Sun Moon Stars Girl )-(

Welcome to my little place to vent…

Another wedding task - meeting with the florist. We headed over after a brief stop at our reception hotel, and Kris met Gina Martin, who is super and took us on a(nother) tour of the hotel.

First I should say that this was more daunting of a task than I’d first imagined, but Catherine Cotter, our wonderful florist at Somerset Hills Florist (also not in Somerset Hills, but close to our hotel in Basking Ridge), was wonderfullly nice and so helpful! I’m looking forward to working with her over the next few months.

I’d decided a few things a while back. First of all, absolutely no roses. They’re everywhere - and to me, they’re no longer the “it” flower. I guess now they’re a “classic” look, but I want a lot of this wedding to be slightly different than the norm. So my bouquet will instead contain blue and purple irises, which are my favorite flower. Continuing with the “traditions” I’m including stephanotis (the “wedding flower”) in my bouquet. It will most likely look like a combination of the two bouquets to the right.

I’d also decided that hydrangeas would be a perfect flower to use, since its many ranges of color include periwinkle. Since I also know from my science background the range of these colors goes from blue to pink (depending on the acidity of the soil they are grown in), I thought this would be another great way to coordinate my maids without making them look like badly-made duplicates. They’ll all be carrying the same flower, with the main difference being the color (sort of like these bouquets to the left): Laura will have the pink hydrangeas, while Jerilyn has the purple and Valerie the blue. Their bouquets will be flushed out with blue dyed Bombay orchid (another favorite of mine) and volkenfreiden to tie them together. All the bouquets will be round and tied together with a platinum ribbon. We’re not allowed to throw anything in the church, so the flower girl will be carrying a white silk-covered basket with an arrangement of her own. The remainder of the important women will be wearing some sort of corsage. Those details will be ironed out later.

The men will all have boutonnieres of hybrid blue delphinium, and Kris will be distinguished from them, but matching me with a boutonniere also containing stephanotis. Simple enough, right?

Not done yet! There’s still the decorations for the ceremony and reception, not to mention the aisle runner! Can we use the paper one or must we use the linen? We’ve to to talk to the church to decide! How many pews are in the church? How many and what kind of decorations do we want? I’d like something simple, but I’d also like to try to save some money and split costs with another wedding on the same day at the church. The problem there is that so far Kris and my wedding is the only one that day! We decided, for the time being, on something simple, clean lines, and white. Probably a few pews with flowers, and alternating pews with bows or just left plain (the church is too big to decorate every single pew). As far as the reception, I wanted something low and small for the tables, so that guests can see over it and still be able to talk to one another. I guess there’s still a lot to decide but we have some major things worked out, and I’m sure Catherine will be helpful. All we have to do now is send her a deposit!