I'll have more of an update on all things wedding soon. But I wanted to share these cool little flowers that Danny and I made tonight! :)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Happy Monday Morning!
So, I think that we've decided to have a "flower-less" wedding. Which is cool because it means we get to make lots and LOTS of these beauties!
I'll have more of an update on all things wedding soon. But I wanted to share these cool little flowers that Danny and I made tonight! :)
I'll have more of an update on all things wedding soon. But I wanted to share these cool little flowers that Danny and I made tonight! :)
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Beginning The Bouquet
I STARTED IT!!!!
If you couldn't tell, I'm super excited about my bouquet! I've decided to make it out of brooches. Originally, I had hoped to use all vintage pieces, but after looking through several antique stores and sales, I've discovered that it would be way way out of my budget. Even doing it bit by bit. So now I've settled on maybe having a few nice vintage pieces in there, along with lots of other just plain pretty pieces. I was shocked to find the variety of pins and brooches available; shocked, but also very excited.
So, without further ado I give you... Drum roll please! The beginning of my bouquet
If you couldn't tell, I'm super excited about my bouquet! I've decided to make it out of brooches. Originally, I had hoped to use all vintage pieces, but after looking through several antique stores and sales, I've discovered that it would be way way out of my budget. Even doing it bit by bit. So now I've settled on maybe having a few nice vintage pieces in there, along with lots of other just plain pretty pieces. I was shocked to find the variety of pins and brooches available; shocked, but also very excited.
So, without further ado I give you... Drum roll please! The beginning of my bouquet
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Something New
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.
Traditions and superstitions seem to be a huge part of any wedding. So much so that it seems like they go hand in hand with the religious aspect of the ceremony. Like any bride to be I am trying to get all my ducks in a row with this particular tradition. I never really gave it much thought, and I always thought it would be pretty simple. Turns out, I was right! At least in my case... If you know anything about me, you'll understand. And if you don't know anything about me, (which would surprise me greatly- but pipe up and leave a comment so you'll get to know me!) I have a strong fascination with anything antique, vintage, pretty much anything old. [insert old joke for Danny] I am the girl who took a Disney World Vacation right after she became engaged and made her wonderfully understanding fiance take a day to go antiquing!
Anyways, let me break it down for you:
Something Old:
I have these great pictures of my grandparents from the early 50's maybe. I have them framed and I've always cherished them so much. Just looking up and seeing them setting there, it makes me feel so connected to my family. If it weren't for two people falling so deeply in love, I wouldn't exist. So, at our wedding I want to celebrate every one's love. New or Old. I want to request pictures from all of our guests and make them vintage looking, then have them turned into postcards and hang them around the reception. How much fun!
As for the ceremony itself, I'm making a Brooch Bouquet to walk down the aisle with. I think it's very glitz and glam, and I'm going to ask my grandmother as well as my mother's sisters to lend me some of their old brooches/jewelery. Which not only covers "Old" but moves us right along to...
Something Borrowed:
As well as using my family members brooches and jewelery, my brother will be married soon, and my sister-in-law to be has alot of jewelery she has offered up.
Something Blue:
This isn't considerably hard, as one of our wedding colors is light blue. Easy Peasy.
which bring us to....
Something New:
Most brides to be turn to their dress for this. I'm sure I'm no different. Girls generally dream about their wedding dress for years and years, however, I don't think I ever put much thought into what mine would look like. So now I'm in a pickle. Tomorrow I will be trekking to the bridal store with just shy of an entourage, to try and sort this dilemma all out. Everyone seems to think I should be excited, and I probably should be.
I am horrified. I've been digging through all these magazines trying to find the dresses that I like, and I still don't really know. I keep coming up with almost the same dress. So what do I do when that one style doesn't look right on me. Also, I don't think of myself as frugal by any ones standards (okay... maybe by a Kardashian's standards I am...) but I get a little queasy when I think of spending $1000 on a dress. ONE DRESS! I know, I know. The price wont matter once I put the dress on... but still. Not to mention, price tag aside, I think I've seen one too many episodes of Friends and Sex In The City. I have this image in my head of me stepping in front of the mirror and someone saying how pretty the dress is, and all of the sudden I feint or start hyperventilating, or dashing out in the middle of the street all while trying to rip the dress to pieces (we're going with a worst case scenario on that last one... I hope). I'm pretty sure that wont happen, but still I can't get it out of my mind.
So, for now I guess nothing beats a good night's sleep. I will rise and shine tomorrow and get excited about putting on pretty dresses and hopefully come out of the whole thing with a.) a dress or b.) some sort of idea about what kind of dress I will look amazing in.
Wish me luck!
Traditions and superstitions seem to be a huge part of any wedding. So much so that it seems like they go hand in hand with the religious aspect of the ceremony. Like any bride to be I am trying to get all my ducks in a row with this particular tradition. I never really gave it much thought, and I always thought it would be pretty simple. Turns out, I was right! At least in my case... If you know anything about me, you'll understand. And if you don't know anything about me, (which would surprise me greatly- but pipe up and leave a comment so you'll get to know me!) I have a strong fascination with anything antique, vintage, pretty much anything old. [insert old joke for Danny] I am the girl who took a Disney World Vacation right after she became engaged and made her wonderfully understanding fiance take a day to go antiquing!
Anyways, let me break it down for you:
Something Old:
I have these great pictures of my grandparents from the early 50's maybe. I have them framed and I've always cherished them so much. Just looking up and seeing them setting there, it makes me feel so connected to my family. If it weren't for two people falling so deeply in love, I wouldn't exist. So, at our wedding I want to celebrate every one's love. New or Old. I want to request pictures from all of our guests and make them vintage looking, then have them turned into postcards and hang them around the reception. How much fun!
As for the ceremony itself, I'm making a Brooch Bouquet to walk down the aisle with. I think it's very glitz and glam, and I'm going to ask my grandmother as well as my mother's sisters to lend me some of their old brooches/jewelery. Which not only covers "Old" but moves us right along to...
Something Borrowed:
As well as using my family members brooches and jewelery, my brother will be married soon, and my sister-in-law to be has alot of jewelery she has offered up.
Something Blue:
This isn't considerably hard, as one of our wedding colors is light blue. Easy Peasy.
which bring us to....
Something New:
Most brides to be turn to their dress for this. I'm sure I'm no different. Girls generally dream about their wedding dress for years and years, however, I don't think I ever put much thought into what mine would look like. So now I'm in a pickle. Tomorrow I will be trekking to the bridal store with just shy of an entourage, to try and sort this dilemma all out. Everyone seems to think I should be excited, and I probably should be.
I am horrified. I've been digging through all these magazines trying to find the dresses that I like, and I still don't really know. I keep coming up with almost the same dress. So what do I do when that one style doesn't look right on me. Also, I don't think of myself as frugal by any ones standards (okay... maybe by a Kardashian's standards I am...) but I get a little queasy when I think of spending $1000 on a dress. ONE DRESS! I know, I know. The price wont matter once I put the dress on... but still. Not to mention, price tag aside, I think I've seen one too many episodes of Friends and Sex In The City. I have this image in my head of me stepping in front of the mirror and someone saying how pretty the dress is, and all of the sudden I feint or start hyperventilating, or dashing out in the middle of the street all while trying to rip the dress to pieces (we're going with a worst case scenario on that last one... I hope). I'm pretty sure that wont happen, but still I can't get it out of my mind.
So, for now I guess nothing beats a good night's sleep. I will rise and shine tomorrow and get excited about putting on pretty dresses and hopefully come out of the whole thing with a.) a dress or b.) some sort of idea about what kind of dress I will look amazing in.
Wish me luck!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
"I know you can be overwhelmed...
and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?"
Well, here I am again. I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but Danny asked me to marry him in October! So we've been in the "beginning" planning stage (aka we're gluing pretty things into a three ring binder) since October. Looking back, that seems like a lot of time, and I'm starting to get a little anxious that maybe we should be doing something else.
So, this is going to turn into my outlet for anything and everything bride related. I'm sure I'll need a break ever now and again, and maybe I'll even throw in some of my photography, but mainly I need somewhere to write my thoughts down. Hope you don't mind listening to me!
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Wedding Show Season.
Friday night my step-mom and I went to the first Bridal Show of the season. Boy! If I wasn't kind of overwhelmed before I walked into that place, I sure was when I left. I have never see so many vendors in one place. Sure, being in the hotel industry I've worked those events before, but nothing like this. DJ's were talking a mile a minute, a woman who make veils followed me around for 30 minutes telling me how cheap her veils were compared to everyone else in the room (and by cheap she meant... well...), photographers were showing off their skills in every way one could imagine, and then there were the booths that just absolutely baffled me. One of them was a company who sat up candy buffets at your reception. Really? That idea is cool, and their set-up was beautifully done, but if I want a candy buffet at my reception, I'm sure I could buy the candy and the bowls and set it up myself, or have one of the equally skilled Bridesmaids or Groomsmen do it. Maybe even my crafty aunt. I just don't know why people would spend their money on something like that. Needless to say, when I walked out of there, I was excited, but none-the-less disoriented by all the loud music, bright colors, and people chasing me around trying to sell me their services.
After I got home and could process some of the information, I started to find things that I could be really excited about. Like a salon that you can rent out for your bachelorette party! And a couple of Bridal Dress Boutiques (That I've already scheduled appointments with!!).
Today, while fighting off a migraine and dreading the long lonely shift at work, I thought it would be a good idea to hit the Bridal Show in our hotel before I clocked in. Danny and I did see some cool things, and we got some good information, and it seemed to me like people were more willing to talk to us for a length of time than they were at the bigger show. We found a photographer that we really like (which is HUGE for me... after all the years of dreaming about Melanie Mauer being at my wedding and how perfect the pictures and memories of it would be...). Mary Lashbrook Photography seems like a good fit for us. And they seem to be reasonably priced, which is good since we've still not completely set our budget.
All in all, right at this very moment, I would say I am completely overwhelmed. So no Chastity from 10 things I hate about you, I wouldn't know if you can just be whelmed. Not yet at least. We'll see if I can get there though!
Well, here I am again. I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but Danny asked me to marry him in October! So we've been in the "beginning" planning stage (aka we're gluing pretty things into a three ring binder) since October. Looking back, that seems like a lot of time, and I'm starting to get a little anxious that maybe we should be doing something else.
So, this is going to turn into my outlet for anything and everything bride related. I'm sure I'll need a break ever now and again, and maybe I'll even throw in some of my photography, but mainly I need somewhere to write my thoughts down. Hope you don't mind listening to me!
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Wedding Show Season.
Friday night my step-mom and I went to the first Bridal Show of the season. Boy! If I wasn't kind of overwhelmed before I walked into that place, I sure was when I left. I have never see so many vendors in one place. Sure, being in the hotel industry I've worked those events before, but nothing like this. DJ's were talking a mile a minute, a woman who make veils followed me around for 30 minutes telling me how cheap her veils were compared to everyone else in the room (and by cheap she meant... well...), photographers were showing off their skills in every way one could imagine, and then there were the booths that just absolutely baffled me. One of them was a company who sat up candy buffets at your reception. Really? That idea is cool, and their set-up was beautifully done, but if I want a candy buffet at my reception, I'm sure I could buy the candy and the bowls and set it up myself, or have one of the equally skilled Bridesmaids or Groomsmen do it. Maybe even my crafty aunt. I just don't know why people would spend their money on something like that. Needless to say, when I walked out of there, I was excited, but none-the-less disoriented by all the loud music, bright colors, and people chasing me around trying to sell me their services.
After I got home and could process some of the information, I started to find things that I could be really excited about. Like a salon that you can rent out for your bachelorette party! And a couple of Bridal Dress Boutiques (That I've already scheduled appointments with!!).
Today, while fighting off a migraine and dreading the long lonely shift at work, I thought it would be a good idea to hit the Bridal Show in our hotel before I clocked in. Danny and I did see some cool things, and we got some good information, and it seemed to me like people were more willing to talk to us for a length of time than they were at the bigger show. We found a photographer that we really like (which is HUGE for me... after all the years of dreaming about Melanie Mauer being at my wedding and how perfect the pictures and memories of it would be...). Mary Lashbrook Photography seems like a good fit for us. And they seem to be reasonably priced, which is good since we've still not completely set our budget.
All in all, right at this very moment, I would say I am completely overwhelmed. So no Chastity from 10 things I hate about you, I wouldn't know if you can just be whelmed. Not yet at least. We'll see if I can get there though!
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