Wedding Wednesday
  • I did some craftin' this weekend (while listening to the "Cocktail Hour" mix that I've created). I still feel as though it's a little early to be working on all the small projects that I have, but I'm bored right now and I'm sure I'll be thanking myself later for doing these things now before I have so many things to think about and work on. I was at a standstill with the invitations because I was waiting for the paper to go on sale at Hob Lob, so this is what I did instead. Expect to see this goodies in some capacity on 09.22.12!
These are pomander balls and the colors are more 
pretty in person. I'm going for the ombre look.

Not done yet, clearly!
  • The flower girl dresses are going to work! Yahoo!!!
  • I bought two sashes from ebay. I'm hoping they arrive quickly (got an email saying tomorrow!), because the girl from Etsy is waiting to hear back from me about creating a custom sash. She'll just have to wait, though, because the ones from ebay are much cheaper. I really hope one of those two is "the one." The nice thing is that I'll be able to try them on with my dress. I also have purple shoes coming that I'm not totally in love with (but will work if they fit). I'm having such an issue finding what I like in my size!
  • I got purple and white crystal garland in the mail on Monday. It's going to be used for centerpieces somehow, but I still haven't figured it out. My problem is that I want everything to be unique and it's hard to think of things that haven't been overdone and/or don't look generic, but that also aren't too complicated or expensive.
  • It is wedding budget crunch time, as right now it seems that all the money is coming out of my checking account for various things. Eek!
87 Days Until Our Wedding!

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