We set out Friday afternoon with both sets of parents and headed to Becki's shop in Utica. It's a bit of a trip out to the shop so we decided to make a day of it and planned to go to the Ottawa Wine Festival after the tasting. More about that later...
When we arrived at the shop, Becki had a plethora of popcorn flavors for us to try - from the classic caramel corn, cheesy cheddar and Chicago style, to savory flavors like jalapeno cheddar and garlic Parmesan...and for the sweet tooth, white chocolate cherry and Oreo. And that is just to name a few! We were in popcorn heaven!!!! The six of us could not taste test enough of the flavors and seriously wanted to pick every variety for our reception. Alas, we could not spend the remaining wedding budget on just popcorn, so we were forced to choose. We narrowed it down to SEVEN fantastic flavors from salty to sweet to down right scrumptious. I'm not going to tell you which flavors we chose, but rest assured, our guest's taste buds will be happy.
***Side note: If anyone wants delicious popcorn without boutique popcorn shop price, please take a look at Becki's website, giver her a call 1-866-898-CORN, or send her a quick email
flutterbypopcorn@sbcglobal.net to find out the pricing (very inexpensive) and flavors she has available.
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After the tasting we had a laid back afternoon/evening with our parents...enjoying a delicious chicken dinner at Rip's Tavern (best chicken around) and then headed over to the Ottawa Wine Festival where the people and wine were an absolute delight. :-)
On Sunday we worked on our invitations and inserts. Designing your own invitations gives you a lot of creative freedom and will save you, or at least in our situation, a lot of money. I've done a ridiculous amount of research, priced out websites and shops and nothing honestly compared to buying a few designs off of Etsy, purchasing separate inserts and printing and building the invitation ourselves. Will it take some time, of course, but it will totally be worth it. The overall design has been finalized, fonts have been chosen and our last insert is almost complete. Our plan is to print the invitations between now and the beginning of July and then assemble them in August. I'll be moving in July and will not have the time or space to work on them so once again, we are working ahead of schedule. :-)
My big accomplishment the past couple weeks was a project I have been working on for my lovely fiance. Ron and his dad are big into cars and restoration and are always pointing out different makes and models when we are driving. When we first started discussing transportation from the church to our reception we thought it would be fun to have an "old-timey" car. Unfortunately, those cars come with a pretty hefty price tag. Luckily a friend of the family happened to have a wonderful contact in the area who had the type of car we were looking for. I did a little research and made a few phone calls behind Ron's back. Sneaky sneaky! After having a fantastic conversation with the owner of said car, he offered an amazing deal for our wedding day that I could not pass up. That following Saturday I took Ron to see the car and to meet the owner. We were beyond impressed with both. I'm not going to give any details away but this car is fan-freaking-tastic and is the perfect color, make and model. Ron was very excited to say the least. :-)
Let's hope for another set of successful and productive weekends the rest of the month. Stay tuned for more updates including an exciting trip to the Tuscan countryside for our honeymoon. Woot woot!
Only 135 days to go...
