Christian and Mara's Wedding

We bought the supplies this past weekend and have made exactly zero progress on assembling them! Whoo! There are some plans to work on them Sunday after Yeaster dinner at my parents' house.

They're pretty neat, and they'll be handmade. That's all I can share right now.

For my bouquet, I'm thinking about bright red ranunculus.

I gotta get me some pants. I mean, I'm wearing pants now, but I might need fancy pants.

We worked on invitations. By 'we', I mean me. Mara worked on cutting these the other day. With her mommy. Like a big whiny baby.

Okay, not really, but she did the cutting the other day. Kudos to you, paper cutter Mara! Mara's mom also cut paper. We didn't take any pictures of that. It was done after a large dinner and considering we found remnants of that dinner still left behind on the tablecloth TODAY, it's probably best that there's no photographic evidence of the occasion.

Mara's mom also cut more paper today. Cover sheets, primarily. There will be more cutting done tomorrow. I swear this is not going to turn into my self-mutilation blog, but I do admit there's an awful lot of talk about cutting.

This is my first somewhat serious entry and I promise the next one will be entirely frivolous. Mara was watching over my shoulder and would hit me if I typed anything bad. Right now, she's in the next room playing with the cat, so I'm free. FREE TO DESTROY!

Invitations - almost done. Will address and mail shortly.

Bridesmaids - Char and Prairie have dresses ordered!

That's about it. I signed a contract with Courtyard by Marriott near the ceremony/reception one-two, but need to confirm with them.

Found out that one of my friends that I knew through my doll hobby passed away yesterday. She was a beneficiary of the Make-a-Wish foundation and an incredibly sweet girl. It's devastating news.

So far, I've got three confirmed bridesmaids who are absolutely super-confirmed to do this crazy thing. Two dresses ordered. Hopefully five ladies in total.

Here is a little collage!

I got the name of a florist from the proprietors of Byblos. They sounded nice on the phone. I am figuring about, uh, maybe up to $600 for flowers. Aieeeee! I figure my bouquet, flowers for the ladies, petals for the Annikae, and then boutonnieres/corsages for family and male attendants. I might try making my own boutonnieres/corsages, I may not. We'll see. At the dead least there will be some hot bouquet action.

I'll give a hint - it's Mara. The reply cards that we'd actually taken pictures of were all made with too many assumptions in place about food options, so we have to redo them all after talking with Maurice at Byblos. (Fun Fact: There are unfounded rumors that some people call him The Space Cowboy, while others call him The Gangster of Love. I do my best to avoid having to address people directly by name, so I haven't had to call him anything yet.) Now we have to find some fresh Gocco supplies.