Okay, well, we're not really going to a chapel. But still!
I'm sure many of you remember my post about a year and a half ago when I announced that Lindsey had finally popped the question. I said no yes, of course! We didn't start planning anything until March or so of this year, when I was chatting to Ty one day and mentioned I was researching wedding vows for a story I was writing - and it hit me that Lindsey was graduating in May. We'd said we would plan it for after she graduated, so it seemed silly to wait any longer... and here we are today!
I'm sure many of you have also noticed from things I've said in other posts here (or from my LJ) that the wedding is coming up - in fact, it's next Saturday! Eek! I can't believe how fast it's gotten here since the simple planning stages in March! It's pretty freaky, but also pretty exciting!
So I thought I'd share some of the plans :D Originally, we planned to have the ceremony at this lovely gazebo in the park - and these pictures were taken in the dreariness of early April, so that picture doesn't really do it justice. I've wanted to get married in a gazebo since I was a little kid, so it was very special to me... but as I'm sure some of you saw in RLAATOW, the city of Lenexa thought it'd be fun to hold a SPINACH FESTIVAL (of all fucking things!) at that park, around the gazebo, on September 6th >> So we got in touch with the city of Lenexa, and switched to plan B, and now our ceremony will be at another park in the city, on this lovely pagoda-style bridge overlooking the brand new lake:
(the black corners are not due to photoshop. It's due to the fact that my shutter was stuck when I took the pictures xD oops)
It may not be a gazebo, but it is -very- beautiful, so we're pretty happy with that!
The reception will be at Lindsey's parents house, in their rather huge back yard, which is very well-shaded and has plenty of room for tables. My mom, being awesome, made all the centerpieces and the wedding favors, and she's just been awesome with planning - considering she's 630 miles away! It will be a very small ceremony and reception - we just have 39 people attending, including Lindsey and I, but that's exactly how we wanted it, so it's good.
Oh, our colors are ivory, sage green, and earthy tan and greys - everything's very earthy and natural! Our wedding favor is even a daffodil bulb that'll be wrapped in recycled paper to give out. How cute is that? I'd post a photo of the invitations I made, but I don't have one right now... but I will take one to share!
The most exciting part of the wedding is the NC's very own Ty and Joey are coming! I'm so excited about this, more than anything else! We haven't seen Ty since last September, a few weeks after my surgery, since she moved to California (I MISS YOU ;_;) and we've never had the chance to meet Joey, so both of them coming to our wedding (and not just to be guests, but to be our bridesmaids!) is beyond exciting. I pick them up from the airport around noon next Friday - EEE I can't wait!
And the day after the wedding, the four of us plus any of our guests that want to are going to the Kansas City RenFaire, which we thought would be a nice touch to go along with our earthy theme! Besides, RenFest is awesome :3
I ... don't have anything else to share right now, but I thought some people might be curious about the details xD I will post pictures of the invitations and what not soon, when I'm not in the middle of using a cleansing mask on my face (and arms). I guess some girls really do go a bit beauty-nuts in the days before their wedding ;D
