Sunday, July 29, 2012

Wedding To Do List - Mom

Wedding To Do list - Mom


  1. Cookie to go Favors 
    1. Ball Jars
    2. 50 min-75 max 
  2. Flower Girls - 6 
    1. Skirts
    2. Baskets - $6 each 
  3. Welcome Bags 
    1. 25-30
    2. bags are $3 each

Wedding Cake

Wedding Cake Notes:
Do not Say - this is for a wedding
Decorate with flowers fresh-cut from wedding
Green carnations, white and green camellias

SIMPLE design

2-3 tiers NO Columns
-including the top tier

Rounds


small display sheet plus sheet cakes if needed
example 94 people for cake plus $75 ea for sheet cake 50 people

Sponge cake - less expensive
pound cake?

ONE Flavor
white - vanilla bean!
or tres leches

with raspberry filling - more expensive

icing:
butter cream icing - vanilla bean flavor
more expensive icing option - white chocolate ganache

On a simple cake plate -
knife

plates, forks, punch, milk and cookies

GROOMS CAKE:
Golf Theme -
Chocolate?
maybe this can be raspberry filling instead of the wedding cake and include in total rather than sheet cakes too


Wedding Cake Topper - $20acrylic photo frame heart shaped

Wedding Flowers

Flowers!

Check - can we take wedding flowers to reception?
Choose:  in season or readily available
Consult,
Delivery
Set-up
Rentals?
Repurpose: ceremony and reception, bridal boquets as centerpieces

inexpensive:
mums and carnations - can group 20 together with greens around
petals with candle and floating flowers with floating candles
wild flowers

Inexpensive:
cornflower, camellia, daisy, gladicuses, gerber daisy

Greenery, leaves, Wheat
freesia, gladiola, dendorbium, bells of ireland, green berries, hypercium berries, white tuplip, stephanotis, lillies of the valley, anemones, daffodils, lady slipper orchid, cybillum orchid, coxcomb, virbinum

LISTS OF REAL IDEAS:

Sunflower*
Babys breath*
daffodils*
stock*

Green Canations*
Green Mums*  - lime spider mums
Cream, white and green wildflowers
Camellia in white and green
yellow daisy or green daisy*
white and green galdiolus
green gerber daisy
creme white and green roses*
green asters
creme, white and green tulips - parrot tulips*
green and white freesia*
white or green lilacs
green wheat*
greenery*
ferns
white or green dendrobium
green bells of ireland*
green berries and green hypercium berries
green orchids*
white or green stephanotis
white lilly of the valley
white anemone with green center

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Dream Position Description

Human Resources -
- attract, develop and retain key talent
- develop & maintain our Employer Brand

Continuing Education -
- source and evaluate opportunities for staff development and continuing education

Corporate Social Responsibility -
- oversees Granting Program
- evaluate and enhance company CSR

Director of the Innovation Division -
- video news
- real estate
- and more

Public Relations
- University
- Chambers
- City
- County

Public Service Director
-

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Wedding - Order of Events

1:30 Mass
2:15 Ceremony
3:00 Photos / Cocktails
4:00 Cocktails / Apps.
4:30 Apps / Buffet
5:30 Cut the Cake
6:30 Dancing - 1st dance 
8:00 Fireworks at exit
To The Hyde Out!

Welcome Baskets

Re-usable Shopping Bags (1-per family)
25-30

Map

Palouse Activity Guide - must-see's, restaurants, botiques, personalized,
A local Magazine or Newspaper

Wine
Water Bottles - monogram
pepsi

Salty Snack -  LOCAL
Sweet Snack - LOCAL

Tissues

Mints

Toothpicks

Itinerary

  • Rehearsal Dinner
  • Getting Ready
  • Ceremony
  • Reception
  • Brunch
& Information:
  • Contact
  • Timeline
  • Locations
  • Dress Codes


Personal Gifts:
- Cd of Music or pictures
- Radio
- Fruit Salt
- Note book
- Golf Balls

Emergency/Party Pack
advil
alkaselter
tums
emergenC
sewing kit
ice packs
eye drops
tide 2 go
bandaids

Weather-friendly items to consider:
bug spray
sunglasses
hot tea
ponchos
chapstick
sunhats
scarf
soaps
sleep mask
sunscreen

THANK YOU NOTE -
welcome, Thank you!
explain basket
Postcards from Colfax

Whitney's Wedding To Do List

Wedding To Do List - Areas of Concern!
  1. Outside of Church
    1. arrows ? 
      1. arrows are $18 ea. at 3
  2. Foyer
    1. Welcome Table
      1. Guest Book - $36.99 (Burlap and Linen - Save-on-Crafts)
        1. Pens - green, wrapped with Sunflowers (Dollar Tree) = approx $15 total
        2. Pen Holder - Ball Jar wrapped w/ Tulle & Burlap String Bow 
      2. Pictures
        1. "Welcome, Please Sign in, pick up a program" 
        2. Fran & Whit 
      3. Flowers (1)
      4. Candles 
      5. Programs
        1. The order of Mass
        2. Personal message 
        3. Reception to Follow
  3. Ceremony 
    1. Number of Pews _____ 
      1. Picture Frames ($1 ea) dollar tree- bulk 24 at a time? 5 x7 
      2. Tulle & Burlap String Bows and/or Yellow Ribbons ____ per ft. x ____ ft. 
    2. Flowers (2 min.)
    3. Candles (2 min)
    4. Aisle Runner
    5. Flower Petals
    6. Pillow(s) Alex & Mickey $9.99 ea = $20.00    (Natural & White Burlap)
    7. Flower Girl Baskets (6)  (Maddy, Livy, Lilly, Scarlet, Juniper, Leila) = $30 
    8. Sparklers for Exiting *basket of plus mini lighters 
  4. Reception
    1. Outdoor
      1. Tiki Torches - Entrance
      2. Directional arrows & Balloons $45
    2. Welcome Table
      1. Guest Book again
      2. Flowers again
      3. Add a new picture $2 
      4. "no seating plan picture frame" - done 
      5. directional sign ?
    3. Coat Rack - Sign? 
    4. Fireside Room
      1. Fireplace
      2. Favors Table
        1. Cookies in a Jar
        2. Flowers
        3. Picture
        4. "Thank you" in a frame 
      3. Gift Table
        1. Cards Box
          1. Old Suitcase 
          2. String 
          3. Old clothes
      4. Fountain 
      5. Cake Table
        1. pictures
        2. flowers
        3. candles
        4. Cake Toppers
        5. Flowers for Cake
        6. Plates
        7. Napkins
        8. Forks
      6. Buffet Tables
        1. Names for each item - $1 per silver frame (dollar tree)
    5. Ballroom
      1. Music
        1. Speakers
        2. Ipod
        3. Live?
        4. Microphone 
        5. Hook ups 
        6. Computers
        7. HDMI
        8. etc. 
      2. Dance Floor
        1. Flip Flops ($1 x 12 asstd)
        2. Picture Frame - Dancing shoes - done 
      3. Bar
        1. 2 -3 galvanized tubs
        2. ICE 
        3. Glasses
          1. Kids - water etc
          2. Wine
          3. Champagne
          4. Beer 
          5. Adult - soda, water, etc
        4. Beverages 
          1. 2 reds
          2. 2 whites
          3. champagne
          4. Kid's Toast - Milk w/ a Cookie on Top of glass 
          5. dark beer
          6. light beer
          7. bud light
          8. pepsi
          9. diet pepsi
          10. sprite - kids 
          11. orange - kids . 
          12. lemonade - kids 
          13. ortchaga water - kids 
          14. iced tea
          15. Alcohol-Free Beer - O'douls
          16. Alcohol-Free Wine/Champagne - Aria 
          17. WATER on ice - kids 
            1. Glass catering bottles 
            2. Water Cups