Setting the Date

We thought it would be great to set the date as 9/10/11, but turns out so does everyone else. The date is one of those questions that I have always asked couples but never realized how annoying it is. I don't know 2 days after what date the wedding will be. Give me a chance to slow down and think before I pick a date. And to be honest, it was the most stressful part of the entire process so far. The average time to plan a wedding is 1 year. Well, my schedule for 9 months was getting shorter and shorter by the day. We had to get a church (We are Catholic, well I am). Nashville does not house many Catholic Churches and seems like the ones we have were already book for all of September and October. Then finding the reception venue that will correspond with a church date.

After 2 weeks of phone calls, visiting venues and begging, we set a date. Now, we went from Sept 10 to Sept 24 with a hold, to Nov 19 to Nov 5 and ended up with August 27, 2011. My 9 months just got slashed by a month.

So the date is set and we are learning to love it. I mean, Nashville is hot in August but thankfully we will be indoors all day with views of outside.

As all this was happening, I am trying to save money already. Even before the date was set we were thinking about colors and save the dates and how it will all work.

A vision is very important, not just for the look of the wedding but also the cost. I always think about rentals, the sneaky little cost that you are never prepared for. So knowing how much a table and linens and chairs cost, I surveyed the reception room and came up with a color scheme that led us to our theme. 

They have red chairs in the ballroom. They offer black and white linens. So there, black table cloths, white napkins draped, red flowers. We colors, now a theme. We love movies, so Film Noir made sense. Once that was agreed upon, I started on the design for the save the dates.

Talked to a friend, last minute, about shooting the pictures for us. They came out amazing. They are like the pictures are frames of a film. Very classy and cool. Very Film Noir. The save the dates were then designed on Vistaprint, for free and are on their way.