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**All finished projects/wedding details in "5.19.12"**
Mini-blog: All Things Wedding!
February 2011: Starting my wedding planning website... this should be interesting! =o)
March 2011: There are soooo many pictures I want to include on this website!! I'm trying to narrow down my theme this week so I can pick a reception site and go from there!
April 2011: April was a little slow in the wedding planning department. I have picked a "Rustic Romance / Vintage Garden" theme to run with! On April 2nd though I went to order my dress and to visit my reception venue one more time. I wasn't able to try on my dress because someone ordered the sample size and I said Yes to my reception venue and I haven't heard from her in 2 weeks (lol) but other than that, everything is great! I love my dress and even though I'm scared my reception will be a bit tight, I love it too! =o))
May 2011: May has been very uneventful! Some of the only things I have done are reach out to possible photographers and tried to find an engagement picture outfit. No luck so far. I have two more weeks so I better get going! And even though I haven't been eventful wedding planning/making, I spent a good 10 hours this weekend on this darn website updating my ideas and feel! Hope you enjoy it!
June 2011: Still moving in slow-mo! The beginning of the month was when we had our engagement pictures! They were fun but soo soo hot!! I wore a dress and I don’t think I would have if I could redo it! The dress was just very constricting! FI and I also ran our 3rd annual 5k and both finished with better times than the last two years! =o) J (S’s brother’s bride so my FSIL) had her wedding shower and bachelorette party this month. Those were so much fun but very draining since I was trying to make sure everything went smoothly!! Oh, and Happy Birthday to ME! =o) The only wedding related CHECK we had was that we put money down on our reception site so we are for surely having it there!! (yay!)
July 2011: FBIL & FSIL got married! It was such a beautiful service and the reception was sooooo much fun!! I'm so excited about having our wedding at the church now because it was simple yet perfect and the wedding coordinators did a GREAT job! Pictures of the church are posted in the "Wedding Details" page then "Church & Reception" page and "Decor" page! =o)
August 2011: Oh August... you have flown by! This has 100% been the most productive month in wedding planning though. I booked the DJ, Photographer, Videographer, put together and handed out some of the STD (mailing the rest of them in September), found shoes, and decided on transportation. August also means there is only NINE months (8 months and 20 days as of today) left. Crazy how time goes soo fast once you are older!
September 2011: This month was also productive for me! I asked all of my BM--they all said YES! Also, I was able to try my dress on because it CAME IN!!! Soo exciting and this has been the BEST time in all of the wedding planning... putting on MY dress. I bought a veil when I was trying on my dress. It was more money than I wanted to spend but it matched my dress perfectly! I sent out almost all of the STD and one of my BM's had her baby girl on 9.8.11. So special!! October is going to be busy as well since I'm planning to go BM's shopping. Let's hope I finalize the BM's dress! =o) Lastly, September marked FI and I's 7 year anniversary! xoxo
October 2011: This month has flown by!! I don't have much to report on though. I finalized our transportation and semi-finalized the hotel we will stay at. Oh.. we had our engagement picture with our wedding photographer. I LOVE her and the pictures! It was such a fun experience! I took the girls BM dress shopping on the 29th and FINALLY had my mom see me in my dress!!!! =o) She cried but I knew she would haha I have the BM's dresses down to two BUT my FSIL IS PREGNANT!!! =o) ..soo I have to take that into consideration so I'll probably go with my favorite dress since April! ahhh
November 2011: Seriously... people said this all would go by fast and it has. We have less than a half of a year before we are husband and wife! I have been trying to start/finish DIY projects that are wedding related. I bought all of my paper to make the invites. I also cut all the paper that will be turned into the pockets. I made the map and had it printed at walgreens to see if that would be easier than using my ink and I think it is... still not 100% sure though. Thanksgiving was nice and as a early wedding present.. my parents paid for our honeymoon!!! Such a relief to know that I can save a little more money every month and not worry about the honeymooon. I need need need to follow up with the hotel, transportation, pick the BM's dresses, and get our passports! Those are MUSTS for December!!
December 2011: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!! December was a great month but... but... I did... not get everything done that I wanted to (from November). ahh So here's a quick run down: map and favor/thank you card still needs color adjustment. I've sent it to Walgreen's 5 times but I can't get it to look how I envision it. I'm probably try once more and be done! The only two things I accomplished that are worth noting - I decided for my BMs to have all different style dresses from the same designer/color/length/fabric. I put a deadline of January 5th to order them. Also, after all the rush to get our passports out.. they came about a month later.. not 6 months like I was told. haha That's okay though.. one less thing I have to wait on. =o)
January 2012: Welcome to my wedding year!!!! yay! I had a laid back NYE but it was nice to relax with loved ones. So far, I ordered all the BMs dresses from a website that has 5 stars out of 5 stars from 147 people. Ahh still makes me nervous though but I'm hoping I made the right decision. Also, I finalized/reserved our hotel block so I can update the accommodations card in the invites with our name block and what not. I ordered our invites and RSVP stuff from VistaPrint. I tried so hard to DIY but I was getting stressed and that's not how I wanted invitation making to be. I can still use the paper I got for the programs! =o)
February & March 2012: My apologizes for being MIA these two months! TONS of wedding stuff to talk about but I'll try and keep it short. I ordered our canvases early February and I had a little hiccup with one of them but it all worked out. The one of our faces looks orange but I formatted the picture to look old and rustic so I guess that's what I get. haha We had our tasting at our reception at the 3 month mark and it went well. I was a little disappointed that they didn't ask us what we wanted to sample. They had their best sellers and we went off that. Some of things we picked for our wedding, we didn't even get to sample so that's a little odd to me! At the end of February, my FSIL & FBIL found out that they are having a girl! (yAy!) Early March my girls got together to help me make the invitations, favors, and bubbles. It was fun! =o) Everything got done besides putting the cardstock on the back of the directions so I just did that when I could throughout the week. The invites were suppose to go out on March 10th and they totally didn't go out until March 19th.. at the 2 month mark but still within the 8-week guideline. ehh FI and I started looking for homes in March. It was a little stressful meeting with our Century 21 lady and trying to find exactly what we are looking for in the middle of both of our works... BUT WE FOUND A PLACE!!!!! We signed the lease on the 23rd and our move in date is on April 15th. We actually found out we got this home on the 19th so it was extra special! Wedding shower is on the 1st of April and my work wedding shower/bachelorette shower is on the 13th. My coworker is getting married on the 21st of April so I will have pictures to share after that. I'm so excited for her. That day also marks when RSVP are due and the FOUR WEEKS LEFT mark for me! I'll say it again, but time is FLYING!!
March 2011: There are soooo many pictures I want to include on this website!! I'm trying to narrow down my theme this week so I can pick a reception site and go from there!
April 2011: April was a little slow in the wedding planning department. I have picked a "Rustic Romance / Vintage Garden" theme to run with! On April 2nd though I went to order my dress and to visit my reception venue one more time. I wasn't able to try on my dress because someone ordered the sample size and I said Yes to my reception venue and I haven't heard from her in 2 weeks (lol) but other than that, everything is great! I love my dress and even though I'm scared my reception will be a bit tight, I love it too! =o))
May 2011: May has been very uneventful! Some of the only things I have done are reach out to possible photographers and tried to find an engagement picture outfit. No luck so far. I have two more weeks so I better get going! And even though I haven't been eventful wedding planning/making, I spent a good 10 hours this weekend on this darn website updating my ideas and feel! Hope you enjoy it!
June 2011: Still moving in slow-mo! The beginning of the month was when we had our engagement pictures! They were fun but soo soo hot!! I wore a dress and I don’t think I would have if I could redo it! The dress was just very constricting! FI and I also ran our 3rd annual 5k and both finished with better times than the last two years! =o) J (S’s brother’s bride so my FSIL) had her wedding shower and bachelorette party this month. Those were so much fun but very draining since I was trying to make sure everything went smoothly!! Oh, and Happy Birthday to ME! =o) The only wedding related CHECK we had was that we put money down on our reception site so we are for surely having it there!! (yay!)
July 2011: FBIL & FSIL got married! It was such a beautiful service and the reception was sooooo much fun!! I'm so excited about having our wedding at the church now because it was simple yet perfect and the wedding coordinators did a GREAT job! Pictures of the church are posted in the "Wedding Details" page then "Church & Reception" page and "Decor" page! =o)
August 2011: Oh August... you have flown by! This has 100% been the most productive month in wedding planning though. I booked the DJ, Photographer, Videographer, put together and handed out some of the STD (mailing the rest of them in September), found shoes, and decided on transportation. August also means there is only NINE months (8 months and 20 days as of today) left. Crazy how time goes soo fast once you are older!
September 2011: This month was also productive for me! I asked all of my BM--they all said YES! Also, I was able to try my dress on because it CAME IN!!! Soo exciting and this has been the BEST time in all of the wedding planning... putting on MY dress. I bought a veil when I was trying on my dress. It was more money than I wanted to spend but it matched my dress perfectly! I sent out almost all of the STD and one of my BM's had her baby girl on 9.8.11. So special!! October is going to be busy as well since I'm planning to go BM's shopping. Let's hope I finalize the BM's dress! =o) Lastly, September marked FI and I's 7 year anniversary! xoxo
October 2011: This month has flown by!! I don't have much to report on though. I finalized our transportation and semi-finalized the hotel we will stay at. Oh.. we had our engagement picture with our wedding photographer. I LOVE her and the pictures! It was such a fun experience! I took the girls BM dress shopping on the 29th and FINALLY had my mom see me in my dress!!!! =o) She cried but I knew she would haha I have the BM's dresses down to two BUT my FSIL IS PREGNANT!!! =o) ..soo I have to take that into consideration so I'll probably go with my favorite dress since April! ahhh
November 2011: Seriously... people said this all would go by fast and it has. We have less than a half of a year before we are husband and wife! I have been trying to start/finish DIY projects that are wedding related. I bought all of my paper to make the invites. I also cut all the paper that will be turned into the pockets. I made the map and had it printed at walgreens to see if that would be easier than using my ink and I think it is... still not 100% sure though. Thanksgiving was nice and as a early wedding present.. my parents paid for our honeymoon!!! Such a relief to know that I can save a little more money every month and not worry about the honeymooon. I need need need to follow up with the hotel, transportation, pick the BM's dresses, and get our passports! Those are MUSTS for December!!
December 2011: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!! December was a great month but... but... I did... not get everything done that I wanted to (from November). ahh So here's a quick run down: map and favor/thank you card still needs color adjustment. I've sent it to Walgreen's 5 times but I can't get it to look how I envision it. I'm probably try once more and be done! The only two things I accomplished that are worth noting - I decided for my BMs to have all different style dresses from the same designer/color/length/fabric. I put a deadline of January 5th to order them. Also, after all the rush to get our passports out.. they came about a month later.. not 6 months like I was told. haha That's okay though.. one less thing I have to wait on. =o)
January 2012: Welcome to my wedding year!!!! yay! I had a laid back NYE but it was nice to relax with loved ones. So far, I ordered all the BMs dresses from a website that has 5 stars out of 5 stars from 147 people. Ahh still makes me nervous though but I'm hoping I made the right decision. Also, I finalized/reserved our hotel block so I can update the accommodations card in the invites with our name block and what not. I ordered our invites and RSVP stuff from VistaPrint. I tried so hard to DIY but I was getting stressed and that's not how I wanted invitation making to be. I can still use the paper I got for the programs! =o)
February & March 2012: My apologizes for being MIA these two months! TONS of wedding stuff to talk about but I'll try and keep it short. I ordered our canvases early February and I had a little hiccup with one of them but it all worked out. The one of our faces looks orange but I formatted the picture to look old and rustic so I guess that's what I get. haha We had our tasting at our reception at the 3 month mark and it went well. I was a little disappointed that they didn't ask us what we wanted to sample. They had their best sellers and we went off that. Some of things we picked for our wedding, we didn't even get to sample so that's a little odd to me! At the end of February, my FSIL & FBIL found out that they are having a girl! (yAy!) Early March my girls got together to help me make the invitations, favors, and bubbles. It was fun! =o) Everything got done besides putting the cardstock on the back of the directions so I just did that when I could throughout the week. The invites were suppose to go out on March 10th and they totally didn't go out until March 19th.. at the 2 month mark but still within the 8-week guideline. ehh FI and I started looking for homes in March. It was a little stressful meeting with our Century 21 lady and trying to find exactly what we are looking for in the middle of both of our works... BUT WE FOUND A PLACE!!!!! We signed the lease on the 23rd and our move in date is on April 15th. We actually found out we got this home on the 19th so it was extra special! Wedding shower is on the 1st of April and my work wedding shower/bachelorette shower is on the 13th. My coworker is getting married on the 21st of April so I will have pictures to share after that. I'm so excited for her. That day also marks when RSVP are due and the FOUR WEEKS LEFT mark for me! I'll say it again, but time is FLYING!!