A little project

Ok, so I love the bedazzled cake toppers on the internet, but REFUSE to pay $50-80 for plastic and rhinestones.

So I decided to make my own!

I got a plain letter "g" off of etsy for $5 (free shipping)

And I then picked up some green rhinestones (actually my mother did!)

And..... Ta da!

Frustration.......

Well we are officially under the 20 day mark!

Holy Cow!

I will say one thing, people still amaze me daily in both and good ways.

Some people don't do their part, others go above and beyond.

As of today I still have the following loose ends to tie up:

• Figuring out the procession and what to put on wedding programs
• Designing and printing programs
• Marriage licence (getting that tomorrow)
• Two more meetings with the Pastor (one today, one in a week)
• Final Floral meeting (next week)
• Final Photography meeting (Friday)
• Final Mavris meeting (tomorrow)
• Final DJ meeting (still trying to nail that down)
• Final Cake meeting (Friday)
• Need a guest book for the ceremony site (We have a cool silver engraveable frame for the reception)
• Need a toss garter (I already have my keep)
• Something borrowed (looking to my Aunt to find me something of my Grandmother's to have in my bouquet)
• Card box (going to make that one)
• Finish up gifts for wedding party and rehearsal dinner guests
• Final fittings (tomorrow)
• Decide when in the world we are going to make the carmel apples!

Ok so I thought I just had a few things left to do... Guess I was wrong.

My list may be easy to accomplish, but my list of things to make other people do seems to be growing every day. It seems like lately if I don't tell someone to do their part, they just don't even think about it.

I mean everyone involved in the wedding was asked, and could have said no. So I guess I don't feel like it is the end of the world for them to get fitted or book a room. Apparently that makes me the devil.

When it comes down to it I feel like this wedding really has forced me to take off my rose-colored glasses and realize that some people just aren't who I thought they were.

Like I said before, then there are others that have gone above and beyond, and have really been there for me.

I just can't wait until next week. By then my final meetings will be over, monies will be paid, and anyone quitting the wedding will have officially resigned. It will just be time to focus on being ready for the big day.

I am comforted by the fact that I am marrying my best friend, the man I love, and the person that has been soooooo supportive and awesome these last few weeks. I came home today and he had done all the laundry from the weekend, among other things. Just reminds me why I love him!

Well off to go to meetings and get things done.... Hopefully my next update will be a little less stressed!

Coming to a mailbox near you....

So after nine hours and lots of folding, stuffing, and attaching my invitations are in the mail!

My Mother was such a great partner for this project! See she has a background in design and printing, and was able to bring to life my ideas and put them on the computer.

We paid a printer to print and cut all the pieces, and then it was game time!

Keep in mind, that last minute I changed the color of green paper (the other looked more alien than apple), so all the printing was done in 24 hrs!

We decided that to pull it all together we needed to ad something to the green backmount for the invitation. We used a rubber stamping kit and chocolate brown ink to add some design elements. As we went, we saw that the more random the better.

Next we stuffed the side pockets with information about the wedding, and the complex RSVP. (See we are having guests pre-select their meals so that we can have a plated meal for the price of a buffet). The final product was neat, organized (appeals to my OCD), and gave the information needed.

Next, we fashioned 'belts' to hold the pocket folders shut. We had the same color green paper cut into strips by the printer. Then we used a scalloped square cutter to cut ivory paper squares. On top we placed an apple green on chocolate monogram (again designed by my mother). We decided once again that there was some more needed, so we used a rubber stamp (the same as on the inside) and added chocolate ink to the ivory. It really created a nice little detailed effect, especially where the brown ink was on top of the brown background of the monogram.

I think that the final product was perfect, and much less expensive than comperable invites that you purchase. (Believe me I looked at 100's!)

Another neat little fact is that my mother hand addressed all 100 invitations, just like my grandmother did for my mother. Throughout this wedding I have so deeply missed my grandmothers, and for some reason it made me feel very comforted to be repeating the traditions that my mother and hers went through during wedding planning.

My little dog Remy was quite exhausted by the whole effort!

This Thursday we do our tasting for the reception menu, my first dress fitting, and other errands. I ordered the groomsman gifts today, and have figured out what we are doing for the rest of the wedding party.

40 Days!

I can't believe it! In other news my fabulous Auntie has began construction of my flower girl's dress, and I am soooo excited. I wish I had her talents, but being related to someone with them is as close as I can get at the moment!

Until next time..... Adios!