This is futuremrsredford's Red Wedding!

If you do live with your FH already....

How long have you guys lived together?

What are the GOODS about living together?

What are the BADS about living together?

FH and I actually started living together TWO MONTHS after dating!!! CRAZY I know!.... so we've been living together for almost two years.

The GOOD I've already gotten to know his habits (the good and the bad ones) and I've realized I can deal with the bad ones. I love being able to come home to him after a long day at work. He knows exactly what to say and do to make me feel better. I love going to sleep next to him every night and waking up to him every morning. =-)

The BAD... I don't think he even knew what a laundry basket was before he met me. He leaves his dirty work clothes EVERYWHERE!!! His mom told me when he was a kid she used to make the boys wear their dirty underwear on their heads and dirty socks on their hands if they left them lying on the ground. I thought this was hysterical... I tried to make him do it a couple of times but he just rolls his eyes at me...lol...

Can't wait to here from you girls.

I've been trying to change my background FOREVER and finally found this post that REALLY helped me out. A BIG THANK YOU to kjk2009's post (pink) and firthbride (purple). I just wanted to re-post it because I think soooo many people want to learn how to do this and sometimes it's easy to miss a post here and there...especially if you're on a certain color or bride watch.

So....this is a re-post x2! Hope it helps all you ladies spice up your blogs. It's fun to make them all fancy and stand out!

Creating a Playlist ? www.playlist.com As soon as you bring up the site you will be able to sign up {free} and beginning searching for songs to add. It?s as simple as typing your song in the search area and clicking ?add to playlist? from the results. Then on the homepage, click to add playlist to blog. It will give you the code which you then paste anywhere in your blog.

Creating an Inspiration Board -



http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php Choose a template, upload pictures from your computer or use web addresses of pictures you like, paste into the picture spots available (very self explanatory on site), click create and its all done for you!

Creating a Slideshow - www.slide.com Click on create a slideshow, upload photos from your computer as instructed, customize your design and create! Simple and easy to figure out as well {hopefully!}.

Adding Pictures, Borders, Glitters Etc



- www.photobucket.com Simply browse the pictures or create an account and upload your own and then copy the URL provided on the picture (just search around the page) into your one of your blogs and it will show up!

Adding a Ticker or Countdown - There are many sites that create tickers that the URL code can be copy and pasted onto your blog. Some popular sites are www.tickerfactory.com, www.tickercentral.com, www.whenismywedding.com, and www.theweddingticker.com. There are many more that can be found by googling ?wedding ticker? or just ?tickers?.

Adding a Background - You can add a background to your site by visiting http://www.cherrybam.com/cutebackgrounds.php , or many other sites available by googling ?blog backgrounds?. You simply copy the code given to you and then paste into one of your blogs (a suggestion was given by dd977chic to put it in your first blog so it can always be located) and it will show up!

If you want to create a background out of a picture saved on your computer or of a picture you found on a website use this code (created by my amazing fiance Karl during my frustation of not being able to figure out how to do it! lol) (post it in the same place youd post a regular background code, your first blog) -

< style type="text/css">body {background-image: url(INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE);} < / style > (without the spaces)

If it is a picture on your computer, make sure it is saved as a GIF (can be done by opening in photoshop and saving as a GIF) and then upload to a photosharing site such as Photobucket and copy the picture link into the INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE space. If you cant figure it out (it was hard to post the code without it actually activating, so I had to put spaces so its kind of confusing) send me your picture you'd like as a background and I'll create the code for you.

Adding Colored Lettering to Your Blog ? This one was completely explained to me by and courtesy of GRATEFULBRIDE {thanks!!}.

To get the colored lettering, place the code < FONT color="' > (without the spaces) in the beginning of your entry and then place the code < /FONT > (again without the spaces) at the end of your paragraph. In between the "" on the beginning code you place what is called an html color code in it. You can google sites that give this code by typing "html color codes" for a variety of choices.

Here are a few color code sites -
http://html-color-codes.com/
http://www.quackit.com/html/html_color_codes.cfm

Adjusting the Size of Your Lettering ? Similar to adding color, you simple insert the code < font size="" > (without the spaces before 'f' and after the quotations) into the beginning of your blog. Adjust the number in between the two quotation marks as you desire from 1 - 7. Add < /font > (again, without the spaces) where you want the font size to end (ex. ? end of paragraph). Visit http://www.ironspider.ca/format_text/fontsize.htm to see text sizes.

(Instructions taken from -http://www.ironspider.ca/format_text/fontsize.htm)

Adjusting the Font of Your Lettering ? Same idea as adding coloring and adjusting the size, insert this code into the beginning of your paragraph < FONT face="Font Name" > (without the spaces) and this code at the end of where you want the font to end < /FONT > (without the spaces). Any font that you have on your computer can be used so simply insert the name of the font where is says font name. Some examples of fonts are Times New Roman, Arial, Comic Sans etc.

Bold/Italics/Underlining ? Insert the following codes (depending on desired effect) before the code you want to bold.

Bold - < b > (without the spaces) Add < / b > where you want the bold to end.
Italics - < i > (without the spaces) Add < / i > where you want the italics to end.
Underline - < u > (without the spaces) Add < / u > where you want the underlining to end.

((Instructions taken from http://www.ironspider.ca/format_text/fontstyles.htm)

Okay girls so here's the scoop.... I'm planning on making our menu's; however I have no idea where to start. Does anyone have any examples or does anyone know how I should word our menu?

We're having Mexican food so it's pretty simple.

Chips n salsa
Chicken taco
Beef enchilada
Beans & rice
& salad

How do I write this on the menu? I know it might be a stupid question but I just don't want to make any mistakes. I've seen entree’s... main course... and so on; however I just don’t know how I would do this with a simple Mexican dinner.

Please help and many examples to choose from would help. Thank you in advance.

I hope this works out. It was pretty easy and actually fun to do.

Has anyone else done this? How did it work out.... how is it working?

I finally finished our STD's today & I'm so excited to be mailing them out this Tuesday.

What do you ladies think of the finished product? Hope you like them.

Advice needed please. Should I go to my ex BM bridal shower?
A little long sorry, but please take the time to read it. Really need your advice.

For those of you that don't know the story my ex BM is getting married. She was going to be in my wedding; however she couldn’t afford to get her hair and makeup done (okay I was going to pay for it), then she couldn’t afford to go to my bachelorette party. THEN she sent FH and I an "announcement" saying basically hey we're getting married... sorry you're not invited but here is where we're registered at so you can purchase us a gift!!

That was the last straw and I was going to ask her to step down from my wedding; however SHE CALLED me last week to tell me she can't afford to purchase her dress b/c she has to pay for HER wedding, so she doesn’t want to be in my wedding anymore. (fine at least I wasn’t the bad girl for asking her to step down) Still hurt though.

ANYWAYS... last night she texted me saying "my bridal shower is coming up... please let me know if you want to go so I can give you more details" WHAT?! First off I’m not even invited to your wedding, you stepped down from being apart of MY wedding and now you want me to go to your bridal shower?!

Okay I'm trying to be the bigger person, and I'm actually considering on going.... What do you girls think I should do????

We're going to Hawaii and I'm so excited we even decided to go on a honeymoon. We decided to register online with our travel agency so our quests can put money towards our wedding instead of buying us gifts. I hope this works and our quests aren't too traditional and just buy us gifts.

Can't wait for Hawaii.... I need to get into bikini mode!!

So after I found these perfect RED high heels, thanks to "misspriss" I showed them to a friend of mine and she said "Girl, are you trippin???? RED high heels......Those are tooooooo RACEY to wear under your wedding dress. So now I'm confused. I guess my other option would be tiffany blue shoes. My BM are wearing Tiffany blue dresses with black high heels and RED bouquets (see posts below for pictures) so maybe I should wear Tiffany blue shoes???????

What do you girls think? I know I should do what I want to do but that comment just got me thinking.

***UPDATE*** I'm going with the RED girls!!! Thanks so much for all your advice. I'm so excited to purchase them.

I've looking and looking and looking and can't seem to find any red high heels similar to these. They don't have to be exact but similar.

Does anyone know a good website?

Here are some samples not yet completed of different color combo's. If you have a different color theme and are interested please don't hesitate to contact me. I can do just about any color combo for $10.00. The "Thank You" letters however; only come in white, black, fushia/pink, blue, and brown right now.

Please email me at jher3381@yahoo.com