I wanted to make a blog to help my wedding compatriots and anybody else interested in our wedding have a place to come and see what we've been up to! Also, it's a good way to keep track of stuff and who doesn't need another blog? Really?
Alright, onto the stuff about the wedding...
Just for basics, here is our wedding party line up and basics!
Who: Jennifer Weaver and Lauran Parise
What: A Weddin'!
When: October 8, 2011 at 1 pm
Where: Somewhere in the Portland Metro Area, Oregon
Theme: Fall/Autumn (semi-formal dress)
Attendance: 60-80 people
Bridal Party: Deana Reynolds, Michelle Weaver, Michelle Brady and Amanda Lack
Groomsmen: Edwin Dean III, Jason Reynolds, Chris Thomas, Kevin Clark
Colors will be given to wedding party members as soon as we figure them out. Ladies will wear Converse All-Stars to match their dresses. It will be in a park, so high falutin' shoes will be silly and probably stick in the dirt.
We have had a redirection and a pretty large change in plans. We had originally been intending on having our wedding at Grey Gables in Milwaukie, but the price tag was a little too steep. So, after some talking with my mom and some replanning, we're going to have it in one of Portland's beautiful parks. We're pretty heart-set on Oxbow Park in Troutdale we had a tour of their group camps and were impressed with two of them and they are very reasonably priced to rent.
Instead of doing a huge catering thing, we're planning on scaling back and doing something more like a BBQ/Potluck! This is where you, my friends, are going to come in. We're going to compile a list on our wedding website of foods we are going to need/want for the reception and take volunteers who wouldn't mind helping us out in that capacity. No reason to start off married life broke, and it won't be anything big. Even if it's something small, we will be grateful. Feel free to email me if you're interested in helping out with these things.
More good news is that my Maid of Honor, Deana, has volunteered to make our wedding cupcakes and small wedding cake. I am so excited. :) Taen/Jennifer Kennedy is going to make our cake topper. The very talented Michelle Brady will be designing our invitations, etc. I will need volunteers to run music for the ceremony and a few other tasks as well. More to come on that later.
The other big thing we decided was the wording of our invitations!
Two lives, two hearts
Joined together in friendship
United together in love.
It is with joy that we
Jennifer Weaver
and
Lauran Parise
Invite you to share
in a celebration of love
As we exchange our wedding vows
On Saturday, the eighth of October
at one o'clock in the afternoon
Chris Thomas, by the way! Thompson is a spoof name I use online. (After a dude collecting names/addresses for junk mail got our last name down wrong).
ReplyDeleteGood to know! Lauran wrote it down as Thompson... >_>;;;
ReplyDeleteYou do not know how much I squee'd when I saw that you used my pic. ^_^
ReplyDeleteTotally let me know if there's anything I can help with.
Ooh, and the link to your Knot page isn't working.
uh oh.... I will try to fix that.
ReplyDeleteYour art is beautiful! <3333 and it looks way better than we do in real life. :P
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI love the location you picked, it's perfect!
xo
mom