Charity as a Wedding Favor

One of the current Wedding Trends is to have a charitable donation as a favor instead of the traditional box of chocolates or a matchbook, which I really like.

As some of you know, on November 23rd my Grandfather, Jack Frageman passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's Association is also the National Philanthropy of Tau Kappa Epsilon (Jonathan's Fraternity). So we thought it would be special to do a donation to Alzheimer's Association in lieu of a elaborate favor to honor Grandpa Jack and TKE.

Since Starfish and Sanddollars are a big part of our wedding theme, I was thinking of giving everyone a Sanddollar that says something like "A dollar for you, a dollar for them. A dollar has been donated to Alzheimer's Association in your name" and then have a small explaination of what Alzheimer's Association means to Jonathan and me.

Our Parents Wedding Pics

I managed to get some pictures for Jonathan's Parent's Wedding and my Parent's Wedding as well. I want to use them somehow at the wedding -- maybe on the guestbook table or the cake table. Personally I like the pictures of our Parents with their Wedding Cakes the most. Check out how similar they are ...

My Wedding Inspiration Board

Abby at the Blog, "Style Me Pretty" (http://www.stylemepretty.com/) loves to create Wedding Inspiration Boards. And they are quite inspirational... in fact, inspirational enough to inspire me to create my Wedding Inspiration Board. Here it is (Click on it to see the full-size version).
BTW- Do you think I could use the word "Inspire" more in one post? I don't. Anyway take a look...

The Fabulous Ultratones

We booked a band, the Ultratones. You can read more about them here: http://www.ultratones.com/ and you can see that our wedding is already listed on their calendar. We heard them play at Lindsey Sullivan's reception and they rocked! Needless to say were are very excited about having them.

AND the Ultratones were just voted #2 in San Diego for Wedding Entertainment by Channel 10 Best of San Diego: http://kgtv.cityvoter.com/Winners/PopWinner.aspx?contest=82

Welcome!

Hi Everyone! I created a blog for the wedding (any beyond maybe?) so I could keep you up-to-date about wedding plans, ideas, etc. Please feel free to comment on anything! Enjoy!