So I haven't been the most interested person concerning the hubub about the Royal Wedding... until today. I naturally wokeup and posted the first pics early, but we did have a party. Me, Mama Kitty, Ava and Lucy all attended.
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Great Capture by the Cameraman. She's just taking it all in...     |
While doing a seemingly not-so-fun job of making additional incidental invitations, a goldmine hath been found. We have been sending our empty-inside, gold-embossed-butterfly outside Thank-you's for leftover invites. These are mainly going to Shawn's friends who he thought of after the blue butterfly invites were all mailed. People from work, you know? He helped, anyway!
I am in love with the chalkboard trend for weddings.
They're cute, customizable and I think they're becoming increasingly easy to find. Save-On-Crafts has a bunch but beware their shipping charge... yikes!
I went the DIY route on this because I can't justify paying more for shipping than the total of my supplies!
What I started with:
We love the google, don't we? I thought it would just be awesome if I had a google for all the blogs I read. I see stuff sometimes and love it, but don't remember where I saw it. I guess that'll happen when you follow AND read 40+ blogs per day... Anyway! I found google's custom search engine maker and made one of my very own!
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| Microphone Bouqet by Corwyn Lund |
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A while ago I was so happy with the flower girl dresses my mom found for me that I spaced off the rest of the logistics of it completely. We went to Kohl's to get Jr. Bridesmaid outfits and didn't have much luck. We ended up buying a top to "buy leggings for later" and you all know how that goes: if you don't buy the pieces to wear it, you'll never wear it.
Then I found out that one of the girls has already worn their top, anyway.
5 year olds probably should'nt wear an outfit they're supposed to wear IN a wedding before the wedding... crap happens.
So to make a long story short, we needed 5 yellow dresses like, NOW. We have 44 days until the wedding so we didn't have time to get leggings or salvage a stained top. We needed a substitution!
We found these:
In March, I found a super awesome etsy blog called HandmadeMN. They feature giveaways from their local etsy shop owners. I won a super gorgeous, vintagey set of 4 Swarovski crystal pins that I CANNOT wait to wear!!!
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| Moss Bunnies say : 45 Days to Go!!! |
Over the weekend a few of the ladies I work with and my mom, Shawn's mom and sister and I all went to a local eatery/bakery to enjoy a little Bridal Luncheon.
They thought they'd have all the suprises (they did have a bunch!) but I had a couple up my sleeve as well.
The ladies and I are event planners for a novelty company so we take our jobs very seriously and plan all of our events to a T. We even include hostess gifts in our planning, so this was no exception. The hostess and I share the same favorite wine so that was easy, but you can't just shove a bottle of wine at someone! It has to be pretty. So thanks to the Bistro at Bellenza, I furoshiki'd the wine for her in one of my favorite scarves from my collection and voila.
Hojasu Imaginations is a freelance company owned by Josh Gray whom specializes in professional video services. Professional video projects range from commercials, trailers, movies, TV shows, art features, news features, professional wedding videos, music videos and more!
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| Thank you for coming by to read my experiences as a wife and what came before it, as well. My husband Shawn and I were married June 10, 2011 in Omaha, NE! I enjoy sharing my stories and hearing other people's stories so please feel free to share any in the comments (especially dress stories!). I LOVE comments! |
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