Photo Stalker.... Stealing Inspiration

Ok, so i know that I have not posted in a long time... :::cough:::sorry Kathi:::cough::::

At least I have good reason! I am working, well, a lot to say the least. Any spare time I have is usually either already spoken for, or I give it to my man and my friends. Lucky for you, I am sitting in class tonight, done with my test, waiting for the lecture to begin. So I'm going to take the next 24 minutes to share with you what I have been doing.

Stalking.

No really I do read a lot of other blogs (Check out my list of reading favs), and I have no shame in right clicking and saving the photos I see in my wedding photo inspiration folder. Some of them also come from facebook.

::::Sidenote to add that in the beginning I was terrible about keeping track of my sources, so sorry and if you know where some of these came from let me know! I just google stuff::

Ok so Mavris is located near a railroad track, so I googled and found a couple good inspiration photos.

These next two are courtesy of the Indianapolis photographer Rich Miller.

This one I stole from a friend of a friend's facebook album... check out deer&darling for more information on the bride and her photographer whose name is Cathy Satre.

These came from Wedding Cabaret, a blog I follow, and she has the original sources on her site.

I love the look of the falling petals.... And how happy does the couple look!

Because I don't know this person I am only going to imagine this is her father pre-wedding.. in which case I think this is a very neat way to capture the moment before you walk down the isle... and well as my dad might say, "Give the family its name back!"

These are from Rich Miller again... and from couples that got married at Mavris.

So yeah i might not be on here much... But September I kick off the official planning madness... In the mean time I'm just stealing inspiration!

It Was All Yellow

I have mentioned before on here that I could see how people want to get married more than once, if nothing else just to get to have everything they want. I'm not abandoning the green apple theme, but if I were to abandon the idea of getting married in Indy completely, and say jet off to Hawaii, Yellow would be the color for me!

The flowers are to die for! Especially since daisy's are my favorite!

And are these cup cakes not just so cute!?

And what bridesmaid wouldn't like this dress? (Priscilla of Boston)

Shoes anyone?

I am thinking of getting a pair myself! (J. Crew)

And I can guarantee you my future husband would never come home to a dirty house if this bad boy happened to make an appearance! (Jk sweetie I will clean anyway!)

But alas, I am stuck on being green! It will look great at Mavris with all of the deep wood floors and exposed brick walls to put it against. However, yellow is adorable!

I cannot wait for summer! Even though I am taking a summer class during May, I am so excited to simplify for a few months! Things have been very crazy lately, and I am looking forward to the next 3 weeks (yeppers that's all that's left!!!) of school to fly by!!

Have a great week.... and comment darn it! :)

Update

Gratitude is the word of the day for me! As I sit here next to my fiance (yes it's still weird to say that) on our way back to Indianapolis I am just really grateful for everything I've got going on. I think that sometimes when school and work take over, and you suddenly find that you have no time for friends and/or family it is so easy to settle into a less that happy mood. I know that right now, for me anyway, school is harder than ever, and going out happens less and less all the time. I get really caught up in comparing my life to others and thinking things like, "Why do I have to work during school when 89% of my classmates do not,' and, "Why can't I live close enough to get to see Josh during the week,' and finally, "What happens when I graduate and cannot find a job and all of this proves to have been the biggest waste of time ever?" So I try to take advantage of moments like this to remember that there are several good things going on in my life that in the end far outweigh the stressors!

Wedding wise, Josh really liked Mavris, and we put a deposit down on Friday. I am really excited to at least have that part decided. I am still trying to find a church for the ceremony, but it is proving to be really hard to find a place that looks like a church and doesn't want me to change my religion to have a ceremony there. (For a moment last week I considered becoming Catholic for all the wrong reasons after seeing how beautiful the Catholic Churches around down town Indianapolis are!)

We also ate at Pipers, and were not disappointed at all! Food was terrific, and lots of it for the money. Needless to say the diet went out the window for the weekend, but hey you've gotta let yourself cheat every now and again!

I am going to continue to look for a church until March, and then I am just going to go with the same location for both the ceremony and reception. The most important part of all of this is that I am getting married, so I guess it doesn't really matter where it happens!

I am really happy this is a short week! Have a good one!

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!