ONE month to go!

Holy Cow.

One month to go.

AHHHHHHHH!!



I can't believe that as of today we are officially one month away from our wedding day! The time has gone so fast! It seems like just a week ago I was coming into work showing off my ring, and the next day I was going on all the vendor meetings, trying on dresses, making a million decisions, and then all of a sudden here we are! I'm feeling pretty good, though, nothing major left to do. Other than mentally prepare myself for the biggest day of my life!!! EEK!

My bridal shower is on Saturday, as is Matt's Bachelor party. So I will have lots of pictures to share soon! I am also planning to finish up my DIY projects and our programs this weekend. Hopefully I'll have lots of updates come Monday. And after that it should be smooth sailing!

Just one more month until this happy couple becomes MR. & MRS.!!!!

P.S. If you got one of those pretty little invitations in the mail, and have yet to send back your RSVP card....Shame on you! Send that puppy back!! :) please.

Show Me Some PICTURES!

Have I mentioned how much I love VistaPrint yet? Well, I do. :)

Just today I ordered some sweet cards which I will have at all of our wedding events (shower, rehearsal, wedding, etc.) telling the guests how they can upload their pictures to our site on flickr. I saw this idea on a couple of other bride's blogs (but I couldn't tell you which ones...I've seen waaaaay tooooo many). Originally I wanted to have disposable cameras for guests to use, but was soon informed how "old school" that idea is. *sigh* It is a good point though, who actually uses film anymore?!

Anyway, I took advantage of VP's free 250 business card deal, and now these bad boys are on their way to me:

front

back

Pretty nifty huh! I designed them myself (I know, pretty stellar design...) using my wannabe photoshop program.

Now I just have to (A) remember to have them at all our events, (B) ensure that people actually take one home, and (C) pray that people will actually upload their photos. :) If all goes as planned, we should end up with a sweet collection of wedding photos from all different perspectives. I can't wait!!!!

I also plan to upload to this site...I'm going to start with our engagement pictures (as if people haven't seen enough of them already ;) and then as each event occurs I'll add my own pictures in hopes that others will follow (hint hint)

Productive weekend!!

Now that "summer hours" at work have officially started (I work an extra hour Monday thru Thursday and get Friday afternoon off...sweet, I know!) I have devoted Friday afternoons to wedding stuff, and it's really helping me to be more productive. FINALLY.

As of Saturday, we were offically 6 weeks out. HOLY COW. As I say every week, I really need to get my butt in gear!! Well, I did just that this weekend, and finished up most of the DIY projects I had started, and then started a couple more. (Go figure)

I finished the 2nd flower girl basket, so those are officially done now. Here's a picture of them both-

And one of a single basket so you can see the whole thing...

I also finished the basket which will hold the programs. Matt is awesome, because he just walked by and gave me the greatest idea for decorating it!

See the flower? Yeah that was all him. I couldn't figure out where to put it, and all he had to do was walk by and say "well what if you put it here?" and I said PERFECT! So I told him he had to help with all my DIY projects from now on. He's just thrilled... :)

I also got a basket for the Koozies we will be giving out at the rehearsal. I have yet to order them, but Mom and I were discussing it on Friday so when I was at Hobby Lobby and saw 50% off baskets, I had to take advantage. We have decided on our Koozies (I think), so I hope to order those this week.

Also while at Hobby Lobby, I found the perfect box to use for our card box! That's actually the whole reason I made the stop...even though I almost left without it, hehe got a little distracted. I had found some really cool ideas for making your own card box out of picture frames, but wanted to see if there was an easier solution before diving into yet another huge DIY project. So I found a box that was the perfect size, spray painted it brown, and viola! Just need Matt to help me cut the hole in the top, and it's done! Much easier than the photo frame idea, but still cute! I also found a huge "G" a few weeks ago (I think at JoAnn's...one of the million craft stores I frequent...) which I also spray painted brown on Friday. I have no idea what I will do with it, but it's really cool!

In this pic you can see the card box and "G". And yes, I know the G is backwards, but it was drying, cut me some slack.

So as you can see, I had a fun-filled DIY spray painting weekend. By the way, spray paint is my new best friend. That stuff is awesome!! I have turned so many previously boring things into Chocolate Brown Beauties!! :)

This week Matt and I have to nail down all of our song choices so we can send our "worksheet" in to the DJ, and finish up the programs. I've been putting this off FOREVER, so wish us luck!! Like Matt said, Looks like we'll be having a date night with the iPod...

Check your mail...

And look for one of THESE!!


Yep, that's right, I FINALLY got the invitations in the mail. You have NO idea how big of a relief that is. No, really, you have NO idea. I have to extend mucho gratitude to my best friend (since pre-school), and MOH Jess. She was my saving grace when it came to these... she ROCKS at calligraphy!! I also must extend some props to Ash, one of my awesome bridesmaids, who was essential in stuffing and stamping. :) We had a great time, and most importantly, the invites are DONE!!! WOO HOO!!!



As you probably know from my other "freak out" posts, there were several issues with these. All of which were my fault, of course. Who doesn't think about the size of the cards going into the envelope, and whether or not they will fit? Me. Who doesn't proofread the card to check for typos after the last revision? Me. Who doesn't wait until they KNOW it is correct before ordering replacements? Me. So 2 extra sets of map cards and an extra set of envelopes later, here we are. At least VistaPrint has a rush-shipping option, and lots of 50% off coupon codes floating around... :)

I think most people have gotten theirs in the mail by now (I dropped them off at the post office on Friday), at least those who read this have (I'm hoping!) so I'm going to go ahead and let the cat out of the bag and give a preview.

Here is the front of all 3 items...

And here is the back of the 2 cards...

please excuse the random splotches on the pictures...I attempted to cover

our last names, but Photobucket got a little crazy on me...

I love them!!!! It took a lot of work to get them to this final stage, but we did it! I have to thank my designer as well (Realie: Bridezilla411, aka Ashley) for all of her patience and wonderful talent! You wouldn't believe where we started with this design! But it all came out perfectly and I couldn't be happier.

It's a bit surreal, now, thinking that this whole shebang is actually happening!! EEK! Less than 2 months out now.... holy cow!! But this is the last "big" thing checked off the list (how many times have I said that now?! ;) so on to the details. This Friday I plan to have a "DIY day" and work on the bazillion projects that I have started but never got around to finishing. So wish me luck!