Fitting in with the French
October 7th, 2008 @ 1:48 pm by Mrs. Candy Corn
Mr. Candy Corn’s stepfather is from France (Mr. CC lived there for quite some time and is fluent in French as well), which has resulted in us having nearly a dozen French guests who will be attending our wedding. Some know a great deal of English, some don’t speak any, so I wanted them to feel included by inserting some French-lovin’ here and there. The above is one of the cake signs I made, with an illustration I did of an Ann Wood cake topper, since our cake topper is handmade by Ann.
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We Have a Kitchen Table?!
September 29th, 2008 @ 8:34 am by Mrs. Pinot Noir
Many people ask me what the hardest part of planning a destination wedding is. They guess it is choosing venues, restaurants or table linens. The fact is, the hardest part about planning a destination wedding is figuring out how to get everything to the destination! Every planning and decor decision makes me think about how we will get the item to the other side of the country. Can we ship it? Pack it in our checked baggage? Do we have to carry it on the plane with us? Our luggage will include all our wedding week clothing, rings, parent/wedding party gifts, my dress, Mr. PN’s kilt, honeymoon clothes, etc., so we decided it would be best to send along some items in advance.
Our amazing florist graciously accepted to receive a few packages and take them to our venue on the morning of the wedding. So, we have spent the last couple weeks finishing our wedding programs, table names, escort cards, menu cards, and cake table photos.
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What’s for Dinner?
September 13th, 2008 @ 2:59 pm by Mrs. Cookie
Another DIY project brought to you by my Gocco: our menus!
I wanted to keep them simple and informational, as we are offering a very selective bar menu. I used Laurell and Futura fonts, and also used the same paper by Art. Co from Xpedx that I have been using for our stationery needs.
What’s On The Menu?
August 28th, 2007 @ 3:30 pm by Mrs. Emerald
After many technical difficulties, I can finally post my menu designs!! I wanted to design something a little different than what’s normally been done for menu cards, so I decided to have them printed by the same online company that printed my invitations, OvernightPrints. This may sound a bit strange, considering that they are actually a commercial printing company (postcards. letterheads, envelopes, brochures, etc), but they will print whatever artwork you send them so long as it fits their size requirements. After receiving a sample of their postcards last winter, I knew this was how I wanted my invitations printed. Their 5.5″ x 8.5″ postcards are of AMAZING quality, with super thick, glossy, premium stock… no flimsy postcards here!!
Anywhoo, I planned to design the menus in Adobe Illustrator, save them as a PDF file, upload them on their website, and send them off to print! Was it that easy?! Of course not… for some reason, my files were HUGE (100 megs for the front and 150 megs for the back side), and OvernightPrints has a file maximum of 20 megs. Uhmmm, crap… I won’t bore you with all the snoringly exciting details of my trials and tribulations, but let me just say that I ended up sending OP a lower-res jpeg in order to fit their size requirements, and was NOT happy with the print quality. I contacted Customer Service and we worked out a re-print at 50% off, and I sent them my original 100+ meg files which they were able to reduce down to size for me. The final result was picture perfect!!
DIY Wedding Menu
July 30th, 2007 @ 12:01 pm by Mrs. Onion
I purchased 100 extra blank sheets of our invitation card stock from Creative Montage for my DIY printing projects, and started with our wedding menus.
I have never used Microsoft Publisher before, but my fiance and I worked together (which usually on a computer is a challenge, as we think differently in our order of operations) and I think they came out really well.
Here is a print screen of the publisher file:
Everybody Loves Paper
June 22nd, 2007 @ 8:24 am by Mrs. Jelly Beans
One sleepless night in Ottawa, I started my menu cards and table names assembly line. *beep, beep, beep, beep*
Circular Menu Cards
May 18th, 2007 @ 1:54 pm by Mrs. Bell Pepper
I discovered this unique menu card idea from Philly Knottie Just_JRM’s wedding. The menu cards were designed by Robin K Designs and she was my inspiration for my pocketfold invites and other reception ideas. I had several ideas for creating our circular menu cards, but nothing seemed to work well. I first thought about adding a gold doily and then I thought about stamping/embossing a design. The ideas just didn’t work and now with our wedding day coming soon, I had to create something…FAST!
Yummy For All Tummies
April 9th, 2007 @ 12:32 pm by Mrs. Pearl
On Thursday, we had our food tasting at the Ritz Carlton. Food was/is a really important consideration for our wedding — partly because we’re foodies and partly because it’s a major thing that a lot of people notice about your wedding. The hotel used to offer a tasting of all aspects of the dinner menu, excluding hors d’oeuvres and liquor. We did a tasting there last February about a month prior to their rule change…lucky us!
They changed their menus back in June, which meant that we needed to do another tasting of main entrees. Not-so-lucky for me (and you, my faithful readers), I forgot my camera, so there are no pics of the yumminess that sat before us. Also not-so-lucky for me is that I was suffering from what I thought was a pretty bad cold (ended up being bronchitis…yuck), so it dulled my sense of taste a bit.
We had already decided that we were going to have filet mignon as one of the menu options for sure. I am pretty predictable in my eating habits and my favorite out-to-dinner meal is filet. I guess it’s predictable that we’d have it at our wedding. 
We also tried two different types of fish and one chicken dish. In the end, we decided on the filet, one of the fish dishes, and a vegetarian dinner. Now our menu is as follows:
Our Wedding Menu (Final Version!)
March 31st, 2007 @ 2:13 am by Mrs. Plum
We finally had our menu tasting today - and I have to tell you - it was SO GOOD! 
I am so relieved now (not that I was too worried in the first place) because I booked the venue before ever tasting/doing any researching on the food!
Everyone told me not to worry - that it was the best food at a wedding they’ve ever had - and they were right! (not to hype it up or anything 
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Sooo….here is what everyone’s been waiting for - Food Pictures!
Passed Hors D’oeuvres / Cocktail Hour
(we will be having premium open bar with wine, beer, and liquor)
Our signature cocktail will be a Pomegranate Martini with a Pink Sugar Rim - yummy!
Brie & Portobello Mushroom Quesadillas with Mango Guacamole
Thai Chicken on Cucumber with a Peanut Sauce (not pictured)
Miniature Crab Cakes with a Sundried Tomato Remoulade
Poll: Steak or Chicken? Or Seafood?
March 21st, 2007 @ 5:56 pm by Mrs. Snow Pea
Mr. Snow Pea and I can only afford to have 1 choice of entree which is Filet Mignon. To have an additional choice, we have to pay an additional $10/pp. Every little bit adds up and we feel there should be enough courses and appetizers to satisfy those who don’t eat beef.
(Vegetarian upon request is no additional charge)
