Oh Daisy!

I don't have any new news to share so I was thinking back to things that were planned and not posted and I don't think that I ever posted the centerpieces that we decided on. I changed my mind a few different times but these are the final ones that have been ordered. Once again, our caterer/florist extraordinaire is doing all of the work for them. They will not be in the vases shown but in small square glass vases.

I met with Kelly today and picked out the cake..... what do you think??

:) Just joking! I'm not very good at telling jokes in person so I like to mess with all of you online, I know you probably don't believe it for a minute.

Here is the real inspiration behind our cake. It's hard to see in this picture but there are white dots all along the edges and small white flowers on the corners. There will be no flowers on top but instead a silver monogram L.

I have soooo much stuff to do for school and my to-do list for the wedding is not getting any shorter! p.s. I really like the "A Special Memory" on the window :)

I had my make-up trial run today! I think it turned out really well. I found a girl through Holly who works at the MAC counter at Macy's and does make-up on the side. She was super nice and was willing to do anything I wanted but still gave her input as a professional. She is either going to come to moms house or to the hotel before the wedding.
She is willing to do make-up for anyone else who wants it. She would charge $25 plus tip for each person. The more people who want to do it, the lower the price would be. She also said that if you want to do your own face and just have her do your eyes she could do that to.
So I need to know if anyone is interested just so that I can give her an estimate of what the day will be look. Please leave a comment or call me ASAP so that I can let her know. If you have any questions let me know!

I am thinking about changing the look of the wedding to something like this........ what do you think?

You have got to spend some time on this blog: http://tackyweddings.com/ I have laughed non stop for the best half an hour. The videos are the best, the little kid just getting home from the dentist made me cry I was laughing so hard. (It has nothing to do with weddings but still funny!)

The only thing that didn't get done off the list from last month is buying the paper for programs. We decided that we should wait till we have a closer estimate of how many people are coming before we buy to much or to little paper for it. However, this month there is a HUGE list of things to get finished up. (Plus my work sample!!)

Things to do before April 13th:
- Make sure all of the tuxedo rentals are in
- Meet again with Donna to set centrepieces
- Order wedding cake
- Order gifts for bridal party
- Update website
- Investigate requirements for marriage license
- Meet with Pastor Jason to plan ceremony
- Send DJ music selections
- Schedule first fitting and plan undergarments
- Purchase thank-you gifts for parents
- Do trial run with makeup
- Give TeriAnn a guest list for the shower
- Practice sugar cookies!

Kaitlin and I spent some time actually in Payless today (instead of just looking online) and fell in LOVE with these super simple and short heeled shoes. I know they are not what everyone had in mind but honestly I am done looking! They had a pair dyed in a light green color and they looked super cute. I can't decide between dying them a light green or a slightly darker green... what do you think? I am pretty set that these are the ones we are going with. Please, Please, PLEASE find a minute sometime in the next two weeks to stop by a Payless and find out what size you need them in. They cost $45 because we have to get the satin ones but dying them is free. I will place one large order so that they all turn out the same color from the dye we choose. IF ANYONE HAS ANY MAJOR OBJECTIONS, SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. If they cost to much or sizing or fit isn't going to work let me know ASAP. Some Payless stores, like the one in Medford, keep their bridal shoes in the back so you might have to ask them to look at them.

The name of the shoe is "Grace" and the colors that I am going in between are Clover and Limelight. Let me know what you think!

I know that thank you cards don't have to go out or be made for a while ... but once I had an idea in mind I really had to see if it would work! First of all, Martha Stewart is amazing! I found this great perfect circle cutter that was very inexpensive.



Somehow I stumbled upon these circular "L"'s with various boarders. I used the circle cutter to easily cut them out.

Next I found some green patterned paper that I cut in circles just a bit bigger than the L's.

Put them all together on the same simple paper we have used for all the paper in the wedding, and TADA! Perfect and easy thank you cards for after the wedding!

Bonus: They fit into the envelopes that we used for the save the dates and RSVP cards and we have enough extras so that we don't have to buy more envelopes!

In elementary school we celebrate the 100th day of school, in wedding planning we celebrate 100 days to go!!!!! YEAH!!!!!

I've gotta tell you that I have spent A LOT of time on the Internet during this entire wedding planning process and found some really great websites but this one is the funfetti sprinkles on top of the cake! Etsy is a the craft extraordinaire version of eBay. All sorts of people post their homemade projects on the website and cool people like us get to buy them (without all the bidding auction crap which is fantastic!) I have gotten my earrings, veil, and cake topper (hasn't come in the mail yet) for great deals and they are all great! I am planning on getting both my mom and Andy's moms gifts and pieces of the bridesmaid gifts from there. Plus who knows what else! Go take a look and you will fall in love like me! http://www.etsy.com/

The veil is simple and should work great with the dress!