Well, we have reached the point of no return…..

The invitations are being mailed tomorrow!  I’m really excited.  I designed our invitations myself. That was a draining task.  I always double guess myself and never think my designs are quite right.  Minus not having my own letter press to print the invites on; I think these really came out well.  Here are some pictures of all of my tools and papers that I used to make the invites, RSVP cards, and direction inserts.  I also have this really cool paper storage box by Martha Stewart that I store everything in.  I love this box…

Well, I went for my 1st dress fitting today.  My mom & Derek’s mom came to keep me company.  As the seamstress pulled and tugged on my dress to see what she needed to take, I noticed I was starting to get a touch hot under all that material.  Thank goodness the wedding is in October and this October is predicted to be colder than usual.  I don’t mind sweating, but come on….who wants to sweat in a really expensive gown and make it all nasty?!?  Who?

While we were there I got to pick out my veil.  My veil is the entire reason I purchased the dress I did.  I have always loved the lace detail on my mother’s wedding veil.  Since, her veil was darker than my gown I couldn’t wear it for my wedding, so I had to get one of my own.   I decided to get a mantilla style veil.  It reminds me of something you would see a Spanish woman wear for her wedding.  It lays completely flat on your hair and the lace borders the entire veil.

Now the task at hand is to find a hairstyle that will help highlight the beautiful fingertip length, lace mantilla veil I bought today.  I can wear it on the crown of my head w/ my hair mainly down, or I can pull back part of my hair and let the veil drape from the gathering of my hair.

I love the style of lace bordering the veil.  It is a big bold straight lace that is very similar to the lace on my dress.  Here is a glimpse of the lace on my veil….

These are some of the dresses I like @ Jcrew for our flower girl, Brooklyn.  What do you think?

Okay…..73 days may sound like I have some time, but I don’t.  Derek has not yet decided on what he and davis will wear.  I don’t want the guys in tuxs, but it looks like to make this affordable for everyone we are just gonna have to go with a tux and make it look like a suit.  The thing is…..Derek does not own a suit!!!!

We were going to use this opportunity to buy Derek a nice suit that he can wear again.  But we are also having the issue with Davis (the best man) being one size too small to fit in a standard men’s suit.

This is what I wanted to Derek to look like on our wedding day….

But now he is going to have to wear this……

Below are the RSVP cards that I have mocked up for the wedding….  I thought it would be nice to the environment and my wallet to have some of the younger more computer savvy croud respond by email rather than the traditional mail response.  I hope it works!

The first RSVP you see here is the, reply by mail card….

This is the, reply by email card…..

So, what do ya’ think?

Maid of Honor Dress

Stephanie loves the fact that this dress has pockets! I have adored this dress for the longest time and I am sooooo jealous that she gets to wear it on my wedding day. I swear…if they made the thing in white I would totally wear it for my wedding dress.

Just kidding mom.

Wow!  There are less than 100 days left till the big day.  If you are wondering if the nerves are kicking in my answer is yes.  But my nerves are not what you would think.  They have nothing to do with my marriage to Derek.  I love that boy more than you can ever know.  My nereves are over planning the dang event.

I still don’t have someone to make my wedding cake, nor do I have someone to play at the ceremony or reception.  I am waiting to hear back from people on the music. Ahhhhhhh!  I wish someone would just take the last bit of planning on themselves and let me just kick back and relax till the bid day.  Yeah, like that would happen.

Hey, one bit of good news.  I decided to design and print my own invitations, and I am down to printing the last 25 today!

- Jen