We Have A Date!

Wow!  New Jersey was such a whirlwind!  Chip and I just arrived home last Sunday after viewing five (5) venues, three (3) hotels and one church in a little less than 3 days.  It was a tough decision, but…we found our venue:  Perona Farms’ Venetian Room (see the photos I took below, colors and decorations to change).  And, the best part?!! We have a date!! Our wedding will be on Saturday, June 18, 2016 – Only 10 months away! 

Not only am I super excited about the wedding and spending time with everyone we love, but I am also looking forward to the year ahead of planning…especially the CAKE TASTING!!! Hahaha  The owner of Perona Farms, Mark, told me the trick to cake tasting - he said “First, they will bring ten (10) cakes samples for you to try.  And, what you do, is tell them that you do not like any of them and that you will need to try 10 more!” lololollolol!  I cannot wait!

I will post the pictures of the church and the hotel in their respective tabs on this blog soon. In these tabs I will list the addresses and other information you may need to know.  Come back soon to see!

Perona Farms, Enterance From Parking Lot, Chip's Family Walking In.



Perona Farms, Venetian Room, Cocktail Hour, Horderves Room

Perona Farms, Venetian Room Patio, Cocktail Hour



Perona Farms, Venetian Room, Reception Dinner Room

 

 

 

 

Wedding Venue Questions

So many questions! -Created by yours truely.

As you know, Chip & I are now engaged and one of the first things we hear  - after the initial excited response – is always, “So….Have you set a date?” While we have not yet set a date, we do know that we want the wedding to be in New Jersey (near Chip’s hometown).  This means finding a date will be a little harder for us because in order to set a date, we need a venue; and finding a venue in New Jersey will take a little longer since it is a couple states away. Luckily, Chip and I have a plan of attack and have booked our trip for New Jersey to view venues, his church and the priest.  (Thanks in large part to Chip’s Mom for scheduling everything in one weekend!  She’s incredible!!!)  However, as I have never planned a wedding before, I have no idea what to look for or what to ask at each place. Thank goodness for the internet!  After perusing websites, I compiled a list of questions in a word document and transferred all of it to an Excel spreadsheet. The Excel spreadsheet lists all the venues in separate columns.  This will make it harder to forget the sheet at home as I will only have the one sheet.  It should also make it easier for us to compare answers/venues, make a decistion, and thus, have a date for everyone who asks.

I added a photo of my Excel spreadsheet below as, unfortunately, I could not figure-out how to upload the Excel spread sheet to this blog (so if you know how to do this, please let me know in the comments section below). Hopefully the photo is large enough to read so you can copy it into your own Excel spreadsheet in case, you too, are planning your own wedding.  If you would rather have my Excel document, instead, just email me at chipandwhitneyswedding@gmail.com and I will send it to you.

After we have picked a venue, I will make sure put a post on this blog & will put all the other information into the “Reception” tab.

Stay posted!!... :)

My Excel sheet of venue questions.  Hopefully this is a good starting point if you are going through the same thing...

 

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