weddinged

Monday, November 10, 2008

party!

While we would ideally like to have our "party" at the home of either his parents or my own, neither house would really allow for the type of gathering that we are thinking of having. I mentioned Nestldown in a previous post, but that's a bit of a fantasy. Here are a few other ideas off the top of my head:

Boaventura Vineyards
Livermore, CA

(It has a red barn and a bocce ball court!)

Landmarks Art & Garden Center
Tiburon, CA

Pema Osel Ling Mountain Retreat
Watsonville, CA

strike a pose

PosePrints.com allows you to create customized stationary in minutes with look-alike "poses." I made this one for fun:

I like the idea of sending a single save-the-date type postcard as the entire wedding invitation, with all of the RSVP, driving directions, lodging, and registry info online. PosePrints cards are $2 each, but since we only plan to have maybe 50 people attend the wedding, it might be a relatively inexpensive stationary idea.

greeeeen

I love this entire board from Kathryn at Snippet & Ink

I think regardless of the season, green will be the main color in my design palette, in one shade or another. I like green, purple, and brown for fall, winter, and spring weddings and green, yellow, and cream for summer.

CHUPPA!

We are not Jewish, but I have always wanted a chuppa at my wedding:

The chuppa represents two things:

the home that the couple will build together - the "home" lacks furniture as a reminder that home is made up of the people within it, not the possessions
openness and hospitality

Beautiful!