three hundred thirty eight

Patience! i need it and it seems some of my dearest friends need a small dose as well...
ha i'm kidding, i am waiting and waiting for my engagement photos from sara. ahhhh! soo very impatient.

slightly off topic but still under the huge umbrella of 'weddingness' i got my bridesmaid dress today for miss Elena's wedding. it is gorgeous and fits pretty darn perfectly, except for it being an inch too tall. easy enough to fix. here is a photo i took with my phone


the shoes are fabulous as well. they match the top of the dress so perfectly kudos to Em for such a fantastic find and for $20 bucks you can't beat that.

the dress is champagne color with the lace overlay on the top. maria, who is the maid of honor is wearing a slightly different dress that is gorgeous. here is my mock up that i did for elena to help her visualize the dresses and her choice of deep red roses. gorgeous!!!!
please ignore the fact that the roses are just floating there since their hands are actually behind them. use your imagination people!

it is less than fourteen days till elena's big one! i can't believe it went by that fast for her. my day seems to be dragging it's feet. yes yes, it will seem like it flew by when it FINALLY gets here but as of this moment in time.... it's taking the long road.

three hundred sixty four

finally! we are officially at the year mark. we have exactly one year left! yes yes yes! i am soo very excited. today is a perfect day, perfect temperature. there were six roses on my rose bush in full beautiful bloom. i missed traffic on my way to work this morning. so far soo good. so i believe september twenty fourths are forever going to be good for me. i really love this wedding process.

another good thing that is happening today is i am picking up my bridesmaid's dresses! ha so they get to sit in a closet for exactly a year.

three hundred eighty two

happy labor day! this weekend i went to a friends bridal/wedding shower. well i suppose it was a 'wedding' shower since the groom was present....right? any-who i had a wonderful time! there were some adorable traditions that were done there. since i am not a shower expert and have only been to two in my life these adorable things might not be news to you but i loved them! one was the 'bow-quet' where all the bows from all the presents were assembled together to create a bow-quet for her to use at her rehearsal! so adorable.

another amazing idea. one of her neighbors gave her a red full table setting. in the box there was a poem to explain what it was for. basically it was only supposed to be used for special occasions to celebrate one persons achievements such as a raise or when your little ones come home with a good report card. Set up the table with the red place setting just for them to celebrate in a small way. so very cute.

four hundred fourteen

bridesmaids dresses are done and chosen! again, its super early, but it's done, one less thing to think about and it worked out so perfectly, my cousin bailey came in town and one of my bridesmaids megan was going to leave the following monday for kc. so everyone was in town for this friday.

we met up at the wedding gallery in st. charles which has the largest selection of bridesmaids dresses in the midwest. this is the shop where i got my beautiful and amazing dress (which has been out of my mind, well until now, and is carefully tucked away in my aunts gracious closet for safe keeping for another four hundred plus days) unfortunately my mom was out of town but my two aunts and cousin's grandma were wonderful step-ins. we arrived as soon as it opened and walked into a completely dark building...no power. ha well that didn't stop us! we were completely fine with using the light from the door to see these dresses! we would go to the men's dressing rooms in the front of the dark building, then race up to the door to take a look, quite the experience. after a few minutes of searching and trying in darkness the lights flickered to life and we continued without a hitch.

with four girls to try on dresses we basically took up their entire back room. we had about twenty different dresses that were swapped, switched and tossed between dressing rooms so everyone could try on each dress. i knew i was leaning towards chiffon fabric, and i loved empire waists but we tried on other options as well. however in the end whether from the general consensus or my slight nudges (i say slight nudges, but since we ended up with my original favorite dress i guess there were some definite shoves from me that helped in our "General Consensus") we ended up with a perfect dress. though i might be biased i think it looks wonderful on everyone. its elegant but simple and not over the top 'bridesmaid' ... well you'll have to be the true judge on that.

i won't show you a picture but i will tell you that it is the same color as that jeep in my previous post and it is chiffon fabric. i love it and hope my wonderful, beautiful, talented, amazing girls will like it too.

more wonderful pictures that inspire me daily:

four hundred thirty nine

bridesmaid's dresses. an interesting topic, so many people have so many different opinions on these things. "You have to go long for weddings, its so much more balanced with your long dress" "Don't do a typical bridesmaid's dress, they could never wear it again" "Pick something that everyone will look good in" "Let the bridesmaids choose their own dress, or style from a specific dress" ....

well i'm going to do the easy thing and listen to my fiance, because he apparently has some opinions too and i agree wholeheartedly with his suggestions. strapless, non-taffeta material, empire waisted. he actually picked a dress out that he likes the most. to describe it: empire waist, chiffon material, long, sweetheart strapless and very very gorgeous. as of now only shelby has tried on the dress but i am attempting to set up a time and place for all my girls to give it a try and to try on a few others.

five hundred fifteen

the website, a project that will hopefully pull together soon. here is a screen shot of the home page as of now. i've been trying to make sure that i include everything that you would need to know about the big day and the events leading up to it.
i got really excited when i found out how to in-bed a google calendar into my website so you can easily get information about everything. including date, time, place, directions...its wonderful.

another exciting thing that has happened are the shoes are in! for the bridal party jordan and i have decided to have everyone wear Toms Shoes. (if you haven't heard about toms shoes, they are the company where if you buy a pair of shoes, they then give a pair of shoes to a child in need www.tomsshoes.com) so we were able to help 14 kids with our purchase!
for the groomsmen we got them the black canvas shoes...for the bridesmaids classic whites....and i got lucky and got some white glitters! i attached a few pictures below, they are so comfortable and they are for a great cause, if you're interested in getting a pair of your own for everday use or if you want to join us on the big day in your own pair check out the link above or click on the banner below. they are such a great company