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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