Well, the date is approaching at a rapid pace now! I have been busy getting the final touches on everything. I have started printing and stuffing the invites. :) They are simple and eloquent! :) LOVE THEM!
Yesterday I got the wonderful phone call that the Bridesmaids dresses came in! YAY! Those are the phone calls that I LOVE to get! I am now just waiting on Lily and Hannah's dresses to come in...and then we will have everything here! DOUBLE YAY!
We had our first marriage meeting with the Pastor last night. We had to take a survey on how we feel about things in our life. Next meeting we will be talking about results of the surveys...when they come back. I have been told we can not fail....so that is good! lol
I am looking forward to craft day on the 18th! :) After that I think things will start coming together very nicely! :) Did I mention only 79 days till the wedding?!
well, better get back to work now.....lol.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Mom and Me Shopping!
Today my mom and I are going to LaCrosse to find her outfit for the wedding day! YAY!
I think we are going to try and hit up some sales and see what we can find! :) Then I am sure we will do lunch somewhere. A nice mother daughter day if you I do say so myself! I wish the weather would be a little nicer....but o'well.
We are also going to pick up the paper for the invites that I have created :) So, Hobby Lobby or Micheals is on the list too. I can not wait to start printing and addressing them! I thought about using labels. But, I think I am changing my mind. I think a nice hand written address is more personal then a label. Just my opinion. :) I am sure I will not think that after I have addressed all of them!
After we find mom's perfect outfit and the perfect paper we are heading The Wedding Tree to order my daughters' mini bridesmaids dresses! They are soooo beautiful and elegant! I can not wait to see the girls in them!
So a fun filled wedding day! And Clay and I might top of the day with a wedding reception for a couple we know tonight! YAY!
~me
I think we are going to try and hit up some sales and see what we can find! :) Then I am sure we will do lunch somewhere. A nice mother daughter day if you I do say so myself! I wish the weather would be a little nicer....but o'well.
We are also going to pick up the paper for the invites that I have created :) So, Hobby Lobby or Micheals is on the list too. I can not wait to start printing and addressing them! I thought about using labels. But, I think I am changing my mind. I think a nice hand written address is more personal then a label. Just my opinion. :) I am sure I will not think that after I have addressed all of them!
After we find mom's perfect outfit and the perfect paper we are heading The Wedding Tree to order my daughters' mini bridesmaids dresses! They are soooo beautiful and elegant! I can not wait to see the girls in them!
So a fun filled wedding day! And Clay and I might top of the day with a wedding reception for a couple we know tonight! YAY!
~me
Monday, April 11, 2011
First dress try on!
Saturday was the first time is saw my dress! My actual dress as it came in early! YAY!
They unzipped the bag....and my panic set in! Then dress was the wrong color! THE WRONG COLOR! What am I going to do....it is the WRONG COLOR! Thank goodness Stacey, one of my bridesmaids was there, she calmed me down! The poor girl that was helping me was a little panicked as well. I said this is not the dress I tried on! They went and got the dress I tried....and I was right.....it was not the same color!
I tried it on....and then got the bridesmaids dress color next to the dress....and it was a good mistake! The colors look even better together now! SO WHEW!
Then Stacey is checking it all out....every seam and stitch! And found some snags in the dress! I start to freak out again....and they brought back the lady that would be fixing those errors. She just simply stated (with a nasty look to my sales lady) that this should have been pressed and prepped for my try on! I did not know this...but apparently when the dress comes in....it is supposed to go to this lady who presses and cuts all the little strings off it. It is just what happens. She was not happy that this dress had not been to see her yet and I was trying it on for the first time. But, she did promise me that it would ALL be fixed and pressed before I tried it on for my fitting! Stacey then looks at the lady and says.....I would hope so! Tehehehe! And that is why I was glad she was with me and was not alone! I would have NEVER caught the little snags! I was too busy looking at the color! :)
But, all in all I left there a happy camper (after the shock wore off). The lady did bring out a headpiece for me to try on and I LOVED IT! Well, ma'am it is only $200! WHAT?! ummmmm no thank you!
I am on a strict budget with this wedding. A $200 headpiece (no viel) is not in the cards. But it was BEAUTIFUL! I just can not bring myself to spend that much on a head piece. I think it would be pretty bad if I wore it everyday after the wedding so I could get my money out of it! LMAO
That was just the first dress try on......I hope everything is not this nerve wrecking!
I also did come up with my invites. I am very proud of them! You will see why when you get them in your mail box! :) The are simple and pretty and I designed them myself!
well, back to reality of a Monday.....boooo!
~me
They unzipped the bag....and my panic set in! Then dress was the wrong color! THE WRONG COLOR! What am I going to do....it is the WRONG COLOR! Thank goodness Stacey, one of my bridesmaids was there, she calmed me down! The poor girl that was helping me was a little panicked as well. I said this is not the dress I tried on! They went and got the dress I tried....and I was right.....it was not the same color!
I tried it on....and then got the bridesmaids dress color next to the dress....and it was a good mistake! The colors look even better together now! SO WHEW!
Then Stacey is checking it all out....every seam and stitch! And found some snags in the dress! I start to freak out again....and they brought back the lady that would be fixing those errors. She just simply stated (with a nasty look to my sales lady) that this should have been pressed and prepped for my try on! I did not know this...but apparently when the dress comes in....it is supposed to go to this lady who presses and cuts all the little strings off it. It is just what happens. She was not happy that this dress had not been to see her yet and I was trying it on for the first time. But, she did promise me that it would ALL be fixed and pressed before I tried it on for my fitting! Stacey then looks at the lady and says.....I would hope so! Tehehehe! And that is why I was glad she was with me and was not alone! I would have NEVER caught the little snags! I was too busy looking at the color! :)
But, all in all I left there a happy camper (after the shock wore off). The lady did bring out a headpiece for me to try on and I LOVED IT! Well, ma'am it is only $200! WHAT?! ummmmm no thank you!
I am on a strict budget with this wedding. A $200 headpiece (no viel) is not in the cards. But it was BEAUTIFUL! I just can not bring myself to spend that much on a head piece. I think it would be pretty bad if I wore it everyday after the wedding so I could get my money out of it! LMAO
That was just the first dress try on......I hope everything is not this nerve wrecking!
I also did come up with my invites. I am very proud of them! You will see why when you get them in your mail box! :) The are simple and pretty and I designed them myself!
well, back to reality of a Monday.....boooo!
~me
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
another day....
Wednesday hmmmmm....not much going on today.
I am looking forward to trying my dress on for the first time this Saturday! A couple of my ladies will be with me to hand me the tissue....I am almost positive that there will be tears! :) Good tears of course. :') And no I will not be posting pictures here of the dress. You have to wait till August 20th to see it. Sorry. I will say that I LOVE the dress already! Sad that I only get to wear it one day. It is so beautiful. Kind of a sad thought that you wear it one day and then stuff it in a box and in the closet.
Next week I will be going to order Lily and Hannah's dresses. They are so elegant! I love them almost as much as my dress! :)
SPEAKING of dresses......My readers/cake-cutters/nieces have their dresses as well. They will be dressed the same as well. Michelle, my sister/bridesmaid found them at Sears in Milwaukee and I LOVE them! I think the girls are going to look just awesome! I am so glad I thought of the idea to make them readers at the wedding. That gives them a roll in the wedding ceremony as well! That makes me happy! I think they are going to do great!
I am always open to ways to make this a "family" event! I already consider my soon to be in laws my family....but after August 20th it will be official! I love it! :)
well, back to actual work now.....
a
I am looking forward to trying my dress on for the first time this Saturday! A couple of my ladies will be with me to hand me the tissue....I am almost positive that there will be tears! :) Good tears of course. :') And no I will not be posting pictures here of the dress. You have to wait till August 20th to see it. Sorry. I will say that I LOVE the dress already! Sad that I only get to wear it one day. It is so beautiful. Kind of a sad thought that you wear it one day and then stuff it in a box and in the closet.
Next week I will be going to order Lily and Hannah's dresses. They are so elegant! I love them almost as much as my dress! :)
SPEAKING of dresses......My readers/cake-cutters/nieces have their dresses as well. They will be dressed the same as well. Michelle, my sister/bridesmaid found them at Sears in Milwaukee and I LOVE them! I think the girls are going to look just awesome! I am so glad I thought of the idea to make them readers at the wedding. That gives them a roll in the wedding ceremony as well! That makes me happy! I think they are going to do great!
I am always open to ways to make this a "family" event! I already consider my soon to be in laws my family....but after August 20th it will be official! I love it! :)
well, back to actual work now.....
a
Monday, April 4, 2011
Back to the Grind
Here is Monday again! Took a little break on wedding planning. I had to get my little girls and my god niece's birthday cakes baked and party planned. :)
Now I am back at it! I have more budgeting to do....and get other things done as well.
My mom brought me LOTS of wine bottles! So i can start cleaning them and getting all the paper off of them. I need them all good to go for June 18th (craft day)! :) Not busy that day? Come over and lend a hand!
On that day we are Painting Wine bottles....and making all the flowers :) YAY!
well, back to the Monday grind....blah. lol
Now I am back at it! I have more budgeting to do....and get other things done as well.
My mom brought me LOTS of wine bottles! So i can start cleaning them and getting all the paper off of them. I need them all good to go for June 18th (craft day)! :) Not busy that day? Come over and lend a hand!
On that day we are Painting Wine bottles....and making all the flowers :) YAY!
well, back to the Monday grind....blah. lol
Thursday, March 31, 2011
142 days to go!
Well, we are at 142 days till the big day! :) There is part of me that wants it to be this weekend...then, there is another part of me that needs all the time to get things in order! :) I can see how ladies turn into bridezilla! They plan and plan and plan for this perfect day down to the last little tiny detail! Then, when something doesn't go as planned and it feels like your world comes crashing down. AHHHHHH! But I have promised myself and Clay that I WILL NOT be come a Bridezilla!
I did find our wedding bands yesterday! YAY! And on weddingwire.com I have completed 61 of the tasks on the list! :) SO, i am getting there.
And I still only have one rule for the day of the wedding.....and i hope all will follow.....No Drinking in the Church Parking Lot! :) ok...maybe 2 rules for the day.....lets not feed Clay a Bunch of Shot! LOL
What is on the list for today? Not really anything. I have to focus on Hannah's birthday party this weekend. She is sharing a party with her cousin, Katlynn on Sunday at my house. YAY! LOVE it when family and friends come over!
~me
I did find our wedding bands yesterday! YAY! And on weddingwire.com I have completed 61 of the tasks on the list! :) SO, i am getting there.
And I still only have one rule for the day of the wedding.....and i hope all will follow.....No Drinking in the Church Parking Lot! :) ok...maybe 2 rules for the day.....lets not feed Clay a Bunch of Shot! LOL
What is on the list for today? Not really anything. I have to focus on Hannah's birthday party this weekend. She is sharing a party with her cousin, Katlynn on Sunday at my house. YAY! LOVE it when family and friends come over!
~me
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Welcome to the wedding start
HA! Start! I say that like I have JUST started to think about things! RIGHT! we will go with that!
I have been engaged for over a year now. it is about time we kicker in to high gear! As we are getting married in less then 5 months!
yesterday was a HUGE wedding planning day! It started with me panicking about the budget and where the money tree was going to grow?! Then is sat down and started my spread sheets! I honestly feel spreadsheets can fix everything! LISTS LISTS LISTS! :) I LOVE THEM!
I have a list for seating...for budget...for duties...down to how I want the schedule to go that day.
THEN, decided on my lunch hour to go meet with the reception hall for all the food details....WHICH IN TURN gave me more ideas for spreadsheets! :)
I get home feeling pretty confident about the wedding plan for the day.
THEN, my phone rings....it's The Wedding Tree......my first thought, oh no, what is wrong. NOPE.....MY DRESS HAS COME IN A GOOD 2 MONTHS EARLY! WHOOOT!
I proceede to call and scream into the phone to all my bridesmaids and maid of honor. :) Clay just looks at me like....oh boy...bridezilla is here! I know I know....settle down it is just a dress. NAH SCREW THAT! MY WEDDING DRESS CAME IN! :)
~me
I have been engaged for over a year now. it is about time we kicker in to high gear! As we are getting married in less then 5 months!
yesterday was a HUGE wedding planning day! It started with me panicking about the budget and where the money tree was going to grow?! Then is sat down and started my spread sheets! I honestly feel spreadsheets can fix everything! LISTS LISTS LISTS! :) I LOVE THEM!
I have a list for seating...for budget...for duties...down to how I want the schedule to go that day.
THEN, decided on my lunch hour to go meet with the reception hall for all the food details....WHICH IN TURN gave me more ideas for spreadsheets! :)
I get home feeling pretty confident about the wedding plan for the day.
THEN, my phone rings....it's The Wedding Tree......my first thought, oh no, what is wrong. NOPE.....MY DRESS HAS COME IN A GOOD 2 MONTHS EARLY! WHOOOT!
I proceede to call and scream into the phone to all my bridesmaids and maid of honor. :) Clay just looks at me like....oh boy...bridezilla is here! I know I know....settle down it is just a dress. NAH SCREW THAT! MY WEDDING DRESS CAME IN! :)
~me
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