...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.