Where has the time gone...?

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Okay, so we are no longer "Just Married".

Jon and I have officially been married 5 months today!

Wow.

Where does the time go? The past five months have gone by almost as fast as the actual wedding! 

10 Days Later... Now What?

I cannot believe it.


I am married. We are married.

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I have a husband. And I am now a wife!! 

My Second Bridal Shower

Or technically this one was a "Couple's Shower".

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This fantastically, fun shower was thrown by my 'soon-to-be' sister-in-law! It was quite different than the first shower, definitely not better or worse, just different...

Assembling Our Invitations.

CLICK HERE to see how we chose our invitations.
CLICK HERE to see how we ordered our invitations.
After we designed our invitations, wording and layout I sent them to Charlotte for her to print.


A week later... VOILA! 

My First Bridal Shower

...Ever!

And I don't just mean the first one that was thrown for me.

I have never been to a bridal shower before. (I have been to a few baby showers though, kind of odd..)

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But this shower was for me! :)

Ordering Our Invitations.

CLICK HERE to see how we chose our invitations.

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Finding Our Invitations.

Wedding Invitations: I have always thought were one of the most important parts of a wedding. I think they really "set the mood" of the wedding. And other than the Save the Date they are the first thing your guests will see.

At first we weren't sure what kind of invitations we wanted, but like every other aspect of the wedding I knew what I didn't want.

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Now, there is nothing wrong with the invitation above. It is pretty much identical to what my parents had when they got married, back in 1984, which makes it more traditional. 

We need to cover our tables with something...

I have been going back and forth over the past several months of what kind (color) of linens I wanted to use for our reception. I knew the look I didn't want. I have seen several weddings where the linens are "overwhelming" for the room.

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This is our actual reception venue.

 Because the room has such dark wood I think all the white is slightly overwhelming. I knew I had to be careful in choosing the colors I would use.

Finalizing the guys' attire!

You can start reading about this adventure HERE!

Today was the day.

The day to pick out what I would be seeing my future husband in on the day we said "I Do!"

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Taking care of the guys' "outfits"!

It was about 2 weeks ago when I thought to myself, "okay, I think we have waited until almost the last minute - we should go pick the tuxes this week!" So I called Men's Wearhouse and made an appointment for Saturday afternoon.

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(I have had this on my computer for a very long time & have always liked it,
especially since that is what Jon's  boutonniere will look like)

Embossing... Opinions, Reviews & Advice Needed!

We are in the process of getting ready to mail out our invitations (we have gone over the final invitation proof, submitted the guest list to our calligrapher, and begun to look for a way to have the return address on our envelopes). 

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Looking for a 'Little White Dress' ...am I being too picky?

I have decided that I love my wedding dress, but it is rather large (long) and I think it might be better if I have another option to change in to during the reception. The only problem is, I am kind of picky...

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Our Honeymoon...

It is official we are going on a honeymoon!! (We knew we would, but now there is no changing our minds!) Haha! It has been booked and completely paid for, including gratuities! :)

For our honeymoon we will be going on a week long cruise aboard Carnival's newest ship, Carnival Magic.  We are both very excited to get away and relax, especially after over a year of wedding planning!

7 Day Western Caribbean from Galveston, TX

The First Dress Arrives!!!

So we went over to BM JB's house today to watch the football game. (I am lying, I went to drink wine, eat and talk!) But I also got to see her bridesmaid dress!!!!! I was so uber excited because went we went to Alfred Angelo to pick out dress (which you can read about here) they didn't have a single dress in the charcoal color, so I was pretty much ordering these blind (almost, they did have a 3" square piece of charcoal fabric for me to look at).

Here is the dress that BM JB tried on:

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It was very hard to imagine what it was going to look like when it was in the correct color, but I no longer have to  try and imagine what it looks like. Because... (Drum-roll, please)........ Here it is.......

Cake Topper...SCORE!!!

To read the beginning of my cake topper search, click here!

After a few weeks had passed, I had somewhat forgotten about the cake topper and just figured I would deal with it later. Well, one day my mom and I were walking around the outlet store and decided to stop by the Waterford store, looking at toasting flutes. While browsing around we saw it. An absolutely gorgeous cake topper by Monique Lhuillier for Royal Doulton, it was called Modern Love.

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Rings! Rings! Rings!!!

Today is Jon's birthday!! Which also means... that we got engaged exactly one year ago today!! :-)

On this day last year, we got engaged and  I received my beautiful engagement ring that Jon purchased from Jared. And just in case you haven't seen it yet, here is a picture of my engagement ring:

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The Top of Our Cake.

Cake topper:  A cake topper is another item frequently seen in bridal magazines.  Cake toppers are placed directly on top of a cake to give the cake a final, elegant touch.  What is truly fantastic about a cake topper is that an entire cake can be plainly frosted and with an added cake topper the cake decorating can be consider elegantly complete.  Cake toppers come in a variety of forms and shapes—the bride a groom being a popular selection, along with glass swans and crystal hearts just to name a few of may cake decorating toppers available.

Cake toppers have changed over the years, they used to depict a traditional bride and groom, like the ones below:

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It wasn't what I'd imagined, but it was a success...continued.

Here is the beginning of our bridesmaid dress shopping experience.

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A few minutes after we got to the store, BM J arrived and we got her a catalog book to look at too.

It wasn't what I'd imagined, but it was a success.

Yesterday was definitely a success, even though it wasn't *perfect*.

I'll just go down the list of event/thing-that-happened:
BM J's friend's water broke at 2:00 AM. So she'd been up all night then at the hospital all morning, until she had to leave to go to the funeral at Noon.

BM E came with her mom to my parent's house to meet us (which I did not know was going to happen, even though I'd invited her I still hadn't heard a definite yes or no) so while I was upstairs getting ready she and her mom were greeted by this:

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Tomorrow is *the* day!!

...for bridesmaid-dress-shopping!!

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I was super excited for tomorrow... until yesterday when I got a text from MOH JB. One of her close friends had just died and she wasn't sure when the funeral and memorial service was going to be held. I felt bad for her and her friend's family, I also insisted that it was okay if she was unable to make it to try on dresses with us and that I understood.

Its the communication thing...again

So, if you read my previous post about the communication problems I was having with my BMs you would understand when I tell you that I am kind of frustrated/nervous/slightly upset that one of the big deals of wedding planning might not go the way I had originally pictured in my head.

This is how I'd imagined the perfect shopping experience would go:

1. Fun & Shopping

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I Can't Not Work At Work...

I love the field I work  in. I enjoy my job. I am okay with my company. But I hate that I can't "screw around" occasionally... at least not without others noticing.

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It All Started With A Pair Of Earrings...

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These are the earrings I bought the day I bought my dress, I believe they are "Haute Bride?" or "ti adoro?" not too sure on that part. But I really wanted a necklace that would match, despite my mother telling me the dress didn't need a necklace, I wanted one and that was that!

Let's get this party started...maybe?

Today is the day ....to meet with our potential DJ. I was so excited, not because of the DJ, but because of the fact that we would be able to cross off another major part of our checklist! :-)

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However, I am not so excited anymore... our appointment is at 4:30 and Jon has court at 11:30 this morning (for work). So now I have two choices: Reschedule the appointment OR Ask my mom to come with me... I don't mind my mom coming, but I really wanted Jon to be there. I should really be talking to the DJ, or my mom, or Jon about what to do...

Communication is key...or so I thought..

I seem to be having some "issues" with communicating with my girls, I am not expecting everyone to be as super-excited as I am about the wedding, but a little feedback would help! 

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My first choice for communicating with my girls has been through e-mail. (Simply because that is what my cousin used when I was MOH for her wedding and it worked really well.) I guess my girls just don't know their way around an 'inbox'. Ugh, I am not trying to nag, or complain... okay maybe I am. But it isn't like they've been receiving e-mail overload.