I pretty much spent the entire weekend working on wedding projects…and I actually had a fantastic time.  I made a HUGE dent in my invitations (which I realize don’t have to be done for a good 4 months, but since they hae been sitting there half finished for six it felt great).  I even had some time to work on my favorite wedding project…the bridesmaids gifts.  Im trying to do something special for them, and I found the perfect project and have been working on it here and there for the past few months.

The craziest thing is, there is exactly 6 monts to the wedding.  Six months from now we will be dancing the night away having the greatest time of our lives.  I can’t wait!  I am probably more prepared then anyone has ever been at this point in time.  The only thing I still have to book is the limo and the tuxes(although I do have a style picked out).  All other decisions have been made and vendors have been hired.  It’s pretty crazy to me to think that with six full months to the wedding I barely have anything to do…I guess that means I will have to find more projects to keep me busy

The one other item that I still need to find is my shoes.  I had some amazing shoes picked out, but when I tried my dress on a few weeks ago I found out they will be much to tall.  If anyone has any idea where I can find cute 1″ white heels please let me know, because I am all out of ideas!

I have been doing a lot of browsing online for wedding ideas latley and have found a ton of Do It Yourself (DIY) projects.  I had always known that I was going to do my invitations and prorams myself…but I have found a ton of new projects to add to the list.  I figured since we still had so much time, and I have most of the big items completed, these projects would give me something fun to keep me busy.

Between work, school and working on my invitations I hadn’t had a ton of time to actually get many of the fun projects started until this weekend.  I actually finished one of my projects.  I created some “Reserved” signs for the chairs at the reception.  I know that was probably the least important project on my list right now, but it felt so good to complete it and it was a lot of fun to do.

I think what got m in the wedding spirit again was visiting my dress today with Krystle.  She and I went to order her dress and then stopped at my bridal store to try my gown on with some headpieces.  When I put my gown on it fit like a glove.  I was so excited that I didn’t want to take it off when it was time to leave.  We even found some headpieces that we liked…which made it even more fun!

Well it’s been a great day today.  Hopefully I will be able to keep up with the blog more now that the wedding is getting closer and I will be giving it more attention!

So I ran into my first small snag in the wedding planning arena this week.  I tried to print my invitations and apparently my printer can not handle them.  They are weird sizes and cardstock so it is haveing a hard time printing them.  I am going to have to find a print shop that can print them for me, so that is my next task.  We will see how it goes!

So I got most of my paper for my stationary today, so I am really excited.  I still have to order more from a different site, but this is the majority of it.  There is so much since I am doing so many different things with it, but I found this great website that had it on there.  The name is bluedotpapershop.com and it is a great website.  You can pick any different color or style of paper that you want and you can either order the largest size (8.5 x 11) or ask her to cut it for you, which she only charges a small fee for.  Also, she is based out of Royal Oak, so I did not have to pay for shipping.  And since I am such an inquisitive person, I asked a lot of questions and she was always prompt with her response and informative and friendly.  It was a great experience…and now I get to play!!!

Things are coming along with planning.  We have pretty much everything together for the ceremony, which is a nice amount of stuff to check off the list.  I also designed our invitations this weekend, so as soon as we get the paper, I will be able to start putting them all together. That felt like a huge accomplishment, so I was very excited.  We also started buying some of the small items for the favors, so its fun to start seeing all of the stuff come in.

The girls and I went shopping a few weeks ago and found great dresses for them.  They all love them, which makes me happy.  The dresses are going to be pink with a brown sash around the waist.  It’s super cute!

Rob & I also picked out our honeymoon location today, which is very exciting.  We will be staying at two different all-inclusive resorts in St. Lucia.  One of them is so neat.  Its named Ladera and it is up on a cliff overlooking the ocean.  All of the rooms have their own pool, and the best part is that all of the rooms have only 2 walls, so the rooms are very open.  The beds have a netting over them so no bugs can get in while you are sleeping.  We are very psyched about it.

Well thats all for now, I will continue updating as things come up.

Rob made me a monogram last week and I am so excited about it. It is pretty much the best monogram ever! Im so excited about it…He is the best!

I have been doing a lot of work on choosing my invitations lately. I am being so indecisive about it (I think I’m driving Rob crazy ;)) but I have finally came to a decision about what I am going make, and while in the process I figured out my programs as well. It was a pretty exciting day, let me tell you! Now I just have to order everything, decide on wording that I love for all elements, and begin assembling. Im very excited!

One of the best websites that I found was bluedotpapershop.com. They are based out of Royal Oak, so I am able to pick up my order instead of shipping it, and they will custom cut the paper for you in any sizes that you like. It also seems to be a very small company so when I emailed to ask questions the owner would get back to me next day. It was very wonderful!