As many of you know by now, I've tried making the wedding info & RSVP as cost-effective and automated as possible. Save the Date e-mails, online RSVPs and, well, basically online everything!
There's this little item on our wedding web site that allows you to submit a music request.
I know, I know...bombtastic.
We've had a few requests, however if you want to dance and don't see your favorites here - then get submitting!
Here's a glimpse at a few we've received thus far:
Dance to the Music, Sly & The Family Stone
Lucky, Jason Mraz
Footloose, Kenny Loggins
Thriller, Michael Jackson
Three Little Birds, Bob Marley
Home to Carolina, Grasscats
Elvira, Oak Ridge Boys
Safe in New York City, AC/DC
Call Me Al, Paul Simon
All My Friends, LCD Soundsystem
Beast of Burden, Rolling Stones
We want everyone to enjoy the evening...so keep sending your requests!
p.s. I wonder if wedding's ever do Karaoke...hmmmm
8.16.2012
8.14.2012
Summer Break, Right?
Bloggers get a summer vacation too, right? Ah, good - that's what I thought!
A lot has occured since my last post. First things first, congratulations to my totally amazing and fabulous sister and her new fiance. Those two are great together and I couldn't be more excited! She's my heart & soul and I'm ecstatic to see her so happy.
And now...let update central begin!
Wedding Registry
March was just the beginning. Since our initial registry day, I do believe it has evolved and will probably continue to evolve until the wedding day. And by "evolve," I mean me continually removing items and adding new items. I tell ya, it's a fun way to shop without spending any money! Carl doesn't really get it...but I know he's pleased with the fact that it keeps me from actual $$ spending :)
Dessert
After selecting our dinner menu, we had to put some thought into what we wanted for the dessert. Knowing neither of us are huge cake fans - it was easy to rule that out. H.O.W.E.V.E.R. the difficult part comes down to this one fact:
**My love in life, besides shoes & cheese, is dessert.**
Seriously, how is a girl supposed to narrow something so wonderful down to just one itty bitty thing?!! My dream dessert would actually be an all dessert wedding with no actual dinner. That would be just heavenly.
After more thought, Carl & I narrowed dessert down to our mutual taste for cheesecake. Our dessert will be set up in tiers with a 6-inch vanilla cheesecake on the top tier and mini cheesecake bites on the next two tiers.
And then...
I met with the dessert chef and discussed one of my favorite childhood memories with her and she was able to relay that into a special, unique dessert that I am so excited to share with everyone. This one is staying a surprise - but I just love it. Look for it on the bottom tier of the desserts :) Yummo!
Showers Galore
Going into this whole wedding thing, I wanted to play it low-key and that also included avoiding any type of shower charade. Well...I've had two engagement party/wedding showers and they were both very pleasant surprises. To be honest, I struggle a bit with being the sole center of attention, it's a bit awkward. However, everyone has been so wonderful and Carl & I have been super stoked to get the families aquainted. We're both so lucky to have such awesome people around us...even IF we had to feed each other cake in front of my entire family :)
Special "cheers" to all the awesome family friends I met this past weekend. Talk about a great group of people that made me feel instantly connected. So great.
Wedding Dress Worries...Pish Posh
Back in July, my wedding dress came in. So my friend Abbey, her awesome, awesome mother and I went to try it on. It had been so long since I first ordered it that I had begun to worry the dress would be too large to alter or worse yet - ugly!
We arrived in the parking lot and were greeted by the Abbey's mom's bright smile. After a few hugs, we walked in and they brought my dress out. Seeing it again reminded me how much I liked it...but then, I tried it on and decided I never ever wanted to take it off. I felt like I did the day Carl proposed to me...I hope I feel that way periodically throughout my life as Mrs. Wierer :) So happy that I can feel it in my bones from my toes to my fingers to the top of my head!
Flowers
Sooooo...I've been going back & forth on what to do about flowers. Being in October, any flower I actually like wouldn't be in season. What to do? One day I was at a craft store looking for materials to make our flower girls floral crowns. Oh by the way, we are going to have THE CUTEST flower girls ever. Hannah & Alice have adoreable personalities and add that to cute headbands, cute dresses that they are picking out and two white heart balloons and you have cute overload. I promise you this.
Anyways, getting back on topic - I was at the craft store and started playing around with flowers. By 9:00 PM that night, I had a bridal bouquet and maid-of-honor bouquet made! Saved tons of money, got exactly the type of flowers I wanted and have a forever keepsake. Done and done!
The Look Ahead
Recently, I've been concerned with my vision of the wedding. I really want it to be just a laid-back day with our closest family & friends. I decided to do minimal decorating and have mostly focused on food and music. Sometimes I wonder if it's better to be like other brides and have everyone matching, lots of decor and tons of details.
Carl assures me we will love it. Sidenote: But he has to say that! He's the fiance!
In reality, I know it's going to be a great day and, much to my dismay, I've already shed some happy tears in front of groups of peope (think wedding showers)...I can just imagine the happy tears that are yet to come. Ugh, what is happening to "tough" Sara!?!
I can only hope the wedding will turn out just like this.
A lot has occured since my last post. First things first, congratulations to my totally amazing and fabulous sister and her new fiance. Those two are great together and I couldn't be more excited! She's my heart & soul and I'm ecstatic to see her so happy.
And now...let update central begin!
Wedding Registry
March was just the beginning. Since our initial registry day, I do believe it has evolved and will probably continue to evolve until the wedding day. And by "evolve," I mean me continually removing items and adding new items. I tell ya, it's a fun way to shop without spending any money! Carl doesn't really get it...but I know he's pleased with the fact that it keeps me from actual $$ spending :)
Dessert
After selecting our dinner menu, we had to put some thought into what we wanted for the dessert. Knowing neither of us are huge cake fans - it was easy to rule that out. H.O.W.E.V.E.R. the difficult part comes down to this one fact:
**My love in life, besides shoes & cheese, is dessert.**
Seriously, how is a girl supposed to narrow something so wonderful down to just one itty bitty thing?!! My dream dessert would actually be an all dessert wedding with no actual dinner. That would be just heavenly.
After more thought, Carl & I narrowed dessert down to our mutual taste for cheesecake. Our dessert will be set up in tiers with a 6-inch vanilla cheesecake on the top tier and mini cheesecake bites on the next two tiers.
And then...
I met with the dessert chef and discussed one of my favorite childhood memories with her and she was able to relay that into a special, unique dessert that I am so excited to share with everyone. This one is staying a surprise - but I just love it. Look for it on the bottom tier of the desserts :) Yummo!
Showers Galore
Going into this whole wedding thing, I wanted to play it low-key and that also included avoiding any type of shower charade. Well...I've had two engagement party/wedding showers and they were both very pleasant surprises. To be honest, I struggle a bit with being the sole center of attention, it's a bit awkward. However, everyone has been so wonderful and Carl & I have been super stoked to get the families aquainted. We're both so lucky to have such awesome people around us...even IF we had to feed each other cake in front of my entire family :)
Special "cheers" to all the awesome family friends I met this past weekend. Talk about a great group of people that made me feel instantly connected. So great.
Wedding Dress Worries...Pish Posh
Back in July, my wedding dress came in. So my friend Abbey, her awesome, awesome mother and I went to try it on. It had been so long since I first ordered it that I had begun to worry the dress would be too large to alter or worse yet - ugly!
We arrived in the parking lot and were greeted by the Abbey's mom's bright smile. After a few hugs, we walked in and they brought my dress out. Seeing it again reminded me how much I liked it...but then, I tried it on and decided I never ever wanted to take it off. I felt like I did the day Carl proposed to me...I hope I feel that way periodically throughout my life as Mrs. Wierer :) So happy that I can feel it in my bones from my toes to my fingers to the top of my head!
Flowers
Sooooo...I've been going back & forth on what to do about flowers. Being in October, any flower I actually like wouldn't be in season. What to do? One day I was at a craft store looking for materials to make our flower girls floral crowns. Oh by the way, we are going to have THE CUTEST flower girls ever. Hannah & Alice have adoreable personalities and add that to cute headbands, cute dresses that they are picking out and two white heart balloons and you have cute overload. I promise you this.
Anyways, getting back on topic - I was at the craft store and started playing around with flowers. By 9:00 PM that night, I had a bridal bouquet and maid-of-honor bouquet made! Saved tons of money, got exactly the type of flowers I wanted and have a forever keepsake. Done and done!
The Look Ahead
Recently, I've been concerned with my vision of the wedding. I really want it to be just a laid-back day with our closest family & friends. I decided to do minimal decorating and have mostly focused on food and music. Sometimes I wonder if it's better to be like other brides and have everyone matching, lots of decor and tons of details.
Carl assures me we will love it. Sidenote: But he has to say that! He's the fiance!
In reality, I know it's going to be a great day and, much to my dismay, I've already shed some happy tears in front of groups of peope (think wedding showers)...I can just imagine the happy tears that are yet to come. Ugh, what is happening to "tough" Sara!?!
I can only hope the wedding will turn out just like this.
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