Wedding Planning...

Ah, Budget, isn't that the kick in the teeth when you are planning for anything? So, I had to forgo my happy hopes of an "all seasons" wedding and decided on an all night sky themed wedding. Everything was done in shades of blue (lt blue, ice blue, metallic blue) and silver to represent the sky. My bridesmaids dresses were a lt blue and my maid of honors was going to be silver. The groomsmens vests were a dark blue the best man was silver. Now to choose a venue...

We came and went to many places looking for the perfect one when I stumbled across the 356th Fighter Group in Green, Ohio. Wesley was joining the Air Force, let's give this place a try. Got the gang together and went to look at the venue. The minute I walked into the banquet hall I knew it was for me. The whole room was made out of GLASS. Glass walls, glass ceilings, absolutely perfect for my night sky theme. What's better then having the actual stars shining down on you. Venue was chosen. Menu selected. Theme picked. Time to go dress shopping.

On our first excursion out, it was me, Terra and Brandy. We went to David's Bridal and were not very impressed. Then found a cute little shop in North Canton and went there. We quickly picked out the bridesmaids dresses but found they didn't come in silver so we chose a different style for Terra. Tried on a few wedding dresses when I found "the one". Looking back on it now I really do wish I would have fought harder to wear white. My mom was being old fashioned and since I already had Serenity she didn't see it as being a good match for me to wear white and asked that I chose an ivory gown. Although i did like the style of my dress every time I look at pictures I wish I would have looked harder and found "the one" instead of the "it will do". I didn't want ivory and I hate pearls and weird enough my dress had tons of pearls which we incorporated into the tiara, necklace and earrings... weird...

Dresses selected it was time to inform all my girls to go have their dresses tried on and sized... and here is where my problems began....