shesallnat's Pink Wedding Blog - Wedding By Color

Market Place - Wedding Photo Albums & Canvas Prints

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:50:00 PST

Hey Girls, its been waaaay to long! I miss blogging so much :( Married life is still great and I have been working hard on my own little side business.....creating coffee table photo albums and canvas prints! check out my brand new website: ------> www.shesallnat.com <-------- for a price list, samples of my work and great book ideas. email me at shesallnat_@hotmail.com for any questions. Cheers and Happy Planning! -Nat

Market Place - FREE MONOGRAMS

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:43:00 PST

Hey Ladies, I've been married for 2 months now and loving every minute of it! I truly miss blogging with you ladies :( Hope everyones wedding plans are moving along smoothly. I have recently been practicing my graphics talents and have been actually getting pretty good in Illustrator so I decided why not help you girls out while getting some practice at the same time ! I will do 5 FREE Monograms for the first 5 brides that post a comment on this post :) Email your Monogram info to me at shesallnat_@hotmail.com If anyone (who is not one of the first 5 brides) wants a monogram designed, let me know, I can design a monogram for you for only $10 !

Wedding Photography - ~Our Professional Wedding Pics~

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:18:00 PST

after a looooooong awaited month, we finally got our pro pics back. Our photographer had some great shots, but I still feel like a lot of them could have been edited a little bit more and maybe a little more creative. My Trash the Dress session has been post-poned to the spring so hopefully Steve and I can get some more craetive shots then. these are some of my favourite shots....what do you think?

Wedding Photography - We Get our Pro Photos back this week!!

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:04:00 PST

SOOOO excited! I can't believe its almost been a whole month! I will post them as soon as I get the disc in the mail from my photographer. I've been DYING to see my photos, I hope they turn out great....was anybody UN-happy with thier pro wedding pics???

Market Place - DAMASK & PINK ITEMS FOR SALE

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:59:00 PST

Hey Girls, I was just going through all my wedding decor and I have some items for sale to anyone who is interested: 10 hand made Damask Table Runners $175 cdn ****SOLD**** (I have 5 table runners left ) Hand-made Damask Aisle Runner $100 cdn****SOLD**** 120 baby pink satin chair bows $100 cdn Pink Glitter "C A K E" & "C A N D Y" wood letters $5 cdn each set * PayPal Only * pay pal account: shesallnat_@hotmail.com email me if you are interested :)

Wedding Photography - My Trash the Dress Photo Shoot is Tomorrow!

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:50:00 PST

I'm so excited!!!! I booked a Trash the Dress photo session months ago with this amazing photographer in my area. She had a TTD promotion on that I couldn't refuse. The Hubby is even gonna join in on the shoot too, I can't wait! I will post pics as SOON as I get them back, wish me luck ! Any other Brides doing or have done a TTD session?

Wedding Decoration - Our Wedding Flowers and other Details

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:29:00 PST

Hey Girls, I am still on "wedding" cloud 9....and I'm in no rush to come down anytime soon! lol I just thought I'd share some pics of the flowers, & table decor from our wedding. Everything was so beautiful, the room took my breath away! Our florist was incredible, she created these amazing sliced lime centrepieces with cream hydreangeas, pink roses, and dalhias to match out amazing bouquets. amcs76 designed our amazing seating chart, if you are looking for one definatley hit her up! it was so pretty it blended in perfectly with the rest of the decor...plus....she is great to work with!

I'm Officially a MRS !! - suuuuper late post...but here are some non-pro pics from the best day of my life !

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:02:00 PST

Hey Girls, sorry it took me a whole 5 days to post pics!!! (I don't actually have my internet hooked up at my new house....ugh....!! lol) Anyways, here are some of our non pro pics! We had a fantasic day everything went perfect and smooth and I couldn't have asked for anything more. I can't wait to get our pro pics, they will probably be awhile but worth it !!

Last Minute things... - FH FINALLY picked out a wedding band!

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:17:00 PST

we were cutting it pretty close, my super picky FH was finally able to pick out a ring that he really liked, (otherwise he would have been wearing an onion ring for the rest of our lives!! lol) its a 14K white gold comfort fit band with an all Canadian Diamond in the centre, its sooo nice! I also attached a photo of me and my new Tan !!! (Gotta love the instant spray tan booth ha ha) 3 days and still a bunch left to do !!!

DIY - Our Hand Made Flower Girl Basket

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:49:00 PST

thanks to my lovely friend and wedding planner for the day, I now have an adorable unqiue hand made flower girl basket! Don't you just love the pearl handle?? !! 5 more days!!!!!!

Hair & Make-up - Make-Up Trial and Hair Update

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:40:00 PST

I had my make-up trial last week and it went great! just shimmery and pretty, nothing too crazy. I also had highlights and extentions put it! I looove when I have extentions! My hair is already pretty long, but the extentions thicken it up and create more length in the front (my hair decides not to grow in the front apparently lol) You can see how thin my hair is in the make-up trial pic and then how thick it looks in the other pic. Its gonna look great when its all curled. Next step...Tanning booth, I'm soooo pastey & white this year...yuck lol

ONE MORE WEEK !!! - Update-What I've accomplished in the last week

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:09:00 PST

I can't believe how busy I have been in the last week, I haven't even had time to post or check out WBC !! We have gotten soooo much accomplished and I'm feeling really good for only having 7 days left....EEEEKK!!! lol I've attached photos of the following: Our Guest Book, Guest Book Sign, Candy and Candy favour bags, Attendants gifts & Our Thank You Signs for photos. I want to give shout out to amcs76 for creating our guest book & thank you signs & our amazing seating chart ! Thanks again Ashley! xo

My Bachelorette - Amazing Night.....

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:16:00 PST

.....despite all the drama and crap! lol I am really glad I decided to go ahead and have my bachelorette party anyways (even tho only one of my bridesmaids could make it ) My MAN of Honour ended up crashing our girls night out and Im soooo glad he did! He is my best friend inthe whole world and he made the night! We went to Tryst nigthclub in Toronto, for all you GTA brides if you haven't already you HAVE to check it out....its such a great bar and the people are so friendly and nice. (Drinks were expensive tho, but I didn't have to pay for any all night so I didn't really care! hahaha) We drank way to much, danced our butts off, met so many nice ppl and stayed up till 4am, it may take me awhile to recover but it was worth it! here are a few pics from our eventful evening :)

Bachelorette This Weekend! - A little (a lot) dissapointed.....

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:19:00 PST

My bachelorette is this weekend and instead of being super excited, Im totally bummed out! Im totally having a Bridezilla moment right now and I need to vent.BADLY.. All my friends are BRUTAL to plan stuff with, they are all too busy for me and its been so frustrating the last year trying to light a fire under their asses to plan anything for my wedding, therefore Ive done a lot of the planning myself which is humiliating and ridiculous. I planned a lot of my own shower and now Im planning the bachelorette too! My one bridesmaid mentioned at my shower (back in APRIL btw) that she wanted to help organize my bachelorette so I was super hopeful that with that much time to plan, it would be great! Boy was I wrong.a month ago I asked her if she even had a date picked out yet and she said no, she was waiting for me to pick one, so whatever, I gave her a few dates that I thought might work. It wasnt until this week that she really starting planning anything and telling people about it!!!! Which gave people NO notice whatsoever and everyone already had plans that they couldnt get out of. The only people even coming out of ALL my girlfriends and bridesmaids are myself, 2 out of my 5 bridesmaids and an old friend from highschool who I recently starting hanging out with again after 6 years of not seeing each other. Am I the only one that sees the problem with this??? And to top it all off.my one bridesmaid had to have emergency surgery so she is not even sure if she is going to be fully recovered in time for the wedding!!!! Im so stressed out and upset that I dont even want to have a bachelorette anymore.but the 3 ppl that said they would be able to go convinced me that they would make sure that I had a good time so I said ok. So I booked us a room at the Metropolitan in Toronto (cuz Im the only one with a credit card apparentlyso frustrating that Im booking my own hotel for my own bachelorette!!!) and we are going to this club called Tryst.any of you GTA brides been there before??? I will let you all know how it turns out...lets just hope there is lots of alcohol so I can drown my sorrows at least!! lol

~ONE MONTH TODAY~ - Shout out to all the September 12th Brides-1 month to go!

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:15:00 PST

I can't believe we are already at the 30 day mark...CRAZY!!!!! I'm getting super excited and anxious, every thing is starting to come together now and become more and more real! I"M GETTING MARRIED !!!!! Congrats to all the Sept 12th brides !

NWR - We FINALLY have our very own house!

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:35:00 PST

for the last 2 years my FH and I have been living with my parents (to try and save some money to pay for the wedding). we are very greatfull that they have let us live there but we needed to get out...badly! lol plus, we didnt want to be married and still live with my parents. My FH actually bought a house a few years ago before we even met, but it was a fixer upper and needed ALOT of work. He lived there for a year but decided to rent it out til he had the money to fix it up. My FIL's offered to help pay for the renos (My FH and his family own a construction company, so a lot of the labour and materials were either really cheap or free-Bonus!! lol) we all worked our butts of over the last few weeks to get the house ready for Steve and I to move in. I even got the chance to get dirty and tear a few walls down, paint and help with the renos! it was a great experiece and was a great bonding experience for not only my FH and I but for me and my new soon to be family :) We are offically all moved in now and loving it! here are a few pics, before & after :)

DIY Wedding - HELP!!! I need to Jazz up my BORING favour bags!

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:20:00 PST

I really am clueless and can't think of anything easy & creative to do with these plain white paper bags for our guest favours;/candy table. I had sticker logo's made with our photo to stick on each bag, but Its still sooo plain and boring. I bought a damask print stamp to stamp each bag but it looks horrible and is really difficult to do so they all stamp evenly. I need all of you WBC girls to give me some inspiration and help me figure out how to jazz up these little bags....they were a great price and the fit a lot of candy so there were perfect, but they are just so boring and white..lol help !! :)

Adorable Candy Buffet Idea - ~ Doughnut Tower ~

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:07:00 PST

I got this idea from a fellow WBC bride and fell in love and will definately be creating a fun doughnut tower for our candy table ! what a fun, inexpensive and easy (hopefully lol) idea! and surprising will look really chic haha I'm gonna do a mock up first just to see if I like it and to see just how easy it is...I'll take pics and and let you know how it turns out :)

Wedding Hair Style - Hair Trial was Today!

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:41:00 PST

I had my hair trial today! my hair stylist is going to do more blonde highlights and give the top some more hight but overall I love it! what do you think?

Starting to Panic Now - Feeling Sad instead of Estastic :(

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:59:00 PST

with only 44 days to go (eeeek!!!!) I'm starting to get nervous and worried that Im not going to get everything done or I'm going to miss things, or my dress isn't going to fit.....the list goes on! I'm really feeling anxious and overwhelmed. It doesn't help that we are also stressing out about our financial situation. when we first got engaged, my parents offered to pay for our recpection but my dad has sinced lost his job and they are not sure now if they will be able to afford it :( the only issue is my FH and I were left trying to figure out where this extra few thousand dollars was going to come from so we had to cancel our honeymoon (to Aruba) and ask his parents to help out, which they will but we will have to pay them back (which basically means, no honeymoon even a little bit after the wedding and all the money that we get as wedding gifts will have to go straight to them) I'm so stressed and depressed right now when I should be on top of the world! My FH and I have an amazing relationship, but we are starting to bicker here and there about all these little things that are going on revolving around the wedding, money and my parents. He thinks I am overreaticing about being not getting our dream honeymoon and thinks that I'm just spoiled and used to getting what I want. I really don't think any other bride would not be upset about not getting to go on her once in a lifetime honeymoon with the man of her dreams! am I crazy??? I still have a big list of things to do: 1-Get my FH's wedding band 2-Find 2 more pink frames (or paint the 2 orange ones I have) for table numbers 3-Gather all my RSVP's and get final numbers 4-Book a food tasting 5-Pay balance and finalize flowers 6-Find a make-up Artist 7-Buy Attendants Gifts & Parents Gifts 8-Buy Candy for Candy Bar 9-Assemble Favour Bags for Candy Bar 10-Get our Marriage License 11-Finish and order Video Montage's for reception 12-Meet and pay for Officiant 13-Shop for under garments 14-Find and Book a hotel for the wedding night 15-Figure out decor for the head table 16-Get a Marriage License pen 17-Toasting flutes & cake cutting set 18-Get veil drycleaned I'm sure I'm missing stuff too, anyone else feeling overwhelmed and not know where to start????

Weight loss Update - Joined Jenny Craig....Lost 5 lbs !!

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:19:00 PST

whoo hoo !~!~! just thought I'd share! I still have a ways to go but its a great start, I'm feeling great and am super motivated to keep it up! (FINALLY !!!) Jenny Craig is amazing! I know exactly what I'm eating everyday and the food is actually really really good! They have a promo on right now that was "Lose 20lbs for $20" and I basically buy all my groceries there and then I'm good to go! wish me luck. i will keep posting updates of my progress. xo

Wedding Hair Style - Booked My Hair Trail today!

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:06:00 PST

I'm debating between all down with curls, or half up with curls, or one side up with curls.....I really have no idea! I really wanted to get hair extentions put in for the wedding (I had them a few summers ago and LOVED them) but they are just so expensive and just not in the budget. Im going for the "Bombshell" look...you know...big hair, feather fascinator, smokey eyes & pale pink lips. :) Wish me luck, I will post pics of my trial results :)

Jack and Jill Question-HELP! - How Much Booze do I need to buy???

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:16:00 PST

Our Jack and Jill is next weekend and I am sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out how much booze to buy, what kind of booze to buy, how many coolers to get, what kinds of beer is popular!! argh!! Here is what I was thinking of getting, but I have NO IDEA how much to get: Vodka Rum Rye Peach schnapps Malibu Coolers: Pomtini's Breezer's Smirnof Ice Beer: Canadian Coors Bud Light Corona I need help from all you WBC brides who have planned a jack and jill and know how to calculate how many shotts are in a 40oz bottle and how much booze to buy. We have about 100-200 people coming. Please help if you can, THANKS!!! xo

Ask a Question - My Dress....*sigh.....

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:00:00 PST

I'm still sooo in love my dress (thank god, cuz Ive already changed my mind once already) lol I still haven't decided yet if I am going to wear it as the halter (shown in pics) or tuck the straps in and have it strapless. it looks great both ways....OR I could have it one way for the ceremony and change it up for the reception..... I'm getting worried though because its still slightly too small and the dress needs a few alterations and a bustle made! should I be panicing??? I only have 65 days!! ****************UPDATE***************** Booked my first fitting, they didn't seem to be paniced at all, thank god! Its Auguts 15th, so I need to lose a few pounds by then and I am good to go!

Weight Loss - Hiring a Personal Trainer Tomorrow!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40:00 PST

I have been a member of Goodlife for years and I can't remember that last time I went ! I need to lose about 20 lbs before my September wedding, which in 71 days is gonna be tough :( but the only way I think I can stay motivated is if I have someone there to push me and make me work my ass off! I'm excited and a little nervous, because I'm probably in horrible shape, but I am ready and willing to do whatever it takes to look amazing on my wedding day! Wish me luck :) ***********************UPDATE************************** OMG I was so pumped to get a personal trainer thru my Gym...that was until I heard the cost :( they wanted to charge my almost $2,000 !!! waaaayyyy more expensive then I thought it was gonna be.....my FH would have a freak out if I spent that kind of money. so I'm back to square one, I have been working out on my own and I'm starting Jenny Craig this week to help give me that extra push....only 52 days now !!!

Some Much Needed Venting!!!! - Our Jack n Jill is gonna be a FLOP :(

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:56:00 PST

Our Jack n Jill is on July 18th and Im a little worried for a few different reasons. One, no one is really selling tickets and its 3 weeks away! (we printed 300 tickets and our venue holds 225) Two, (this is the major one) I put my Man of Honour in charge of the event and had a meeting with him to discuss what I wanted to see happen which went great, but the rest of our wedding party is totally pissed off at him because he hasnt included any of them in the planning whatsoever! They dont know what games were having, they dont know what prizes we have or need and they feel completely out of the loop. I keep asking my MOH to contact the rest of the wedding party and all he keeps saying is that he doesnt need anyones help until the day off to set up, which I dont think is fair if they want to do stuff to help out NOW! My MOH is in Cuba right now for a week and everyone is wondering what the hell they should be doing. I feel like just sending out a message to the wedding party myself to start delegating tasks but my FH and everyone else that I talk to about it thinks that we shouldnt really be involved in this at all, and that we are too involved already as it is. I just hope our Jack n Jill isnt a flop and end up costing us money! I feel if I want things done right, I have to do it myself! Here is what we have planned so far: Theme-Tropical Selling Leis for $1 having a signature tropical drink for sale for $5 Games: Crown n anchor Jokers wild Toonie toss 50/50 Mino races Golf Challenge Over under wheel Lei the Bride or Lei the Groom (havent quite figured out how this one is gonna work yet, but it will be similar to the popular pie in the face game but with a tropical twist) Prizes so far: Katy Perry Concert Tickets Chatters salon shampoo set and coupons Golf Shirts-mens & womens Pilates dvd & yoga mat Candle holder Martini shaker & drink coasters Glass set drinking games from Benix x 2 Oil & Vinegar bottle from Benix we need waaay more :( anyone have any cool prize ideas??

Ask a Question - How Much for Make-Up ???

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:36:00 PST

I am looking into having someone come to my parents house to do mine and all the bridesmaids make-up the day of the wedding. Unfortunately my hair salon doesn't offer both but I have no clue what this usually costs....I was thinking maybe $20-$30 per person......anyone have any idea? I'm in love with these 2 make-up looks, they are pretty, soft and perfect!

NWR - Its My 25th Birthday Today!!!

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:21:00 PST

I feel so old...I'm a Quarter of a Century! haha I had dinner last night with a few friends, and my FH surpized me with an ADORABLE Hello Kitty ice cream cake!! :) he's too cute! I'm excited to see what my FH has planned for this evening, probably just dinner and drinks, but I can't wait :)

Wedding Rings And Jewelry - ~My Diamond & Pink Sapphire Wedding Band~

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:08:00 PST

OMG you guys.....I picked up my wedding band last night and I'm in love! I was soooo worried about ordering a custom band without seeing how it would look, but I'm super pleased. Its white gold with 5 diamonds and 5 pink sapphires and its adorable! My FH plans on getting me the duplicate for our one year anniversary to wear on the other side of my E ring....yay I can't wait....it will look gorgeous and really complete my finger :) do you guys love it or what??

Wedding Decoration - Finished Table Numbers-DIY

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:01:00 PST

Yay! I'm (finally) really happy with how my table numbers turned out even after all the stress trying to figure out what the heck to do with them! lol Each table has a number and a movie name (wedding themed movie name). I plan on having a trivia question about each table's movie and whoever at the table anwsers that question correctly wins the table centrepiece !!! Then I won't have to worry about any fights over who gets a centrepiece (trust me, I've seen it happen....it ain't pretty!)