Another Venue Visit

So... Easter weekend, E & I went to The Country Squire again to talk with our coordinator Mike about some lingering logistical questions and to pick out the fabric for the chair covers.

Chair Covers
I'm not sure how I feel about these still... We picked white ones with light blue bows. I'm not sure how close the color is going to be to our light blue color but it'll just have to work because E is very attached to them. He wanted white with navy bows but I'm just picturing what the hall will look like when we first see it, and I just can't handle the navy. I mean, Navy is an accent color - not the main color. I just don't want it to look too nautical!

Questions/ Logistics

• Gave Mike this picture of our cake.
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• Figured out placement of seating card table, guest book table, and gift table.
• Verified that our seating card idea is acceptable for Mike. (I'll talk about those during another post - E is handling the "construction" of them!)
• Figured out timing logistics for our wedding flutes, favors, and centerpiece set up.
• Finally got Mike to agree to reduced price "vendor" meals — 3rd time's a charm! Our DJ's and photographers will be getting burgers and fries (sorry, guys, can't afford to give you filet).
• Got Mike to call our photographer, so hopefully we won't have any more reneging from them!
• Figured out size of cakestand we will need.
• AND arranged a luncheon for me and the bmaids for the day of the wedding!

I didn't realize how many questions I had for him until I started trying to figure out the wedding day timeline, which I needed to arrange our hair appointments. So many details! I just have to say that he is very PATIENT with us. I feel really great about him helping us with the wedding. It's such a relief and certainly will make it less stressful for me the day of!

While at the CS, I took some pictures of the grounds. Keep in mind that there will be TONS of flowers the day of.

I'll be coming down the aisle between these two basket pots. It'll look really pretty with the fountain in the background. Again, imagine LOTS of flowers.



We are getting married in front of the gazebo. Imagine rows of white chairs (and flowers).



Erik posing in front of the french doors where our guests will enter the hall. There will be tables set up here on the patio for the seating cards and guest books. This patio will also be nice because guests can come outside and get fresh air during the reception.

In the background, you can see the table where our gifts will go if guests bring them to the wedding itself. You can see the chair covers. This is obviously not our color but you get the gist of it. I really hate them... Sigh.



This is what the chairs look like without the covers. It actually matches the window treatments of the hall, and I think they look very nice on their own!! Silly silly groom.



Here's our bar. There are 2 bars in the picture but since we only have half the ballroom imagine a partition in between them.

This is the entry into the hall itself. I love these stairs — we will definitely be taking photos on them! Also, there are 2 rooms at the top of the stairs where I'll be getting ready with the bmaids and Erik and his guys can get ready if they want. My suggestion for them would be to get ready at the hotel since it's right next door and we won't have to worry about bumping into each other before it's time.