Our Venue Fell Through. Today Sucks.

Today sucks. Let me just get that out there. The weather is appropriate for the news I got today.

I'm normally pretty cool under pressure, but today I lost it. To my knowledge, I didn't swear at the woman. I yelled. I slammed the phone. I cried loudly for five minutes and a co-worked had to come over and rub my back I was shaking so badly. What happened, you ask? Well, after months of
staying on top of the Metro Parks Office, asking questions, asking if they would be so kind as to go ahead and take my money while they insisted they couldn't book us until Oct. 9, 2009 for Oct, 10, 2010 .... I get an email saying that they have ALREADY BOOKED our venue. TO THEMSELVES.

What the hell.

I've been hesitant to mention the fact that we were hoping to book Two Rivers Mansion online. So much for that because they booked it to themselves!!!!

I immediately called the person in charge of reservations (a detail I got a mere week ago after corresponding with them since February). That conversation didn't go well, so I called the guy in charge.
And he said "oh, well that date isn't solid. I'll see if I can get this taken care of for you. I'll try to shuffle it around". They were supposed to call me back in the afternoon.

And of course, they didn't. I called and left a detailed message and followed that with a detailed email. We are both just floored and the lack of eptitude and common courtesy.

Today, I saw *almost* my entire vision for our wedding day evaporate like a puff of smoke. I'm emotionally drained not to mention an emotional wreck, but I'm positive that this will all work out and we'll find another venue.

Now, let the research and phone calls commence. Sigh.

Romantic Garden Palette

Image via {Snippet & Ink}


Image via {Once Wed}

I'm in LUV with these two inspiration boards. They would also work well with our venue (fingers still crossed that we can book it).

I'm torn between muted, romantic tones of an old-fashioned garden wedding and bold autumn colors. I suppose that is the peril of having an October wedding. How does one chose colors that do not overwhelm or under-whelm the surroundings of the venue and its natural setting?

*Almost* Perfect Palette

I love this palette. Its fall, but its sophisticated and not over done. I will be incorporating a couple of greens (my favorite color), but for the most part, this works for me. I've been struggling with wanting to go with a modern color but also wanting to take advantage of our autumn date without seeming cheesy.

There are tons of gold accents at the venue we are hoping for. I'm a silver person, so its potentially problematic. I've seen wedding photos recently that mix silver and gold quite successfully, so its possible. I'm just apprehensive about that.

Our Wedding Date

We began planning pre-engagement for a number of reasons, but mostly because we both understand how stressful wedding planning can be and we picked a "quirky" date.

With Big Spoon's help, I developed a spreadsheet of dates ranging from April 2010 to August 2011. We each highlighted dates we favored, but nothing seemed to be matching up. Due to Big Spoon's career and scheduling conflicts, it first appeared that we would have to have a summer wedding. I had been seriously considering October 10, 2010 already. When I mentioned how cool 10/10/10 would look typeset on invitations and that it is in fact binary code 101010 ... Big Spoon was sold. We found out several weeks later that his conference is two weeks prior to this date and that was that.

We also realized such a unique date would be popular. Octobers, although an off-season for weddings, are becoming increasingly popular. Our wedding will take place on a Sunday, but mostly because we were set on the date. We're also hoping that it cuts down on some vendor costs.

Big Spoon + Little Spoon 10.10.10