquor license -Get wedding license ASAP -Give final guest numbers to venue for food etc. -Make sure everyone is aware of what toasts to give and when!

Wedding Rings And Jewelry - My Wedding Jewelry

Sun, 23 May 2010 20:12:00 PST

I found a beautiful jewelry set at Blooms & Butterflies where I'm getting my flowers. They have a huge selection of swarofski crystal jewelry, and I absolutely fell in love with these. The pics I took don't do them justice, as they were taken indoor at night and by day they sparkle beautifully with plum and grape and victorian violet colour. The sweet thing is they match also my dress, which is champagne, and will go with my flowers (see post below).

Wedding Flowers - They're going to be Beautiful!

Sat, 22 May 2010 17:29:00 PST

We went and got our flowers set up at Blooms & Butterflies this afternoon. My bouquet is modelled after the purple pic I put up, and my daughter (who is wearing a champagne dress similar to mine) is having a smaller version of the same bouquet. Bridesmaids, who are in teal and navy (see post right below this one for dress pics) are having cream coloured flowers with navy tulle and peacock feathers. The corsages are going to be purple anemones.

Bridesmaids - Bridesmaid Dresses are In!!!

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:03:00 PST

Finally they came in, and I am very happy with them. They look a little different than I was expecting, but I think they are gorgeous. Now I really need to figure out what colour flowers would go with them!

Ask a Question - What would you have spent More/Less $$ on?

Wed, 19 May 2010 21:20:00 PST

As I am getting closer and cloer to the wedding, while I am happy with my plans and believe it'll be beautiful and lovely, I am still having some regrets. My question is, if you could do it all over knowing what you know now, what would you have spent more money on? What would you have spent less on? For me, I would have spent more on invitations. The package we got from Michaels was really cute, but between the printer eating half of them and drooling ink on the other half, messy printing and whiteout on the response cards, etc etc...I wish we'd spent a little more to either get extra invitations, or to have taken them to a print shop. It was fun and all, but I think my invitations look sloppy, and I dislike that that will be our first impression.

Wedding Rings And Jewelry - I got my Engagement Ring!

Tue, 18 May 2010 19:56:00 PST

It's been a while coming (2 months til the wedding) and the guy who was going to make our rings for us went awol, so we hit the jewelry store this week and found my e-ring at People's. I love it! It's so sparkly and pretty! The only thing is as soon as I got it I had to give it back to be fitted, which might take up to 2 weeks! I can't wait to wear it again :) It's just like the one in the picture, same ct tw and everything. I would put the real pics I took up but I accidentally took video instead. EDIT---I took screen shots of the video and got the actual ring pics, so here they are!

Getting More Stuff Done - 2 Months to Go!

Tue, 18 May 2010 14:32:00 PST

We've had a reasonably productive week: --finally got our invitations finished and sent out yesterday (YAY--and what a relief) --Arranged to take my dress in (have to go on the weekend now most likely but before if we can find the time before rush hour) --Paid the venue today! Also found out good news about set up and take down--we don't have to worry about taking down decorations until the Monday after the wedding, so my family and friends etc can do it no problem--don't have to worry about finding sober people to do it the night of the wedding! Also, we can set up reception decor up to two days before the wedding. The ceremony room is booked the night before so that is all we will have to worry about on the wedding day. --FOUND my ring! We are going to go purchase it tonight! I am sooo excited. I know it might seem silly to be so excited about a piece of jewellery. I didn't anticipate how excited I am, it's like finding my dress was. Pics will be posted when I bring it home. (pictured--pics of unique cake toppers from kaboodle)

Getting Stuff Done - Invitations, Favors, Decor

Thu, 13 May 2010 08:03:00 PST

Well, the wedding is in 2 months and now my schooling is wrapping up soon. In june I will be on practicum and I don't know my schedule yet, so a lot of stuff needs to get done this month! So far this month, we have the following done: --Name change (finally, pheuf--but hopefully we will have all of the documentation in time to get our passports!) --Got 99% of the invitations done up with my lovely ladies --Ordered photo coasters for guest favors/place settings --ordered a 60 ft roll of crystal garland for decorating (some goes on ceiling, not sure about the rest!) --chose the paper lanterns we are having This month, we need to accomplish the following: --go meet with a florist ASAP to get bouquets --take my dress to a seamstress to have the zipper taken out and laces put in (update: appointment made for Saturday) --girl's dresses should be arriving, so we can take them in to be altered --order paper lanterns (left message) --finish the last of invitations and send (this needs to happen TODAY)(update: finished them but need to send them today) --go purchase shoes and jewellery for me (shoes on saturday--need them for dress appointment) --figure out what girls will wear for shoes and jewellery --order headpiece if I am getting one from etsy

Wedding Decoration - Paper Lanterns!

Mon, 10 May 2010 15:25:00 PST

These are the paper lanterns we are having to decorate our reception. They go well with the peacock centrepieces, and look good along side the paint chips that I matched to the bridesmaids dresses (which should be in soon!). The colours are called Ice Blue and Slate. We will have more of the lighter ones (probably 2 to 1). We are ordering from Blow Flower Designs in Calgary. They let us bring these samples home. http://www.blowflowerdesigns.com/lanterns.html

Wedding Favors - Photo Coasters---With Pics of Guests

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:47:00 PST

I thought this would be a really neat way to personalize the wedding favors: get photo coasters and in each coaster put a picture of a guest. It might take a little hunting some find a pic of the odd guest, but I don't think it would be too hard. Then their photo can also serve as a place seating. What do you think? http://www.favorfavor.com/page/FF/PROD/3952?cid=nextag&utm_source=nextag&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping%2BSearch&utm_nooverride=1

Groom's and Groomsmen's Wear - Pics of the vests

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:13:00 PST

We found the tux that looks spiff on FH at Moore's. It's a black tux, and he will be wearing an ivory shirt with black vest and teal tie, and the groomsmen will be wearing the same but with teal vests. They're going to look great with the boutonierres!

Ask a Question - Piano Music for Ceremony?

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:39:00 PST

We are likely have a pianist play at our ceremony, but we have no idea what to get her to play. We don't like any of the traditional wedding songs. We prefer more of a haunting beautiful sound--nothing too dark of course, it has to be suitable for a wedding. So, question is, are you having piano music at your ceremony? What songs have you picked? Any recommendations for us? Thanks! Edit: Posting stuff I've come up with Yiruma--River Flows in You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhN7SG-H-3k Moonlight--Brian Crane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-86sKUPXYk&feature=related Renesmee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF4XLTXt74w

Background - Finally figured it out!

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:26:00 PST

1. Upload a pic you want to use as background to photobucket.com. 2. Keep photobucket open and open your blog 3. On the right hand side go to edit profile and clear out the content of About My Wedding 4. Paste in this text: <*STYLE type=text/css*> body {background-image: url("USE URL OF DESIRED BACKGROUND IMAGE"); background-position: center; background-repeat: repeat-all; background-attachment: fixed;}<**/STYLE**> 5. Remove the *'s from around the STYLEs at the beginning and end 6. Go to photobucket and copy the Direct Link 7. In your blog, go to text you pasted in About My Wedding and highlight USE URL OF DESIRED BACKGROUND only---do not highlight the (" or ") 8. Use Ctrl+V to paste the url you copied from photobucket 9. Save and your background should appear after a couple of seconds.

Wedding Flowers - Peacock Boutonnieres Done!

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:21:00 PST

Here are the pics of our boutonnieres. They were designed by Dee Dexter from From Junk to Funk. I love them! They are wrapped to keep the dust off so it was hard to get a pic without the glare. I love them! Here is the link to Dee's kijiji ad in case you live in the Calgary area and you are interested in a colour/decor consultation or a decorator. While she mainly does interiors, she is an amazing wedding decorator. She also made our centrepieces and will be managing our ceremony and reception decor. She can probably just do boutonnieres or centrepieces for you if you are interested. http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-services-other-Junk-to-Funk-Interiors-W0QQAdIdZ189931136

100 Days Left! - time is flying by....

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:29:00 PST

I can't believe how soon the wedding is coming up now! Just over 3 months away now, and time has been passing like wildfire for the last few months! I keep feeling like I haven't accomplished much at all, though I know it's manageable, so long as we get things done starting now! We need to: -Get Groomsmen's outfits (this weekend) -Name change! (this weekend) then PASSPORTS -Wedding registry (this weekend) -SHOWER---so far as I know, nobody is throwing us a shower :S My -MOH is already throwing a stagette, so I don't want to ask her. I don't know who else of my BM could throw one for us....they don't necessarily have space since a whole bunch of family and stuff needs to come. Either way I hate asking, and nobody has offered :S My mom doesn't want to throw it, and I don't blame her--she has enough responsilbility already -Get favours for guests -BM & GM gifts -Try on dress again (dreading this, will I fit?) -Meet with florist---this is for bouquets only since ther centrepieces are silk flowers -finalise ceremony script and details -Write my vows! FH is already done his and I haven't even started -make sure venue sound system works -Projector for reception -Meet with MC and discuss reception details! -Shoes and jewellery -Order keg and wine for wedding There's definitely more to do, I am sure I have only scratched the surface. The awesome thing, is there is only 100 days until FH and I are married. I am very excited about that part. I love him so much :D

Wedding Hair Style - Hairstyles I like

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:25:00 PST

I'm no longer going to have extensions for my hair ($600.00---a little too much and we spent that already on other things)....so my old vision for my hairstyle has gone out the window. My hair is medium long; longer than my shoulders, shorter than my nipples, so I am brainstorming (websearching) for ideas. Here are some of the ideas I like.

Wedding Decoration - Centrepiece! Peacock, Flowers and Teal Disco Vase

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:04:00 PST

Here it is! None of them are going to be identical but this is the idea. Dee Dexter--From Junk to Funk, designed this. Enjoy!

Flower Girl/Junior Bridesmaid Dress - It's Arrived!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:00 PST

Here it is. It needs steaming and tailoring a little but I think it looks great and contrasts nicely with my dress.

Wedding Decoration - Teal Disco Glass Vases for Centerpieces!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:33:00 PST

Here are some shots of the vases we got a Home Sense for centerpieces--there are 3 different sizes and we have over 20. Each will be filled with quality silk flowers (mostly purple), peacock feathers, etc. The pics don't show how the light glints off the mirrored pieaces (it's the light, they were taken at night). Love them!