I just got a new quote. Who knew shedding 6 hours would save $500!? Jo is off to get a money order in the mail and then we will tackle sending out invites.
Archive for March, 2009
family tree
I want to do something like this, http://www.stylemepretty.com/2008/11/21/genealogy-charts-by-melangerie/#comments (probably the last one, but not in orange and pink)
to show Jo and I as well as guests, how our families unite.
where we’re at with the reception
So for clarity, we are trying to get the Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center (http://www.iba-etc.org/claboston/JHCC_Rental.html ) for the reception. We are pretty sure we will be able to secure the date next week. We got a quote last week, but the person who handles reservations is only there part time, so we still need to get a contract, etc.
I found this couple’s pictures on line http://wedding.scottthomson.info/weddingpictures.html . They had the ceremony & reception there and tons of pictures of the inside.
Yelp also has a profile of the venue. http://www.yelp.com/biz/jorge-hernandez-cultural-center-boston . 
This picture is not from a wedding, but I think it’s a good shot of the venue’s potential and depth. (I have to keep in mind that if it rains, we’ll likely move the ceremony here too).
for the guys
I was thinking a daisy, some miniture acorns & a couple leaves for the boutonnieres. Here are a couple ideas I ‘borrowed’ pictures from http://www.oncewed.com/
centerpieces take 2
So Jo’s not totally into the bread baskets. To be exact, he said “They look like something you’d see at an Italian restaurant”. This is true. Defensively I thought, “we’re serving food to 150 people, what’s wrong with the centerpieces resembling a restaurant”. Jo also shot down my mason jar idea. In reality, I’m a little taken back at how right on his comments are. The baskets do look very restaurnt like and mason jars are a little too rustic for the venue. I guess we should shoot for things that are a little more Jo & Patti style, even though we don’t know what that means just yet. Anyway, I like this idea:
but I would probably want to hang pictures off the tree.
wine bottles
I ‘borrowed’ this picture from http://brideslittlewhitebook.blogspot.com/ where details on the wedding/designer it came from can be found. I’m definite about doing something similar, but much more diy. I’m going to take Avery labels (think office supplies), paint them green, get a stamp that somehow relates to ’sitting in a tree’ and then put our names and the date of, which should be September 6th if all goes well. I might add the type of wine, ie Red or White or Merlot or whatever, if it seems appropriate (asthetically speaking).
to gift or not to gift
I was thinking the idea of making silly little gifts was a waste of time and money, but I really like this idea. It’s simple and, well, I like tea.
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2009/03/25/diy-project-tea-tins/
We have a ceremony site!
So the $240 I paid for the cermony site is non-refundable, so here’s hoping we get the venue and all’s a go. This is Larz Anderson Park in Brookline. We’ve reserved the ‘Temple of Love’ which not only has the gazebo, but allows chairs. They don’t mind if we have lovely tunes from one amazing guitarist, provided it’s not amplified. Since they have picnics there, I think we could even have some beverages (non-alcoholic of course).
Temple of Love
These are pictures I stole off the internets.
Temple of Love
PracticalPatti
One time in junior high (or was it middle school, it was one of many), my friend Brian called me Practical Patti. I was rather offended and couldn’t imagine why someone would insult me so terribly. There’s much talk of centerpieces when the W word is uttered and at this point, my mom, Jo’s mom, my friend Jason, and friend Jes have all discussed the matter. At this point, I’m tempted to throw creativity to the wind and go with the following practical option
I found this on stylemepretty, here where all credit is given http://www.stylemepretty.com/2009/03/11/diy-centerpiece-by-amelia-occassions/
I will find something to worry about
So I’m trying not to jinx us by talking about the venue or date because we’ve had a handful of rejections (really, that’s what it feels like when someone says, ’sorry we don’t do weddings’ or ’sorry, we’re all booked’ or my favorite, ’sorry our prices are non-negotiable’). Anyway, if we get the venue we have our little hearts set on, we are discussing not using the traditional caterers and maybe doing some of it ourselves, with the help of family & friends and with a lot of food dropped off by our favorite restaurants. If we do this, we will have a whole host of questions to answer creatively. For example, paper, plastic, ceramic, china, silver, aluminum, cloth, etc…. Luckily the venue has tables, chairs and table cloths (for an additional fee). They do not have dishes. I can’t imagine paper plates and plastic cups, so I imagine we’ll have to rent those. Or we could do what these guys did: http://abackyardwedding.blogspot.com/search/label/dishes . Personally, I love this idea. I don’t think we can have as much of a mix-matched kind of asthetic in the venue we’re looking at, but I think we could probably find a lot of ivory/white dishes with limited color so that they didn’t clash. I was also worrying about napkins. I feel like I have to have cloth, but renting them seems like such a silly waste and a wasted opportunity to get to do a little craft with a friend (hint hint to the crafty friends). I liked this tutorial http://charamichele.com/blog/2007/12/handmade-cloth-napkins-tutorial.html, I could do this, even with my aversion to irons.
