Weddingbee Blog

{ The Poodles freaking out! Okay, we are not good at making faces }

For most couples after the—ohh so wanted!—proposal, the first thing on the “to do” list is to set a date! But, for the Poodles, things couldn’t be done that way ; we first needed to fill out tons of forms and visa papers, and then send out our petition package. After our package was sent, and having the visa process timing on hand, we then had a better idea of an approximate month we could get married, but not an exact date. So for 6 months, we had no idea of when the wedding was going to be… until this week! Now we know! We’ll marry in January (woo hoo!).

Of course, I wasn’t going to sit with my arms crossed and wait almost 6 months to start planning.

De ninguna forma! I wasn’t going to let this tiny little problem get on the way of our “green & purple” wedding planning.

We had the most important thing (besides each other, of course )… our venue!

{ Mr. Poodle’s Grandparents’ ranch – photo by Mr. Poodle }

We knew we wanted the ceremony and reception there, not just because we don’t need to check for availability and it’s free, but because it means so much to all of Mr. Poodle’s family. The ranch had a classic wood barn that would have been perfect for the reception, but during the big fire of 1994 it burned down, and Mr. Poodle’s family built it again, but this time with NO WOOD . So we won’t have the cute wood barn, but we’ll still have the old caboose and lots of land to play with (yay!).

Next on the list was our colors. This was the easiest task to check off, just because each one of us picked our favorite color. So, our colors are green and purple. I’m guessing you’re wondering, ‘But Miss Poodle, you’re getting married in January? And it will be winter in California?’ Yup! Those colors are not exactly a “winter” scheme, but I love challenges; our venue at that time of the year will be pretty much “brown”. So what I want is to give it a little bit of energy with strong and vibrant colors.

{ Our color scheme }

Next on our list was the inspiration board, and this is where everything begins (ohh so fun!). I know it might seem kind of “picture saturated” at first, but that’s because it was so hard for me to leave inspiration out of it!

{Image Credits}

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Now, just so you know, there are projects there that I will not be able to begin until I arrive in California, but I’m so anxious that I’ve begun to work on many others that I’ll have to carry with me on the plane.

Just because I like the hive sooo much, I want to share the projects that excite me the most! First, I’ll be making my own dress! But more on that later. We will build our own outdoor church based on the inspiration from KC & Kara’s wedding blog. Mr. Poodle’s dad is actually willing to helping us out building it! He’s a contractor, so he has being “saving” old parts that we will use. I’ve manage to gather a lot of different kinds of purple paper, left over throughout the years, so we are using those to make our origami centerpieces. We are also going to make cute stuff out of recycled plastic bottle bottoms, and I’ll be making my own clay bouquet and boutonnières for the boys.

At this point, I’m not sure if I’m happier about making them, or about the chance I know have to share them with all of you! (Followed by DIY instructions, of course!

You first knew a little about us, now you know a little about our wedding! Are you using your FI’s and your favorite colors in your color scheme? What parts of your wedding are most personal to you?