Amanda's Wedding Bio

Final update on the dress... The second dress I ordered won't make it on time to get it hemmed (supposedly due to the volcano, but I don't see why something from China would go through Europe...) so that was cancelled.  This is the final dress.  I'm quite excited about it really.  It's not strapless like I wanted, but I feel like it goes with the more vintag-y feel I had in my head in the beginning when I decided on the birdcage veil.  It's from Unique-Vintage.com which is a really cool site if you like vintage style dresses and things.

I'm really contemplating buying these shoes as my wedding shoes.  I really think they'll go with the style of my dress and birdcage veil combo, plus the black will look nice with the black sash on my dress.  

This was the inspiration for my neclace. This is what I came up with.

Want to have a birdcage veil like the one at David's Bridal (pictured here), but we're going to try to make one ourselves since $125 seems oulandish to me. :)

I'm at a loss as to how to do my hair with a veil like that.  Some ideas?

We scrapped the dresses we had planned on, and are going with cute black halter dresses.  Also, Cori made beautiful green wraps for her and Jami to wear!

Cori has made a moustache and lips and a frame for the Photobooth!  They are adorable and I can't wait to see certain people (like my grandma!) using these in the Photobooth.  

I've compiled a list of some songs I'd like played at the Reception so far.  Since there won't be any dancing I can hand pick most of the songs and they can be any style of music I want, so that's nice.

The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Real Love - Regina Spektor
Love and Some Verses - Iron and Wine
Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
The Scientist - Coldplay
Us- Regina Spektor
Wonderwall - Oasis
Umbrella - Sleeping At Last
Radiance - Athenaeum
Brightest - Copleand
Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
Love is Here to Stay - Nat King Cole
Dance Me to the End of Love - Madeline Peyroux
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
It Had to be You - Harry Connick Jr.

Since we've been living in Istanbul teaching for awhile, we wanted something to reflect our love for this city. We decided to find our rings at the Kapalıçarşı (The Grand Bazaar).  

OOOh I want to make these for hanging on the stage behind us to give it that whimsical feel (besides the fact that the stage is empty! :P).  

We're going with damask stenciling.  The cake shown is from Martha Stewart, but ours will be black instead of pink.  At the moment, not sure how many layers to do yet.

First draft of the boquet by my mom and sister. Usually not a fan of fake flowers, but they look really pretty!

I am doing half of my favors tile coasters (handmade by my cousin, sister and mom) in the wedding colors, and half handmade backgammon boxes. I'm still working on designing the backgammon board in our colors, but here's a shot of some of the unfinished coasters.  Great job to my family!

Got the backgammon board file done (here it is, but the green is a brighter green in the pdf than in this jpg), and that is the label for the front of the box that it will be in.  They are 5x7 gift boxes. I got the dice here in Istanbul for 10 lira for 80 die, and we ordered small wooden pieces for the game pieces (which we will paint black and white). The only thing left is to figure out how to print instructions small enough to fit in there!

Bought these ties(one grey on ivory, 2 grey on black), and planning to go with the vest/tie without jacket option.

Our rehearsal dinner will be combined with decorating (a.k.a. slave labor), so we wanted to order something in (it's nice that our venue has a built-in kitchen).  This is what we're pretty set on ordering. YUM!