So after a year and a half of being engaged, and Josh being an EXCELLENT sport about everything thus far, I have finally reached a point where Josh actually is excited to put his true input into something. (Don't get me wrong, he has been amazing and excited about everything up until now also)...
The difference is, that along the way...Josh has told me on several occasions, "I am a guy honey, those two pinks look the same" or "I don't really have an opinion about flowers, I have never thought much about them honestly." And in reality, I feel like that is how most men are and I am grateful to him for pretending to care about the littlle details that he would never even have thought about. I love this man with all my heart.
So it is with great nervousness that I have finally signed over one wedding task completely to him. As the dictionary definition of a perfectionist/control freak this is a very big deal for me. But, just like I got to pick what I am wearing on the happiest day of my life, I felt like it was only right for him to get to choose what he wears. I put Josh in charge of the look of the tuxes. We agreed on the general idea: black tux, black shoes, brown tie but everything else is up to him: lapels, vest, pocket square, buttons, length, etc. I think he is really excited and so am I that he gets to have a big part in how our wedding party will look.
This whole experience, stressful as it may sometimes me, has been a dream for me because I have Josh by my side supporting me, letting me know that whatever we want we will make it happen: together. We are a team. We have been for five years. I cannot imagine spending one day without him, much less the rest of my life. I absolutely cannot wait to be his wife. The Knot says we have 138 days left. Its all coming together and so much more final now that we are finally getting to these details. :)
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Details, Details
I think my favorite part of weddings are all the tiny details. Things many people will not even notice...but I know they're there. And there are always those guests (my favorite ones of course *wink*) who catch every single one. Love.
I have been saving photos like no other of all my wedding details and so now I can share them here! Hopefully this will also make it easier for me to see what I have picked out and how those things are going to look together!
My dress, as I've previously posted, is quite big. It is not a ball gown because it is not all tulle and pouf. What it is, is a chiffon, silk and lace dream. Honestly, everyone who sees it says it looks like a cupcake or a dollop of whipped cream. It is a color called "antique gold" but it looks truly champagne in person. Like buttery soft yellow with a sheen. Seriously, you could probably lick it. :) To match this work of art, I have an elbow length ivory veil with beading around the edge. This will be worn for the reception obviously. Then, for the ceremony, I am going to remove the veil and add a fluttery flower behind my ear. My hair is going to be swept back into a low, romantic updo like this:
I also think this is a cake that we could make, if time and budget deems that necessary.
I have been saving photos like no other of all my wedding details and so now I can share them here! Hopefully this will also make it easier for me to see what I have picked out and how those things are going to look together!
My dress, as I've previously posted, is quite big. It is not a ball gown because it is not all tulle and pouf. What it is, is a chiffon, silk and lace dream. Honestly, everyone who sees it says it looks like a cupcake or a dollop of whipped cream. It is a color called "antique gold" but it looks truly champagne in person. Like buttery soft yellow with a sheen. Seriously, you could probably lick it. :) To match this work of art, I have an elbow length ivory veil with beading around the edge. This will be worn for the reception obviously. Then, for the ceremony, I am going to remove the veil and add a fluttery flower behind my ear. My hair is going to be swept back into a low, romantic updo like this:
In order to compete with my dream of a dress, I wanted my beautiful girls to be in something similar. Its not like they could wear cotton, breezy dresses when I am in a super formal gown. I also knew I needed something flattering to all of them. My tallest bridesmaid is 5'9 and the smallest is 5'4ish (maybe, hehe). Obviously no girl is built the same, and I definitely did not want any of them to feel uncomfortable. One day, mom and I went and I tried on bridesmaid dresses just for fun. I picked a favorite and took my girls to go see it. They looked around the entire store and decided the one I had chosen was the one they wanted! So they will be in these adorable taffeta Mori Lee dresses, in Espresso, which is represented in the photo.
In person, this fabric has a slight sheen to it that matches my invitations perfectly. (Matchy matchy details!)
The minute the girls chose this dress, my mind was racing with shoe ideas. After all, I am a girl who owns over a hundred pairs of shoes and more often than not, my outfit is planned around my shoes. Shoes are the most important. I wanted the girls to have a fun, flirty pair of shoes they would not necessarily have a "reason" to buy until now but that they would be super excited to own. I think with this dress, the shoes I want are a 1940's-esque platform pump with some sort of cute embellishment in that amazing pomegranate color. These are my favorite I have found, BY FAR. I might buy a pair too, just because!
Ugh. Even looking at them now has me squealing at the screen. LOVE.
One of the most important wedding details, in my eyes, is the cake. Of course it needs to be beautiful. But I am a traditionalist. It also needs to taste goooood. I have had some nasty wedding cake. And that's because there was more focus on the outside than the inside. I am simplistic in my view of a cake. I love the clean, white buttercream look. This is the cake I am wanting, but the centers of the flowers would be brown, rather than black.
I also think this is a cake that we could make, if time and budget deems that necessary.
Going along with the color theme, I wanted a fun idea for escort cards. What we plan on doing is making a fun sign with guest's names and table numbers on them, and then at their seat they will find one of these sweet treats:
The labels will look MUCH different (aka match our theme) but this is the general idea. I think this is so cute and who doesn't love chocolate? Also, at Sam's Club these pretty candies are $10 for a box of 50. Not bad!
I know there are MANY more details but I will post about those as they come about! Can't wait to start getting some of this stuff done!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Oh, Happy Day!
The last several days have been so unbelieveably amazing. I really think my winter depression is melting away more and more with each sunny day. It happens every year: winter seems to drag on forever, I feel like if I wake up to gloomy gray skies one more time I will go stark raving mad, my legs are albino white from not seeing the sun for 5 months....its just blahhhh.
When I woke up last week on the day of my first dress viewing it was sunny! There were birds chirping! The whole day was a huge blessing and success. I feel so confident and happy with my choices of the girls who will be standing next to me on my big day. Each one of them is such a blessing to me and brings such a new light and persepective to this whole planning process. It was so nice to be able to have some girl time...and they all loved my very (big!) dress!!!! For those of you who have been paying attention: I lost 5 pounds in two weeks, working my butt off. The dress slid right on like it was made for me (which it was hehe) and it looked SO good. Probably the best news I got all day was because of how well the dress fit, if I bought high enough shoes, I would not have to pay $250 for a hem!!! Granted, that means trucking through my wedding day in 4" heels, but from a girl who used to walk 10,000 steps a day in shoes that high as the manager extraordinare at children's birthday facility....I think I'll survive. I do have to look for a petticoat to hold my skirt up nice and pretty...but the one my bridal shop offers is $60 and that's just not gonna fly! Craigslist!
Because my amazing best friends are so awesome, we also went on the search for the bridesmaid dresses! Ironically enough, after searching through racks and racks, the girls decided they loved the dress that was originally the one I wanted them to wear! Its a super cute dress that I think they will all be able to keep in their closets and wear again to dinner functions and such. Its a Mori Lee. Tea length. taffeta. bubble hem. strapless. SUPER flattering to all of them! They are wearing it in "Espresso" and my girls and I decided to try to find them some super cute 1940s-esque platform pumps in that ever elusive shade of pomegranate that I love so much.
We had a wonderful Easter...we went to spend it with Josh's family and it was so nice. I love how close knit that family is and how many of them there are. I always wished a had a big family with lots of cousins growing up and it makes me smile that my kids will have so many people to love and support them. :)
Charlie decided to lick a Coke can that was left sitting on the ground and sliced his tongue open. After bleeding all over me for five minutes, he took a drink of water and was fine...its always drama with this puppy! I cannot even imagine how it is with children!
However, as great as all of this was....I began a new job today!!!!!!!! It is just part time, counter assistant type work...but it feels SO amazing to be a functioning member of society again. I am happy to say, my feet are a little sore today after a seven hour shift! I missed work. I am a working girl....I LOVE to work. Most people might call me crazy for hating sitting at home doing nothing but basically being a "housewife" the last couple months, but that is just SO not me. Most people also think I'm crazy because I love working in customer service/retail. Its just my niche. Its what I'm good at...I'm a people person, and I have missed people!!!
I guess this is where 2010 starts goin my way *knock on wood* and I must say, my way feels pretty.dang.good.
When I woke up last week on the day of my first dress viewing it was sunny! There were birds chirping! The whole day was a huge blessing and success. I feel so confident and happy with my choices of the girls who will be standing next to me on my big day. Each one of them is such a blessing to me and brings such a new light and persepective to this whole planning process. It was so nice to be able to have some girl time...and they all loved my very (big!) dress!!!! For those of you who have been paying attention: I lost 5 pounds in two weeks, working my butt off. The dress slid right on like it was made for me (which it was hehe) and it looked SO good. Probably the best news I got all day was because of how well the dress fit, if I bought high enough shoes, I would not have to pay $250 for a hem!!! Granted, that means trucking through my wedding day in 4" heels, but from a girl who used to walk 10,000 steps a day in shoes that high as the manager extraordinare at children's birthday facility....I think I'll survive. I do have to look for a petticoat to hold my skirt up nice and pretty...but the one my bridal shop offers is $60 and that's just not gonna fly! Craigslist!
Because my amazing best friends are so awesome, we also went on the search for the bridesmaid dresses! Ironically enough, after searching through racks and racks, the girls decided they loved the dress that was originally the one I wanted them to wear! Its a super cute dress that I think they will all be able to keep in their closets and wear again to dinner functions and such. Its a Mori Lee. Tea length. taffeta. bubble hem. strapless. SUPER flattering to all of them! They are wearing it in "Espresso" and my girls and I decided to try to find them some super cute 1940s-esque platform pumps in that ever elusive shade of pomegranate that I love so much.
We had a wonderful Easter...we went to spend it with Josh's family and it was so nice. I love how close knit that family is and how many of them there are. I always wished a had a big family with lots of cousins growing up and it makes me smile that my kids will have so many people to love and support them. :)
Charlie decided to lick a Coke can that was left sitting on the ground and sliced his tongue open. After bleeding all over me for five minutes, he took a drink of water and was fine...its always drama with this puppy! I cannot even imagine how it is with children!
However, as great as all of this was....I began a new job today!!!!!!!! It is just part time, counter assistant type work...but it feels SO amazing to be a functioning member of society again. I am happy to say, my feet are a little sore today after a seven hour shift! I missed work. I am a working girl....I LOVE to work. Most people might call me crazy for hating sitting at home doing nothing but basically being a "housewife" the last couple months, but that is just SO not me. Most people also think I'm crazy because I love working in customer service/retail. Its just my niche. Its what I'm good at...I'm a people person, and I have missed people!!!
I guess this is where 2010 starts goin my way *knock on wood* and I must say, my way feels pretty.dang.good.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
A True DIY Bride
I apologize about the lack of (interesting) posts lately. The past 2 weeks or so have felt like an absolute blur. I keep thinking of new "must haves" for the wedding and worse than that, how I can do them myself. I *may* be in over my head a little with all my scheming and dreaming. The second bedroom at my mom's house has completely transformed into a DIY Disneyland.
I absolutely love doing things myself, I think I will enjoy my wedding so much more being able to see all my loved ones noticing and enjoying all the little details throughout the day. There are two things that get me through this process: Pandora Internet Radio (which lately has been on a Jason Derulo station...so not my usual type of music, but it's upbeat and he has an amazing voice) and my Charlie (who is now 4 months old and growing like a weed...my baby doggie is no more). He loyally sleeps under the DIY table on his blanky while I partake in the mind numbing task of making pocketfolds. I will eventually post photos and instructions to my invites, once I feel like I am making real progress and design the inserts and belly-band etc.
Today it is 6 months until the big day, and I really have to kick it into high gear. THIS month I need to find and book: a wedding cake baker, a DJ, a florist and an officiant. Most of those should be easy. But Josh and I are not church-goers. We believe in...and love God...but have yet to find a place we can call our own. That's the part that makes me nervous, finding someone to marry us. EEK!
Just for grins (or to give myself a lot more gray hair than I already have) here are allllllllllllllllllllll the DIY projects I have done or plan to complete:
*Save the Date Magnets
* Pocketfold invitations
* Invitation Inserts (which includes stamping and embossing)
* Ribbon Belly Bands
* Envelope liners for the invitations...something like this:
* Monogrammed Aisle Runner
*Guest Book (completed today on Snapfish.com for $10!!!)
* Tissue Paper Pomanders to hang at the reception...like this, but in our colors (tiffany blue and pomegranate)
* Framed photos of loved ones for our memorial table
* Slideshow of Josh and I growing up
* Presents for my girls (keeping those on the DL for now)
* Custom ETCHING of the groomsman gifts (yes I really am crazy)
* Embossing Cocktail Napkins
* Designing and purchasing all the stuff for the candy buffet!
* Centerpieces
* Flower girl tutu :)
* Making tulle/twinkle lights into some sort of arrangement for over the dance floor
* Escort/Place cards
* Monogrammed Favor Bags
* Table Numbers
* Thank You Parasol for a photo op
* Cake Table decorations
* Getting super amazing abs (YES this is a DIY project, lol...so far I've lost 4 pounds and SEVEN inches from various body parts within 2 weeks....I <3 it!)
Ummmm...that's really all I can think of right now, but heaven help me I have a feeling there's more. Phew. Deep breath...6 months. I've got time! I will post updates as soon as I get some stuff done. I better go to bed now so that I can actually sleep in anticipation of seeing THE dress tomorrow :)
I absolutely love doing things myself, I think I will enjoy my wedding so much more being able to see all my loved ones noticing and enjoying all the little details throughout the day. There are two things that get me through this process: Pandora Internet Radio (which lately has been on a Jason Derulo station...so not my usual type of music, but it's upbeat and he has an amazing voice) and my Charlie (who is now 4 months old and growing like a weed...my baby doggie is no more). He loyally sleeps under the DIY table on his blanky while I partake in the mind numbing task of making pocketfolds. I will eventually post photos and instructions to my invites, once I feel like I am making real progress and design the inserts and belly-band etc.
Today it is 6 months until the big day, and I really have to kick it into high gear. THIS month I need to find and book: a wedding cake baker, a DJ, a florist and an officiant. Most of those should be easy. But Josh and I are not church-goers. We believe in...and love God...but have yet to find a place we can call our own. That's the part that makes me nervous, finding someone to marry us. EEK!
Just for grins (or to give myself a lot more gray hair than I already have) here are allllllllllllllllllllll the DIY projects I have done or plan to complete:
* Pocketfold invitations
* Invitation Inserts (which includes stamping and embossing)
* Ribbon Belly Bands
* Envelope liners for the invitations...something like this:
(I may do the piece of scrapbook paper that was my inspiration for my wedding colors, or take it to the next level and use one of our engagement photos)
*
* Tissue Paper Pomanders to hang at the reception...like this, but in our colors (tiffany blue and pomegranate)
(I want little pops of color around, and these are super cheap and easy!)
* Slideshow of Josh and I growing up
* Presents for my girls (keeping those on the DL for now)
* Custom ETCHING of the groomsman gifts (yes I really am crazy)
* Embossing Cocktail Napkins
* Designing and purchasing all the stuff for the candy buffet!
(Hopefully to look something like this:)
SO.AMAZING.
* Programs* Centerpieces
* Flower girl tutu :)
(I am currently obsessed with this adorable idea)
* Escort/Place cards
* Monogrammed Favor Bags
* Table Numbers
* Thank You Parasol for a photo op
* Cake Table decorations
* Getting super amazing abs (YES this is a DIY project, lol...so far I've lost 4 pounds and SEVEN inches from various body parts within 2 weeks....I <3 it!)
Ummmm...that's really all I can think of right now, but heaven help me I have a feeling there's more. Phew. Deep breath...6 months. I've got time! I will post updates as soon as I get some stuff done. I better go to bed now so that I can actually sleep in anticipation of seeing THE dress tomorrow :)
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