Long dress, Short dress?!

Okay, so I'm having a dilemma!

Long Dress; Short Dress; to Shawl; or Suck it up!!!

Bridesmaid dresses shouldn't be this difficult. I just don't know what to do. Long dress; Short dress??? With us leaning towards a more fun, quirky wedding short bridesmaid dresses seemed like the way to go but our celebration is in March.. in Kentucky. The weather here is completely crazy! It could be warm and sunny, cool and cloudy, lite showers to crazy thunderstorms, or it could be snowing!! With all these crazy weather opportunities long dresses should be the easy answer... the problem there is finding a long dress I like, that comes in the color that I want it in. MUCH harder than you would think. Navy, Plum & Steel ... I thought "that's easy" but nope. Everything in the wedding world is too light! I just don't know.....

Shawls are not really my thing but I really want to take pictures outside! Urgh... I'm SO not a decision maker. & that's BAD when you're trying to put together a wedding!

I'm losing my mind.............

DIY

I consider myself a somewhat crafty person. I don't always have the creative mind to think of things 1oo% on my own but I can look at others crafty-ness and be inspired to change it up and make it my own. I find that in the world of weddings that is especially true. Almost nothing is original anymore. Things can be altered and personalized but its pretty much a guarantee that someone, somewhere before you has done the same thing. So in the Hubs and I's quest to be "original" we threw up the white flag instead have agreed that I could DIY most to of the wedding elements saving us money and making the things we like uniquely us! So the lesson learned here is that "original" is out, "different" is in!

After flipping through countless blogs {I find them to be so much more inspiring and far less expensive than wedding magazines!} and having long conversations with myself the DIY list looks something like this:

1. All Stationary needs i.e. invitations w/ reply, accommodation, directions & send a note cards, thank you cards
2. All signage i.e. flop, favor, photo booth, bathroom, exit, guest book, candy bar & kids area.
3. The photo booth &/or picture wall
4. All centerpieces {want to have 2/3 different centers for visual purposes}
5. All ceremony items {aisle markers, alter, programs, pom toss}
6. Candy Bar
7. Linens i.e. table cloths, napkins, chair sashes
8. Flowers {bouquets, bouts, corsages, kissing balls, etc.}
9. All reception items {menus, favors, i spy}

When listed all separately I have about 60 items on the DIY list. Most "brides" might feel over whelmed by this but means I'm already married the pressure is really off. I don't know why that makes such a big difference but it does! I love it! I also have 22 months to pull everything together!

Weekend Fun

Okay, so as promised, here are pics of what I was up to this weekend!

"Will you..." cards! I saw this idea on a blog on the weddings by color website. I don't remember which of the lovely ladies I got it from.. There are SO many great ideas on this site!! I could spend hours and even days just going through all the different blogs and ideas that these ladies have come up with.

While waiting for the Hubs to come home on Saturday night, I was going through some of my old scrapbook paper and out of boredom came these cute little guys. I have different ideas for formally asking other members of the wedding party; I made these for the three girls that are going to act as my "day of coordinators" and a friend that has agreed to do all the girls makeup! It was a really simple project made with items that I already had! The only thing I bought was the 3d ring stickers. I was going to put the girls initials in the middle of the 3rd square but changed my mind when I saw these guys in the store. Final cost: 0.75$ each. and the girls REALLY loved them. That's what its really all about.

On to the purchases!

I got my cake topper.. though I won't be using it on the top of my cake! 8) So I guess it's more like a tier topper.. LOL. I found it at Hobby Lobby for 5$ {it was 50% off} Sorry for the poor picture quality.. with the flash was far worse!

I had some time to kill in Wal-Mart, so I wandered over to the travel section and found some great things for our bathroom baskets! All things are travel sized as our guest list isn't that large.

For the baskets we got: lint rollers, wet ones, shout wipes, body spray, lotion, germ-x, powder, floss, first-aid, kleenex and mouthwash. There are tampons and pads for the girls. I've got a few other things I'd like to pick up and of course they won't be this basket for the celebration. I would like to get a tray.

Okay, so that's all I have right now. Will update more soon.

~ Shel

Quick Post

Hi Ghosts!! 8)

I missed y'all on my short hiatus!

I've been busy on this hiatus... Pictures are coming soon! I made some "will you..." cards. I bought my cake topper and some items for my bathroom baskets.

Gotta run.. just wanted to quick post about my super fun weekend!!

~ Shel