Well, the best of the news is...i get a forever husband, and....a new yard! Bad news is...three months to go and i have sooo much to do and almost no money left, and im starting to freak out.
Im getting married on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 7:00 in my back yard with approx. 120 people. I am going to reserve a tent, but i really don't want to use one. The ceremony and reception in the same place. Ceremony..short..then party till like 11 or so. Colors are mult. shades of green/lime and light/bright blue with brown linens and accents.
We are going to come up with some kind of pole/grid and do a canopy of twinkle lights (heard it was easier to run a basketweave grid first with jute, then string the lights on the jute) and lights in all the trees. Then we are hanging some white lanterns from the canopy .
Then the candles begin. Candles hanging from trees, on the tables, a walkway, ect...other pops of color are with colored blue and green glass. We are getting married under a homemade bamboo canopy with amber candles hanging from the top and colums on the side with the same amber hurricanes on them.

We are only doing appatizers (some hearty) and beer and wine because of the late hour and signature (ish) drinks with green and blue punch. Instead of one big ol cake we are going to do 8 smaller cakes from an amish bakery.

So here is the freak out stuff:
Lighting....am i overdoing it? will all the twinkle lights and candlelight effect my pictures? I really really want a pro but i don't think i can afford a photographer..prob. end up asking a few friends. Oh, and i am really worried about people's children and all the candles...should i mention it somehow?

I know this is farfetched but i really wanted to have a few small bonfires around the yard but all i can think of is how smelly you and your clothes get...but i thought it would be cute to have areas with blankets on the ground with big hurricane candles on them next to small fire/candle/glass? pits.

Centerpieces..i have a ton of votives, globes, vases, ect...and a bunch of lime and blue flowers for candles and table bouquets. But i was thinking of floralytes...has anyone ever used them? i thought they may look really pretty in amber. what about coloring the water in the vases green or blue? any advice on that?

Speaking of tables...when do you reserve your rentals? i don't want to get 18 tables and only need 10.

whew.....!! i just looked at what i wrote and can tell how freaked im getting. I need to stop now and just concentrate on one small thing at a time. Thank you all for listening...lol...most of the time its happy...but everyonce in a while i feel like the crazy lady.

I really look forward to hearing what you think...I think maybe i just needed to unload all this from my brain for a while...lol....

thanks guys