...invitations...

looks like the first set of invitations are going out tomorrow! so exciting.

...something accomplished...

i ordered flower petals for my wedding! i was nice and thrifty, i found them on ebay through a seller's store. i was able to find them for $7.99 for 1000. i got them in fuschia and light pink. i am going to mix them with the pink and white ones that i have already bought. there should be a good mix of them for the wedding. i was thinking about adding in silver, but i am afraid they will look tacky. any advice?

...and what did i accomplish...

 

so what exactly did i get done this weekend, other than having a 31 gifts party and cleaning my house like crazy?!

• finish card box (i didn't accomplish this, but logan promised he would cut out the card slot this week for me. i think i can hold him to that)
• buy labels for invitations
• stuff invitations (i am in the process of doing this now. i hope to get them all stuffed and most of them stamped tonight. i took a nap on the couch this afternoon. i should be able to do this tonight.)
• go through flowers and start arranging bouquets (i am going to my grandmother's tomorrow to do this. i just wanted to get a head start.)
• gather everything that needs to be returned (part of this will be the flowers. but i hope to get it all together this week.)
• make a to-do list of things left to accomplish (i don't even know where to start. i was talking to chesley, one of my bridesmaids, about this, this weekend.)
• make samantha's pomander (i totally forgot that i wanted to do this. i hope i can make it tomorrow or at least pick out all the flowers for it tomorrow. there is one for $19.99 at hobby lobby. i will buy it when it goes on sale for 50% off again, if i can't seem to make one for her!
• start making one pomander for the pews (i didn't do any of this. i wanted to go up to work and cut the tissue paper on our paper cutter. it was so cold today, i just didn't want to get out of the house. so i will take the tissue paper to work with me this week.)

i didn't get hardly anything accomplished this weekend. i really need to start an elaborate to-do list, and everything i want to accomplish each weekend. time is going to slip away. i really need to make a list of things left to buy as well. i have a huge list of things going on in my head. i wish blake were old enough to go fetch things. i could use a sweet tea and my wedding planning tote.

...what i want to get done this weekend...

i hope that if i post it online, it will get done...

• finish card box
• buy labels for invitations
• stuff invitations
• go through flowers and start arranging bouquets
• gather everything that needs to be returned
• make a to-do list of things left to accomplish
• make samantha's pomander
• start making one pomander for the pews

can i do it? i sure hope so.

...an update of sorts...

i've had a few requests for an update on wedding stuff. i've been pretty bummed out working on wedding stuff. i feel super stressed about everything and i don't know what to do. i feel like i am trying to do everything at once. where did my creative muse go?

last week i went shopping with my stepmom and memaw to get the wedding flowers. it was a brutal trip ( i ended up having the flu, strep throat and an ear infection, all at once), not a fun way to spend the day shopping. i got all the flowers, i do believe. we are doing greens and white flowers. i think this is going to look the prettiest with my dresses. i wanted to do touches of pink in there too. we went to a wholesale flower shop in lexington and bought some stuff (i wasn't too impressed by it, i am going to take some stuff back i do believe) and we went to garden ridge! bethany (my wonderful bridesmaid) told me to try there for flowers. there were tons of options. we bought quite a bit from there, a whole bag for $40 dollars. thrifty me? speaking of flowers, i was lucky enough to be able to snag a whole box of flower reminents from a lady i work with. $10 dollars for the whole box. they are wonderful white and gree flowers!

this past weekend we went to ikea. logan saw instantly when we walked in beautiful tea light candles! i found tea lights and their holders! i spent a total of 11.95! much less expensive that what i was going to pay at michaels for them in plastic holders. today i purcheased some beautiful pillar candles from the same lady i work with from her wedding. they're from ikea as well. she gave them to me for $1 dollar a piece. she has some smaller ones too that i am going to purchase as well.

so here are some ideas i have... any help would be much appreciated.

• i am thinking that i want to do fresh wild flowers at the reception in mason jars. any suggestions on where to get them? but also, what about doing fake flowers in the mason jars with river rocks in the bottom. this is something that i can do way before the wedding and not have to worry about it.
• another thing, i want to make my steel building reception site look as beautiful as i can make it. any suggestions on where i can find tulle or linen to decorate? or how to even decorate?

i'm lost... come find me!

...my bridesmaids...

so this week i got a lot accomplished. even though it doesn't feel that way. i'm a bridesmaid down, which is totally fine. i'm not upset about their decision to back out anymore. the more and more i thought about it, i think it was in the best interest for everyone. i want people in my pictures that i know will still be in my life years and years from now. friendships can have expiration dates, sometimes they sneak up on you and you don't even realize they're past their peak.

saturday i went shopping with my stepmom, sister, and the boys. we went to david's bridal. we ordered my sister's attendant dress. she is wearing a strapless dress. the original dress i selected for her was too big, and would not in, in time to alter.

she looks beautiful in this dress. it fit her figure perfectly! i am so excited.

we were also able to buy off the rack, samantha's flower girl dress. i changed my mind on her dress as well. they had a dress out with a beautiful sash. we got the dress and sash. it is going to look beautiful and it will really break up the colors.

 i am so thrilled to have all this done. we will be going to get the suits here soon. actually we might need to do that this week. eek. another project!

...today i feel the push...

i am really starting to feel the push to work on wedding stuff. speaking of, i need to fax the contract to the caterer! but i really feel like i don't have any ideas anymore. i feel so just blah, like i have writer's block in trying to write my wedding. i don't know how to explain it, but i'm lost. i feel like i have to do some little things, to accomplish my big things. i need to get started on my wedding projects. i want to make that a goal this weekend. i want to start on my wedding projects. i want to make my card box this weekend. it may get a little dusty sitting in my room until the wedding, but it is another thing i can mark off my list. i also want to get started on my pomanders. i just feel like i need to measure the pews, so i make sure the ribbon is long enough to hang them. this is where i get stuck. i think i need to update my wedding list, i feel a million ideas might come to me at once. or it might just take me a few more days to get everything figured out.

i just let out the biggest sigh. i feel lost right now... someone help me find my way back to kansas, um i mean kentucky.

...the end of february...

as february comes to a close, i find myself more and more excited about starting my diy projects, and i also find myself more assertive when it comes to planning. i seriously enojoy this whole idea and project thing.

i accomplished my goal for the weekend, i found the wire i had bought a year ago for a diy project that i never started. also logan has my wire cutters in his tool box in the building. mission accomplished.

i went to the dollar tree last night and what did i find?

super cute blue mini totes. i don't know what i will use them for, but i think they will come in handy for the wedding. if anyone has any ideas, let me know.

i found some next things at the dollar tree last night... they have rose petals, 300 white ones for a dollar. they're kind of cheap looking, but they might be a good thing to throw in the mix as a filler, less of the expensive ones!

i also got in my wedding invitation samples. i am going with these! they are the ones i had picked out all along. but i had the ocean color (blue) picked out. i am going with lagoon. it is a little more teal than my color, but close enough. i was so happy to get the sample in the mail! put a smile on my face.

...and what did i find...

but of course i found stuff at hobby lobby....

i returned my paint and after fifteen minutes i was on my way (ridiculous i say! to get back $1.24. the manager had to come over and what not. seriously, why have the person working the register process the return if they can't even give me the money back!).

i did find some good deals. one of my wedding projects is to create a card box on my own. i found the idea online. you take hat boxes, or plain boxes and decorate them. i love the way it looks.

just imagine these decorated with a hole cut in the top! now i will be looking for wrapping paper for them. i wonder if i could paint them? hm. i found these at hobby lobby. total price for both, less than $10! steal huh? considering michael's wanter $12.99 for the big one. these unfortunately were not on sale, but for the price, i couldn't pass them up! blake even helped too. they are hidden away in my room to keep him away from them. putting stuff in them is just too much fun for him. i cannot wait to paint the k and put some small flowers around it on top of the box. cannot wait to get out my glue gun.

i also made another purchase...

some great green ribbon! ribbon is 50% off at hobby lobby right now. and i got the balls for my pomanders. $4.77 for six beats michael's at $4.99. plus hobby lobby is in richmond, not lexington. i was reading up on them online, looks like they're more time consuming than what i thought. i want to try to make one this weekend. i also need to see if i can go over to waco baptist to take pictures and try to plan how many i need to make. i don't want to be last minute trying to accomplish all my diy ideas. that would really stink.

and last but not least...

super cute foam sparkly letters. i think i am going to try to make a sign for our door with them. they were too cute to pass up for .50 cent each! good thing about having a short new last name! hehe.

what a great day! i forgot to mention earlier that i ordered sample invitations. i ordered one of these and one of these. i think i want to go with the first one, but i want to see the color difference between the two. super cheap and cute. just the way i like it.

...a quick update...

hi everyone! just a quick update. i talked to somoene today about catering. i do believe we are going to go with sonny's bbq. i talked with a girl named lee-anne today about making all the arrangements.

also, a lady i work with kathy, is going to bring in pictures of all of her wedding items. she is going to offer a good deal on them, 50% of what she paid. yipee. can't wait to look and see what she has.

i am going by hobby lobby tonight to see what they have on sale this week. my future mother-in-law told me that ribbon was on sale for 50% off. what a deal. i will be taking my previously purchased ribbon with me to compare colors. i want to make sure everything matches. i also will return the paint that i bought.

i do believe that is all for wedding land. i'll have an update tonight if i buy anything!

...monday and michael's...

i did end up going to the michael's today. i am so happy i did. i found some amazing deals, and sure enough i used three coupons. i did go and get my big vase!

i ended up getting it for less than $10!!! it was originally $19.99.

and i also found a wonderful color for my ribbon, and the matching paint. looks like i am going to have to return the one i bought at hobby lobby. no big deal. i got it for .23 cents. fab right? also, the ribbon was 20% off with an addition 25% off.

and... i found beautiful flowers for samantha's pomander. i think i want her to carry that instead of a flower girl basket. eeek. i am looking at them right now, they are beautiful.

i hope to make a beautiful pomander for her! i just hope that i can. i do believe i may try to make it this weekend. i bet i could find something online about how to make one with flowers. 

...a little inspiration...

as we all know, i went shopping on saturday. i found some other things that wouldn't make much sense until i was able to fully update my ideas. i have a wonderful lime green notebook that is constantly filled with ideas and everything else that comes through my mind. so this weekend i went to the dollar tree in richmond. who knew they would have odds and ends. my friend talia (getting married the same day as me) made mention about getting some stuff for her bridesmaids there. i remembered that one upon a time, they had tissue paper in bulk. and sure enough they still do!

and what on earth would i need tissue paper for? well a wonderful diy idea i found online. diy tissue pomanders are a great idea for pew decorations.

how super cute are these?! i thought they would look wonderful in white with large blue and green ribbons. 

and i found some flowers at the dollar tree as well...

so that i could create something like this...

 and look what i found at michael's...

i plan on going back tomorrow to get this beauty. michael's has an additional 20% off total purchase coupon, and has a bonus coupon for ribbon. i'm a little excited to say the least. 

...what's in a dress...

i totally should have updated with my dress and my bridesmaid dresses! how silly of me!

i got my dress from david's bridal. i absolutely love it.

and here are my bridesmaid dresses... we are doing mailbu and lime green as our colors.

this is the dress for my bridesmaids!

and this is madison's dress. this is our actual color, malibu.

and this dress is a little inspiration...

how cute it it?! i would love to wear it for my reception.

i love david's bridal. they have so many options.

...a saturday of shopping...

yesterday i took logan with me wedding shopping all  day. lucky him, huh? i found lots of super deals.

we started at michael's  in lexington. i did a quick trip around the store and sure enough i found the clearance section. they had some wonderful wedding items on sale.

fabulous ribbon. .99 cents, original $3.99.  the blue is perfect.



i also found wonderful topiary place card holders. how cute are they?! and a total steal for $1.49. i also found these printable place cards. $2.49 regular $5.99.

i also purchased a photo mat for our wedding. i thought it would be better than a guest book. i will end up packing up a guest book in a box, only to be visited a few more times before it is eventually thrown away. so i thought a photo mat could be displayed in our home. it was $9.99 and i used a 50% off coupon. i got it for $4.99. the pens were on sale 2/$5. they are normally $3.49 a piece.  

best deal of all, i got two 40% off coupons while i was there. i will be checking back next week. i believe i can make a weekly trip to michael's to get some fabulous deals. they have such an amazing wedding section.

then after lunch, and blake's first temper tantrum of the day, we headed to party city. i bought my cake topper. i found it online on party city's website. i know it is basic, but i want to put flowers around it as well. very simple, but can be beautiful at the same time. i am not a fan of the bride and groom cake toppers.

i also found where i want to buy all our paper products. how fun are these colors?

i know it is a horrible picture. but you get the point.

from there we went to meijer for some household stuff. and then we ended up at walmart. i found an amazing deal. i am super excited about it too. and what is that? i found flower petals from valentine's day for .50 cents. i got every one that i could find. not much, but still a start. i want flowers to line the isle.

on friday i found some stuff at the hobby lobby...

how cute are these?! i want to paint them for a decoration at the reception. i was thinking about putting ribbon on them to hang. :) i got them for 50% off too!

logan found this frame. i figured it would be cute painted. and i will replace the ribbon.

...a little background information...

i guess a little background information is needed. i am getting married june 11th, 2011, along with just about every other girl this summer. after three bridal shows, just about every vendor was booked for june 11th. but we still found what we needed. and what exactly what are doing for our wedding?!

well here goes...

we are having our wedding at waco baptist church.

we are having our reception at the madison county fairgrounds. we are renting the floral hall building. i hope to make it look beautiful for our reception. feel free to give me ideas on ways to decorate.

i am also thrilled that we are using courtney baldrige photography. she is a wonderful local photographer that my fiance used to work with. you can look at her blog as well.

for our dj we are using kyle sowers. he is local as well.

..off to a new start...

06.11.11

i do believe the countdown is coming near...

i have so many ideas and so many thoughts. plus i want to be able to update everyone about what is going on. so here we go, a new blog.

let the wedding planning commence.