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I love my sister to pieces and don't want her to turn into Bridezilla.
Cause I don't have enough to do already.
I've watched way too many episodes of "Whose Wedding is it Anyway?"
The Crafty Insane "I can do it myself!" side took over again and is holding the real Katie hostage with a glue gun.
I spend all day Thursday on the phone (see, that should be example #1 that I'm not my normal self) working on the flowers for my sister's wedding. And also phoning in Greg's tux measurements, reserving a hotel room, and paying off the alterations on my bridesmaids dress. Kyle's ring bearer tux I ordered on eBay (the tux place refused to rent us one saying it was cheaper to buy and yep, $35 with shipping on eBay!) and Kelly's flower girl dress material and pattern are up next to go under the sewing machine needle. Also online I bought 9 boxes of these silver wedding bell favors in lieu of bubbles, birdseed, rice, etc. I just need to make sure none of the bells make it into the van on the ride home to Maryland.
Back to the flowers!** First I had to call the Decorator to see what she had planned. Luckily she was sticking to mostly ribbons, candles, and greenery so there wouldn't be any flower clashes (cause there's nothing worse than having two different shades of red roses, the horrors!). Then I called the Cake Lady to see what she was doing. "Flowers on the cake? There's going to be a fountain..." I'll buy some extra flowers just in case.
And then finally dealing with the bride herself. Her colors are a cranberry/wine/burgundy-ish red along with a lightish blue and lightish green (Sarah dear, do you want to chime in with their exact names?). Quick, name some blue and green flowers! Just a wee bit tricky, huh? I actually planned my wedding around my flowers but then again I'm a wee bit obsessed like that.
So I called the Small Town Indiana florist and was able to get all my first choice flowers through her distributor (go Small Town Indiana florist!). Sarah will be carrying fire and ice roses while the bridesmaids will have bouquets of blue hydrangea, blue delphinium, green button mums, and green bells of Ireland. You might notice an absence of white because I really wanted to avoid anyone holding "red, white, and blue". Not that I'm saying that color combo is terrible or anything but that's not the look of this wedding.
While I'm really excited about this challenge, I'm also a wee bit nervous. First do you think the flowers and colors will work? And second, we'll be driving in on Thursday, the flowers will be available Friday, definitely by 1pm, maybe earlier. (The wedding is Saturday, pictures start at 10am.) The order is 1 bride bouquet, 1 toss bouquet, 1 miniature bride bouquet, 1 flower girl basket with petals, 5 bridesmaids, 4 corsages, 9 boutonneires, and the cake flowers. And if I get bored (i.e. have leftover flowers), I can spruce up whatever the Decorator is doing.
I may be making boutonneires during the rehearsal dinner...
** I worked in a floral shop for over a year and did most of my own wedding flowers so it's not like I don't know the difference between alstroemeria and freesia.
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