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]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:48:52 PST en-us http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/144214 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/144214 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:52:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/144157 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/144157 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:47:00 PST be sure to hot glue the clasp shut you dont want it flapping open on your big day! next you will take a pipe cleaner and bend it in half next push the looped end through the clasp next you will push the ends through the loop and pull as tight as you can... I found it best to brace the brooch back by holding it down and wiggle the pipe cleaner as tight as you can next you will take one of the floral wires and bend it the same way you did the pipe cleaner next you want to slide the floral wire around your pipe cleaner and twist it tight and then push the wire straight next you will need to wrap the pipe cleaner around the floral wire next you will wrap the floral tape over the pipe cleaner... the pipe cleaner helps make the stem more sturdy but its important to wrap in the floral tape so you dont have any fuzzies when you put it all together! This is what it should look like when your done Once you get enough... I plan to use around 75 pieces you can piece them together for your bouquet. I have been placing mine in a glass vase to allow me to move them around for a pleasing aesthetic. Im not done yet but here is mine grouped together. hope this helps happy DIYing : )]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/144156 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/144156 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:42:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143682 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143682 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:19:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143560 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143560 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:46:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143446 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143446 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:37:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143168 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143168 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:39:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143160 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/143160 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:40:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142998 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142998 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:55:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142820 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142820 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:29:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142818 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142818 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:02:00 PST http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142209 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142209 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:09:00 PST so I was feaking out a few days ago about being behind but I think I will survive. Deposits are getting paid and things are being checked off, I just need to find a balance between work. mom and wedding planner : ) Any way I hit my wedding wire account today and I was not as terribly behind as I thought and I took a sigh of relief with each thing I checked off on the To Do list... Where were you at 100 days to go.... anyone done?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142206 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142206 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:37:00 PST I would love to be able to look at some of the blogs of some of my fellow feather girls... I plan to do feather centerpieces, feather boas aisle runner, feathers in the hair and maybe even have my flower girl throw feathers... what are you girls doing? It didnt occur to me until last night when I posted about the feather boas runner and jennyl1211 mentioned she was going the no flower...all feather route too, that alot of us are using feathers but all different colors and themes. I would love to see what you are doing... let me know or at least leave a comment so I can find your blog and seek more inspiration!!!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142128 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142128 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:30:00 PST ok Imnot trying to get out of hand but Im rethinking the rose petal thing from my previous post... I dont want it to look cheap but I found some high quality boas for $18/dozen... i would run them just as I had planned to do with the petals... the other thing is they will be a quick pick up as well... what do you ladies think, Im not doing floral anywhere else and it seems to go with my theme and more importantly my budget : ) tell me the truth I can take it...lol]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142120 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142120 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:54:00 PST anyone familiar with our wedding knows that we will almost be rolling with no flowers between the brooch couquest and feather centerpieces... Well I would like to have flower petals line the aisle way for my outdorr ceremony as a aisle runner is not logical for outdoors... My sister recently got married and my mom had ordered freeze dried petals for the flower girl... I found some online with free shipping but they are sold in quanities of cups?!?!? Im completely baffled at how many cups I would need to line the aisle runner and I realize it depends on the length ect.... but anyone have any ideas or has anyone ordered these them selves?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142118 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/142118 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:39:00 PST we are having a glam vintage event and I need a flipping vintage car.... easier said than done! The only service I have found so far is about an hour from my venue and the guy wants to be paid from the moment he leaves his garage till he arrives home, gas and a three hour minimum fee. uggghhhh SERIOUSLY! We are getting married outside and our rececption is indoors... we only need the car to drive me to the reception and to carry our behinds back up the road 60 seconds to the reception site... I cant believe this is so difficult or that I can only find this one guy with his personal car.... craziness Any suggestions?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141955 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141955 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:37:00 PST ok... I need votive candles for our tables at our reception... I have found some great pricing online but shipping is like $20.... which defeats the great price. I have been looking at quantities around 72... have any of you found a great deal? please let me know we are running tight on time and Im kinda freaking out a little bit.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141952 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141952 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:18:00 PST My MOH and I found these amazing little beauties this evening at TJ MAXX.... I love them and the jewels on the front will be great with the vintage theme. When we found them I made the comment that we would have to tell everyone to get them but she said all the shoes don't have to match... What do you think? are your bridesmaids going to have the same shoes? Mine will be wearing long dresses so I dont know if it makes a huge difference but might be a cute photo op? IDK what do you think?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141852 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141852 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PST unpredictable bride has updated my template to include black tie affair... which do you ladies prefer? We will be getting our materials together soon to start inviation producation so let me know what you think! If you click on the image it is clear : )]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141846 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141846 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:45:00 PST We recently decided to make our event black tie and while I fully anticipate not everyone will show up in a tux I am super excited about the glam effect of a black tie affair. We dont intend to turn anyone away who does not fall in line exactly with the dress code but we are telling friends and family now and have included it on our Save the Date as well. We really want a glam event and I think this will add to the ombiance : ) Who else has done this or is planning to do this? and how did it go or how are you communicating it to your guest? I have heard lots of people say that a dress code is silly but Im loving the idea: )]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141602 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141602 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:06:00 PST so I will be hitting the stores tomorrow to look for centerpiece items... I love this picture and I want them to be full like this one is. The plan tomorrow is to see if I can come up with something maybe to rotate different centerpieces to keep costs down... If you read my earlier post you are caught up on the $440 feathers : ) I have seen several pictures where people have rotated different but similar centerpieces between there reception tables. I want all my centerpieces to be substantial in size, and I will definitely do some feathers in tower vases but Im thinking of see what else I could do. Whelp wish me luck... and any suggestions would be gladly welcomed. ]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141601 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/141601 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:02:00 PST We have been going back and forth with whether to do these or not. The extra cost just wasnt appealing ... but after talking to my mom it seemed necessary because my FH's family all lives 2 hours away and we want to provide people ample time to make accommodations. With my many DIY projects, job and 1 year old my mom offered to do this for me. I sent her an idea and she whipped it up in no time at all... The magnet is business card size and I plan to attach it to a 4x5inch black card stock to be mailed. The idea is that it will be sufficient in size when coming out of the envelope but the smaller magnet will keep the weight down for postage : ) This was not in our plans to do but my mom whipped this together overnight and I m glad now that we have them for our guests.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/140783 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/140783 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:51:00 PST DIY hairpieces they are not too large and I am hoping to have my bridesmaid were there hair pulled back to the side in a bun like thing... ill post a pic LOL. and have this to glam it up. I used small feathers and clip on earings for New York and Co. They were originally $30 for a pair but were on clearance for $4.99!!!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/140780 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/140780 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:24:00 PST So we went this past week to look at bridesmaid dresses. My bridal party ranges in sizes so no one dress was flattering for everyone. After trying on several dresses we left unimpressed and my MOH and I started looking online again. I had seen the "twist" dress on a wedding show before and looking at it again online seemed like it may be a good option. I really wanted everyone to wear the same dress but this would be a good compromise because the difference would be slight in the tops and the from waist down are exactly the same. I don't really want everyone to go pick something of their choice in the same color. So we watched a video of the dress on You tube and were convinced then that it would NOT work. The video showed some very skinny girl wearing the dress a bunch of different ways but it was twisted very "scantly clad" LOL.... her boobs were litterally about to fall out. But there was another video of a plus size girl wearing the dress and all the ways to twist it and it was very flattering. This video showed even more ways to twist it then the 8 listed on the main website so we were reg energized with excitement. The dress is pricey $230 to be exact. I found it on toast bridal for $165 which is still a little high but they can definitly use the dress again and they can wear it a bucnh of different ways. Not to mention because of the way it is structured the very most that would be needed in the way of alterations would be hemming. What do you think? Oh and if you want to see this dressy not look so riske' check out monif c's videos on you tube!!!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/140778 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/140778 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:09:00 PST I have been contemplating this for awhile now... They have rave reviews but the whole thing makes me a little nervous. So anyone who is familiar with our wedding knows that we had to move our date and with that move lost our photographer because she was already booked on our new date. In looking for a new photographer I came across the pros. They offer a package for photography, videography and DJ for $1995 which is a pretty good deal. The way it works is you look through profiles of DJ's, photographers and videographers on the website and pick your professional based on customer reviews, picture portfolios ect. Then you pay your deposit online and a week before your wedding each of your selected professionals will contact you to go over details. Its that part that makes me nervous. They have a consultant they assign you mine has called me several times and she is very nice I just dont know. Have any of you used this company?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/139839 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/139839 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:14:00 PST I have decided on white ostrich feather centerpieces for my reception and o man are they expensive. Best price I have found so far is about $220 for 1 pound... I will need about 2 pounds for the fullness and look that I want for my centerpices Heres the site where I did my research about the feathers so I knew what I would need to buy and what to look for http://www.koyal.com/OstrichFeatherCenterpieces There is a difference so be sure if you are thinking of doing something similar you read up so you can be sure your buying what you think your buying. I will probably be purchsing from this site as well as it has the best pricing.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/139837 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/139837 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:06:00 PST ]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/135463 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/135463 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:31:00 PST So I started last night! it is pretty intense and time consuming but I cant wait to see the final product. I expect the finished product will be composed of about 75 brooches, earings, rings and necklace pieces. All of these were actually in a necklace which I took apart. I hot glued brooch backing on each piece and worked the pip cleaner, floral wire and hot glue. I plan to use white, black, silver and a few dark purple pieces. My MOH and I are searching thrift stores, yard sales, family members and anything else we can think of to come up with the pieces. These bouquets sell for $300 plus and I can see why... Im trying to keep a tally of where this puts me assuring myself I will not get anywhere near $300! I will update as it grows : )]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/131368 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/131368 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:07:00 PST I now have my heart set on a brooch bouquet but they do not come cheap and most inspiration pics I have found are beautiful collections of 75 plus brooches!!!!! I found a site that offered some beautiful brooches with a good selection and ran $2-$3 each but still with a grand total of $75 that really adds up. Well my MOH made the suggestion of having my bridal shower brooch themed and have everyone bring one or two to contribute to the bridal bouquet. This way I can get a jump on the collection and my bouquet will be have something from all the ladies in my life!!! Im so excited and I will post pics when I get started. anyone else looking to do brooch bouquets heres the website that I found... www.fabulousbrooch.com]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/130076 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/marilynsprotege/milestones/130076 Sun, 09 May 2010 18:36:00 PST we changed our wedding date from May to October not thinking that our 6pm outdoor ceremony that would have been super sunny in May might be rolling in dark in October. I wasn't really sure how to be sure but I did my google research and found this site http://www.sunrisesunset.com/calendar.asp you can type in your exact area and it will tell you what you will be looking at sun shine wise! Looks like we will get in right before sunset... so a sunset ceremony it is but its great to know and not have to guess until October comes around, hope someone else can use this bad boy : )]]>