wedding planning

The wedding is now only 2 days away and I’m feeling pretty confident… About everything! It helps that the organization I work for also has a catering/event production subsidiary company that I receive amazing employee benefits from! Also, being within the company, there’s peace of mind in knowing that dependable people are taking care of the fundamentals: food, booze, decor, flowers, etc.

My job also came in handy while planning this whole shabang. Sure, I had the right people to implement our “ultimate celebration of our love,” but the ideas had to come from somewhere! Admittedly, I never really fantasized about my dream wedding until Jerry proposed. I had no idea of a theme, colors, dress style… anything. Looking at countless photos of other peoples’ weddings, while designing ads and other print work for Best Events, gave me lots of ideas and inspiration.

I work for a local non-profit organization called KANDU Industries, that promotes and provides employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. Being a part of the Marketing/Fund Development department at KANDU has taught me many useful event planning skills. We plan all of the agency’s fundraising events, so for me, this was just like planning another event. Except this particular “event” is our own, fancy party with everything mirroring our personal preferences.

Today we received our first RSVP for our upcoming wedding! Actually, it was two: One “yes” and one “no.” It was slightly exhilarating opening each sealed envelope, the suspense building before I discover who is attending and what they would like to eat.

“Your cousin Courtney is attending and will be having the vegetarian option.”
(If only the RSVPs actually read this way).

“Yes! I knew she’d pick that!”

Wedding planning has become a lot easier since the invitations went out last week. Having designed the invites myself, I spent a lot of time tweaking the “final” product. I work in a graphic design-centered job and yet I was completely stumped as to how I could accurately depict the entire “theme” of our wedding in two, half sheets of paper. The pressure was huge to live up to my own, picky expectations. It’s quite the relief to have them completed and I’m fully satisfied with the results.

Of course, you can never satisfy everyone. Jerry’s (my fiancé) elderly mother made sure to list several flaws. One being, “I had to get out my magnifying glass to read it.”

And…

“I’m a little disappointed in how late the reception is.”

Old people…

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