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!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Shoe Porn
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| Dress from ASOS.com |
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.
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| Badgley Mischka $200 on Zappos.com |
Of course I can make the BHLDN ones with some regular pink shoes adding the tulle... Hmm I love heels.
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| These bhldn beauties were featured in the January Issue of Brides. |
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
More Dress Pics
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| All Photos Personal |
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!!!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
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!
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| Personal Photo |
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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?
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Boudoir Love
Dear FH Please do not read the following post...
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.
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?
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| Photo Via The Knotty Bride |
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.
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| Photo Via The Knotty Bride |
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| Photo via The Knotty Bride |
Anyone else planning on doing boudoir shoots? Any one who has and can offer suggestions?
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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.
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.
Friday, February 3, 2012
6 Months to Go
As of Tomorrow we are at the 6 month mark. That sounds so short in wedding planning time but so long in real life time. (Wedding Planning Time is exponentially longer because no decision can ever be made in an instant, because if you do it feels like it's too easy and you are doing something wrong)
I really just want to be married already but there are so many hoops to jump through. I have gotten a lot done however. We have finalized the guest list (yay that was so stressful!), finalized the rental items, and contacted caterers and florists. We are inviting 70 people but I expect only 45 or so to attend.
I even found a pig to roast! He is probably still a baby but by the time August rolls around he will be a 150lb porker, ripe for the roasting. By the way that is not 150lbs of meat, thats 150lbs live weight. We pretty much nailed down what we want for the menu. Roast pig, baked potato bar (with cheese, mushrooms, salsa, grilled chicken, black beans, spinach, etc everything to make a baked potato awesome), and grilled hearts of romaine caesars. Mmmm I can't wait for our wedding food.
Last night I was working on the hanky that I will be wearing for the wedding. It's antique, white, and has a great soft feel to it. I love the feel of it. But it was only after I bought it, I found that there was a big fat embroidered K on it. My future initial will be L so this wouldn't work. Oh I wish I had taken pictures because last night I took a seam ripper and tweezers to it and got the K totally out. I did stab myself in the index finger with the seam ripper so typing is hard today. Anyway after I ironed it, it looks totally great.
Today I am meeting with the photographer. We are having coffee and going antiquing. We are also going to be discussing the possibility of a Boudoir photo shoot. She is giving me an awesome deal on it and I am really excited. I am going to give it to FH as a wedding present.
I really just want to be married already but there are so many hoops to jump through. I have gotten a lot done however. We have finalized the guest list (yay that was so stressful!), finalized the rental items, and contacted caterers and florists. We are inviting 70 people but I expect only 45 or so to attend.
I even found a pig to roast! He is probably still a baby but by the time August rolls around he will be a 150lb porker, ripe for the roasting. By the way that is not 150lbs of meat, thats 150lbs live weight. We pretty much nailed down what we want for the menu. Roast pig, baked potato bar (with cheese, mushrooms, salsa, grilled chicken, black beans, spinach, etc everything to make a baked potato awesome), and grilled hearts of romaine caesars. Mmmm I can't wait for our wedding food.
Last night I was working on the hanky that I will be wearing for the wedding. It's antique, white, and has a great soft feel to it. I love the feel of it. But it was only after I bought it, I found that there was a big fat embroidered K on it. My future initial will be L so this wouldn't work. Oh I wish I had taken pictures because last night I took a seam ripper and tweezers to it and got the K totally out. I did stab myself in the index finger with the seam ripper so typing is hard today. Anyway after I ironed it, it looks totally great.
Today I am meeting with the photographer. We are having coffee and going antiquing. We are also going to be discussing the possibility of a Boudoir photo shoot. She is giving me an awesome deal on it and I am really excited. I am going to give it to FH as a wedding present.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Luckiest Girl in the World
I cannot believe how generous my future in-laws are. I am almost at a loss for words. All I can say is that I am so lucky to know such wonderful people, let alone becoming part of their family.
They are in town for a few days to ski and hang out with 2/4 of their children who live up here. FH and his older brother who just bought a house here. FMIL was way excited to talk about the wedding, which was a blast. I told her the breakdown of all the costs, letting them know we were planning on paying for all of it, even though they had said the would contribute. We were puzzling over the guest list, trying to keep it around 40 people to keep cost down. It was impossible though.
Until... FFIL and FMIL decided to multiply my budget by 2.5. The only string attached was that we invite all the aunts and uncles, which is just fine since we wanted to be able to invite them anyway.
This takes such a huge weight off my shoulders. I started crying as soon as we got in the car to go home. Poor FH was trying to cheer me up but I wasn't even sad. I wasn't even sure what I was crying about. I just was so grateful.
So we get to have our perfect wedding. I crunched the numbers last night and no matter how hard I try, I still have a surplus in the budget.
They are in town for a few days to ski and hang out with 2/4 of their children who live up here. FH and his older brother who just bought a house here. FMIL was way excited to talk about the wedding, which was a blast. I told her the breakdown of all the costs, letting them know we were planning on paying for all of it, even though they had said the would contribute. We were puzzling over the guest list, trying to keep it around 40 people to keep cost down. It was impossible though.
Until... FFIL and FMIL decided to multiply my budget by 2.5. The only string attached was that we invite all the aunts and uncles, which is just fine since we wanted to be able to invite them anyway.
This takes such a huge weight off my shoulders. I started crying as soon as we got in the car to go home. Poor FH was trying to cheer me up but I wasn't even sad. I wasn't even sure what I was crying about. I just was so grateful.
So we get to have our perfect wedding. I crunched the numbers last night and no matter how hard I try, I still have a surplus in the budget.
Friday, January 27, 2012
A Huge Relief
I must confess I have been stressing out about the guest list. It has been a major point of contention. FH and I want to have it AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE. But that doesn't seem to happen. I have set the cutoff mark at 42 people. That is for one long table (actually 5 8' banquet tables set end to end). It actually might work. We might get away with it.
My worry was that FH has a large family. His parents both have 2-3 siblings each, and each of them have 2-3 kids, and even some of them have kids. It's tough to decide who goes and who stays, but many of those cousins I have never met. We are really only inviting those that we are close with or have regular contact with.
But our dream of having a small wedding is coming true. It's awesome because this shrinks our budget too! I only have to buy 5 tablecloths at $12 each ($60) from smartyhadaparty.com. I am making my own burlap runners, purchased from save-on-crafts.com. And this means I need way fewer bottles for my centerpieces (hello antique stores). Now that I have less people coming, my world of options has expanded. I only have to make around 30 invitations! And my cost for rentals just went down exponentially. Ah so excited.
My FFIL and FMIL are coming into town this weekend. I am so excited to see them and discuss the wedding. They have both said they would like to contribute so I am hoping to have some rough numbers crunched for them.
How did you whittle down your guest list? Anyone else having a super tiny wedding?
My worry was that FH has a large family. His parents both have 2-3 siblings each, and each of them have 2-3 kids, and even some of them have kids. It's tough to decide who goes and who stays, but many of those cousins I have never met. We are really only inviting those that we are close with or have regular contact with.
But our dream of having a small wedding is coming true. It's awesome because this shrinks our budget too! I only have to buy 5 tablecloths at $12 each ($60) from smartyhadaparty.com. I am making my own burlap runners, purchased from save-on-crafts.com. And this means I need way fewer bottles for my centerpieces (hello antique stores). Now that I have less people coming, my world of options has expanded. I only have to make around 30 invitations! And my cost for rentals just went down exponentially. Ah so excited.
My FFIL and FMIL are coming into town this weekend. I am so excited to see them and discuss the wedding. They have both said they would like to contribute so I am hoping to have some rough numbers crunched for them.
How did you whittle down your guest list? Anyone else having a super tiny wedding?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Our Long and Confusing Engagement
FH and I officially became engaged on October 13th of 2011. That was the day that he put the ring on my finger and told me he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. He never did ask me a question but to be fair, I had been nagging him to get "real engaged" for like months so I think he took that as a "YES!"
We met on August 4th 2009 (yes three years before our wedding day), and we hung out for the first time on August 6th. Now that night he told me I was the one. I'd be lying if I said it didn't freak me out but I went with it. After all he was amazing. I even told my friends after our first date that I had met my future husband.
I left for school a few days later, while he went back to college as well. Our schools were around 4 hours away from each other but that didn't stop us from hanging out every weekend. Well on the first weekend I spent with him in his town, he says, "Why don't we go look at rings? You can show me what you like."
Ok so here is where it all starts. First of all, do not take a nineteen year old girl into a jewelry shop to look at rings. ever. Secondly, do not take a nineteen year old gril to look at rings without expecting her to start planning her wedding. And thirdly, do not take a nineteen-year-old girl to look at rings without actually planning on proposing in the next year or two. I did find a ring I loved, of course. He bought it a few weeks later and we actually planned to get married in September of that year with just the justice of the peace. We had the appointment and everything. Until last minute we both got cold feet and instead he drove and proposed (A logical step, I would think).
Well it ends up we weren't for real engaged. We were both pretty young, still being supported by our parents and not even dating for a month. I think the rational part of our brains said no, wait a bit. I am really glad we waited. Neither of us were ready but we sure thought we were.
Three years, two towns, three houses and three cats later, we are ready. But you can forgive me for planning my wedding for the past 2 1/2 years since I've had the ring about that long.
We met on August 4th 2009 (yes three years before our wedding day), and we hung out for the first time on August 6th. Now that night he told me I was the one. I'd be lying if I said it didn't freak me out but I went with it. After all he was amazing. I even told my friends after our first date that I had met my future husband.
I left for school a few days later, while he went back to college as well. Our schools were around 4 hours away from each other but that didn't stop us from hanging out every weekend. Well on the first weekend I spent with him in his town, he says, "Why don't we go look at rings? You can show me what you like."
Ok so here is where it all starts. First of all, do not take a nineteen year old girl into a jewelry shop to look at rings. ever. Secondly, do not take a nineteen year old gril to look at rings without expecting her to start planning her wedding. And thirdly, do not take a nineteen-year-old girl to look at rings without actually planning on proposing in the next year or two. I did find a ring I loved, of course. He bought it a few weeks later and we actually planned to get married in September of that year with just the justice of the peace. We had the appointment and everything. Until last minute we both got cold feet and instead he drove and proposed (A logical step, I would think).
Well it ends up we weren't for real engaged. We were both pretty young, still being supported by our parents and not even dating for a month. I think the rational part of our brains said no, wait a bit. I am really glad we waited. Neither of us were ready but we sure thought we were.
Three years, two towns, three houses and three cats later, we are ready. But you can forgive me for planning my wedding for the past 2 1/2 years since I've had the ring about that long.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Bridesmaid dresses
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| Bridesmaid Dress |
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| MOH Dress |
I found a website: lightinthebox.com that has a wide variety of basic wedding, bridesmaid and MOB dresses. I will have them all order through this site to ensure that they have the same color/fabric. I was going to have them all pick different dresses but they seem to all have gravitated towards the same one which is fine with me. My MOH will have a longer version of the same dress. It is going to be in a lighter pink than pictured. The dresses are just under $100 a piece. MOH just ordered hers so I am stoked to see what it looks like.
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| Detail of Bust of dress. |
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| Mrs. Balloons Lovely Ladies |
Photos from lightinthebox.com and weddingbee.com
Photo Collection: The Dress
So I said since I found my camera I would upload pics of my dress.
Ah I love my dress so much. Here she is in all her regalia. Maeve by Priscilla of Boston Vinyard Collection.
I have never been so happy to see the fedex guy in my life. I was at work and I pretty much jumped up and down and squealed for like 10 minutes. Luckily, I work with all girls except for our three doctors, who were out that day. I did try it on at work as soon as I got it. So I did get my bride moment of trying the dress on in front of people and having them ooh and ahhh. Something I though I was going to miss out on since I ordered the dress online.
Ah I love my dress so much. Here she is in all her regalia. Maeve by Priscilla of Boston Vinyard Collection.
I have never been so happy to see the fedex guy in my life. I was at work and I pretty much jumped up and down and squealed for like 10 minutes. Luckily, I work with all girls except for our three doctors, who were out that day. I did try it on at work as soon as I got it. So I did get my bride moment of trying the dress on in front of people and having them ooh and ahhh. Something I though I was going to miss out on since I ordered the dress online.
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| The Giant a$$ box that she came in. |
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| She got pretty lofty when I took her out of the bag. |
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| Wrinkly, when I first got it out of the box. |
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| This is the original price of the dress!(I got it at 11% the original price) |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
An Idea!
As I was sitting here puzzling about the alcohol situation and working on my timeline/guest list, I figured out my solution for the alcohol problem!
I will serve beer and wine at a station during cocktail hour. Then I will have the servers bring wine/beer refills only to those who ask during dinner. And then, after dinner I will stop serving alcohol. This way people are still able to drink a bit and get a bit loose but can't drink too much before the drive. Most people won't leave until 9 or so and so that is 2-3 hours of not drinking. This will way cut down costs as well.
Ah! I'm so excited at my genius! Just kidding. But I am really happy to have figured this out.
I will serve beer and wine at a station during cocktail hour. Then I will have the servers bring wine/beer refills only to those who ask during dinner. And then, after dinner I will stop serving alcohol. This way people are still able to drink a bit and get a bit loose but can't drink too much before the drive. Most people won't leave until 9 or so and so that is 2-3 hours of not drinking. This will way cut down costs as well.
Ah! I'm so excited at my genius! Just kidding. But I am really happy to have figured this out.
Gluten Free Wedding Reception
I've never seen a gluten. But I know I'm allergic to them. And so is FH.
For those of you who don't know, Gluten is found in wheat, barley, rye, soy, and other grains. Thus eliminating regular bread, pasta, cereal, muffins, cake, cookies, and crackers from my diet. Fortunately most compaines have jumped on the bandwagon and are offering gluten free versions of these foods. FH and I have spagetti with GF (gluten free) noodles weekly.
He has been GF going on ten years, while I have been doing it since we met, but not religously since about 6 months ago.
Gluten intolerance and Celiac disease are similar. I am only gluten intolerant, so when I eat gluten, I feel bloated, slow, and sick to my stomach. For days after I eat gluten I have sharp stabbing pains in my stomach. Those who have Celiac diseas however, can become violently ill if they eat gluten. The gluten essentially lines their intestines and prevents them from absorbing any nutrients.
Now back to weddings.
FH is GF, I am GF and my Future Mom-in-law, brother and sisters in-law and father-in-law are also GF. So we are going to be having a completely GF wedding. It's really starting to be cool now. Chelsea Clinton's wedding was GF.
Anyway this means we have to find menu items that won't make our guests miss bread but will still satisfy the palate. Our plan is to do Grilled Hearts of Romaine with Spud's Ceasar dressing (it is do DIE for), roast pig (with GF barbeque sauce) and baked potatoes. This will al be pretty easy, it's the desserts that will be difficult.
I want a traditional wedding cake. I have an awesome lady that I work with who went to cake decorating school who will doing my cake. She uses box cake mix which is fine because Betty Crocker makes a mean gluten free cake.
I also wanted to do a dessert bar. Something with Huckleberry cheesecake, cookies, etc. The problem is that I can't just go to the store and buy these things. I'm going to have to find a baker in town who might be able to help.
Any other Gluten free brides out there? How did you execute your perfect wedding menu?
Images courtesy Maggie Austin Cakes and Amy and Stuart Photography
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| photo credit: socrates |
He has been GF going on ten years, while I have been doing it since we met, but not religously since about 6 months ago.
Gluten intolerance and Celiac disease are similar. I am only gluten intolerant, so when I eat gluten, I feel bloated, slow, and sick to my stomach. For days after I eat gluten I have sharp stabbing pains in my stomach. Those who have Celiac diseas however, can become violently ill if they eat gluten. The gluten essentially lines their intestines and prevents them from absorbing any nutrients.
Now back to weddings.
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| Rose Frill- Maggie Austin Cakes |
Anyway this means we have to find menu items that won't make our guests miss bread but will still satisfy the palate. Our plan is to do Grilled Hearts of Romaine with Spud's Ceasar dressing (it is do DIE for), roast pig (with GF barbeque sauce) and baked potatoes. This will al be pretty easy, it's the desserts that will be difficult.
I want a traditional wedding cake. I have an awesome lady that I work with who went to cake decorating school who will doing my cake. She uses box cake mix which is fine because Betty Crocker makes a mean gluten free cake.
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| My other Dream Cake |
I also wanted to do a dessert bar. Something with Huckleberry cheesecake, cookies, etc. The problem is that I can't just go to the store and buy these things. I'm going to have to find a baker in town who might be able to help.
Any other Gluten free brides out there? How did you execute your perfect wedding menu?
Images courtesy Maggie Austin Cakes and Amy and Stuart Photography
To Drink or Not to Drink?
I am trying to decide if we should have a completely dry reception (i.e. No alcohol) or serve beer and wine.
I will now present to you a Ben Franklin List on this issue. (For those of you who don't know, Benjamin Franklin frequently wrote lists of the pros and cons of each decision he made)
To Drink:
- Many of our guests are older and would appreciate a glass of wine with their dinner
- Most guests will expect to have alcohol at a wedding. It's pretty customary.
- *most* of our guests are responsible and would not drink more than their limit to drive, or would have their wife, husband, cousin, friend, drive back to the hotel.
- FH thinks that if we do not offer alcohol then guests will want to leave earlier, thus supporting his argument for a lunchtime reception. (again what am I supposed to do with my gorgeous updo and makeup for the rest of the day? FH says to enjoy being married. But I want to celebrate!)
Not to Drink:
- The road to our ceremony/reception is long and winding. Most of the guests are not familiar with the drive and even if they are, the road is a different beast at night.
- There are a few certain guests who are sure to imbibe too much and make complete fools of themselves
- FH and I do not drink. Just out of personal choice. Also we are gluten free (more on that later, in fact I will do a whole post on this since our wedding is to be gluten free) and alcohol almost always has gluten
- I believe that if guests have to drink to have a good time at our celebration, they really aren't there for the right reasons.
- It will significantly cut costs on our reception so we will have more money for things that matter to us, like having better food, or an upgraded dessert table.
So what do you think? Has anyone else had any experience with this? How did you settle/handle it?
I will now present to you a Ben Franklin List on this issue. (For those of you who don't know, Benjamin Franklin frequently wrote lists of the pros and cons of each decision he made)
To Drink:
- Many of our guests are older and would appreciate a glass of wine with their dinner
- Most guests will expect to have alcohol at a wedding. It's pretty customary.
- *most* of our guests are responsible and would not drink more than their limit to drive, or would have their wife, husband, cousin, friend, drive back to the hotel.
- FH thinks that if we do not offer alcohol then guests will want to leave earlier, thus supporting his argument for a lunchtime reception. (again what am I supposed to do with my gorgeous updo and makeup for the rest of the day? FH says to enjoy being married. But I want to celebrate!)
Not to Drink:
- The road to our ceremony/reception is long and winding. Most of the guests are not familiar with the drive and even if they are, the road is a different beast at night.
- There are a few certain guests who are sure to imbibe too much and make complete fools of themselves
- FH and I do not drink. Just out of personal choice. Also we are gluten free (more on that later, in fact I will do a whole post on this since our wedding is to be gluten free) and alcohol almost always has gluten
- I believe that if guests have to drink to have a good time at our celebration, they really aren't there for the right reasons.
- It will significantly cut costs on our reception so we will have more money for things that matter to us, like having better food, or an upgraded dessert table.
So what do you think? Has anyone else had any experience with this? How did you settle/handle it?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
This Week in My Wedding World
I appologize for not blogging last week. It seemed everything just got away from me. My future father in law was in town so we ate dinner at the cabin (where the wedding will be held) every night. This week I picked up the rest of the photos from the photographer. I am so stoked. The pictures are great. Tanyia has given me all the pictures on an HD disk in high resolution.
As for the picture on the Save the Dates, FH has the final say so he picked one of him giving me a piggy back. It's fun and you can see both our faces well. There were a lot of cute contenders but this I think was most appropriate. I sent the picture and my ideas off to my lovely invitation lady (remember my future brother-in-law's wife's mother). She is working on them today and when I have a digital proof I will be attaching it to this post to show you.
Again I am thinking of emailing most of the save the dates but I will also be getting a few (15-20) printed off at walmart as postcards. They cost about 84 cents a piece and you can upload your own design. Pretty basic but will fit the over all relaxed feel.
Next week, I am off work a few days so I will be taking my dress into the seamstress to see about alterations. So excited. I love my dress so much. *Tangent Alert* Most women see a dress in a magazine and think, oh I want a dress like that, but never think that they will get the ACTUAL dress. I still can't believe that I have an actual Priscilla of Boston dress taking up half of one of my closets!
P.S. I found my camera today. It was in my ski backpack... So pictures coming soon of the dress!
As for the picture on the Save the Dates, FH has the final say so he picked one of him giving me a piggy back. It's fun and you can see both our faces well. There were a lot of cute contenders but this I think was most appropriate. I sent the picture and my ideas off to my lovely invitation lady (remember my future brother-in-law's wife's mother). She is working on them today and when I have a digital proof I will be attaching it to this post to show you.
Again I am thinking of emailing most of the save the dates but I will also be getting a few (15-20) printed off at walmart as postcards. They cost about 84 cents a piece and you can upload your own design. Pretty basic but will fit the over all relaxed feel.
Next week, I am off work a few days so I will be taking my dress into the seamstress to see about alterations. So excited. I love my dress so much. *Tangent Alert* Most women see a dress in a magazine and think, oh I want a dress like that, but never think that they will get the ACTUAL dress. I still can't believe that I have an actual Priscilla of Boston dress taking up half of one of my closets!
P.S. I found my camera today. It was in my ski backpack... So pictures coming soon of the dress!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
When to get married?
The date and the venue are set but now I am having trouble with a timeline. I have always pictured an evening wedding. On August 4th (the wedding date), the sun will set at 9:35pm. At the reception site, because it is East facing, there actually isn't any sun hitting the property at around 4, but it is still light enough to eat until around 9. It would be a logistical nightmare to properly light everything for a late night party, which is why I have been thinking ceremony around 3:30 and dinner at 5:15. It would be light enough for everything. For some reason however, FH seems to think that we should have the ceremony at 11 or 12 noon and eat at 1:00.
As I said before, I have always pictured a dinner reception. I mean if you have a lunch reception it doesn't seem as celebratory. And no one wants to dance at 3 in the afternoon. FH has been set on having a pig roast which I am all for. I love the idea, but we're going to serve everyone a big lunch and then what?
What I would like to know is: What does everyone go do at 4:00 when the party is over? Do we just say, okay see you later then! Go find something to eat. And I just put in 3 hours of getting ready, only to take down my updo and go swimming? I don't think so. That would seem just so anticlimactic.
With my plan the time line would be roughly as follows:
3:30 Ceremony
4:15 Cocktail hour begins
5:15 Dinner Served
6:00 Toasts
6:30 Cake Cutting
7:00 First Dance - starting to get darker
9:00 - pretty much dark out - Start bonfire
10:00 - go back to hotel with hubby
I really was losing sleep over this but after talking with my FH and his parents, they did see the reasoning behind why I wanted an evening reception so now it is settled.
But really am I the only one who was stressed about this? Anyone who's already married, and had a morning or noon reception, what did you do afterward? My thinking was that people would want to continue hanging out and we would end up having to serve two meals.
As I said before, I have always pictured a dinner reception. I mean if you have a lunch reception it doesn't seem as celebratory. And no one wants to dance at 3 in the afternoon. FH has been set on having a pig roast which I am all for. I love the idea, but we're going to serve everyone a big lunch and then what?
What I would like to know is: What does everyone go do at 4:00 when the party is over? Do we just say, okay see you later then! Go find something to eat. And I just put in 3 hours of getting ready, only to take down my updo and go swimming? I don't think so. That would seem just so anticlimactic.
With my plan the time line would be roughly as follows:
3:30 Ceremony
4:15 Cocktail hour begins
5:15 Dinner Served
6:00 Toasts
6:30 Cake Cutting
7:00 First Dance - starting to get darker
9:00 - pretty much dark out - Start bonfire
10:00 - go back to hotel with hubby
I really was losing sleep over this but after talking with my FH and his parents, they did see the reasoning behind why I wanted an evening reception so now it is settled.
But really am I the only one who was stressed about this? Anyone who's already married, and had a morning or noon reception, what did you do afterward? My thinking was that people would want to continue hanging out and we would end up having to serve two meals.
***SPOILER ALERT**** BRIDESMAID GIFTS
IF YOU ARE ONE OF MY BRIDESMAIDS DO NOT READ THIS!!!!!! Or I will be sad. :(
After perusing Etsy.com for a lonnnnggggg time for bridesmaid gifts, I found a lot of great ones. Mostly personalized jewelry that I thought was cute. The down side was the cost. While $35 for a personalized sterling bracelet isn't much, it is once you multiply it by four. And since my bridesmaids have vastly different styles I wasn't sure they would all be happy with their gift.
As I was thinking of ways to cut cost, I remembered that I am a sewing fiend. I love to sew. My mom used to sew all my costumes growing up. I decided to put my skill to good use and sew my bridesmaids a gift. It wasn't until I found this picture down below that I knew what though. So I'm sewing one for each of my attendants in a color that they love. Mauve for Miss A, Peach for SEC, Pink for SL, and light Sage for E. It's polyester Charmeuse which is more than likely what the silky lingerie robe you have is made from. It's similar to satin but much lighter.
As I was thinking of ways to cut cost, I remembered that I am a sewing fiend. I love to sew. My mom used to sew all my costumes growing up. I decided to put my skill to good use and sew my bridesmaids a gift. It wasn't until I found this picture down below that I knew what though. So I'm sewing one for each of my attendants in a color that they love. Mauve for Miss A, Peach for SEC, Pink for SL, and light Sage for E. It's polyester Charmeuse which is more than likely what the silky lingerie robe you have is made from. It's similar to satin but much lighter.
These are all colors that they unknowingly told me they loved. I'm hoping they love them. I will hand them out at the rehearsal dinner and have them wear them while we get ready so we can do cute pictures like the ones above. I'm making myself an ivory one to match. I also plan on embroidering their names on the pockets to make them personalized. I ordered the fabric today so this should give me something to do for awhile.
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| Mauve for A |
Miss A - My little (2 years younger) sister. She is spunky, outgoing and way cute. She somehow got the boob gene that I lack. She hasn't had her natural hair color since she was about 15. She always looks so pretty. Sadly by the time the wedding rolls around, I won't have seen her for 2 years!
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| Peach for SEC |
Miss SEC - Her full name is 30 letters long!?! She is my sorority sister and honorary big sis. She is about as funny as they come and we became fast friends as soon as we met. While we don't keep in contact as much as we should, I always love talking to her and I am so freakin excited to see her. She is tall and blonde.
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| Pink for SL |
Miss SL- FH little sister, she's not little, she's a year older than I. She is an awesome skiier and is actually a ski instructor at a luxury resort in Colorado. She is also blonde with blue eyes.
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| Light Sage for E |
Miss E - One of my best friends from high school, she is so freaking smart! She was third in our graduating class and has been applying to some awesome grad schools lately. She will actually be getting married only a few weeks before I so she will be Mrs. E W at the wedding. She is tall, well taller than me and so pretty. She is going to be such a gorgeous bride.
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| Courtesy enfianced.com http://www.enfianced.com/casa-del-mar-wedding-by-lane-dittoe/ |
I mean how cute are those!
Thumbnails from onlinefabricstore.net
Addendum:
The fabric came in yesterday. It's so pretty! But guess what... I ordered too little. I have enough for everything but the sleeves, pretty crucial 'cause I'm not going for the redneck cutoff sleeves look. So I am ordering more. Luckily it was less than $4 a yard! Ah I love bargains.
Addendum:
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Stationary
Being fairly artistic (I was an art major in college) as well as pretty computer savvy, it only makes sense for me to do my own invitations. As with everything else wedding related, I have been plotting my invitations for waaaaay longer than FH(future hubby) and I have been engaged. But of course, my decisions change with the days of the week. I am going to have some help with my Save-The-Dates, as they will primarily be emailed STD's except for my grandma and other relatives who aren't too hip on the internet yet. I am getting help from my Fiance's Brother's Wife's Mother (did you follow?) who is a graphic designer. The STD's are vintage-y with 5 different pretty fonts. It will be modeled after an STD from weddingpaperdivas.com, one of my favorite sites. Other sites I peruse for stationary ideas are minted.com and crane.com. I'm not too attached to the STD's to be honest.
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| From http://papermadedesign.com/ Custom Design |
I'm more excited about the invitations. I've been in love with the ombre trend so I will try to incorporate ombre watercolor look into them and I found an absolutely fabulous font!
It's called "shipped Goods" from dafont.com. http://www.dafont.com/shipped-goods.font
Unfortunately, it is pretty difficult to read. I can read it fine of course, because I wrote it, but my FH, bridesmaid, and friends at work weren't able to read the first line. I have to get a different font for the pertinent details and do maybe a mismatched font thing.
The invitation itself is pretty simple. Flat 5x7 card with a 3.5x5 RSVP card with a 4 bar envelope, all enclosed in a Lee Bar (5.25x7.25) envelope. I will most likely be getting the paper and envelopes from paper-source.com. They have all the sizes I need and seem to come in really pretty paper.
I'm going to print them at home, I have a pretty nice printer (that I got on black friday for $40!) and can buy good paper. If that doesn't work however, I may go to fedex or staples to have them printed.
Anyone have any luck or misfortune with printing their own invitations? How about with using Fedex or Staples? Any quick tips for either?
Also specifically what is the paper like from paper-source.com? They seem to have lots of different papers but I can't tell the difference on my monitor from the PS paper and the Luxe or Stardream papers.
Monday, January 9, 2012
The Budget
I am taking the approach to budgeting that Miss Boa Constrictor is taking. Zero budget and then finding the cheapest option for each thing I want and making that the budget. Honestly this has been working great for me. I basically stole my dress (for the record, I didn't, but I did only pay 11% the original price), I'm making a ton of stuff (i.e. table runners).
Another way I have found to save money: buying the table linens from smartyhadaparty.com instead of renting them. The tableclothes will cost $12.50 whether I rent them or purchase them. BUT, I can sell them afterward, even if I get only 100 for all 12 after it's all over ($8 a piece), I still only spend $4 per tablecloth.
I have expensive floral tastes, but I'm hoping my obsessive internet research will pay off in the long run. I love the look of peonies. I am so in love with peonies but they are expensive and unfortunatly, they don't bloom during my chosen date (August 4th). I am going instead to uses garden roses which have a similar look to peonies. I am also going to use carnations, no not red white and blue stupid fake walmart carnations, but ruffly, blush carnations. They can look good when mixed in. At farmers market last summer, my Future Mother in Law, bought me a bouquet from one of the stands (she is just a nice lady like that). The stand was called Bee Haven Farms. They had so many gorgeous flowers, and they also do weddings. They do have the option to do your whole wedding but they also have a cool a la carte option. They will do the hard stuff, making the bouquets and boutonnieres, but then they will sell me flowers in my colors by the bucket for my centerpieces. Which will be perfect, since I am doing long tables (one table is 4 8' tables stuck end to end) I am doing long centerpieces of different vintage bottles and bud vases strewn down burlap table runners.
Other DIY things will be the seating chart and menus done on old window panes. This will be fairly easy and since I have been doing calligraphy for years, it should turn out fairly well.
On the subject of centerpieces, my biggest obstacle has been the jars in which to hold my flowers and candles. I love the look of real vintage ball jars, but at $8.50-10 a piece at antique stores, they are way out of my price range (remember I need 12-17 jars each table, and I have 10 tables). I did find a whole basket of 20 little medicine jars for $30, which I will be buying. For the past few months, I've been saving any glass jars we use. Olives, olive oil, mustard, capers, vermouth, etc., you name it, I peel the label off and save it (as you can see, I am a dirty martini fan). I have amassed quite a collection. My biggest bottle collection, however comes from doing something I do all the time anyway: Drinking Starbucks. Instead of stopping by on my way to work every morning, I buy a pack of the 4 frappachinos from the grocery store, drink one down every morning, wash them, peel the label off and store them away. I have about 40 of the short ones and 20 of the tall ones. They are actually going to be perfect for the look I am going for.
The moral of this story is, you don't nesscarily need to have a budget set in stone, as long as you have a ballpark. I'm shooting for $2,000 and may actually beat my budget, but doing extensive price comparing.
Anyone else have any super secret saving tips?
photos credit theknot.com, starbucks.com
Saturday, January 7, 2012
The Engagement Session
It's nice to get some time to blog this weekend. Usually I do my blogging during the week.
FH and I had our engagment shoot yesterday. It was so much fun! Now that I am on the other side, I have a few tips for your engagement session. More pictures to come but these are the ones she has given me so far.
Some tips for the engagment shoot:
1. Be aware that you will be uncomfortable for the first half hour. Be sure to let your photographer know if there is anything that is off limits. (kissing on camera, etc.) The best thing to do is to just go for it, you will loosen up after you go through some different poses and try different things.
2. Work with a good photographer! Tanyia was so fun to work with because of how energetic she was. As she put it, she's the lady who yells "BANANA" and makes animal noises to get her babies to laugh during pictures. A good photographer is going to make you feel at ease and capture those little shots of awkwardness and make them beautiful.
3. Wear comfortable weather-appropriate clothes. After having nightmares and spending a good 3 hours trying on different outfits, I settled on jeans, t-shirt and a red sweater. FH wore a button down, Navy sweater and jeans. We were both comfy. Warm however, we were not. It was about 36 degrees during our shoot and we were laying on the ground for some shots. I didn't wear long johns because I think they make me look fat, but in hind sight, I probably should have worn them.
4. Pick a good place to shoot and then go for it. Ask your photographer where they would like to shoot. Tanyia picked out our spot and we ended up really loving it. The ranch dog, Buster, even made it into our pictures. Isn't he cute! There were the obvious places to shoot, the porches of the lodge and cabins, but then there were the unexpected spots, a winding road through trees, a vintage tractor, a clearing in the forest.
5. Work with a good photographer! I say this again for a different reason. Tanyia was very excited for our shoot. It wasn't just work for her. She couldn't wait to go home and edit the photos. I was emailing her like mad for 2 weeks before the shoot giving examples of engagement shots I loved from online wedding blogs. She emailed me back with things she loved. We have a great working relationship. Find a photographer that you like as a person, not just like their shots. It will matter in the photos!
6. Have fun. This should go without saying but even though your fiance may be less than enthused about going and getting his picture taken, remind him that it can be fun. These pictures are ones that you will show your kids and look at for years to come. Many couples complain that they wished they had more photos from their engagement.
Photography by Tanyia Oulman, tanyiaoulmanphotography.com
Some tips for the engagment shoot:1. Be aware that you will be uncomfortable for the first half hour. Be sure to let your photographer know if there is anything that is off limits. (kissing on camera, etc.) The best thing to do is to just go for it, you will loosen up after you go through some different poses and try different things.
2. Work with a good photographer! Tanyia was so fun to work with because of how energetic she was. As she put it, she's the lady who yells "BANANA" and makes animal noises to get her babies to laugh during pictures. A good photographer is going to make you feel at ease and capture those little shots of awkwardness and make them beautiful.
3. Wear comfortable weather-appropriate clothes. After having nightmares and spending a good 3 hours trying on different outfits, I settled on jeans, t-shirt and a red sweater. FH wore a button down, Navy sweater and jeans. We were both comfy. Warm however, we were not. It was about 36 degrees during our shoot and we were laying on the ground for some shots. I didn't wear long johns because I think they make me look fat, but in hind sight, I probably should have worn them.
4. Pick a good place to shoot and then go for it. Ask your photographer where they would like to shoot. Tanyia picked out our spot and we ended up really loving it. The ranch dog, Buster, even made it into our pictures. Isn't he cute! There were the obvious places to shoot, the porches of the lodge and cabins, but then there were the unexpected spots, a winding road through trees, a vintage tractor, a clearing in the forest.
5. Work with a good photographer! I say this again for a different reason. Tanyia was very excited for our shoot. It wasn't just work for her. She couldn't wait to go home and edit the photos. I was emailing her like mad for 2 weeks before the shoot giving examples of engagement shots I loved from online wedding blogs. She emailed me back with things she loved. We have a great working relationship. Find a photographer that you like as a person, not just like their shots. It will matter in the photos!6. Have fun. This should go without saying but even though your fiance may be less than enthused about going and getting his picture taken, remind him that it can be fun. These pictures are ones that you will show your kids and look at for years to come. Many couples complain that they wished they had more photos from their engagement.
Photography by Tanyia Oulman, tanyiaoulmanphotography.com
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Groomology
I bought the book Groomology by Michael Essany, from Barnes and Noble after reading a few excerpts on Amazon.com. I bought it because the author was funny and I hoped that it would make FH become enthused about the wedding planning process. It's not that he is opposed to it, he just thinks that 7 months is too long to start planning (Ah! The little knot.com wedding planning timeline devil on my shoulder is dying!). The book is funny and concise. I read it all the day we got it in the mail. I strategically left it on the coffee table for FH to pick up but as they say, you can lead a horse to water...
Tomorrow, we are going to get engagement photos taken and I am surprised to see that FH is excited. He went to get a haircut today while I was working. He asked me what to wear, and he seems like he will be having fun. I am really hoping he enjoys being engaged as much as I do.
I've been slowly working on getting him more and more involved. There are definitely certain things he cares about, such as the menu (he is dead set on a whole roast pig) but I'm trying to help him see that it is fun to be involved. I've been doing this by only talking about the wedding when I am giving him a back rub. He always listens then, or having the kitchen spotless promptly after dinner for a week leading up to the engagement shoot. Of course, he knows it makes me happy so he usually "gets coordinated" as he calls it, without a fuss.
I'm wondering what other tactics might work. I was hoping he would read the Groomology book because it does include a lot of tips about enjoying the process, as well as treating your stressed out fiance (me).
Has anyone else read the Groomology book? Are there any special tricks that you've used to persuade a reluctant groom? How did they work?
Tomorrow, we are going to get engagement photos taken and I am surprised to see that FH is excited. He went to get a haircut today while I was working. He asked me what to wear, and he seems like he will be having fun. I am really hoping he enjoys being engaged as much as I do.
I've been slowly working on getting him more and more involved. There are definitely certain things he cares about, such as the menu (he is dead set on a whole roast pig) but I'm trying to help him see that it is fun to be involved. I've been doing this by only talking about the wedding when I am giving him a back rub. He always listens then, or having the kitchen spotless promptly after dinner for a week leading up to the engagement shoot. Of course, he knows it makes me happy so he usually "gets coordinated" as he calls it, without a fuss.
I'm wondering what other tactics might work. I was hoping he would read the Groomology book because it does include a lot of tips about enjoying the process, as well as treating your stressed out fiance (me).
Has anyone else read the Groomology book? Are there any special tricks that you've used to persuade a reluctant groom? How did they work?
Wedding Nightmares
The wedding is in 7 months as of yesterday and I have been having wedding nightmares for at least a month now. Most of them I'm in California by a pool in a city on a hot sunny day and it's the day of my wedding (definitely not me). I realize it's not where my wedding is supposed to be. My colors are wrong, all the outfits are wrong and I don't know any of the guests. Then I go to the closet to put on my dress and there are 15 dresses that all look kind of like my dress but have weird beading or are pink or are short and they are all wrong. I dig to the back of the closet but I still dont' find my dress in the sea of tulle and chiffon.
Last night my dream was about the Engagement session we have tomorrow. I spent the entire dream trying to figure out what to wear, nothing looked right and I was stressed out of my mind. I kept trying on ugly outfits and changing and wasnt' able to find the elusive item of clothing. Of course I still don't know what I'll wear tomorrow for the session. I will probably be modeling for my uncooperative FH (future husband) for a few hours tonight.
Yesterday, while perusing wedding blogs and generally obsessing about every detail of weddings (like usual), I saw a post about elopements and it showed a bride and groom sitting in a row boat looking happy as could be. Ah, elopement. That sounds so nice, easy, stylish and CHEAP. I'm so sick of looking at a favor or a centerpiece I would like then realizing I have to mulitply the cost by 70 and then getting disheartented. I had done so much planning for my wedding even before we got engaged that I thought it would be easy to just tie off the loose ends and then relax. I had already rented all the wedding related books from the library over four months ago. I've already read all the etiquette guides, subscribed to the magazines, found my "look". It should be easy now. Instead I find myself to be stressed even more because now that I am actually trying to recreat my vision, the budget isn't fitting. It sucks not having any money because I know I am going to have to wait until the 11th hour to buy wedding things. I'm just spinning my wheels now and driving myself crazy thinking about all the possibilities.
Because I was a wedding planner and have dealt with brides frequently, I sort of knew what I didn't want to be like. So for that my dear bridesmaids should thank me. I work very hard on not discussing the wedding everytime we talk. I try to know what is going on in their lives. My co-workers however, get the full brunt of my bridezilla-ness. I talk about it a lot at work. I rationalize it because people ask me about it all the time at work. I am trying to be a good bride but I am stressed. Of course, it's probably just getting to that time of the month, honestly.
The biggest thing I am worried about is not being able to just hang out with FH on our wedding day. That's all I want to do. I want to wear my pretty dress and hang out with FH. I really don't care about anything else but I feel as though I should. I'm so scared that the day will fly by and I won't have gotten to enjoy it because I was so worried about getting this picture and that picture and saying hi to this long lost relative and rushing to the next even. I just want to have fun.
With this I am going to attempt to take the weekend off of wedding planning. This is a huge step. I would say month but I know I can't do it. Of course I sound commited now, but Say Yes to the Dress is all new on Friday...
Have you hit walls in your wedding planning where you feel like eloping? How did you overcome those? Anyone who is married, were you able to enjoy your wedding day and your husband? Any tips for doing so?
Also any funny wedding nightmares? My married friend said even her fiance (now hubby) had nightmares!
Last night my dream was about the Engagement session we have tomorrow. I spent the entire dream trying to figure out what to wear, nothing looked right and I was stressed out of my mind. I kept trying on ugly outfits and changing and wasnt' able to find the elusive item of clothing. Of course I still don't know what I'll wear tomorrow for the session. I will probably be modeling for my uncooperative FH (future husband) for a few hours tonight.
Yesterday, while perusing wedding blogs and generally obsessing about every detail of weddings (like usual), I saw a post about elopements and it showed a bride and groom sitting in a row boat looking happy as could be. Ah, elopement. That sounds so nice, easy, stylish and CHEAP. I'm so sick of looking at a favor or a centerpiece I would like then realizing I have to mulitply the cost by 70 and then getting disheartented. I had done so much planning for my wedding even before we got engaged that I thought it would be easy to just tie off the loose ends and then relax. I had already rented all the wedding related books from the library over four months ago. I've already read all the etiquette guides, subscribed to the magazines, found my "look". It should be easy now. Instead I find myself to be stressed even more because now that I am actually trying to recreat my vision, the budget isn't fitting. It sucks not having any money because I know I am going to have to wait until the 11th hour to buy wedding things. I'm just spinning my wheels now and driving myself crazy thinking about all the possibilities.
Because I was a wedding planner and have dealt with brides frequently, I sort of knew what I didn't want to be like. So for that my dear bridesmaids should thank me. I work very hard on not discussing the wedding everytime we talk. I try to know what is going on in their lives. My co-workers however, get the full brunt of my bridezilla-ness. I talk about it a lot at work. I rationalize it because people ask me about it all the time at work. I am trying to be a good bride but I am stressed. Of course, it's probably just getting to that time of the month, honestly.
The biggest thing I am worried about is not being able to just hang out with FH on our wedding day. That's all I want to do. I want to wear my pretty dress and hang out with FH. I really don't care about anything else but I feel as though I should. I'm so scared that the day will fly by and I won't have gotten to enjoy it because I was so worried about getting this picture and that picture and saying hi to this long lost relative and rushing to the next even. I just want to have fun.
With this I am going to attempt to take the weekend off of wedding planning. This is a huge step. I would say month but I know I can't do it. Of course I sound commited now, but Say Yes to the Dress is all new on Friday...
Have you hit walls in your wedding planning where you feel like eloping? How did you overcome those? Anyone who is married, were you able to enjoy your wedding day and your husband? Any tips for doing so?
Also any funny wedding nightmares? My married friend said even her fiance (now hubby) had nightmares!
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