15 Weeks to go!!!!
If you read the following …..Read as subject to change at any whim
we are planning to have a “Tea Reception” at the house.
This means all the old fashioned open-house “Victorian” tea / finger foods/ snack foods recipes
Meaning:
Victorian in spirit …not as fooffy, no need for hats or bustles & foods will be a variation on Victorian tea recipes…if anyone has recipes or wants to bring a dish please let me know
We will have Tea, maybe Punch, Coffee, etc…even J and I will most likely be toasting with sparkling juices not champagne. (not that we are against alcohol, plain and simple I can not afford it and it might relax us too much)
All foods will be what we like or want to make or that, hopefully, others decided to bring. Meaning it may have something you are allergic to, ASK if you are not sure of the ingredients, If it has something you are not allowed eat… DON’T eat it. With this large of a group please understand I can not accommodate for every allergy or religious dietary restriction.
Dress is CASUAL to garden/spring dress, wear Jeans if you want, all I ask is clean and what you could get by with wearing to visit grand parents.
Open house is a free flow style…Show up when you can, leave when you want, nothing formal. Snack throughout. There is no set time for cutting of the cake and toasting this will probably be an on going thing.
Wedding Gifts are strictly optional
(we are going to be registered somewhere I just do not know where yet)
I will need to sterilize/organize the house, and figure out how to decorate. I am trying to figure out how to decorate very basic (but still pretty) without using fooffy tulle or hearts… these are 2 things I dislike and would seem out of place in our reception but it seems that is all I can find for wedding décor…yuck
I have found a pattern for a dress that I like (simplicity # 5246… the pink one shown with selves). Now all I have to do is find a shop that carries the pattern, get the fabric (Sapphire Blue) and sew the thing.
I still have to find something for the munchkins to wear and appropriate attire for J. The Eldest demon has decided for dark purple and I have decided it needs to be a dress without combat boots. The little guy wants a suit (grey, black or tan).
We still have to create invitations for both the wedding and the reception. J wants to design them.
We are trying to figure out how to mix all the groups: Bahai, Hindu, Pagan, legal, Work, and Church of Christ family together where everyone will feel welcome and comfortable…..I do not think we are going to include any aspects of any religion at the wedding/reception. I’m also trying to figure out how to ask all of my friends and those in the pagan circles to respect my wishes and not discuss any of the religion suggestions with my extended family present.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions, ideas or are willing (or want) to help in anyway.
Thanks
Tori
we are planning to have a “Tea Reception” at the house.
This means all the old fashioned open-house “Victorian” tea / finger foods/ snack foods recipes
Meaning:
Victorian in spirit …not as fooffy, no need for hats or bustles & foods will be a variation on Victorian tea recipes…if anyone has recipes or wants to bring a dish please let me know
We will have Tea, maybe Punch, Coffee, etc…even J and I will most likely be toasting with sparkling juices not champagne. (not that we are against alcohol, plain and simple I can not afford it and it might relax us too much)
All foods will be what we like or want to make or that, hopefully, others decided to bring. Meaning it may have something you are allergic to, ASK if you are not sure of the ingredients, If it has something you are not allowed eat… DON’T eat it. With this large of a group please understand I can not accommodate for every allergy or religious dietary restriction.
Dress is CASUAL to garden/spring dress, wear Jeans if you want, all I ask is clean and what you could get by with wearing to visit grand parents.
Open house is a free flow style…Show up when you can, leave when you want, nothing formal. Snack throughout. There is no set time for cutting of the cake and toasting this will probably be an on going thing.
Wedding Gifts are strictly optional
(we are going to be registered somewhere I just do not know where yet)
I will need to sterilize/organize the house, and figure out how to decorate. I am trying to figure out how to decorate very basic (but still pretty) without using fooffy tulle or hearts… these are 2 things I dislike and would seem out of place in our reception but it seems that is all I can find for wedding décor…yuck
I have found a pattern for a dress that I like (simplicity # 5246… the pink one shown with selves). Now all I have to do is find a shop that carries the pattern, get the fabric (Sapphire Blue) and sew the thing.
I still have to find something for the munchkins to wear and appropriate attire for J. The Eldest demon has decided for dark purple and I have decided it needs to be a dress without combat boots. The little guy wants a suit (grey, black or tan).
We still have to create invitations for both the wedding and the reception. J wants to design them.
We are trying to figure out how to mix all the groups: Bahai, Hindu, Pagan, legal, Work, and Church of Christ family together where everyone will feel welcome and comfortable…..I do not think we are going to include any aspects of any religion at the wedding/reception. I’m also trying to figure out how to ask all of my friends and those in the pagan circles to respect my wishes and not discuss any of the religion suggestions with my extended family present.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions, ideas or are willing (or want) to help in anyway.
Thanks
Tori