the transportation

so we had been thinking about booking a shuttle for our guests but wasnt sure if it was a priority or if we could afford it.  i ended up looking and shopping around and found a place that wasnt too bad in terms of price.  for now, we booked two 36 passenger shuttles. 

the roads up to the venue seem dangerous to us and i guess no dollar amount can take away the piece of mind that comes with giving them the option to take the shuttle.

logistically i would delegate the task of communicating with the shuttle the day of the wedding to someone else.  i am thinking both shuttles would leave the hotel 30 minutes before the ceremony.  then they would each probably shuttle back and forth from the venue from mayb 10pm until the end of the event.

i havent even thought about how the bridal party etc would get to the venue ... drive?  or book one of the shuttles for an extra 30 minutes to take us?  not sure

the makeup and hair

surprisingly one of the things that took the longest to nail down was the makeup and hair people.  originally i had wanted to ask my sister's friend to do my makeup but her hair referrals were not coming through.  so i decided to just go with wowpretty whos done a number of my friends' weddings. 

the makeup style im not too picky about.  i want to look natural, pretty, soft, with a touch of color.  im afraid of my face looking uneven, my eyebrows being lopsided, shine, oil, makeup melting off by the end of the day, white face,  flat face, fat face etc ...

as for the hair, im in love with the side braid, chignon style.  its hard to tell what the front looks like but im thinking more of a swept back, away from my face  thing for my bangs.  im going to have to do a trial with them to nail down all the details.  pretty excited!

the maids

haha not sure about the title of the post but this is supposed to be about the bridesmaids.  they will be my two sisters and stephen's sister.

i decided pretty early on that i didnt just want one or two colors, that i wanted multi-colors for my wedding. a lot of people didnt understand this concept or didnt like it. not sure but people still keep asking me what my colors are.i wanted them to be in a neutral color with a bright accent color in a sash etc.  i had originally wanted to give them more freedom to their clothing choice but when jcrew had an extra 40% sale i couldnt resist.  kate spade also had a sale so i got them the shoes too.  the only thing left is the sash.  i am thinking silk faille since its not shiny and structured.

my sister jess will be in the yellow with the larger clutch since she is the maid of honor.  she will be holding my oil blotting paper and tissue etc!

the purple was for cynthia since i thought the neon might be a bit too much for her.  i had such a huge huge headache with the clutch though!  i bought it online and they cancelled the order for no given reason.  i had bought it with a gift card because when i exchanged her shoes that didnt fit, it was over the time limit.  then when they cancelled the order, they also cancelled my gift cards.  it took them months to give me new gift cards.  long story short, no clutch for cynthia yet.  they have a black one this season so im waiting for it to go on sale ...

toni is in the hot pink.

the dresses are all different styles but same material (silk taffeta) and color (golden khaki its called). i then got bright cardigans in different styles as well.