Wedding Wednesday: March Checklist Update

I've been MIA for most of February since it was such a busy month! We had our tasting at the reception and my dress came in! The girls have picked up their dresses and most of the guys have their measurements in!

Here is the list for March:

Get invitations ordered
Make labels for addressing envelopes
Get invites ready for mailing
Photography list
Tweak timeline
Meet with Reception Coordinator
Work on invitations and wedding program with Erica 
Book on ceremony musician
Decide on wedding ceremony music
Decide wedding reception songs
Do FOCCUS inventory
Research place to get rehearsal invites done through (etsy, wpd, walmart?)
Select and order groom and groomsmen attire
Make shutterfly guest book
Find wedding jewelry
Look over registries and add missing things/wants
Find garter
Find hairstyle
Find makeup inspiration
1st wedding dress fitting
Make Alterations appointment
All men wearing tux measured and paid deposit
Announce wedding in local newspapers
Finalize reception menu
Book wedding night hotel room
Send out invitations
Bridesmaid gifts
Groomsman gifts
Bubbles project

I think I'll get a lot of checks marked off this list this month!! :)

NC Trip

With six weeks left until our trip to North Carolina and finally getting my time off approved, I've started to think about what I want to do this trip. We're spending most of our trip in the coast area, but we will spend a day and a half in Charlotte. I'm really excited to end the trip on a high in Charlotte. Any suggestions are appreciated!

Coast Checklist
- Visit Duplin Winery and do the tour/tasting.
- Have lunch at Two Dogs Pizza
- Go to the shops in Surf City/North Topsail
- Back to Wilmington for a day - tour Battleship NC and see the One Tree Hill shooting areas.

Charlotte Checklist
- Epicentre for dinner/drinks/entertainment
- Cabo Fish Taco for dinner
- Tour of Charlotte
- Alexander Michael's for lunch
- NoDa Brewery Tour

Wedding Wednesday: Floral Inspiration

This past Friday I met with my florist. She is in love with my bridesmaid bouquet! I'm excited for her idea for our reception.. a bud vase with a long stemmed gerb. It is so wonderful to have all of the details finally starting to take shape! Here are the photos that helped inspire us to create my floral vision for the wedding.

Bridesmaid bouquet with fuchsia ribbon

Ivory eskimo roses is my bouquet - I just love the pearl wrap. Ignore the cotton in the bouquet. :)

Bout inspiration - we're using green hypericum berries

Weekend Update

This past weekend just flew by! Friday night started with my floral appointment. I felt much more prepared and excited to meet with my florist than my first visit back in July. I am still debating on using floral in my centerpieces at my tables, but I think in the end I will.

After the floral appointment, I had an hour and a half to kill before meeting with our FOCCUS couple so I stopped by T's parents house. It was so nice to catch up and see his sister. I was a little nervous meeting our couple, but my future sister reassured me that the Mrs. was very nice. :) She was totally right! I just loved our meal and getting to know each other before taking the inventory.

Saturday we had our cake appointment and we met with a new business that does custom printing. I was so relieved to be told our invites can be printed at a reasonable cost! After some meetings, T and I went to our reception hall's open house. We got to try a few things off the menu, see the ballroom all dressed up, and taste desserts and wine. It was amazing and I was stuffed by the time we left. I made a trip home to pick up a few things from Mom and Dad's. It was also an excuse to see my pup. I sure miss her and I know the feeling is mutual when she runs down the road after me when I leave. :( She knows how to make her owner sad!

Sunday was pretty relaxing. T and I started really planning our NC trip and figuring out what we wanted to do. I was excited to finally get approval to go on vacation from the upper management. I think we have a pretty good idea what we want to do in Charlotte, it's just a matter of what we want to do the 5 days before we head back west. One of my top things to do is to go to the Duplin Winery and have Two Dogs Pizza. Another trip to Wilmington would be awesome too. We watched the Super Bowl and ordered Pizza Hut so we didn't have to cook. It was a great evening even if snow was in the forecast.

I am ready to be in NC with warmer weather for sure!