100 days!

According to my weddingwire countdown, our wedding is 100 days away -- today. So, tomorrow we'll be down into the double digits!! Oh, my!

Well, as the day get's closer, I've been working to update our wedding website.To clarify: We  I have both a wedding blog (as you well know if you're reading this) and a wedding website. I'll admit there is some cross-over, but here's how they differ.

This blog, admittedly, is more about the "girly" details of the planning process. It's also info I thought area brides and acquaintances might be interested in. Thus, it has relevant info for non-wedding guests. More for my facebook friends and such.

The wedding website, however, is mainly logistical information for guests. We included it on our Save-the-Dates and will include it in our formal invitations. The site includes the hotel room block details, a map for our ceremony/reception venue and other area attractions, information about our gift registries, and -- as of this week -- a completely unnecessary update on the current weather in our wedding location. Gotta love new apps! ;)

Besides the obvious benefit of having all of the necessary details in one place, the wedding website is also saving us money. We don't have to print all of this information in our invitations (although we will still include the bare bones for our less-tech savvy guests). This means we'll save on both printing and postage costs which can really add up when you're sending 110 or so invites!

Anyway, if you're interested in seeing the difference between our my blog and my website, or actually need any of this information, feel free to check it out at www.weddingwire.com/erikandsara.

Do you like wedding websites, or would you rather have all of the info included in the envelope with your invitation?

(Why is Erik's name first you ask? Because I didn't like typing the two "a"s of SaraandErik together.)

Registering for Memories

Erik and I decided to do something a little unconventional for our honeymoon. We lived in Florida for a couple years, and I went to Puerto Rico once for work, so we were done with the beach scene. Not crazy about the idea of crowds on a cruise ship, and can't afford a European vacation.

So where are we going? Sedona, Arizona.

Specifically, we're flying into Pheonix, AZ the Tuesday after our wedding and driving to the town of Sedona to stay at L'auberge de Sedona -- an 11-acre luxury resort in the heart of red rock country. Want to see pictures? Okay!

Here's the main lodge where our room will be:

A picture of our room:

The resort's restaurant along Oak Creek:

Our trip will be 7 days and 6 nights. While we're there, we'll take advantage of their award-winning restaurant, go on jeep tours of the area, shop in the local art galleries, indulge in some spa treatments, take a hike in the natural beauty and maybe visit a winery or two. 

And the part that excites me the most is that our guests can help us build our trip through our honeymoon registry! From our registry site, guests can actually gift us these honeymoon experiences, just like they'd purchase any other gift for us online. Check out the screen shot below:

It's really very easy. They even have a phone number people can call if they're nervous about entering their credit card information online. While Erik and I both found items to put on our other registries, this is really the one we hope guests focus on. I know from the position of a guest, I'd much prefer gifting something like this instead of my usual standby. (I confess -- we've been relying on cash and/or gift cards for the majority of our married friends.)

Anyone ever purchased a wedding gift through a honeymoon registry? I'd love to know how it worked from the guest's perspective.