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!

So much to post...

But so much of it must remain a secret! That has definitely been the hardest part of all this wedding stuff for me!

Got my dress! It's beautiful, different, and nothing at all like I expected I would ever get. I love it, and I feel like a bride in it. Which is important if I do say so myself. Many of the dresses I tried on I just felt like a little girl playing dress up! I can't tell you what it looks like, that's a surprise... But I will tell you it's a Maggie Sottero So feel free to go look at the site and take a guess!

Dress shopping was not without it's dramatic moments (and I'm not just talking about finding the 'one'). Once I put the veil on, I burst into tears, followed by my cousin getting goose bumps, Mother bursting into tears, Aunt welling up (I heard she had been emotional the whole time, but I didn't notice). Even my Maid of Honor had tears that day, unfortunately they were not tears of joy!


Poor things was blessed, or cursed, with most flat-chested women's dream bosoms... But it gets a little frustrating for her when trying on strapless dresses. I felt so bad for the girl. I mean she's a tough one... So to see her in tears over a dress made me cry as well. So I have decided that if it takes us the next nine months we will find her the perfect dress and undergarments. I mean what's the point of looking gorgeous (because she, as well as all of my other bridesmaids are) if you don't feel like it?


So we got the dress, and the church, and the reception site, and the rehearsal dinner..... So now I feel like it's time for the little things I have so been waiting to find!


I was thumbing through a Black Friday ad (I didn't intend on shopping since I already have most of mine done) when I saw something that with a little jazzing up screamed, "wedding centerpieces!"


I found these awesome brown tree-like votive holders. Thanks to my mom, and three different Jo-Anne Fabrics locations, I am now the proud owner of these little trees. They are hard to photograph, so reserve your judgements... But I put some of the antique chandelier crystals I had already purchased (and to think Josh laughed at my eBay find!) on the branches and I love it! Picture them on an apple green tablecloth, in low light, they look awesome!



I plan on surrounding them by smaller apple shaped candles. Once I purchase all the flowers I will show you what the other half of the tables will look like. They will have chocolate brown table linens with apple filled glass vases topped with off-white and green hydrangea.



Soooo yeah exciting stuff! Also, as my time in first grade comes to a bittersweet end, I am excited to be in third grade next semester at a school that is only a few minutes from my house! I do loooooooove my students that I have right now though, and I really hope my mentor means it when she says I can come back and visit next semester!

Until the next batch of wedding decisions.... Adios!

PS... Comment or I will quit posting because my loving mother is the only person who reads this!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.....

First of all I would just like to say, that one of the perks of being in school is a snow day! A professor totally negates the joy that one feels when this happens if she assigns a TON of homework to be done. Seriously, is life so short that we can no longer enjoy a day of being snowed in?

Anyway.... Good news ladies and gents: I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHER!! She was my first choice. Kelly is someone that I grew up knowing and have a great respect for. Not too mention she is a fabulous artist and photographer and I feel really honored to be a part of her growing clientele. Her website is http://www.artimagesbykellylynn.com/ feel free to check out her stuff. She took some pictures of Josh and I this fall and they were absolutely awesome considering that neither one of us prides ourselves on being very photogenic. That's probably the biggest reason that I am excited, because this means that I will not have to try and act natural in front of some stranger.

I am beginning to get really frustrated about how far away the wedding is. I have all these great DIY ideas, and I can't justify starting them until this time next year! So in the mean time I just keep browsing stores and websites looking for ideas to "borrow."

I did buy a few candle holders at Yankee Candle the other day. I love them, think they are adorable, and was super stoked that they came in my wedding colors. I plan on buying a few a week, and even if I don't get enough to use on every table mark my words, "I will use them." So if you are out and about and happen to want to get me something.... at $6.99 I think I have the perfect gift!

They are sooo cute! Much better in person... There is also a taller wine bottle of the same color, but I have my own idea about creating something similar, and it involves drinking lots of wine between now and then!

I am trying to decide if I want to use real flowers, and have to make everything the day before, or fake flowers and make things weeks in advance. I love the beauty of real flowers, but literally have nightmares about them all wilting the night before, or all of me volunteers deciding not to help me and having to pull a sad lonely all nighter alone! We'll see.

I love love love perfectwedding.com! They have the best selection of pictures, and I could literally spend all day looking at them if school did not make me use my computer for real work sometimes! So as I leave you on this cold and snowy day to begin working on all of this work, I will share with you some of the awesome photos I found today!

Impending doom....

So my mother has officially jumped on the wedding band wagon (finally!)!! I came out the other night and low and behold that not-so-Internet savvy mother of mine had managed to find a great site with a lot more wedding vendors in Indianapolis than I had come across on any of my sites! While there are lots of places out there where one could have a wonderful $50k reception, I think she might have found the perfect place! It's located downtown, but it features easy highway access, and free parking for the guests! The website is http://www.mavrisculturalcenter.net/ I just love the hardwood floors and exposed brick walls. The building used to be an old grocery center/storage facility for the incoming railroad shipments. Then it was a plumbing factory of sorts. Now it is this really neat building with beautiful views. I have a meeting with a coordinator there on Saturday.... That is where impending doom comes in. They won't even tell me the prices over the phone, so I am thinking it might be pretty high. I've got a very strict budget I want/need to stick to, so we will see. I just really like the rustic yet contemporary feel of the place. Plus with the hardwood floors and brick walls it doesn't really limit design and colors like other locations. I guess all i can do now is wait and see.

I am starting to think more and more about the guest list. While I would like to invite everyone I know to the wedding, with the cost-per-head ratio I just don't think that is going to be a possibility. I am not looking forward to have that conversation with the mothers. I just don't think great aunt sally that hasn't seen me ever except in pictures is really worth sending more than an announcement to. Everyone says invite more because you get more, but at what cost? I mean I just want it to be an intimate, fun, crazy party with those I love, not every Joe Schmo I ever came across.

Especially with so many DIY projects. I mean 150 invites is already a lot to make myself, then add on 100 people that aren't going to show and it just becomes overwhelming. Luckily I think that my Mom, his Mom, and some of my friends are going to be more than willing to help with things.

Meanwhile I need to get back to work, I will post this weekend after my meeting with the staff at Mavris... Wish me luck!