loveatthebeach's Blue Wedding Blog - Wedding By Color

Trash the Dress

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:10:00 PST

Hello ladies! It has been about a month since I've posted. We finally got all of our trash the dress pictures back! I love them all!!! I thought I'd come back to share a few of our favorites. The bridge one is amazing!! <3 What do you girls think??? I have a new blog (www.delightfullyteal.wordpress.com) and I posted a few more on there if you want to check them out. And follow me on there because I will be posting about DIY stuff, newlywed stuff, teaching stuff, and whatever else happens to be going on in my life. Hope everything is going well with all you girls who are still planning and all the girls who have gotten married.

new blog - and trash the dress sneak peek

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:20:00 PST

Hello girls! We did our trash the dress last weekend and it was amazing! We got most of the pictures we wanted that we weren't able to get on the wedding day, plus some. I have one sneak peek photo...which is the one to the left. I know she was planning on working on a bigger sneak peek over this past weekend but with the hurricane, she kept losing power so she has been keeping her computer off. Stupid hurricane. Hopefully she can do it soon because I reallllly want to see them. And, I started a new blog to just blog about regular life. I really liked blogging about my wedding planning and decided it would be something I wouldn't mind continuing. So I started one through wordpress. delightfullyteal.wordpress.com That is the address if you would like to check it out. I would love some people to look at it. I just started it so I don't have very many posts but I plan on trying to post at least once a day or almost every day. Hope everything is going well girls! Thanks!

trash the dress - scheduled for Sunday!

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:36:00 PST

Hello girls! We're doing our trash the dress session on Sunday. We are so excited! On our wedding day, we were planning on getting some pictures downtown and we weren't able to. So we are definitely going to get some of those pictures. There is a brick area for some more urban pictures. And a park. And we are also going to get some beach pictures. These are just some of my inspiration pictures that I've saved. I definitely want to have fun with it. I probably won't be getting really dirty or anything. My dress might get a little wet in the water, but that would be it. And we will be laying in the grass. I love the picture with the boat. It is from a photo shoot from style me pretty. I want a boat so badly so we can get some of these. As of right now, we don't have one. Maybe something crazy will happen over the next few days.....we will see. Hopefully they will turn out fabulous, as I'm sure they will. We're using our same photographer, who I love! I'm sure we will have some pictures soon after and I will be sure to post! Thanks girls!

our honeymoon - Riviera Maya, Mexico

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:40:00 PST

Hey girls! Here is our honeymoon! I tried uploading a lot more photos but it wasn't working so here are some. And there are more on my facebook page if you want to become my friend on there. Brittany Bard. We went to a resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The resort was Catalonia Playa Maroma. It was gorgeous. The resort was very open. There were 6 different buildings with guest rooms. We were in the one closest to the ocean. There are 3 restaurants and a buffet. And the beach was amazing, obviously. We went from Saturday to Saturday. We did a lot of relaxing, which was exactly what we needed. We also did 2 excursions and walked around the town one of the days. The first excursion we did on Monday. We went to Tulum, the Mayan ruins right on the ocean. We learned that the real Mayan name is Zama. It was gorgeous. We had a tour guide, Jorge, who gave us so much amazing information. Wednesday we took a cab to Playa del Carmen to walk around and stayed for a couple of hours. It was nice but lots of people from the shops yelling at you from their shops. That makes me want to go in to their shops even less. And we found a Ben&Jerry's, which is our favorite ice cream place. Then we headed back to the resort. The 2nd excursion was on Thursday. We did a snorkeling adventure. We snorkeled in a cenote, an open cenote, and a lagoon. It was fabulous. All of the other days we just hung out at the resort and went to the beach. It was hot but not completely unbearable. And our room was air conditioned so we could go back to cool down when we needed a break. We ate at the buffet for breakfast and lunch every day when we were at the resort. For dinner, we went to each of the restaurants once and the buffet all the other nights. It was amazing just being able to spend all that time together. We had a lot of fun just being together. It was fabulous. And I love that we love each other so much. <3 And I hope we can go on another vacation at some point soonish. Well hope you enjoy girls. Wish the pictures could have uploaded. Thanks!

our wedding - part four - reception

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:49:00 PST

Hello girls!! I was hoping to update this before we left for the honeymoon but didn't get around to it so here it is.....our reception. Our reception was a lot of fun. Everything went pretty much as planned. It was somewhat chilly the day of our wedding, especially under the tent since it was shaded, so a lot of the guests were hanging out mostly outside the tent in the sun. This was fine but I think less people danced. We still had a ton of fun dancing though. And I think all the details turned out beautifully. We were introduced as Mr. & Mrs. Brittany and Daniel Bard and went right into our first dance. We danced to All About Us by He is We. I just remember looking at Dan. I know we chatted about things but I don't remember exactly what. And I don't really remember hearing the song a lot. I just remember thinking how happy I was to be in my husband's arms and to finally be at this point. Then I danced with my dad. We don't have a super close relationship so I was nervous but we chatted a little and it was nice. We danced to Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison. That is the song we danced to at his wedding to my step mom when I was 10. Then Dan danced with his mom. They danced to I Hope You Dance by Leeann Womack. His mom was crying the whole time. After the dances, we had 2 speeches. My wonderful cousin/best friend/MOH Julia gave the first one. It was amazing. She brought up so many memories that not everyone would get, but I did and that is what matters. I love her. Jon, the best man and Dan's brother, gave the 2nd one. His was shorter but it was funny. He is from NY and wanted to remind Dan that he is from NY and should not change his feelings about sports teams...he had everyone laughing. After the speeches, everyone ate. We had delicious bbq food from Famous Daves. It was amazing and everyone raved about how much they loved it and it was the best wedding food they had ever had. When we were finished eating, we went around to the tables to chat with everyone. We made it to all the tables but a lot of people were already outside to warm up so we tried to chat with everyone for at least a little bit. After chatting, we did the cake cutting so we could be done with all the formalities and we could start dancing. We fed each other the cake nice and neatly, no shoving it in faces even though every one was yelling for us too. We started dancing and the ice cream people set up for our sundae bar! We provided all the toppings and Golicks provided the ice cream in their cart. This is my favorite place for ice cream. We've been going there since I was little. Everyone loved it! We had some toys for people to play with. People were playing frisbee, with a beach ball, flying kites, and there was some rope in there and fierce limbo game started. The DJ even started playing the limbo song. Dan and I slipped away for a few to take some pictures under this amazing tree. We couldn't do it before because it was set up for another wedding but that got cleared away so we ran over there. And I'm so glad we did. The pictures are perfect. The rest of the night was dancing and hanging out. People started leaving somewhat earlier than I thought they would. Then there was another wedding getting set up right next to the water. The bride's sister came over bitching about how we needed to shut our music off. I didn't hear here, thank goodness, but my mom told me. We turned the music down a little. Their wedding was supposed to start at 6:30. Our reception was supposed to be over at 7. People were leaving so we ended up just ending early. We didn't have the last song or anything but it was ok. And then people ended up helping us clean up the whole tent and it was all packed away so quickly. It was great. Then we headed to my mom's for the after party. The after party was fun but barely anyone came. It was mostly the wedding party and a couple of other people. We still had fun though. Dan and I headed home around midnight to sleep in our own bed. It was an amazing day and I feel so lucky to have Dan as my husband. At the end of the day, I couldn't believe it was over. But I was happy that the day had gone so well. And I wished I could do it all over again. And I keep telling Dan we might need to plan a 5 year vow renewal so I can get my fix again.....haha. So we'll see how that goes girls. Thanks for reading all about my day girls! I hope you enjoyed it.

Honeymoon - we're leaving tomorrow!

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:43:00 PST

Hello girls! I meant to post about the reception today, our 4th part of our wedding, but I got too busy packing and cleaning because we're leaving for our honeymoon tomorrow! It has been almost 2 months since the wedding (we'll celebrate while we're gone. hehe) and we're finally going on our honeymoon! We wanted to wait until I was all finished grad school so we could just go and be stress free. We're headed to the Catalonia Playa Maroma in Riveria Maya, Mexico. We are so excited to just relax, hang out, cuddle, drink, eat, swim, and other things you might do on a honeymoon....... We're going for a full week and will be returning next Saturday. I will definitely post about our reception really soon after we return. And I will post about the honeymoon. Hope you girls have a fantastic week! And good luck to the brides getting married this weekend!!

our wedding - part three - ceremony

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:41:00 PST

Hello girls. So here is the ceremony. People started showing up at the tent so I wanted to go wait for the ceremony so everyone wouldn't see me before everything started. I totally forgot about the bouts and corsages because things were running a little late and they were at the ceremony site already so I didn't see them. They got handed out at the last minute by our officiant. I had boxes with tags on each one but it wasn't a special moment handing them out. When my dad came over to wait with us, he had the corsages for girls just in his hand. Oh well. Just one of those little things. They got handed out and put on, and that is all that matters. When we got the ok to start, the girls started walking across the beach. My mom, my dad and I followed. It was a little bit of a walk but it worked out well. The girls and I all kicked off our sandals when we got to the sand so we would be barefoot for the ceremony. I saw Dan at the end of the aisle and it made me even more excited. I couldn't wait to be his wife. And his face showed me that he was just as excited. Our ceremony was short and sweet. We put it together ourselves so it really meant something to us. And we read our vows off of cards instead of repeating them. And my grandmother did a reading which was so special. She means so much to me and it meant a lot to me to have her up there with us. Dan whispered to me about putting the ring on the left hand which made me and my MOH laugh. haha. It was amazing. The words were amazing. The weather was amazing. The scenery was amazing. Having all of our favorite people around was amazing. I was so excited at the end of the ceremony when we kissed and were announced as husband and wife. It was an amazing feeling that we were finally married, after so long, it had finally happened. I kind of couldn't believe it was already over. But I felt anxious leading up to the ceremony and was kind of relieved that it was over and we could just eat and party and have fun. That will be my next post....the details and the reception! Thanks girls!

our wedding - part two - getting ready/photos

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:59:00 PST

Hello girls! First of all - I am completely done Grad school!!!! I have my masters!!! Yay!!!! I can't believe it is over. It was a long 2 years. Next, here is the second part of our wedding - my getting ready photos, our first look photos, and our formal photos. I know it has taken me forever to post but I have been so busy. Now I have lots more time. So I woke up at about 5:30 on the day of the wedding. And I was ready to go. I couldn't believe the day was here. And I was ready to marry Dan. My hair appt was at 9. So we were basically waiting around until then. I had breakfast and showered and got ready to go. Chrystal, my bm, and my mom came to my hair and make up appts with me. It was relaxing and the lady who did my hair is so nice. I had my make up done right after my hair. Suzanne, my photog, met us at the hair salon and took lots of pictures of me and my mom getting our hair done and my make up done. (I love our photographer. She is amazing). When we got back to the house, we were waiting for Julia, my moh, to get there. She had gotten her hair and make up done somewhere else. I wanted to wait for her to get dressed. My grandparents showed up with my bouquet. A lady made it that lives down the street from them. I had a lace piece from my grandmother's wedding dress and a lace piece from my mom's wedding dress wrapped around the bouquet. I felt kind of rushed, which I didn't like. I wish I had had more time to get dressed and take it in. And I got no pictures of just me or of the girls getting dressed. I wanted pictures of the girls' dresses on the hangers I had painted for them but didn't get it. Oh well. They helped me get dressed and get my shoes on and my jewelry on. It was 3 of my favorite women helping me and I loved it. I loved being able to share that special time with my mom, and 2 of my best friends. When I was all dressed, Suzanne took me to go meet Dan. We were supposed to do our first look downtown Portsmouth and do some other photos but there was a festival going on and it was crazy busy so that didn't work, which kind of stressed me out because I wasn't sure what to do. We decided to just meet at the park where we were getting married. Which worked out really well and we got some great pictures. We did our first look out on a pier and there was no one out there, which was fantastic. Then we took some pictures in some other areas before we met up with the wedding party. We got some great pictures with the wedding party. There were some other ones we wanted but ended up not having time, which was kind of disappointing. But I'm glad we got some good ones. And then we did family pictures which we got all of the families...all 3 sets. haha. While we were finishing up family pictures, people started showing up and I didn't want to be hanging around so I headed over to the ceremony area to get in place. I was excited and anxious to get the ceremony started. After all the time we were engaged, it was finally here. more to come ladies...next up - ceremony.

our wedding - part one - nails/rehearsal

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:23:00 PST

Hello girls! (I tried to do this last night and it froze up and I lost the whole thing...so lets try this again) We have been married for almost a month and 1/2 and I can't believe it has already been that long! I have wanted to post about our big day but I was being lazy and now I'm sure busy finishing up grad school (only 4 days left!) so here we go. The Friday morning before the wedding, I went to get a mani/pedi with some of my favorite girls. It was me, my Mom, my BM Chrystal, my bro's gf Sam, and my step-bro's gf Alimah. It was super fun and nice to just relax with the girls for a little while. Friday night we had a rehearsal at the park. It was a gorgeous night. And we had all our favorite people there - the wedding party, parents, and grandparents. We figured out where we were going to stand and practiced walking to the spot. I had my ribbon bouquet that the girls made me from the shower. On the way off the beach to go to dinner, there was another couple having a rehearsal for their wedding which was at the same time as ours the next day. Luckily, not in the same spot on the beach. After the rehearsal, we went to my mom's for dinner. We wanted to keep it simple and just have hot dogs and hamburgers. It was nice to just relax and hang out with the people we love. We didn't have formal tables for people to sit and eat so I felt like people were kind of separated. I was kind of bummed about that. I think everyone enjoyed themselves though so it was good. We ended up hanging out around their fire pit and having some smores. People slowly left. Dan left to go stay at the apartment so we said good bye. And I was sleeping at my mom's with Chrystal. So we went to bed kind of early because I wanted to make sure I got some sleep. And even though I was super excited, I did get some sleep. I woke up the next morning ready to go marry Dan. I couldn't believe that it was the wedding day. After 2 years of waiting, it was finally here. That is all I have time for now but hopefully I can post again really soon. Thanks girls!

loveatthebeach has more pictures!

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:52:00 PST

Hey ladies! I haven't had a chance to come back on and write about the wedding, which I definitely want to do. But I wanted to share more pictures from our photographer. She posted on her blog and put together a slide show. Here is the link to her blog: http://blog.suzannesimmons.com/ And here is the link to her website: http://www.suzannesimmons.com/event/Brittany-Dan I also posted a couple pictures from facebook. I would have done more but this computer takes forever to do the uploads. I will be back soon girls!

loveatthebeach is a mrs!! - sneak peek time

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:54:00 PST

Hello girls!! I am a Mrs! We got married yesterday and it was amazing. We already got a sneak peek of the first look pictures from the photographer and the pictures are so fantastic! I can't wait to see the rest. But I thought I'd come on quick to show you girls the pics. I will try and come back this week sometime to say more about the wedding but.. ..the weather was perfect, the food was delicious, the tent looked amazing, everyone loved the ice cream, the music was great, and everyone had a fun time! Hope you girls enjoy the photos.

today is the day - loveatthebeach becomes a Mrs!!!

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:27:00 PST

Hello girls! Today is my day! I am so excited! The weather is absolutely perfect. I know the day is going to be so amazing. And I cannot wait to come back and share it all with you!!! We're leaving in about 15 minutes for my hair appt!! :) Yay!! Love you girls! See you on the other side! <3

Wedding Decoration - signs, signs, & more signs

Tue, 31 May 2011 12:28:00 PST

Hey girls. These are most of all the signs and banners that I've made for the ceremony and reception. The first 2 are chair signs for us at the reception. The next one is going to go on the front of the gift table. The next 2 are to go on the front of the ice cream sundae table. I made some reserved signs to go on the 10 chairs we're having at the ceremony. I made a thank you banner for us to take a picture with to maybe send with thank you cards. I printed out a bunch of quotes to hang in the tent. We're having parent and grandparent wedding pictures hanging from the tent and I thought it would be cute to hang some love quotes with the pictures. I ended up putting yellow backings on these too. The soda is going in a metal bucket next to the drink table so this is just to tell which kinds of soda we have. The frame that says "today I will marry my best friend what a lovely day" will go on a table at the ceremony. The last one is the drink the signs that will go over the drink dispensers that we have. We decided to just do 2 lemonades, the iced tea, and sugar free iced tea and no fruit punch. It is annoying that the pictures won't come on straight up and down. What do you girls think???

Wedding Reception - escort cards

Tue, 31 May 2011 12:15:00 PST

Hello girls!!! OMG I have 4 days!! I can't even believe it! I thought I'd just quickly post a few things I've been working on. These are our escort cards. We found the drift wood by Dan's parents house. Dan drilled holes in the wood so we could stick the flags in. I also printed a sign that says "please find your table" that will be in a white frame next to these. What do you girls think???

~ wedding signs ~

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:30:00 PST

Hey girls. Here is another DIY project I've been meaning to post. Hopefully over the next few days I'll be able to post all of the projects I've been working on recently. These are signs we made for the park. The first one is a directional one for inside the park. Things are kind of spread out at the park so I thought this would be good to help everyone know where to go. I painted to signs and Dan put it all together. (And please don't mind the messy kitchen in the background) The second one will go on a sandwich board at the entrance to the park. I made 2 that look exactly the same to go on each side of the board. The entrance comes up kind of quick so I thought this would be a fun way to point them in the right direction. What do you think girls? Happy planning!

Wedding Hair Style - I had my hair & make up trial!

Fri, 20 May 2011 12:55:00 PST

So ladies, what do you think?? I love the hair. But it isn't quite as messy and I was picturing it and I might ask her to make it a little more messy for the wedding. And on one side the last 1 or 2 pieces she pulled back she twisted, and I really like that. I think I might ask her to do that on both sides. And of course I forgot to bring the flower that I made so I couldn't put that in, but I don't think it will be too hard to fit it in. And I love the makeup. Very simple and natural but I think it looks really good. Like me, but my best self. :) And I went for pretty much my last fitting too so I got to try my dress on with the hair and make up and I love it. And the seamstress is my mom's neighbor so she wanted to see mom's dress so she tried hers on too. :) I love it and it makes me sooooo excited for the wedding. I wanted to just go get married right then. Only 15 days!!! 2 weeks from tomorrow!!! Do you girls love it as much as I do???

Wedding Hair Style - hair and make up trial

Thu, 19 May 2011 04:31:00 PST

Hello girls!! 16 days! ahhhhhh. Anyway, I'm getting my hair and make up trial done today. I'm excited to see what it will look like. And I'm trying my dress on again after so it will be cool to see it all together. :) I will definitely take pictures and post so you can all see. Here are some make up looks I like. I definitely want something natural and simple. I want to look like me, but the best I can look. :) What do you girls think?? I don't have the updo I want saved on this computer so I can't post it right now. I know I've posted the picture before. It is an updo that is really pretty, soft, and romantic. A little messy so if it gets a little messy with the ocean breeze, it won't matter. I will post pictures as soon as I can of the trials. :) Happy planning girls!

Engagement - it has been 2 long, short, wonderful years

Mon, 16 May 2011 16:08:00 PST

Hello girls!! So it has been 2 years to the day since Dan asked me to marry him. And now we have 19 days until we begin our new life together. When we first set our date, I thought this day would never come. It was sooo far away. I couldn't believe we had to wait so long. Now, we are less than 3 weeks away. And I can't believe it. It is so close and coming so fast. I cannot wait to marry my best friend, love of my life, partner in everything. I have been working on lots of DIY things and I will be able to post some things over the next few days. Happy planning girls!

~ loveatthebeach has 1 month to go ~

Wed, 04 May 2011 04:39:00 PST

Hello girls! I have 1 month to go until I get to marry the best man I know. Which means I'm getting married next month!! :) And I cannot believe it!! We have been engaged for almost 2 years and I cannot believe all of that time has already past and we're down to 1 month before our big day! There is still quite a lot to do, but just little things I can do while I'm watching tv or something. I'm not too too worried about it. Plus, my last class of the semester is tomorrow and then I will be able to concentrate completely on wedding things. And I'm very excited for that. I can't wait to marry my best friend and I know it is going to be the most amazing day ever. <3 Congratulations to all of the June 4th brides for 1 month to go!! And all of the June brides because we're getting married next month!!!!

Ceremony - ~ fun wedding reading ~

Sun, 01 May 2011 12:20:00 PST

Hello Girls! I thought I'd share that reading that we're having at the wedding. My grandmother is going to do it and when I asked her she was so excited and felt so honored that we asked her. I love her so much and I wanted her to be a part of the wedding somehow. This will be perfect for her. She will be reading A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton. It is a book but we will type it out in bigger font so it is easier to read then flipping pages in a little book. I'm excited! And we're getting so close!! Here are the words of the book: The fierce Dinosaur was trapped inside his cage of ice. Although it was cold he was happy in there. It was, after all, his cage. Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur. The Lovely Other Dinosaur melted the Dinosaur’s cage with kind words and loving thoughts. I like this Dinosaur thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. Although his is fierce he is also tender and he is funny. He is also quite clever though I will not tell him this for now. I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur. She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice. She is also a free spirit which is a quality I much admire in a dinosaur. But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. He is also overly fond of things. Are all Dinosaurs so overly fond of things? But her mind skips from here to there so quickly, thought the Dinosaur She is also uncommonly keen on shopping. Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping? I will forgive his peculiarity and his concern for things, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. For they are part of what makes him a richly charactered individual. I will forgive her skipping mind and her fondness for shopping, thought the Dinosaur. For she fills our life with beautiful thoughts and wonderful surprises. Besides, I am not unkeen on shopping either. Now the Dinosaur and the Lovely Other Dinosaur are old. Look at them. Together they stand on the hill telling each other stories and feeling the warmth of the sun on their backs. And that, my friends, is how it is with love. Let us all be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs together. For the sun is warm. And the world is a BEAUTIFUL place.

quick rant - ~about the guest list~

Sun, 01 May 2011 05:08:00 PST

Hello girls. I haven't really ranted much on here. And we haven't really had many problems along the way. However, I'm having a little bit of an issue now. We've been getting RSVPs back, which are supposed to be back by today and we're still missing 20, but that is not the issue. We haven't had any guest list problems, like parents trying to push people onto it or inviting whoever they want. We've just invited who we want. Then we get an RSVP back from Dan's friend from college, who's name was the only one on the invite and no +1 or +guest, who happens to live with 2 other not-as-good-of friends from college. We didn't invite those 2. However, we get the RSVP back, and he wrote his name and the names of the couple he lives with. I was worried about this being an issue and Dan talked to his friend and it seemed to be find. But now we have an extra 2 people. And I would feel too bad contacting them and saying "Actually, you are not invited." But it really irritates me because this is a wedding. Not just a party or something. How can you just invite yourself like that? Then I get another RSVP back from my cousin yesterday who wrote her name and +guest on it. And on the invite it did not say +guest. I looked at my original guest list and I do have 2 down for her because I thought she was in a relationship and I was going to ask but when I sent the invite I didn't write +guest. So I guess in this case it isn't as bad. But still. We were trying not to invite +guests unless someone is in a long term relationship. At this point, we're not going to say anything but it just really irritates me. And hopefully we won't get any more RSVPs with extra people written on them. Thanks for listening girls. I just had to get it off my chest.

Ask a Question - ~what is your favorite ice cream flavor~

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:09:00 PST

Hello girls! Hope all the planning is going well!! I am getting so close, almost a month left and I am starting to freak out a little. Anyway, we are having ice cream sundaes at our reception instead of a big cake. We're getting the ice cream from my fave ice cream place that I've been going too since I was little. <3 We can have 5 flavors and I'm having trouble deciding which flavors we should have. Definitely chocolate and vanilla. Black raspberry because it is my favorite. Those 3 are definites but I can't decide on the other 2. Here is my list of contenders: chocolate chip cookie dough cookies and cream mint chocolate chip Out of those, which 2 should we pick? Or do you have a different suggestion? Thanks so much girls!!

My girls threw me an amazing.... - ....bridal shower!!

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:52:00 PST

Hello girls. I know it has been a little bit since I have posted. Things are starting to settle down from moving. Now I'm in my last 2 weeks of classes and still stressing about wedding things since it is coming up so fast. My girls threw me a bridal shower last weekend and it was amazing. I knew the date but I didn't know anything else about it. My mom brought me and it was wonderful. It was small and quaint but perfect. I loved the decorations and the space and the cake was so delicious. My mom bought me this super cute yellow dress when we went mother of the bride dress shopping for her and she didn't find anything but I found this. hehe. I love it. I thought I'd share some pics with you girls. Hopefully I'll be able to post more coming up about things that I'll be getting done because I haven't really done much the past couple of weeks until yesterday. Hope the planning is going well for everyone!

Honeymoon - We finally booked our honeymoon!

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:55:00 PST

I am so excited that we finally booked our honeymoon! It took us a while to figure out what we were going to do because we don't have a lot of money to spend but we still wanted to do something special and go somewhere neither of us have ever been. So we picked Riviera Maya, Mexico. We're staying at an all inclusive resort, the Catalonia Maroma for a week. We went through a travel agent that my mom knows and she got us a deal that included non stop flights and the hotel from Saturday to Saturday. We're going July 30 to August 6. The beach is one of the top 10 in the whole world according to National Geographic. The resort is not too big or too small which is exactly what I wanted. And there are things to do around the resort. There are ruins, it is in between Cancun and Playa del Carmen. And we could take a ferry to Cozumel. And there is a pool bar, which we all know is really the most important thing. Anyway, I can't wait to go and spend a week just me and my man in the sun and sand. I just wish it was sooner.

50 Days Left.... - ......holy cow.

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:51:00 PST

We have 50 days left from today. OMG. We have been getting some things done but I've also still been really busy. We just moved last weekend to an apartment so we finally have our own place again which is awesome. It still isn't completely set up but its getting there. That has been taking up most of my time the past couple of weeks. I don't have class this coming week and the week after that I'm on vacation at school and I only have 2 weeks left of classes. I can't wait to be done and I'll be able to concentrate much more on the wedding, especially since we are getting so close. Hope all the planning is going well for all of you girls!

Wedding Music And Songs - ceremony music

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:43:00 PST

Hello again girls. We've been trying to figure out music, which is so hard. We haven't exactly decided on the important ones but I have come up with some songs that I want played before the ceremony while the guests are waiting. Our ceremony is on a public beach so I don't want anything too loud. I think we're just going to use an ipod speaker to play some songs. I wanted acoustic/ukulele sounding songs because I love them and I thought they would fit with the beach well. So here is a list I have come up with so far. Somewhere over the Rainbow ~ Izzy Better Together ~ Jack Johnson I Melt With You ~ Jason Mraz The Way I Am ~ Ingrid Michaelson I'm Yours ~ Jason Mraz Sing Me Sweet ~ Matt Nathanson Make it Through ~ Sherwood I Do ~ Colbie Caillat Spin ~ my brother Rhythm of Love ~ Plain White Ts You Got Me ~ Colbie Caillat Favorite Girl ~ Icarus Account Lets Just Fall in Love Again ~ Jason Castro Fell in Love ~ Priscilla Renea That is about 50 minutes. Do you girls think those are all good songs? Do you have any other suggestions that have that kind of sound to them? Do you think these all work together? Thank you so much girls!

DIY Wedding - card box.

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:40:00 PST

Here is our cardbox. I bought one of those paper mache kind of boxes at Joann Fabrics for around $6 I think. I painted it yellow. I used a piece of ribbon to cover the edges of the hole that Dan cut for the cards. I was going to put some flowers on it but then I had a revelation to put pinwheels on it since the girls will be carrying pinwheels instead of bouquets. I thought it fit better. I just think it is bright and fun and fits our wedding. What do you girls think??

DIY Wedding - our invites!

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:25:00 PST

Hello girls! I have a snowday today so I thought I'd post some things...even though there are other things I should be doing instead...oh well. Anyway, I mailed invites out on Tuesday! It was kind of weird and kind of exciting all at once. It definitely made it feel more real. I'm not nervous about getting married or anything but it was just like, ok, here they go. I made the RSVP card a postcard so we wouldn't have to worry about another envelope. And I also added a picture of Dan and I from our engagement pictures, the one of us holding the love him, love her signs (the one I added in with the rest of the pictures). I made them myself so I wanted to share them with you girls!! I hope you love them as much as I do. So what do you girls think?

Checking things off the list...

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:54:00 PST

Hello girls. It has been forever. I have been so busy. I feel like my head is going to explode trying to get everything done and remembering things I have to do. I just thought I'd post to let you girls know that I'm still plugging away at wedding stuff and slowly getting things done. I will try and post individual posts and pictures of all of these later on. I finished our card box. I mailed out invites yesterday!! We figured out our officiant. We've been working on the ceremony because we're putting it together ourselves. We met with the DJ the other day so Dan could meet him and Dan likes him so that is good. I've been working on thank you cards because we have gotten a couple of presents in the mail already. :) We've been updating the registries. We've been trying to figure out our honeymoon. I'm working on rehearsal dinner invites and decorations. We're making a chalkboard for the menu for the reception. That is all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure there are other little things. And I know there is still a lot to do. We're coming up on 2 months and I'm definitely stressing out. With school and work, I'm so busy. I know it will get done. I haven't been keeping up with all of the posts. Sorry. Hope everything is going well!

Here he is... - my boy in his wedding day suit.

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:21:00 PST

Dan got his suit a while ago but I haven't had a chance to post about it. And he tried it on the other day so I took a few photos. He ended up buying a 3 piece suit even though he is only wearing the vest and pants. He thought it made more sense. He bought a new white shirt. And a teal tie. He originally bought a yellow and gray one but then decided he would buy a teal one so he would stand out a little. It is teal and gray and I love it! He obviously still needs to remove the little strings on the pocket from the tag. And I think hes trying to make his sexy face. haha. I love the look. What do you girls think?