Planning, Planning: flowers

I realized the other day that I have gotten into the habit of thinking about wedding planning CONSTANTLY. I find inspiration everywhere, as I do with any creative project I'm working on. So it has become habit to go looking for inspiration when I'm not busy with work or Dave. I got so inside my head this afternoon on the way back from having lunch with Dave downtown that I tried to drive back to our old house in town (which is across town). And I had even said to Dave as we were finishing that I will be glad when I won't have to worry about the wedding anymore, and just enjoy being married to him... haha. But anyway...

My dress is in the making. They will be shipping it June 23rd to the shop I bought it from. I went last weekend while in town and picked out my sash color (which is a brilliant peacock blue).

I have been shopping around for flowers, DJs and Dave's ring the last few weeks. I think this sounds kind of crazy, but I might go with mail-ordered flowers. I know. Crazy right? I read in one of my many bridal magazines that there are wholesale flowers available online for cheap. So I went and checked it out. I had met with a florist about a month ago to get a quote, and it was much more than what I was expecting. This wholesale flower thing doesn't seem so bad. They come in sturdy boxes all arranged and ready to go. The only thing is, I will only have a general idea of what they will look like until they get here... but I guess it is the same as trusting design to a florist, right? I'm not that much of a flower snob to be super worried about their exact appearance. They will be flowers, bright colored ones, that smell nice. That is all I want for our flowers and our wedding. I'm getting to the point where little things like that don't stress me so much...

or maybe I'm just loosing it... haha.

Oh well. I e-mailed the online company, growersbox.com (the collection I like is called the Bright Collection and the picture above is an example of the bridal bouquet), to ask them a few questions, so hopefully we will get good answers. I think it will go well... I just have one of those good feelings. I feel like I can trust my gut feelings on something like this, especially if it means paying only half as much as using a local florist. :)

They also have boxes of just flowers and greenery that is cheap, allowing me to arrange my centerpieces in the way that I want. I would rather pay less and work a little harder myself (or put my maids to work ;)) than pay an extra $400

Above is what I am thinking for centerpieces. I will probably use different flowers than those above, but I love the idea, and they would be easy to put together the morning of the wedding.

Something I have looked up today, regarding our mini-moon, is where we will be staying the weekend after the wedding. Our first choice is McMenamins Edgefield, but they might already be booked that weekend (I'm not 100% sure yet, I need to call). Our second choice is McMenamins' newest hotel, the Crystal Hotel, which is in downtown Portland. It would be awesome if we could do that too, all the best coffee is right within walking distance ;) (*cough*cough* Stumptown) We have yet to book our room, so we shall see!