Blue Monday

I just love this idea of having blue hued champagne. If we were having alcohol at our wedding I would so do this.

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 242 days

I had a very productive wedding weekend. I bought the other three zippers I was looking for and I went to High Fashion and bought my bridal loops that I needed for my wedding dress. I also had my two appointments with florists this weekend and I went with my foster mom. We chose to go with Sarah's Florist for the flowers for the wedding party. Chuck was very helpful and gave us a lot of advice.

The groom, 7 groomsmen, 3 ushers and 1 ring bear will be wearing hydrangea boutonnieres. The bridesmaids will be carrying a "salad plate size" bouquet of blue hydrangeas and I will be carrying a "dinner plate size" bouquet of blue hydrangeas with about 15 white tulips. Just to let you know hydrangeas are not cheap nor are flowers for such a large wedding party.

We are really excited though and cant wait to see the final product. Just in case you were wondering our location the Ayva Center is doing the flowers for everything else.

Flourish Friday

So tomorrow I have two appointments with florists to get a better idea of the flowers I want for the wedding and get some prices.

Here's what I'm thinking for my bridal bouquet. Tulips with a ball or two of blue hydrangeas.

Thoughtful Thursday

Diets have been on my mind a lot lately as I have recently gained a lot of weight as a result of living with someone else temporarily while our house is getting built. This is not good as I have my first fitting for my wedding dress in October.

Now I've been in this predicament before and actually lost 30lbs by doing ediets.com and working out like 6 days a week. So I know how to loose weight but I have until this week lost the motivation to do anything about it and just making excuses. Well NO MORE EXCUSES!!!!!

But now I need help going in the right direction. I am already running twice to three x a week at a park with one of my bridesmaids when I can but that hasn't been enough. I fasted yesterday and made it through the day but all I ended up with was a HUGE headache. So today I had a fiber one granola bar for breakfast and for lunch I had grilled tilapia, green beans, and cabbage. Pretty healthy huh?

Can anyone give me any advice on how they have lost weight for their wedding or in general? Any advice is much appreciated!

Wedding Wednesday

So I have started thinking about whether I want to wear a veil or not for the ceremony. When the ceremony was originally outside I was not going to wear one. I was going to wear my hair down with a flower in it. Now my ceremony is a little more traditional and will be held inside. Now I'm wearing my hair up and its time for me to start thinking about how I want to wear it and the accesories I'm going to use.

I am really not a big fan of veils. But I am digging the birdcage veils. I think it might be a little informal but I like that it is different and it really has a sophisticated look to it. I'm also not sure if it would go with my dress.

Here is a picture of what I'm talking about for those of you who aren't sure what a birdcage veil is.



What do you think? Like or dislike?

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 249 days
Last week I researched some nearby hotels for my out-of-town guests and found one that is only 7 minutes away from my location and is fairly cheap! It is the Holiday Inn Express on 59 South and Hilcroft. I blocked 10 rooms but am still waiting on the contract before I post to my wedding website to let my guests know.

Also last week I went to Hancock Fabrics and bought 3 of my 6 bridesmaids zippers for their dress. I still need to buy the other three and I am still looking for bridal loops for my dress. Hancock Fabrics said they have been discontinued so if anyone knows where I can find this, please let me know!

This Saturday I have two appointments to visit some florists to discuss options and prices for our bouquets and boutonnieres. I am going to Lexis Florist & Sarahs Florist. Has anyone ever used/heard of them before?

Blue Monday

CAKE. The wedding cake plays an important role in the wedding. It should act as the perfect accent and should of course taste delicious! I am very fortunate that one of my good friends and bridesmaid's mom is going to make our wedding cake & Joey's grooms cake. Thank you Patty! When Joey and I started looking at wedding cakes the only thing we really knew that we wanted was a square cake. Not only do square cakes feed more people but it's more modern as well.

We had a couple of pictures in mind that we found from The Knot that we liked and then a couple of weeks ago I found the perfect cake! I think it will make a perfect addition to our wedding and really tie into our theme of modern and classic.



I am not sure if we will put flowers on the side or not because our flowers are tulips & hydrangeas and I'm not sure if they will look good on the cake. We will have to see.

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 256 days

So I finally finalized the guest list!!! We now have 151 people who will be invited to our wedding and most of them are family members. That is A LOT of people and therefore I am putting my foot down and saying no one else will be invited. I have to say that I am going to have to stop being nice and letting family members tell me how I'm going to run Joey & I's wedding!!!!

Well this week I also finished getting the save-the-dates ready and they went in the mail this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now my job for the next couple of weeks is to get my bridesmaid's zippers and stuff for their dress and I need to start looking into hotels for our out-of-town guests. If anyone knows of any pretty cheap hotels in the Richmond & Westheimer area, please let me know.

Blue Monday

These are the shoes that I REALLY like!!!!!!!

Flourish Friday

Thoughful Thursday

I am having a hard time deciding what my four flower girls should carry their flowers in and I need your help! Our wedding is going to be classic and modern. Below are the choices I have narrowed it down to.
Drawstring Bag

Bag with Monogram

Oval Basket

Please let me know which one you like the best.

Wedding Wednesday

Some people might not put much thought into their guest book but I really wanted mine to be special. I don't want to just throw a book in my closet and never look at it again. So I REALLY wanted a signature frame as my guest book.

But Joey was afraid that when people wrote on it that it might smear. So then I had to search for a guest book that we both liked and that I felt went well with our wedding scheme. Then last Thursday as I was reading an entry from The Perfect Palette I came across a give away from Beau-coup Wedding Favors. So I checked out their website to see if I saw any thing that I liked and I found the PERFECT guest book.

This guest book is perfect for our wedding because our accent colors are white & silver and its personalized. I will find out today if I won the give away but even if I didn't I will be purchasing this guest book! You can find these guest books and more at Beau-coup.

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 263 days
Well let me first say that I didn't get to finish my task from last week of finalizing the guest list. I am still waiting on Joey's dad to send me his names. I did however get the names from my foster mom and now were up to 140 guests.

I did get to complete a task this weekend that wasn't necessarily on my to-do list for this month. I took my mom shopping for an outfit to wear to the wedding. We got a really nice blue skirt suit outift with some cream color wedged heels and some pearl accessories for $100!

For this week my main task is to get the save the dates ready to mail out. They should arrive this week and my goal is to get them addressed, stuffed and stamped. Hopefully I can mail them out next week!

Blue Monday

Today's Blue Monday is all about wedding programs. I have decided that this is the one DIY project that I will take on for our wedding. I have found a couple that I like but the one that I have chose to imitate is the one with the monogram on the ribbon. It ties into our theme perfectly with the colors and the monogram.



What DIY project did you do for your wedding?