Still waiting...

on my MONOGRAMS! so sad:(
i hope they are here by the weekend!!

jumbled thoughts

I feel so scatterbrained. I gotta clear my mind! I have to get organized with school, work, and wedding planning. I feel like I have a million things to do at one time. I delegate but still it's hard. I am all over the place with the wedding planning. Trying to do DIY projects and hiring a videographer and finding an officiant, and this and that!!!

Right now I need to focus on:
Booking a videographer
Preparing the STDs to go out
Wedding dress shopping
Finishing invites
I will work on DIY projects as I have time.....Woosah!!!

invit-hations pt 4

so remember my invitation problems???? Well I finally found something that I

#1. Liked

#2. would not blow our {tiny } budget

After having such a great exprience with the designer for the STDs I decided to hire her to do our invitation suite. So after about 3 weeks of emailing back and forth. I KNOW I got on her last nerves but she was SUPER sweet about it!! Here is what we have come up with. But before I unveil these beauties I have to say that I really like one and LOVE the other.

I had to blur out our names and venue location for obvious reasons so what do you think?

invit-hations pt 3

I know I was suppose to post pics but I have been to busy to download them off my camera. I will do it{pinky swear} anyway in the mean time I have been super busy with school. I am STILL waiting on the post wedding monograms. Which I hope are emailed to me this week. I am still having issues with my invites. Now are in the design process now and can I say that I am really not feeling them get. It's missing something but I can't quite but me finger on it. A part of me just want to give up and buy the invite suite from Michaels and call it a day! I thought this would be easy but boy was I WRONG. The designer is great! She is super patient and listens to all my woes but I am just not LOVING it yet. I think I want to switch the whole idea and come up with something else..I have one more idea up my sleeve...Gotta run

I got GOODIES!!!!

the STDs, gable boxes, and fabric swatches came in today. i will post pics tomorrow i have a BIG exam to study for. Boooo
later

Do me a FAVOR?

We have been seriously thinking about favors for the wedding and of the umpteenth million...yes that is an exaggeration but as a former event planner I have attended a LOT of weddings. So I say all this to say there are always a few things that gets left behind or thrown in the trash and that is favors, flowers, and paper goods (i.e. programs, menu cards, etc) so because of that those things are on the bottom of my budget list. I digress. Back to favors so we collectively came up with inexpensive favor ideas. Our options were CHEAP or NOT @ ALL.

• personalized shot glass - why? FI works as a bartender PT and that's where we met. Story here. and they can double as candles for those people who may not like that sort of thing, put a tea light in it a viola...



• CDs-why. WE LOVE MUSIC!!! well we decided against b/c it time consuming and IMO overdone (no offense) but since I do this for clients all the time and already have the supplies we decided to put them in the OOT bags instead!



• Picture framed (?) - why? I love pics we cut that idea



• FOOD- why b/c people like to EAT!

So what is the VERDICT : can we say..... MILK & COOKIES (lol)

We are going to have a milk and cookie bar with a variety of different cookies and flavored milk options. Here where it gets better. At our venue you have to use their caterer which I didn't like at first but one less vendor to find/hire/book YAY and the menu we selected has an dessert so we sub'd the dessert for a plethora of cookies so now we don't have to add the cookies to the baker's bill. GREAT RIGHT!

I am going to have cookie sleeves/bags with our monogram for the guest to put them in....

What are your favors or are you even doing them?

Christmas in FEB!

I am so EXCITED! Why? because this week we will be recieving all kinds of goodies.

• the glassine envelopes are IN! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
• the invite proofs are coming along great
• the gable boxes for the OOT bags should be here today
• the STD's should be here on THURS
• the monograms should be emailed to me by next week
• i brought the paper yesterday to line the envelopes for the STDs

What a week for my DIY but the only bummer is I have 2 tests and I can't focus! Excited nonetheless.

i WILL be a WIFE in 8 MONTHS!!!

holy crap we are 8 months away until ' i do'!

the dreaded "D" word...

ok unlike most brides shopping for a wedding dress was not my top priority. not because i don't like to shop i LOVE to shop it's just such a hard decision. but i always knew and have decided that i will be a 2 dress bride. anyone who knows me will not be surprised by this...why because i am indecisive and i like what i like....

another BIG reason why i have been reluctant to go dress has to do with my WEIGHT! i have gained a lot of weight during the course of this relationship and yes i am half heartedly trying to lose some but i can't wait forever to order a dress. i am so worried that i won't be able to get the dress i really want and feel comfortable in it b/c of my size.

wedding dresses already run up to 2 sizes smaller than street sizes so that puts me in a large dress. what do i want...i honestly don't know...i do know what i don't want.

• i don't want to be trendy...but i LOVE mermaids
  
• i don't want white for the ceremony...i know SHOCKING
  
• i don't want to be uncomfortable... i personally know brides who have squeezed in dresses and fainted
  
• i don't want lots of beading or lace..it's pretty but not for me
  
• i don't want a long train

after searching the internet and looking a bridal mags i know what i like...(at least i like the pics not sure what it will look like on me)....

• i like a whimsical dress -"feathery "(duh i love feathers) floaty and fun
• i like draped dresses
• i like trumpets, mermaids, goddess gowns
• i like a hint of detailing
• i like strapless ( how will i hide my back fat???? lol:))

here are a few dresses that have caught my eye for one reason or another

it's carrie bradshaw... of course i love it!!

this one is similar and a gorgeous at least to me

i got this from a fellow knottie a while back. she was using it for her TTD photo shot but i like how simple it is.

these are cute they are by watters.

project runaway -leanne gotta love

classic

i have made appointments for this month so wish me luck. how was dress shopping for you? what did you enjoy and what didn't you enjoy about your experience. i officially am off to study. for real this time.

here's a little secret....

i am sooooooooooooooooo engrossed on wedding planning that i am not focused on school. i have to prioritize this is just so much more fun.....off to study....