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The Last Post on Our Darling Wedding Website
Hello everyone! Wow. The wedding was absolutely perfect. We couldn't have asked for a more magical day. I could go on & on about everything, but I'll just let the pictures do the talking. these incredible images were captured by Parker Young. ladies: some last advice.... i know you hear it all the time: "your wedding is YOUR day." and yep. it's your day to be in control and tell everyone what to do and where to be. blah, blah,...
Two Short Weeks.
TWO weeks people! two short weeks. boy, oh boy. tim & i are writing list after list, sorting everything out. his best man, Luke, gets in from New Zealand tomorrow afternoon! Tim & Luke haven't seen each other in over a year. needless to say, they are excited! the other night, i finished the rehearsal dinner invitations! if you are invited to the rehearsal dinner....just pretend like you didn't see this ;) we'll be emailing them to people soon. but i'm just so excited...
Less Than A Month Away!
goodness gracious, it's april 23rd. i remember thinking, "it's gonna be crazy when the wedding is one month away!" yep, that time is now things are coming together very smoothly. all the big things are in place... the ceremony & reception sites, the food, the flowers, the dress, the decorations. it's just putting everything together now! i'm so very excited for the coming weeks. last week, i got something very special in the mail. i ordered a bouquet charm from Etsy.com it's a...
Collecting Decorations & Getting My Dress!
Tim & I have been walking around my neighborhood, collecting branches from trees. We are using them for centerpieces, in our mason jars! We need about 100 branches, so we've got some work to do! And THE most exciting news of my week.... I bought me wedding dress!!! I've been saving up since May of last year (i know, before we were engaged!). I finally tried MY wedding dress on. It was so incredible. Kylie, Mom, and I drove up to Michigan on Tuesday. Larissa, covered...
My Crazy Room.
i made paper-heart-strands for the wedding. i had nowhere else to put them but in my bedroom! it's officially a mess of wedding decorations. i absolutely love it. it feels like i'm in a little whimsical land. i'm in michigan now. i drove up with Kylie (my maid of honor!) and my mom. i see my wedding gown for the first time tomorrow!!! oh goodness. i know i'm going to feel like i'm in a dream. i want to post a picture of her so badly, but i don't want Tim to stumble...
All Our Invitations Are Sent!
Hooray! Tim & I have officially sent out all the invitations. It was a long (but fun!) process, and we were so happy with the results. tim, printing over 100 envelopes! what a champ. printing in progress. and yes, we even had time to bake pink-frosted, heart-shaped cookies! yummmyyyy. it's 79 days until the wedding, and we're still putting everything together! oh, and we're looking at apartments. we want to have a place to call home once we come back from...
Some Relaxation
A few days ago, Tim & I had an evening of baking. I found a really cute recipe online for shortbread cookies that look like buttons! So, we decided to make these delicious little goodies. They turned out so cute! We used food coloring to make them green & blue. We took them over to our friend Genni's house for the LOST season premiere! Here's the recipe if you want to try them out. They're pretty easy. Just give yourself plenty of time because they have to sit...
Indie Wed - Chicago, Illinois
Tim & I went to a wonderful wedding craft show yesterday. There were so many adorable vendors! Yep, they even had a free photobooth set up. It got me really excited for our own photobooth :D It's through a different company, but still! I think it'll be a really fun thing for everyone to do at the reception. AND it'll make a pretty killer guestbook. there was a photographer set up, and she was taking these mini instant photos! the props are these adorable little...
Indiana Lovin'
So, we've been getting to spend a LOT of time together. Tim is up in Indiana for good :) We're both pretty happy about this. Our days have consisted of: -Me working most weekday mornings -Dying mason jars blue (still! we're up to 30 jars now) -Making fabric banners (for decoration) -Going out to Chesterton to our favorite antique store -Making drinks on the espresso machine (!) -Watching Battlestar Galactica (yep, it's true. our friend Ashton got us into it!) -Playing with...
Wedding Project!
turning mason jars blue. so, i've been absolutely loving blue mason jars for wedding tables. the only thing is that they're about $5-$9 each... what's a bride-to-be to do? DIY!
and we'd need tons of them! (before) bought them for .70 cents at salvation army. i bought a pre-blue jar...just to see the shade i was going for. then i bought this turquoise glass paint & paint thinner...
