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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 4:41 pm
Froggie, you could start collecting leaves now and preserve them for next year... Preserving Leaves
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 4:51 pm
Great ideas Froggie!! Dang Spy now I'm curious.
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 9:49 pm
The invitations arrived!!!! YAY!!!! My hands were shaking while opening all the boxes and making sure they were correct. This has been the single biggest stressor for me in this whole process to date, and I am relieved beyond words to have them in hand. They are simple, white invitations with black print and black lined envelopes. Nutin' fancy and I love 'em!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:04 pm
woo hoo! glad they are what you wanted! one less thing to worry about! yay!
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:13 pm
LOL! I know just how you felt. I am so glad they are all good.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:15 pm
Yay Spy!!!! I'm so glad you're happy with them, though I knew they'd come out perfect.
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:35 pm
Yay Spy! Now you get assemble, address, and seal all those invites...fun, fun, fun! 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 11:29 pm
Froggie and Spy...I'm lovin' this thread!! I love weddings!! And Moonie, your centerpieces were gorgeous!!...everything had such a unique "moonie" touch to it and when my dd gets married, you're going to be her wedding planner...LOL!! And....videographer as well...LOL!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 7:15 am
Yay on the invitations Spy!!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 10:46 am
<goes and sits by the mailbox...>
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 10:54 am
<sends tess some goodies via fed ex so she won't get hungry while she's waiting...>
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 2:54 pm
<munches and waits.....and waits.....and waits....>
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 3:02 pm
LOL - don't get too cold out there, Tess. You won't be seeing hide nor hair of those invitations until at least the first week of December - more like the second week In other words...take some hot chocolate 
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 3:04 pm
<sends Tess a duraflame log to keep her warm>
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Scootersmom
Member
08-10-2002
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 5:30 pm
Someone say hot chocolate??? <sits next to Tess, all cozy and comfy> Yay Spy!!!! 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 8:29 pm
<folds huge and ponderous tail around both Tess and Scootersmom and nods off while snoring gently but rhythmically >

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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 10:48 pm
<starts building an igloo>
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 6:38 am
You guys are too funny! Meeting with potential florist #1 today. Hope it goes well, although I'm already off to a rough start. I was trying to print out the pictures of the bouquets and centerpieces that I like to take along with me and wouldn't ya know it, my printer ran out of ink! So I almost had a meltdown, but thankfully Steve came to the rescue and is now off to Walmart for new ink. I knew there was a reason I kept him around! 
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 7:55 pm
So we met with the florist on Saturday. Even as Steve’s mom arrived at our house I was still frantically trying to get my pictures printed out…nice time for my printer to be acting up! Got the pics all printed and headed out the door. The shop is so cute! It’s a local shop that I drive by at least once a week, but I’ve never actually been in there. Edie came out to greet us and ushered us to the back where we all sat down and started the wedding talk. I showed her the pics I had printed out and she just got a great big smile on her face. She told us how much she loves fall and was thrilled to able to do a great big fall wedding for us. A little background...Steve’s dad is a Reverend and will be marrying us. The church we’re getting married in was his church for 10 years. The people there still miss him and always have great things to say about him. Our organist has been at the church forever and during the time Steve’s dad was there they became great friends and still continue their friendship to this day. Our organist also happens to work at the floral shop as well as a member of the choir who is also very close with Steve’s family. So when we met with Edie she just gushed about how much those two guys love Steve’s dad and would do anything for him. It was actually very nice to hear. I knew we’d have three great people doing everything they could to make sure our wedding would be beautiful! The bridesmaid’s bouquets will be all fall colored roses with some hypericum berries and fall leaves throughout. We decided to wrap the stems with ribbon, just like in the picture you all liked! We like the burgundy ribbon, but we may change it to a burnt orange once I get a swatch from the bridesmaid dresses. I wanted a contrast between the dress and ribbon, but at the same time not have it jump out at you.
The flower girl will carry a kissing ball, but with a bit of a twist. She told me she likes to do a sort of “half ball” so that it can be sat down without the flowers being smashed. I thought it was a really cute idea. The ball will mimic the bridesmaid’s bouquets.
My bouquet will be all leonidas. Nothing else. The stems will be wrapped as well, but in a white ribbon, possibly without a bow. I also told her I wanted it to be pretty large, not huge, but definitely dramatic.
The guy’s boutonnieres are still up in the air. That was the one thing I forgot to bring pictures of. They will most likely be roses with Steve’s matching mine. She also suggested using some of the hypericum berries as well. I’ve been saving pictures as I find them and I will email my favorites to her so she has a better idea of what I like.
The mother’s, grandmother’s, and great-grandmother’s corsages will all coordinate with the other flowers we’re using. I’ve already asked the mom’s to wear deep rich fall colors, and both ladies are thrilled! They both look great in dark colors…can’t wait to help them both pick out their outfits! For the ceremony we’re doing cute little metal cones filled with a fall arrangement, they will hang on every fourth pew.
Then for the altar they will do a very lush, very full arrangement also incorporating some twigs or curly willow. The pew decorations will also be used at the reception. They have clips that we can place on the head table, cake table, guest book table, etc. so they will serve dual purpose, which is nice. They also provide vases for all the girls bouquets. We’ll space them out over the front of the head table. Now the centerpieces! I’m so excited about them. She asked me what I had in mind and I explained my lantern idea, but also told her that I was having a really hard time finding lanterns that I liked as well as ones that were inexpensive. I told her I was thinking of maybe using two types of centerpieces, the lanterns and then possibly some type of floral arrangement. I explained to her that cost was an issue since I will have over 20 tables. She understood and then started to explain different types of inexpensive centerpieces we could do. We got to talking about topiaries and she whipped together this mock-up in like 5 minutes and it looked great. But it just didn’t say “fall” to me. So she gave me some books to look through and I found it! My centerpieces! They are so neat, so original, and they really say FALL! So we decided to just go with those, for all the tables. I really wanted lanterns, but to be honest once we decided to do these centerpieces I felt a big relief. I won’t have to stress over it, won’t have to be searching for lanterns for the next 10 months, and it will be a big time saver. This is what our centerpices will sort of look like, only with fall flowers at the base of the branches. She also had the idea to attach a few fall leaves throughout some of the branches so they look a bit more authentic and fall-like.
So that's about it. I feel very confident that all the flowers and other arrangements will be beautiful! And it felt very "real" when we walked out of the shop...like yes, we ARE getting married! Only 340 days away...
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 8:02 pm
Your flowers and arrangements are just gorgeous!!!! One thing I did (sort of) flower wise. I carried two long stem roses along with my bouquet. One I gave to my mom when my dad was walking down the aisle, and the other to my mil as my dh and I were walking down the aisle after our vows. Kind of a goodbye and then hello.
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 8:17 pm
Oh thanks for reminding me, lol! We have yet to discuss the ceremony details with Steve's dad yet, but I'd like to present flowers to the mothers at some point. Oh I also forgot to mention that we'll be having a candlelight ceremony so we'll have the high candelabras at the end of the pews as well as the pew decorations...gosh, I hope there's still enough room for me, my dad, and my big dress to fit down the aisle!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 8:43 pm
Funny you should say that, we went to a wedding in a little country church last month and it was so small and the aisle so narrow, the bride and groom had to walk single file down the aisle! LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 15, 2004 - 8:50 pm
Oh, my mil's wedding was last weekend and they gave roses to her new husbands mother and to her sister, a symbol of bonds to the family (minister spoke for awhile about how important family was and as a sign of that they'd like to present his mother and her sister with these roses.) I'd never seen that done, but thought it was pretty cool.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 7:13 am
I love that centerpiece Froggie!! And the half ball and the boutinniers and everything!!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 7:35 am
Great ideas Froggie..The centerpieces are great..the only thing I would mention is not to have them too full at the top because if the guests are sitting at a round table the center pieces may obstruct their view to the person across from them. I am thinking with the centerpiece that you chose with the sticks at the top you may not have to worry about this. But just wanted to bring it to you attention. Everything you have chosen sounds so dreamy..I cannot wait until your big day and we can then see pictures of the real thing. thanks for including us.
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