Wedding Prep and Rehearsal!

I thought I would share a few pictures of this wedding prep craziness!

The bouquets turned out lovely! Thanks to Mrs. Shannon Meyers for doing such a marvelous job!

Placing lights in the chapel, decorating the reception area.....wooo!

The flowers for the gorgeous centerpeices!

Now, for the REHEARSAL dinner! It was absolutely beautiful!

When Flowers Bow Down

I now have all the flowers for everything...FINALLY!

The boutinneers came in yesterday. The corsages are being made as I type this. The flowers for my bouquet are ready to be put together. The flowers for the bridesmaids are very nicely laid across the room. The flowers for the cake are in a small bag ready to be brought to my cake-baker! And the flower petals to be dropped by the flower girls are in a box next to my hope chest.

...that's a lot of flowers.

In a previous post, I wrote about my flower choices and why I picked lilies, dogwoods, and della fantasia. I also admitted to be an extreme flower lover! You name the flower, I will most likely fall in love with it! Call me a girly girl... I don't mind in the least. There is something so delicate and feminine about flowers...and I embrace it! :)

Thinking on my flowers and what it will be like to have them dropped at my feet as I walk down the aisle, I can't help but wonder if flowers will be dropped before us when we, the Bride of Christ, enter into Heaven's courts and walk toward our Bridegroom. Will we carry a bouquet of flowers up there? I hope so! Will the stars sing as we enter? Will the angels flutter their wings and rejoice? Will the lights of Heaven shine a bit brighter? Being royalty, being the very bride of Almighty God, surely all of creation will burst into praises! Surely all of Heaven will celebrate the Great Wedding Day in Heaven! It's something to think about....  

One of my many platforms is reaching out to girls and young women and reminding them that they are royalty in the eyes of God. They are His Princesses! We live in a world that tries to destroy all that is valuable in a girl. But in the sight of the King of Kings, His children are exalted much higher than the angels. The flowers will bow down before us when we walk, in all our bridal beauty, towards our Heavenly Bridegroom, Jesus.

Girls and ladies, don't forget your worth and who God made you to be. He made you feminine and delicate like a rose....and He also made you royality! So let us live as mighty and Godly princesses, as we await our wonderful wedding day!

The Beauty of Flowers

I am a self-admitted girly-girl. And, thankfully, my groom is glad I am. I love dresses and skirts, and princess stories. I love jewelry and make-up. I love bubble baths, candles, fluffy pillows and chocolate. And I adore flowers! Since my groom began courting me, he has kept me ever-satisfied with a good supply of them too. It started with a few little colorful blossoms when our friendship really began to deepen. And it grew to poinsettias at Christmastime and a dozen red roses "just because."




So with flowers on the brain, I shall blog about my wedding flowers! I'm very excited! My two littlest sisters will be my flower girls and they will drop white satin rose petals on the aisle before I walk. It's going to be beautiful! As for me and my lovely bridesmaids, after a little searching, I have decided to go with artificial white lilies, blue dogwoods, and burgundy della fantasia. I have my reasons for those choices and, ironically, it's more than just the fact that the colors match (which is very important, too, of course). But they have a spiritual meaning to me. For example:

I chose white lilies because:

1) I love them!
2) Lilies are a symbol of purity
3) It serves as a reminder that sin is forgiven


I chose blue dogwoods because:

1) My mom carried blue dogwoods in her wedding
2) Dogwoods are a symbol of Christianity and Jesus' resurrection
3) It serves as a reminder that Jesus is alive and well


I chose burgundy della fantasia because:

1) The beautiful carpet in the Chapel is burgundy
2) Della fantasia is 18" long and has 23 blooming buds, a picture to me of the Church and the body of Christ, being one "stem," yet having many "buds."
3) Burgundy red being the color, it reminds me of the blood shed at the cross.

So there is a little insight into my flower choices. Once I actually go and purchase them, I'll be excitedly posting a preview of the lovely bouquets. For now, let your imagination roam. :)