Wedding Raising

III. Preparation--I created several charts in preparation for the wedding in an attempt to organize the orchestration of this event.


Entrance/back gate 1 Bench and pots entry		Rose garden	2 Boiled Peanut Area	3 Smoking area Eric Newman will offer his special cigars for a "Smoker" Decorate as a "Man Cave" Arbor 1	Entrance/gate 4 Garden Area 2 Arbor
Ribbons on children’s swing		12 1n 13 tables under oak 1 long Table Tall blue wine bottles with flowers arbor Croquet set up 2 Table 4 Main entrance into courtyard area Arbor 4			3 Arbor
Playhouse					Gazebo
		Mickey Minnie Mouse Wedding Cake Children’s table	Greenhouse Closets	Music System
					Heart wreath above gazing globe

Long Music System camellias floating in bird bath table 9 Bistro Table 8 Bistro for Table party Tent in center28 chairs 10 Bistro table 11 bistro table			Ping pong Buffet Silver epergne with 24 pink roses Floral chandelier Epergne with 2 doz roses Coffee Bar	Patio 7 Table (4)6 Round Table with ext. 8 Sofa and chairs Sweetheart table Unity Candle decoration bridal	3 Table 4 Pool area 4 Table 4 5 Table 4 Entrance to Library blessing tree
	Flower Bed BEM		Sunroom Bar We opened the windows on both sides of the sunroom and wound up with 2 bar tenders and double access to the bar. Mums in tall wine bottles

Here in the front walking up to the house, there will be a garland with central flower arrangement and two flanking arrangements above the front door. The brick walk will have water-filled glass jars as luminaries. The central flowers will probably be camellias and sasanquas from our yards.

C. What do we have/What do we need?
I then set about figuring what I had to use and where I would acquire other items I would need.

Table	From where?	Cloth	Flowers	Chairs	Who responsible?
Sweetheart table	Small glass table	Sharman	Candleabra from Bayou Bride’s bouquet	Chairs from dining room	Sharman
Bridal party	Loftin’s	Pans and Petals	Bridesmaid’s bouquets and candles	Loftin’s	Sharman
Tables 12 and 13	Pew buckets	Sharman
Tables 9-11 Dancing area	4 Pew Buckets	4 P and P	Pew Buckets and candles but filled with hydrangea and fern	Loftin’s	Sharman and Mike
Tables 3 – 7 Patio pool	Glass Engagement	Sharman	Engagement glass vases and candles	Loftin’s
Table 1and 2	Blue bottles and flowers	Sharman	Blue toile table cloth
Buffet outside Also altar arrangement	24 Red roses in epergne	P and P
Coffee Bar
Sunroom/Bar Use tall blue wine bottles with flowers for decoration in this transition room.
Playroom
Dining room	Epergne		1 dozen antique white roses in Grandmother R epergne
Brides cake	Round table in center of living room with jeweled table cloth provided by Pans and Petals	P and P	Arrangement back on fern stand (cut glass vase with hydrangea and calla lilies)Pink hydrangea and white calla lilies
Groom’s Cake
Library table	home	n/a	Bride’s basket ( 12 roses)	n/a
Children’s table
Arbors	Tulle and bows
3 Gates	Tulle and bows

Balcony
Stairs	Tulle and bows
Lamp post	Tulle and bows
Mail box	Tulle and bows
Saw horses	Tulle and bows
Christmas lights along fence and arbor

To be done	Floral arrangements for inside of house
Wednesday, October 24	Limes,hydrangea and callas in cut glass		Altar and living room
	Green apples, hydrangea and cannas in cut glass		Altar and Living room
	Burson epergne	2 doz white roses/fern	Playroom
	Ramsey epergne	1 doz roses /fern, pineapple, coral vine, lorapetalum	Dining Room
	Pink brides basket		Entry hall
	Silver brides basket		Library
	Pewter cupid guest bath		Guest Bath
	Yellow paperweight entry hall		Entry Hall
	Arrangement below mirror in cut glass bowl		Entry hall
	Arrangement in cut glass on hall tree		Hall tree

Friday afternoon	Headpieces and baskets
	Lily	Floral headpiece 12 roses and ivy	Flower girl Basket
	Mary Elle	Floral headpiece	Rice bag basket
	Mallory	Floral headpiece	Rice bag basket



Friday Morning	Tussie Mussies
	Sharman	3 roses, ivy and baby’s breath in wet oasis inside of tussie mussie.
	Arloa
	Allene
	Sylvia
	Mary
	Mother

Friday Afternoon	Calla lily bouquet
	Brooke	1 doz calla lilies wrapped with floral tape and then wrapped with 2 " white satin ribbon. Pearl top pins extend from top to bottom extending down.
			The hydrangea bouquet was tied exactly like the calla bouquet was tied. Remember to condition well--crush the stem and keep in ice water until needed. Refresh with ice water.
	Hydrangea bouquets	3 hydrangea
	Cecily		Tied with blue ribbon
	Andrea		Tied with brown ribbon
	Amanda
	Christie
	Lauren
	Elizabeth
	Collette

Friday afternoon	Headpieces and baskets
	Lily	Floral headpiece 6 roses and ivy. Measure head and connect pipe stems to secure roses. Use smaller roses than these. Secure with wire and then cover with floral tape. Next time I do this, I will use tiny sweetheart roses and make sure there are no thorns or pieces of wire that can escape. While this is beautiful, it was uncomfortable for my little flower girl.	Flower girl Basket
	Mary Elle	Floral headpiece	Rice bag basket
	Mallory	Floral headpiece	Rice bag basket


	Corsages
	Paulette Clardy
	Elizabeth Brown

	Cake cutters
	Boutennieres
	Rusty
	Mike, the Groom	Stick wire through neck of rose and then wind around stem. Cover with floral tape and then cover with 1" white satin ribbon.
	Ron
	Joe
	Ben
	Drew
	Steve
	Bryan Hall
	Lee
	Kabin
	Michael
	Duncan (ring bearer)

I had the best of intentions, but unfortunately time became a serious issue as we got down to the wire and some of those items I had intended to make did not get made. Fortunately, I had

prioritized them and what needed to be done was done.

Brooke and her bridesmaids dressed in her bedroom and prepared to walk down the stairs I'd always envisioned a bride walking down, out of our home and into a life on her own.

Arrangements for the inside of the house were created the day the flowers arrived. This antique epergne makes a beautiful dining room arrangement.