Invitations are out- hopefully you've received yours!

 Hello!

Although it has been quite awhile since we've posted to the grassroots wedding blog, we've been busy with multiple wedding projects which you'll soon read about here, including berry picking, jam making, junking and thrifting, and scoring stuff on the "free" section of craigslist.  Before we get to all of that, however, we wanted to share a little bit about the process of creating the wedding invitations.

Here's Chad, stamping and stuffing.  What a champ!

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Paper goods, favors and fonts

In writing yesterday's post, I got a bit distracted while looking at the Airstream Wedding on Once Wed (where I pulled that great photo of bridesmaids in front of an Aistream, so sweet!), and I am still thinking of it, it was so so so beautiful.

I really love the paper goods that were created by Miss Pickles Press. In particular, how cute are these ideas?

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Food, glorious food!

Well, we have a food decision, folks!  Yes, that's right, we know who will be providing our scrumptious wedding meal.  We had a few criteria, of course, that went into our catering decision.  First, our food needed to be affordable, because we're expecting 200+ guests.  Second, it needed to be elegant and yummy.  Third, we wanted it to make use of local, seasonally-available food.  Fourth, we wanted to do something a little unconventional, a little offbeat.  What did we come up with?  I present...... Skillet Streetfood!

 

(pic from Skillet's website)

Our Jewish Consultant, Rabbi Rachel

Most of you know that I am Jewish, and Chad is not.  Even though I'm not terribly observant, Judaism is important to me and I have always envisioned having a Jewish wedding.  Jewish wedding ceremonies feel very authentic to me, and I find meaning in the traditions:  standing under the chuppah, breaking the glass, signing of the ketubah, reciting the seven blessings, and of course, doing the chair dance!

 

Ketubah signing (source)

Anyhow, Chad has been really gracious about letting me incorporate Jewish traditions into our wedding.  That being said, he has valid concerns about the ceremony reflecting both of our values, traditions and personalities.  To figure out how to blend our different backgrounds into a beautiful, cohesive ceremony, we've enlisted the help of our "Jewish Consultant,"........

Wedding photographer confirmed!

I've spent the past few months methodically searching for a photographer. While photography is one of the most important elements of the wedding to us, we're on a relatively tight budget, so we wanted to limit our photographer cost to about 10% of our total wedding budget. I of course fell in love with all beautiful, elegant photographers advertised on Project Wedding, the Knot and on Once Wed, but got discouraged after contacting a few after learning about their prices (gasp!). Anyhow, I've been on a mission to find a talented, personable, reasonably-priced wedding photographer. We also had a few specific criteria....