Wedding planning has been relatively easy so far - things have been falling into place with little or no effort - much like me and Jason's relationship. I realize that this is the easy part of the wedding planning, the details that will come much later will be much more challenging; but, so far I have been enjoying this process and am looking to forward to the year to come.
We started the wedding planning with selecting our venue; I did my diligent research, narrowed the choices down to four and visited our favorite choices on a cloudy day in October. By the afternoon, we had been up and down Woodward Ave. between Bloomfield Hills and Downtown Detroit and ended our day long search at the Gem Theatre.
As soon as we walked in, we knew the Gem was special - we showed ourselves around the historic building and found our way down to the lower level where we discovered a huge wood- carved bar, soft romantic lighting, and a long rectangular room leading up to the largest indoor fire place I have ever seen! The staff was setting up for a wedding that afternoon, so we were able to get a great visual of what our wedding reception would look like - and we were thrilled!
The room is cozy and romantic with plenty of room to mingle at the bar and dance in front of a roaring fire place. This room felt right. The following week we requested a proposal and put a deposit down to save our wedding date - October 16, 2010. It was now in writing, and it was official - that would be our wedding date.
Our next step was finding a photographer - this step was very important to us - we had to find a perfect photographer. We interviewed two photographers and knew by the end of the second interview that we had found "the one". We met with E'lisa - one half of a husband and wife team who we knew would be perfect for our wedding. We feel so lucky to have found E.C. Campbell Photography - they do amazing work and E'Lisa is one of those rare people that can make anyone feel special because her inner light is so bright. Thanks to facebook and my old sixth grade friend Karen (Kubiak) Moore for the referral - we found exactly what we were looking for. We couldn't be happier.
The next step was choosing a Dj and an officiant to marry us at the Gem's little theatre. This was a tough one - we met with a few DJ's and one Officiant and the problem was that we didn't know what we were looking for - so it was hard to decide on our candidates. We met with a DJ that we think could be our solution for both the DJ AND the officiant - He really gets what we are trying to do in making our wedding truly unique. We aren't interested in a run of the mill traditional wedding - and his ideas and concepts for our ceremony are exactly what we had in mind. We are slightly concerned with the price that he has presented, but I think we have found a way to fit it into our budget.
The only thing left on the list is my dress. That has been the biggest challenge of all. I have gone every weekend since Thanksgiving to look at and try on dresses - I've been to five bridal stores, and have tried on, what feels like, hundreds of dresses. The problem is not that I don't like any of them, but that I like ALL of them! I have made some progress in figuring out what looks best on me, and am now in search of an Ivory, A-line, sweetheart neckline dress made out of taffeta. I tried on a few dresses that fit this description and I think I am close to making a final decision. We will see how next week goes.
Once we sign the DJ/officiant and I purchase my dress; both of which I hope to have accomplished by the end of next week - then we will be good until after the holidays. The next step will be to figure out things like where we will spend our honeymoon and start seriously piecing together the details and itinerary for our wedding day.
Let the fun begin! thanks for reading!
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