Monogram maniac?!

So I've been trying to compile a ton of ideas... and they all seem to go back to the same 2 ideas.. lights and monograms. My mom was teasing me saying I didn't need to worry about food, tables or people. Give me lights and monogramming and I'd be fine. She's pretty accurate in that.

Here are some more really neat sites that I've stumbled across

Gobos: These are cool plates that go over light kits and can project your monogram on the wall or floor. I think they are neat. They're about $100 a piece and you need the correct lighting kit, but with the right space, you should be able to use them.

Aisle runners: I really like monogrammed aisle runners. I think I've mentioned this site before, but they do custom ones. The prices depend on what you want done. Another good option for you DIY'ers is to look at this blog. She made her own aisle runner. It looks pretty easy and hers turned out so well! I'm in awe. She's amazing. I wish it was a current blog so I could keep up with her. She also had neat table # luminarias and whatnots.

Light maniac

So I'm really excited about 2 new sites that I've come across...

1.) weddingstar.com
2.) save-on-crafts.com

Weddingstar has REALLY neat items, favors, decorations etc. I could easily spend a fortune on that site with all of the things I like.

Save-on-crafts.com has a lot of good ideas, but I really really realllllllllly like their lighting items. They have all sorts of LED and lighting decor that I think is incredible. My mom claims that I am a light maniac. She might be right.

I know when I'm getting married... honest

So I realized in my 1st post, I mentioned June 16 for the wedding date... apparently I was distracted because it's def. June 19th... *sigh.

Yesterday we went back to Paper Stock and I ordered an embosser and 2 plates (address and monogram) for our invitations. They aren't terribly expensive and I think will add a really unique look (see their website for more info). I also picked up more potential paper and pool blue envelopes so we can start putting the pieces together. I am really excited about them.

I also taked to my MOH and a few BMs the other day. We're all going to a wedding in a few weeks and might *cross fingers* have a chance to go try on dresses together. I'm having a hard time deciding on colors and styles for them. Black dresses would look really nice but then may be too formal? Will pool blue look nice on everyone? What about styles?!? AHHHH! decisions. And of course, with the color dress comes the choices of possible flowers.. I've started contacting some florists but don't know what direction I want to go yet.

The oven timer is yelling at me... back to non-wedding planning life. Happy Sat. night!

Happy Anniversary to me!

So, no wedding planning today. Just enjoying the day. Today is our 1 year anniversary (wahoo!) We're going to Anapolis for dinner and just hanging out tonight... we might go by Paper Stock (paper-stock.com) they have the COOLEST paper and paper products. I found a shimmer paper that I really want to do my invitations on and so I'm going to go look at that and then possible envelopes etc. Wahoo... so I may have lied... just a little wedding planning today

Wedding Chaos!

Quick post (since I'm at work) but I wanted to at least get something up here!

I am getting married on June 16, 2010. I got engaged Jan. 31 and just set a date a few weeks ago. We were waiting to hear back about our honeymoon and set a date around that. Since then, I have (tentatively) booked a location, DJ, caterer, photographer, videographer, started getting my invites together and purchased more bridal magazines than one knows what to do with!

Last night my fiancee and I went on our 1st cake tasting and so my quest today has been looking at cake designs and trying to hone in on 1-2 ideas instead of 20! :-) We tried Sherry's Cakes and Bakes (sherryscakesandbakes.com)... yum yum yum. She had an assortment of cakes and icings and it was just deliciousness in cake form.

Alright, I'm off for now but will update again soon with more specific details like how we met, got engaged and location information!

429 days and counting.