...lace dresses would look on me. Well I liked them but not as much as the featured beauty. The only problem is this dress is a preview dress and not available and the dress was my exact size 12. I...
The Perfect Pear Theme. I thought this was a cute idea. Decorate in warm tones. Have fresh Pears for seating cards. Come up with a Pear Signature Drink.
...ture ring bearer pillow that I made for a apple green & damask bride. This has the decor of apple green faux crystals and matching hydrangeas.
I call this one: Damask Crystal Apple Green H...
... I found this amazing necklace on ETSY. Unfortunately it is too much for what I want to spend. (92.00 dollars) So I am going to try to put this look together with 2 different necklaces
What...
... I have ordered these Lavender Sachet-Hand Silk Screened Green Pears Print from Etsy.com
They are unique, fragrant, lavender sachets that’s generously fill with organic lavender buds from a...
...mint Bouquet
Added to the bouquet section to Partyshakers.com
Remember that all bouquets come in your choice of colors to match your theme.
Email me at: Partyshakers@yahoo.com
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...f my engagement ring. Is there a trick to this that I don't know about?
Anyways, my ring is a 3 stone ring. Pear shaped in the center with a triangle cut on each side surrounded by tiny bag...
... and decor. Sticks are available in neutral, black, pink, dark pink, magenta, brown, green, soft green, light brown, purple, orange, white, silver, & gold!
These have been added to the Fan ...
I love this pear green color. This is for the soft green brides with a twist of damask added. The stem can be changed to another type color to match your theme or with a different ty...
... the reception or party! These were created for a bride that wanted something different and I like that. Instead of signs hanging on the jars, have these displayed differently. You can get the b...
...eal. Reception & R.S.V.P. cards can be ordered separtately. {Locations has been changed to protect the customer}
Remember that all invite sets come in your requested colors. Black ink is co...
IT IS DAMASK FRENZY! Join in the group of menus! She loved the Purple Damask Menu Bling 3 blogs below and wanted her on flavor or Pear/Apple green. No problem! Added extra bows to...
... our photographer took at our wedding! I have a ton of other pictures from family and friends but these are some of my favorites from the set we actually paid for. :-)
Married life so far h...
...many wedding dresses are strapless or backless, your undergarment options may be fairly limited. Instead, try self-adhesive silicone bra cups by NuBra (available at nubra.com).
If You're Pe...
...;Our photographer posted a few of our pics on her blog today! I haven't seen the rest of the set but if these are any indication of how they're all going to look- I can't wait for the rest of t...
More like a great week actually since we have been gone since last Wednesday!
The wedding was fantastic! We had an amazing time and even with all of the little stresses leading up to it -...
... our honeymoon to Cancun. Leaving at the end of May. Not so much. Our travel company has cancelled all Mexico trips until June. We can rebook for a later date (even one week later means a $6...
... top cake tier (the top cake is 8" square). The four layers each measure:
32x32" / 24x24" / 17x17" / 10x10". We had to piece together some sections to make the bottom tier since our sheets we...
...d my MOH are $85 each (CAD). Not too bad for a bridal updo I figured.
I called to book for a hair trial appointment a few days ahead of the wedding last week. I waited to book until I kne...
...n of DIY projects that I've been working on that I want to post. Must do that before Easter dinner!
Things just seem to be speeding up now- everything is happening so fast. I have showers...
I love these escort card displays with wheatgrass. LOVE THEM! I hear that wheatgrass is so cheap, and pretty, and its exactly the right colour...
Where the heck would one get large enoug...
... the reception.
Sometimes they run ridiculously long and get boring, but short and cute/funny ones are always great!
My FH got the idea to do a short slide show of us (the typical baby/kid...
...ttle bouquets in paper cones as aisle decorations with green ribbon to hang the cones. The cones do need to be weighted somehow on the bottom or the flowers fall out - small pebbles should do t...
...w my DIY invites post awhile back, I wanted to put something fun onto the RSVP cards so I wrote the three RSVP options as:
1) Will be there with bells on!
2) Will be there but bells don't go...
... box DIY. For the most part I really like it, but I feel like its missing something. It just looks a little too plain to me. I'm also debating putting it on the damask square or letting it si...
...onal flowers and family expectations?
I'm not necessarily talking about becoming a bridezilla (although that is definitely one path to the dark side). What I mean is more abstract and more...
... our honeymoon! I think part of the problem is weighing one resort against another and trying to decide what is really the best way to go.
We decided that we really want to go for an All I...
... My fiancee and I have been doing P90X together for a few months now (Yup the one from the infomercial). Not so much to lose weight as jsut to tone up and get muscle definition. We haven't b...
... I know I'm not the first to post about this but I've had yet another reminder today that people are completely clueless when it comes to customer service lately. You'd think with everything...
...silk flower bunches and two garlands for church decorations. They had all of their spring flower bunches and garlands on sale for 40% off so all in I paid about $90. I only bought them Friday ...
... My MOH fascinator will be like the other design but with black feathers instead of the long white ones. I cannot wait for this package to arrive!!!!
...
...s my dress almost exactly so...
And my fascinator. I don't have a picture yet since its getting done custom by yjdesign. (yjdesign.etsy.com)
This lady rocks! I liked small bits from about...
... We have our cupcake tasting on Friday. I have absolutely no idea what kind of cupcakes to get. None. I like chocolate. I also like vanilla. And fruit flavours. Sometimes I like cream fill...
...ming DIY for me yet. And its probably the most useful. Forget probably. It is without a doubt the most useful.
Please forgive my shameless plug, but I'd love to hear any opinions? Suggesti...
... and wedding budget dictate that we will not be going out for the big over the top dinner or giving extravagant gifts.
Our cheap date plans are:
- Breakfast in Bed (I'm making it this time...
...ious budget cutbacks. Wedding cutbacks included. A lot of our stuff has already been booked (and thus can't be changed) or planned to be low-cost already, but I'm looking at things to trim whe...
... our invitations into the post office to mail the other day. I weighed the envelopes and invites already and they were well within the 30g limit for a single Canadian stamp.
We just HAD to...
...reat DIY weekend around here- check out my invites on my last post! They're great!!
At Christmas I picked up a few rolls of flocked damask wrapping paper at Michaels. I've got a couple proj...
...mpts DIY invitations with more than 100 guests! I only had to make 50 invites and I've been picking away at this project since November!
I made the pocketfolds out of construction paper- che...
...n my wedding dress on the day of the wedding and begging for them to make me a cake in under an hour (yes- bakery is booked!). And then I headed off to the church but couldn't find any flowers ...
I was thinking about twirls827's post about inspiration boards and it reminded me of an old friend:
wordle.net
I decided to try wordle-ing one of my blog pages and this is the image i...
... for wedding dresses and bridesmaid gowns? I mentioned this in my post about my MOH's dress, but I just finished reading futuremccomb's post about her shopping experience and I really want to k...
...fect ring he ever could have picked out!!!!!!!! So deciding that it was way to early to buy anything we keep the name and price of the ring in our wallets for a later date.
Well about 2 year...
... our invitations. Being in Canada I was planning to register at the Bay and Home Outfitters since most people think to check there first anyways.
Back in September I was at a bridal fair and...
...d my MOH and picked out her dress today! We've occasionally poked around looking at BM dresses but nothing seriously until today. Went into a new shop in my hometown (that I didn't even know e...
... I had a short chat with our minister today and he brought up the topic of readings at the ceremony. Now we're extremely lucky that our minister is pretty relaxed about personalizing the wedd...
...t my reception hall for about 2 months! First I was busy with work and then the Christmas holidays totally sidetracked everything. I decided that I really should get on with picking a menu soo...
Are you picking up a new last name that you KNOW is going to be a headache? I'm used to spelling and correcting pronunciation of my name already (even though it seems pretty straightforward...
... and MOH, bouts for FI and Best man, kissing balls for outside the church. That's all. We found a bunch of great flowers and she's going to start figuring out costs, etc.
Booked a bakery fo...
... our decor. Right now we are considering apples, limes or pears!
For the flowers, I am in LOVE with hydrangeas. I originally wanted to use them in my bouquet as well as the centerpieces, bu...
Just a little thanks to the girls who posted suggestions for my green 4-bar envelopes. I bit the bullet and ordered from EnvelopeMall.com. They were only 9.95 for 100 plus $14 shipping (Can...
I love the Target Women videos! Sarah Haskins is freakin hilarious! Somehow I missed this one about wedding shows...
Google Target Women (or check youtube) for the Yogurt and Jewelr...
...h my dress. They're super comfy and the low heel is the perfect height for the gown....
...t my dress had come in! I wasn't expecting it until January (I ordered the last day of August and they told me it could be 6 months!). It means that I had to pay off the rest of the dress righ...
... Having a small problem with RSVP envelopes. I really want bright green RSVP envelopes in the 4-bar size (Baronial size 4, measures 3-5/8 x 5-1/8"). I CANNOT find anyone in Canada who stock...
...aper decoration everything and in just about every colour of the rainbow!
I've looked at the parasols they had online before, but they've listed some new ones like the gorgeous henna-printed ...
... for decoration only but we'll see.
Who knew that my obscure little obsession was so popular?...
...pear invitations online (and an awful lot of stationery studios with "pear" in their name!). These are a few of my favourites. The key photo was a custom invitation designed by an artist with ...
everybody likes to show off their ring a little bit! I love how it shows everyone's personality and style.
...n my bouquet now...
...
Polyvore.com rules all!!! I saw an interior designer using this site at a home show and decided to try it for an inspiration board! How much fun is this?!? Best of all, since its all retai...
Does anyone know a really GOOD recipe for a pear cocktail? I'm debating the signature drink idea, but it does kind of require a really really good drink! I've looked at usapears.com cocktai...
... own invitations. Most printers want a minimum 50 invitation order and since we're only planning on having 60 or 70 people, we probably won't need the full 50 (couples really don't need one eac...
... the photos, but I've got it bookmarked!) I really like the little pears lining the aisles. I kind of getting visions of myself raiding every grocery store in town a few days before the weddin...
...ion) budget. I'm ok with that, but just some random ideas to start off with...
Definitely going with a black and white colour scheme. Yes the ever-present damask strikes again! but I have t...
Here's the rock! :)
So pretty. So perfect. Pear shape = Love
Do any of you gals have a pear shape? Do you wear the point facing towards you or away?
I, personally, wear it facing tow...
... the reception, we've found a punch called "Perfect Pear". So now we have to try it...
maybe this will be an excuse for a party of some sort...?
750 ml extra-dry champagne
8 oz pear schnap...
