Showing posts with label reception. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reception. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Whirlwind Wedding Weekend: Day Two
Okay, I barely have the energy to relive this right now, but if I wait any longer I'm sure I will forget all the details.
DAY TWO:
Day two started off great. We had set our alarms for 7am so then we got up and Adam's cousins (and their adorable little 1 year old boy) were already up. We were lucky to have almost 3 hours of visiting time! They made us a delicious breakfast of oatmeal pancakes and fruit and we just talked and talked and played with their little guy. It was possibly the best way to start our day - very relaxed and comfortable.
From the cousin's house, we headed off to the dentist. I had a cavity to get filled that I had been putting off for months. I had this image in my head of the cavity being totally out of control due to my procrastination, so I was more than a little anxious. When I got into the dentist chair, the dentist looked for a minute before determining that I don't even have a cavity! She did an x-ray to be sure, but apparently my last dentist was seeing things! So that made for the best dentist visit ever!
While I waited for Adam to pick me up (he had gone to do a work errand) I wandered over to a used book store that was giving away free books. I'm sure I made Adam's day by picking him up a huge stack of books (and a small stack for myself). That little stop wasn't on the list, but oh well!
Then we finished Adam's work errands and stopped for coffee before driving to our reception venue to do a walk through with our friend who will be setting up the hall for us. Naturally, the reception venue person didn't even show up (they've been a bit flaky... it's not fun to work with) but we managed to find an open door so we could still show our friend around.
After the reception venue, Adam dropped me off for my hair trial appointment while he went to his old work to visit with people. I remember feeling like I was going to fall asleep while I was getting my hair done, but nonetheless, it was fun and turned out pretty!
Lastly, we swung by a dollar store, the tailor (to make some adjustments to Adam's suit), two shoe stores (I needed work shoes and wanted to look for different wedding shoes), a store where I got hair accessories and nail polish and finally, lunch.
Then, 4 exhausting hours later... we were home!
DAY TWO:
Day two started off great. We had set our alarms for 7am so then we got up and Adam's cousins (and their adorable little 1 year old boy) were already up. We were lucky to have almost 3 hours of visiting time! They made us a delicious breakfast of oatmeal pancakes and fruit and we just talked and talked and played with their little guy. It was possibly the best way to start our day - very relaxed and comfortable.
From the cousin's house, we headed off to the dentist. I had a cavity to get filled that I had been putting off for months. I had this image in my head of the cavity being totally out of control due to my procrastination, so I was more than a little anxious. When I got into the dentist chair, the dentist looked for a minute before determining that I don't even have a cavity! She did an x-ray to be sure, but apparently my last dentist was seeing things! So that made for the best dentist visit ever!
While I waited for Adam to pick me up (he had gone to do a work errand) I wandered over to a used book store that was giving away free books. I'm sure I made Adam's day by picking him up a huge stack of books (and a small stack for myself). That little stop wasn't on the list, but oh well!
Then we finished Adam's work errands and stopped for coffee before driving to our reception venue to do a walk through with our friend who will be setting up the hall for us. Naturally, the reception venue person didn't even show up (they've been a bit flaky... it's not fun to work with) but we managed to find an open door so we could still show our friend around.
After the reception venue, Adam dropped me off for my hair trial appointment while he went to his old work to visit with people. I remember feeling like I was going to fall asleep while I was getting my hair done, but nonetheless, it was fun and turned out pretty!
Lastly, we swung by a dollar store, the tailor (to make some adjustments to Adam's suit), two shoe stores (I needed work shoes and wanted to look for different wedding shoes), a store where I got hair accessories and nail polish and finally, lunch.
Then, 4 exhausting hours later... we were home!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Photobooth Fun!
I don't believe in jumping on bandwagons and following fads just because they're the latest and greatest thing. For example, while some wedding parties may be coordinated and creative and do a great coreographed 'first dance'... we are not those people. However, in this case, we're jumping on the fad bandwagon because, let's face it, photobooths are good old fashioned F-U-N!
Companies that rent out traditional photobooths are popping up everywhere. Party Booth has even created software you can purchase to turn your laptop into a pro photo booth for any occassion! However, not only does our town not have a photobooth company (and even if it did, it would probably be over our budget), but we don't have a laptop we could use with the software option. So, we've opted to put our camera on a tripod and make our own photobooth!
Second Bride's Wedding Site has some great instructions on how to construct a stand for your backdrop (since most venues aren't keen on things being attached to the walls). So, I put the fiancé in charge of making the stand and I dragged him to the bargain corner of our local fabric store to pick out fabric for the backdrop. In the end we settled on two colours and will do a 2 X 2 grid pattern with these two fabrics:
I think the vibrant colours will make a fun background!
We're also going to have the obligatory hilarious-box-o-props beside the backdrop so guests who are feeling silly can goof off to their heart's delight!
Our photobooth will actually be doing double duty as our guestbook as well! We're going to set up a small table beside the 'booth' where guests can write little messages on the paper provided. Then, after the wedding, we'll print the pictures and put them in an album along with the printed messages. We're also going to find a way to make the photos available for everyone to see/save a copy so they can enjoy their own photos as well!
Companies that rent out traditional photobooths are popping up everywhere. Party Booth has even created software you can purchase to turn your laptop into a pro photo booth for any occassion! However, not only does our town not have a photobooth company (and even if it did, it would probably be over our budget), but we don't have a laptop we could use with the software option. So, we've opted to put our camera on a tripod and make our own photobooth!
Second Bride's Wedding Site has some great instructions on how to construct a stand for your backdrop (since most venues aren't keen on things being attached to the walls). So, I put the fiancé in charge of making the stand and I dragged him to the bargain corner of our local fabric store to pick out fabric for the backdrop. In the end we settled on two colours and will do a 2 X 2 grid pattern with these two fabrics:
We're also going to have the obligatory hilarious-box-o-props beside the backdrop so guests who are feeling silly can goof off to their heart's delight!
Our photobooth will actually be doing double duty as our guestbook as well! We're going to set up a small table beside the 'booth' where guests can write little messages on the paper provided. Then, after the wedding, we'll print the pictures and put them in an album along with the printed messages. We're also going to find a way to make the photos available for everyone to see/save a copy so they can enjoy their own photos as well!
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