American Dahlia Society Flower Show

       The various combinations of flowers, colors of flowers and arrangement styles are almost innumerable. I understand the process of choosing a color palette and a color palette of flowers man seem daunting to many brides. For me, it has been a walk down easy street. Our color palette is white and yellow, and orchids, roses, dahlias, sunflowers and marigolds all come in yellows. The latter three can be grown in Colorado over summers. Orchids and roses grow from stems, dahlias grow from "tubers" (shallot sized bulb like roots). We are growing dahlias, sunflowers and marigolds to add personal touches to the wedding and to build a sense of unity for Daren and I as a team before the wedding. So far, our "do it yourself" projects have been "do it together" projects. Daren is in his senior year at CU with 18 credit hours and I have 18 credit hours, too, and with Daren's work schedule as a field hockey coach we cherish opportunities to be creative and as a team.

       The American Dahlia Society held a flower show in Parker, Colorado today. We hoped to speak to some Colorado dahlia growing experts. The show was held a dog friendly facility, so we got to bring Kalé with us which is always a treat. The show was a success for us. We figure, right now because we have sunflowers in bloom in our backyard and I grew marigolds all summer and dahlias seem easy to grow according to the Society, we hope to have many accents of personal touches the day of the wedding.

         Our bonding experience during the process has enhanced wedding planning 100%. Going to events like this may seem easy for many grooms to evade going to. I'll be honest, Daren was one of the only men there. I think it is important to nourish the relationship we are in with experiences like this before we say "I do". I am starting to log our hours working on the wedding; each hour our relationship is growing from collaborating together. Enjoying the time of the engagement is important. 

          Does every bride need to go to a club flower show? Absolutely not. I probably wouldn't if I were ordering fresh cut everything that day. I know what flowers I like. Why would I go tease myself with $100 versions of it? For me, it is the right thing to do. My artistry side is shining through for our wedding and it is what I really want. 

        We also have our save the date prototype ready. I bought almost everything at Michael's to do it. We ordered 1,000 (can you believe that is the SMALLEST size they carry them in) of something we need from some Dunder Mifflin-esque company and will finish creating them next weekend. I really want to post pictures of the save the date but I want all of our guests to be suprised! I will post it next weekend!