Things are moving along nicely

12/27/2010

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Well, with 2011 fast approaching it seems like the wedding will be here before I know it. In a few days I'll be in the same calendar year as Andy and I's wedding!!!

I still have yet to pin down a photographer or DJ which are two high priorities. I have a DJ I like so far but, once again, I'm nervous to go with my gut. I have talked to a few other DJs. Some are waaaaaaaay to cheese ball for me to even want to consider. The guy I'm looking at is very nice and offers some other things like lighting and a slideshow projector. I need to talk to him more and make a decision.

Over the holiday I'm going to take my sister to try on bridesmaid dresses. As she pointed out, this is the only part of the wedding "all about her". haha. She wishes. I'll pick a dress she hates on purpose. (I kid!)

I really am hoping to find 2-3 dresses and let my ladies choose their own. I don't need them as identical twins, just similar. I'm going to start with two places. I'm going to look at dresses at David's Bridal since there's one I really like. As much as I hate it, David's is convenient... I'm also going to find salon's that carry Mori Lee bridesmaid dresses.

My bridal shop carries Mori Lee and gives a small discount on the dresses since I purchased my wedding gown from them. Surprisingly, floor length gowns are in the same price range as David's Bridal?!?!!? Hopefully, one of these two options will turn something up. I'm still a little reluctant to do the bridal shop bridesmaid dresses because you have to order them and wait. David's is off the rack and a little more like a regular store which is comforting. I'm going to wait until I see what dresses they have before I stress about how to obtain the dresses!

And, that's where I stand. Things are going really well. On a side note, take my poll. I just read a post about a bride telling her ladies they couldn't wear their own engagement rings with the bridesmaid ensembles?! I've never heard of such a thing. Just curious where most brides fall on the spectrum!
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A good reason to have 7 bridesmaids

12/19/2010

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Lucky for me today is a Naughty and Nice wedding marathon on WE. That means alternating My Fair Wedding and Bridezillas episodes. Luckily, I've learned some valuable lessons. Brides always fight with their bridesmaids. There's always a bridesmaid who isn't involved enough, tried to steal the spotlight by looking to flashy in the dress the bride picked or dares to challenge the brides need for monogrammed toilet paper. But, these dumb brides are stuck with a MAJOR problem. If they kick out their bridesmaid, they'll have an uneven number and need to find a last minute, back up bridesmaid.

Not me. I can kick out two whole bridesmaids in the next 10 months before I have to even worry about backups! I have 7 but Andy only has 5. Whew. I can breath a sigh of relief now. I'm so happy I have wiggle room!

Let the bridesmaid survivor begin :)
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I hope my bridesmaids don't feel this way but if they do I'll just kick them out :)
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Ring Pop Box pictures

9/9/2010

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I woke up this morning and Chelsea had emailed me some completed pictures so I decided to post them since they're much better then my own!
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I have bridesmaids

9/8/2010

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Sorry for delayed absence. I completely and totally forgot to blog! Last weekend I went to Tallahassee to visit my darling friend (and bridesmaid) Carly for labor day. Her husband is in the Arctic doing research and Andy is out on a NOAA cruise, so while they're away being marine scientist, we had a girls weekend.

As you can tell by the title of this post, I have bridesmaids. I've finally managed to ask everyone (and they all accepted). At first, I was going to wait a while. In fact, I was going to have Carly be the first (after my sister) because I had this girl's weekend planned. One thing led to another and I eventually asked all of them before Carly. haha.

See, what happened is that Andy and I have been talking about when and who to have in the wedding party. Since Andy doesn't have a brother his obvious best man choice is his friend Nate. I'd already asked my sister to be Maid of Honor immediately after the engagement, so Andy wanted to have at LEAST a best man. Then, Andy comes to find out Nate has been asked to also be in the wedding part of his college roommate. And the kicker, the wedding is in October 2011 just like us!  Luckily, we have different weekends but Nate will be serving in wedding parties two weeks in a row! yikes!

With that in mind, it got me thinking maybe I should ask the wedding party much sooner than I had anticipated. I'd hate to find out one of them has a conflict. So, despite what all the planning books says, I asked everyone over a year in advance. At least everyone has plenty of time to plan.

Now its time to brag. I REALLY love the way I asked my bridesmaids to be in the wedding.
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Sorry about the crappy pictures...

I decided to "pop the question" to my friends by giving them a ring box with a Ring Pop inside!

I bought little white boxes at Michael's and painted them white and teal. I bought paper flowers there too from the Martha Stewart collection of fun things. This picture doesn't show it but I also glued ribbon and a bow around the side of the box for some more teal details.
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On the inside, I cut foam from the fabric store to fit inside the box and then covered it with a teal velvety material. I then glued all this into the bottom of the box to make a sort of ring pillow. Inside the lid I put a note "Will you be my bridesmaid?"

Originally, I tried to unwrap the Ring Pops but that was a sticky disaster so I ended up keeping them in the package. Some of the girls actually were sent in the mail, so I was a little worried if they'd make it.

Unfortunately, I kind of forgot to take a final picture. I was in a rush to get them in the mail. I still had Carly's but I forgot to take a picture. haha. Oh well.

Anyway, I'm super excited to have bridesmaids! And I was very excited to get to work on my first wedding related craft! I think these were a success. I just wanted a fun and unique way to ask them to be part of my special day. They very much reflected my personality so I couldn't be happier. My only regret was I didn't think up this idea until I'd already asked my sister because she would LOVE it.
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