The Guys – Wedding Update

Hey Friends!

This post has been a long time coming… This project was completed prior to our engagement pictures & before I found my dress… I have been meaning to post about the groomsmen but my fingers never did quite get around to doing the talking. I figured I should tell you about the rest of the Bridal Party before sharing our amazing engagement pictures.

In my defense I was waiting for one of them to get the card & open it before I publicized it to the world 😉 

Okay so the story with the groomsmen is that I asked Brent to formally ask each guy to be in the wedding party. Well this led to a lot of hemming & hawing by him and fake asking a few friends while mentioning the wedding, without truly asking people.

I was inspired by Kasey to make a wedding emblem for all our wedding updates. I plan on using it during our day as well! 

After a few months of him never making up his mind I decided to take matters into my own hands and create a card for him to send to the guys. I wanted to do something masculine but creative, which is really hard to do as a female, and so I went to work looking at Pinterest. I found a few different ideas but nothing really stuck, until I saw this card on Etsy.

I set to work on my computer with a word document and clip-art I was able to re-create a similar but different card for the guys. Seriously guys this was super easy, and probably took me 2 hours tops to make the design (this includes all my edits, redo’s and positional corrections). The hardest part about the cards were figuring out the alignment so that I could fold them and the lettering would be right side up and not upside down.

For the Ring Bearer I wanted to send him the same card, but it needed to be U-21 appropriate so I did a little modification to the card and wah-la a card fit for a kid!

The best part about this card was the voicemail I got from my cousin after he opened it. He is a 1st grader and beyond adorable. The voicemail goes something like this “I am excited to be your ring bearer…. and I like ROOT BEER!!…” it was the best. Now we just need to make sure that there is some root beer available for this little guy the day of the wedding!

I love the bow tie on the bottle neck!

I loved how these cards turned out but apparently the paper I got didn’t love them back and smeared a little when they arrived to their final destinations. SO a word to the wise, make sure it is a LASER printer not an Ink Jet.

Brent Party includes:
Shane – his Best Man & best friend from school & football
Ben – Friend since Middle School
Chris – High School friend…Chris also opened his house to us when we first moved to Rockford, and was a great friend to us when we lived there
Josh – High School & Rockford Friend
Robert – My brother (and the reason this post is delayed… not really but I can blame him right?!)
Evan – my youngest cousin and the ring bearer!

These cards are some of my favorite things, so I am linking up with Katie, Heather and Clare for some Friday Favorite love!

Alright I will be back SOON with our engagement picture post!

What is your favorite kind of Root Beer?
Have you ever recreated an Etsy inspiration? 

Wedding Wednesday – Venue

Hey Yo!!

Popping in for a quick wedding update and interruption from the previously planned GPP recap. I hope you all enjoyed Keri’s post as much as I did yesterday. She has such a sweet passion for life and I am so glad she decided to stop by and share some of her passion with you and me.

Today I wanted to pop in and give you some scoop on our wedding plans!!

After a few weeks of stressing, searching and researching venues in Ann Arbor I decided that the only way to make a decision would be to go and see/feel the places in real life. Nothing looks like it does on the internet in person so I knew I would have a good decision after spending a few minutes in the buildings.

I had narrowed our choices down to two locations. 1. A local park with a barn and farm house on the property which is rented out for parties. I loved the fact that the barn was very rustic on the outside but finished and clean on the inside. I ALSO loved that there was a balcony that I could see myself throwing my bouquet from here. 2. A historic building that was used by Henry Ford for soybean harvesting and is located in the town my mother grew up in. I knew the building was beautiful and the pictures online were fantastic. The reviews we read were a little disheartening for BOTH locations so let the heart do the walking 🙂

We went to both, liked both, but LOVED one. As soon as we walked in the building we all (Brent, Me, Dad, Step Mom) gasped and ooh’d/ahhh’d. There were a few (minor) negatives that we identified but overall the 4 of us could only say “this is soooo pretty” or “oooooo did you see this, can you see how pretty this will be in the spring”. I was really excited and increasingly nervous. Y’ALL this is real this was the first big wedding decision that we made and it.was.a.big.one. 

After looking around we went and talked dates. Y’all I never thought after getting engaged that looking for dates OVER a year in advance would be such a tricky process but let.me.tell.you places go QUICK and that can easily stress a sister out. I asked about May 2015, and there was only a couple dates remaining which were already occupied at the Church, so we moved to JUNE and there was ONE SINGLE Saturday available. I said “write me down, hold my spot & I will call you!” then I quickly called the church & sent an email when I didn’t get through. Seriously stressed out sister table for one. 

Monday morning I got the good news, the church was available on that day!!!

WAAAAAAHOOOOOOO!!!!

OH did you expect this to be the part where I tell you where and when?

OKAY OKAY!!!

JUNE 13, 2015

Wellers Carriage House

Gardens & Gazebo where cocktails & dancing will take place

Interior of the Carriage House!!!

The Bar… this won Brent over 🙂

I just love the history of this room!

So thats that folks! We’ve set a date and picked a place. Now to just start playing with the details… But first this girl is going to enjoy knowing I get to marry THIS GUY next summer 🙂

 

Until next time, I wish you all happy and healthy days filled with love and laughter.

 

 

 

I’d Love To Know ~

Anyone getting married or have an anniversary on June 13th?

What is your favorite color & WHY!? 🙂 I am sick of talking about me!

Have you ever ate a soybean?