80: In the mail they go

80 days to go!

Today we are heading down south to the Santa Barbara area to spend New Years Eve with my cousin and her boyfriend BUT before we head out of town we will be stopping off at the post office to mail our invites!

Here's another sneek peek :)

That's our "outer" envelope!
Family & friends: keep your eyes out for these in the mail in the next few days!!!

81: Almost a New Year

81 days to go!

The holidays are almost over and it's almost time to celebrate the beginning of a new year - the year we will be getting married! I can't believe how fast March is approaching! The holidays were a blur - even if I was on vacation. We didn't get too much accomplished (except finishing up the invites) because the holiday season is a crazy time for us with our families all split up and all over the place. We had our 4 Christmases and tomorrow we are heading down south to spend New Years Eve with my cousin and her boyfriend. After the 1st of the new year we will really be focusing on getting some of the DIY projects completed - which means I will finally have some photos to post about all the projects I'm working on because they will finally becoming to life. And then before we know it March 21st will be here and then the fun really begins :)

82: Another DIY project

82 days to go!

Another DIY project I just decided to do (since we have some left over invitations mats) are reserved signs to hang on the chairs at the ceremony for our immediate family members. It's definitely not a necessity to have - but just another way to make our day personalized. They will be simple signs that mimic our invitation mats and will say Reserved Mother of the Bride (or another family member) that I will attach to ribbon and then have my day-of person (my cousin's best friend is standing in for this role) attach them to the chairs for the ceremony.

Just like the memory candle - this project is still not complete, but as it also comes to life I will post pictures.

83: In memory

83 days to go!

One of the many wedding DIY projects I am working on includes an "In Memory" candle that we will have set up at our reception. The candle will be in a hurricane vase that was purchased at Michael's Craft Store and will be wrapped in ribbon in our wedding colors (black and white). We will use a white pillar candle and fill the bottom of the vase with black sand (to mimic our centerpieces). Next to the candle will be a poem and a list of names of people celebrating with us in spirit.

Here's the poem we are using:
Those we love don't go away
They walk beside us every day
Unseen, unheard, but always near
Still loved, still missed
And always held dear

*I found the poem on someone's planning bio from theknot.com - but I can't remember who (I actually know that I saw it on several people's bio's when I first started planning)

As soon as I saw that poem, I knew this was something that I wanted to incorporate into our wedding. Unfortunately, our list of loved ones is quite long - but I know they are all in our hearts and will be watching down on us as we become husband and wife.

This project is still in the early stages and no where near complete yet - but I will add photos as the idea comes to life.

84: Sneek Peek

84 days to go!

I don't want to spoil the surprise because they haven't been mailed yet - but here's a sneek peek at our invites :)


That's the RSVP return envelopes and behind it is a very sneek peek at the RSVP cards. Everything turned out pretty great - not perfect, but for DIY I'd say they are pretty darn good! I can't wait for our friends and family to get them in the mail and see them!!! Once they been mailed, I'll post some more pictures of how they turned out :)

85: Ready to be mailed

85 days to go!

Like I blogged about earlier - we finished up assembling the invites last night (stages 3 thru 6).

This was our "assembly" line on our kitchen table

Stage 1 was printing
Stage 2 was attaching the invitation mat
Stage 3 thru 6 we're affixing stamps to the RSVP envelopes, stuffing the RSVP cards and envelopes into the pocket fold, closing the pocket fold and affixing a sticker to keep it shut, and stuffing the envelopes and affixing the back flaps with return address labels.
It really didn't take that long once we got started and we only had to re-print two envelopes (I forgot an apartment number on one and I misspelled someone's name on another) so we sped right through the process and now they are all bundled up in ziploc bags (so they don't get dirty) and awaiting their deliver to the post office on the 31st!

Now we can move on to more projects :)

86: Merry Christmas

86 days to go!

Merry Christmas!

This evening we finished up the invites ... but it's Christmas and I want to go snuggle up in front of the fire and watch movies SO I'll post about it tomorrow!