This is cvhoover's Green Wedding!

Forgot to give the links for my blogs in an earlier post....

http://www.reverieblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.thebitchydeli.blogspot.com/

Sorry this is late, it's been a crazy last few weeks in my life. Our bridal shower was wonderful and we had a great time. Many friends and family members attended the party, and we received some wonderful gifts. Everyone was so generous and I hope they all had a good time. Pete and I sure did!

Here are some out takes from the party.

I just started up my new blogs, "reverie" and "The Bitchy Deli". I like blogging (okay, it's addictive) but I'm not going to blog about things that aren't somehow wedding related on here, so the other blogs are a great forum for me. Check them out if you have a chance.

And thanks to everyone who has stopped by this blog and left comments or checked out my posts. I enjoy this community immensely!

Yikes--is it really only 30 days to go? More posts to come....

I finally finished my registries this week (see China entry below). And since I live with my fiance, we already have a lot of the usual stuff people register for. So, I figured I'd pick things I'd like to upgrade, or odd/specialty tools/appliances/etc. that we can use but don't have yet, or fun stuff for decorating (to replace the old beat-up plates and other serving pieces that we currently have).

I chose four places, which is a lot, but I think that's a good thing. Every time I'm invited to a shower there isn't enough stuff to choose from. I always end up getting the couple some random small utensils and something boring like a paper shredder, just to make up the amount of money I want to spend on them. I'd much rather have a wide variety of places and gifts to choose from, and get them something cool/pretty/stylish/etc. that they'll love and that I'll love giving them.

I'm registered at Anthropologie (under "Wish List"); Bed, Bath, And Beyond; Crate and Barrel; and Target. The Anthro registry is pretty much all fun, pretty stuff, although we can certainly use what I chose. But I did find lots of cool stuff at the other three stores, including my china, serving pieces, and some nice appliances. I've posted some photos of various things I've registered for.

This is the china I registered for (available at Bed, Bath and Beyond and other stores). I have seen it in bridal magazines over the last year and I'm always drawn to it. I even clipped the ads out and put it in my wedding binder.

So when I was finishing my wedding registries this week, it was a no brainer what china I wanted to register for. Not that I need china, but I did get a vintage-looking china cabinet last summer (from Crate and Barrel outlet). And the colors on the "Chirp" china are the colors I want to do in my kitchen. So pretty!

I want to wear something unique for my reception shoes. I do have some Sam and Libby flats that I just purchased (see post under Wedding Shoes) but I wanted to see what else is out there. I stumbled upon a "Build Your Own Converse" shoe at the Converse web site. I used my wedding colors (green, pink, chocolate, cream) and made my own shoes. I haven't ordered them yet, only because I just went crazy at DSW today, but I think I will. I'm a bit of a shoe fashionista and I love the whole rainbow of styles and colors, so for me this is right up my alley. Plus it's a cool keepsake.

Bonus: You can add a personalized message to the heel stripe or side of your shoe! Granted, it's only a small message, but I'm going to put "8 2 2008" for our wedding date (for some reason the shoe editor won't take punctuation in the message).

Check it out!

I'm going to wear Bulgari Rose Essentielle. I absolutely love this perfume. Not like the old-lady-style rose perfume, but a fresh, lovely scent that smells wonderful all day. It has just the right amount of elegance to it, yet is natural and very pretty.

Does anyone know where I can find vintage-style Save the Date magnets, or even post cards? I have daisies and birds as themes in my wedding, and most magnets I've seen are fairly modern, or don't feature vintage-looking birds or daisies. I like very simple, graphic birds (like the black ink ones I've shown) or more realistic ones. I even like the ones that look like wallpaper.

Here are some more prints/colors/etc. that I like.