Flowers!

Ok, as promised I am going to get better with these posts.  So I decided I should start blogging on some of the little details, although Flowers are a big detail to me. 

Back in November I posted on the overall inspiration of the wedding being brown and orange.  Now that the bridesmaid dresses have been purchased in chocolate brown, it's orange mixed with reds for the flowers!  I started saving pictures awhile ago for some floral inspiration and have included some pictures here:

This is what the bridesmaids bouquets will look like.  I think this is going to look great next to the dresses!

And here is what Reese is going to carry.  As I mentioned before we are still trying to break it to her gently that she can't throw petals. 

I went to the Philadelphia Flower Show with my mom and Aunt Roe a few weeks ago and saw this picture of a Flower Girl Pomander Ball.  Look how cute it is with the Pearl Handle!  I am going to have to come up with a way to make it if my florist cant.

Finally here is Marcin's Boutonniere.

I love the way it looks with this orange tie, but since I went with brown dresses, we can't do orange ties with black, that will look too much like Halloween for me.  And grey isnt really an option for me.  So we are still working on the men's attire, but more on that later.  We actually had already ordered an orange and pink paisley tie for Marcin, luckily he wears ties everyday for work, so it won't go to waste!

That's it for the inspiration of flowers.  I am going to leave my bouquet and the reception centerpieces as a surprise!  I can't give away everything :)

And our florist is Stacey Ballard with Stacey Ballard Floral Design.  Marcin met her through his contacts at work (his connections have really been pulling through for us!)  She does this on the side, her everyday job is real estate development.  This concerned me at first, when Marcin first told me, but I figured I had nothing to lose by meeting with her.  Needless to say I absolutely loved her!!  I knew I would love her when she suggested we meet at the Great American Pub in Wayne.  Beer, wine and flowers - what more can you ask for?  She brought loads and loads of photo albums of her work, and she started telling me stories of growing up in her parents flower shop.  I was instantly sold, and it also helped that she was the cheapest I found. 

I am getting very excited as all of the little details start to come together.

The Honeymoon is booked!!!

Ok so I think my last few posts have all started the same – how I have been lacking with the blog posting. I’ll tell you this house thing takes up a lot of time, but we have had a lot of fun with it. I will post pictures in the next post!  The wedding was put on the back burner a little because of the house, but it is starting to come back to the front.

Marcin and I just booked our honeymoon this week and we are really, really excited for it. We will be leaving Monday, November 8 for San Francisco at 740am, hopefully I will be able to sleep on the plane, or else I am not going to stay awake for anything in CA! We are going to spend that day touring Fisherman’s Wharf and the like and spending the night at the Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I was in San Francisco once for work but Marcin has never been. I am really excited to tour the area again and check out the sea lions or are they seals? Oh well!
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The next morning we will drive to Napa Valley, where we will spend 2 nights. During the day we will be checking out the wineries and will definitely be shipping wine back home. They better be able to ship to NJ or somewhere close! I will be asking all friends and family in bordering states if we can ship our wine to you :) We will give you a bottle or 2 for your troubles!


We will be staying at the River Terrace Inn – our travel agent sold us on this, when she put in her email: “Great Bar!” I read that to Marcin and he said book it right now! Look at these views!

 








And here's the bar!

On November 11th it’s off to Cabo San Lucas for 8 days, 7 nights!!! We are staying at the Dreams Resport and I cannot wait. Marcin knows the owners of Apple Vacations really well and they gave us an awesome deal :)  I am really looking forward to a swim-up bar, massages, beach and a whole lot of nothing!!!

Dreams Los Cabos Suites Golf & Spa Resort is the only all suite ocean front resort adjacent to 2 championship golf courses and overlooking the Sea of Cortez, this premiere resort offers casual elegance and adds the crowning touch to Cabos most deluxe hotels. The resort is located one mile from the Robert Trent Jones designed Cabo Real golf course and a ten minute drive to the town of Cabo San Lucas. It features a large, majestic freeform swimming pool, health club and spa.

Then it's back to Philly at 11:45 Thursday night.  I am assuming Friday will be spent sleeping from jet lag!

Next up on the planning list - Tuxedos and Invitations!