My fiance and I have been engaged for over a year, we decided to have a long engagement to enable ourselves time-- time to save money, time to adjust to living together, and time to plan. I was so ready to start planning things, but I wasn't sure where to start considering I wanted a "cheap" DIY wedding. As I began to look at ceremony/reception places I realized that "cheap" was not in the works.
This didn't sit well with me at first because all I really wanted was nice scenery, a place that was big enough to hold at least a hundred people because I'm sure that's how many people will be coming if not more. (Still not really sure how to gauge how many people will be there.) I believe that if people continue to pay these outrageous prices for these farms and venues they will continue to charge an outrageous fee. (But that's another argument altogether.) So we decided to pick a park. It was next to nothing price wise but we will be doing everything ourselves and I'm O.K. with that!
So the plans-- First our colors are Tangerine (Orange) and Horizon (Royal Blue). I had originally wanted a colbalt blue but really had trouble finding dresses in that color.
Ceremony, Ceremony here we come...soon! It will be outdoors, in the Garden of Five Senses at Lancaster County Central Park. There is a gazebo there, it is quite industrialized and ugly up close but it will provide a nice backdrop with very little decorating. The lawn is on a hill so it provided a slight challenge in the planning process but I think we have it worked out. We decided not to rent chairs due to the short amount of time that we have the lawn for, so everybody will be responsible for providing their own seat. We will have the aisle marked with the aisle runner and shepherds hooks with floral balls adorning every hook. I am still undecided on whether or not to rope off the shepherds hooks with tulle yet. As for our "getaway" vehicle that is still in the air.
Partay! The reception is at the other side of the park in an indoor pavillion. Now when everybody thinks pavillion they think, picnic tables and rustic atmosphere. It's actually kind of nice, there are folding tables and chairs, a fireplace, a kitchen, indoor toilets and enclosed walls with windows. As for the decorating, we will be using mostly disposables so that clean up is a breeze. Since orange and blue can be a tricky combination we decided have white be the main color and then accent with orange and blue. As for the favors, there will be two kinds, we will be doing a candy buffet where everyone will be able to take some of our sweets home with them and their name tag holders will also double as a favor.
As for food...we will have a buffet of chicken and ribs, various salads, and healthy snacks. We just don't know who will be catering it yet...My cake is being done by a friend and I'm more than sure that she will please all the guests (the ones that actually like to eat cake).
Flowers..well they have been a bit tricky. I thought I knew what I wanted, but now I'm not sure. If I were paying for them (which I had originally thought we were) it would be completely different. But now someone has offered to buy them and it seems as though the process just got a whole lot more difficult. It doesn't seem to matter what "I" want anymore...but we have time to work on that. :)
So it seems as though plans are moving along, our guest list is all but finished and we will be sending out invites in early March as soon as we finalize some little details.
All in all the plans seem to be coming together...slowly...but surely!
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