the date

We have a date!!!! April 3, 2010. We signed the ceremony date with Myriad Gardens at the Water Stage. And, we are leaning towards having the reception there as well. Then having an after party at the Renaissance Marriott Hotel downtown, for all of us youngsters who still want to party and hang out. The people staying at the Renaissance could literally walk to the wedding since it is two blocks away. At least, one thing is down, now we just need to make the reception final and then catering and the dress that everyone keeps bugging me about! Until the next news...

still no reception venue

Next on the list will be to check out some hotels downtown. We went to Will Roger's Theatre, but one of the thing we really want to do is have Forward Foods cater the cocktail hour with all sorts of cheese, and Will Roger's said no to that, although so far Will Roger's was the best looking place we have seen so far. They were incredibly hard to get a hold of and set an appointment up with, though, and expensive.

I do also know that I want to have a candy bar, and not some lame one with candy like snickers or twix, one like this at Oh! Nuts, with pink and green candy in fancy bowls.

So far the wedding planning is on hold until we find a reception venue. arg.

Oklahoma wedding fun

Good weddings in Oklahoma are hard to come by. Thank you mom for giving my the money and budget. She is awesome. So, I do think I have officially decided that we are going to use the Myriad Gardens and going to get married on the Water Stage. The stage has been updated since this photo and has built in chairs that seat 210 in place of the cement benches. Also, they are going to refinish the stage. So, as long as the weather permits, which there is never a guarantee on any kind of weather in Oklahoma, the wedding will be here. The reception is another story, still looking in the downtown OKC area. And, there is no date set as of yet, March 27 or April 3?

But, I do know what the wedding colors will be. Thank you paint swatches. This is pretty close, the colors may vary ever so slightly with different hues.Sort of a warm limey olive green or an apple green, dark warm gray or maybe a slate gray, and light pink, breast cancer awareness style. Really, the I'm not so sure about the hue of each one. After I chose the main colors gray and pink with green accents, I then found out that my Mom's wedding colors were green and pink, so hurrah, good choices Mom. I want my bridesmaid dresses to be gray. Maybe with green shoes. And, then I really like the pink ranunculus with green in the middle. And the green ones are pretty awesome, I have to admit.And, I also think wheatgrass centerpieces would be really cool. Probably with rectangular low white or gray vases though. Okay, enough for today.

Wedding Venues Round II

So, the Skirvin was okay, I had my sister with me who has taken photos for them so they offered me $2,000 off and gave me a free ashtray with candy in it from B.C. Clarks. Ha. Still, $8,000 for just the reception is too much money.

Myriad Gardens went well, I just have too many guests to do an inside wedding in the garden, though I could do an outside wedding. The only problem with that is that Oklahoma weather is crazy. Ideally I would like an outside wedding, so cross your fingers. Still looking a venues for the reception, the reception area in the Myriad was pretty awesome for the Crystal Bridge, but not so cool for outside weddings. Sigh, still more places to look for.

Civic Center Music Hall, and
Will Rogers Theatre,
here I come, and I still like the Public Market a lot as well.

Venues

Who knew finding the right wedding venue and reception would be so hard? For some reason I feel like I am a lot more picky than other people. Or maybe most people get married in churches and I want an outside wedding in a garden. And, I want a really cool modern venue for a reception but still be romantic, no bows on my chairs please. So, I guess if I were to become a bridezilla it would be about this. I have seen 4 different places, I do have a favorite, but have mixed feelings.

-Cole's Garden was too expensive, but not ruled completely out. They have some really cool gardens.
-The Hamilton Event Center was too small, and overpriced for how small it was. But, for a smaller wedding than ours would make a good reception.
-Castle Falls was too rude, the lady didn't even introduce herself to us. Plus, they have a lot of really weird and strict rules. But, the castle, grounds, and history of the place was really cool.
-The Farmer's Public Market was a little ghetto on the outside, but really awesome on the inside, and the customer service was amazing.

I have noticed that so far most wedding venues are located in ghetto areas, some of them just hide it better than others.

Next on the list to see are the Myriad Botanical Gardens and the Skirvin, and then perhaps some places in Guthrie. Sigh, this is hard. I just have too high of expectations I suppose.

Engaged

So, I haven't been doing any art unless you count rearranging books at work as art. But, there have been some exciting things to happen in my life lately. So, maybe it is time for me to change my blog into something else, so that I might actually use it.

A month ago on Friday the 13th, I was planning on going to a lovely dinner with my boyfriend to celebrate Valentine's Day early. His birthday is February 15th, so we had a planned a party for him on Valentine's night. He had made reservations at Boulevard Steakhouse, and when we got there we had to wait at the bar for a table, which is one my biggest pet peeves at restaurants. The point of a reservation is to not have to wait, at least in my opinion. Then when we were finally to be seated, the lady led us through the whole restaurant even through the lounge area, and said to Kris, "didn't you say non-smoking?" Since, I have asthma I like to know ahead of time if I am going to be around smoking. His response was, "things are about to get interesting."

So, we get to our room, which is a back room in the restaurant, and I see Ande first, then my sister, and my mom, and Tony, and all of Kris' close family and friends. And, I think in my head, Oh my God, he is going to propose to me. Then I think, maybe he's not, maybe he's not. And then he picks up a champagne glass hands it to me and picks one up himself. And, I think, Oh my God he is. He proposes, I can't even really remember what he said, I just started crying and couldn't see the ring, and I shook my head yes, and said yes. And, everyone was hugging me, and I was in shock and couldn't even look at the menu for about 10 minutes. It was perfect, and crazy, and I love him. I had no idea, he had it planned since the beginning of the year and everyone knew, but me.

But, now comes the wedding planning, so, maybe for the time this will be a wedding planning blog.

Before Kris I was always the girl who looked at wedding magazines in disdain, and thought I would get married later in life. But, being with Kris made me want to get married and do all those stupid things other girls do, and look at pretty wedding things, gross. And, it was embarrassing, but here I am planning a wedding, and enjoying it, mostly.