Dress, Colour, Shoes!

For the past 5 days I have been in Seattle visiting Kris, my parents came along, and we bought my wedding dress! I can't show the photo, but its awesome and not what i was expecting at all. It was a little more expensive than I wanted to pay, but pretty good considering everything else I tried on. The store was fantastic, if you are searching for a dress in the Seattle area please go to Amanda's Bridal Botiique, she has a great selection!

On the trip we also found some beautiful green sashes on sale that would go great with the colours I had already choosen. We bought 6 of them (just in case) and I plan on giving one to each bridesmaid (Kristie already has one) so that it is easier to find a dress. They can also be used for sashes, hair bands, boquet wraps or other decorations. I may even use one in my hair. When I get a camera I will post a photo of that

I still have to hunt for shoes, not easy when you have the feet of a 10year old boy. I want to wear flats and not be uncomfortable, after all the wedding will be outdoors so heels would only aerate the soil. Unfortunately, its fall and light green shoes are not in abundance. I will probably have to wait until the spring to find anything good, but these are nice...

Gnomes!

I got a gnome stamp, it may be seen a lot at this wedding!

More Chartreuse and Burgundy

I'm happy to find another wedding with my colours. Great to get some inspiration and to know it 'can' look good. There are actually not many photos of the colours on the website (see:http://www.soireecharleston.com/soiree.htm) but thats ok too! Just one or two makes me happy

Inspiration board

Stylemepretty.com had an inspiration board contest a while ago. I thought I would submit something, and, although I did not win, It was nice to put together some ideas for the wedding. Here is what I submitted:

Cake + Decorating = Awesome

Decor 8 has a beautiful blog entry about cakes and decorating. This one fits my wedding colours almost perfectly. It just needs a splash of green!

My engagement ring

Here is the ring Renato gave me last weekend. He gave it to me in Fish Creek Park, on a little footbridge like how I preposed to him. It was made by my best friend Tamara (see links) who is also a talented jewler. She made it to look like a wishbone and set a small moonstone on it. I love its uniqueness and personality.

I am now going to incorporate moonstones into my headpiece, I think they will go great with little garnets!

Where to have a Wedding Now?

I am now completemy tired of calling the Glenora Distillary. I have been trying to get a hold of them for months and... the same reply 'Well call you back" Well you didn't and I'm pissed. I know the wedding may be over a year away, but the point of having a long engagement is getting everything done EARLY.

Vent is over

Ren and I are going to conser alternate places. I have a few in mind, but we are sad because the Distillary was very meaningful for both of us, and thus perfect. There are, however, many more meaningful places for us to get married. One is Peggy's Cove, as we one year spent a christmas house-setting a beautiful B&B. I am going to try to get a hold of them and ask if I can rent the whole place out maybe for a weekend (a very expensive option, unfortunately). There is also a little school house in Peggy's Cove that can be rented for events as well. The problem with this place is that is VERY small, and may not accomodate all we wish to invite. There are lots of beautiful spots all over Nova Scotia that we must consider. So now I must hunt the perfect place down!

And... the wedding may be moved to the summer of 2008, Good thing my colours are summer-y and Fall-y!

Disposable Wedding Dresses

You know you're never going to wear it again, so why not have it made of...

...Toilet Paper!



I must say, some of these are much better looking than some gowns I've seen online

Colours

Today I found this amazing Colour Lab online, and in it I found the colours I would *love* to have as my wedding colours. I think they are fantastic. What do you think?
*please note, Renato has not seen this yet, so it may change

Speaking of colours. I definitely know the wedding will not be between or around the 5th to 13th of October because this is when the Celtic Colours Festival is going on in CB, and at that time apparently you cannot geet accomodations anywhere. So I'm now thinking in Late August or September. We shall see...

Where? When?

We are extremely early in our wedding planning. so nothing is set in stone yet, but there are some things we definitely agree on.

The first is where the wedding will be. Renato suggested getting married at the Glenora Inn and Distillery more than a year ago, and since I could not think of any other place. Glenora is just north of Mabou, Cape Breton, which means it is a bit out of the way. But since we live in Calgary, Ren's Family is in Winnipeg, and *most* of mine is in Nova Scotia, any place we pick will be out of the way for someone.

Glenora is the only place in North America where single malt whiskey is produced. They have a dining room, pub, and several chalets to rent out. You can also go on a tour of the distillery. I've emailed the owner for more information on booking the inn, hopefully I will get more information soon, so I can become more secure on dates and costs. From what I have learned so far, the dining room can only have a maximum of 45 people, us included, so the wedding will be quite small. I like the idea of having a small wedding tho, and having it on the same grounds as the reception. Along with the inn, there are a lot of B&B's all around the area. We stayed in one several years ago when we first visited Glenora, and it was a beautiful B&B to stay in.

As for the date, we are thinking Fall, 2008. I have lots of time to prepare!

My First Post

Lots of people have wedding blogs now, so I thought I'd try one out too!

I should start with the first part of the wedding which has already happened, the engegement
I preposed to Renato on March the 18th on a footbridge in Confederation Park. It was snowing and cold, and the park was almost empty

Renato did not expect the preposal or the ring. It was so amazing to surprise him like that

The ring was made by Craftsman, he specilizes in making rings out of recycled wood. The wood I choose is oak from a wine barrel