12 more days

Well, I honestly cannot believe we only have 12 more days until the wedding. Planning a wedding has been such a fun and enjoyable ride. I am such a planner and detail oriented that this is right up my alley. I think I should switch professions, Alexis "Rutland", Wedding Planner, has a nice ring doesn't it ?!?!

Alright, well back to my post. With only 12 days left, we still have a few items left to accomplish and complete, but for the most part the big stuff is done. My mom has a few more projects than I do, but I can't thank her enough for doing everything. Since they live the closest to the wedding site, they were given the tasks of projects that would take up a lot of room and were not easy to transport via airplan, which in turn, leads to most of the projects :) Many projects have been done here in Memphis and then shipped to mom. The project list is dwindling down and we are able to focus more on the upcoming wedding itself.

Some of Lamar's mothers friends threw me a shower this past weekend in Hattiesburg. I haven't been able to download my pictures as of yet, but as soon as I do I will get those posted and tell you all about it. We had a lot of fun, and it was nice to meet some of the Rutland Family friends that I haven't met in the 4 1/2 years we've been dating.

Music, Pictures, and More DIY Projects

So this week and last have been filled with lot's of DIY projects, music, and pictures.

I do believe my biggest project for the wedding had to be the programs. These took forever! Although I love the outcome I don't know if I would make these again, they were a pain in the you know what. This is what the programs look like.

We hand cut each piece, and after cutting 450 pieces, I don't think I'll be doing many more of these! The programs should come in very useful. The reason I went with this design versus a typical program: 'I had to be different.' Well although that is partly true, the main reason I loved these are for the fact that the church is not air conditioned, and although Estes Park Colorado is in the mountains and it just doesn't get HOT up there like it does in Memphis, I figured people might still like a little breeze during the ceremony. So hopefully these will work out like I hoped and come in useful. We will also be providing bottles of water at the ceremony for the same reason as above, no airconditioning, can make lot's of people uncomfortable, especially when you're wearing suits, tuxedos, bridal gowns, etc.

Next, we have been working on picking out music for the reception. Nothing better than waiting til the last minute to do things. I am still waiting on my dad's final say for our song, but I think Lamar got a song for him and his mom picked out last night. Needless to say, www.youtube.com has been our friend on this project. We would find a list of songs then go to youtube to listen to it.

The last thing we have been working on is pictures. We are trying to make a list of all the pictures we want taken so life is made so much easier for both our photographer as well as us.

Well I don't know if any of the rest of you have figured out that we have less than 2 1/2 weeks left til the wedding, but trust me we certainly have. Things have been a little hectic, more for my mom than me. Since the wedding is so far away. Mom is taking the brunt of the work load. I am doing what I can, but trust me this wedding would not be what it is without the help of my mom, sister, and dad. I thank you all.

Til next time, I hope you all have a good weekend.

So I know I have been MIA for quite some time. I do sincerely apologize, but we have been pretty busy lately. With the wedding less than a month away, I'm sure you can imagine how busy we've been. Not only is the wedding less than a month away, but it's also close to 1,000 miles away. (Which makes things even that more difficult) I am extremely thankful that my parents live close enough to be able to drive otherwise I don't know how we would manage to get all of our items to the wedding.

The items I'm talking about are: decorations, place cards, welcome bags, and all the other items needed. I just wanted to show you a few pictures of some decorations we have for the church as well as the reception.














This is the arrangement for under the altar at the church. I know people probably think I'm crazy, but I'm not using any flowers, so a dried, kinda leafy arrangement is what we chose on. This was made by my ever talented mother. It still needs a few alterations, but for the most part it is done.















What you see here is a conglomerate of items. Just some ideas we've had for elements of the reception. I'm sure most of you can figure out what they're for, but if you can't, they are the placecards for the dinner. They are not complete and we still have a few glitches to work out, and will probably eliminate using the rock, but hey we had to throw out the idea.

The projects I'm working on right now include, but are not limited to:
the programs

1. programs
2. signs for the guestbook
3. the guestbook
4. place cards
5. tags for welcome bags
6. menus

Like I said that is just a list, but I'm sure there are other items that are still needing to be done, but didn't make it on the list. Just wish us luck that we get everything completed before the wedding.