Well there is just over 2 months to the wedding. The invites are already out and waiting for the response cards to return. Our head count is a bit over so the sooner they come back the faster we can determine the true head count. We have about 70 confirmed going while we are waiting on responses of about the same. We planned for 100 so depending on what comes back determines if we have to increase the package to 125.
So we went home with the intension of getting the marriage license all taken care of as well as meet up with the ministry and coordinator. Well the last two items happened but the main object didn’t. When we booked the tickets to go home it was 3months exactly to the wedding which according to Access PEI was the earliest we could go get it. Well when we went to make the appointment they said it was 90 days not 3 months and we were 2 days early!!!! No I am not kidding!!! So we have an appointment on the Tuesday before the wedding to get the license. The lady said as long as you have all the necessary information/documentation it will only take 20ish minutes to obtain.
The girls dresses are in, Tena is going to pick them up in a couple of weeks in Delueth, MN. I really hope these dresses are going to work for they are non refundable. The girls didn’t get a chance to try them on and are working form the website. We don’t even know if they will look good on them. We can only hope!!
I go in for my first fitting here on the 22nd. In order to do so I need to have all my undergarments and shoes ready. My dress is a corset back with gives some wiggle room should my weight fluctuate. Since I bought the dress last year the dress is a bit loose on me regardless how tight I tie it, so hopefully they can bring it in correctly so I have the nice looking back!!!
Kevin and the boys still have to go in and pick out they tuxes. This isn’t a big issues since they are only renting from Moores.
We have finalized our wedding ceremony and it has been mother approved. We didn’t want a long wedding so looking at it how all done we believe it will be around 30-40mins which isn’t too bad.
While we were home we stopped in at the photographers to do our test shots. I must say I REALLY had my smile but we managed to get a nice one of the two of us for the engagement announcement for the paper. We have been dragging our feet on this matter. That is on the list of items to be done this coming week.
We have been slowly picking up items, cake cutter, jewelry, some of the gifts. Hopefully get all the gifts purchase and in so we do not need to worry about that part any longer.
We have just finalized the mandatory dance songs. It took us a long time for the cake cutting one. We just could fine the right one, but after a couple nights sitting playing youtube videos they are all done.
With time fastly approaching we wanted to ensure all our out of town guest has their accommodation. On the invites we mentioned Stanley Bridge, however when it came time to book they only had 3 rooms. Well that is not going to work when there is 5 families come from Toronto alone. So started looking around and found two places in the area of the wedding. Since most of the people just need a place to lay their heads they decided to go with the cheapest and closest. They decided on the New London Motel. I first called to see if they had any rooms and they didn’t believe they had any books so that was great. I explained the wedding and needing out of town housing. So within a 3 day span all the Toronto crew and my family were all booked into the motel. The motel has 10 units in total…well was have booked 9 of them. Either way, that was great in getting everyone set except we didn’t find a place for ourselves. After talking to a couple people we managed to rent a summer home for 3 nights a couple minutes from the wedding. It is a three bedroom house which is great so that provides accommodations for us as well as Mike and Karla’s family.
So that is how things are going here. It won’t be long and we will be on the island for this big event.
So the invitations took a bit longer then we expected. The invites are all printed, however I still have to spend some good quality time at staples doing the cutting. Will likely go get all the brown cards cut in half tomorrow. We finally found a color sceam that I liked that printed correctly. Once the cards are all cut then it will be time to start adding the details. We are going to put a ribbon on the card that is going to be sealed with wax. We have yet to find the color of wax we want for a reasonable price. But once we find the color and get that order will then pull the cards all together with their envelopes so we can put them aside until we have our guest list finalized.
We have also been looking at save the date cards, we decided we will do a post card. This way it doesn’t require an envelope. We have it all designed however haven’t finalized on the printer. If the placed would only enable a sample to be printed before we order the bulk order.
Wedding favors have been put on the back burner. I have come up with a couple of ideas of jars/cans but I can’t decide so Tena and I have talked about getting together some long weekend. So may wait until that happens so I can get her option.
The cake maker has been tested and provided the deposit. Now I have to decide on the design and the type of cakes to be used.
We decided to use sandpiperstudios.com. This is the same company Kev’s friend Angela used for her wedding and really liked his prints.
At some point Kev and I have to create our wedding ceremony, determine what is been sung/played.
So things are coming together. Everything that needs to be booked are booked, now just need to finalize on the details.
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