73: Preparing for my 1st fitting

73 days to go!

My 1st dress fitting is coming up in a couple of weeks and I knew I needed to determine what type of undergarments I would need to be wearing under it ... so last night my best friend Linsey came over and helped me try on my dress!

AND my suspicions were confirmed ... its way too big :(

My dress is a corset-type dress that laces up the back ... and even though Linz laced it as tight as she could get it ... it's still too big! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my seamstress can work some magic!

Here's a sneek peek at my at-home fitting last night

And just incase I haven't mentioned it before ... I effin' love my shoes!!!

74: Bridal shower details

74 days to go!

Yep, I'm one of those "controlling" girls that has a hard time not knowing every little detail and being apart of every aspect. WITH that being said ... I was most definitley involved in the planning process of my bridal shower ... and luckily I have such amazing women in my life who know all about my crazy control issues and love me just the same :)

SO ... my bridal shower is being thrown by my wonderful and amazing maid of honor, my cousin Farina, and my matron of honor, one of my best friends Kylie. Kylie graciously offered to host the party at her home in Sacramento!

As I've mentioned before, we are having a Tea Party ... but I really don't want to give away too many of the lovely details ... the party is just a few short weeks away ... BUT the invitations are going in the mail tomorrow! The wedding is getting closer and closer every day and my excitement continues to grow more and more! Stay tuned for more details about the shower after it's taken place ... and maybe I'll post a picture of the absolutely adorable invites after all my lovely ladies have received their invites :)

75: Mailbox stalking

75 days to go!

I know its too soon after mailing our invites to really start expecting the return of our RSVP cards, but I can't help it ... I'm just too excited! I know my best friend/matron of honor already mailed theirs so I know I can anxiously await its arrival today or tomorrow ... and until they start pouring in, that will hold me over just fine :)

EDITED TO ADD:
We actaully got two RSVP cards back in the mail today!!! One was from my matron of honor & her husband and the other one from Jon's sister & her fiance :)

76: The Invitations

76 days to go!

By now most, if not all, of our invited guests have received their invitations so I think it's safe to post pictures :)

The outer envelope

The sticker to close the pocket fold with one of our monograms

Close up of the invitation mat

The open pocket fold

The RSVP cards

The RSVP envelopes

77: Picking the perfect china pattern

77 days to go!

We registered a long time ago - like last April or early May.

I L-O-V-E to shop (what girl doesn't) so I was very excited about setting up our registries and going into Macy's and checking out the goods and using the little scanner to add items. We set up two registries. One at Macy's and one at Crate & Barrel. The Macy's registry has the bulk of our items on it and it was the only of the two stores that we actually visited to add things to the registry. We completed the entire Crate & Barrel registry online.

One of the obstacles we faced when adding items to our registry was picking out a china pattern and deciding if we needed/wanted a "fancy" china and an everyday china.

We decided that we did want to go ahead and register for both so we picked out this Kate Spade china for our "fancy" china:

Kate Spade St. Kitts Nag's Head Dinnerware Collection

And later we added this Lenox pattern to be our everyday dishes:

Lenox Aspen Ridge

I love the Lenox dishes. I really wanted something that was plain and white. A pattern that I could use different accent pieces with and dress up with fun and exciting place mats and napkins and general tableware. When Macy's sent me an email with an announcement of this new line of Lenox china I just knew it was the perfect pattern I had been searching for.

After some debating we decided that we really didn't need both a "fancy" china and an everyday dish set so we went ahead and removed the Kate Spade china from our registry and kept just Lenox pattern.

I think the timeless pattern will be perfect for us!

78: It's over!

78 days to go!

The holiday season is finally over! We've got less than 12 weeks to the wedding which means that we have less than 12 weeks to finish the bazillion items on our to-do list including the multiple DIY projects that I want to do. AND now that the holidays are over and we are home from our travels - I can really start focusing on getting some of these projects out of my head and make them come to life :)

79: Happy New Year

79 days to go!

Happy New Year!!!