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MeriGreenleaf · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 59 Location: Exton, PA

Please use this forum to post about the challenge; it's public so the bride and groom (as well as the other two teams involved) will be able to follow.

The 2008 Wedding Challenge sponsored by Etsy street teams:
JET (Jewelry on Etsy team) http://www.jewelryonetsyteam.blogspot.com/
EtsyFAST (Fiber Arts Street Team)
Etsy Greetings http://www.etsygreetings.blogspot.com/

The Bride: Autumn
The Groom: John

"We have so much fun with each other and our relationship really evolved perfectly- he is such a caring, giving, funny, gorgeous, beautiful person who makes me laugh every day." (Autumn)

The Colors: Tiffany blue/teal, black and poppy red

"I am having an Asian/Chinese meets the 1940's glam themed wedding.
For the ceremony I will be in a lacey halter dress - I am having my hair in more of a pin-up girl style. And for the reception/partying after I will be in a Asian dress (mine will be altered to be more of a tea length pin-up girl style)" (Autumn)

I am only having two bridesmaids - they will be wearing dresses in the same style as the one pictured though theirs will be all black. They will have green cymbidium orchid pin-on corsages- and will be carrying light blue decorated silk Asian parasols.

The Date: October 2008
The Location: Las Vegas, NV
The ceremony will be held at this outdoor Terrazzo.

The Reception:
Wolfgang Pucks Bar and Grill

The bride will be changing dresses for the reception to a style similar to the bridesmaid's dresses – in one of these fabrics

The Invitations:

This paper will be used for the invitations. Inside the card will be light teal velum over the inside text and on the velum will be the symbol for love in Cantonese- in a poppy red...it looks great... (Autumn)

The Flowers:

Brides bouquet -burgundy callas (2nd picture) with green cymbidium orchids (1st picture), grooms boutonnière - one burgundy calla with a small cymbidium orchid face - two white calla bouts for the men, one wrist corsage -white calla lilies – for my mom, two pin-on green orchid corsages for my girls- since they will be holding Asian parasols. (Autumn)
The photo's are just for color inspiration only - they are not the design/style being used in the wedding.

The Honeymoon:
Vegas will be the honeymoon. I guess this is more like a "wedding moon" destinaton wedding with a trip. We hope to take a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River. But the following summer of 09 we want to go to France and Spain or possibly a Mediterranian cruise. (Autumn)

The challenge - to create a piece that would be a perfect fit for Autumn and John's wedding event. Design for the wedding, reception or the honeymoon - the choice is yours. **Please see challenge rules below.

**Wedding Challenge Rules**:

1. One entry per participant
2. Participant must be a member of one of the following street teams: Jewelry on Etsy Team (JET), EtsyGreetings, or EtsyFAST.
3. Each participant must post ONE picture of their entry in the Wedding Challenge flickr group by midnight (EST) on April 19. Flikr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/711212@N21/
4. The following information MUST appear in the TITLE and TAGS for each entry posted to the Wedding Challenge Flickr group (using the exact words listed in single quotes).
a) The street team the participant belongs to: 'JetTeam', 'EtsyGreetingsTeam', OR 'EtsyFASTTeam'
b) The category of the entry: 'Jewelry', 'Paper', OR 'Fiber'

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You can post an entry to the flikr group by invitation only - please make your team's flickr administrator one of your flickr contacts AND e-mail/convo them for an invitation to join this group.
(For FAST, contact merigreenleaf)
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Items Autumn has specifically mentioned she is still looking for:

Jewelry for herself and her bridesmaids.
A birdcage veil with hair comb and either an ivory feather or large ivory flower (with maybe little crystals on it).
Welcome letter/cards or programs.
Engagement party invitations - the party is tentatively scheduled for June or July

Additional information:
The JET team, Etsy Fast, and Etsy Greetings are the sponsors of the Wedding Challenge. Etsy is not a sponsor of, nor affiliated with this challenge in any way.

Edit 4/2:
For the actual challenge, everyone is only allowed one item, But, if anyone wants to create more items they can list them all in their shop with the tag "wedchal". The wedding community will be advised to search for this tag to see all available items for sale.
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bdazzlingcreations · Guest

I can't wait to see what your team comes up with.
I think Autumn has some terrific colors picked out.

Shirley
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JET Team

SkiingWeaver · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:14 am Post subject:

This sounds like it's going to be a really beautiful wedding! And how fun is that going to be for the wedding party/guests to take a trip to Vegas, too.

Love the color scheme and theme, and I can't wait to see what everybody comes up with. (I'm hoping to finish something before the 19th, we'll see!)

- Kristin
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LazyTcrochet · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 13 Location: NE Ohio, USA

Gorgeous pictures! How exciting!
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MeriGreenleaf · Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 59 Location: Exton, PA

I'm loving the theme and colors she came up with! Smile

Edit: Just added a bit to the bottom of the post about making more than one thing. Smile

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LazyTcrochet · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 13 Location: NE Ohio, USA

Is the bride wearing ivory...as shown?
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