What Will I Do For the Next 388 Days?

After seeing this post on Planning My Happily Ever After I wanted to make my own checklist of things we have accomplished. I am guessing a lot of you may think I am nuts (I know my fiance thinks so sometimes) since we still have a little over a year before the wedding. However I was not one of those "since I was a little girl" brides, but I think I had a good idea of the wedding I wanted and what my fiance wanted right away. Plus we have been together a looooong time and had talked about our wedding before the official engagement.

With that said here is our wedding recap:


DATE: Not Memorial Day weekend or Labor Day or whatever day that is, I am thinking we will have to put this on the invitations so people don't automatically think, "Oh it is over Blah Blah weekend I can't go," blah blah weekend is actually the weekend before.


CEREMONY: Unity Temple, Oak Park IL - This is pretty much where it all began. My fiance and I are huge Frank Lloyd Wright fans and have traveled near and far to tour and stay in several FLW homes. When we went to tour Unity Temple last year we knew it would be great to be married there. Once that was decided everything else revolved around it.


RECEPTION: Pleasant Home, Oak Park IL - Being committed to Oak Park the options for reception venues were limited. Lucky for us Pleasant Home is a beautiful prairie style mansion that is available for weddings. I love how unique this venue is and how it ties into our love of architecture and historic homes.


HOTEL: Carleton Hotel- Not even a full block from the reception site, this was a no brainer.


COLORS: Chartreuse, Moss, and Gravel - I am not a huge fan of black but needed a neutral for the color palette, we felt grey was nice and springy. If you have seen our kitchen you know we love green! So green was a natural (ha ha) choice. I have always loved chartreuse and the darker moss green I think will balance it out.


TROLLEY: Windy City Trolley - I don't know why I made this decision so early but I was obsessed with the idea of a trolley and didn't want them to get snatched up so I reserved a trolley. I love the trolley.


PHOTOGRAHPER: Chennergy - He is awesome, my fiance did a great job picking him.


BRIDESMAID DRESSES: Ann Taylor Loft - I think I am about 2 seconds away from making a decision on these, yay!


FAVORS: Wine Bottle Stoppers - My Dad is hard at work on these suckers, thanks Dad!


That is good for now don't you think! We will probably be choosing our caterer in the next few months, we have it narrowed down to 2. I am also determined to find my dress in June when my mom comes to visit. I personally would rather make the decisions now and then take 3-4 months off and do nothing and then pick back up again. Between making our invitations, programs, swizzle sticks, favors, gift boxes, table runners, I guess we will be keeping busy. I love DIY and I am so glad we have the time for all the projects we want to do.