I was really hoping that that dream from a couple weeks ago would be it for a while. I was happy to wake up each morning feeling relatively calm about this whole wedding process. I was also apparently pretty niave about how these dreams like to sneak up on a gal at any random time!
~cue the music~
I was at my parents house getting ready for the big day. Pretty normal, right? Not so much. It turns out that I'm actually getting married AT my parents house, in their driveway to precise! The reception was to be in their living room and backyard. We had all of three tables with these navy blue tablecloths. It was not at all attractive, and not at all how I imagine my wedding looking.
So I'm dressed and freaking about the fact that there are no centerpieces because I had left them at my house, and sent my Dad to go find the stuff that I need for the centerpieces. My Dad doesn't drive and when he is asked to accomplish an important task, it's usually too much pressure for him. Doh! I'm left freaking out even more and then... I wake up!
My Dad laughed when I told him about this dream and promised me that even if I ask him to help with the wedding decoration, he will politely say no. Hahaha!
Things just keep getting weirder and weirder in my head. I REALLY need to find a venue, like now.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Will you be my Maids?
I decided a long time ago that when it came time to ask my Ladies to be in the wedding party I wanted to make it special. I am a big cheese ball like that. :) So I decided that one day I would have them over for dinner and dessert and formally ask them all at once.
Right after Christmas (about two weeks after the proposal) I ordered ornamnets that 'Will you be my Maid of Honor?' for the two girls who would have that role, and three ornaments that said 'Bridesmaid'. I feel like it was fitting seeing as how we got engaged so close to Christmas. I also bought Bridesmaid/Maid of Honor etiquette books for them, which I thought was a nice touch.
I finally got my stuff together for this past Friday, July 10th, almost 7 months after we got engaged, and invited the ladies over. We ate dinner, drank sangrias and danced to The Proclaimers since they were playing on the TV. It was a wonderful night and it reaffirmed the reason why these Ladies are the ones I want standing by me on the day that I marry my Best Friend. <3
These would be the little baggies that held the ornaments, books and a card asking the girls to be my Maid or MOH.
They were pretty excited about the books and promptly started dancing in line formation.
This is me and one of my lovely MOHs, Kate. She is getting married just 4 months before I am, so she will have the role of Matron of Honor come time for my wedding. (I am also her MOH, so this should be fun!)
Another lovely MOH, Melly. She is my crafting buddy, so I'm sure she'll be the first to volunteer when it comes time to start my DIY projects.
Myself and my good friend, Kelly. This is the lady responsible for the wonderful pictures of our engagement!
My sister in-law to be. I met her when she was in 8th grade and now she's all adult like! It's irksome! <3
I guess instead of setting up the timer to take a picture of all five of us, we decided to take a picture of our feet. Haha! So much fun!
A good time was had by all. They actually had no idea that I was planning this, so it was kind of fun the look of surprise on their faces when they were opening their cards. :)
Right after Christmas (about two weeks after the proposal) I ordered ornamnets that 'Will you be my Maid of Honor?' for the two girls who would have that role, and three ornaments that said 'Bridesmaid'. I feel like it was fitting seeing as how we got engaged so close to Christmas. I also bought Bridesmaid/Maid of Honor etiquette books for them, which I thought was a nice touch.
I finally got my stuff together for this past Friday, July 10th, almost 7 months after we got engaged, and invited the ladies over. We ate dinner, drank sangrias and danced to The Proclaimers since they were playing on the TV. It was a wonderful night and it reaffirmed the reason why these Ladies are the ones I want standing by me on the day that I marry my Best Friend. <3
These would be the little baggies that held the ornaments, books and a card asking the girls to be my Maid or MOH.
They were pretty excited about the books and promptly started dancing in line formation.
This is me and one of my lovely MOHs, Kate. She is getting married just 4 months before I am, so she will have the role of Matron of Honor come time for my wedding. (I am also her MOH, so this should be fun!)
Another lovely MOH, Melly. She is my crafting buddy, so I'm sure she'll be the first to volunteer when it comes time to start my DIY projects.
Myself and my good friend, Kelly. This is the lady responsible for the wonderful pictures of our engagement!
My sister in-law to be. I met her when she was in 8th grade and now she's all adult like! It's irksome! <3
I guess instead of setting up the timer to take a picture of all five of us, we decided to take a picture of our feet. Haha! So much fun!
A good time was had by all. They actually had no idea that I was planning this, so it was kind of fun the look of surprise on their faces when they were opening their cards. :)
Friday, July 10, 2009
Wedding Nightmare No. 1
From what I understand this is a normal thing for all brides-to-be. I expected it to happen eventually, but I'm not going to lie and say that I was pleased when it finally happened.
~insert dramatic music~
There was a gorgeous beach a block away from the house that we were staying at. I could literally walk out the door and walk right to it, but I had more important things to take care of. For example, I was getting married in about 20mins and still hadn't put on my dress or had any of the decorations set up!
It seems that we had rented this large beach house in North Carolina, I'm thinking it was supposed to be somewhere in the Outer Banks. (My family has gone down there for Thanksgiving a couple times and rented a couple huge houses, so I feel like that's what was happening here.) My whole family was staying in this house with me, and by whole family, I mean mean my WHOLE FAMILY. Twenty or so Aunts and Uncles, about sixty cousins, and then Pat's family on top of my own. It was outrageous.
The backyard was littered with mismatched tables, table cloths and centerpieces. Nothing was the way I wanted it and my dress was terrifying! Just as I was stepping into the dress of my nightmares, I woke up and that was that.
Maybe it wasn't really as bad as it could have been, but it definitely made me feel like we are even more behind in our planning than I had thought. :/
Time to get a move on, self!
~insert dramatic music~
There was a gorgeous beach a block away from the house that we were staying at. I could literally walk out the door and walk right to it, but I had more important things to take care of. For example, I was getting married in about 20mins and still hadn't put on my dress or had any of the decorations set up!
It seems that we had rented this large beach house in North Carolina, I'm thinking it was supposed to be somewhere in the Outer Banks. (My family has gone down there for Thanksgiving a couple times and rented a couple huge houses, so I feel like that's what was happening here.) My whole family was staying in this house with me, and by whole family, I mean mean my WHOLE FAMILY. Twenty or so Aunts and Uncles, about sixty cousins, and then Pat's family on top of my own. It was outrageous.
The backyard was littered with mismatched tables, table cloths and centerpieces. Nothing was the way I wanted it and my dress was terrifying! Just as I was stepping into the dress of my nightmares, I woke up and that was that.
Maybe it wasn't really as bad as it could have been, but it definitely made me feel like we are even more behind in our planning than I had thought. :/
Time to get a move on, self!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
We're not so great at this...
So things have been really slow on the wedding front these days. It's not that we don't want to go look at venues and FINALLY start making some decisions, it's just that we have been so busy with our day to day lives that finding the perfect place for the wedding has been put on the back burner.
June is always a busy month for us because it's Pat's birthday is on the 23rd and his family's reunion weekend is around the same date. Yea, it's all close together but we have to prepare for that weekend! Hahaha! And then this year I added another weekend of being busy because I planned a surprise birthday party for him for the weekend after his birthday. It went smoothly and he was in fact surprised! Go me! :)
We need to stop putting it off and really buckle down and find the place that is going to work for us. A couple places on the agenda for this month; Tyler Arboretum, Independence Seaport Museum and The Willows, which doesn't have a website. I just want for us to find the venue for our wedding so that I can feel like we have actually accomplished something as far as the wedding is concerned. Here's hoping that one of these places proves to be that place!
Wish us luck!
June is always a busy month for us because it's Pat's birthday is on the 23rd and his family's reunion weekend is around the same date. Yea, it's all close together but we have to prepare for that weekend! Hahaha! And then this year I added another weekend of being busy because I planned a surprise birthday party for him for the weekend after his birthday. It went smoothly and he was in fact surprised! Go me! :)
We need to stop putting it off and really buckle down and find the place that is going to work for us. A couple places on the agenda for this month; Tyler Arboretum, Independence Seaport Museum and The Willows, which doesn't have a website. I just want for us to find the venue for our wedding so that I can feel like we have actually accomplished something as far as the wedding is concerned. Here's hoping that one of these places proves to be that place!
Wish us luck!
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