Vendor Update

We finally have just about all of our vendors. We only have one more that we need to find--- a florist. Anyway, here is the almost-final list of those we've chosen to help make our wedding day amazing :)

• Venue: Normandy Farm
  
• Photographer: Lorraine Daley
  
• DJ/Ceremony Music/Lighting: Magical Sight & Sound Productions
  
• Hair: Dar Clinton
  
• Make-up: Cheekadee
• Florist: ???
  

Lots of wedding crafts are on the agenda for this weekend- and tomorrow we have an appointment to look at wedding rings at Nelson Coleman Jeweler!

DIY Wedding Stuff - Part II

I saw personalized water bottles a while back and thought they were such a cute idea to include in the welcome bags. It would be ridiculously expensive to buy these and pretty annoying to have them sitting around the house for months, so I decided to do the labels myself and put them on plain water bottles. I was so excited when I saw that another bride made a template, which I found on a blog called "Ruffled". The template saved me soooo much time, and I was able to modify it to make it look the way I wanted. I printed the images on sticker paper so I could just stick them directly on the bottles. Here are the pictures of the finished product. Pay attention to the nutrition information section- how cute is that? (You can click on the images to see a larger view)

DIY Wedding Stuff - Part I

All of this snow has given me a chance to catch up on some of my wedding projects, so I have lots to post today. I'm breaking this up into 2 posts so it's not so mashed together. Anyway, I completed the out of town booklet and here is a picture of the final product. I used the ribbon with our names/wedding date to tie them together.


I also worked on the cover for the program. I made some stickers with our name and wedding date and plan to put them on the front. It is pretty basic, but I wanted to keep it simple since the stamped designs on the corners take some time. Here's what they will look like:

Decisions Decisions

I think that we have finally decided on a DJ (Magical Sight & Sound). The bonus is that this company also does lighting and offers ceremony music. I think we've decided on a trio for our ceremony music. If you are wondering what that sounds like, click here and listen. At first we weren't sure if we wanted a solo, duo, or trio- but we decided that if we used a DJ during cocktail hour (instead of live music), then we could afford to go with the trio for the ceremony.

We are also planning to have pink uplighting to add some personalization/elegance and deduct from the neutral paint that is kind of boring. In case you're not familiar with uplighting (I wasn't until a few months ago), here are some pictures:

Wedding at Normandy

I found a video of a couple who got married at Normandy Farm in the Silos Ballroom (where we're getting married). You can't see all that much, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone was interested. This link takes you to a page of a bunch of videos, just scroll down until you find the one that says the reception was at Normandy. You might want to fast forward through the first half because the ceremony was not at Normandy.

Revisions to the Last Post

Well, my mom informed me of a few errors in my last post. Firstly, the suites run for $169 (I accidentally posted $159 in the last email). Secondly, the hospitality suite is not just for the night of the wedding. It will be available for the entire week (Wed - Sat) and stocked with drinks, snacks, etc.

Tasting

There actually isn't too much to say about the tasting- it was good, although there wasn't as much decor as I had anticipated. I was hoping to see more floral arrangements so I could decide if I'm going to use their in-house florist. At this point, I'm leaning toward no... We made some lodging decisions while we were there. There is the main hotel, with the standard rooms and there are also these "houses" outside of the main hotel, which house the suites. So, we reserved the entire "Carriage House", for the bridal party and parents of the bride/groom. So- when making your reservations, you will call Paul Junas (215)616-8506 directly and let him know which room # you will be reserving. We have a rough draft of which room will work best for whom, and will let you know your room #'s prior to booking. That way, we can all be in the same "house". The reason we're going to assign room #'s is because one room is going to be a hospitality room so everyone can have a place to hang out and get food/drinks/snacks/etc. after the wedding is over. Also, this room will be connected to my parents room, so we really had to map out who would be in what room to make sure that all of these plans fell into place. We got the suite rates knocked down to $159/nt (was $189/nt), so that's a nice bonus too! I'm going to post some pics of the rooms- although the quality is lacking on some because I took a few of them on my phone.

This isn't the Carriage House, but it is a picture of one of the "houses" where all the suites are located. This pic was actually taken to show that there's a nice little grassy area right outside our house if we ever wanted to hang out outside.

Bathroom in one of the downstairs rooms

I think this is the room we are planning to use as the hospitality room for those that want to hang out after the wedding:

Each room has a fridge and microwave:


Some of the upstairs rooms have the original beams exposed:


Although there aren't really any common areas in these houses, there is a cute little sitting area outside of the two rooms on the second floor: