Ch Ch Changes...

So, I made a post earlier in the summer regarding where I wanted my reception to be held.  After a lot of meetings with vendors and a great (great) deal of reflection, I have chosen to change the location of my reception.  It will be in an equally lovely place, but it will better meet my needs in planning and decorating.

The venue I originally looked at was incredibly elegant.  It has lovely white pilliars in the ballroom that are lit at the top.  It basically screams wedding.  Choosing this venue meant that I was responsible for everything (Centerpieces, chairs, linens, dj, food, alcohol, etc...).  Now this means that I could easily cut costs where ever I saw fit, which is a nice freedom.  Since I plan to do a lot of decorating and have a sit down meal with some sort of bar option, finding a place with a wedding package would be preferable.  The new venue that I have chosen has a wedding package and it is in a hotel with is good for the many traveling guests Andrew and I will have.  I want to make their stay as easy and comfortable as possible. Having the reception in a hotel requires less travel (and less chance to get lost) for our visitors.  It will also allow our traveling guests to retire to their room and come back down to the reception at a later time if they so choose.

Now, I do not want a room that looks like a hotel conference center.  I don't want my reception to feel like a dressed up business meeting.  Unfortunately, I feel that a lot of hotel ballrooms look that way.  There is a hotel close to home that is a castle, yes, a castle!  This means that there will be lovely photo opportunities!

Now, I recognize these photos are basically identical, but they are taken at slightly different angles.  There is a restaurant to the right of these photos, and it has pretty windows and such that will offer a nice background for pictures.


In my process of finding pictures of the outside, I stumbled across some photographs of the ballroom decorated for a wedding...

Does it not just look stunning?  I plan to have up lighting like this.  It will be in the tiffany blue (teal) color.  I also like the monogram.  It's not too expensive so we may have that as well, however it would be above the head table as opposed to the dance floor.  You can see where the wall has two square indents.  I plan to decorate those like a Tiffany's box! I just need to figure out how to do that..  I may have to seek the advice of Andrew's artistic brother : )Well, friends, there is not much more to share at this point.  I have moved, and wedding details may be put on the back burner for a month or two as I begin my new job!  Naturally, as I stumble across new ideas and resources, I'll be sure to share.