"guest book"

You know me and traditional, we don't really get along. So, instead of having a traditional guest book we're going to have a wish jar. Everyone will write down their wishes for us and place their card in the apothecary jar. After the wedding I'll scan all the cards into my computer. Using booksmart, which is a book publishing program, I'll make our own custom guest book. Each card will be next to each guest's photo from the photo booth pictures taken at the reception.
Here's what the "guest book" table will look like:

candelabras found and purchased!

what to do with my hair

This has been bugging me. In keeping with my vintage theme I would really like a vintage inspired hairstyle. For the ceremony I'll be wearing a birdcage veil but I haven't been able to find any hairstyle photos online that incorporate that kind of veil with a vintage 'do that I like. All the hairstyles that I like are shown either with a long veil or without a veil at all. So it's been hard for me to visualize what the birdcage would look like with these styles.

I haven't picked out the veil yet because I'm waiting to see what the exact color of my wedding dress looks like first. But these are the veils that I'll be choosing from (veil only, not the accessory):

And here are some hairstyles that I really like, do you think any of these would look good with the birdcage veil?

the flowers

I should have posted this awhile ago but I guess I forgot about it. My mom, sister, aunt, cousin, and myself met with the florist a few weeks back, Paul from Nyren's of New England. I already knew what I wanted for the bridesmaid's bouquets but I didn't really know what I wanted for my bouquet or the boutonniere's or the flowers for our parents. Paul had some really great ideas and I can't wait to see the final outcome!

My bouquet will have white carnations and white stephanotis with black crystals pinned in the center of each stephanotis. Like this bouquet, but imagine stephanotis throughout:

The bridesmaids will have white carnation pomanders that they'll carry on a black satin ribbon. Similar to this:

The groom's boutonniere will be white stephanotis and seeded eucalyptus, exactly like this:

The groomsmen and the fathers will all have miniature carnation boutonnieres. Our mothers will each carry white peony bouquets, like this:

sweetheart table?

I wanted to have the entire bridal party seated together at the head table. I just think it looks classier and Matt and I wanted to sit with all of our friends. But I found out the other day from the reception venue that if we're gonna do that then the table would be a long half moon shaped dealy, not a long rectangle. Which means I can't do a table runner on that kind of table. So here are my options: we can do a sweetheart table with a custom damask table cloth and the bridal party sits at other tables with their guests or we can do the weird shaped head bridal table with a custom damask overlay and everyone sits together. Either way I'll need to have some kind of table cloth custom made, it'll just be way less expensive if it's for a sweetheart table. What do you all think?

memory table

For my sister's wedding she had relatives read a poem and then light a candle to honor loved ones that have passed. It was so lovely and touching but I don't want to copy what she did so I've been looking for ideas. I'll definitely have our officiant mention their names but I think I'll also set up a memory table at the reception. I came across this great idea: escort cards with the loved ones name with a candle behind the card. I'll decorate the rest of the table with old photos. Here's the inspiration:

the salon

This is the salon where I'll be getting my hair/makeup/nails done at: http://www.maximusspasalon.com/
It's a full service high end salon. It's not in the ghetto, mom! It's at the Source Mall right across the street from the Chateau Briand. If you want to get all pretty with me let me know which services you'd like and I'll make all the appointments when the time comes.