Food, Flowers, & Fun!

Over the last couple weeks there have been some major decisions made about the wedding and reception. Probably the biggest decision so far has been going with Mossman's for the catering.

Patrick, Nancy, my mom, and I all met with Lori and Rick to discuss our menu and price options for the reception. After it was all said and done, we decided to go with two main course choices : tri-tip & chicken strips...yumm! If you know me, you know I am a very picky eater, so the chicken strips are my choice (along with my dad's). We will have two salads. They will most likely be some version of a green salad and a fruit salad. For sides, we will be having Mossman's awesome bread rolls and twice baked potatoes! So yummy! This dinner will be buffet style. They gave us a great deal! We are also getting actual plates to use from them, along with silverware, salt & pepper shakers, glassware, and a beverage station including water, tea, and coffee! The people from Mossman's will also be clearing the plates from the table! The extras are thanks to Patrick's mom, Nancy! Thanks Nancy!

The next item on the agenda was my florist. I originally had no idea who I'd be going with, but after quite a few suggestions, my mom and I decided to meet with Janice from Janice's Wild Flower Cottage. She was very nice and very budget savy! We decided on using fuschia pink and orange roses for the center pieces. The centerpieces will vary from table to table between tall and short arrangements. We saw some examples of her work with the taller arrangement and it is beautiful! Each centerpiece with have about 12 roses! The shorter arrangments will be set-up in a square shaped vase! The bridesmaids bouquets will have an assortment of fuschia pink and orange roses, along with some kind of purple flower! My bouquet will be solid pink roses! We also went with two medium sized arrangements for the ceremony stage. The groomsman's boutaniers will be a single pink rose with a little greenery (no baby's breath per Patrick's request). The petals I want to use to line the aisle at the ceremony and put on my cake will be provided by me because they will be much cheaper for me to get them at like Costco, according to Janice. And she is totally right because I can order 100 stems of hot pink roses for 99.99! That's awesome! We also decided to have the mom's carry a single rose (per my mom's request). My mom is also attempting to make flower balls to line the aisle way at the ceremony. She is trying it out using styrofome balls and fake flowers to cut costs! We will see how it turns out!

Lastly is the candy table we will be having! This will actually be our party favor for our guests. We will provide a little holder or bag with our name and date of the wedding imprinted on them. Then the guests get to fill their candy bag with whatever candy they choose! We have been on an apothecary jar rampage lately! These jars will look so beautiful with the tooling and lighting on the table. To add a personal twist, we are thinking of asking our parents what their favorite candies are, as well as ours, and labeling that candy with things like "Kim's Favorite," so the guests have a connection to us through their favor!

Can you tell I'm excited yet??

Everybody loves cake!

Today my mom and I met with the lady who will be making my wedding cake! Her name is Paulette Heguilustoy and she has been making cakes for many years here in town. She works out of her home and is the sweetest lady! She is giving us such a good deal for a cake that I know will look and taste amazing!

I had never really given much thought to what my cake would look like, other than the fact that it had to have buttercream icing and actual white cake in the middle. So, I guess you could say I wasn't THAT picky! I also did not want to spend an obscene amount of money on the cake because it will, of course, be eaten! With all of these factors in mind, I decided to meet with Paulette because she has a long history with my family of making all our cakes for large events! Not to mention her cakes also taste absolutely great!

After viewing many pictures of Paulette's gorgeous work, I decided to go with a 3 tier cake(14"-10"-6"). We will not be serving from the top layer because we will be saving that :) There will also be sheets of cake because the tiers we will actually be serving from only serve to about 140 people total, and we have an estimated guest list of 200. Having the sheets of cake really help in cutting cost.

Paulette is known for her fabulous decorative floral work on the cake. She uses fresh flowers all over the cake and on the cake table as well. The top of the cake will have the initial "B" cake topper, along with light green or white hydrangeas mixed with little flowers that match the bright colors of our wedding. For every ledge of the tiers of the cake, there will be rose petals filling them. These will most likely be fuschia pink rose petals. She is also mixing in the blues and purples with mini gerber daisies and delphiniums. It's going to be beautiful!

The inside of the cake will be white with buttercream icing as the filling in the layer! So delicious!

I never thought I would be this excited about my cake, but I so am! Throughout the whole meeting, I just wanted to have a bite of cake! Can't wait for you all to taste it!

(The pictures above are of Paulette's business card and the cake she made for my parent's 25th wedding anniversary!)

Next on the agenda is meeting with florists. Paulette recommended a few that sound reasonable and do great work!

We are also going to be scheduling a meeting with Mossman's for catering and will be dropping off the deposit for our photographer (Amanda Frank @ Frankly Yours) soon! Yay!