Wedding Update: Three Months

The last month has flown by!  Here's what we've accomplished so far (updates are in blue)....
Extra updates are in pink!  I couldn't wait until the two month update to post some of this stuff.  It's kind of like how I write things on my to-do list after I've done them, just so I can have something to cross off.  :-)

Groom -  Michael Malone

Date - September 22, 2012

Wedding Venue - Raytown Christian Church (the church I grew up in)

Reception Venue - The VanNoy Mansion.  It's SOO pretty!

Colors -  Blue, White and Ivory

Gown - It's top secret....but I have it.  (I'm trying not to second guess my decision!!)

Shoes  - Holy frustration!!  I hate buying shoes.  And when it comes to wedding shoes....I hate it even more!  I have really long, really skinny feet.  Seriously, I wear a 10 narrow.  Let me just tell you how many cute shoes come in a 10 narrow.  Virtually NONE.  So I've been battling the shoe war.  I ordered six different pair of shoes on Amazon and not one of them fit me.  Yesterday Michael and I set out to find me some stinkin' shoes that fit!  And wouldn't you know?  I found them at our first stop!  Thank you DSW!!!!  I wanted blue shoes, and I actually found some that fit!!!

Now I have to find some shoes for the reception....because those suckers aren't going to make it past the ceremony!

Makeup - Thanks to a reference from a friend, I found a really sweet makeup lady.  I'm excited to have a run through with her so I can see what the end result will be!

Flowers - Garden Roses, Peonies, Hydrangea and Lisianthius

Maid of Honor - Meredith (my sister)

Bridesmaids - Three of my best friends in the world!!  See here.  

Bridesmaids Dresses -  We picked them out and have them ordered! Read about it here.  

Best Man - Andrew... A great friend of ours!  He was a co-conspirator in the proposal plan.

Groomsmen - Jason, Matt and Greg  (Obviously...they're all friends of the groom.)

Florist - Amy Cason  (She's a friend of mine and is absolutely phenomenal!)  Check out her work!

Engagement Photos -  My friend Allison (also a bridesmaid) took them for us.  Check them out here!

Wedding Photographer - Soo...apparently I know lots of people in the wedding business.  My friend Allison Carenza is doing those.  Again...she's phenomenal!  Here's a peek at her work.

Flower Girls - Georgia, my friend Courtney's daughter; Michael's niece Kyndall.  We've purchased both of their dresses and we're just waiting for them to come in!

Food - We booked our caterer!  We are excited to be using Brancato's Catering.  YUM!!!!  Now we're just waiting to see how many RSVPs we will receive.  Everything (and I mean everything)is based on our guest count.  Which means those RSVP cards are much more valuable than I ever realized!  After planning this wedding, I will always be prompt in returning my RSVP card to events!

Cake - We had three great cake tastings, and I agonized over this decision!!  But I finally decided on using Classic Cakes.  We're going to have a round, four-tier wedding cake.  We (really, I) had a terrible picking the flavor because they were all DELICIOUS!  So we ended up picking several different flavors for each tier of the cake.  We're a little worried about people taking more than one slice (if you've not purchased a wedding cake, it's priced - not cheaply - by the slice.  So this, too, is based on the guest count and has the potential to get really, really expensive.)  We're thinking of hiring security to monitor the cake table.  ;-)  Just kidding!!!!  As far as the cake decoration, no fondant for us!  We're going old school and doing a stucco icing.  This is an example of stucco.  

SO excited!!!  

DJ: I finally booked a DJ.  For some reason, those people don't return phone calls.  So when I found a company that seemed really professional and they actually returned my phone call, I booked them!  We're going with Complete Music DJ and Video.  If you've used them and they sucked....please don't tell me.  I've already put down my deposit!

Rentals: Our tables, linens, etc. are all booked.

Save the Dates: We've sent them out!  

Invitations: We're ordering them this week and hope to have them addressed and ready to go before I leave for China in July.

Wedding Website:  SchulzeAndMalone.ourwedding.com  Glad to have that up and running!
Registries:  I think our registries are finally finished!!  We registered at Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate & Barrel, and Macy's.  
Decorations: We're going up to the church this week to try out some decoration possibilities.  I'm such a visual person, that I need to see things set up before I'll know if I like it.  I'm not a fan of a traditional candelabra, but my friend/florist Amy has a couple that are very unique.  I'm pretty sure I'm going to love them!

Thankfully, things seem to be moving right on along!!

Next up:

*Reception shoes

*Mom's dress

*Groom's tuxes

*Mailing invitations!