Procrastination

Thanks to my day planner, and the knot.com, I have been alerted to the fact that I have a lot to get done. I thought I was doing fine, just humming along getting the things done that were fun and easy. I have been designing the invitations for months now. And somehow I'm still not happy with them. GRRRRR.

The florist, the cake baker, and the caterer have not gotten back to me with quotes.


In four days it will be 4 months to go! The invitations are supposed to be sent out in MAY!

Shoe Porn

Dress from ASOS.com

For the wedding I plan on wearing a pair of cute Steve Madden Sandals with a bow that perfectly matches my color scheme. I have terrible Ankles, Knees and Hips (and elbows, shoulders and wrists) so I have a hard time wearing heels for any amount of time. But damn do I love wearing heels. I always have and I always will. I am in love with high heels. But I have to walk down a flight of like 40 steps to the ceremony... so that is out of the question.


But for the rehearsal dinner when I am wearing this dress from ASOS.com.: Ah I love it. Buttttt I do have to trim a little off the thighs.. it is VERY close hugging and white does not hide your lumps and bumps.

 Badgley Mischka $200 on Zappos.com

Speaking of thighs, my legs, well anyones for that matter, look great on top of a great pair of heels. So now I have started looking at shoes, secretively... Shoe Porn. So now I will show some of the favorites that I am lusting after.







Of course I can make the BHLDN ones with some regular pink shoes adding the tulle... Hmm I love heels.

These bhldn beauties were featured in the January Issue of Brides.

 

More Dress Pics

All Photos Personal

An Update! The Save the Date's arrived on Monday and I mailed them today!!! Hooray!

Also last Thursday, I went with FH down to the bigger city about a 1 1/2 hour drive away. He had test prep for his new job and I needed to take the car in to get it checked out (a whole 'nother story, as I ended up driving a beautiful sexy white 2012 A4 all day).

Anyway, I went to David's Bridal to try on my dress with the correct petticoats, corset and veil. I also got to see it clipped back. It was great because I have never seen the dress fitting before. I bought it online before even getting to see the dress, let alone try it on.

I got to get all jacked up and try on a bunch of veils, headpieces and tiaras. You'll remember that I was wanting to wear a birdcage veil but upon trying them on, I just couldn't get them to look good. I guess my style is more classic. I am now going to wear a cathedral length lace veil. Here are the pictures! I love it so much!!!

Which Invitation? Please help!

I am torn between doing a navy invitation or a grey invitation. I love both. Please help me decide! Note, these are both rough drafts, they are on ivory cotton resume paper on either grey or navy cardstock. The edges will obviously be even and the names not blurred out...

Both designs by me

Centerpieces!

Personal Photo

Personal Photo

I am so stoked! My centerpieces are almost done. Months of hoarding glass bottles and jars have payed off, and it's one more thing I can erase from the budget. I finally sat down and figured out how many bottles I would need to make my tables look full. On my dining room floor, I taped out the dimensions of my table runner/table so I could visualize better. I brought out some of my jar collection and arranged them as follows. It is going to look great. And the best part about it is that I am only short a few bottles. Nothing that a few weeks of drinking starbucks or making spagetti from a jar won't fix. I won't even need to rent or buy kerr jars like I originally thought. I still need to buy 3 more little antique medicine bottles to use as bud vases but I already have 15!

Like I said, that is way more to check off the budget, since really, all these bottles are free except the antique ones. I also started stockpiling all glass bottles that go through our house (compulsion I think). I plan to recycle them. I did take pictures so you can see my process. I hope you can visualize, like me, how cool this will look when it has pink and ivory wildflowers and candles in the jars.

Anyone else putting something free (or somthing you would have bought anyway) to use at your wedding?

Boudoir Love

Dear FH Please do not read the following post...

Photo Via The Knotty Bride

Thank you.

As a wedding present, I am going to do a boudoir shoot and put the pictures in an album for my FH. I am way excited. I do love my photographer. I already let her know that I was not comfortable with having the pictures online (obvs) so this is one shoot that I will NOT be putting on my facebook.
I will be clothed, but scantily clad of course. I want them to be like the big beautiful pictures of the Victoria's Secret models in the Fitting Rooms. Very sexy but very tasteful.
My photographer is buying a red chaise and we are looking for a location with big windows and brick walls. I plan on sewing a corset, jury is still out on the color, and also taking some photos in an ivory VS teddy.

Photo Via The Knotty Bride

Photo via The Knotty Bride

Now, I have no illusions about my weight. I know I am not large but since turning 20, I have suddenly sprouted poufy hips, thighs and stomach. The armpit boob is a recent development as well. I used to be a stick but never worked out. Now I am having to get my butt in gear and start working out more. Pilates has helped, as has this great ski season. I hope to keep it up until April when I plan on taking the boudoir pictures.

Anyone else planning on doing boudoir shoots? Any one who has and can offer suggestions? 

The Real Reason for all the Hullabaloo

Last night I had another wedding nightmare, but this one turned out good.

This time I had the right dress, we were at the right venue and even the colors were right. It was just the wrong time of day and I was walking down a different aisle, and I couldn't find the rings. I started to protest saying, "This isn't right. This isn't where I'm supposed to walk." All the guests were looking at me strangely, they didn't know what I was talking about. And then FH walked over to me and I saw him in his suit and the way he looked at me made nothing else matter. He hugged me and I started crying because I was so happy. He didn't have to say anything, all at once I realized why I was there and how perfect everything was even in it's imperfection. I woke up before we actually got married but I'm pretty sure I got a glimpse of what my wedding day will be like. So until then, even though the knot.com is begging me to be stressed, and according to my timeline I have like ten million tasks overdue, I am not going to sweat it. I have the big details lined up. At the end of the day, I would marry him wearing a trash bag at the county courthouse and it would still be the happiest day of my life thus far.