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02/14/2009
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Bridesmaids
I ordered the dresses!
I ordered the girls' dresses today! I'm so excited! My MOH is going to wear the short dress in pink with an ivory belt. My bridesmaid is going to wear the long dress in pink with an ivory sash. I bought ivory purses for the girls also. I can't wait to get them!!!
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02/01/2009
 pink vest |
The guys' attire
Fiance and I went to the tux shop today. Before we went to the tux shop he refused to wear pink. He wanted the guys in yellow vests with a yellow tie. When he saw the pink vest he decided to compromise. The guys will be wearing pink vests with an ivory dress shirt, an ivory tie, a black tux coat, and black pants. I think it will look really nice together!
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01/24/2009
 tea length sash dress ankle length satin ruch chiffon floor length off shoulders falf pick up floor gathers sash floor pink bridesmaid white sash knee pink ruched bust floor ruched sweetheart floor satin with sash rhinestone knee sheatj column spegetti straps sash floor pink floor dress pink floor with flower             |
Bridesmaids
Ok WBC must be having some technical difficulties so reposting.
Since loosing a bridesmaid I realized there was nothing holding me back from changing my bridesmaids' dress colors. After talking to my girls I decided that I am changing the color from yellow to pink! So I went in search of pink dresses. I found a great site that has bridesmaid dresses cheap. The shipping is ridiculous, but I figured it's worth it! www.lightinthebox.com The dress that is blue is from http://store.pacificplex.com/dk.html The pink dress following the blue dress is from http://www.rosebridesmaiddresses.com The pink dress with the flower is from http://www.nexteve.com I'm going to show the dresses to my girls to see what they think of them. My bridesmaid and I are going to David's Bridal next weekend since they are the only place that seems to carry anything bigger than a size 10. At least we'll get an idea which style looks best on her! I can hardly wait! |
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01/21/2009
 No bridesmaid |
Bridesmaids
I now have an ex-bridesmaid. To fully appreciate the reasoning for me replacing my bridesmaid you have to hear the story from the beginning.
Let's go back to May of last year. I asked my friend to be my bridesmaid. I gave her a list of bridesmaid duties (according to the knot). She read through them, and had no problem with any of them. She was super excited for about two weeks. We went dress shopping in June. She was kind of excited. She had just broken up with her boyfriend who was planning to propose. So I figured I'd give her some space. After all it's not fun helping plan a wedding when you no longer are planning a wedding too. I refrained from talking about the wedding for a few months. When we picked up the dress in October she showed no enthusiasm at all. We went to Michael's after picking up her dress. She had agreed to come along to help shop for my DIY projects. She spent the whole time aloof. I had to ask her the same questions over and over again. She spent the majority of the time searching for pieces to make a necklace she had decided to make after we got there. I was so disappointed in her lack of interest. I figured this is normal. She's not excited because the wedding is so far away. Fast forward to November. When I call her she rarely answers. When she does answer I try to bring her up to speed on wedding planning. She immediately changes the subject. In January I find out from her facebook that she is moving. Of course I called her to find out what's going on. She tells me she might be moving to Texas, but she wasn't sure yet. I told her to let me know as soon as she knew. I also told her that my wedding dress would be arriving any day. I told her hopefully it would arrive before she moved so she could help me try it on, and see it in person since she didn't go dress shopping with me. I found out from her facebook later that week that she wasn't moving. Seriously she couldn't call to tell me??? I called her to give her my support since she was going to be without her boyfriend while he was almost a thousand miles away for work. I told her we should have a double date before he leaves. I find out mid January from her facebook that her boyfriend is on his way down to Texas. Now I'm starting to get irritated by her lack of communication. I called her to tell her my dress was going to be at the shop the next day. It'd be here sometime that week because they were shipping it to me. My dress came in a few days later so I called her. She didn't answer. The next day she called me, but only because she needed directions to my college that she was transferring to. I gave her step by step directions directly to the college, to the parking lot she needed to be in, to the door she needed to go to, and to the office she needed to be at. Once she made it to her destination I mentioned my dress. She told me she would call me back. She called me back later to whine about her day of registration. After a period of silence I brought up my dress, and once again she told me she'd have to call me back. She never called me back. I called the next day, but she didn't answer. Finally I gave up on having her help me try my dress on. I had a friend help me try my dress on. I was beside myself. My bridesmaid showed no interest in helping me try my dress on. Nor did she care about seeing it! I showed her the pictures online. She didn't ask who helped me try it on. All she said was oh it's pretty. Then she changed the subject as I tried to tell her I needed to lose weight to fit into it better. This was the last straw! I sent her a message on facebook since she wasn't answering her phone. I asked her very nicely if she still wanted to be a bridesmaid. She said yea why wouldn't I? I sent a message back saying," Well, I've noticed that you haven't been very excited or interested in anything wedding related since you and Jared broke up. I know you are really busy. I know you have a lot on your mind. So I've been thinking about this for awhile. I figured it'd be better if you were a gift attendant. You can still wear the dress to the wedding. I just think it'd fit your schedule better as you wouldn't have any responsibility except showing up on the wedding day. I know it's crappy, but I think it's in the best of both of our interest." Of course my now ex-bridesmaid threw a fit like a baby, and told me to forget about it. I could have my bridesmaid dress back, because that was the biggest load of horse shit she had ever heard. I had tried being civil, but I had had it! We should of been talking about this over the phone not over facebook! So I explained to her why I didn't want her to be my bridesmaid anymore with all of the things listed above included. She claimed I never asked her to help! Then she said besides your wedding isn't until August. OMG! I can't believe she said that! I have waited since March of last year for my dress to get here, and she didn't even understand why I wanted to try it on so soon! Seriously?!!?!?!?!? So I gave her a list of the things that need to be done before the wedding. There is a lot of stuff that has to be done before the wedding! When she messaged me back she didn't even acknowledge the list of things that she needed to do before the wedding. I am so glad I replaced her! My other friends and my fiance were telling me they figured this would happen. They couldn't understand how I didn't see how self absorbed my now ex-bridesmaid is. Obviously I do now! She's even playing the "I'm the victim" game now! |
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01/17/2009
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wedding forumitis
It starts out harmless enough. You just got engaged so you search online for wedding forums to share the big news. Then you find out about this wonderful thing called DIY. You start seeing other brides' DIY projects. You immediately think you must do it too. Before you know it projects stack up. Then after you do your first labor intensive DIY project you start to rethink your other DIY projects. Are they really necessary? Who the heck is going to notice them? Then you realize you've been sucked up into the whirl wind of wedding forums. You've caught wedding forumitis.
Don't worry. Once you realize you have it it's easy to cure. Simply look over your wedding plans, and ask yourself a few questions. 1) Is this necessary? 2) Who is going to notice this? 3) How important is this to me? 4) Have I seen it at other weddings I've been too? 5) Is it really worth the time and money to do this project? 6) Is there a better way I can spend this money? AKA Is this money needed elsewhere? I started my first semester of RN school. I'll barely have time to work let alone do a bunch of unnecessary projects. So I started rethinking some of my wedding plans. I decided to cut out place cards for the bridal party and parents' tables as I'm not doing assigned seating, custom big Hershey bars for the parents and bridal party, water bottle labels, custom thank you cards, bathroom baskets, registry cards, and paper lanterns. I don't need all of this stuff! Few people will notice. Not to mention that this money would be better spent on appetizers or alcohol for my guests. I can't believe I thought I needed all of that stuff when I was struggling to figure out how to pay for appetizers! Keep your priorities straight ladies! |
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01/14/2009
 my dress from front closer my dress with train out 2   |
Wedding Dress
It's here!!!!!!!!!
It doesn't zip, but I knew it wouldn't. I've gained 14lbs since I ordered it. This is the perfect motivation for me to get my butt in the gym! Seeing as it didn't zip I didn't get any pictures of the back. Some pictures are better than no pictures right?
My dress is by Sottero & Midgley model number ASM3144 in ivory. I didn't order it in petite, because the sales people didn't know that was an option. So at least eight inches needs to be chopped off. I need to have the dress let out on my rib cage also. As long as I lose the 14lbs those should be all the alterations that I need. Ladies let me tell you a chapel length train is heavy! I tried walking in my dress, and I was caught off guard by the weight of the train! It actually made me jerk back a little bit. I guess my brain was thinking I was caught on something lol. Anyway, I love my dress!!!!! I can't wait to get it altered! |
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01/11/2009
 lorraine's bridesmaid dress Sydney's dress   |
Bridesmaids
I love Alfred Angelo's dresses! They are stylish, but yet affordable. So naturally I had to pick Alfred Angelo for my bridesmaid dresses. The dress with the sash is my Maid of Honor's dress. She will have either an ivory, white, or pink sash. The next dress is my bridesmaid's dress. Unfortunately, Alfred Angelo has discontinued my bridesmaid's dress. If you like it you will have to search high and low to find it.
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01/10/2009
 ces-square cake ISU image round sports cake Sports Cupcakes     |
Wedding Cake
This is what our cake will look like minus the whimpy tiger lily on top. We will have yellow roses with pink calla lilies made out of fondant. The drapes will be made out of fondant. The rest of the cake will be covered in butter cream frosting. We are having red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. My fiance actually decided the flavor because I was stuck between carrot cake with cream cheese filling, chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling, and red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. Our baker even gave us an awesome price quote, because she's so excited to make this cake.
I'm trying to decide if I want to have a grooms cake or not. If I decide to have a grooms cake it has to be a sports cake. My fiance is all about sports. Iowa State University has to be represented somehow. Yes I'd be using the old logo, because I hate the new one. Of course the cake would be red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. I have enough time ponder if the grooms cake is worth the money or not. I know a grooms cake is not necessary, but it would be a nice surprise for my fiance. |
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01/08/2009
 89 pocketfolders above view 89 pocketfolders side view   |
Wedding Invitation
89 pocketfolders DONE!
After several hours of tedious cutting and taping my pocketfolders are finally done! Of course I had to pick the most labor intensive ones out there. Is it bad that I want to put them into a fireproof safe lol?
For instructions and templates for the pocketfolder, invitation, and inserts visit my planning bio |
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01/07/2009
 Picture #1: heart dish Picture #2: heart centerpiece Picture #3: heart within a heart centerpiece Picture #4: heart within a heart centerpiece up close Picture#5: pink mock up      |
DIY Wedding
Centerpieces again.....
I have 19 of these adorable heart dishes as pictured in picture #1. I want to incorporate them into my decor somehow. I got them from a bride who got them from her sister who used them in her wedding several years ago. I've searched all over the internet to see if I can find more without any luck. So getting more of them is out of the question, unfortunately.
Since a lot of people said they didn't like my mismatched centerpiece (picture #5) it got me thinking. What if my centerpiece wasn't so mismatched? So I threw a mock up together using the heart dishes (picture #2). I didn't like how it looked. The heart dishes overpowered the tealight holders. Then a light bulb went off. I put the heart dish within the larger heart dish (picture #3 and close up in picture #4). Now I don't know which centerpiece I like better picture #3 or picture #5. So if you had to choose between #3 or #5 which one would you pick? D none of the above. I'd add this____ is NOT an option here! My tiny centerpiece budget is all gone. I can't add anything to it. |
wannabenurse2
| 4 | years since wedding |
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