Busy with DIY

Been keeping busy the last few weeks putting (aka gluing and taping) stuff together. With as many things as I want to do myself with this wedding, the last thing I want is to leave everything until the night before. Nope. Anything I can do now, I am doing.

I've finished two projects so far: fascinators (of which I had one done about a month ago) and bouquets. First, the finished fascinator that I'll be wearing:

I rather like how it turned out with the fiery colors. Now I have something to take with me the next time I get my hair done and have my stylist play with it. Yay! I've also contemplated making a fourth fascinator for Dana, our officiant, in yellow and white.

Then, I also made four bouquets (three for the party, one for throwing). I'm pretty sure these are going to be the only flowers at the wedding, but that could change.

I made them with: calla lilies (white and yellow), white cymbidium orchids, yellow Asiatic tiger lilies, plumeria, white goose biot feathers, stripped yellow coque tail feathers, and dark red hackle feathers. Wrapping the stems was a pain!!

I also got samples for paper and envelopes in the mail the other day, so now I can make a test run of the vellum mobile I mentioned last time.

Vellum Mobile!

Wow. The last few weeks have been crazy, but thankfully the craziness is over for now. I haven't had too much time to think about wedding stuff, but I did happen upon this awesome idea for some decor:

It's strips of vellum paper sewn together in a vertical mobile. I went shopping for what colors I'd use, and found:

The last two are cream and white, respectively. Turns out, I can make it for about $0.25/ft! Well, plus the amount of time it's going to take me to cut the paper and sew it all together. With the way I have to buy the paper, I'll probably have vellum left over to tie into table decorations as well. Modern, beautiful, inexpensive. Win!

One year to the day!

We settled on a day (Sunday, May 13, 2012) and booked a venue this week! We chose a Sunday for financial reasons, and the 13th since that's Cody's favorite number. It just so happens that May 13 is also Mother's Day. Both our moms are happy to get a wedding for their gifts!

The venue is E|M Fine Art Gallery, near the Seattle Center. The owners are super nice, and the space (while a bit post-industrial) is really unique. Plus, they're including tables and chairs as part of the deal, which was already incredibly affordable. I think it's going to work out really great! I've updated the Ceremony and Reception pages to reflect the location, and added some stuff to the Guest Information page.

We also booked the room for our honeymoon... Hm, now to figure out what to do next... so many options.