Florals, Decor and let everyone have Cake!

We are using the very talented and amazing Aria Style in Seattle as would florist and rentals vendor. John at Aria style has been such a pleasure to work with and I have always felt very comfortable working with him. His prices are very resonable and they are so artistic and wonderful that i know that whatever they come up with will be beautiful!

So if you couldn't tell by looking at the blog page, our colors are eggplant and mango. They are not commonly seen together but I still love they way they look! Here are a few pictures of mock up centerpeices and flowers(but they will be eggplant and mango colored). We are going for a very modern feel as well!

Thos pictures were provided by Aria Style

The below picture is just sometime I saw that reminded me of them :)

There will also be some curly willow in them to give them some height! :)

Kind of like the below picture. This picture has manzanita branches but they are too heavy for our centerpieces.

I also want chair signs for both Cole and I's chairs, but I am not sure how I am going to go about that just yet :)

We are not renting the fancy chairs because we dont really think anyone pays attention to chairs anyways, so I have to figure out 1. how to print these and 2. how to get them to stay on our chairs :) any ideas?

Aria Style also did these AMAZING green Pom boxes at the Seattle wedding show. Cole and I both loved them and they will be appearing at our wedding as centerpeices as well! :) In our colors of course :)

This is a repeat picture, I think. this is exactly who I want my flowers to look... maybe even a tad bigger. The lady slipper orchids are SO beautiful and beargrass with beads is eye catching. I need to carry something to take the attention off of me, since there is no doubt I will be sobbing as I go down the asile and will not be looking so lovely :)

the Cake!

So as everything else, the cake will look like the first two tiers of this cake

I dont know why the cake looks yellow... I think it would be cool to have our cake look that way, but thats also more $$$ :)

The bottom tier will be square with from beading and will have a special phrase hand painted on the bottom.. like this cake

Not sure what the phrase is just yet! :)

Lastly, we couldn't fit our topper actually on the cake, so we will have a mini baby cake that matches the main cake with this lovely topper for our Seattle Themed wedding:

Ok, I think thats enough info for now!

Flowers, linens, Chirstmas, dresses.... too much to think about!

Although the wedding planning continues, the holidays have made it that much harder to focus!

This is mine and Cole's first week of relaxation. We have been going non-stop for the last couple weeks with wedding appointments and hanging out with friends and holiday stuff. This week we were to start our workout habits for the wedding, but we're putting it off.... again. But the diet has started, and I am hungry all the time! It;s like my body wants to sabotage itself. We're focusing on better foods AND portion control. We'll see how this goes.

Ive decided White is not a flattering color on me. Everytime I've come out of the dressing room in a wedding dress, I look in the mirror is its a michellin man blimp! All I can think is "THIS is suppose to take Cole's breath away?!" Im sure I'll find something, but I can't believe that this is the reaction im having to wedding dresses. I think Im really picky. But I'm going dress shopping again this saturday. I have a feeling this is going to take more than few times for me to find " THE" dress, if in fact its out there at all. Im more about timing. I feel like I'll find something I will be content enough with, when I feel like i've been dress shopping with everyone.... I know it sounds silly. But for example, I havent gone dress shopping with my mom yet! I feel like I am SUPPOSE to find it when im with my mom. But she doesnt want to go with a bunch of 25yr olds... as if she wouldnt fit in. hahahah Anyways, hopefully i'll figure it out by the time I need to.

We also recently met with our florist who is also our designer/rentals coordinator! All in one! I can't believe the amount of flowers that will be in season and to chose from. It was much easier to look through magazines and say "this one" as far as a bouqet goes. We are very excited to see the outcome. Probably more me than cole, but it was fun how involved he is being. I though grooms were suppose to be not very involved and the bride ended up doing all this with their bridesmaids instead. But Cole has been very involved in all the aspects and taken on task that he has actually been working on, and showing me his progress! Im so proud of him helping and taking the wieght off my shoulders. Im marrying an amazing man :)

Cole and I are driving to Roseville for Christmas. Leaving mid day on the 23rd and coming back to Seattle on the 30th. We think. I like taking time off and being in Seattle. Gives me time to unpack and unwind. It will be niiiice :) While in California, I expect it to be a busy time. Im going to try to make it to SF for a day, and we're both trying to go to Fresno again for a day. We will have to see on timing of course.

I think that is it for now.... nothing too exciting :)