I have the wedding contracts in my email inbox right now. All I have to do is print them out, sign them and fax it all back in along with a nice chunk of a deposit. As soon as I do, our October 10th wedding will be official.
In true Molly fashion, I’ve already started designing the invitations. (Hey, a graphic designer HAS to have the best invitations EVER, right?)
It’s all a bit bittersweet at the moment… although that could be the PMS talking. I’m just a bit sad that I don’t have a sister to share all of this with. I love that my brother will be up there with me, but brothers don’t care about the lace on your dress or what color the bridesmaids are going to wear.
And that’s the last time I’ll ever complain about my sister not being around. I promise. I’m done dwelling on it. She thinks I wronged her somehow, and the only way to set things straight is to have a conversation with her… and she won’t let me have that conversation with her. So I’m done.
And onto happier things… has everyone out there heard of Envelopments? You can put together the most awesome invitations ever using the envelopments line. Our invitations will be a combination of a beautiful textured red paper called Kimono Red, a metallic called Bronze (brings in our chocolate brown), and Ecru. I can’t wait to get started on them, but I suppose we need to worry about the Save the Dates first, eh? We’re planning to send those out around St. Patty’s day.
Any suggestions for creative wedding favors?
A couple we were friends with in college put out little bags of decorated cookies for their wedding favors. Just two or three cookies per bag, and they were cute little sugar cookies that came with a poem that thanked us for being there on their special day. Maybe since it’s an October wedding, they could be little leaves or pumpkins.
Nice little candles would be cute too. You could probably find yummy scented ones at Yankee or something.
But… by far the most creative favors I ever saw were at the wedding reception of a girl I knew from church. She and the groom personalized little Chinese take-out boxes with colored ribbon and their monogram, and inside was a handful of color-coordinated candy (their colors were pink, red and black).
These are some fun and practical suggestions, as opposed to the traditional ghetto plastic swans with your names on them (that is SO 1987).