Here are some more details about the wedding…which is in 4 days!
Techno-Wedding Cards & Bouquet Extras:
Larry came up with the FABULOUS idea of having our guests be able to automatically upload pictures they take at our wedding using their cameras and phone cameras. Once someone takes pictures, they just send them to a prescribed email address and they’re posted automatically in an online image gallery for everyone to see, share, print, download, whatever. The gallery is already set up so if people want to snap and upload on wedding day, it’s ready to go. Yeah, we’re a bunch of geeks.
The other items clumped into this image are for my bouquet. The top one is a picture of my step-father. I printed it out and cut the image to fit this silver trinket I bought at Michael’s for $3.00. The other is something I picked up last night. I’m thinking of adding some crystals at the bottom of the one that has Larry’s name on it. Both will be attached to my bouquet so my step-father will be walking me down the aisle, posthumously.
Tree of Wisdom:
This will replace the boring guest book that is sometimes signed but rarely re-visited after the wedding. Basically, guests can complete the sentence that’s posted on a sign next to the tree. Some of them say, “Marriage is like…,” “Always say….,” “For a Long, Loving Marriage…” (Here’s a . I printed it out and put it in a black picture frame). We’ve encouraged guests to say silly and ridiculous things! Once they’re written what they want, they’ll hang the card from the tree.
I bought these sandblasted manzanita branches from Nettlton Hollow and arranged them in a glass vase I bought at Michaels. You can see one of the placemats will go underneath it.
I crocheted a basket to hold bird and leaf cards I cut from heavy paper. I love the birdies!
I’m going to try to squeeze in another post before the wedding but no promises. I’m busy finishing up the loose ends. No really, I’m just about done with my version of the from “Crocheted Gifts” by Kim P. Werker.
Amie- I wish you a wonderful wedding! I was reading over your wedding posts and I love everything you are doing….. I was also thrilled to see Novita… I live in Fanwood, and I LOVED that place. Have a great day, many happy wishes!
Kimberly McAlindin
Kim, I lived in Fanwood on Terril Road for a couple years. I moved in with my guy when he lived there. What a small world! Thanks for the well wishes. Much appreciated.
Novita: You know, the owner decided to close it up and go back to working his moer corporate chef gig at some big name hotel. Sad too because that place was INCREDIBLE. The food was spot on.
Ooh, I came over here to read through your Illustrator crochet chart tutorials again, then wondered what was on the rest of the blog. LOVE your wedding ideas and am excited to read the rest, especially since my brother is getting married next summer and I’m helping out with parts of it.
Hope you had a wonderful wonderful day!!! Would love to know more about the picture gallery/email thing, if you have a chance to share about that. Is that something you guys set up/”programmed” yourself? Or did it use things that we’d be able to replicate for my bros wedding?
Sorry for the delay in responding. Been super busy. My husband has a Mobile Me account (Mac). The gallery was set up in advance. He did it. Not sure how it actually works. I just know that when the photos are sent to a certain email address, they are uploaded automatically. More info about Mobile Me here: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/gallery.html.