We have reached 100 days and counting

Today marks 100 days until the big day and things are still going really smoothly. Last weekend Erica and Ross drove out to the Penn Yan area to meet with some florists. One was a florist shop in near by Geneva (that we learned later Tim's father had worked for way back in the day) and the other was shop in Penn Yan. They came up with lots of great ideas but luckily while their ideas based on what I like were similar, they were different enough to be able to pick between the two florists. The bouquets had changed a bit from what was discussed in Buffalo but I love the ideas and the simplicity as I think it will go well with our casual wedding. The bouquet will be made up of bright yellow and pink gerber daisies with a very simple wrap, but it will be jazzed up a bit with the inclusion of two rhinestone butterflies (I love the sparkle!). The Penn Yan florist showed Erica a bright rainbow colored rose that she thought I might like from my description of wanting bright colors and loving a rainbow feel.

While I loved the flower, I just thought a whole bouquet of it would be way too busy and since Tim thought it was neat and unique, we decided to have his boutonniere be made from the rose. So I'm really excited that this last vender has been picked and things are moving along on that front.

We also have settled on our favors and have started moving along on that topic. We were toying around with the idea wine glasses and finally decided to go with that along with personalized wine charms so that everyone could (if they wanted to) use their glasses that night and not get confused plus they could serve as a sort of name tag/place card (though we aren't having assigned seating). Another bonus was that it's a DIY project I could do here :) So we spent an afternoon trying to find all the pieces we'd need to make them. We had seen some tag charms on Oriental Trading (sort of prompted the idea) but we were worried about the quality. But after trying a few different shops (even specialized bead/jewelry making stores) we couldn't find anything that would allow us to personalize a charm. We did, however, find some nice beads to go along with the charms. So we ended up ordering the charms from OT and they just came today. They are actually a lot nicer than I thought, so this weekend will be spent making wine charms!

On another DIY topic, we bought the supplies for and begun designing our programs. The sample one has turned our really nicely we just need to finalize the wording and add a bit more color and we can print those out. Sadly they can't be assembled until they get to Rochester for ease of transport. It's just nice being able to finalize ideas we've been tossing around.

Finally the last development of the past two weeks is that we've nailed down a location and day for the NJ party. It will be at a nice local golf course near my parent's house on 9/10/11 at 12. I find that date rather fun though I would have preferred the following weekend since it's right after Labor Day and we'll be flying on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 but at least security should be really good that day . . .

I think that's it for now but totally expect pictures of the charms as we'll want to show off our crafting skills :)