Monday, July 25, 2011

Menu meetings, dress fittings, timelines oh my!


So obviously there will be no pictures of the wedding gown but here is one from the engagement shoot, amazingly I managed to get up without any grass stains! My wedding gown is in, it looks amazing and I can't wait for everyone to see it!

With less that 11 weeks left to go I feel like deadlines and projects are starting to pick up! The invitations are in and the envelopes are out for calligraphy. After what felt like 4,000 revisions they are absolutely perfect and Stephanie from Kreative's has been beyond amazing and the invitations came out exactly as we (I) wanted them to!

The menu has been discussed yet not tasted, quite a tease. We had the menu meeting at 10am and by 11:30 I thought I was going to die of hunger from listening to all the delicious ideas, lets just say everyone will be very well fed on October 8th!

The timeline is a headache and mostly just something I would rather not think about. I HATE planning and details, I just want to have a party, drink champagne and be surround by people who I love and will tell me I look beautiful... much easier said than done. I didn't even think about deciding when dances will be had and who will give speeches when, should salad be served before the parent dance? I just figured it would all just happen as it should.

I am now attempting to make a list - for those of you who don' know, I am not a list person. Everyone keeps telling me it is easy now that the big things are done. I do not agree, the big things are easy - you need a date, you need a venue and you need a bridal party. Its the little minutia that pops out of nowhere and throws me off, who knew someone had to be responsible for making sure the groomsmen put their boutonnieres on correctly?!

Well I'm off to attempt a list....

Friday, July 8, 2011

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Wedding Transportation!


So being the non-detail oriented person I am, I figured people would get an invitation and figure out how to get to the church and to the reception.... silly Colleen, we need to transport them to and fro. Just in case you haven't logged hours googling transportation methods in Boston there are about a million. You can go by school bus, you can go by charter bus. You can go by Boston trolley, you can go by Ghosts & Gravestones trolley. You can charter a Segway tour, you can charter a duck boat and if you happen to be Jessica your fiance can suggest chartering a fleet of pedi-cabs and giving each driver a t-shirt with a picture of their assigned passengers on it....


After realizing that the school bus probably doesn't have a/c, the charter bus is way to big for the tiny side streets of Charlestown, the Duck Boat is probably more expensive than flying people and I don't think anyone wants the pedi-cab driver to own a t-shirt with their face on it we settled on the trolley. While I think the Ghosts & Gravestones trolley is awesome we figured the classic Old Town Trolley is probably best - plus if I can get the wedding party to pose for pictures like these awesome people it will all be well worth it!