School's Out...Pictures, Practice Bouquets, and Thank-You Cards!

I can't believe school's over! I got enough done today that I won't have to go in until next Wednesday when I teach private lessons. So until then, it's wedding mode!

This morning Scott came with me to work, and got to hear the rehearsal with the four girls playing the quartet before the wedding! I also copied, edited, and organized about 4953058 million folders for the wedding. I need to finish editing Erev She Shoshanim before I can mail the music out to the 11 students who are playing for the wedding.

Tonight, was many wedding things! First, my mom and I experimented with flowers for the wedding. We really aren't having a ton of flowers because they are extremely expensive, and we really can't afford them. However, things such as the corsages/boutonnières for the groomsmen, parent's of the bride/groom, and musicians will all receive a hand-made corsage such as the one's below:

As for my bouquet, we are also going to make that, too. When I originally priced flowers, a purple wedding bouquet over a holiday weekend would have cost about $300! Instead, I spent about $30 on practice materials, 1/10 of the store bought/designer cost, and created both my own bouquet, as well as all the corsages and boutonnière. I really liked the purple Cala lilies and the small, white roses  that we found. I am hoping we will find those the weekend of the wedding! The orange-pink roses I don't really like. If they were plain white roses, I think it would look a lot better. Here's the "pretend" example that I came up with:

And a close-up of a purple Cala-Lily:

Now I know what I need to do for the wedding, and how many flowers/ribbon/etc. I'll need to buy to make everything.

After making flowers, my sister and I began looking through the GIANT box of pictures that my parents took while we were growing up. We will be making a little movie to show at the wedding, and Scott and I are each picking out our favorite childhood pictures. There is one more GIANT box that I need to go through, and then I can finish picking out pictures. I am glad both our parents took pictures of us growing up!

Wow, almost 3 weeks to go! While I am extremely excited, I'm still feeling relaxed...I hope this feeling of relaxation is here to stay!