Back to Wedding Land

It's been a while since I last posted, and so much has happened.  I had to take a couple of weeks off from wedding planning as I traveled to MD with my theatre company to open our first show of the summer season.  But I'm back at the arts and crafts now as the big day inches closer.

First of all, we have a new reception venue and it's wonderful!  A lovely couple who are members of the church where we are getting married is letting us use their property and barn.  Clay and I are so thankful for such a great find and can't wait to celebrate with our family and friends in this unique setting!  Finding a venue last minute was no easy task, but we ended up with a place even better than what we had originally.  Many thanks to everyone who pulled together to help us.  Crisis averted!  Here are a couple of photos to give you an idea...

The Barn at Horseshoe Bend

Road to Forever 

So the venue is booked and now I'm in DIY invitation land.  You can save hundreds of dollars by cutting and gluing the invites yourself.  Luckily, my go-to girl, Nina Kari, is also an excellent designer.  Nina's beautiful design will be used not only for the invitations, but also throughout our wedding.  

It's been a fun process!  I scoured five different paper stores in NYC looking for just the right shade of sage card stock and different types of shimmer paper - the price had to be right, too!  I finally found the perfect shade at Printicon  and ordered everything else including envelopes from Paper Presentation (coming in way under budget).  Once we had the design, Nina and I spent one Sunday morning printing, cutting, and gluing invites & RSVPs to card stock...

 I've now set up shop here in MD, with the paper cutter and glue sticks ready to finish these things!  Now that we have a reception site, Clayton and Nina will get that part printed and sent to me.  Then, I will package everything and send to my mother, who is currently addressing all the envelopes.  DIY baby!  Getting it done!  I'm loving this part of the process.  Putting this much work into something makes it that much more special.  


I found a set of vintage milk glass vases on Ebay, placed orders for flameless tea lights and mason jars, and am close to ordering the cake.  Clayton is holding down the fort back in NY by taking care of contracts, rehearsal dinner, and music.  He's the best.


Before I left the city, Clay and I met with our minister and began to formulate the ceremony.  It was a great meeting and got us really excited to incorporate our friends and choose content.  Reverend Davis prayed with us and brought us back to the root of what all this means - our union.  I get to marry this super awesome guy! I can't wait!!!