tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87754172280572847732011-10-06T15:22:32.846-04:00Planning a wedding in Franklin, NCKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-14472644210631148832010-05-24T07:34:00.000-04:002010-05-24T07:34:12.759-04:00I've been really inspired by flower accessories lately. I am already going to wear a <a href="http://amountainwedding.blogspot.com/2010/02/diy-fascinator.html">flower in my hair</a>, so I didn't want to add any more flowers to my outfit, but I thought it might be nice to give some flower accessories as thank you presents. I hope to come up with a different flower accessory for each of my bridesmaid, but that might be too ambitious. I started off with a present for the flower girl and junior bridesmaid. I decided to make a flower headband for both of them because it seemed like an easy project and I had most of the materials. Here is an inspirational picture:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S89UHxgYB0I/AAAAAAAAALs/TkWyg93ML-Y/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S89UHxgYB0I/AAAAAAAAALs/TkWyg93ML-Y/s320/untitled.bmp" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">http://www.jcrew.com/</a></span></div><br />I had some left over white petals from making my hair flower and I picked up two headbands at the dollar store. A before picture of the headbands:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S_pj1i-ffyI/AAAAAAAAAMc/zXU5WdvZ6Do/s1600/CIMG0472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S_pj1i-ffyI/AAAAAAAAAMc/zXU5WdvZ6Do/s320/CIMG0472.JPG" /></a></div><br />I used about 3 petals for each headband and decided against sewing the petals together. I grouped the petals with the smallest one in front and then hot glued them together. The petals were laying flat, so to make them more flower-like, I bunched the sides in until it looked right, then I hot glued the folded parts to hold the petals up. Once the flower looked right, I hot glued it to the side of the headband and was done!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S_pkG0G9cWI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Aw78i9yAk-4/s1600/CIMG0478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S_pkG0G9cWI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Aw78i9yAk-4/s320/CIMG0478.JPG" /></a></div><br />It only cost me $2 to make two headbands, I hope Olivia and Sarah like them!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-1447264421063114883?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-77237799441450674732010-05-18T16:14:00.000-04:002010-05-18T16:14:41.328-04:00After all the wedding dreams and a panicked phone call to my mom, we have now resolved almost all&nbsp;the issues that were giving me nightmares. The first thing my mom did was to email her friend about playing for our ceremony. Growing up, I always wanted a string quartet, but now I am over that. I wanted something that represented the mountains and so I decided I wanted a dulcimer! Not only is this a mountain instrument, but my mom plays the dulcimer. She is even in a dulcimer group (my mom has become so much cooler since moving back to the mountains) and one of her fellow group members had agreed to play for our wedding! He is going to be playing his first wedding in May and its also outdoors so he can judge whether he is loud enough alone or if we need more than one dulcimer. <br /><br />In case you don't know what&nbsp;a dulcimer is, here is a picture:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S89duBcVjjI/AAAAAAAAAL0/nRTZYpD47GM/s1600/dulcimer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S89duBcVjjI/AAAAAAAAAL0/nRTZYpD47GM/s320/dulcimer.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://facweb.st-agnes.org/home/pmcfarlin/html/dulcimer.jpg">Source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't think I'm going to tell him what music to play during the ceremony. I might pick something for when I walk in but in general I love the sound of hymns played on the dulcimer. (I was going to insert a video of a hymn on the dulcimer, but since I wrote this post three weeks ago and still haven't found the time to do that, I'm leaving that to you! There are a lot of videos on YouTube)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm really excited to have our ceremony music be something that reminds me of the mountains and my mom. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-7723779944145067473?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-34777827307939165102010-04-30T17:30:00.005-04:002010-05-03T16:18:51.984-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mYoIzwP-I/AAAAAAAAAL8/lwurtq7cEy8/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mYoIzwP-I/AAAAAAAAAL8/lwurtq7cEy8/s320/untitled.bmp" tt="true" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/">Source</a></span></div><br />In my dream wedding, guests would be sitting on plain brown benches. I love the way the benches are low and don't interfere with the views or the surrounding. I think they are perfect for an outdoor wedding. Unfortunately, they are so hard to find! I was able to find about 35 benches from a rental company in Raleigh, but they were white and 5 hours away. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mZpxb7MsI/AAAAAAAAAME/mFe3UFblnPc/s1600/Hay-Bale-Seating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mZpxb7MsI/AAAAAAAAAME/mFe3UFblnPc/s320/Hay-Bale-Seating.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/">Source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Once I figured out it was going to be impossible to have brown benches, I moved on to my second choice, haybales. This was much more attainable, my great uncle promised to set aside enough hay to have seating for everyone. I really liked the idea of haybales since they were still low and I loved how they looked when covered with a bunch of different quilts. Then the reality of getting all the hale up to the ceremony site and finding enough quilts to cover the hay set in. I was also afraid the haybales would be too low for some people and too scratchy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mbJUOE5ZI/AAAAAAAAAMM/ZgTUsAZIyi4/s1600/FoldingChair-Wood-Natural.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mbJUOE5ZI/AAAAAAAAAMM/ZgTUsAZIyi4/s320/FoldingChair-Wood-Natural.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I finally resigned myself to actual chairs. I'm sure guests will be much happier and I was able to find wooden chairs so I'm hoping they won't be as noticeable as white ones. We will be using the same chairs for the reception, which makes me excited to think about long rows of wooden chairs with the white tables.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mi2_KzjJI/AAAAAAAAAMU/syQIIgIJ4IE/s1600/IMG_5345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S9mi2_KzjJI/AAAAAAAAAMU/syQIIgIJ4IE/s320/IMG_5345.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BTW, this last picture comes from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/02/18/oklahoma-wedding-by-aaron-snow/">this wedding</a> that I am totally obsessed with, they also used haybales as ceremony seating.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-3477782730793916510?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-51239391539160400332010-04-29T10:29:00.001-04:002010-04-30T09:23:19.113-04:00Will and I are very lucky to have such cute kids in our wedding party. When we first asked them to be in the wedding, they were both really excited and wanted to know what they were going to do. We told Will he would carry the rings down the aisle and told Olivia that she would be carrying some flowers. Now, anytime I ask them what they are going to do for the wedding, Will says that he is going to pass the rings around to everyone. Sometimes he adds that he is going to sell them and sometimes he says that he will have a ring for all the girls, but none for the boys. Olivia always gets her role straight, carrying flowers, but she is unsure of our color choices. At first, she was insisting that she would only wear yellow if the dress also had pink on it. Now, if I ask her about the wedding, she says she is going to be wearing a yellow dress. I think I might have to make this a weekly post because everytime I ask them about the wedding, they have new ideas. <br /><br />To read more of their cute quotes, check out their mom's blog: <a href="http://www.themarshnotebook.blogspot.com/">The Marsh Notebook</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-5123939153916040033?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-25654902858924116702010-04-09T17:15:00.000-04:002010-04-09T17:15:00.500-04:00Last night, I had the third of my wedding related dreams, all were bad and all focused on the wedding flowers. In the first dream, it was my wedding day and my bouquet was made out of lillies and orchids, neither of which I want in my bouquet. After the ceremony, the flowers were all dead, so I decided to go to this community garden and pick flowers to make a new bouquet. The only problem was there were so many bees on those flowers and they kept stinging me. <br /><br />The second dream I had took place the morning before the wedding. We had flowers but couldn't find any vases to put the flowers in. I was searching through someone's attic trying to find something to put the flowers in but couldn't find anything. I just remember being really stressed and thinking we weren't going to be able to have any centerpieces. <br /><br />In the dream last night, I was getting ready for the wedding and was already in my dress when I realized we didn't have any flowers and had never booked a florist. At first, I wasn't upset because I thought we could just make the bouquets ourselves from the flowers we had cut for the centerpieces. Then I remembered, that we had forgotten to cut the flowers and were now missing all our wedding flowers. Luckily, we happened to be in a building lobby that had a florist and my bridesmaid Donna knew him. She asked him to make all the bouquets but he made them all with white roses. I hated them and refused to use them. After that, I realized that we never booked a band for our reception. Thankfully, the ever helpful florist knew the number for the band I wanted to book. I called them right away and they were able to play that night! All they needed was a credit card to secure them. I asked my mom for one and she handed me a Verizon rebate credit card but the first three digits of the card number were electronically displayed and keep changing, so I couldn't give them a credit card number. I thought maybe the musicians for our ceremony could play for the reception as well but then I didn't think my mom had booked them either and I could no longer find her to ask. Finally, Donna suggested I go get a pedicure and manicure to calm down, but I was already in my dress. She said she would hold it up for me so it didn't get ruined. Luckily, I woke up before we went to the salon. <br /><br />I think the dreams all stem from the trouble we've had booking a florist. The first one never called back and then we found an awesome florist who could do all we wanted for a great price but then they went out of business. I keep asking my mom to find a new one, as well as book the ceremony and reception music, but she hasn't done it yet. I called her this morning to tell her the latest dream, hoping it would hurry her along. She promises to have it worked out next week. The weird thing is I don't think I'm worried about the flowers but I can't stop dreaming about them!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-2565490285892411670?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-27521039411184279742010-04-06T20:44:00.000-04:002010-04-06T20:44:27.698-04:00Our save the dates are in!! <a href="http://amountainwedding.blogspot.com/2010/01/winner-winner-chicken-dinner.html">If you remember</a>, I won 100 free custom designed save the dates from <a href="http://www.uprinting.com/">Uprinting</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/gracehesterdesigns?page=1">Grace Hester Designs</a>. I was really happy with the whole process. I sent Grace the five words I wanted to describe the save the dates (mountains, unique, vintage, fun, outdoors)&nbsp;and this is what she sent back: <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S55v4Eztf1I/AAAAAAAAALU/FyIg7bPQLDA/s1600-h/Postcard_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S55v4Eztf1I/AAAAAAAAALU/FyIg7bPQLDA/s320/Postcard_blog.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then we found out that Uprinting was including two sided full color printing in the giveaway, so I designed this back to use. Grace offered to design a back, but I really liked the postcard graphic I had, so I went ahead and used what I had designed.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&nbsp;<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S7vVPH0h2cI/AAAAAAAAALk/FZFJyBQv0QI/s1600/new_savethedate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S7vVPH0h2cI/AAAAAAAAALk/FZFJyBQv0QI/s320/new_savethedate.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The ordering process with Uprinting was pretty easy, we just uploaded our pictures and then received a free proof the next day. After we placed our order, we received our save the dates in less than a week. Now we just need to address them all.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-2752103941118427974?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-57834360253508362032010-03-20T15:26:00.000-04:002010-03-20T15:26:48.747-04:00Since my engagement ring has a curved band under the diamond and has pave diamonds on the sides of the band, I decided I didn't want&nbsp;a wedding band that I would wear everyday with my engagement ring. Instead, I wanted a simple engraved wedding band that I could wear if I thought my engagement ring was too much or if I was traveling. I knew I wanted something with a design on the band but that also had millgrain around the edge. I could not find any ring I liked, I even looked at antique rings. Finally, one day when I was shopping in Alexandria with my mom, we decided to go into <a href="http://www.goldworksusa.com/">Gold Works</a>. We meet with the owner, David, and he showed us a few rings. I found one I really liked that had a flowerish design. It was in yellow gold, but David said he could make me the ring in white gold. I told him I would bring Will back to show it to him. <br /><br />About a month later, Will and I went one day after church. When we walked in, David told us he had actually gone ahead and made the ring in white gold the day before. It hadn't been sized or buffed yet but we were able to see what it would look like. We decided that was the ring for me (!) and paid the deposit. That was back in October. David was having surgery in November and we decided to wait till after his surgery to go back but we didn't make it back until this past weekend. Luckily, my ring was there and was finished! I really liked the way it turned out.<br /><br />David suggested that Will get a wedding band that had the same design as mine in the middle and then a section of yellow gold on the outside of my design. Will liked the idea of incorporating my ring into his, but he hasn't made up his mind yet.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-5783436025350836203?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-35641342072903739712010-03-12T18:34:00.000-05:002010-03-12T18:34:36.517-05:00We have decided on a wedding site! Its a family friend's farm complete with an orchard. We are getting married in one corner of the property where three trees form a triangle that open to great mountain views!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rPYc8KYNI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/qx-nHEex1Jo/s1600-h/CIMG0404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rPYc8KYNI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/qx-nHEex1Jo/s320/CIMG0404.JPG" /></a></div><br />You can even see the mountain where my family lives.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rPesLtRMI/AAAAAAAAAKA/DzxxnsMZ8lE/s1600-h/CIMG0405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rPesLtRMI/AAAAAAAAAKA/DzxxnsMZ8lE/s320/CIMG0405.JPG" /></a></div><br />The reception will take place a few feet away under the apple trees. Tables will be placed under these trees.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rO3zhHxaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/pxlMeeDWOyo/s1600-h/CIMG0403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rO3zhHxaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/pxlMeeDWOyo/s320/CIMG0403.JPG" /></a></div><br />And the food and drinks will be under these trees.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rPGlOKbzI/AAAAAAAAAJw/ilAmnr_3lfA/s1600-h/CIMG0402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S5rPGlOKbzI/AAAAAAAAAJw/ilAmnr_3lfA/s320/CIMG0402.JPG" /></a></div><br />There is an open area right next to the trees where the band and dance floor will go. I am really excited about having found this spot. Its free (!!!) and we can setup ahead of time. This site has a lot of improvements over our old site. Since there are two houses that are not being used right now, we can store things for the wedding there and we won't have to rent bathrooms! We won't have to figure out how to transport everyone from the ceremony location to the reception location, we will have electricity and lots of shade.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-3564134207290373971?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-49044689359115899652010-03-02T16:12:00.000-05:002010-03-02T16:12:55.455-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S41-4fJ8aWI/AAAAAAAAAJg/nALH6_kOW6g/s1600-h/BBQ-Pork_sandwiches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S41-4fJ8aWI/AAAAAAAAAJg/nALH6_kOW6g/s320/BBQ-Pork_sandwiches.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.gourmetfoodappetizers.com/images/Omaha/Prepared_Dinners/PorkMeals/BBQ-Pork_sandwiches.jpg">Source</a></span></div><br />While we were in North Carolina, we stopped for lunch at Big Mountain Barbeque in Waynesville, NC, which is someone we are considering for catering. The food was reallly good, we all had pulled pork sandwiches, but tried to vary the sides. Their pork is served with no sauce and they have 5 different sauces to choose from: spicy, Eastern NC style, Western NC style, Honey bbq, and South Carolina style. I tried both the Eastern and the honey and loved both! We also loved loved their hushpuppies and Will and my mom loved the baked beans. We will also have chicken and a salad as well as other sides, so I hope everyone can find something they like. We meet with the manager to discuss catering and were really excited by their reasonable prices. They don't charge a travel fee to Franklin and they provide all the table cloths we need, plates, silverware and glasses. I'm just waiting for them to send me the menu with the various packages and then we will book them! Our trip was so productive!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-4904468935911589965?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-28713449947118338452010-02-27T17:07:00.000-05:002010-02-27T17:07:00.183-05:00We've been in North Carolina for 5 hours and have found our wedding site! It's not any of the places from the last post but I'm posting from Will's phone so no pictures for now. All I'll tell you is it involves mountain views and an orchard!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-2871344994711833845?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-45498856368260914912010-02-23T20:10:00.001-05:002010-02-23T20:10:00.465-05:00This weekend we will be heading to North Carolina to hopefully find a venue for our ceremony and reception. I am determined to make a decision this weekend and to move forward with booking the rest of our vendors. Here are the top potential options:<br /><br />Option 1: Nantahala Village. Its 30 minutes away from Franklin but is reasonably priced and includes all the tables, chairs, linens, silverware, plates and glasses we need. We would have to use on site catering, which is more than we were planning on paying for barbecue. Here is a picture of one of the potential wedding sites:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4Mrf69sTOI/AAAAAAAAAJI/U4gz_Ov-lDI/s1600-h/SANY0924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4Mrf69sTOI/AAAAAAAAAJI/U4gz_Ov-lDI/s320/SANY0924.JPG" /></a>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This picture was taken by my dad while he was standing in the parking lot and the highway is directly behind him, so I'm not sure we want to be that close to the road. We do want people to be able to hear us.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Option 2: Family land in Burningtown. This would be free (!) but we would have to bring everything in and set it up. We would be able to use any caterer though, which would save money. I'm not sure if there is a big enough flat area to have the ceremony and reception, but I imaging having the ceremony up on the hill and then the reception by the barn. This is a bad picture of me, but its the best one I can find of the location.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MtLPiW0lI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/PfjhtzgX8rk/s1600-h/CIMG7598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MtLPiW0lI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/PfjhtzgX8rk/s320/CIMG7598.JPG" /></a>&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;">Option 3: Wayah Bald Picnic Area: Its close to our original wedding location, but its not as pretty since there is not tower. It still has great views, but I don't its as pretty. We would have to bring everything in here as well. The only picture I can find is of Will and me on Christmas morning but we are standing in front of a wooden fence and there is a grassy area with a gravel road around it in front of us. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MwE6xC1bI/AAAAAAAAAJY/S2ybGDSfZSI/s1600-h/2165479289_1f210b4611_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MwE6xC1bI/AAAAAAAAAJY/S2ybGDSfZSI/s320/2165479289_1f210b4611_o.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Option 4: Something yet to be discovered!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-4549885636826091491?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-59804751156870018522010-02-22T20:35:00.000-05:002010-02-22T20:35:48.688-05:00Long before Will and I were engaged, I went to the Asheville Farmer's Market and saw the cutest little jars of honey. I showed my mom the jars and told her that I thought it would be so cute to give out jars of honey as favors at my future wedding. My mom replied that there was no way she was going to put honey in that many jars. Fast forward one year and now Will and I are engaged. I am discussing wedding favors with my mom and the honey idea comes up again. This time she seems a lot more interested and willing, so we start to develop a plan. <br /><br />My grandfather was a beekeeper and sold his honey under the name Wayah Mountain Honey. After he passed away, my mom moved to the mountains and took over his beekeeping. She also joined the beekeepers club and through that was able to order little honey jars at a discount. Honey is produced in July and August and doesn't really go bad. So instead of being super rushed and trying to get the favors together at the last minute, we decided to use last year's honey. We were actually really lucky because my mom started new bees last year and usually bees don't produce enough honey the first year. Also, there is a serious honey bee parasite going around and somehow my&nbsp;mom's bees weren't affected! <br /><br />Over Christmas, Will and I spent a few days pouring all the honey in the jars. Then we put on labels I designed with "How Sweet It Is" and hang tags (from Big Lots!) that were stamped with our monogram and wedding date. Here are the final products, we have two types of honey for our guests to choose from:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MXLG3YR-I/AAAAAAAAAJA/qkiWwKvBg8Q/s1600-h/CIMG7973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MXLG3YR-I/AAAAAAAAAJA/qkiWwKvBg8Q/s320/CIMG7973.JPG" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-5980475115687001852?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-91005851421472635132010-02-22T18:42:00.001-05:002010-02-22T18:43:03.142-05:00I have never wanted a veil. I think that they block your view and just get in the way, especially if its windy. A veil would not work for my outdoor wedding. But I did want something in my hair, so I started to dream about a fascinator. I have no idea why they call a hair flower a fascinator, but I'm going with it. <br /><br />This is the fascinator that I feel in love with:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4LXs1tezcI/AAAAAAAAAIo/yRvB0w2bO-4/s1600-h/401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4LXs1tezcI/AAAAAAAAAIo/yRvB0w2bO-4/s320/401.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://twigsandhoney.com/flash.html">Source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But at $60, I couldn't justify buying it. Thankfully, my obsession with wedding blogs paid off! There are tons of guides on how to make a fascinator and it looked pretty easy. After a quick trip to AC Moore, I had a white flower that looked like it had potential and it only cost $2. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One boring Saturday, I set out to make my fascinator! I followed <a href="http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-hair-flower">this tutorial</a> pretty closely. I just detached the flower petals from the stem and arranged the loose petals until I liked the way it looked. Then I loosely arranged some pears that my roommate had leftover from another project and sewed them in place. I also sewed on a barrette that my roommate wasn't using anymore and finished by putting a little hot glue between each petal layer so the flower wasn't so floppy. I love the way it turned out and it only took $2 and about 30 minutes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MWRBdpA5I/AAAAAAAAAIw/J98zewx9Y50/s1600-h/CIMG0360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MWRBdpA5I/AAAAAAAAAIw/J98zewx9Y50/s320/CIMG0360.JPG" /></a>&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">Front View</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MWXrlLBtI/AAAAAAAAAI4/y6l4bR1vewU/s1600-h/CIMG0372.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S4MWXrlLBtI/AAAAAAAAAI4/y6l4bR1vewU/s320/CIMG0372.JPG" /></a>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;Side View </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-9100585142147263513?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-68548464717608360232010-01-25T09:57:00.001-05:002010-01-25T09:58:04.238-05:00I found out this morning that I won 100 custom designed postcard from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/gracehesterdesigns?page=1">Grace Hester Designs</a>!!! I'm going to use them as our save the dates. After looking at her Etsy shop, I'm really excited to see what she comes up with. All of her other designs are so bright and fresh. She asked me for five words that I would want people to think about when they saw our design, I told her mountains, unique, vintage, fun, outdoors. I can't wait to share the final product!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-6854846471760836023?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-76325065715557359282010-01-25T09:24:00.002-05:002010-01-25T09:27:02.535-05:00I have always loved the way brightly colored shoes look under a wedding dress. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S12omId0DSI/AAAAAAAAAIU/4zuGNubjDE4/s1600-h/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S12omId0DSI/AAAAAAAAAIU/4zuGNubjDE4/s320/11.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://iconicstaples.blogspot.com/2009/01/tec-chelsea.html">Source</a></span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S12pSTukuSI/AAAAAAAAAIc/FoPhkvfC67M/s1600-h/6a00e54ed4e65a8833010535b79692970b-800wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/S12pSTukuSI/AAAAAAAAAIc/FoPhkvfC67M/s320/6a00e54ed4e65a8833010535b79692970b-800wi.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.jefftismanphotography.com/#">Source</a></span><br /></div><br />I knew as soon as we picked yellow as a wedding color, that I had to have bright yellow shoes. The search started shortly after we were engaged (if not before). Every time I went to a shoe store, I searched for yellow flats. One of my bridesmaids even had her husband looking. I&nbsp;spent so many hours looking online and never found any flats that I loved. I found plenty of super cute yellow heels but never flats or wedges. All I wanted was a yellow open toed flat with some kind of detail over the toes, I was hoping for a flower or a bow. Since we are getting married outside and possibly in grass, I didn't want my heels sinking into the grass all night. Finally, last week the search ended! I found these shoes on Endless.com and ordered them in three sizes (I didn't want the correct size to sell out!). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WAwUuEHtL._SL500__SS140_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WAwUuEHtL._SL500__SS140_.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.endless.com/dp/B002I61TFE">Source</a></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One of them fit perfectly! I'm so glad to be done with the search for perfect shoes! Now I have to find Will some cute yellow socks...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-7632506571555735928?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-23413694909468835212010-01-02T16:19:00.000-05:002010-01-02T16:19:30.173-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fashionbride.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/1900f_ll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://fashionbride.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/1900f_ll.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fashionbride.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/1900f_ll.jpg"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source </span></a><br /></div><br />I have always loved the Casablanca 1900. There were so many times when I saw pictures from a wedding, thought about how much I loved the dress, then found out it was Casablanca 1900. I called around the DC area to find a sample of the 1900 in close to my size. My mom and I went to Jeanette's Bridal in Manassas back in September and I really did like the 1900. After trying on some more dresses at a couple other stores, I decided that I really wanted the 1900. About a month ago, I found out that Jeanette's was going out of business and was selling their samples for 30-70% off. I called immediately to see if I could get the 1900 sample, unfortunately, they had already sold the sample that was my size.<br /><br />I immediately starting trying to find another store where I could get the 1900. Jeanette's had been selling the 1900 for one of the lowest prices I could find in this area and I didn't want to buy a lot more. After calling a few stores that were selling the price for around $400 more, I ended up at <a href="http://www.tlcboutique.com/home_bridal_shop.html">TLC Bridal</a> in Frederick, MD. I'm so glad I went there! All the ladies that work there were so amazing to work with and their prices were very reasonable. They also knew SOOOO much about Casablanca dresses. After my first visit, I was debating between the 1900 and the 1885. I went back today with my mom to get her opinion and ended up buying a completely different dress. I'm trying to keep my final choice a surprise, but I am really excited about the one I choose. I felt like it combined the things I liked about the 1900 and the 1885. I was even able to get the dress at a lower price just by asking! I would highly recommend TLC Bridal to any DC area brides.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-2341369490946883521?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-22088260129843977352009-12-31T14:52:00.001-05:002009-12-31T14:53:11.037-05:00I love pomanders. And I have two cute girls in my wedding, so I knew I had to make pomanders for them to carry. I looked forever online to find daisies that weren't super expensive. I ended up getting <a href="http://www.save-on-crafts.com/sildaisbrbou.html">these</a> from Save On Crafts for $5.99 for 72 flowers. I really liked the ones from Save On Crafts because they had detachable heads and I had no desire to cut all the flowers off the stems. I ordered two bunches to use on the two pomanders and a flower R that I want to do for our reception. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/bevfabriccrafts_2086_17893125" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ps="true" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/bevfabriccrafts_2086_17893125" width="269" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/bevfabriccrafts_2086_17893125">Source</a></span><br /></div><br />Once they came, I made a trip to Michaels and managed to find the cutest yellow polka dot ribbon in the $1 bin! My roommate Amanda and I actually took every spool of ribbon out of that bin trying to find another polka dot one, but had no luck. I also picked up one four inch styrofoam ball and one three inch styrofoam ball. My flower girl will be 4 and my junior bridesmaid will be 9, so I wanted them to have different size pomanders. <br /><br />As soon as I got home from Michaels, I busted out the glue gun. I followed <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/06/25/a-pretty-ball-of-flowers/#more-98735">this tutorial</a>, so I won't repeat all the instructions but I did modify a few things. I put the ribbon in the styrofoam ball before attaching the flowers. To do this, I cut the ribbon to the size loop I wanted, then I knotted the end. I used a screw driver to make a hole in the top of the ball, filled it with hot glue and then stuck the knot in. After I put the ribbon on, I just took each daisy, stuck it in the styrofoam ball to make a hole, then removed the daisy, filled the hole with glue, and the stuck the daisy back in. I kept doing that until the entire ball was covered. My roommate Amanda then tied the bows and we hot glued them at the base of the ribbon handle. I think I used a little over one bunch of daisies to do both pomanders and it took me maybe 20 minutes. Here is the finished product!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sz0A8-xQn0I/AAAAAAAAAIM/Ite_ohZG84c/s1600-h/CIMG7552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sz0A8-xQn0I/AAAAAAAAAIM/Ite_ohZG84c/s320/CIMG7552.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Personal picture)</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-2208826012984397735?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-82420530191739240242009-12-31T14:31:00.002-05:002009-12-31T14:47:52.634-05:00We found out a couple weeks ago that our ceremony location will be closed for construction :'( At first, I could not even imagine getting married somewhere else. I have always wanted to get married at Wayah Bald and it just seemed like it wouldn't be as special to get married anywhere else. My mom seemed pretty optimistic that we could find somewhere else. I think I spend most of the next week researching any location that had a good view in Franklin, NC. The problem was that I really wanted to see them all in person and Will and I would only be in Franklin for 3 days over Christmas. We were able to have an extra 4 days in Franklin the week before Christmas due to a funeral, so we spent a lot of that time looking at locations. I came away from that trip feeling hopeless. Nothing we had seen had given me a good feeling and no one really had the same amazing views of Wayah. <br /><br />My mom and grandmother have been asking all of their friends for recommendations on places to get married. One of the ladies from church suggested St. John's Episcopal Church. At first, I was really sceptical because I had no desire to get married indoors. Will and I stopped by on Christmas day and I almost started crying, it was so perfect. St. John's has an outdoor santuary with benches (I'm dying to have benches!) and chapel was so cute. There was even a bell we could ring!! <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/3062058507_d76db836d7.jpg?v=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" ps="true" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/3062058507_d76db836d7.jpg?v=0" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/3062058507_d76db836d7.jpg?v=0">Source</a></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We left there feeling great about the wedding. I called the church first thing on Monday morning but it wasn't until Wednesday that I heard back from the minister. Unfortunetly, they don't let you get married there unless you are Episcopal or have a family member that attends, so that is now out. Back to the search! <br /><br />Even with all the setbacks, I've feeling really hopeful for 2010. Will and I will at least get married and it will hopefully be in an amazing place surronded with all our family and friends.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-8242053019173924024?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-82796374847402786872009-12-12T18:01:00.000-05:002009-12-12T18:01:34.092-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>All this talk about the reception inspiration got me thinking that I should post the inspiration board I created for the whole wedding vibe. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFD8HR_xuI/AAAAAAAAAHc/mvQ8m_k7sQk/s1600-h/Inspiration_Board.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFD8HR_xuI/AAAAAAAAAHc/mvQ8m_k7sQk/s320/Inspiration_Board.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-8279637484740278687?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-5423609098157649742009-12-12T17:59:00.002-05:002009-12-12T18:02:16.988-05:00If you know me, you know I love anything French! So for my wedding, I will grab on to anything that seems French and try to incorporate it. I already had a loose vision of what I wanted the reception to look like, then I saw these pictures in the Utterly Engaged e-zine and loved them! They totally say French to me and they also fit into the look I was already going for for the reception. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFB2np8HaI/AAAAAAAAAG0/29hluuRYM2M/s1600-h/steph_photos_july09_2_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFB2np8HaI/AAAAAAAAAG0/29hluuRYM2M/s320/steph_photos_july09_2_1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFB9kjBkKI/AAAAAAAAAG8/ofZrmKjKLyo/s1600-h/steph_photos_july09_2_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFB9kjBkKI/AAAAAAAAAG8/ofZrmKjKLyo/s320/steph_photos_july09_2_2.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.utterlyengaged.com/">Source</a></span><br /><br /></div>&nbsp;I love the table linens, I love the milk glass vases, I love the flowers, I love the cake stands, I love the wooden chairs, I love everything! I've already found a bunch of milk glass vases to use and will be filling them with an assortment of flowers, including lots and lots of dahlias! <br /><br />Here are some of the mockups:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyQf1aGZWQI/AAAAAAAAAH8/e6BtOaBSkGM/s1600-h/CIMG7587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyQf1aGZWQI/AAAAAAAAAH8/e6BtOaBSkGM/s320/CIMG7587.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyQgAmcphlI/AAAAAAAAAIE/LHUm09kww3Y/s1600-h/CIMG7591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyQgAmcphlI/AAAAAAAAAIE/LHUm09kww3Y/s320/CIMG7591.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br />I know I will definitely have long tables instead of round, which actually saves money since we can borrow them from my mom's church. It looks like we might be getting chairs from there as well, so instead of wooden they will be metal. Now I just need to find some table linens that have a similar feel to the ones in the pictures from Utterly Engaged, I just think they look so much better than normal wedding linens!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-542360909815764974?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-42885983925647730182009-12-10T15:57:00.000-05:002009-12-10T15:57:36.065-05:00Sometimes I feel like my wedding is becoming a Big Lots wedding. My mom has found so many decorations and paper goods there! Everything we bought there has been Martha Stewart and has been $2 per item. We were able to get all the invitations, response cards and envelopes for...$8! Yes, 140 invitations, envelopes and response cards for under $10. I had already planned on printing them myself and the paper we got is cute. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFez03hQNI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Tg-nh7iRgrw/s1600-h/eyelet1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFez03hQNI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Tg-nh7iRgrw/s320/eyelet1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/">Source</a></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also got Thank You notes in the eyelet pattern and in a daisy pattern. Big Lots also provided 25 strings of battery powered eyelet lanterns, that will be used at our reception, daisy hearts, daisy chains, daisy place cards, daisy favor boxes and sticker daisies. We don't yet know how we will use all of the items, but I feel like we got a major deal and were able to get almost all the reception decorations.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a picture of the lanterns:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFgNm_RrJI/AAAAAAAAAHs/gJoI_DfrzYY/s1600-h/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFgNm_RrJI/AAAAAAAAAHs/gJoI_DfrzYY/s320/untitled.bmp" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/">Source</a></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a picture of the different daisy products:<br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFga3KgD_I/AAAAAAAAAH0/RSH41Zimlz0/s1600-h/celebrate3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SyFga3KgD_I/AAAAAAAAAH0/RSH41Zimlz0/s320/celebrate3.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/">Source</a></span><br /></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you Big Lots!!<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-4288598392564773018?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-25839985546801535732009-12-08T16:25:00.001-05:002009-12-10T15:44:09.158-05:00Will, Will's parents and I down to the mountains on labor day weekend so we could see what the site was like at the same time of year as the wedding. Will's parents had never been to Franklin before, so we also wanted to show it to them. Will and I stayed the whole week so we could do some planning and meet with some vendors. One of the meeting we had while we were there was with meet with a potential florist, April at East Side Florists.<br /><br />I had already decided to do the centerpieces with the help of my family, so we were only looking to get bouquets and bouttonniers. <br /><br />I decided I wanted all yellow for my bouquet and I have completely fallen in love with dahlias and billy buttons, so I'm hoping to incorporate both:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7Cd8l53HI/AAAAAAAAAFM/NAlgsMc1_lU/s1600-h/271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7Cd8l53HI/AAAAAAAAAFM/NAlgsMc1_lU/s320/271.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7C0SIo5iI/AAAAAAAAAFU/8_CD0u0iE1k/s1600-h/dsc-12701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7C0SIo5iI/AAAAAAAAAFU/8_CD0u0iE1k/s320/dsc-12701.jpg" /></a>Something like this but in all yellow<br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">For the bridesmaids, I wanted all white with pops of yellow since their dresses would be yellow:<br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DEA-p_1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/IQlgeS7QT4s/s1600-h/03summer6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DEA-p_1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/IQlgeS7QT4s/s320/03summer6.jpg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is exactly what I want, but as a bouquet.<br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Will had one request when it came to flowers, he wanted a sunflower and he only wanted one sunflower:<br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DR9L8AII/AAAAAAAAAFk/m3MRd51TKg8/s1600-h/large_image222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DR9L8AII/AAAAAAAAAFk/m3MRd51TKg8/s320/large_image222.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">For the groomsmen, I thought these would be perfect to coordinate with the bridesmaids:<br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DeGRYVgI/AAAAAAAAAFs/lXsbVbB-Wb0/s1600-h/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DeGRYVgI/AAAAAAAAAFs/lXsbVbB-Wb0/s320/5.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I found the cutest&nbsp;billy button&nbsp;bouttonniere and decided it would be perfect for the dad's and minister:<br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DmCfIpaI/AAAAAAAAAF0/wOlm6FqJjhE/s1600-h/Dahlia_Bout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7Dr0smX5I/AAAAAAAAAF8/T39wGdRAX6U/s1600-h/386b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7Dr0smX5I/AAAAAAAAAF8/T39wGdRAX6U/s320/386b.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, for the mothers, grandmother and female minister, daisies:<br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DzAZSJUI/AAAAAAAAAGE/6ZlMBlW4ZCY/s1600-h/daisy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7DzAZSJUI/AAAAAAAAAGE/6ZlMBlW4ZCY/s320/daisy.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">April seemed pretty optimistic about these choices and finding all the flowers. I had high hopes that she would come in under budget. But then, 3 months went by and we still haven't heard back from her with a price estimate. I even called the store trying to talk to her and she was out. <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-2583998554680153573?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-73609635244101673152009-12-08T15:24:00.003-05:002009-12-10T15:58:51.800-05:00That is what Will's brother Graham used to say when he was little and was playing with his toy camera. Now, everytime I think about pictures, I can picture little Grahamy saying "Take a pictcah"<br /><br />The first vendor we booked was our photographer. Photography was really important to both of us and I didn't want to wait in case our first choice got booked. I didn't really find anyone in the Asheville area that had the style I was looking for, so I decided any travel fees would be worth it. I wanted someone who took great pictures but had more of a candid feel instead of all posed pictures. I was also drawn to photographers that had really bright colors in their pictures. What was also really important to me was that whatever package we chose included a second shooter, all our images on a DVD with printing rights, and an engagement session. <br /><br />We narrowed the list down to <a href="http://www.frankjin.com/">Frank Jin</a> from Winston Salem, <a href="http://www.sarahseay.com/">Sarah Seay</a> from Raleigh and <a href="http://www.whiteboxweddings.com/">White Box Weddings</a> from Greensboro. We met with Frank Jin first. We both really liked him and he seemed really knowledgeable about cameras and photography. His packages included everything we were looking for and for a good price. Later the same day, we meet with Sarah Seay. She was also so nice and had brought a lot of albums to show us some of the weddings she had shot. I wasn't at all interested in an album, but after seeing the ones she brought, we both decided we had to have one! Even with the album, we were able to get everything we wanted in our package within our budget. After meeting with Sarah, we both decided that it wasn't necessary to even meet with White Box Weddings (their lowest package was out of our budget and didn't include everything we wanted) even though I loved their style. We booked Sarah the next week and are so excited to have her shoot our wedding!<br /><br />Here are some of my favorite pictures from Sarah Seay (<a href="http://www.sarahseay.com/">source for all</a>):<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7EsYxYWEI/AAAAAAAAAGM/HmSOjjPC1g8/s1600-h/img_1474blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7EsYxYWEI/AAAAAAAAAGM/HmSOjjPC1g8/s320/img_1474blog.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7EvwBBihI/AAAAAAAAAGU/G-7r82foGyk/s1600-h/img_2281b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7EvwBBihI/AAAAAAAAAGU/G-7r82foGyk/s320/img_2281b.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7Ex5N86wI/AAAAAAAAAGc/Bai5rI8AHwg/s1600-h/img_3188-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7Ex5N86wI/AAAAAAAAAGc/Bai5rI8AHwg/s320/img_3188-copy.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7E7ypAWEI/AAAAAAAAAGk/H5XoB33IUKY/s1600-h/img_6042-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7E7ypAWEI/AAAAAAAAAGk/H5XoB33IUKY/s320/img_6042-copy.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7E9algEwI/AAAAAAAAAGs/HRzhE-8C5cg/s1600-h/shoesblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" er="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/Sx7E9algEwI/AAAAAAAAAGs/HRzhE-8C5cg/s320/shoesblog.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-7360963524410167315?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-65726586478567135252009-12-01T14:28:00.003-05:002009-12-01T14:44:23.195-05:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SxVuKftg06I/AAAAAAAAAFE/6XdbQjwDND4/s1600/Wilson-Lick-150x150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__5puXBqSApg/SxVuKftg06I/AAAAAAAAAFE/6XdbQjwDND4/s400/Wilson-Lick-150x150.jpg" yr="true" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wncsentinel.net/?p=631"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a><br /></div>Originally, I liked the idea of having it at my parent's house in their backyard on the side of the mountain. The main problem was that they didn't have a house in Franklin, and we weren't sure if they were going to have one by the time I got married. Currently, they still haven't started building a house, so we decided to figure out other options. My mom suggested Wilson Lick Ranger Station, which is also located on Wayah Bald and about 3 miles from the tower. After I saw pictures, I loved the idea. Add in that my fiance works for the Park Service, and it seemed perfect. We were able to get our permit for the tower to also apply to Wilson Lick. And then we had the ceremony and reception reserved, not to mention both cost $0!!<br /><br />The challenge was figuring out how to get everyone from the tower to Wilson Lick. While the tower has parking for about 30 cars, Wilson Lick's parking lot can only hold 3 cars. And the fact that we will have no electricity at either location.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-6572658647856713525?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-21716691868903740152009-12-01T12:29:00.004-05:002009-12-01T14:43:51.960-05:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AG0NMLjCoX4/SQeIy6h4mxI/AAAAAAAAC58/UDuhdXTWYxw/s400/IMG_0240.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AG0NMLjCoX4/SQeIy6h4mxI/AAAAAAAAC58/UDuhdXTWYxw/s320/IMG_0240.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><a href="http://tilthelasthemlockdies.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a> <br /></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">As soon</span> as we were engaged, actually since I was about 12, I knew I wanted to get married in Franklin, NC. My grandmother lives there, along with a lot of grand aunts and uncles, my parents are in the process of moving there and its where we spent a lot of our vacation growing up. My family lives on Wayah Mountain, which has a great old fire lookout tower on top, so I knew that was the spot.<br /><br />Prior to getting engaged, I had already looked into what it takes to reserve Wayah Bald. Its a national park, so although I won't have sole rights to the location on our date, I did need a permit. In case anyone else out there is trying to get married in a national park, you need a permit if you are going to have more than 75 people present. You need to fill out an application and take it to your local forest office. <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/specialuses/special_app_process.shtml">Here</a> is a description of the process. This actually went surprisingly well. My mom took the form and we were approved immediately!<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-2171669186890374015?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775417228057284773.post-17636352998825629652009-12-01T12:09:00.000-05:002009-12-01T12:10:41.594-05:00I've decided to start this blog a little late in the game. I've already been engaged for 6 months and have done some planning and DIYing.... BUT I feel there is definitely a lack of resources for brides getting married in Western Carolina, so I want to document for planning.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8775417228057284773-1763635299882562965?l=amountainwedding.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09614521777172139442noreply@blogger.com0