A Lifetime in the Making: Wedding Plans & Ideas

Casey/Bryan Wedding-May 5, 2012

Camp Sumatanga

Kyle and I have been together since November of 2006. Kyle proposed during my first semester at JSU, and he eventually began school here as well. Over the past four years, we have grown up together and come to realize how awesome of a ministry we can have  together. I will graduate this December with a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education, English. Kyle is a History major, and he will graduate in the next few years. He has been appointed by the United Methodist Church to a small church in Leesburg; he will begin his time there this June. In a few years, he plans to attend seminary. We are so excited about this new stage in life, and  we can't wait to further our ministry together. By the time May rolls around, Kyle and I will have been together almost six years. We cannot wait to take our vows with all of our friends and family around us. We have begun the wedding planning, and we are more excited than ever. We would love to hear what you think--so hear it goes...

Ideas in Pictures

Colors: Deep Purple and Light Green

Theme: Shabby/Chic. We like how these pics have the shabby chic feel to them.

Candy Bar: We love the idea of a candy bar for the guest favor. We like how these go with my color scheme, but they do not really go with the shabby/chic theme all that well; they’re too modern.

Coffee Bar: The idea we have is this: we want my guests to be able to go to the bar to order coffee drinks instead of alcohol. we would like to have three or four different coffee drinks that they can choose from. We like the ideas of these pics but none of them really capture what we are thinking. We really want it to be like going up to the counter in a coffee shop and telling the order to the barista.

Suitcases as Decoration: Kyle and I love to travel. We went to Mexico last summer, and we are traveling to Italy for three weeks this year. We wanted to capture our love for travel in some aspect of our wedding. We thought that we could incorporate antique suitcases into the shabby/chic theme. We were thinking that some of them could have flower arrangements; we could use one to hold the going away things (sparklers, maybe?);  and then, I like how this pic uses the suitcase (the pic and the suitcase are REALLY ugly! The suitcases we have purchased are a lot nicer and more vintage looking, and certainly not the tacky blue). I just like how they have the line with “cards” on it.

This is one of the suitcases we have actually purchased. We are hoping to have about ten total at the reception.

Table decorations: We have collected antique green and purple (to go with the color scheme) glasses, pitchers, bowls, etc to make flower arrangements in and go on all of the tables at the reception. 

Table Clothes: We have also purchased several different lace table clothes to be put over the standard table clothes. All of the lace clothes we have purchased are different and they vary in sizes, shapes, and patterns. They are all off white/ivory.

Flowers: I want all of the centerpieces and bouquets to be done with white lily and white hydrangea. Maybe some purple added in—I haven’t decided.

Cake: I know we want a huge cake with a giant bow tied around the middle. I like the colors and patterns of the first cake plus the size of the bow on the second and the shape of the third.  feel like the bow goes well with the theme. ….and I love bows!

For the bridesmaids: This dress in purple, not the green. I really love this dress because of the bow. This dress isn’t a definite, but it gives a better idea of the look we are going for.

The Location: Camp Sumatanga. CS is a very special place to me and Kyle. We have chosen to get married by the lake. We hope to have an arbor, but we want the cross (not seen in this pic) to be in the background of all the pics. We want white chairs at the ceremony. For the reception, we have chosen to have it in the Hutto Auditorium at CS. It is a beautiful building with pine walls and ceilings. The only problem is that there is a huge stage that I have no clue what to do with! Follow the links to see the location!

The wedding site in Spring:  http://sumatanga.org/Facilities/LakesideFacilities.aspx#

Hutto: file:///C:/Users/Leann/Pictures/Wedding%20Ideas/Hutto%20Auditorium.htm

Hutto stage: http://sumatanga.org/Facilities/HuttoAuditorium.aspx

These are probably all minute details, but these are the things we know we really want. I am open to any ideas and suggestions to make our day even better! I definitely feel like we have captured the shabby part, and I am hoping that you can help us make it even more chic! 

Blessings, 

Leann