38 days....to Amalie and Gavin's Celebration!

Wow! The anticipation and excitement is growing, plans are progressing, and details are giving me interesting dreams! One of those details, ladies, is the count for the reception supper. If you haven't had the chance already, please fill out the "ticket stub" from the invitation and pop it into the envelope for us. Several of you have already responded, and I am so glad you are asking guests to join with us! What I really need to know is whether or not all of you are inviting a guest to join you at the wedding and reception. I want to be sure our hospitality is enjoyable, with plenty of food!

Thanks for your help and being part of this great celebration!

Karen

For a good night's rest.... (:

I just want to let all you out-of-town bridesmaids and attendants know that you will have a place to sleep on Friday, June 7, and on Saturday, June 8 while you are in Fort Dodge for THE wedding. I have made reservations at the AmericInn for the following: a room with two queen beds for Elizabeth, Becky and Molly; a room with two queen beds for Emma, Addy and Kim; a room for Betsy and Sean; and a room for Abigail. Lowell and I will also be at the AmericInn, so we can help provide shuttle service for attendants who may not always have access to wheels. If you are thinking of staying beyond Sunday, June 9, let me know, and I will alert the management of your intentions. If you wish to rearrange yourselves in room assignments, that is fine with me: this is not a flashback to traveling to dance competitions or state tournaments! No goofy signs on the doors or duct tape to catch anyone sneaking out! But we are going to have fun! Would you believe, the countdown is at 108 days?! Uffda! I need to get back to the sewing machine! (:

Shower Doodle Poll

The responses so far on my last post were beginning to confuse me (not hard, really...). So: I just linked to a doodle poll in the comments of the last post to better indicate all our shower availabilities, but thought it may be better to pull it into a separate post.

This is a link to the poll. Even if you have never used doodle before, it is simple to fill out:

Fill in your name, then check the box next to the dates you are available for the shower. Leave the ones that don't work for you blank. Click save. Voila!

I added Sundays in there in case they turn out to be easier than Saturdays.

Pew! Amalie Needs a SHOWER! ;)

Hey all! I'm wrapping up co-planning a shower for Sean's cousin right now, and it occurs to me we need to get one going for the Amer-Ducks. I'm thinking of a Saturday after Easter and Amalie and Gavin thought it would be ok if we re-used Amalie's and Abby's [fabulous] shower idea of asking the Blue Monkey Art Gallery in Archer, IA to open up their space for hosting it. (If only the Sheldon opera house/movie theater didn't burn down a decade ago...that would have been perfect...except probably not...)

Anyway! Is there a Saturday in April that would work for most folks? Nailing down a date is the big thing right now. Any other shower ideas are also welcome!

Hey Amalie! I just discovered that Butterick has some new and rather cute little girl dresses that you should review for the flower girls.

On another progress front, I am now working on the muslins for Becky and Elizabeth. Once I get them put together, I will mail them and await their comments for fitting.

And in case anyone is curious, I can say that the muslin for Amalie fits, and needs only a couple of "creative" adjustments (Amalie, I want to talk to you about a couple of creative thoughts I have had). All the necessary fabrics to start on the real thing are now in my possession.... oh, wait, except for crinoline, but I have  a source for that, so, no problem. We are making progress!

Another Thing

Could everyone please post her favorite color here?  Be pretty specific too, ie. deep blue, rich purples, etc.

Rooms and Hair

Hey ladies,

So there are two things on the docket today: rooms and hair.

Rooms
Gavin and I have blocked out sixty rooms in three of Fort Dodge's hotels.  We will likely have any out of town wedding wedding party staying at the AmericInn, just across the highway from the Opera House.  We would like to start figuring out room combinations (who is planning on staying with whom), so that we could possibly reserve specific rooms for the wedding party.  I know that some of you will be staying at home, with dates/husbands or will want to stay with specific people.  Please talk amongst yourselves and start figuring on a plan.  I know that it seems early, but there is a baseball tournament in Fort Dodge the same weekend as the wedding -how inconsiderate of them, I know -and we'd like to fit things into place earlier rather than later.

Hair
So, my mom is going to chat with my beautician from Sheldon and see if she would be willing to come to Fort Dodge to do hair.  She knows my head so well, and she is probably the sweetest beautician on the planet.  My mom and I were wondering how many of us are planning on having our hair done professionally and how many people were planning on doing their own hair.  I'm fine with either.  I'd just like to see what do you're thinking of before the morning of the big day.  You can post ideas here or e-mail me directly.
I'm really excited.  I know that it seems like the wedding is really far away, but the next six months are going to fly by, and the sooner I have things in order, the better.  As I told Gavin this morning, I really want to sleep the week before the wedding.

Thanks for all of your help!

P.S. My hair will be very simple, but it will be "up".  I'm not looking for crazy updo's, or elaborate curls.  Have fun with your ideas though.