26 days to go!
We got the bachelorette party invitations from the same Etsy seller that we got the bridal shower invites from and they turned out just as great as the shower invites did!
By now all my closest girlfriends have received their invitations so I thought I would share a photo of the invites because they turned out so great & I love them!!! My favorite part is the martini olives across the top!!!
My bachelorette party is coming up in a couple of weeks & I'm getting very excited for a Girls Night In with my closest girlfriends! We are going to eat yummy food, drink yummy drinks, and play fun games! And have a sleepover! I think, since this party will be two weeks before The Big Day, it will be just what I need to help me relax and enjoy the last few weeks of being a Ms. before I become a Mrs.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
27: Pretty dresses for pretty little girls
27 days to go!
Today was a very successful day conquering many items on the to-do list and completing some DIY projects. But before I get to any of that ... I want to blog about the adorable dresses we picked up for our flower girls a couple of weeks ago.
We are fortunate enough to have two absolutely adorable little girls in our lives - my niece, Shyann, and my cousin's daughter, Taeyah. Shyann is the daughter of my only brother and she just turned 6 in January. Taeyah is my maid of honor, Farina's, daughter and will be 4 in April. These two little girls are so darn cute that I just had to have them both as flower girls in our wedding!
Considering how young these two girls are I wanted to wait until pretty close to the wedding to get them dresses. I also wanted to be budget savvy and find matching dresses under $50 each. I started searching online in late December but I was not having any luck finding anything in the price range I was looking for. Then one Saturday afternoon, as we were out running errands for my bridal shower we decided to stop at Burlington Coat Factory to see if they had any white dresses for little girls.
One of the dilemmas I was running into online was that Shaynn wears a little girls size 6 and Taeyah wears a toddlers size 4T. Online I was not finding very many options of the same dress in both toddler and little girl sizes. Luckily, Burlington Coat Factory had a wide selection of white christening gowns in all sizes! We searched the racks until we found matching dresses in both sizes, in our price range, that were almost as adorable as the little girls that will be wearing them!
This photo does not do this dress justice! The girls got to try their dresses on at my bridal shower (I wish I would have gotten a picture) and they looked so darling in their matching dresses - I can't wait for them to wear them on our wedding day!!!
Today was a very successful day conquering many items on the to-do list and completing some DIY projects. But before I get to any of that ... I want to blog about the adorable dresses we picked up for our flower girls a couple of weeks ago.
We are fortunate enough to have two absolutely adorable little girls in our lives - my niece, Shyann, and my cousin's daughter, Taeyah. Shyann is the daughter of my only brother and she just turned 6 in January. Taeyah is my maid of honor, Farina's, daughter and will be 4 in April. These two little girls are so darn cute that I just had to have them both as flower girls in our wedding!
Considering how young these two girls are I wanted to wait until pretty close to the wedding to get them dresses. I also wanted to be budget savvy and find matching dresses under $50 each. I started searching online in late December but I was not having any luck finding anything in the price range I was looking for. Then one Saturday afternoon, as we were out running errands for my bridal shower we decided to stop at Burlington Coat Factory to see if they had any white dresses for little girls.
One of the dilemmas I was running into online was that Shaynn wears a little girls size 6 and Taeyah wears a toddlers size 4T. Online I was not finding very many options of the same dress in both toddler and little girl sizes. Luckily, Burlington Coat Factory had a wide selection of white christening gowns in all sizes! We searched the racks until we found matching dresses in both sizes, in our price range, that were almost as adorable as the little girls that will be wearing them!
This photo does not do this dress justice! The girls got to try their dresses on at my bridal shower (I wish I would have gotten a picture) and they looked so darling in their matching dresses - I can't wait for them to wear them on our wedding day!!!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
28: 4 weeks to go & wedding dreams have begun
28 days to go!
Last night I had several wedding related dreams, I mean nightmares. Some of the "themes" include: my dress not fitting, it raining, my rings being broken, no one showing up except for the wedding party, our gifts getting stolen ... and on, and on, and on.
We've got 4 weeks to our wedding and a to-do list that keeps on growing. Add to that our everyday stresses like work, a car that keeps breaking down, and all the other things that make up an average day (running, eating right, have some down time to relax, household chores) and things tend to get a little hectic.
I'm confident that come March 21st every little task on our to-do list will be completed and that our wedding day is going to be beautiful. Until then - I'm going to continue to bust my butt to get all the details worked out and all the DIY projects complete!
Keep checking back for more updates ... I'm thinking this weekend is going to be very successful!
Last night I had several wedding related dreams, I mean nightmares. Some of the "themes" include: my dress not fitting, it raining, my rings being broken, no one showing up except for the wedding party, our gifts getting stolen ... and on, and on, and on.
We've got 4 weeks to our wedding and a to-do list that keeps on growing. Add to that our everyday stresses like work, a car that keeps breaking down, and all the other things that make up an average day (running, eating right, have some down time to relax, household chores) and things tend to get a little hectic.
I'm confident that come March 21st every little task on our to-do list will be completed and that our wedding day is going to be beautiful. Until then - I'm going to continue to bust my butt to get all the details worked out and all the DIY projects complete!
Keep checking back for more updates ... I'm thinking this weekend is going to be very successful!
Friday, February 20, 2009
29: Reserved signs
29 days to go!
About a month ago I spent one afternoon tackling as many wedding projects and I could get my hand on. Some of those projects included finishing up our birdcage card box and working on some of my bridal shower decorating details among other things.
One of the other projects I worked on were our reserved signs for the chairs during our ceremony. I choose to only make reserved signs for our immediate family members so they would feel special and so that our divorced parents and their new spouses or significant others will know where we would like them to sit.
I used some left over card stock from our invitations and the same black ribbon I used on the birdcage. They were very simple to make and they turned out great!
About a month ago I spent one afternoon tackling as many wedding projects and I could get my hand on. Some of those projects included finishing up our birdcage card box and working on some of my bridal shower decorating details among other things.
One of the other projects I worked on were our reserved signs for the chairs during our ceremony. I choose to only make reserved signs for our immediate family members so they would feel special and so that our divorced parents and their new spouses or significant others will know where we would like them to sit.
I used some left over card stock from our invitations and the same black ribbon I used on the birdcage. They were very simple to make and they turned out great!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
30: One month to go!
30 days to go!
Wow. Where has the time gone? There's only 30 days left until The Big Day?!? Time sure is flying by! It seems like it was only yesterday when we got engaged.
With 30 days to go, things are really starting to come together. Remember a few days ago when I was felling unmotivated and dreading working on the day-of timeline? Well ... I sat down yesterday afternoon and really started working out the details and its starting to come together. I hope to have it mostly finished this weekend so I can send it out to our photographer and videographer.
This weekend is going to be a BIG weekend for wedding projects. Not only do we not have any plans, but it's also suppose to rain all weekend so that will keep us at home and we can get some stuff done! AND I've got quite a few things I want to get done.
Wow. Where has the time gone? There's only 30 days left until The Big Day?!? Time sure is flying by! It seems like it was only yesterday when we got engaged.
With 30 days to go, things are really starting to come together. Remember a few days ago when I was felling unmotivated and dreading working on the day-of timeline? Well ... I sat down yesterday afternoon and really started working out the details and its starting to come together. I hope to have it mostly finished this weekend so I can send it out to our photographer and videographer.
This weekend is going to be a BIG weekend for wedding projects. Not only do we not have any plans, but it's also suppose to rain all weekend so that will keep us at home and we can get some stuff done! AND I've got quite a few things I want to get done.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
31: RSVP deadline is fast approaching
31 days to go!
There are just 10 short days left until the RSVP deadline and we've got about 40 stragglers that are really making me feel like pulling out my hair. I actually happen to know that a few of these people are not going to make it (family from New York) and that a few actually are (my father & step-mother and a groomsmen & his family) but we still have not received their RSVP's back. I'm dreading sitting down on the 2nd of March to make these calls to people who have not and probably will not respond in time. It's really not that hard. We pre-printed your names on the little respond cards ... we place our return address on the envelope for you ... AND we even included a stamp. All you have to do is put a little check next to the YES or the NO and then pop that little card into the little envelope, lick it closed and mail it. Simple? Yes. So ... why haven't they done it yet???
Come on people! Our final head count & final payment are due just 4 days after the RSVP deadline.
There are just 10 short days left until the RSVP deadline and we've got about 40 stragglers that are really making me feel like pulling out my hair. I actually happen to know that a few of these people are not going to make it (family from New York) and that a few actually are (my father & step-mother and a groomsmen & his family) but we still have not received their RSVP's back. I'm dreading sitting down on the 2nd of March to make these calls to people who have not and probably will not respond in time. It's really not that hard. We pre-printed your names on the little respond cards ... we place our return address on the envelope for you ... AND we even included a stamp. All you have to do is put a little check next to the YES or the NO and then pop that little card into the little envelope, lick it closed and mail it. Simple? Yes. So ... why haven't they done it yet???
Come on people! Our final head count & final payment are due just 4 days after the RSVP deadline.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
32: My bare naked finger
32 days to go!
Last night we went to the jewelry store to purchase Jon's wedding band. While we were there we also dropped of my engagement ring to get it sautered to one of my wedding bands (yes - I have two - the 2nd band will be used for the ring exchange on our wedding day and will be sautered sometime after the wedding).
Jon's band had to be ordered in his size so I'll be sharing a photo of it sometime next week after it comes in - and I'll share a photo of mine as well. In the meantime, my left ring finger is feeling a little bare and lonely ... to keep it company I wore my triple heart Tiffany's ring that Jon bought for me on our first annivesary in March 2006 - a ring that I normally wear on my right ring finger.
I'll be picking up my sautered rings tomorrow after work ... I'll be sure to share a photo of the finished product!
Last night we went to the jewelry store to purchase Jon's wedding band. While we were there we also dropped of my engagement ring to get it sautered to one of my wedding bands (yes - I have two - the 2nd band will be used for the ring exchange on our wedding day and will be sautered sometime after the wedding).
Jon's band had to be ordered in his size so I'll be sharing a photo of it sometime next week after it comes in - and I'll share a photo of mine as well. In the meantime, my left ring finger is feeling a little bare and lonely ... to keep it company I wore my triple heart Tiffany's ring that Jon bought for me on our first annivesary in March 2006 - a ring that I normally wear on my right ring finger.
I'll be picking up my sautered rings tomorrow after work ... I'll be sure to share a photo of the finished product!
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