Saturday, May 8, 2010

H: Trusting others with my wishes (literally)

The night before last I had another of my wedding nightmares and, like all the others, this one involved me forgetting to do something I really wanted to have there, thereby not getting to do something I really wanted to do (the dominant theme in my wedding dreams). More specifically, the Wish Tree hadn't been prepared/had been forgotten by me. AND people saw me in my dress before the ceremony and....and....and....yikes. While this one didn't involve Michael Jackson (rest his soul) offering me a platter of homemade apple fritters, it did produce the same level of desire for productiveness as the last one.

Instead of doing a traditional guest book, Josh and I loved the idea of doing a wish tree.
A wish tree is where people write their names, good wishes, and pieces of advice on a piece of pretty paper and then hang it on a tree.
Looks something like this:

Align LeftGorgeous, no?

I love this for a variety of reasons, not just how pretty it is. We also have a tree theme going on and it's a lovely spin on the traditional guest book. I'm really hoping that our guests will enjoy the idea as much as I do and will embrace it. Once the wedding is over, Josh and I plan on either finding a place for it in our new home, or making an extra special wedding scrapbook will the "leaves" in it.
This is one of my favorite parts of my wedding planning, and also one that I'm thinking I'm going to step away from.
I consider myself creative and crafty and following the instruction of my bloodline, I love to build things. This would be a cinch. But it's also one of those things that I'm not going to want to have to fiddle with on my wedding day (okay, that's a lie. I would LOVE to, but I'm not sure I'd have time) so I'm thinking I'll hand this project over to one perhaps two of my very capable and artistically inclined bridesmaids. Delegate, delegate, delegate!

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