*yay ali!*

WOO! Ali got her dress in the mail today and emailed me pics!
I will leave out the one where she's making crazy-face so she doesnt kill me<3





Loooove it! And I think it looks great! :D

She gets here in SIX DAYS. I'm so freaking stoked! And I'm going to take pics of her in April's dress & petticoat while she's here! haha

<3

*bridesmaid dress update*

Pics of April in her dress + petticoat + shoes!
[just crappy cell pics but you get the point]









What do yall think? Thoughts and opinions are much appreciated!!!

<3333

*woo!*

April's petticoat came in the mail today!! And I of course texted her immediately and asked if I could open it. LOL
Now she just needs to get hooooome so I can see the whole outfit allll together! :] Excite!

I think we are pretty set on booking our reception at Marker 107.. the restaurant I posted pics of earlier. I heard back from Dana, the lady who is opening the place, and everything sounds good! My mom said to go ahead and plan on it then.
I also checked out the tide charts for that day and hide tide peaks at 6:45 that night which is PERFECT.

Also, I found a ring yesterday that I really like on Overstock.com. We are still going to go see a jeweler about how much it would cost to reset the stones from Bailey's mom's wedding bands into white gold.. and we'll get/do whichever one works out to cost less! :D
This is the one I found on Overstock:

It matches my sapphire engagement ring & I think it would fit the shape of my e-ring. I didnt want to get a normal straight band because it wont sit flush with my e-ring, but I dont want one that is bent just to fit around it because then it would look funny if I wanted to wear my wedding band alone.

Oh well, we'll see!

*invitations & reception venues*

Pammie came over today and brought a ton of color swatches that she ordered from cardsandpockets.com!
After much debate and several oohs and aahs and a few blehhhs [haha] we came up with something I REALLY LIKE and Pammie didn't hate! YAYY!
I wont post the whole thing here and ruin the surprise but I did get to pick out the main color and it is bright! :D So I am excited about that! I'll show that part:

I dont know if it will be rectangular or squared.. I'm thinking probably rectangle like the picture.
And we're not buying the pocketfolds from there. We are just getting all of the card stock and totally making them on our own! :D
Yayyyyy a project! haha I'm excited. Can you tell?

I'm not stressing so hard anymore about getting them done ASAP. We will send them out about 6 months in advance, and right now we are about 8 months out. :] *phew*

Also, today I met up with Mama and we went to Richmond Hill, picked up Carroll Ann and went to check out TWO possible reception venues! :]
We were originally planning to just have the reception at Mama & Eddie's house in the backyard but, 1. there are NO hotels ANYWHERE nearby for the drunkies to spend the night, & 2. it would just be so much trouble & stress for them, and all of us, to worry about renting tents & chairs & tables + food + drink etc.
SO now we are renting a place and having catering. :] It's a little more than I was planning but I am definitely not complaining.
I only have pictures of the first place we checked out today.
I know these pics will probably get cut off because I never have them the right size to post to blogspot but here they go anyway!









I'm going to have to make a pros & cons list later because I dont really know which location I liked better!
Once I find out prices, maybe then I'll know. haha. ;]

*wedding overdrive*

I am feeling so overwhelmed lately.

What's new?

April ordered a size smaller in her dress and got it in the mail the other day. It looks great so I think she's going to go with that one! :] It fits a little better in the boobage area and it's not as long! She also ordered her purple petticoat yesterday! So I cant wait to see it all together!! :D

I talked to Mama yesterday and she expressed some concern over having the reception at her house because if people are drinking they would need to stay somewhere nearby obviously... which is a problem because there is NOTHING near my mom's house in the way of hotels. Nothing. Nada.
So now we are looking at possibly renting something in Richmond Hill for the reception. I just hope we find something that will go along with what we want! *crosses fingers* [and somewhere that will still let us get crunk hahaha]

Also, I saw this yesterday in one of my wedding communities and I fell in LOVE. So I sent it to my mom and asked her if my stepdad could make it.. and it looks pretty promising! Sooooo I'm excited because we will be making one of these!!!
So cute. I already have ideas in my head of how I want it to look! <3

Today I made a list of the DIY things that we need to get started on:

-invitations [soon! we are waiting on the samples that Pammie ordered!]
-photo booth wall
-bouquet charms
-time capsule
-card box
-bridesmaid's hairpieces
-bride / bridesmaid emergency kits

I know I'm forgetting some things.. like I said, overwhelmed. I feel like my brain is FULL!

I'm anxiously awaiting my wedding contract in the mail and I am DYING for it to get here. haha. I finally heard from our wedding coordinator yesterday!

I've been collecting addresses also, the sooner the better. And I cant WAIT to get my invites out! :D

*it's all happening!*

OH MY GOD I JUST BOOKED MY WEDDING!!!

I am so freaking excited right now I dont even know what to do with myself! We just booked it for April 3, 2010 at 6:00 pm!
It's like SUPER real now. haha. Bailey is making so much fun of me because he's like 'I cant believe it's just hitting you NOW'. It's not that it's just hitting me now. DUH I knew I was getting married. That's been real for a while. But now we are having a WEDDING. Like, for sure. The wedding part is real. YAYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Also, April came over and tried on her shoes with her dress last night!






I cant wait to see the whole thing all at once, with the petticoats & feather fascinators! :D

Going to make some phonecalls now!! <3

*hello ladies*

Maddox is napping soooo I am going to make a wedding party post!! :D

This is my bridal party & I hope to GOD they can all make it!! [the downside to destination weddings lol] They are all planning on it though! <3

April, my older sister & Matron of Honor:


Casey, my younger sister & Maid of Honor:


Ali, BFF & bridesmaid [& her boyfriend]:


Melissa, BFF & bridesmaid [& her daughter/my god-daughter!, Dharma]:


Sam, step-sister & bridesmaid:


Rusty, BFF & bridesdude:


:D It works.
I'm so exciiiiiited!!!

Oh and I am booking our wedding TOMORROW instead of today. I'm sure I'll post a HUGE SQUEE! about it when it happens. :D

*OMG SHOES*

Guess what came in the mail today!!!! :D

Two of my bridesmaids already ordered their shoes and got them today!

April:



And Ali:


YAYYYY!!! I love them!

And I cant wait for April to get home from work so I can see them IRL!! <3

I think a bridesmaid intro post is going to happen later today ;]

*sick update*

We are booking our wedding tomorrow! Finally!!! I am SO EXCITED!!!! :D

Good stuff:

I think I got my invitation wording done for the most part!! I just need a little help with a couple parts that I'm stuck on, and then I need to get someone to proofread it! That's one big thing out of the way though.
Just a warning, we didnt find the wording anywhere pre-made, and it might be a little tacky but we think it's HILARIOUS. So whatever!
[we ARE going to have a few invitations with totally different, more traditional wording to send to the very few people that might be offended or whatever.. but most of our family will appreciate it I think!]

Also, yesterday I was talking to my aunt [while we were on the way to see Harry Potter!] and I mentioned that I wanted to wear black pearls in the wedding and she said that she has some I can borrow! So that rules because they arent cheap! And that will be my 'something borrowed' right there. :]

oooh so pretty :]

April's shoes should be here tomorrow so I will take pics!


Lame stuff:

I'm super sick and stuffy and sneezy etc today so all I want to do is curl up with a blanket and sick April and watch Bridezillas.

Boo.

*petticoats & hairclips*

Well I decided on the white shoes instead of the blue! I LOVE the blue shoes but it's just too hard to try to match up the blues perfectly.. especially when the majority of my wedding purchases are going to be online purchases!
And the white shoes are pretty much the same.. plus they have a cute bow on them. ;]
I know there's no pink in my color scheme but dammit I am going to have pink toenails. :D I have to find some OPI Pompeii Purple because it's my favorite nail polish OF ALL TIME:

so pretty and perfect.

I think I am going to order my petticoat from Petticoat Junction. I was looking at their selection last week and I emailed them because I wasnt sure about their 'peacock' color so I was wondering if they had swatches available. Computer screens are such liars. She promptly emailed me back and said that she would take a tiny snippet off of one of the petticoats and mail it to me free of charge. And when I got it in the mail there was a handwritten letter in there from her saying she hopes I like it & she even taped the piece of the crinoline folded over a few times so I could see the true color. So sweet. Very personal and I love that. So now I think I pretty much have to order from them. ;]
This is their color chart:

Peacock for me, purple for the bridesmaids! The peacock color looks so dark there but it's actually very pretty and a bit lighter in person.
But that pretty much made up my mind about the white shoes!

I found some cute ideas for my bridesmaid's hairpieces. I want to incorporate some purple in since there isnt actually purple IN a peacock feather.. and they are wearing purple petticoats.
I like these two hairclips:

and


I also reeeeally like this too though:


We're going to make the hair clips!! My aunt is like a craft queen so we got this! haha.

And lastly, I am having a hard time with my invitation wording. Tons of things are making it difficult.. destination wedding [anyone who wants to make the trip can come] with a reception back at home [for everyone!], both of our parents are divorced but both of our mom-halves are helping finance the wedding, we dont want it to be formal at all.. blah blah blah. Oy vey.

*yayyyyy i have a wedding blog!!*

Ok, I finally started a wedding blog. I havent been updating my LJ very much lately.. one reason is because all I think about anymore is Maddox.. and mine and Bailey's wedding. haha
So I'm making a blog JUST for the wedding stuff.. so I wont feel dumb for updating with some silly little detail that I got excited about and no one else really cares about. :D

I'll start with the basics. Everyone I know already knows about most of this stuff so far.

We're getting married in Las Vegas! We started planning a big wedding that would take place here on the coast.. and that lasted for ABOUT a month before we decided that we didnt want to deal with the stress, we just wanted to have fun, get married, and party. :D soooo Vegas it is.
We've decided to get married at the Flamingo Hotel. We'll obviously be staying there also!

We're hoping to book the garden chapel gazebo:

I usually think that gazebos are pretty cheesy but I'm into it. This one's cute. ;]

We will still be having a reception at home! We are planning on having it at my mom's house probably 2-3 weeks after we get home from our "weddingmoon". haha what a dumb word. Anyway, we're definitely doing that and we will invite everyone who couldnt make it out to Vegas! [and also those who did of course!]

Our theme & colors are peacock feathers & peacock colors!

And we're throwing some purple in there too ;] because purple is my favorite color and it goes!


This will be my ensemble!
Dress:


The dress is the Manhattan from Dolly Couture. It's simple & cute and TEA LENGTH [a must] and I love it. AAAAAAAND, all her gowns are super reasonable in price. :D
Go look at her Facebook galleries [Dolly Thicke].. there are tons of real brides wearing her cute designs. I'm pretty much in love with her. <3

Veil:


but instead of the white fascinator, I will have this:

both are obviously from birdcageveils.com. I'm obsessed with the peacock feather fascinator.

I'm going to have a blue petticoat under my dress to [hopefully] match the blue in the fascinator.. it's proving to be pretty freaking tough to find ANYTHING in the right color blue. :[ I'm having like, panic attacks over it.
Also, I havent decided if I want my petticoat to be a couple inches longer than my dress so that it peeks out all the time or if I want it to only show when I'm sitting or kicking my heels up or something haha..
I also want to have matching blue shoes! Hopefully peep-toes with an ankle strap. ;]
I love these:

but I'm starting to wonder if I should just go with white shoes:


As for the bridesmaids, I'm pretty settled on everything for them. :]

They're wearing this dress:

The Black Flirty Cotton Mini Swing Dress from Unique Vintage.
April already bought hers and it looks so good on her! I think it will be very flattering on all of my girls. :]
Their petticoats with be PURPLE [this was decided as of yesterday!] and they will definitely be long enough to stick out from under their dresses like in the picture. So cute.

And their shoes!


I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the heart on the bottom is definitely going to make for some cute bridesmaids/groom pictures!! :D
I wish I could wear them too but they dont come in white.. only beige I think. Lame. And the other colors they come in are like, lime green and pink. wtf? ugh.

And onto the boys, this is what they will be wearing:

I really wanted them to wear suits but ugh that is so expensive, soooo we went with a tux that pretty much LOOKS more like a suit than a tux... to us anyway! We registered them all at Men's Wearhouse.
The tie will be BLUE on Bailey though.. and purple on the groomsmen & Rusty [my bridesMAN?].
Bailey is going to look so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!!! <333333

[And now a small freakout: The more I look at the colors... I dont think the blue we picked out for Bailey's tie is going to match so I have to figure this shit out soon before I lose my mind over it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]