Wedding Cake

Having a destination wedding is more of a relaxed type of wedding. Not only because you will be going away and in many cases overseas, but what I am referring to now is the planning of it. It’s not necessary as much work as local weddings. Once you now what country, then narrow that down to the hotel / resort that you will be staying at, pretty much its easy sailing from there. Well it can be.
For instance, one of the things that doesn’t need much attention is the cake. Most hotels/resorts provide a wedding cake for the ceremony. Depending on how many guest you are bringing with you then you will have to pay for a bigger size cake than the one that they provide. But if you decide that the cake is just as important for the whole décor of wedding you may want to speak to the coordinator on site and ask what are your options. The hotel/resort might be able to make specific designs or there might be a local baker near the hotel/resort that you may make arrangements with.
But for the simple kind of couple you may just give the hotel/resort your wedding colors and have them coordinate the colors with the cake. Most give you a one tier and many times two tier cakes.
This will give it that touch to make it all go together.

Our Save the Date Magnet

Our Save the Date Cards turned out to be really cute and was inexpensive.

I was looking for something tropical to reflect the destination. Though I did find many nice ones and I liked the one of the sand that I published 2 days ago, I had a little poem that I wanted to put on the card and it was not going to fit.

I also was looking around at the idea of our photograph on the image but what I ended up doing was looking through my archives of vacation photos and found this picture of the beach with a coconut tree on the side that I actually took in the Dominican Republic.

Perfect I thought.

So, we decided to make them ourselves.

But it wasn’t easy. The image was not in its best condition to use as the background image on the card because certain places on the photograph were a little dark because of the shadow so the lettering that I wanted over it was not showing. I used Adobe Photoshop to assist me on this one. And it turned out great. I played around with the colors to use for the letters that would be over the image, the font size and font style. From there it was smooth sailing. We went to Staples and picked up a box of magnets. The magnets come pre-cut to size with a peel off back. Print the image on a glossy finish business card paper and stick that to the magnet.

If you enjoy arts and crafts it actually is fun to do. To finish up the product and give it that professional look, we purchased glassine envelope, magnet holder and linen envelope from Save the Date Magnet, all for $.25 each. What a great deal for that elegant touch.

Creative Impulse

I have been thinking about the set up at the ceremony and though I know that the hotel takes care of that, I have been thinking that I want to add my own touch to it.

Do you remember me saying that I was really not into the wedding planning and I wanted everything simple and just get married. That has gone out the window, because here I am getting more and more creative with it.

Once I put my hands on something I like to always give it my all. And I love glamour; it is a way of expressing beauty. This is my opportunity to express us.

This is why throughout my blogging I will be sharing with you ideas that I come across and I think are great, even if I am not necessarily using it in my wedding ceremony or wedding reception but you may like it and might want to incorporate it in your wedding plans.
So Stay Tuned…

Would you like a Martha Stewart Dream Wedding on the Today Show

How about that..

Martha Stewart and The "Today" show is having a Martha Stewart Wedding and you may be the lucky winner!!!

Heck I may be the lucky winner.
There are a few rules to play this game but it is totaly worth the try.

They are looking for a good personal story... of course they want the story.. the jucier the better...
A talented and creative couple will win the Dream Wedding desgined by Martha Stewart. They will pick four couples and then allow America to decide who should be the winning couple.

When I came across this, I thought....
of course of myself.. I will enter the challenge.....

but I also thought of you, my readers.. I don't think it should be kept a secret.. There is a chance for everyone.

I am all about spreading the love.
Good Luck to You!!!

Here is the link for a chance to Win a Dream Wedding, here you can read all the rules and regulations and fill out the application.
*Deadline is July 27th.

Save the Date Magnet

After much research, I really liked the idea of magnets for the save the date cards. I thought that this way people are able to post the cards on their refrigerator and they are more than likely to remember the wedding day.

I originally was going to get this one on the photograph above from Save the Date Magnet . I had a few questions for them when I was on my deciding stage and they got back to me promptly. For $2 they offer a save the date magnet card sample which arrived very quickly. It is packaged nicely in a glassine envelope which is a plastic that protects the image from getting scratched up, placed on a card holder to keep the magnet in place once you put it into the linen envelope. The overall product was of great quality and the image is a nice glossy photo finish.

Save the Date Cards

Save the Date Cards are very useful in allowing couples to know that the people most important to them would be aware of the day that they have chosen to tie the knot. This helps your guests to mark their calendars. They are especially great for destination weddings because it helps the guests prepare in advance for this significant date.
These cards are sent out months before, many times as early as the couples have made arrangements with the location where the venue would be held. These cards do not have much information on them besides the date and informing them that it will be a destination wedding. It is best when kept simple. It is nice when the image of the card is tied with what your theme would be, like seashells or palm trees. Many times it is too far in advance that you are yet not sure what the theme would be and if there would be a theme at all, in this case you may opt for a card with your photograph on it and maybe a calendar of the month of the event.

The Biggest Wedding Day Ever!

July 7, 2007

Playing with the Lucky 7

Today is the busiest day Las Vegas has ever seen. The hotels are hosting up to 3 times the normal wedding ceremonies for any given day. It is recorded as the busiest day for weddings in history, even greater than for the Millennium.

Many couples feel that adding the lucky seven to their occasion is the ultimate jackpot. Many couples showcased the number 7 in which ever way they can think of. I hear that Limousines with license plates with three 7’s were a hot commodity and even hotel rooms with 7 in it. This day is a hot wedding day all over the country.

Amongst the hotels and normal venues for weddings there are other public places that realized how popular this day was going to be and decided to host weddings as well. Amongst the many are Six Flags, Walmart Garden Centers, and Phoenix Zoo just to name a few. All 12 U.S. Six Flags are actually throwing a “Thrilled Ever After” celebration, featuring seven weddings at seven o’clock in the morning.

Well,
Congratulations to all the lucky seven marriages !!!!!!!

Let’s see what happens for next year with the number 8. I wonder if August 8, 2008 would get the same type of hype. In Chinese tradition the number eight is considered good luck.

Wedding Invitations

We have been working on our invitations, with 21 weeks to go we would like to have our invites out by next month the latest.

Traditionally, it is said that the invitations should be sent out about 2-3 months before the wedding day. Being that our wedding is a destination wedding, I would like our guest to receive the invites 3 months in advance. To allow them extra time to prepare. Another way to give your guests heads up of your destination wedding is through save the date cards. We sent out save the date cards earlier this year.
If you plan to have your invitations made with something fancy, like calligraphy or sending out for special paper, and they require extra time to make, it might be wise to plan ahead for this. Give yourself enough time to avoid any headaches. You may want to check with the print shop so that you may have the invitations ready by the time you would like them to go out.
You also need to keep in mind that you’ll need to get your response cards back in good enough time for the head count. This is useful for allowing you time to start labeling the place cards, know how your seating arrangements is going to be and counts for other things that you may want to take with you or need to know for the reception. Ideally people say to have at least 2 weeks in advance for the RSVP. We are going for 4 weeks in advance, because I would like the least amount of things to do as the day nears.