WeDDiNg WaTeRfAll

2010-07-15T16:10:00.000-05:00

THANKS EVERYONE
FOR HELPING MAKE
A TRULY MEMORABLE DAY
FOR US!!!!

Fabric Flowers - the Bouquets

2010-07-15T11:00:00.000-05:00

The fabric flower bouquets turned out even better than I expected... Since I fell in love with the anenome flower in early thoughts of paying for flowers, I decided to use black buttons in the girls' bouquets to give the same dramatic effect. I made Flower Balls for the little girls.

Each girl had a pin with their initial on their bouquet
so they could keep track of their bouquet throughout the day/night.

Here they are all together...

I used only plain or very subtle patterns
of white, off-white and champagne colored fabrics
for my bouquet, along with
"special" buttons from my Grandma's collection.

We used the bouquets,
set in Milk Glass Vases,
as our Head Table decoration.

Table Settings

2010-07-15T10:00:00.001-05:00

Our table decorations came together... White Milk Glass vases (collected from Thrift Stores & Rummage Sales over the past year) & Fabric flowers.
The Fabric Flowers were all made by myself with help of course from
my Mom, Sister, Friends & EVEN the groom...
The buttons for the flowers came from a stash my Grandma had
and one large bag of buttons from a Rummage Sale.

We used the bouquets and large milk glass vases as the head table decoration...
The table numbers were cheap frames from IKEA
and worked out perfectly with a material background
& the number cut out of material as well...

Although the fabric flowers did take quite a long time to complete THAT many... it was a lot of fun to do & it is a really easy project to take with on LONG car rides. I plan to be making these for years to come as bows on presents, hair clips, etc...

Sew In Love - the Guest Quilt

2010-07-15T09:00:00.000-05:00

A "SEW IN LOVE" banner hung from the Guest Book Table and a "GUEST QUILT" banner was laid across the top of the table along with instructions to sign a square of fabric (& leave a seam allowance reminder). Fabric pens were in milk glass cups on the table and three different square sizes were available, all in different yellow material.

Going through and reading the squares afterwards was a ton of fun!!! Can't wait for the quilt to be completed, but I make no promises on a timeline for that!!!

This is DEFINITELY one of my most favorite keepsakes of the day!!!

LOVE SWEET LOVE - Our Dessert Buffet - WHAT A HIT!!!

2010-07-15T08:00:00.000-05:00

All the inspiration, ended in this dessert buffet... lots of yellow & lots of chocolate :)
Our Chocolate was from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Delafield, WI

and the delicious cookies were from Cher's Cookie Box in Mukwonago, WI

The buffet was such a BIG hit, by the time we saw it almost EVERYTHING was gone!!!

Never got to see the Lemon Bark in person (it was ALL GONE) but looks so good on the buffet!
Cher's BEAUTIFUL & YUMMY COOKIES
The AWESOME Pretzel Rods in our COLORS
Lemon Shortbread Drops - the biggest hit of all, I think - everyone was talking about these!

Earl Grey - YUMMY Cookies!!!

tHe DrEsSeS

2010-07-15T07:00:00.000-05:00

Bridal dress from Casablanca Style 1900 in Ivory & Champagne

The Bridesmaid Dresses from Dessy:
Each dress in "Sunflower" with a Black Accent

The Flower Girls dresses from CutieClothes.com
and of course, the shoes...
Yellow Bridal Shoes from Guess
Each Bridesmaid got her own Black Shoes
& Yellow Flower Girl Sandals from Gap Kids

Dessert Buffet

2010-04-09T12:34:00.004-05:00

Getting inspired again...

hmm... yellow yummies.

IDEAS please!!!!

2009-11-17T14:32:00.003-06:00

Looking for suggestions on a wedding song for Chris and I... any ideas???

m a y t w e n t y s e c o n d . . . 2 0 1 0

2009-11-04T20:09:00.007-06:00

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iN sEaRcH fOr a vEiL. . .

2009-10-30T17:39:00.011-05:00

I have been unable to find the veil
that I tried on back in February
(that I just fell in love with -
it was PERFECT, exactly what I want),
and the store where I tried it on
told me they would put the veil in my file,
only apparently they did not and
when I described the veil they had no idea
what I was talking about...
FRUSTRATING

SO the search began and I have not been able
to find much that is similar to "the one".

I have become more and more fascinated
by veil alternatives.
Here are some that I have recently seen on Etsy

(Etsy - Originals By Lynette)

(Etsy - LoBoheme)
(Etsy - Peppermint Cloud)

(Etsy - Untamed Petals)
(Etsy - LoBoheme)
(Etsy - Peppermint Cloud)

(Etsy - Which Goose)

(Etsy - Sweet Pea and Fawn)

(Etsy - Portobello)

(Etsy - Powder Blue Bijoux)
(Etsy - Feathers and Frills)
(Etsy - LoBoheme)
(Etsy - Which Goose)
(Etsy - Bridal Couture)

In my search for pretty hair pieces I did run across a few "short" veils that are close to "the one" I tried on back in February... or at least the length is close, because they still seem to be missing that retro/vintage flair "the one" had.(Etsy - Bella Bridal Veils)

(Etsy - Brendas Bridal Veils)
(Etsy - Brendas Bridal Veils)
(Etsy - Svitlana)

(Etsy - Ann Marie Bridal)

Look-Alike Milk Glass

2009-10-24T21:44:00.009-05:00

Check out this great DIY project Kristen found
on the Design*Sponge Blog
(originally from P.S. - I made this...)

All you need is some bottles or cans from your recycling bin,
puffy paint & matte spray paint

I am going to try and make some yellow jars...
stay tuned to see how they turn out!!

Dessy & Wedding Chicks Style Board

2009-09-28T10:18:00.010-05:00

Just saw this morning, that Dessy & the Wedding Chicks Blog are teaming up to give away FREE accessories for the entire wedding party ... so I am making some style boards to see if we can't win some goodies :) This is all going on because Patone (known worldwide as the standard language for accurate color communication) is now offering the Dessy Colors!

yellow_black canvas

2009-09-24T14:46:00.005-05:00

LESS THAN EIGHT MONTHS TO GO . . . SO EXCITED!!!

Bridal Canvas

2009-09-24T14:27:00.005-05:00

Check out this free BRIDAL CANVAS where you can put your images together to get the "feel" of your day... I just used some engagement shots to test out the site, but very easy to use & really like it, will be posting an actual wedding one soon...

would also be a great tool for putting together different elements that you like to come up with a vision for redecorating...

I HeArT yOu

2009-09-16T16:51:00.003-05:00

What a great pic...

SeTTiNg the sCeNe

2009-09-16T16:24:00.008-05:00

Here are some beautiful elements that have been inspiring me...
I love the table numbers with the couples' pictures.
I think this could be really neat if you went around town
and actually found the numbers on buildings...

I OF COURSE love the milk glass bowl here
& think the HUGE flower overflowing it is great...
many many ideas come from this picture.
I picture black material with tiny white polka-dots...

I have always LOVED the casual beauty that lies in this tabletop

Look how BEAUTIFUL this table top is...
ooh the details! LOVE.

There is just something special about lanterns
from fancy to casual the look is so beautiful

And of course,
some DIY elements that help set the scene
while splashing the wedding colors throughout

Fabulous Paper Flowers

Fabric Banners like this one are so darn cute.

Need to save some money,
but still want your colors splashed on your tabletop?
Use wrapping paper as a table runner!

tHe GeT-aWaY

2009-09-16T16:19:00.005-05:00

The bride and groom below had their guests throw paper airplanes while they made their escape, so cute & clever.

I love these pom poms on this old fashioned car... just to carry the color splashes all the way through the wedding!

some of the ladies' (and my) favs so far...

2009-09-15T14:00:00.003-05:00

We have decided that each girl will pick out a dress from the Dessy Line in Sunflower... that allows each girl 108 dresses to choose from. Here are some of our favorites thus far (each dress will have a black accent)

FaBriC

2009-09-14T13:33:00.018-05:00

Fabric = our underlying Theme...
in search for fabric to use for our
Fabric Flowers

Fabric Guest Book

Fabric Invitations

Fabric Bouquets...

Here are some of the fabrics I have run across thus far...

Photo Booth

2009-09-06T12:29:00.003-05:00

Check out this fun play on a photo booth...

Invitations...

2009-08-26T14:24:00.015-05:00

There are so many great inspirations for invitations out there.
I am leaning towards something a little less formal and
here are a few ideas that have caught my eye…

This one below is one of my favs!!! So clever and fun.

Along with incorporating some of the above ideas,
I love the idea of incorporating fabric into our invitations.
As the plans are coming together there seems to be
an underlying theme of fabric flowing throughout
our wedding details.
Here are some invitations that contain fabric and
have me thinking of how we can do our own spin
on something like this:

Now I just need to find some fabric that I LOVE!

I wanna be a PRINCESS...

2009-08-06T14:58:00.008-05:00

Looking for Flower Girl dresses has been fun... one of my favorite parts so far!!!
Unfortunately the Flower Girl Dresses have also been hit by the wedding industry price tag... I cannot imagine asking the parents to pay close to two hundred dollars on a dress that will either never be worn again, or become part of their dress-up chests. I am thinking of making the dresses for the girls to save the Mom’s some money… and I think it will FUN!!!
Here are a few dresses that I think are so fun & would definitely make the girls feel like a princess for a day (although I think that each of them already feel like a princess most days).

sUgaR cOoKieS

2009-07-30T19:22:00.006-05:00

I received some requests for the sugar cookie recipe and the hardened frosting recipe, I had to try a few recipes out before I got it to work just right, here are a few of the keepers...

Sugar Cookies

3/4 C Butter Flavored Shortening

1 C White Sugar

2 Eggs

1 T Milk

1 t Vanilla Extract

2 1/2 C All-purpose Flour

1 t Baking Powder
1 t Salt

In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the milk and 1 tsp vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.

Sugar Cookie Frosting

1 T Butter

1 t Vanilla Extract

2 1/2 C Confectioner's Sugar

3 T Milk

2 Drops any color Food Coloring
*I used the food color paste

In a small bowl, beat the butter, 1 tsp vanilla and confectioner's sugar until smooth. Mix in the milk one tablespoon at a time until a good spreading consistency is reached. Stir in food coloring to desired shade. Decorate cookies (I used cake decorating tools which made it quite speedy and easy) and set on waxed paper to harden (overnight if needed).

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

1/4 C Butter

2 C Confectioner's Sugar

3 T Cocoa Powder

1 t Vanilla

2 T Milk

Mix all ingredients in bowl until a good spreading consistency is reached. Decorate cookies and set on waxed paper to harden (overnight if needed).

E N J O Y ! ! !

kids say the darndest things…

2009-07-30T08:45:00.014-05:00

Well, it is official;
we have two Ring Bearers and one Flower Girl
(we’re still working on getting the second
Flower Girl to say yes).

The Flower Girls got Flower Sugar Cookies
with their names written on them
and the message,

“Will You Be Our Flower Girl?”

We set the cookies out in front of Jasmine
and read the cookies to her.
She said No.
We asked Jasmine the morning of our last dress
shopping trip. She had so much fun trying on dresses
and twirling around, she was adorable!

While she was spinning in one of the dresses
I asked her, “Jasmine, now that you know you’ll
get to wear one of the pretty dresses,
will you be the Flower Girl in our wedding?”
“No.” was again the response...

Good thing we have about ten months
to break her down and get her to say yes!

Megan was looking for some dessert after dinner
and said she wanted a cookie, so I got her cookies out
and put them out in front of her.
I read her cookies to her and asked her
to be in the wedding, she immediately said,
“YES” with a big smile on her face.
I am pretty sure she thought I was asking her
if she wanted the cookies!

The Ring Bearers got Ring Sugar Cookies
with their names written on them and the message,
“Will You Be Our Ring Bearer?”

Jordan sat down in front of his cookies
and read his name off the first cookie,
I read him the rest of the cookies
and then explained to him that meant we wanted him
to be in our wedding and carry the rings down the aisle.
I asked him if he would do that for us,
if he would be in our wedding.
He shrugged his shoulders and said,
“I don’t know.”
I said, “Well, it’s a yes no question buddy,
do you want to be in our wedding?”,
and he said, “YES”.

Then Peyton came in the room and I read him
his cookies too & asked him if he would
be in our wedding, he immediately said,
“YES” with a big smile on his face –
clearly had no clue what I was asking
but knew he wanted the cookies!
His and Megan’s responses were quite identical.

The kids also seemed to like their books a lot
and should get a lot of use out of them
over the next ten months as they try
to understand just what we are asking them to do!

the Bouquet... to splurge or to make?

2009-07-24T15:29:00.022-05:00

Chris and I met with the Flower Girl this week and so now the ideas really start to get debated. Do we splurge on the flowers or go for a floral bouquet alternative?? We have lots and lots of options, and right now I have no idea where we will land on this one.

Here are the DIY inspirations I have found thus far that we are throwing around the idea for (since it would save a TON of money) and a few extras that we are not thinking of, but under the right circumstances would be a good DIY wedding idea.

The Beaded Bouquet

The Butterfly Bouquet

The Button Bouquet

The Clay Bouquet

The Crystal Bouquet
(I remember a long, long time ago, I think back when I was in High School, I saw one of these in a magazine and I tore out the picture (which I still have) because I thought this would be a fun wedding bouquet)

The Duct Tape Bouquet
(too bad we didn’t see this a few years ago Ellen…)

The Fabric Bouquet

The Feather Bouquet and Boutonnieres

The Felt Flower Bouquet

The Leaf Boutonnieres

The Paper Flower Bouquet

The Scrapbook Flower Bouquet

The Shell Bouquet

The Silk Flower Bouquet

The Tissue Paper Bouquet

The Yarn Flower Bouquet

After meeting with the Flower Girl, we now realize that the Anemone flowers are a bit fragile, and therefore you need to order more to ensure you will have enough flowers in good shape to use in your bouquets, thus adding to the price… and the debate of real flowers or flower-alternative.

I found this bouquet that is still a bit unusual and is considered “budget conscious” which I think if the Flower Girl was able to add in some black accents I would still totally love the bouquets

I just cannot decide, to spend the money to have someone else make the bouquets, to order the flowers wholesale and make the bouquets, to make the bouquets out of a Flower-alterntive or buy a Flower-alternative Bouquet on Etsy (oh how we love Etsy)… decisions, decisions.

Be Our Guest

2009-07-10T15:01:00.014-05:00

The overall plan is to not spend money on anything that is not necessary. With that being said, something that we really really want is of course necessary.
One thing that I never really understood was buying a guest book. I don’t like the idea of a guest book because if you ask most couples they will tell you they never looked at the book after the wedding was over. Why spend money on that?
Here are a few variations of the traditional guest book.

I really like the idea of taking an engagement photo
or same day wedding photo
and have everyone sign around the picture:

I LOVE these platters that are designed for people to write messages on them, because you KNOW you will use them again… I think this one would be cool if they had drawn a design in the center or even just the monogram of the new Last Name. I think I might get one of these platters and write Mr. & Mrs. with the date in the center and have our Bridal Party sign it...

I really like the vintage charm that this guest book holds:

THE PHOTO BOOTH:

such a FUN guest book... if only money grew on trees.

I am all about creating your own Photo Spot
with back drops like these...

I just LOVE the Polaroid Guest Book,
which also has a vintage charm all its own.
Someone at the wedding, snaps a polaroid of each couple that comes and then the couple can write a message next to their picture in the book... what a great scrapbook and visual memory of EVERYONE at your wedding! And what a GREAT money-saving way to have a Photo Booth, just think of the possibilities...

When I saw this “guest book” about five years ago, I KNEW this would be the guest book I would have for my wedding… LOVE love LOVE this idea & yes we will use the blanket, it won’t just sit in a box as our wedding guest book, we will have it out to remind us daily of that day and those who surrounded us with love and support... and when needed a patch will be applied!

I plan to have the Parents and Bridal Party make their squares ahead of time and sew them together to display above the table… so everyone at the wedding understands what the fabric squares are for… I have already started checking out yellow fabrics... so fun!

Cake or No Cake?

2009-07-06T12:59:00.013-05:00

Neither Chris nor I really LoVeS cake, so we have been trying to think of cake alternatives. We are brainstorming what other desserts we really like that would be fun. Unfortunately since we are no longer doing the backyard wedding, we do have some restrictions to follow with the hall… so right now we are collecting ideas and then we will have to meet with the hall and figure out what we can do and what we cannot do. Here are a few of the ideas that have inspired our selections:
(the Carnival Candy Bar)

(the Dessert Buffet)

(Candy Shop Bar)

(Cake Bar - an option rather than having
just one kind of cake...)

(Funnel Cakes)

(Chocolate Fountain)

(Cotton Candy)

(Carmel Apples)

(Donuts)

The cake alternative is still just an idea
and not a definite especially because of
these cakes and cake toppers that I just love…
(love pinch cake topper)

(motorcycle & kissing couple cake topper)

We will see what the end result
of all these different ideas
winds up being.

a girl can never have too many shoes

2009-07-06T10:46:00.014-05:00

I just LOVE the colored wedding shoe idea.

On top of the color,
I want a comfortable pair of shoes
that I will wear again and again.
I have not found the shoe that I will wear yet,
but these are a few of the shoes that are

inspiring me to keep looking:

This is my absolute favorite pair,
and the price was just reduced even more,
BUT STILL too EXPENSIVE...
(Le Silla)

This is my next favorite,
but unfortunately these are last year's model
and I could not find them anywhere in my size!
These would have been so comfy & fun!!
(BORN - Plumeria)

(DKYNC - Amora Sandal)

I am not sure if I will do YELLOW or BLUE shoes yet,
SOMETHING BLUE...

(Christian Louboutin)

If I cannot find the shoes I want at the price I want,
I will probably end up making a simple pair of shoes
into something like this picutre below,
or putting a big fabric flower on a pair of simple shoes.

I LoVe this heart on the bottom of these shoes,
unfortunately these shoes did not fit.

But I think I will try and do something similar
on the bottom of mine, like this bride did:

tAbLeToPs

2009-07-02T18:10:00.015-05:00

MILK GLASS

I have always adored the simple beauty of milk glass.
Now that I have been on the look out for it,
I realize how many different styles there are
and I really like the old-fashioned feel it has.
I just love the dotted milk glass -
hard to believe, I KNOW.

The milk glass vases will hold the fabric flowers
that I am making (with lots of help) for the tabletops.
There will be more pics to come as things get made,
but for now, this should give you somewhat of an idea.
Here are a few shots of some of the pieces I have
picked up at rummage sales and thrift stores so far...

tHe faBRiC fLoWeRs

********
Thanks Marie for the use
of your Circle Cutter -
the aMaZiNG cirlce cutter!!!

Un-matchy Matchy

2009-07-01T10:56:00.020-05:00

Since we haven’t found a dress that screamed YES for all of the bridesmaids as a whole (in a reasonable price range and available in yellow), we have decided to start looking for a different dress for each girl. The end look will hopefully be similar to these wedding parties below. Each dress will be yellow and knee length, but other than that the girls are welcome to pick whichever dress they feel comfortable in and that they will wear again. I am looking forward to seeing what each girl picks! We’re still going shopping together, but everyone is on the look out for the dress they love in their individual style, within their individual price range, and regardless of what it would look like on any of the other girls.

I just love this picture below

Hello Lovelies

2009-07-01T10:34:00.029-05:00

Bridesmaid dress shopping has been a little bit tricky… there are tons of really great dresses out there that don’t scream BRIDESMAID; however they have been attacked by the wedding industry price tag.
A few of my bridesmaids and my mom and I went to a couple of boutiques in Milwaukee that carried the dresses I had seen online that I really liked… unfortunately they were all well over two hundred dollars and actually most were well over three hundred dollars. Well over THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!!! Can you believe that?!??? If you take a $350 dress, add on alterations, shoes, hair, nails, makeup, anything else that a bridesmaid may spend money on, it turns out to be well over $500 – I could NEVER ask a bridesmaid to spend that much money!!! NEVER!!! These were some of our favorites from our trip, if only they hadn’t been attacked by the wedding industry price tag!!!

(SIMPLE SILHOUETTES - Sweet Pea )

(SIMPLE SILHOUETTES - Buttercup)

(SIMPLE SILHOUETTES - Magnolia)

(SIMPLE SILHOUETTES - Tulip)

(LULA KATE - Sara)

Lula Kate is fabulous because each girl can choose the top style and skirt style that looks best on them to create their dress. So if one girl wants the v-neck with the a-line skirt and another wants the v-neck with the full party skirt, they can!!! We REALLY liked the Lula Kate dresses!!

If only money were no object...

(JENNY YOO - Marni JYSE-460)

This Jenny Yoo dress was GORGEOUS!! This is the color we saw it in and oh my goodness what a BEAUTIFUL color - LOVED this dress!!! Made me want to change my wedding colors, this was such a great Emerald Green!!!

(JIM HJELM - JH5901 & JH 5804)

Yes, we loved the pockets...

(ALVINA VALENTA - AV9939)

(ALVINA VALENTA - AV9925)

CHARSA - this dress on the right is my absolute favorite, unfortunately it is way too expensive to ask everyone to buy!!! Plus, I would personally never want to spend that much money on such a simple dress even though it is totally cute!!!
(CHARSA - Kim Knee - on the right)

(SIRI - Yale 9475 & Natasha 5872)

(SIRI - Deauville 5757 & Evita 9446)

The Evita 9446 dress from Siri was one of our Absolute Favorites!!! We thought this one was sooo cute & if anyone is looking for a dress that can also pass as a maternity dress, Ellen tried this one on and she and baby looked so very cute in it!!! The pockets are great too!!!

(COREN MOORE - Avery)

The bubble skirt on the Avery was really cute!

I really like these Amsale dresses, but again they are expensive and do not come in yellow... if there is a Bride out there where money is no object, these would be super cute bridesmaid dresses, I believe.
(AMSALE - G915J)

(AMSALE - G901T)

(AMSALE - G811J)

Priscilla of Boston & the Vineyard Collection have lots of really cute dresses that have been attacked by the Wedding Industry Price Tag.
(PRISCILLA OF BOSTON - PB205)

(PRISCILLA OF BOSTON - PB214)

(PRISCILLA OF BOSTON - PB306)

(VINEYARD - VY1502)

(VINEYARD - 1414)

(VINEYARD - VY1504)

I found the absolute perfect (in my mind) bridesmaid dress...
(SHOSHANNA)

Only problem is... it does not come in yellow and it is $340!!!
LOVE love love the pin dot overlay, this dress is so cute!!! If this dress had not been so expensive, I would have seriously thought about changing our wedding colors for this dress!

photogs

2009-06-26T22:56:00.016-05:00

Here are a few pics that I just love and want to try and
capture our version of...

This is my first attempt at recreating that one,
although I think I need something with less blooms on it:

This is on Chris's Grandpa's blossoming tree

There will definitely be more attempts,
once I get the light and positioning down.

Here's another flower at Chris's Grandpa's house,
that I just thought was pretty,
can you see the bee hanging out?

Here are a few shots I plan to speak
with our photographer about
capturing on the day of:

I just LOVE love Love lOVE
these "vintage" bride shots...

I just love this shot from the back of church...

and this one of each ring bearer
starring through one of the rings

I don't know why but I just love
this headless shot

Unfortunately there will not be the
ability to have a three generation picture,
but I plan on doing this one
with my Mom and sisters
or something like that...

THE dress

2009-06-22T16:49:00.026-05:00

I think Claire Pettibone is an amazing designer and here are a few of the dresses that grabbed my eye. When I first started searching online for a wedding dress that I could see myself wearing, I kept going back to Claire Pettibone's dresses. I could never and would never dream of spending this much money on a dress, but they are beautiful! Maybe I will splurge on a piece of her lingerie line for our Honeymoon or something… Maybe.

This dress below is the VERY first dress I saw that I thought, yes, this could be my wedding dress, this is what I am looking for...

(Claire Pettibone Demetra)

(Claire Pettibone Alexandra)

LOVE love LOVE the detail of the overlay...
(Claire Pettibone)

(Claire Pettibone )

(Claire Pettibone Princess)

so delicate and beautiful...
(Claire Pettibone)

On our first shopping trip to try on Bridal gowns, I tried on a few Pronovias Dresses.
And while wearing one of these dresses is when the lady put on the vintage-ish veil that I WANT!!! (have to have)

This Eden dress is one of the first pictures I saw that made me want that vintage look, I just love this style, it just seems so dramatic and classic.
(Eden 2259)

I loved the ruffled lace detail on this dress but not so much the attention it drew to my hips… it definitely got us thinking though.
(Pronovias Hebridas)

I loved the lace on these other Pronovias, but not the poofy-ness or the amount of material on of them.
(Pronovias Nalon)

(Pronovias Rosa)

(Pronovias Raidis)

We just loved this sleeve/strap, so beautiful on
(Pronovias Ronda)

I love the swiss dots here on this Pronovias dress, but it had a little too much material or poof for me - click on the pic for a more detailed view
(Pronovias Homero front and back)

LOVE the vintage vibe of this Pronivas dress

(Pronovias Oceano)

I really liked this Bari Jay dress that I tried on in Appleton, the bottom tier is detachable… would have been perfect had we decided to get married in my parents’ backyard. Loved the beaded flower detail of this dress!
(Bari Jay 59067)

Another perfect, backyard wedding dress - this one is so cute!
(Melissa Sweet Maddie)

I love this Casablanca dress – the polka dot detail is my favorite
(click on the pic to enlarge if you cannot see the detail)...
(Casablanca 1900)

I love the vintage feel of this Melissa Sweet dress
(Melissa Sweet 31276041)

I love the lace of this Rivini Dress, too
(Rivini)

I tried this dress on and just loved it.
This dress does not have the lace effect that I love, but the dots, oh the dots are just so darn cute! Look at those dots! This dress was fabulous!!
(Priscilla of Boston Dora)

All in all, I knew my dress would not be an all over satin.
I love the chiffon overlays.
I did not want a big train or any train at all really.
I definitely did not want any POOF.
I knew my dress would have lace detail of some sort
and have a vintage vibe to it…
and of course swiss dots, flocked dots, polka dots,
dots of any kind are always a plus!

Will You Be My Bridesmaid??

2009-06-16T16:40:00.022-05:00

I wanted to do something creative to ask, "Will you be my bridesmaid?"

I ended up sending the girls a mini book where each page had the letters pop out of the page

to say (Page 1) Will You (Page 2) Be My (Page 3) Bridesmaid???

Of course the mini book was made with yellow and black paper.

Here are some other ideas that I ran across while trying to think of something to do...

I also read on one idea site that you could find an "ugly dress" and put that on the front of you card as a joke... I envisoned something like this one:

To ask our Ring Bearers and Flower Girls, we will be baking sugar cookies that ask the kids,

"Will you be our Ring Bearer?" and "Will you be our Flower Girl?".

We have not asked the kids yet, because we figure a year would be soo long for them to wait, but we will be asking in the near future, now that it is less than a year... so as soon as Chris and I will be together with the kids we will be asking them in person...

The cookies for the flower girls will be flowers

and the cookies for the ring bearers will be Rings if I can get that to work out.

We also got the kids books to read about the wedding and get them acquainted with weddings.

Books For the Ring Bearers:

The Ring Bearer by Laura Godwin

10 Cool Things About Being a Ring Bearer by Penelope C Paine

Books for the Flower Girls

Flower Girl by Kathy Furgnang

10 Cool Things About Being a Flower Girl by Penelope C Paine

I’m Breezy! (the Anemone - Windflower)

2009-06-16T16:33:00.028-05:00

Anemone pronounced /ə’nɛməni:/

My latest Obsession: Anemones – also known as the Wind Flower signifying the wind that blows the petal open will also, eventually, blow the dead petals away.

Aside from daisies and lilacs I have never really been that into flowers. I never really loved roses, and knew that if I was going to spend money on flowers for the wedding I really wanted to love them. When I ran across these, I knew I was in love!

The black center on the Anemone has such a dramatic element to it, the second I ran across this flower I knew it was exactly what I wanted for my wedding flowers. They come with yellow centers or black centers. The black centers are an absolute must for me, and just add to the little touches of Black we are planning into our Yellow wedding.

Another flower that I have found which I really like and might make an interesting addition to the anemones in the bouquets is Craspedia or BILLY BUTTONS.

If the Anemones prove to be more money than we want to spend on flowers, then I will be making our bouquets and boutonnieres. Here are some hand-made flowers:

Hello, Yellow!

2009-06-15T12:56:00.027-05:00

Our first decsion was COLOR.
Some say you should not decide on the color until after
you find a bridesmaid dress you like,
in case the dress you like does not come in the color you choose,
but we went with a color first. This has proven to be a little bit tricky,
but we are working it all out.

Our color is Yellow and we are working in little bits of Black accents.

I have always loved the color yellow

and we just love the thought of a Yellow Spring Wedding.

Yellow was Chris's suggestion and I immediately LoVeD the idea...

I think he KNEW I would!