Wedding colors!

The hunt for our wedding colors wasn't exactly an easy one. I knew that I had to have dark blue incorporated somehow, as that's Val's most favorite color in the known world. I wanted to add a bit of a salmon orange to it, as my engagement ring is a lovely reddish-pinkish-orange sapphire.





When we put these colors together, it brought to mind a specific Florida football team. I was a bit frustrated, and uninspired. We needed a third color to tone down the event, to make it a bit more cheerful.





Along came robin's egg blue. With this color, our other two colors finally got along.

Our theme?

We've struggled early on with what we wanted for a theme. I've bounced back and forth from elegant, classic, demure, traditional, contemporary...




Now all I know is that the wedding we'll be having will be a fun, lighthearted, slightly vintage celebration with a twist of tradition. Sounds like your favorite kind of wine, doesn't it?






If I had to summarize our wedding in picture alone, this would be it:











I know you might be slightly confused as to why I'm showing you various images of the coolest car ever made.. but really. If I had to describe how I want my wedding to feel, I would want it the way I feel when I see a VW Karmann Ghia. It's like looking at sunshine.






It's not the fastest car in the world, but it will get you where you want to go. It's not a high end vehicle, but it exudes charm and warmth. It's classic, but adorable. Whenever I get lost along the way of wedding planning, I'll simply go back to the Ghia.

Our Venue!

Valere and I are getting married in Port Gamble, Washington. It's a small historic mill town that has a gorgeous old church.

We had originally planned to marry

Groomsmen!

So I am pleased to find out that Valere has asked my brother to be one of his groomsmen! We've been taking our time getting all of our attendants lined up, but we're getting there.



I can't believe we've already been engaged for a year! And it's already March- we only have eight more months to go. I still need to find a photographer, a caterer, musicians, and an officiant. And I still don't have a dress.



I can say yes to Valere with no problem, but making decisions about the details just doesn't interest me all that much. :) All I know that when I walk out of that church, I will be Mrs. V and that's all that matters.

Life is a Highway: The Roadtrip

Val and I are embarking on a good ol' American road trip!



We researched all of our options, from cruising to Mexico, sunbathing in Aruba, snorkeling in Hawaii. None of them felt "right." After lamenting my lack of travel in our very own country, Val brought up the idea of taking a road trip.



I didn't jump for joy the first moment he said it, but the more we researched various areas to visit (Dinosaur National Monument!!!) the more appealing it got. Besides, the first trip we ever took was a drive down to California. It was on that trip that I declared my love for my future husband. It's only fitting that we celebrate our marriage with a good journey through a few states.





Here's the rough draft for our adventure, subject to change. :)

Welcome!

We secured this domain right after we got engaged. Promptly thereafter we completely forgot about it. Now that we're getting closer to that wonderful day, I figured it would be nice to get this blog going.



There are more facets to a wedding than I previously thought. As some of you may know, I really was a huge fan of eloping. Running off somewhere exotic, getting hitched, sending postcards to the world to let them know that we've made things official. Val, on the other hand, put his foot down.



As I get more involved with the planning process, I am grateful for him for making his stand. I think that when all is said and done I will be happy that we've gone a more traditional route. Plus, planning on a budget has been really fun- I am having a great time exercising my creativity on all the minute facets of our wedding.

Wedding Cakes!

I have a feeling the economy might get worse before it gets better, as a result I am looking for ways to trim our svelte wedding budget even further. I'm searching everything I can to make our day fun and cost efficient.

One of the things I kind of fell in love with was the idea of making our own cake. My mother made her own wedding cake- I think it would be a sweet tradition to make my own as well!

As I am not much of a baker, I am going to have a lot of practice ahead of me. So with $7 worth of materials on hand, here's what 4 hours got me:



I definitely won't have sprinkles on our actual wedding cake. I felt inspired by the swift approach of Valentine's Day to do something mushy and colorful.