we have so many updates to share and i feel like i have been neglecting our poor little blog. update #1: first thing's first: we found our perfect venue and set a date! 8.18.2012 is the day we're going to get married whoop! we went to the first (and only) venue a few weeks ago and absolutely fell in love. even clouds and drizzle couldn't hide the beauty of this special place...i can't imagine what it is going to look like in the summer. our venue is a perfect fit for our personalities and vision. now i can't wait to create the little touches that will really make it our own on our big day.update #2: the big medak/smithey/prazeau family dinner was a success...and i was right...our two families completely hit it off. it was so much fun to have everyone together and it was pretty cool watching our families finally get to know each other. i'm looking forward to many more occasions just like this. seeing two wonderful families together makes us feel so blessed to have been raised in loving and supportive homes. now that i'm older and getting ready to start a whole new chapter in my life i find myself naturally adopting and adapting the traditions, morals and values that each family has raised us with. how lucky are brandon and i to have amazing examples to learn from as we start a life and eventually a family of our own!
update #3: mom and i went to my first bridal fair...and i was 100% completely overwhelmed! the fair started off with a fellow bride getting a little ticked because she thought we were trying to cut her in line. mom and i just looked at another and couldn't help but giggle! there were so many vendors and by the end of the event my brain felt a little foggy from all of the information i collected and important details i hadn't even thought of. i just needed a little time to let everything sink in...and soon i totally realized there were lot of great ideas i would like to use for our big day. the best part was talking to a few photographers and caterers that had experience working with our venue. one photographer gave us a wealth of information we will definitely use as we continue planning. i'm still not sure if the whole big huge bridal fair/expo thing is for me...but i'm glad i got to experience one and i'm so happy my mom was there to ask the important questions and keep me smiling! oh i almost forgot: i entered a ton of drawings and brandon and i won a night at the fabulous elliott hotel in astoria! woo hoo!
update #4: one of the great things about the internet is that we have access to so many fantastic ideas and examples to make our wedding day unique. i have been madly obsessed with the wedding blog world. some of the thing people come up with are so incredible and i'm naturally drawn to any and everything diy! at first i had a shmorgishborg of ideas/colors/decorations/themes swirling around my head. it's fun for me to begin to narrow down those ideas and really see a theme of my own start to develop.
update #5 (last one i promise): these are NOT our official save the dates. i really just wanted a fun picture to post and this project gave me the opportunity to develop my very limited adobe illustrator skills (this topic is long enough for a whole other blog in itself so i will spare you the design program details)!
time for bed...and i hope to update this a little more often. life has been a whirlwind and i'm sure it's going to get even crazier for everyone now that the holiday season has arrived. so tonight i'm signing out in the words of sue:
hugs
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