super productive weekend!

I am SO excited about all the fun wedding things we got done this weekend :) We went to Muskegon (my hometown, where the wedding is) to meet with the priest, a florist, and a cake-baker. I am SO excited about our flowers and cake! The last florist we met with was very disappointing; we don't have a lot of money budgeted for flowers and she was basically telling me that my only choice in that price range was to have the bridesmaids carry 3 roses tied together. I guess that's not what I think of when I think of a bouquet. This place was totally willing to work with our budget and gave us great suggestions, which was really helpful since I didn't really know what I wanted. Our flowers are more informal and fun; it's even going to have snowflake blossoms and reindeer moss...how appropriate for our winter themed wedding!!! I think it will be SO cute :) And we got the entire wedding party for only $20 over what we budgeted - including delivery to the church.

The person we're using for the cake was ALSO great!!! And super reasonable. We didn't have much budgeted for a cake because a family friend was going to make it at cost for us. She found out that she will be having her fifth back surgery, so she won't be able to make it. The lady we are going to use instead was someone I met at the bridal show last January. She was SO nice, I was ready to book her back then. She gave us a TON more for our money than the other local bakers I'd talked with, so I'm very happy. And I thought her cake tasted better and she had way more options for flavors. We're going to have 5 different flavors: almond with raspberry filling, marble with bavarian cream, double chocolate brownie with peanut butter, apple cinnamon with cinnamon, and blueberry muffin with cream cheese. Delicious. I'm going to make sure that someone gets a piece of each flavor and hides it in a box for us to take on our honeymoon. Also, our cake is going to be decorated in such a fun way! Hopefully I'll have pictures to share after the wedding, but rest assured it will be fun and wintery :)