An Update
First off I just wanted to thank everyone for their feedback and opinions in my previous post regarding wedding announcements and such for a second wedding. Based on what was said and based on some ettiquette references I've read (which thankfully my mother can't argue with) we've decided to just invite everyone, regardless of whether we think they can make the long distance travelling or not (my guide says that rule of thumb is we should let adults be adults and make the decision for themselves, and that you should invite everyone you'd want there) and then send out announcements afterward for those who couldn't make it. I had been concerned about hurting people's feelings with inviting them knowing they couldn't make the trip. But I could see how not getting invited could be just as bad if not worse. We may be suprised and have a ton of people RSVP, what fun!
As many of you know planning a wedding from a distance is never easy, especially if you've never been there before. For me, it is doubly challenging because the date is only a few short months away so I've been scrambling to put things together. In the past week there was a huge upheaval when, after many weeks of corrospondance and planning, we were forced to change our venue. I shoot her off an email saying something about bringing my own boquet and she sends me back an email saying "To advise you of our flower policy here at the chapel you are not able to bring your own flowers. To have flowers for your ceremony you will need to purchase those with us." Well I already have some flowers on order, paid for, so I'm like kthnxbai.
It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise as in trying to find another venue I found out that Circus Circus is having a huge special on hotel room discounts right now, and we were able to reseve our $80 rooms at a discounted price of $22/night (insane, right?). Apparently the last week of April is not a very busy time for them usually, so huge discount, yay. I also feel better about the hotel as all the reviews I've read say that the rooms are slightly nicer than the Stratosphere where we had been planning on staying, and as we will have children in our party I think it will work out well for them since Circus Circus is a very child friendly hotel. For convienence purposes we've decided to have the wedding at the hotel as they offer decent wedding and reception packages and the chapel looks very nice (read: not cheesey).
We found our rings and they are very pretty but a simple design so I am planning on having the inner band engraved when they arrive here. Something short but sweeet. I found the perfect flower girl dresses to match my dress. It's actually been a challenge to not blow a bunch of money on little things like jewelery, favors, and accesories.
Now it is just stressing about the other littler details. Since we have been able to set a date and have a venue I have to scramble to make the invitations and get those out in the mail as soon as possible (my biggest stress right now). Our website has been coming along nicely and I'm starting to get super excited about how the big day is shaping up to look like so much fun! My FH is picking up my shoes for me from the store down in San Diego tomorrow, but I still need to find a couple pairs of shoes to match the bridesmaid/flower girl dresses. I'm also trying to think of a good wedding present to give to my FH the night of.
As many of you know planning a wedding from a distance is never easy, especially if you've never been there before. For me, it is doubly challenging because the date is only a few short months away so I've been scrambling to put things together. In the past week there was a huge upheaval when, after many weeks of corrospondance and planning, we were forced to change our venue. I shoot her off an email saying something about bringing my own boquet and she sends me back an email saying "To advise you of our flower policy here at the chapel you are not able to bring your own flowers. To have flowers for your ceremony you will need to purchase those with us." Well I already have some flowers on order, paid for, so I'm like kthnxbai.
It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise as in trying to find another venue I found out that Circus Circus is having a huge special on hotel room discounts right now, and we were able to reseve our $80 rooms at a discounted price of $22/night (insane, right?). Apparently the last week of April is not a very busy time for them usually, so huge discount, yay. I also feel better about the hotel as all the reviews I've read say that the rooms are slightly nicer than the Stratosphere where we had been planning on staying, and as we will have children in our party I think it will work out well for them since Circus Circus is a very child friendly hotel. For convienence purposes we've decided to have the wedding at the hotel as they offer decent wedding and reception packages and the chapel looks very nice (read: not cheesey).
We found our rings and they are very pretty but a simple design so I am planning on having the inner band engraved when they arrive here. Something short but sweeet. I found the perfect flower girl dresses to match my dress. It's actually been a challenge to not blow a bunch of money on little things like jewelery, favors, and accesories.
Now it is just stressing about the other littler details. Since we have been able to set a date and have a venue I have to scramble to make the invitations and get those out in the mail as soon as possible (my biggest stress right now). Our website has been coming along nicely and I'm starting to get super excited about how the big day is shaping up to look like so much fun! My FH is picking up my shoes for me from the store down in San Diego tomorrow, but I still need to find a couple pairs of shoes to match the bridesmaid/flower girl dresses. I'm also trying to think of a good wedding present to give to my FH the night of.