Okay y'all, we have just about 5 months until our wedding day! Mine is 12/27 so that means 5 months and 10 days. Where are you at with planning? what have you done so far? What do you have left?
Done:
-Venue: Our church for the ceremony and a log house event center for reception
-Photographer: We've already worked with them once with our engagement pictures which sealed the deal. We love them. I'm doing bridal portraits as well. On the day of, our package includes two photographers, full day coverage (no time limit), 4x6 prints of all edited photos, a CD with photos, print release, and (4) 8x10's, (4) 5x7's, and (1) 11x14 enlargements for free.
-DJ: We aren't huge dancers so my younger brother's friend is DJing for very cheap at the reception. He does have experience because he DJ's once a week at a pretty big club.
-Ceremony music: My older brother is playing acoustic guitar for the ceremony (he may have his friend help him).
-Color scheme: blush, navy, cream, accents of gold)
-Bridesmaids dresses: Have not been ordered yet but we decided on Dessy, floor length, chiffon, Rose...any style is fine.
-Flower type: I am going to order my flowers from Costco or something and make arrangements myself. The bridesmaids bouquets will be bunches of bay's breath and so will the flower arrangements on the tables. I am getting my bouquet and the corsages for the mom's and grandma's done professionally. I want pink roses.
-Centerpieces: My centerpieces are going to be mason jars...don't kill me! M dad collects the antique blue-ish ones and I am using those as centerpieces with baby's breath in the tall ones and candles in the small ones. For decor around the venue we are buying clear mason jars and putting candles in them.
-Other decor: CANDLES everywhere! In the church we want to have the majority of the lighting be by candle light so all of the window sills will be lined with tealights (12 windows total).
-Wedding dress: I ordered and have received my wedding gown and my veil is at the bridal store for pick up.
-Food type: We want to do BBQ and smoked chicken with all of the fixin's, sweet tea, coffee, hot chocolate, water, and sodas.
-Alcohol: To save on cost, we are only doing beer and wine. We will buy 3 kegs (two light beer, and one dark). We have already stated buying lots of wine.
-Honeymoon: Pompano Beach, FL. This will be driving distance for us and will be a nice change to go somewhere warm in the December! FI is also taking me to Universal in Orlando!
To do:
-Pick a caterer: This is hard because FI and I are SUPER picky about BBQ. NC BBQ is a Godsend, but bad BBQ in our neck of the woods won't be tolerated. There are tons of places to choose from!
-Alterations: My dress needs some minor alterations like taking in the waist areas, adding cups for support, and tightening the straps. Nothing to big though.
-Menswear: We know that FI and his groomsmen are wearing navy suits but we haven't picked any out yet. We are buying FI's so I think we are just going to ask the guys to buy, rent or wear any navy suit of their choosing.
-Invitations: We have a little ways to go before we have to send these out but I'm already looking for designs because there are so many to choose from!
-Gifts: We know what we are getting our wedding party but still need to start buying. We are doing pictures and frames and photo albums after the wedding for our parents.
-Wedding bands: We are going to buy them in September.
Okay now I feel like I'm forgetting something! Where are y'all at?