Let the Leaves Fall as They May

There has been little to report on the wedding front but at just over our one year mark the serious planning and implementation must begin.  With the new feeling of urgency comes the need to make some decisions, which we're actually doing!  Don't worry, I've made sure to give plenty of pats on the back.  Our most recent step in the right direction came in the form of choosing a theme.  Not a theme like Vegas or Star Trek, but just a recurring, subtle idea that flows throughout all aspects of the event.

What we've come up with, or more so, the theme that we've seen ourselves following without actually defining it is...Drum Roll Please. 

Trees.

 This week, as I was thinking about different themes that would fit our list of detailed ideas, I realized the connection and the conclusion was quite obvious. 

Some of those ideas?  

• Our save the date portrait currently in it's second draft by Nan Lawson is bordered on one side with a tree.  

• If we get nothing else we hoped for in a location, it will all be alright as long as the ceremony takes place under a tree.  

• I have ambitious plans that involve tree trunks, dirt and flowers (more on this another time).

• Nate has found some really sweet wedding bands with wood inlays.

Another Excellent Etsy Find

• We've looked at guest book alternatives that use a tree as it's base in one way or another rather than using an actual book for guests to leave their well wishes and words of love.

• We plan to use wood veneer for our invites (more on this another time as well).

 With some of these ideas floating through my head, I found that continuing this motif throughout our planning would be only too appropriate.  So it has passed through the approval system and we're able to move on, keeping this in mind throughout our continued planning.  So hurray for our first big decision and on to the next.