Ok, well the outdoor lounge research has still been going on. I got offered a better deal by 1/3 companies, but it's from the most expensive one... so no decisions have been made. I have also been contemplating just buying furniture of my own instead of renting it. I got a coupon for Pier 1 so randomly went on the website and found some options. I called one of the stores in Hawaii and they have the bench, so now I'm just trying to figure it all out. It only comes out to be a little more than renting, which just absolutely kills me. They even have perfect colored cushions...I figured after the wedding I could donate one set to my mom, the other to tutu... but the only problem I'm finding now is who is going to transport it from our house to the wedding and back? Or who would be able to fit that? So many things to consider...
I've also been talking with the cake companies and have two penciled in for my trip home with A Cake Life and Frosted Hawaii. The other two I am interested in say to call the day before and then at the end of May so those are TBD.
I wrote an email to JMJ Rentals yesterday explaining my situation. I really really hope he writes back soon because I am very anxious about getting this set in stone. One of my biggest priorites while I'm home will be to visit the location site with the vendor and set up a layout of where everything will go. I really need to be able to visualize everything and know where and how many of everything we need needs to go before I can even worry about centerpieces, favors etc. So yes, really hoping he calls back soon, otherwise I may have to look for another vendor. :-/
Well I had my sights on getting macarons for the favors, but the more and more I thought about it, they were so expensive, plus to have them overnight fed-ex'd would probably cause me a lot of anxiety, plus the rush of having to assemble them all in boxes in a day or two before the wedding was not really ideal. I'm sure we are going to have a lot of other things to do too. Well last night I was snacking on a treat my cousin's girlfriend Jenny brought up for us last month and I was like OMG!! This would make the perfect favor! I was pretty pleased. I looked it up online and found out another great little thing. Anyway, they are yummy, cute and a Hawaii company, which really makes more sense to have my favors from rather than a Cali company! So yeah, I'm quite pleased with this discovery :)
Ok...and now for the best part... Saturday Aunty Jeannine took Tutu and I to a fabric store called Jennie's and I found a bunch of potentials! Yay! I said to myself I could be happy with a few of these, which was great because I really just need to pick one. So Sunday we went to the garment district once again and I said to myself, if we don't find one here, we will go back to OC next weekend and get it there. Well we walked around and around, into the stores we didn't make it to last time, but nothing... everything was solids or bad materials...nothing even close. So Sean suggested we just go to Michael Levine one last time before we left. Well, maybe I was more open minded this time, or maybe it was because I was looking for greens rather than whites with greens, but I found SO many more options this time! It was kind of crazy. Here are the fabrics I found on Saturday and Sunday...
I wrote an email to JMJ Rentals yesterday explaining my situation. I really really hope he writes back soon because I am very anxious about getting this set in stone. One of my biggest priorites while I'm home will be to visit the location site with the vendor and set up a layout of where everything will go. I really need to be able to visualize everything and know where and how many of everything we need needs to go before I can even worry about centerpieces, favors etc. So yes, really hoping he calls back soon, otherwise I may have to look for another vendor. :-/
Well I had my sights on getting macarons for the favors, but the more and more I thought about it, they were so expensive, plus to have them overnight fed-ex'd would probably cause me a lot of anxiety, plus the rush of having to assemble them all in boxes in a day or two before the wedding was not really ideal. I'm sure we are going to have a lot of other things to do too. Well last night I was snacking on a treat my cousin's girlfriend Jenny brought up for us last month and I was like OMG!! This would make the perfect favor! I was pretty pleased. I looked it up online and found out another great little thing. Anyway, they are yummy, cute and a Hawaii company, which really makes more sense to have my favors from rather than a Cali company! So yeah, I'm quite pleased with this discovery :)
Ok...and now for the best part... Saturday Aunty Jeannine took Tutu and I to a fabric store called Jennie's and I found a bunch of potentials! Yay! I said to myself I could be happy with a few of these, which was great because I really just need to pick one. So Sunday we went to the garment district once again and I said to myself, if we don't find one here, we will go back to OC next weekend and get it there. Well we walked around and around, into the stores we didn't make it to last time, but nothing... everything was solids or bad materials...nothing even close. So Sean suggested we just go to Michael Levine one last time before we left. Well, maybe I was more open minded this time, or maybe it was because I was looking for greens rather than whites with greens, but I found SO many more options this time! It was kind of crazy. Here are the fabrics I found on Saturday and Sunday...
Ok, so much more than before! Sean and I then narrowed it down to our favorite three. Unfortunately they didn't have the middle one, so it was between the other two (probably better they were out of one). Sean liked the one on the left the best and I could NOT make up my mind, so it was settled. That is our print! We bought like 30+ yards and got a 10% discount. I brought it over to Sean's parents house and we plan to have a "sewing party" in the near future. I'm just awaiting the boys measurements since I only have Roenicke's so far. But we finally have a fabric, yay!!!
Last but not least, my friend from home (and family friend) entered into a contest "Make a Wish Children's BIrthday Party Challenge" on Minted.com. She is also helping me design and make my wedding invitations too! So please, if you can, vote for her designs so that she can win! Thank you!
http://www.minted.com/designer/SashiandMiko
http://www.minted.com/designer/SashiandMiko
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