So, I'm about 110% sure that I'm going to be a 2 hairstyle bride... down for the ceremony and up for the reception... kinda like Alyson Hannigan:The Hubs and I attended a wedding on Saturday and I actually had time to play around with my hair. {something I don't do cause I'm by no means a girly girl and for the most part just throw my hair into a pony tail and go}
I ended up with something I really liked and am considering for my reception look. What do you think???
Even though we have yet to formally ask anyone to be in our wedding party... I recruited some girlfriends to go bridesmaid dress shopping with me {call me crazy; I just like dress shopping + it was good to get a feeling for what dresses looked like on different body types!
***MAJOR PROPS*** go out to S and N, as they were in out of roughly 20+ dresses in 2 hours!!
Enjoy some pics: [NOTE: I still don't know which dresses I like best, but this was a great start!] All these pictures were taken by me; All dresses from David's Bridal. Whichever dress I do eventually decide on will be navy blue or Marine as DB calls it.
You wear your smile like a summer sky Just shining down on me and you I swear your heart is a free bird On a lazy Sunday afternoon
I love the way that you were up for anything Never worried 'bout what people say That's right, oh that's right What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway Never knowing what we're gonna find Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up Whoa, yeah, that's our kind of love Mm that's our kind of love
Skipping rocks and leaving footprints Down along the riverbank Always holding hands, never making plans Just living in the moment, babe
You give me life and with those funny faces You somehow always know just what to say That's right, oh that's right What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway Never knowing what we're gonna find Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up Whoa, yeah, that's our kind of love That's our kind of love
Oh that's right, baby you and I What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway Never knowing what we're gonna find Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up Whoa, oh Just like driving on an open highway Never knowing what we're gonna find Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up Whoa, yeah, that's our kind of love
Oo, that's our kind of love Oh, that's our kind of love
1,2,3, here we go! Oo, yeah That's our kind of love, girl Dontcha know it
No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth... just been SUPER busy, with work and wedding plans that I hope to catch everyone up on in the very near future.
Thanks for hanging in their with me, I appreciate it.
It was INCREDIBLE! Ever since deciding that I would have purple as part of our wedding colors I have wanted purple shoes!! I looked high and low; zappos, off broadway, target, payless, the list goes on and on and I just couldn't find the perfect pair. Either the color was off or they just didn't look like wedding shoes. I don't wear heals very often but I really wanted to wear heels with my dress.
I was out at TJ MAXX tonite looking for a new work shirt with the Hubs and while he perused the guys sections I wondered over to the shoe section... and TA DA:
I LOVE them. They aren't your typically wedding shoe which I also like, but what topped the deal was:
$19.99 for my wedding shoes!! HELL YEAH.
Here's a pic of them on my feet. Its an odd angle and I hate my feet, but here ya go!
So, without going into a lot of detail, circumstances have arose that are most definitely going to make the dream of a ceremony and reception at the Frazier impossible. With things the way the are, spending $2,000 on just the space, won't cut it. We were on a tight budget to begin with but were willing to spend the money on a great site.. location means a lot to us. But now with an even tighter budget I had two options: a. find a new location b. extend our time frame from our 3rd anniversary to our 5th. I really didn't want to wait that long so I'm now back on the search for a place that will allow us to have room for both the ceremony and reception, bring in any caterer we want, and preferably our own alcohol for less than $2,000.
Hubs and I have a friend that is a FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC baker. She's going to school to be a professional baker {that doesn't sound right but yeah} Anyway, she has made all our birthday cakes to date and so I'm really excited about having her make our wedding cake(s).
First up I'll show you what I'm thinking for the grooms cake. My man is a HUGE sports fan so I thought something like this would be awesome: except of course I'd have to change the teams to his favorites {Chargers, Kings & White Sox}. I hadn't even gotten around to showing him this before he stated that he didn't want the grooms cake at our reception... instead he really wanted the cake to be something smallish and have it served at the rehearsal dinner. Okay, well I don't really consider this cake to be smallish so it was out... the next cake I found though I'm sure he'll like, and meets all the specifications:Again, picture this as a black hat with a WHITE Sox logo on it, I really like it and I think that he'll enjoy it too.
Okay, on to what its really all about... My inspiration is from a couple different pictures so you'll have to kind of mind meld them together!
Okay this is essentially the cake I want. 2 round layers 2 square. I don't want it to be this big though. I want more of a tall, skinnier cake. This is the color I want the swirls and ribbon to be. I really like this idea of not having the topper on the actual top of the cake. I think this is where I will be my topper.
The next few pictures are what I'd like the cake table to actually look like: I really like the lighting on this cake... It really makes the cake stand out! The top picture is really different and I love that its different. What I think would be really killer is if I could take whats on the table in this bottom picture and put it under the glass of the top picture. What do you think? Am I crazy?
I love playing in the rain and hanging out in the sun. Planning parties and being creative. I'm a multitasking perfectionist, Overboard Organizer and Semi Neat Freak.
This blog is a way for me to document the many ups, downs & fun times that come with planning the perfect wedding re-do!
The Hubs and I attended a wedding on Saturday and I actually had time to play around with my hair. {something I don't do cause I'm by no means a girly girl and for the most part just throw my hair into a pony tail and go}
except of course I'd have to change the teams to his favorites {Chargers, Kings & White Sox}. I hadn't even gotten around to showing him this before he stated that he didn't want the grooms cake at our reception... instead he really wanted the cake to be something smallish and have it served at the rehearsal dinner. Okay, well I don't really consider this cake to be smallish so it was out... the next cake I found though I'm sure he'll like, and meets all the specifications:
Again, picture this as a black hat with a WHITE Sox logo on it, I really like it and I think that he'll enjoy it too.
Okay this is essentially the cake I want. 2 round layers 2 square. I don't want it to be this big though. I want more of a tall, skinnier cake. 
This is the color I want the swirls and ribbon to be. 
I really like this idea of not having the topper on the actual top of the cake. I think this is where I will be my topper.
I really like the lighting on this cake... It really makes the cake stand out! 
The top picture is really different and I love that its different. What I think would be really killer is if I could take whats on the table in this bottom picture and put it under the glass of the top picture. 
What do you think? Am I crazy?
