So I hate that I've neglected the blog all week but I've been extremely busy and traveling - first to Las Vegas for six days (five too many) and then to freezing cold Oregon that was experiencing a major Artic blast (coldest weather in two years according to the weather man). The Oregon trip was a really quick trip to check out our wedding venue and meet with as many vendors as we could in two days time. It was tough to get a full appreciation for the venue or to visualize what it would look like with trees and flowers in bloom. Oh...not to mention we didn't want to be outside trying to take pictures for more than 2 minutes since the wind chills were in the teens!
Since we'd already booked the wedding venue we were more concerned with finding a place to have our day after picnic that we are calling our "Hair of the Dog" brunch/picnic. We are asking our guests to join us in Hood River over Memorial Day weekend so we really felt we wanted to give them a place to go the day after the wedding that could be low key, laid back, and fun. I also figured we'd be a lot more relaxed and have only our honeymoon to look forward to and nothing to stress about so we could really spend some quality time with our guests. I will be posting pictures in the next few days of the space we've found for the picnic but I found this great picnic on Snippet and Ink that captures the feel we are going for. Our picnic may have a bit more of a "fiesta" theme since we are thinking of incorporating a little bit of Costa Rica in our picnic since it's such a special place to us (more to come on that!).
Super fun invitations
Love the classic checkered picnic tableclothes - looks like they had an assortment of different colors
My favorite part - Bambu dinnerware and super cute DIY name cards
Looked like a great time - casual picnic with tons of cute details without breaking the bank. I really think folks appreciate this type of event even more than a sit down rehearsal dinner or next day typical brunch. I can't wait to post more details about our picnic as the plans come together. Read more about this picnic from the bride at Snippet and Ink.
