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The wedding day turned out perfect. That morning I was kind of worried. My doc didn't help much because she called me at 9am to tell me the wind was uncontrollable out there. When we got there it was too windy to set up. We had planned on setting up at 10am but didn't get to until noon. When I left to get hair and makeup done, there was still so much to do. The wind picked up again at three very badly. DOC called me once again to ruin my hope lol. At 4:55 the wind just stopped. DOC called and said its time and it was all perfect from that point on.

Walking down the aisle my dad was more nervous than I was. He kept saying he felt like he was going to have a heart attack. We talked to each other the whole way down the aisle, it really helped calm our nerves. When I hit the aisle runner and the guitar solo started playing, the tears came. It was so perfect, this is when I realized everyone was there for me. My dad said "All these people are here for you baby girl." and he started crying too.

14 small cylinder vases
$10 dollars for all plus shipping


5 large bouquet vases
$5 dollars for all plus shipping

Two pink metal buckets
$5 dollars for both plus shipping

Wicker outside, fabric inside. $5 dollars plus shipping

20 small clear votive holders
$10 plus shipping

6 salt and pepper shaker sets (black and white plastic)
$5 dollars for all plus shipping

10 white and pink silk pomanders- Sale Pending
$20 dollars plus shipping for all

Rhinestone and small pearl bridal necklace
Please make an offer

Pink Dyed crinoline, fits sizes 8-10
Never worn, I decided not to wear it at my wedding. $20 OBO plus shipping

Tons more to come soon! Please PM me if you're interested.

Dyed Crinoline
Couldn't get the bottom layer to dye, but I still like the way it turned out :)

DIY trees for alter

Dyed rose petals for aisle runner

DIY Bridal hoody

CHANGED MY MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE!
So I decided I didn't want to handwrite 200 place cards so I am doing this instead!
Here's mine in progress

Save the dates

My sister took this picture of us with our flower girl/dog. We then uploaded them on a walmart style greeting card and printed them out to be picked up the next day. 22 dollars for 100 of them!

Table Numbers

For a long time I was looking for a cute idea for my table numbers. I really wanted to include pictures in them but I didn't want to use our engagement pics because thats what our card box will be made of. I came across these and LOVE them.

 Ours will be numbers Table number 1 will have pics of each of us when we were a year old and so on and so forth. Then I was browsing some pages and saw wine corks to hold up the table numbers. I loved this idea. So thats what I have been working on. Cutting on the boards and doing the corks. The corks are pretty tideous, you have to cut them exactly the same and glue them on just right or it'll fall over with the slightest breeze.

 Ring Pillow
The giant ring idea compliments of HMM :)

Reserved seating signs

Flower-Dog shirt!

Moss Letter
The moss letter will hang on the front of my dads classic model A that we will arrive to the ceremony in.

Monogram Aisle Runner

Centerpiece vase with velum label

Cake serving set
FI made these and did a great job!

Bridesmaid Update Newsletter
I made these to keep the girls up to date on new wedding details!

Programs

We got engaged august 2007 at that time we decided on this park as our venue. Well when this summer came and we actually started planning we looked at every place but this one. We were about to reserve another venue when we drove by this park again. We decided we loved it more than anything else we had seen. Well guess what! The day I went to the city to reserve it they told me the park permit, alcohol permit, and sound permit were all free! So that took a huge chunk out of our budget. Its just going to take a little special creativity to make it exactly how I want it.

 The alter and bridal party and us will be in the circle. Guests will be seated on both sides of the sidewalk path.

Processional
The bridal party and I will be walking down the aisle to "warmness on the soul" by avenged sevenfold.

The bridal party will walk in to the slow part and when it hits the guitar solo thats when I will walk down the aisle. It was Jeffs idea and I cant picture anything more awesome and perfect that walking to a guitar solo!!

Here is a you tube link if you want to listen to it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwpf1nx-7PU

Our First Dance

"Close to the Flame" HIM

This has always been "our" song. I still cry everytime I hear it. So it was only right for it to be our first dance. Not one of the DJs we spoke to have the song in their library though so thank goodness we had it on cd for them to use.

Changed my mind again :) Now we're gonna do carnations! I am getting 450 from sams club for only 150 bucks and DIYing.

My bouquet

Bm's bouquets

Mothers bouquets

Bouts in white and hot pink

and centerpieces

I want these so bad! I was thinking it'd be great for the rehearsal instead of a ribbon bouquet. A fun twist on tradition!! Im hoping FI can find me some. I told him Id be totally satisfied with these as a wedding gift because I want them so bad!

Invites! Thanks to HMM and her amazingness Im going to do DIY message in a bottle invites for the rehearsal dinner!
Here are mine! FI helped so much and we got these cracked out in one night!

This is my rehearsal dinner dress

Our rehearsal dinner will be held at our home and hosted by us and our parents. We are going for a bbq pool party beach theme.
Love these tabletop tikis from oriental trading!

Our photographer was so amazing! She is not a "professional" even though based on the quality of her work I wouldn't say that myself. She is doing all of our pictures for free! She made us feel so comfortable and we had a ton of fun. Here are a few of my favorite pics!

* Book Cake Vendor
* FI wedding gift
* Book hair and makeup
* Book wedding night room
* Make reception Menu
* Finish Wedding website
* Ribbon Place card holder
* Bpics
* Book Photographer
* Order Invitations
* Send out Save the Dates
* Get engagement pics taken
* Order Dress
* register for tuxes
* Create Honeymoon Registry
* Order bra
* Order Crinoline
* Make ring bearers pillow
* Bathroom basket
* Order veil
* Order table runners from efavormart
* Book Venue
* Order G Cake
* Purchase toasting flutes
* Book rooms for bachelor/ette party
* Stuff and seal all invites
* Buy centerpiece vases
* Start tanning gradually (begin in feb/march)
* Make lili's flower girl shirt
* Room signs
* Book honeymoon
* Reserved seat signs
* Book DOC
* Table numbers
* order photo guest book
* Make play and do not play list for DJ- finalize
* Wedding day timeline
* Reserve Portalet for reception site
* Moss letters
* Order tuxes
* Book Officiant
* Book DJ
* Reserve tables, chairs, tents, and chafing dishes
* Size wedding rings
* Card box
* Create wedding program
* Itenirary for OOT guests and wedding party
* Plan rehearsal Dinner (5/15/09)
* Reserve and order all celebratory cigars (talk to rich about cigar bar)
* Label candles
* Buy grooms converse
* First dress fitting Jan 27th
* Monogram aisle runner
* Address all invites (party in FEB)
* Bouquet bling

FEB
* Tux fitting Feb 13th
* block hotel rooms for guests
* Make cake server set
* Book criss angel tickets
* Bling flops for girls
* Order Gossamer
* Mail contract to DJ
* Sign and send contract and deposit to officiant
* Apothecary jars for beverages
* Buy criss angel tickets for honeymoon
* Second Dress fitting Feb 10th
* Make contract for DOC and sign
* Order new invites
* Order custom Kleenex boxes
* Tan tan tan!
* Facial Feb 10th
* Order Cake topper
* Address all invites
* Meet with jessica so she can start sample cakes
* Make toasting flutes
* order bridesmaids jewelry

March
* Book hair and makeup
* Mail out all invites!
* Send shot list to photog
* Call and making boarding reservations for dogs
* Bridal shower invites
* Call Buffalo wild wings about pricing, ask uncle john about discount
* Call Crab Tree Brewery about kegs
* dye crinoline
* Mail out gmas necklace, order and pay for jewelry through etsy
* Rehearsal dinner invites (started just need to finish)
* Centerpiece mockup
* Facial March 10th
* make arch trees
* Dye rose petals
* Find steph bridal shower dress
* Order those cute flats

April
* Book flight for honeymoon
* Mystic tan
* Bridal shower favors (planted flowers or flower votives)
* Order flowers (april 16th)
* Get marriage license (April 17th)
* Hair and makeup trial (April 17th)
* Make sure all guys have been fitted for tuxes (dad and Jason left to go)
* buy converse for groomsmen
* Make sure everyone has dresses and accesories
* Order cakes for Bachelorette party
* Sand ceremony vases (walmart plain ones)
* Bubbles (pink ones at michaels)
* Sparklers
* Order table linens
* Order serving supplies
* Go with chris to get dress
* Dinner reservation for bachelorette party
* Pay off vendors (DJ, portalet, cake, photographer, DOC)
* Seating chart(started, just need to plunk in and print)

May
* Go shopping for meriks tux
* Call anyone that has not rsvpd
* send thank you cards for bridal/tool shower and any other gifts
* put together all 400 wine cups
* finish decorating bubbles (need to buy more ribbon)
* put crystals on arch trees
* Bucket for sparklers (decorate bucket)
* Decorate sand ceremony vases
* Get table cloth (white from dads) for sand ceremony table
* buy decor for rehearsal dinner
* help chris clean house shampoo carpets etc
* update registry as needed
* Need to buy sexy black dress for honeymoon and some nice tops (vanity or forever 21?)
* white bikini for honeymoon?
* LUGGAGE! Ask steph if I can borrow her beloved zebra one
* Make vow booklets and reading booklet
* get outfits together for honeymoon (swimsuits etc)
* Name change documents
* Make click and pull for all food on monday
* Buy all food (wed. 13th)
* Make cigar bar sign
* Buy wine champagne
* Order Keg ordered just need to pay for
* jeff hair cut
* Receive and cut stems on all flowers
* Find fake eyelashes and hair flower?
* Buy cigars (wed. 13th)
* Pay off any other vendors
* Last meeting with vendors to discuss details
* Figure tips and get envelopes
* Meet with officiant/other vendors at venue
* Emergency kits (DOC going to make)
* Pack for honeymoon
* Seperate decor, accesories etc in boxes for day of

Try not to freak out :)

These are the bridesmaids

From left to right
Jenni- FI's sister
Ashley- My cousin and friend
ME
Steph- My sister
Molly- my friend since 2nd grade

Best man

Aaron- Fi's friend for 8 years funniest guy you will ever know (aka sarah palin)

Ring Bearer

This is merik. Mollys son and our god son. He is only going to be 1 year and 8 days old at the wedding. HOW CUTE!

WEDDING NIGHT:
We are going to stay at the holiday inn about 10 minutes from the wedding site. Me and the girls will also get ready there before the wedding.

We have decided to take our honeymoon in vegas. Nightlife, exciting new things we are so excited!

We will be staying at the Tahiti Village Resort. My aunt is getting us a great deal! BOOKED!

Romantic activities!
Fountains at Bellagio- I can't wait to smooch my new hubby during this!

Gondala ride and dinner

Rotating resteraunt overlooking vegas!

Fun stuff!
Bellagio conservatory!
Insanity ride at the stratosphere!
Mandalay bay shark reef!
Indoor Skydiving!
Rock climbing!
Criss angel hell ya! BOOKED!

Wedding cake
We have decided to go with a non-traditional cake. A mad hatter cake!! This is our inspiration!

We are getting little cartoon versions of ourselves made for our cake topper!

Grooms cake- SHHH!
Jeff loves music! His grooms cake will be a guitar it will be an exact replica of his fav guitar this one...

Here's a horrible picture of the tux fitting lol but it gives you an idea. Except he will have a pink pocket square and pink boutonierre as well.

Groomsmen will wear black and white converse and groom will wear all white converse!

Had my hair trial. We are going to do tighter curls, criss cross in the back , and more poof on the top .

I will wear small diamond stud earrings because I don't want to overdo the jewelry

Love the look of bright shoes under the dress!

Alcoholic Beverages

Champagne:Verdi Spumante

Wine: Carlo Rossi We will have a variety of red and pink wines

Beer: Variety of wheats, with an orange bar!

Appetizers and finger foods
* Ham Pin Wheels (ham, cream cheese, lettuce, tomatoe wrapped in a tortilla roll)
* Jalepeno cheddar bites ( jalepeno cut in half filled with mayo and shredded cheese)
* Fruit bouquet (chocolate covered strawberries and bananas formed in the shape of a bouquet)
* Vegie Tray (mix of peppers, cheese, celery, cucumbers and ya... you get it)

Entrees
* Saurkraut and summer sausage (having saurkraut at a wedding is a german tradition)
* Honeybaked Ham
* Large tossed salad with almonds and cranberries for the vegetarians
* Boneless Hot wings
* Angel hair pasta with artichokes

Sides
* Cold gourmet pasta salad
* Green Chilli Stew
* Potatoe salad
* Bread rolls
* Deviled eggs
* Mashed potatoes and country gravy

The amazing people that will help our perfect day come together!

Photography(free)- Sara Tredenick (no company name)
Sara is an amazing photographer. She is just beginning but you couldn't even tell! She did our engagement pictures and we had such a great time! She made us feel comfortable and captured our personalites perfectly. I would definately recommend her!

Cake (2 dollars per serving)- Jessica at Fun time Cakes
Jessica was the first vendor we booked. She is awesome and has a great personality! She has been very helpful and patient with us as we change cake design ideas. We can not wait to taste more of delicious cake at the wedding! We definately recommend her and you can see her website at funtimecakes.com

DJ (400 dollars for unlimited time and service)- Dale with Rock and Country mobile DJ's
Dale actually found us! He emailed after seeing my desperate posts on craigslist to find a DJ. We had met with several DJ's and none of them seemed right. Dale's prices and services are just perfect for us! Our wedding is outside in a place with no set electricity so we needed a DJ that was comfortable running of a generator. Dale will provide his own generator! One less thing for us to worry about. We definately recommend him and you can contact him at (970)568-0474

Officiant-  We are still looking for an officiant if you have any recommendations in Colorado please let me know!

The bride will arrive in...

This is a classic Model A ford. From the year 1914. My dad is building it from the ground up. It is looking great and he thinks it will be ready before the wedding. He will also drive us to our wedding night suite after the reception.

After a long talk with parents and bridal party we have decided against any kind of fancy transportation for them. They all agree it will be better just to drive normal cars, considering they will be there afterwards cleaning up :( poor guys... but I love them for all their help

My centerpiece trial!

We will have a cigar bar for our guests. They will get to sample some fine cigars (away from the food and other guests of course, we wouldn't want to smoke anyone out.

We are going to water, lemonade, and sweet tea in addition to the alcoholic beverages
I purchased these apothecary jars from sams club for a killer price! They don't have spouts but we will use ladles.

(We are about to begin the ceremony.  Please turn off all cell phones and pagers until the conclusion of the ceremony. Thank you.) The Officiant, groom and his men are waiting as the bridal party comes to join them.

PROCESSIONAL SONG: Warmness on the Soul by Avenged Sevenfold

Officiant then asks the one escorting the bride: Who gives this woman Leslie in marriage to Jeff?

OFFICIANT: With the horizon our only walls, the sky our only ceiling, and the earth our floor we meet here in nature to affirm your love for each other.

WELCOME

Good evening, and welcome to the ceremony that will unite Jeff and Leslie in marriage.
We gather here today to celebrate their union, and to honor their commitment to not just gazing at one another, but to looking outward together in the same direction. Today Jeff and Leslie proclaim their love to the world, and we rejoice with and for them.

In marriage, we give ourselves freely and generously into the hands of the one, we love, and in doing so, each of us receives the love and trust of the other as our most precious gift. But even as that gift is shared by two people who are in love, it also touches the friends and family members who in various ways support and contribute to the relationship. All of you are Jeff and Leslie’s community, and each of you has played some part in bringing them to this moment. This is why gathering, as a community is such an important part of a wedding ceremony. Because Jeff and Leslie are now taking a new form as a married couple, and in this form, they become part of their community in a new way.

Jeff and Leslie, we are here to remember and rejoice with you and to recount with one another that it is love that guides us on our path, and to celebrate as you begin this journey together it is in this spirit that you have come here to today to exchange these vows.

VOWS

Jeff’s vows to Leslie

Leslie’s vows to Jeff

RINGS

For thousands of years lovers have exchanged rings as a token of their vows. These simple gold bands are not of great value in themselves, but are made precious by our wearing of them.

Your rings say that even in your uniqueness you have chosen to be bound together. Let these rings also be a sign that love has substance as well as soul, a present as well as a past, and that, despite its occasional sorrows, love is a circle of happiness, wonder, and delight.

Jeff, take Leslie’s ring and put it on her finger, and repeat after me:

Just as this circle is without end, my love for you is eternal

Just as it is made of indestructible substance, my commitment to you will never fail

With this ring, I take you to be my trusted confidante and partner for life.

Leslie, take Jeff’s ring, put it on his finger, and repeat after me:

Just as this circle is without end, my love for you is eternal

Just as it is made of indestructible substance, my commitment to you will never fail

With this ring, I take you to be my trusted confidante and partner for life.

READING: BLESSING OF THE HANDS; Stephanie Cary

SAND CEREMONY

Jeff and Leslie, today you join your separate lives together. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you’ll ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these two containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be.

Now that you have heard Jeff and Leslie recite their marriage vows, do you, their family and friends, promise from this day forward, to encourage them and love them, and to help guide and support them in being steadfast in the promises they have made?”  If you agree, please say, “We do.”

PRONOUNCEMENT

Inasmuch as you have consented together in this ceremony to live in wedlock and have sealed your vows in the presence of this assembly and by the giving of these rings, it gives me great pleasure to pronounce that you are Husband and Wife. You may now seal your marriage with a kiss. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Davis.

RECESSIONAL SONG: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'

Group picture with all guests

Bridal Shower

My bridal shower was so much fun! I love all my friends and family and they all treated me like a queen!

My mom will be hosting the bridal shower at her home. We are going for a "tea party/garden" theme

Favors will be little plants/flowers foe each guest to take home


And cute cupcakes!

Tool Shower

The groom will have a tool shower hosted by Father of the Bride and the Groomsmen. He is registered at Home Depot and could REALLY use some tools!

After much thought and suffering we have decided to scrap our old invites and get new ones. The postcard style just didn't make the statement we wanted for our wedding. We want people to open their invitations and go "wow that is gorgeous, I can't wait to go!"

So Here are the two invites side by side. The smaller postcard are the old ones and the new ones are the larger more formal looking invite sample. Now i will also get the joy of stalking the mailbox for rsvp cards!!

They are ready to go out!