After weeks of procrastinating, Mike and I finally went out camera shopping today. Actually, the only reason we went was because the camera I already own won't accept a larger xd picture card so all we'd be able to take is about 100 pictures while we're gone for 3 weeks, total. So, we needed a new camera.
I asked my knotties girls awhile ago which brands they recommend and the majority ruled for Canon or Nikon. Well, the first camera store we went to today, a Fuji was shown to us for $119.00. Not a bad price, but eh, I figured we should at least hit Circuit City before deciding, since they're going out of business. Might find a great sale! Tsk, We got to CC and judging by the limited products left, we were too late. Most of the displays read "last one!", which meant buy off the rack with no accessories. I need at least a manual! I'm one of those people that gets a new gadget and reads the manual from front to back. So, CC was a no go.
I decided I'd go back to the first store and just get the Fuji, but this Internet queen couldn't resist checking online to see what I could find at such short notice. (We need the camera by Friday) I found this Canon on amazon.com for a great price. The reviews are pretty good too. I also purchased a 4gb memory card and paid for 2 day delivery, so my new toy should be here by Wednesday. I can't wait to read the manual on the plane Saturday!
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Day 4....cleanse
Saturday was not easy to say the least. First off, Saturday is traditionally my cheat day. Diet wise. I usually eat well at work all week to treat myself on Saturday. Okay and maybe Sunday. Just the weekend in general dammit! So I broke. But not badly...I had a salad...OK. and some Doritos. but only a few. I still took my laxative tea last night and this morning the SWF. And guess what?
I STILL lost 3 pounds! Total to date is 11 pounds. Whoo!
I will tell all you cleansers out there, it's a mind game. I was not in the very least THAT hungry where I felt starved. Mentally, I was telling myself, it's Saturday. I'm supposed to be eating something. We usually go out to eat so that made it even worse.
The good thing is when I thought of food and my cheat day, miraculously I wasn't thinking about traditional "cheat" foods. I wanted salmon yesterday. or ultimately what I did eat, a salad. Weird, huh? I actually wanted, no craved (mentally) healthy food. I think that's why it didn't affect my weight loss at all.
Today is day 5 and I can tell you already I was out allllll day doing wedding shopping and didn't have my lemonade with me. Soooo, I had another salad. This is totally not a part of the cleanse but whatever. As long as I'm losing weight, I'll do a real flush after the wedding.
What you have to understand about this cleanse is that there are many reasons to do it. Right now, with my wedding 12 days away, my reason is weight loss. Period. And since the scale numbers are still going down, that's what matters to me.
Tomorrow I'm going strictly back to lemonade. Hey, it was the weekend. But I didn't have a pizza or McDonalds or Taco Bell, as Mike suggested earlier (ugh, the nerve of him lol) or any other greasy spoon meal. A salad is totally guiltless in my book.
Until tomorrow....day 5 coming up.
I STILL lost 3 pounds! Total to date is 11 pounds. Whoo!
I will tell all you cleansers out there, it's a mind game. I was not in the very least THAT hungry where I felt starved. Mentally, I was telling myself, it's Saturday. I'm supposed to be eating something. We usually go out to eat so that made it even worse.
The good thing is when I thought of food and my cheat day, miraculously I wasn't thinking about traditional "cheat" foods. I wanted salmon yesterday. or ultimately what I did eat, a salad. Weird, huh? I actually wanted, no craved (mentally) healthy food. I think that's why it didn't affect my weight loss at all.
Today is day 5 and I can tell you already I was out allllll day doing wedding shopping and didn't have my lemonade with me. Soooo, I had another salad. This is totally not a part of the cleanse but whatever. As long as I'm losing weight, I'll do a real flush after the wedding.
What you have to understand about this cleanse is that there are many reasons to do it. Right now, with my wedding 12 days away, my reason is weight loss. Period. And since the scale numbers are still going down, that's what matters to me.
Tomorrow I'm going strictly back to lemonade. Hey, it was the weekend. But I didn't have a pizza or McDonalds or Taco Bell, as Mike suggested earlier (ugh, the nerve of him lol) or any other greasy spoon meal. A salad is totally guiltless in my book.
Until tomorrow....day 5 coming up.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
DIY projects....last bit!
This should really be it for diy projects. I did quite a bit over the weekend and finally am getting around to posting pics. It's quite a bit so bear with me ;-)
First, I decided to do an iron on for my Mom with the leftover rhinestones I had. Used them all up:
I have instructions for how to do this if you click on diy or bridesmaids, it will come up.
Next, I did petal toss signs, menus, for the bar and dinner, and cards sign. The petal toss sign I made in Publisher. The poem I found on good ole trusty google!:
I made the bar sign in Publisher. Found the recipes on greygoose.com. We love the Goose!
The dinner menus were made in Publisher also. I'm printing them on VistaPrints oversized vertical postcards and tucking them into the napkins at each place setting.
This cards sign was also made in Publisher. Where the yellow piece of paper is on the treasure chest is where this sign will go:
I got around to designing my card box. It's a treasure chest (we already owned) with fish netting, pink and ivory pearls, and starfish. I also bought a hermit crab for decoration:
The above photo is the bottom of the chest which will have a little sand to cover the bottom and a knobby starfish as well.
Here are my beautiful petal cones:
I bought gold colored doilies from Michaels, used double sided tape to roll them up and stick the bows on that I hand tied with ribbon purchased from Michaels also. I alternated ribbon colors with pink and brown. I'm going to display them in a brown basket with the instructions sign next to them. I love how they turned out: 
Here's the brochures I made in Publisher for the OOT boxes. This is the inside:
Outside:
My table numbers also completed in Publisher, just a few for you to see:
Lastly, our rehearsal dinner invites. I plan on giving these out in Florida either hand delivered or in the OOT boxes for the bridal party and their spouses/significant others. Here's the front:
And the back with directions to the restaurant from Paradise Cove:
Whew! That is it! I am done with diy! I think.....heehee.
First, I decided to do an iron on for my Mom with the leftover rhinestones I had. Used them all up:
I have instructions for how to do this if you click on diy or bridesmaids, it will come up.Next, I did petal toss signs, menus, for the bar and dinner, and cards sign. The petal toss sign I made in Publisher. The poem I found on good ole trusty google!:
I made the bar sign in Publisher. Found the recipes on greygoose.com. We love the Goose!
The dinner menus were made in Publisher also. I'm printing them on VistaPrints oversized vertical postcards and tucking them into the napkins at each place setting.
This cards sign was also made in Publisher. Where the yellow piece of paper is on the treasure chest is where this sign will go:
I got around to designing my card box. It's a treasure chest (we already owned) with fish netting, pink and ivory pearls, and starfish. I also bought a hermit crab for decoration:
The above photo is the bottom of the chest which will have a little sand to cover the bottom and a knobby starfish as well.
Here are my beautiful petal cones:
I bought gold colored doilies from Michaels, used double sided tape to roll them up and stick the bows on that I hand tied with ribbon purchased from Michaels also. I alternated ribbon colors with pink and brown. I'm going to display them in a brown basket with the instructions sign next to them. I love how they turned out: 
Here's the brochures I made in Publisher for the OOT boxes. This is the inside:
Outside:
My table numbers also completed in Publisher, just a few for you to see:
Lastly, our rehearsal dinner invites. I plan on giving these out in Florida either hand delivered or in the OOT boxes for the bridal party and their spouses/significant others. Here's the front:
And the back with directions to the restaurant from Paradise Cove:
Whew! That is it! I am done with diy! I think.....heehee.Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Bridesmaid gifts
I headed to the mall on Saturday and racked up on body lotions, shower gels, and lip gloss from Bath and Body Works and Victorias Secret. Got a great deal also! Most of the stuff was on sale, actually everything was on sale so I paid as little as $1 for some of the bottles. Lastly, I ordered personalized bracelets for each girl from the knot gift shop. I should receive them any day now. On top of that, Mike and I had already agreed to pay a portion of their hair and make-up, if not pay for it all ourselves. If we do pay in full, it will be a surprise to them. For now, all they know is I'm putting down the initial deposit. So their gifts are a wrap. =)
For me, I finally purchased a pair of white boy shorts to wear the wedding date which I'm going to use the Mrs. iron on to jazz them up a bit. I also went to Things Remembered and got our cake server set engraved with our names and wedding date. They did a good job, but they charge a fee for engraving things not purchased from their store on top of the fee for engraving. Whatever. It was still pretty cheap. Oh, and they charge you based on the value of the item you bought in to be engraved.
So I had a productive weekend but I still feel like there's a million things left to do. I swear I can't sleep without dreaming of something wedding related. Good night :-)
For me, I finally purchased a pair of white boy shorts to wear the wedding date which I'm going to use the Mrs. iron on to jazz them up a bit. I also went to Things Remembered and got our cake server set engraved with our names and wedding date. They did a good job, but they charge a fee for engraving things not purchased from their store on top of the fee for engraving. Whatever. It was still pretty cheap. Oh, and they charge you based on the value of the item you bought in to be engraved.
So I had a productive weekend but I still feel like there's a million things left to do. I swear I can't sleep without dreaming of something wedding related. Good night :-)
Friday, January 9, 2009
Custom rhinestone iron ons
So part of my gift to my bridesmaids and maids of honor is that I decided to do custom rhinestone iron ons. I like the "Bride" and "Bridesmaids" ones but they may not wear those again. So for each girl, I took their nick names or married names or what they call themselves and made an iron on.
Once you have all the stones in place, place the backside of the mylar paper back over the sticky side and smooth it out. Voila! You are done. This is my finished iron on:
I made one for each girl and I plan to iron them onto tank tops I purchased from Old Navy. Each tank is a different color depending on their tastes. For example, my MOH Mai, loves purple, so she has a purple tank. I used different fonts with some of them, just playing around. In order, these are English 111 Vivace, Edwardian Script, and Passions Conflict.
Another one for my girl Wendy. She's a Diva, lol. The font is English 111 Vivace:
The top one here is for MOH Mai. I've been calling her Motts since we were 7 years old! The 2nd one is my new last name with our wedding date. I'm putting that one on a light pink tank top to wear on our honeymoon.
That's it. Hopefully this is helpful if you're thinking of doing it yourself. I bought the rhinestones from eBay for about $5, the mylar paper for $5 and each tank for $5. Very cheap DIY project and I think the girls will love them. I actually had so much fun making them, I'm thinking about hiring myself out to make them for others. We'll see.
The first one here is for Tiffiny aka Ms. Boss. First you make the words in Word, Publisher, or whatever application you choose. For this one I chose Edwardian Script. You have to stretch the wording, actually it's called kerning, so you have enough space between the letters to place the rhinestones. You change the text in Publisher by right clicking on the word after it's highlighted, choose character spacing and the new box will pop up for you to change the spacing. Once that's done and you're satisfied with how it looks, go to your printer settings. This will vary for each individual as far as how you do this, but you have to print your wording in mirror text.
This is how it looks printed: 
Once you have it printed, you take your mylar paper and place it over the wording sticky side up. Tape it down so the words don't move on you. Then, using tweezers place the rhinestones on the sticky paper stone side down, tracing the wording. This is mine completed with the stones:
Once you have it printed, you take your mylar paper and place it over the wording sticky side up. Tape it down so the words don't move on you. Then, using tweezers place the rhinestones on the sticky paper stone side down, tracing the wording. This is mine completed with the stones:
Once you have all the stones in place, place the backside of the mylar paper back over the sticky side and smooth it out. Voila! You are done. This is my finished iron on:I made one for each girl and I plan to iron them onto tank tops I purchased from Old Navy. Each tank is a different color depending on their tastes. For example, my MOH Mai, loves purple, so she has a purple tank. I used different fonts with some of them, just playing around. In order, these are English 111 Vivace, Edwardian Script, and Passions Conflict.
Another one for my girl Wendy. She's a Diva, lol. The font is English 111 Vivace:
The top one here is for MOH Mai. I've been calling her Motts since we were 7 years old! The 2nd one is my new last name with our wedding date. I'm putting that one on a light pink tank top to wear on our honeymoon. This one is for my boyshorts to wear the day of the wedding. The font is English 111 Vivace:
This is going on the back of my hoodie to wear the day of the wedding. The font is Edwardian Script: 
That's it. Hopefully this is helpful if you're thinking of doing it yourself. I bought the rhinestones from eBay for about $5, the mylar paper for $5 and each tank for $5. Very cheap DIY project and I think the girls will love them. I actually had so much fun making them, I'm thinking about hiring myself out to make them for others. We'll see.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
1st dress fitting!
It's official. The wedding is next month and I tried on everything for the first time yesterday. The jewelry, the shoes, oh the pink shoes, the veil from Occansey Designs, everything was perfect. I still have about 6 weeks to go so it's on at the gym! Because the dress has a corset back, I can still lose some more weight and not compromise the fit of the dress.
In other good news, Mike's cousin Jr. opened his eyes the other day. =) He now knows who's around him; before he was in a medically induced coma and on a respirator. He still needs the respirator because his heart isn't strong enough yet but we'll keep praying that he gets there.
I'm jumping back and forth here, but we also finally found a dress for my mom. Finally! She has an ivory 3 piece suit with gold embellishments on it. Very regal and classy. This weekend we're going to check out a dark brown suit for my father. Pops picked out a spiffy dark gray suit with white shirt and coral colored tie and hanky on Sunday at the men's store. The guys suits also came in and Mike tried his on with his ivory shirt. Looks rather good in it too if I must say so myself. The groomsman's shirts and brown.
Everything is coming together nicely. =)
In other good news, Mike's cousin Jr. opened his eyes the other day. =) He now knows who's around him; before he was in a medically induced coma and on a respirator. He still needs the respirator because his heart isn't strong enough yet but we'll keep praying that he gets there.
I'm jumping back and forth here, but we also finally found a dress for my mom. Finally! She has an ivory 3 piece suit with gold embellishments on it. Very regal and classy. This weekend we're going to check out a dark brown suit for my father. Pops picked out a spiffy dark gray suit with white shirt and coral colored tie and hanky on Sunday at the men's store. The guys suits also came in and Mike tried his on with his ivory shirt. Looks rather good in it too if I must say so myself. The groomsman's shirts and brown.
Everything is coming together nicely. =)
Monday, December 22, 2008
I love eBay!
I have turned into a serious eBay junkie! I found these place card holders doing a google search yesterday. The price was about $1.60 per place card holder with the place cards, just like the pic. 
I was totally prepared to pay that because from the very beginning I knew I wanted palm tree place card holders although the original ones I wanted seemed to be discontinued and are nowhere near as cute as these. Here's a pic of the old ones: 
So something said to check out eBay. What do I find? The above place card holders ready for me to bid on! I put in my max bid and found out I won them tonight. I got them for $0.63 a piece! I love a deal. I'm going to place them in trays of sand (maybe, maybe not) or just put them on a sand covered table. They may also double as favors, since they can be used later to hold a pic or whatever the owner decides.
My next eBay deal was this beautiful cake server set for $11.99: I'm going to take it to Things Remembered and have our names and wedding date engraved on the knife and probably "Our Wedding Day" engraved on the server.
In other news, my veil arrived today from Occansey Designs. Gorgeous! I can't wait to try it on with my dress and for $31 bucks you can't beat the price. I'll show pics later with the dress. I'm sorry but you gotta wait. =)
I was totally prepared to pay that because from the very beginning I knew I wanted palm tree place card holders although the original ones I wanted seemed to be discontinued and are nowhere near as cute as these. Here's a pic of the old ones: 
So something said to check out eBay. What do I find? The above place card holders ready for me to bid on! I put in my max bid and found out I won them tonight. I got them for $0.63 a piece! I love a deal. I'm going to place them in trays of sand (maybe, maybe not) or just put them on a sand covered table. They may also double as favors, since they can be used later to hold a pic or whatever the owner decides. My next eBay deal was this beautiful cake server set for $11.99: I'm going to take it to Things Remembered and have our names and wedding date engraved on the knife and probably "Our Wedding Day" engraved on the server.
In other news, my veil arrived today from Occansey Designs. Gorgeous! I can't wait to try it on with my dress and for $31 bucks you can't beat the price. I'll show pics later with the dress. I'm sorry but you gotta wait. =)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Menus and Invites
These are DIY as well. The 2nd set of invites and the rehearsal dinner menus. The invites were pretty easy; designed them in PowerPoint and had them printed by VistaPrint. I must say; the wording is a little difficult to read at the top. Other than that they are good to go. They came with rose colored envelopes and my RSVP card and Directions card will fit in their nicely. Like one of the knotties 
suggested, I am sending these to the older crowd (Mike's uncle, my grandmother, and I forgot the last one, lol) We actually have 20 of them with 10 envelopes, so we're actually debating adding a name or two if possible. Eh, we'll see. Kinda late in the game to expect someone to make travel arrangements but you never know. The rehearsal dinner menus are for the rehearsal dinner at Bahama Breeze. I chose 3 entrees off the menu and decided that's what we're paying for. They don't cater to small parties, so we couldn't rent a room for privacy and we may be seated in the same area at different tables. Right now, that's not sitting too well with me, so I'm thinking about other options. We'll see. I love how the menus turned out but I haven't printed them yet (luckily for me) because we aren't 100% sure that's where it's going to be.
More shopping.....
I found the cutest hot pink and brown clutch (can you say in our wedding colors, perfect!) for the day of the wedding on eBay. The best part, it was only $4.48 with shipping! Hopefully it's really cute in person, but for the price I paid, who cares if I have to chuck it and start from scratch. You have to really look through all the listings because I was going to jump on the first one I saw and it was $10. I kept looking to see what else they had and found the same clutch a little cheaper. Works for me. Just added a picture of my shoes just to see how they look next to each other; I think they'll work!
Also, I got my wedding garters: 
toss and keepsake Philadelphia Eagles. Mike loves the Eagles so I think he'll love these. Oh, I bought them from eBay, for $12! I used a coupon they were offering to get the deal. Love deals! The seller is Kristi's Charmed Life. Her prices are amazing and she periodically runs specials such as free shipping. Check her out if you're looking for garters. And I got a free gift which is a keepsake silver toned garter; it can be worn on a key chain or just scrap booked as a reminder of your day. Nice touch from Kristi.
toss and keepsake Philadelphia Eagles. Mike loves the Eagles so I think he'll love these. Oh, I bought them from eBay, for $12! I used a coupon they were offering to get the deal. Love deals! The seller is Kristi's Charmed Life. Her prices are amazing and she periodically runs specials such as free shipping. Check her out if you're looking for garters. And I got a free gift which is a keepsake silver toned garter; it can be worn on a key chain or just scrap booked as a reminder of your day. Nice touch from Kristi. Thursday, December 4, 2008
Catch up!
Whew, it's been a busy few days! I haven't posted since Thanksgiving, I think. We had family up from North Carolina and we had one heck of a weekend. So much has happened since my last post, I don't know where to begin. On top of everything else, I'm back to work and playing catch up from being off since last Tuesday.
Let me see, I'll start by saying that I am now bridal party drama free! Haha. It feels good to have the negativity away from me. I'm not going to go in to detail but it was definitely for the best. When you realize people are not for you, they must be against you and I don't need that mess around me. Peace to the haters!
On another note, Mai ordered her dress! Can you believe it? Everything that girl has been through over the past 5 months and regardless to my protests, she still made it her business to order her dress and be a part of the wedding. I'm amazed, happy, ecstatic, all in one. She really wanted to be a part of our day, no matter what. I love her =) Awww, let me not get emotional here.
Next, I went shopping with Mike's niece and his nephew's girlfriend over the weekend. I was able to get their tank tops from Old Navy for $5 a piece! I plan to use the rhinestone iron-ons to individualize each tank. For instance, his sister is married, so hers will say Mrs. XXX. His niece calls herself "Ms. Boss", so that's what her tank will say. I'm so excited! Hopefully, the rhinestones will come in soon so I can get started. I also purchased them the mini reed diffusers. They smell great; I'm just going to give them a goodie bag, basically with a bunch of stuff in it and then get them each something else. I don't know. I'll keep looking and see what I come up with.
I also received a coupon from eBay for 40% off on December 1 only. I used the coupon to get my garters. Total price wound up being $12! They are Philadelphia Eagles garters, one keepsake and one toss. Mike should really like them =0)
My invites came in, both sets! The VistaPrint invites as well as the 13 bottles that the lady replaced for me. They all made it in one piece, thank goodness! So this weekends' project is to put the boxes together, address and stamp them, and get them ready to be sent out on the 13th. Everything is right on schedule.
I designed my rehearsal dinner invites but I haven't ordered them yet. Well, actually not invites but menus. Next project is the brochures to go in the out of town boxes, which I'm purchasing from another knottie for an excellent price.
Whoo! That was a mouthful! I'm done for now and I'll return on Friday with pics of everything new. Goodnight. ^-^
Oh, I almost forgot, I received my My Publisher photobook. Love it! I used our engagement pictures and I got 2 for the price of 1! I'm thinking about gifting one to my parents. The quality is amazing and so many knotties recommend them. I see why. Definitely making a parent's wedding album with them. I'll post pics of it in the near future. Goodnight, seriously this time.
Let me see, I'll start by saying that I am now bridal party drama free! Haha. It feels good to have the negativity away from me. I'm not going to go in to detail but it was definitely for the best. When you realize people are not for you, they must be against you and I don't need that mess around me. Peace to the haters!
On another note, Mai ordered her dress! Can you believe it? Everything that girl has been through over the past 5 months and regardless to my protests, she still made it her business to order her dress and be a part of the wedding. I'm amazed, happy, ecstatic, all in one. She really wanted to be a part of our day, no matter what. I love her =) Awww, let me not get emotional here.
Next, I went shopping with Mike's niece and his nephew's girlfriend over the weekend. I was able to get their tank tops from Old Navy for $5 a piece! I plan to use the rhinestone iron-ons to individualize each tank. For instance, his sister is married, so hers will say Mrs. XXX. His niece calls herself "Ms. Boss", so that's what her tank will say. I'm so excited! Hopefully, the rhinestones will come in soon so I can get started. I also purchased them the mini reed diffusers. They smell great; I'm just going to give them a goodie bag, basically with a bunch of stuff in it and then get them each something else. I don't know. I'll keep looking and see what I come up with.
I also received a coupon from eBay for 40% off on December 1 only. I used the coupon to get my garters. Total price wound up being $12! They are Philadelphia Eagles garters, one keepsake and one toss. Mike should really like them =0)
My invites came in, both sets! The VistaPrint invites as well as the 13 bottles that the lady replaced for me. They all made it in one piece, thank goodness! So this weekends' project is to put the boxes together, address and stamp them, and get them ready to be sent out on the 13th. Everything is right on schedule.
I designed my rehearsal dinner invites but I haven't ordered them yet. Well, actually not invites but menus. Next project is the brochures to go in the out of town boxes, which I'm purchasing from another knottie for an excellent price.
Whoo! That was a mouthful! I'm done for now and I'll return on Friday with pics of everything new. Goodnight. ^-^
Oh, I almost forgot, I received my My Publisher photobook. Love it! I used our engagement pictures and I got 2 for the price of 1! I'm thinking about gifting one to my parents. The quality is amazing and so many knotties recommend them. I see why. Definitely making a parent's wedding album with them. I'll post pics of it in the near future. Goodnight, seriously this time.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Invites....part 2
I spoke to the woman who made the invites and even sent her pics of the damage. She kept apologizing and asked me what I wanted to do, either get a refund or she could make more bottles. We decided that she is going to make and ship me more bottles as soon as possible. I let her know that I want to get them out early December and she said she can make it happen. So we'll see. I really do love how they turned out and hopefully the other 13 will make it to NJ in one piece.
I'm still short about 5 invites, since we added to the guest list, so I'm ordered another version from VistaPrint. I'll probably use these to send to my 89 year old grandmother, who will probably look at the bottle like WTH? and to people I'm sure won't make it, or appreciate the bottle invite, mostly the older guests and those who probably aren't going to make it.
After Mike gives me the green light on the design he likes best (I made 4 different invites, similar styles) I'll place the order and be done with it. I'll post pics of the one we choose later.
I'm still short about 5 invites, since we added to the guest list, so I'm ordered another version from VistaPrint. I'll probably use these to send to my 89 year old grandmother, who will probably look at the bottle like WTH? and to people I'm sure won't make it, or appreciate the bottle invite, mostly the older guests and those who probably aren't going to make it.
After Mike gives me the green light on the design he likes best (I made 4 different invites, similar styles) I'll place the order and be done with it. I'll post pics of the one we choose later.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Invites....round 1!
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These are the invites. I may have to DIY the other 13, but this is what I ordered. Here's a close up of the wording I used. I found the poem on http://www.beachwedlockinviations.com/. 
This is the invitation, burned edges and all. The invite is printed on pink parchment paper and the wording is brown in color. Love the palm tree!These are close-ups of the contents of the bottle: a little sea grass thingy, some pink shells, pearls, and of course, sand. 
This is the entire invitation put together. The paper is tied with a little champagne colored bow and the bottle top is wrapped in raffia. I truly love how they turned out. You can't see it here, but the top has a pink shell glued to the raffia. The DIY bottles are next!
This is the entire invitation put together. The paper is tied with a little champagne colored bow and the bottle top is wrapped in raffia. I truly love how they turned out. You can't see it here, but the top has a pink shell glued to the raffia. The DIY bottles are next!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The invites
We received our invites in the mail today. Ugh. First of all, there are 13 of the 65 bottles broken. They were packed with those noodle looking things and paper. Of course they wouldn't survive. Couple that with the mail workers completely disregarding the "fragile" written on the boxes and probably tossing them every which way. So, I'm down 13 invites. On top of that, I was already down a few more because we added people to the list. So now I need 15 invites, total
A few of the bottle tops. How wonderful.
So what to do? Do I order more bottles and make them myself? Or, just get the Vistaprint invites and send those, as another knottie suggested, to those people I'm quite sure won't be attending. Hmmm. Decisions, decisions.
Right now I'm waiting to hear back from Andrea (girl who did the invites) to see what she plans to do. I don't know if she had insurance on the packages or not. If it's the latter, we'll see how she intends to make this right. I'll keep you posted. But first, for your viewing pleasure courtesy of Mike:
Here's the banged up box:
My broken bottles in the noodle stuff:
A few of the bottle tops. How wonderful. Wednesday, November 12, 2008
My dress is in.....and early!
I remember when I started to panic a little that I hadn't ordered my dress yet as I approached the middle of July. Everyone said Maggie dresses take between 6 and 8 months to arrive, on average. Well, I got the call today, mine is here and it took 4 months! I'm excited it's here but I don't want to put it on yet. I've actually lost a little weight since I ordered it but I still don't want to put it on yet. Maybe I'll go by the salon to look at it, since I'll be there tomorrow anyway with one of my bridesmaids. Eh, I don't know. I don't want to start the fittings until January but maybe I should try it on just to make sure it fits. We'll see.
Everything happens for a reason....
The bridesmaids dresses came in! I love them. They are more goldish (light) looking than I anticipated but that's what makes them even more elegant. So the same day I find out they are here, one of the bridesmaids calls me and tells me she's pregnant. We talk for about an hour because there are some issues that she's concerned with being pregnant. Not health issues, more so HER issues, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, the next day she tells me all is good and we joke about how the baby should be born sometime in July. (Both of us are July babies, lol) Then she bust out, "So you don't mind a big belly in your pictures?" Wow. I know some people have this whole wedding thing twisted but I didn't think she would think her pregnancy would be an issue. I tell her, of course I don't mind, but I am honest with her when I say I don't think the dress will fit her. The dress was ordered in August and it wasn't ordered with a baby belly in mind. We talk a few minutes about the dress and I let her know, basically there's nothing the salon can do but rush order her another dress. I can tell she's really not up for being in this wedding either.
She keeps apologizing and asking if I have someone to replace her; again the twisted minds of some regarding weddings. I explained to her, I'm not calling in stand ins just for the sake of it. She hits me with one last one, well, your sides are going to be uneven, referring to the number of guys versus girls in the bridal party. I exhale first; listen, who cares about even sides? I asked people I am close to, to stand up there next to me. Sheesh.
Granted, she has been getting on my nerves since day 1, actually her and another one. The color of the dress was too bright, not those shoes, not that day, etc..Don't even let me tell you how they are complaining to the one bridesmaid who actually took the initiative to put together a bridal shower and bachelorette party for me. Basically, in a nutshell, I wanted these two to drop out. It seems they are going out of their way to say and do the opposite of everything I ask of them. And then to give the other bridesmaid a hard time lets me know they'd be happy if nothing were to happen for me, since they don't want to contribute their time or finances to it.
So everything happens for a reason; she's pregnant, I'm happy for her, but I'm glad she decided not to order another dress. There was no way to kick her out of the wedding without ending what we call a friendship, so it's better this way. No hard feelings on either side; she made the choice but she keeps saying sorry, she feels she let me down. She did, but not by getting pregnant, that's life.
But don't apologize hun; secretly, I'm rejoicing.
Anyway, the next day she tells me all is good and we joke about how the baby should be born sometime in July. (Both of us are July babies, lol) Then she bust out, "So you don't mind a big belly in your pictures?" Wow. I know some people have this whole wedding thing twisted but I didn't think she would think her pregnancy would be an issue. I tell her, of course I don't mind, but I am honest with her when I say I don't think the dress will fit her. The dress was ordered in August and it wasn't ordered with a baby belly in mind. We talk a few minutes about the dress and I let her know, basically there's nothing the salon can do but rush order her another dress. I can tell she's really not up for being in this wedding either.
She keeps apologizing and asking if I have someone to replace her; again the twisted minds of some regarding weddings. I explained to her, I'm not calling in stand ins just for the sake of it. She hits me with one last one, well, your sides are going to be uneven, referring to the number of guys versus girls in the bridal party. I exhale first; listen, who cares about even sides? I asked people I am close to, to stand up there next to me. Sheesh.
Granted, she has been getting on my nerves since day 1, actually her and another one. The color of the dress was too bright, not those shoes, not that day, etc..Don't even let me tell you how they are complaining to the one bridesmaid who actually took the initiative to put together a bridal shower and bachelorette party for me. Basically, in a nutshell, I wanted these two to drop out. It seems they are going out of their way to say and do the opposite of everything I ask of them. And then to give the other bridesmaid a hard time lets me know they'd be happy if nothing were to happen for me, since they don't want to contribute their time or finances to it.
So everything happens for a reason; she's pregnant, I'm happy for her, but I'm glad she decided not to order another dress. There was no way to kick her out of the wedding without ending what we call a friendship, so it's better this way. No hard feelings on either side; she made the choice but she keeps saying sorry, she feels she let me down. She did, but not by getting pregnant, that's life.
But don't apologize hun; secretly, I'm rejoicing.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wedding bands
We picked up our rings! I can't wait to be Mrs. Mike, lol. We purchased our bands from the same jeweler Mike used to get my engagement ring, Diamond Castle. Nick was the guy who helped us; he's a smooth salesman and he gave us a great deal. They give you the appraisal on the spot. 3 and 1/2 months to go; I can't wait!
Mike's band and my band.
My engagement ring and band together. Close up of both.
My engagement ring and band together. Close up of both.
Cocktail menus mock-up
Here's the updated list:
- Guest book sign
- Brochures for OOT (out of town) bags
- Rehearsal dinner menus
- Memorial table sign (maybe)
- fan programs
- sand ceremony frame trial
- photo sharing cards
- menu cards
- table numbers
- cocktail menu (signature drinks and spirits)
- RSVP cards
- map and directions cards
- fish net for card box
I played around with Microsoft Publisher and came up with the design for the cocktail menu. It's not complete, for one, I'm not sure of the actual types of alcohol we are providing, but the list is pretty close. Mike has to come up with a signature drink and I just want something pink. I will print this as a picture and display it on an easel at the bar, depending on how many I use for the tables.
Monday, November 3, 2008
New Projects
I looked at my list and right now, I can think of a few additional things I need to do:
- Guest book sign
- Brochures for OOT (out of town) bags
- Rehearsal dinner menus
- Memorial table sign (maybe)
The Memorial table is up in the air right now. Mike wants to honor his Mom in some way at the wedding but he hasn't quite figured out what he wants to do yet. If it includes a memorial table, I can hook it up.
This is the old list and what I have completed to date:
- fan programs
- sand ceremony frame trial
- photo sharing cards
- menu cards
- table numbers
- cocktail menu (signature drinks and spirits)
- RSVP cards
- map and directions cards
- fish net for card box
Not too bad. I went to AC Moore on Saturday and bought another bottle for the officiant to use for the sand ceremony and I bought a little hermit crab to go in the treasure chest. I also have my cocktail menu designed, a rough draft basically. I'll post pics tomorrow. And our rings arrived; I didnt' have time to add it today, so I'll post pics tomorrow also.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Photo sharing cards done!
Another check off the list: photo sharing cards. I got some feedback from the knotties on which sites were best to use for guests to upload their photos. After checking out a few, the best one, overall, is Photobucket. So I created a card that I'm going to print on VistaPrint postcards or business cards to hand out to the guests. Hopefully they put them to use!
- fan programs
- sand ceremony frame trial
- photo sharing cards
- menu cards
- table numbers
- cocktail menu (signature drinks and spirits)
- RSVP cards
- map and directions cards
- fish net for card box
Three things left on this list. Yay! Unfortunately, I recalled some other things I need to add to the list but I'll add them later.
My knottie purchases have arrived!
Fast shipping! Highly recommend. Sounds like what you'd write on eBay feedback. If I could do the same for these products I would. Let's start with the shoes: gorgeous. Love them. Perfect for the wedding and they were even cheaper than what she quoted by a couple dollars.
A different knottie (names escape me now, they are both named in a previous post) sold me the wooden IKEA easels and kids' activity sheets. Paid $16 for everything with shipping. I plan to display my table number/menu cards on them like the 5 x 7 picture is shown below. I think it looks great; not too big but should be noticeable enough for guests to find their table. I'm not painting them either; they're fine just the way they are ;-]
Lastly, the kid activity sheets:
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It's in a pack of 12, which should be enough. I hope there's not more than that many children there =)
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