Quickie.

I -finally- ordered our Save the Dates! Cards, envelopes, and stamps. Phew, glad that's over! Can't wait until they get here to see my creation come to life! Now that that's out of the way, I need to seriously work on our wedding website, since it's listed on our save the date cards. Yikes!

I just got done sending out some official bridesmaid/crafty business. Don't worry, I took enough pictures to definitely blog about it. Soon, I swear. I want to make sure everything closes out smoothly with that before I go blogging about it.

Short post, I know, but since I don't blog too often, I thought I needed to give some sort of update!

Bridesmaid post coming soon!

Rustic Whimsy.

There are a lot of things I'm still very uncertain about when it comes to this wedding. My colors have changed about a million times, and now I've even added a new color! I've been wanting to add a third color to the blue and green mix, I just wasn't sure on what; beige, chocolate, yellow, silver? Burlap! That may not be a "color" exactly, but I'm embracing the fact that I am a rustic bride. I really love burlap. I'm definitely not into the whole "country" scene, but I do love the rustic, outdoorsy feel/look of things. So we're going to label my wedding, officially, as "rustic whimsy". Whimsy because I want to keep it girly and offbeat. So there may not be cowboy boots, horse back riding, or hay, but it will be as close to rustic as I can get while keeping it me. I had been scouring Pinterest for a solid direction to go as far as decor, and I came across a lot of burlap decor. From table cloths, to centerpieces, and bouquet wraps, I will, hopefully, use burlap as my fabric for table settings and accents on me and my bridesmaids. I'd love to keep everything white and burlap, with accents of my blue and green wedding colors. Burlap table runners with Green or blue chargers? Glass hurricanes wrapped in burlap or twine filled with blue or green candles? I think I'm finally on the write track! Here is a little inspiration board I made.

Something a little less stressful.

 So I've finally started on our Save The Dates! I'd have to say that I'm a   pretty crafty girl, butI had a little mental breakdown and became overwhelmed with the idea of cutting card stock, printing, pasting, and everything else that's involved with almost 100 Save the Dates.So I had started to look around for custom made ones on Etsy. I noticed a lot of shops were selling Save the Date templates. So I thought to myself, "Why don't I just photoshop something up?" So I did! I think they look great so far. I'm just working out a few minor details. I plan on printing them out through a photo site my photographer (Janickiphotography.com) recommended, Mpix.com. I printed out a copy at on photo paper just to see what a nice printout would look like, and I'm pretty happy with them. I'll have them printed out on pearl card stock. I'm very excited to get them out, but I'm going to wait until the beginning of January to mail them out. For now, here's a sneak peak at them :o)

Something [White].

I FINALLY found my dress! I cannot tell you how excited I am about it. I've probably looked at it a thousand times by now! I wish I could post pictures, but this is something I will, obviously, be keeping a secret.

There haven't been a lot of updates as of late; sorry. I'm really slacking on the wedding planning. Really, the dress was holding me back. I've been so stressed about it lately that I haven't been in the mood to plan anything else. But now that the dress has been purchased, I can move on, pick out bridesmaid dresses, shoes, flowers, and other things, and be sure of the direction we're going as far as decor and style of the wedding.

I've recently been working on our wedding registry...which is harder than I thought. Who knew that registering would be so difficult? I guess doing so online isn't the best, but oh well. So far we're registered on Target's Club Wed, but I'm also thinking of registering on Amazon which seems to be the smartest. At least it could incorporate items from a lot of different websites.

We received our engagement session proofs disc last weekend. This means I can really get into some Save-The-Dates...which I really wanted to send out soon, but obviously won't. I'm hoping for a January send out : )

So that's about all that's going on with wedding planning. Maybe with this Thanksgiving break I have coming up, I can pick up some cardstock and get bloggin' about something worth reading!

Happy Holidays : )

Something Catered.

We're quickly filling up our wedding checklist...as far as vendors go. We had a catering consultation this weekend. Like I've probably said before, we're trying to keep our wedding different, yet not too informal or tacky. We met with Old Carolina Barbecue Company. We had never eaten there until our tasting. We'll definitely be going back! They're almost your typical barbecue style food, but a lot of things seem to have a little twist to them. We can pick from your traditional barbecue foods, or a Tuscan style meal. But to keep things different and stick to the rustic theme I've adopted, we're opting for barbecue. So, we booked them that day! The only drawback with them, is that they don't provide alcohol, but the woman we met with gave me the name of another women can provide service for us as long as we provide all of the alcohol. Which is way cheaper anyway! So, all that is left aside from that are our flowers.

I recently joined the site Pinterest. For those of you who don't know, it's this great site where you can "pin" a picture to your board of things you like, which makes it really easy for someone else to look at other pinned photos for ideas. It's essentially an inspiration board, and I will be using mine to get inspired for some DIY wedding decor. I will waste my life away on that site!

Currently, I am hard core researching ideas for Save-the-Dates. I have a few really cute ideas, but since I'm doing them myself, I'm trying to keep them practical. I am planning on using our engagement photos in our Save-the-Dates, so I know they're going to be super cute. Get ready for some major DIY crafts!

So much is going on right now! Last weekend was a pretty busy weekend for us. We had a consultation with our cake baker, our engagement photos, and we were throwing my birthday party all in the same day. I'm exhausted just thinking about it!

Downtown Hudson had a "Wedding Walk" last weekend, where a lot of the local bridal vendors come out to show some of the newest ideas and hold mini consultations. If there was one thing Tyler and I were sure of having at our wedding, it was Main Street Cupcakes. Tyler doesn't like sweets much, at all, but I can always get him to eat a Main Street Cupcake. So we went through a little cake tasting (even though we've had their cupcakes a thousand time before!). They had a variety of mini cupcakes set out to try. We booked them that day and received our cake topper (6 inch cake for us to cut at the wedding) for free! We have until July to finalize our flavors, which is great because with over 200 flavors to choose from it's going to be a hard decision with a lot of eating...I mean research!

This coming weekend we have a consultation with our potential caterer, Old Carolina Barbecue Company. We're aiming for different with our wedding, and we figured what's different than bbq, right? Neither of us have ever eaten there, but I always hear great things about their food and their service. So, we're looking forward to checking them out! More details on that after this weekend.

Now, to what I'm sure you've all been waiting for, engagement photos. Our photographer Margaret of  Janicki Photography just posted a "sneak peek" on her blog. This session was supposed to take place the weekend before last, but it was pretty rainy and very windy that day, which would have made for miserable pictures. So we rescheduled for this last weekend, which turned out perfect! 80 degrees a third of the way into October? You couldn't ask for better weather. We tried to dress more for the season than the weather, which of course meant sweaters and boots. Between nerves and clothes, man was it hot! The first part of our session took place at this really cute, old bridge in a little town in the valley (we live near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park). There was a nice little creek, and a small about of wooded area. There was also an interesting field we walked to where the brush was taller than my head! Next, we had a pumpkin patch planned, but they were closed when we got there! So Margaret had another idea and she took us to this little pull off on the side of the road that had an opening cleared out in the trees. We were really lucky as far as trees go for these pictures. The fall colors had just set in, but hadn't completely fallen yet, so they looked perfect. Unfortunately, it was starting to get late by that time and the mosquitoes came out FULL FORCE! I tried to just block it all out in the name of great pictures, but Tyler on the other hand just -had- to swat at every bug that flew by. We also took advantage of the railroad tracks that were there. We were walking along the tracks holding hands, and I could feel Tyler tensing up. I'm thinking to myself, "C'mon. We're almost finished. Suck it up for a few more good shots and that's all.". Then He started rushing away from the tracks insisting there's a train. Sure enough, one came racing by. He's like Radar from Mash. I didn't hear it until it was about a hundred feet away from us.

So far, I love the pictures we've seen, and I can't wait to see more! Our photographer is great! I know I will love our wedding photos! So, check out her sneak peek blog post on us!

Something Pretty.

I finally started dress shopping yesterday. Now, before I get into the details, I will say that my dress is one thing that I will not post a picture of. Obviously, I want it to be a surprise : )

I have been going insane in the days leading up to my appointment. I wasn't sure what to expect, and maybe I watch too much 'Say Yes to the Dress', haha. I decided to start at Davids Bridal. They sell Vera Wang and I've been eying a dress or two from that line. So they start out by telling me they don't carry that yet. I cried inside a little, but I survived.

I brought two of my bridesmaids with me for opinions and sanity purposes. We pulled about 7 dresses, and the very first dress I tried on, I loved. None of the others after compared to that first one. I'm fairly confident that is my dress, but I think I need to wait to try on the Vera Wang dress. I would be crazy to buy this dress so fast, the -first- dress, right? I need someone to tell me I'm crazy, because it can't be that easy.

Pretty soon will be bridesmaid dresses : )