Details Details Details

Saturday the groom and I ventured up to Portsmouth in the "storm" (and by storm I mean the massive amounts of snow predicted that turned out to be a dusting) to finalize tons of wedding details.  MOB also joined us :)  First stop - invitation design.

We met with Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, an awesome graphic designer and calligrapher team.  Every one of their invitations is customized and absolutely gorgeous.  I think I could have looked at their portfolio for hours.  After some brainstorming and looking at every possible shade of blue they had, we settled on the colors, paper choice, layout, and basic design.  Now I'm anxiously waiting to see their proposal, which will hopefully arrive sometime this week.

After SSD we sat down with Gina, our coordinator at the Wentworth, to go through every single aspect of our day - cocktail hour food, wines, entree choices, chairs, linens, order of the reception, etc.  Even though Gina's questions went on for a rather long time, it was really exciting to discuss each little part of the reception.  By the end of the meeting I had a wonderful picture in my head of how our of special day will come together.  I'm especially excited for our food choices - I foresee a future post dedicated to the menu ;)

Once we left the Wentworth we headed over to Madeline's Tux to pick out the groomsmen and groom's tux.  We had decided earlier that it would be easiest for all the guys to get tuxes in Portsmouth, as they are coming from all over the country, and wouldn't necessarily be stopping in Boston before heading to Portsmouth for the wedding.  Now menswear was something I really hadn't thought about at all before we stepped foot into the shop, but I had thought we'd be in and out of the shop quickly.  Let's just say I think picking out my dress and the bridesmaids' dresses was much more fun.  I was surprised to find out what different taste groom and I had in tuxes, so it took a bit longer than expected, but we did find something we both liked for the guys, and agreed we needed to go elsewhere to find something Arthur.  I definitely picked out my dress in less time, but to be fair I had a fabulous stylist helping me and didn't have to worry about coordinating with anyone.

All in all, a very exciting and productive day!

145 days to go.

Save the Date!

Save the date cards are out! Given yesterday was the 5 month mark (yay!), it feels great to have another item in place.  Now that 2011 is here I'm getting really excited for all the pre-wedding activities, upcoming friends & family weddings, and, of course, our big day!

Now just need to gather those last couple of addresses...