Jessica and Ryan's SBP/Ariel's Wishes Wedding 9/30/13

[Summer Daydream]

Yay! Cake! I love how Ariel's seems to fit in to your color scheme perfectly. It is meant to be . I don't think anyone worries about the chairs. No honestly couldn't tell you what any chair ever looked like at any wedding, so I don't think the chairs will take anything away from your vision.
The cake is so pretty. Freesia is so pretty! I want to add some to my bouquet I think, so I think it will look nice on the cake. The food sounds good and I agree with you, who doesn't like bacon?

[kkbutterfly]

Awesome update =)

[ncp17]

Just reading about your PS made me so excited for the one I will hopefully have! It seems you really have everything you've envisioned coming to life. And I ADORE your save the dates! Was it hard to decide on who to print them through? Etsy has SO many options! But yours are faboo!

[SarahFarra]

Ok, I'm finally caught up!! (Sarah Sowder from Disbrides ) Jess, this all looks SO great!!! Ps I didn't know you have Amy, so do I! I'm glad you love her!! I haven't had much interaction with her yet but soon enough I will.

I'm worried that our ideas are very similar and my wedding is like a month after yours...hope you don't feel like I'm stealing!! Hahaha...although our receptions will be very different as ours is at ADH. I do LOVE your ideas for Ariel's though!!! It will be so beautiful!

A lot of your food options are ones that we had checked off that we want to try too! There's so much amazing sounding brunchish food that it is hard to pick though!! SO excited for our PS now!!!

[bradleyjess]

Originally Posted by Summer Daydream

Yay! Cake! I love how Ariel's seems to fit in to your color scheme perfectly. It is meant to be . I don't think anyone worries about the chairs. No honestly couldn't tell you what any chair ever looked like at any wedding, so I don't think the chairs will take anything away from your vision.
The cake is so pretty. Freesia is so pretty! I want to add some to my bouquet I think, so I think it will look nice on the cake. The food sounds good and I agree with you, who doesn't like bacon?

I think it's meant to be too I hope I like how the fresh floral comes out!

Originally Posted by kkbutterfly

Awesome update =)

Thanks!

Originally Posted by ncp17

Just reading about your PS made me so excited for the one I will hopefully have! It seems you really have everything you've envisioned coming to life. And I ADORE your save the dates! Was it hard to decide on who to print them through? Etsy has SO many options! But yours are faboo!

Thank you! I got them from SomethingPrintable on Etsy! She is fabulous and emails you the pdf very quickly. I just emailed it to a local print shop and they printed it on card stock.

Originally Posted by SarahFarra

Ok, I'm finally caught up!! (Sarah Sowder from Disbrides ) Jess, this all looks SO great!!! Ps I didn't know you have Amy, so do I! I'm glad you love her!! I haven't had much interaction with her yet but soon enough I will.

I'm worried that our ideas are very similar and my wedding is like a month after yours...hope you don't feel like I'm stealing!! Hahaha...although our receptions will be very different as ours is at ADH. I do LOVE your ideas for Ariel's though!!! It will be so beautiful!

A lot of your food options are ones that we had checked off that we want to try too! There's so much amazing sounding brunchish food that it is hard to pick though!! SO excited for our PS now!!!

Hi Sarah! Thanks! Amy is wonderful. So on top of everything. I really like ADH, so I'm looking forward to seeing how yours turns out.

The food is amazing! It's so good I don't even think it's necessary to customize menus as much as some people do...

[KitKat5]

Joining in!

It's been a while since I've been on here (my wedding was in 2011) but now I'm back and I'm loving reading about all your plans! I love your colours and you're right, they go so well with Ariels!

I cant wait to hear more!

[laurenvic1312959]

Following along everything looks great so far

[ariel_]

Just got caught up on your plans! Amazing - your pictures of Ariel's are gorgeous, and I totally agree with the previous poster that it's as though it was meant to be! The colours are perfect!

The cake you have gone for looks fantastic, I've never seen one like that before. Reading about your planning trip made me wish I lived in the states and could have a Wishes wedding - I want to try cake and tasty food!

I also loved your flowers, hydrangeas are so pretty and I have never seen the antique green variety before!

Lastly, congrats on your weightloss Obviously you'd look great regardless but I'm on a similar mission (failing miserably at the moment!) and think it's important that you feel happy and confident within yourself for your special day

Looking forward to hearing more!

[bradleyjess]

Thank you all!! Sorry I haven't been so good about updating this thing.

Things move faster after the planning session and it's hard to remember what's changed haha

[MiaSRN62]

Big Congrats bradyleyjess to begin with !
I am enjoying reading about your plans. My daughter and I are going through this now. Especially the Planning Session---we were curious what the details of that were about and you helped to answer some things we wondered about.
Can you explain the butter cream icing under fondat ? I thought you had to have either one or the other ? Your cake is so unique

PS: while I'm loving the blog....is it just me or are many of the photos in your planning posts not showing up ?? I can see some, but not all. None of the food/cake/napkins/Boutineers........

Have to mention too---my daughter fell in love with Ariel's and is having her reception there as well (DFTW date 4-3-14 WP/Ariel's).
Looking forward to reading more

[bradleyjess]

Originally Posted by MiaSRN62

Big Congrats bradyleyjess to begin with !
I am enjoying reading about your plans. My daughter and I are going through this now. Especially the Planning Session---we were curious what the details of that were about and you helped to answer some things we wondered about.
Can you explain the butter cream icing under fondat ? I thought you had to have either one or the other ? Your cake is so unique

PS: while I'm loving the blog....is it just me or are many of the photos in your planning posts not showing up ?? I can see some, but not all. None of the food/cake/napkins/Boutineers........

Have to mention too---my daughter fell in love with Ariel's and is having her reception there as well (DFTW date 4-3-14 WP/Ariel's).
Looking forward to reading more

Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful! I'll have to check out the pictures :/ I don't know why they aren't working...

Congrats to your daughter as well! I love Ariel's -- it's such a different space. The dance floor being by isolated will work we'll, I think

There's a thin layer of butter cream icing underneath the fondant because people don't eat the fondant. The server will most likely peel it off before serving, so whether you choose a buttercream cake or fondant cake, you'll have buttercream icing! The benefit to the fondant is being able to do more intricate designs!

[mooncrumbs]

Following along Your wedding plans are great!

[mariapicardikenyon]

Originally Posted by bradleyjess

Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful! I'll have to check out the pictures :/ I don't know why they aren't working...

Congrats to your daughter as well! I love Ariel's -- it's such a different space. The dance floor being by isolated will work we'll, I think

There's a thin layer of butter cream icing underneath the fondant because people don't eat the fondant. The server will most likely peel it off before serving, so whether you choose a buttercream cake or fondant cake, you'll have buttercream icing! The benefit to the fondant is being able to do more intricate designs!

Following, love what your doing. Wish I could see your photos. 😞

[MiaSRN62]

Originally Posted by bradleyjess

Congrats to your daughter as well! I love Ariel's -- it's such a different space. The dance floor being by isolated will work we'll, I think

There's a thin layer of butter cream icing underneath the fondant because people don't eat the fondant. The server will most likely peel it off before serving, so whether you choose a buttercream cake or fondant cake, you'll have buttercream icing! The benefit to the fondant is being able to do more intricate designs!

Thank you ! And I knew after touring 3-4 other receptions sites that she was sold on Ariel's as soon as we walked in---showed in her face. The dance floor is a plus I think as well. We will probably have in the 50 guest range (our invite list is at 74 I think but we know several will not be able to travel due to distance/cost/time).
And thanks for the info about the fondant ! Your cake definitely has a very pretty effect with that color in particular.
Looks like our planning session might be Sept 23. Her dad and I are in Orlando on a cruise trip so it's convenient. It's 7 months out from her date, but it's costly for us to fly in and out of FL for a weekend. But I told her we're flexible. Her wedding planner has us in for that date as of today.