So after about the 6th e-mail with the people at 21c I have discovered that there is a $4050 food and beverage minimum so this location may be out. I am quite disappointed, but I'll have to deal. Another, closer, possible venue is the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington. If you've been to Bloomington and driven by the stadium at IU, you've seen this church. It's right across the road from the stadium at the corner by the stop light. While this location doesn't have quite the feel we were going for it is closer and I'm sure much less expensive.
Here's another possible wedding favor painting:
3 down, lots more to do...
Here's another design for the wedding favors:
I got our wedding registry started, you can check it out over here.
So, I'm thinking about hand painting some little 5x7 canvas panels and attaching an engagement picture of us and a thank you note to the back to use as wedding favors. Like? Dislike? I'd love to hear feed back. Each painting would be different, here's just one idea:
Ok, so I am COMPLETELY loving the 21C Hotel Museum in Louisville, KY. I would love to have the wedding and reception here, but I am not completely sure that my guests would be willing to drive the 70 miles from Bedford to the hotel. It is so beautiful and artistic and gorgeous and amazing though!
I found another site that I love as well! Off-Beat Bride is great for anyone that wants a unique, original, one-of-a-kind wedding! I love love love some of the ideas on this site! (ok, quite a few of them I would never do myself, but there is quite a lot that I adore!)
So I am totally in love with the site So you're enGAYged It has really been helpful in making plans and getting ideas for our wedding and I love the engagement pics section. I totally teared up looking at the pics and the looks of love on the faces of all those couples. I can't wait til we get our pics done!
I also *love* this custom engraved cake topper. How cool is that?!
Are you serious?!?! I love this Sock Monkey Cake Topper on Etsy. It is so freakin cute!
These invites over on Etsy are very much us too. Really it depends on the look and feel we decide to go with for the wedding. Who knows, I'll probably find 20 or 30 more I like before we order, lol.
I fell in love with these wedding invitations on
Etsy. They are so original and so totally us :) Will they be the final choice? Who knows, possibly!
We have picked a photographer for our Engagement Pics. She does really great work, check it out @ Venus Leah Photography.
She's reasonably priced too which is great since we're on a tight budget :)
Hey guys, I started this little page to keep you all up to date on our wedding plans. We officially began the planning process and will be having our engagement pictures taken shortly. We have decided that we are going to be legally married on May 14, 2011, the date we officially chose to begin with in Boston and then will have a ceremony here in Indiana on October 14, 2011 (exactly 2 years from the time we got together) to celebrate with all of our friends and family. I can't wait to celebrate with you all! We plan on making the wedding an expression of us and our love for one another, so expect the unexpected!
