I found these online and I’m seriously considering them. Is that too much? Right now, I’m slated to be the shortest person at my wedding. I don’t know if I can handle heels under such a poofy dress! I’d just have to make sure nobody could see them…
This isn’t related to my wedding, but I went to an estate sale on Sunday to look for a coffee table. They were selling the woman’s wedding dress for $40 ($20 because it was the last day). It depressed me a little bit. I never really thought of my dress as a keepsake, but I’d like someone to care about it someday - at least enough to leave it in a dusty corner instead of sell it. 
Brad has fallen in love with tungsten. We found his wedding ring and he is kind of obsessed with it - but we were dumb and assumed the size incorrectly. We’d better take care of that before he ends up losing it, because he insists on wearing it anyway. It is very cute. The ring is shiny and indestructable - perfect for Brad. If I can steal it away from him, I’ll post pictures.
Brad and I have worked on registries at Target, JC Penney and Dillard’s. I found the entire process a lot harder than I expected, but then, I always have trouble picking out what to buy. Kitchen stuff is especially hard, because there are so many options and so much cute stuff.
Kristi came with us to JC Penney to look around and found a lot of stuff I probably wouldn’t have looked at twice - non-essential house decorations. She has a good eye for that kind of thing. I just don’t know where to start!
We finished our invitations about this time last month, with just days to spare before we had to leave for NY. Thankfully, we got them in the mail before the trip.
The pictures I took before we sent them are not the best. I didn’t have my actual camera available, and my phone camera isn’t exactly great. You can get the general idea, though.
My favorite part is the lace. I didn’t realize Hobby Lobby had three different lace departments, so we were ready to go with something plain, white and expensive. After wandering around for a little bit, we found this sheer blue lace. It was perfect.
Pictures below (hosted on flickr):
This hotel is attached to the student union (the location of our reception). We booked a room for the night so after the reception, we can hang out as late as we want and not have to worry about rushing home. Brad also has a strange fascination with hotels…
You can read more about the history of the hotel at the Atherton’s site. (Picture borrowed from the link.)
I hadn’t really thought of this until just now - oops? I convinced Kristi to take care of my hair for me. I’ll have to find a place for Chrissy, Emily and my mother. Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m not really sure how this will work.
Note to bridesmaids: Kristi and Kalie bought great brown shoes for the wedding. Look for anything in chocolate brown; I’m sure they’ll look fine together that way.
David, Tommy and Dad just now gave me their measurements for their tuxes, so they can finally be ordered! The store keeps telling us they don’t have to order until two weeks beforehand, but that makes me antsy. What if something goes wrong?
We have to bring in one of the bridesmaid dresses in order to compare colors and I’m not sure they have anything that will match exactly. Maybe something a little lighter wouldn’t be bad - I guess I’ll find out on Monday.
This is a horrible phone picture of the roses we plan to use for the bouquets and corsages. Kristi and I picked out the colors while Kalie and Brad hung in there and tried not to look too bored. We settled on a medium blue and a peachish color, with brown ribbon.
We ordered a a lot of the corsages to be made, but we figured we’d put together the bridesmaid flowers ourselves - and maybe use these roses for favors or centerpieces also.
These flowers are made a lot better than I expected. I like that I won’t have to worry about flowers dying in the middle of the day or something. I’m sure I’ll have a million other things to worry about instead!
(Bonus: bins in the background with buds in a bunch of pretty colors.)