Filed under: ceremony, organizing, planning, reception | Tags: ceremony sites, eagle pointe, officiant, reception locations, ULC.net, wedding, weddings
Well, we have our first appointment to view a possible ceremony site! Tomorrow at 10am Adrian and I are going to have a guided tour at Deer Park Manor. We are set on an outdoor ceremony (with a backup plan of course in case of inclement weather!) and could go either way for the reception (indoor/outdoor). I’ve photographed two weddings at Deer Park and love the grounds. It’s a beautiful 40-acre nature preserve with a gorgeous limestone mansion. And the entire estate would be ours for the weekend if we do decide to go with them.
BUT–it’s only ONE of our options right now.
We also love the idea of a reception at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall on IU’s campus. I have photographed two receptions there and it’s just loooovely! Hardwood floors, floor-to-ceiling windows! And extremely budget-friendly ($75 per four hour period). If we do the reception here, though, we’re not sure yet on where to hold the outdoor ceremony. Adrian doesn’t like the idea of an on-campus ceremony and I’m not in any way stuck on the idea either. Eagle Pointe Golf Resort here has some pretty options and I’m currently in communications with Jake King, the director. We will likely set something up with him to view our options soon. The only issue with Eagle Pointe is that it’s pretty far from Neal-Marshall, so we’d have to keep that in mind. The Terrace at Eagle Pointe is a great place to have a reception, too, so we could do both there. So see, we have lots of options to look into. At least we have one appointment made!
As for a ceremony officiant, we are looking into the idea of getting one of our friends ordained online at ULC.net as one of the options. All in all, we want our ceremony to be really personal and reflect us as a couple, and all of us as a family. We’re still looking into officiants who do this as a living, Justices of the Peace, judges, county clerks, or even our Mayor. With all that in mind, the idea of a close friend of ours officiating the ceremony still sounds like the most personal option. And yes, it’s legal. 
I’ll let you know how tomorrow’s appointment goes! I’ll bring my camera.
Jenny
The Bride
Filed under: organizing, planning | Tags: diy, real simple weddings, wedding organizing
Today I found a very helpful site for those of us building our own wedding organizers:
I was able to find all the really helpful forms in those (rather overpriced) wedding organizers you find at bookstores, print them off on my own (recycled) paper, and place them in my now-well-stocked DIY wedding notebook! It looks so official now I can’t help but be proud!
In other news, the wedding date is coming along nicely. The Husband-in-Training and I had a great conversation today about a May 2009 wedding and we are getting pretty excited!
Well it’s after midnight now and I’ve got a little more to get done (with someone else’s wedding–you know, my recently-neglected job) before bed.
Goodnight!
Jenny
