I'm gonna be a wife by 6pm today. Holy crap, that's weird.
It's 11:45pm right now. I just got home from the rehearsal dinner which was awesome! I (ahem) just have to you finish the wedding cake before I go to bed. God...why did I save it til the last minute? I was organized, I swear. This week just flew by.
I'm so ready to be married. When we were practicing tonight Mr. P kept sneaking little smiles at me. I think he's ready too.
I know I haven't had a whole lot of time with the hive, but I want to thank everyone for showing me their support and love in the short time I have been around. Thank you for sharing your honest opinions with me and inspiring me to make my wedding the best that it could possibly be. I appreciate more than you know. And to the Bees, I love y'all. Thanks for making me want to be a Bee. I'm so glad I got this experience.
I don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight, I'm so dang excited. I'm leaving you with our current weather forecast for our wedding day. Eek!
Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds...small hail and heavy rainfall in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds...small hail and heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
See ya on the flipside!
Miss (soon to be Mrs.) Plaid!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
It's Not a Lie
So I'm now two days away from gettin' hitched. TWO freakin' days! And I'm here to tell you that when people say the last week before the wedding is crazy, it really is. It's not a lie. It can not be overcome. At least I couldn't do it.
I don't mind the craziness. I actually thrive on chaos. But I did think this week would be a breeze. I've been checking things off my to do list since last August in hopes that this final week would be cake. Literally. I wanted to only have the cakes to worry about this week.
Yeeeaaahhh...not so much. So what exactly have I been doing all week? Running to eight million stores (some more than once), baking cakes, buying presents for ushers and parents, decorating cakes, cleaning, going out to dinner with family that has arrived early, oh, and trying not to go insane.
This week has been packed with weird wedding dreams, fear that it's going to rain on my wedding day (currently there's a 40% chance) and only one slight breakdown after a batch of icing didn't work out.
But I have to say, the programs are done, everything is organized to head to the venue, the groom's cake is complete and the wedding cake is iced and waiting to be decorated in the morning! I'd say this week's been a success. All that's left to do is buy the booze for Saturday, get my nails done and go rehearse for Saturday!
Was your final week crazy? Or did you think you'd be able to battle the norm and have a calm last week?
I don't mind the craziness. I actually thrive on chaos. But I did think this week would be a breeze. I've been checking things off my to do list since last August in hopes that this final week would be cake. Literally. I wanted to only have the cakes to worry about this week.
Yeeeaaahhh...not so much. So what exactly have I been doing all week? Running to eight million stores (some more than once), baking cakes, buying presents for ushers and parents, decorating cakes, cleaning, going out to dinner with family that has arrived early, oh, and trying not to go insane.
This week has been packed with weird wedding dreams, fear that it's going to rain on my wedding day (currently there's a 40% chance) and only one slight breakdown after a batch of icing didn't work out.
But I have to say, the programs are done, everything is organized to head to the venue, the groom's cake is complete and the wedding cake is iced and waiting to be decorated in the morning! I'd say this week's been a success. All that's left to do is buy the booze for Saturday, get my nails done and go rehearse for Saturday!
Was your final week crazy? Or did you think you'd be able to battle the norm and have a calm last week?
Monday, October 18, 2010
Find Your Dang Seat Already
Haha...I'm not frustrated at all. :)
Our RSVP deadline was over about three weeks ago. I set it a bit early knowing I needed to know guest numbers to finish some remaining projects earlier than the week before the wedding. Apparently many of our invited guests had a different idea.
I'm not sure what our RSVP return rate actually was, but it was not good. We had to track down many people for an answer. It surprised me to find out that many people think they don't have to respond to an RSVP if they're not coming. It also surprised me to find out that a lot of people don't feel the need to respond if they told you a year ago in passing that they'd be at your wedding. Honestly though, a week out from our wedding, this is the only thing that has caused us stress.
After all the tracking down was complete, I thought it was finally time I start working on my table assignment project. I told y'all I was planning on making Texas shaped lollipops for each guest with their name and table number on the back. Check 'em out!
Cute, right? So I got all my lollipops made and was ready to label. (It did take me awhile to figure out who to sit with who...seating charts are hard, I'm not gonna lie.) My sister, Co-MOH Sarah, came over on her day off and helped me label all the pops and stick them on my Styrofoam trees. It took us a few hours to get everything organized, but we finished and we felt triumphant.
Not two hours after we finished, Mr. P came home and to tell me someone else had RSVP-ed yes. Grrr! It wouldn't have been a big deal if this new guest had a seat at a table that made sense for him to be at. Because it was Mr. P's guest, I handed the seating chart over to him to be redone. A few more people decided they'd come to, so we ended up adding more tables and rearranging all our guests to fit the stragglers in.
Well, my mom came in on Saturday and the first task we tackled was relabeling all the lollipops with everyone's new table numbers. Thank god I had enough sense to print the table number on a separate label from the names. Now our seating assignments are really done. Project complete! And only one more major project to complete before Saturday!!!
What was your RSVP return rate? Were you surprised by people's assumptions when it came to RSVPs? How did you tackle seating assignments?
Our RSVP deadline was over about three weeks ago. I set it a bit early knowing I needed to know guest numbers to finish some remaining projects earlier than the week before the wedding. Apparently many of our invited guests had a different idea.
I'm not sure what our RSVP return rate actually was, but it was not good. We had to track down many people for an answer. It surprised me to find out that many people think they don't have to respond to an RSVP if they're not coming. It also surprised me to find out that a lot of people don't feel the need to respond if they told you a year ago in passing that they'd be at your wedding. Honestly though, a week out from our wedding, this is the only thing that has caused us stress.
After all the tracking down was complete, I thought it was finally time I start working on my table assignment project. I told y'all I was planning on making Texas shaped lollipops for each guest with their name and table number on the back. Check 'em out!
Cute, right? So I got all my lollipops made and was ready to label. (It did take me awhile to figure out who to sit with who...seating charts are hard, I'm not gonna lie.) My sister, Co-MOH Sarah, came over on her day off and helped me label all the pops and stick them on my Styrofoam trees. It took us a few hours to get everything organized, but we finished and we felt triumphant.
Not two hours after we finished, Mr. P came home and to tell me someone else had RSVP-ed yes. Grrr! It wouldn't have been a big deal if this new guest had a seat at a table that made sense for him to be at. Because it was Mr. P's guest, I handed the seating chart over to him to be redone. A few more people decided they'd come to, so we ended up adding more tables and rearranging all our guests to fit the stragglers in.
Well, my mom came in on Saturday and the first task we tackled was relabeling all the lollipops with everyone's new table numbers. Thank god I had enough sense to print the table number on a separate label from the names. Now our seating assignments are really done. Project complete! And only one more major project to complete before Saturday!!!
What was your RSVP return rate? Were you surprised by people's assumptions when it came to RSVPs? How did you tackle seating assignments?
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
"Tying the Knot"
In less than 2 weeks!
Ok, back to the blog post. I told y'all a long time ago that I wanted to add some Celtic traditions into our wedding. But I've been struggling with how to do it exactly.
Then I stumbled upon Mrs. Cherry Pie's ceremony and more specifically, her handfasting ceremony. Handfasting is a Celtic wedding unity ceremony that symbolizes the coming together and remaining together of the couple.
Once we decided we wanted to include this tradition, we had to decide what material we wanted to use to bind our hands together.
Cords...
Ribbons...
Oh ribbon. Confession time: I've probably spent more money on ribbon than anything else (craft-wise) for this wedding. It's ridiculous how many spools of ribbon I've gone through in the last year while creating my wedding look.
I only got as far as ribbons for options and it was decided. Ribbons! After Googling handfasting ribbons I found out even more about the tradition. Apparently each ribbon color represents something about the marriage.
I do love me some color so of course I had to buy all of the colors. I just couldn't leave anything out. So I was off to JoAnns once again in search of ribbon.
I started by cutting the same length of ribbon in each color. But because I got such thin ribbon, I noticed the ribbon was getting all tangled up. So I grabbed a piece of fabric and sewed the center of each ribbon to the fabric. This way the ribbons are way more manageable.
What type of unity ceremony are you including in your wedding day? Are you planning on incorporating any ethnic rituals in your day?
Ok, back to the blog post. I told y'all a long time ago that I wanted to add some Celtic traditions into our wedding. But I've been struggling with how to do it exactly.
Then I stumbled upon Mrs. Cherry Pie's ceremony and more specifically, her handfasting ceremony. Handfasting is a Celtic wedding unity ceremony that symbolizes the coming together and remaining together of the couple.
Once we decided we wanted to include this tradition, we had to decide what material we wanted to use to bind our hands together.
Cords...
Ribbons...
Oh ribbon. Confession time: I've probably spent more money on ribbon than anything else (craft-wise) for this wedding. It's ridiculous how many spools of ribbon I've gone through in the last year while creating my wedding look.
I only got as far as ribbons for options and it was decided. Ribbons! After Googling handfasting ribbons I found out even more about the tradition. Apparently each ribbon color represents something about the marriage.
- Red: passion, strength, lust, fertility
- Orange: encouragement, attraction, kindness, plenty
- Yellow: charm, confidence, joy, balance
- Green: finances, fertility, charity, prosperity, health
- Blue: tranquility, patience, devotion, sincerity
- Purple: Power, piety, sanctity, sentimentality
- Black: strength, wisdom, vision, success
- White: purity, concentration, meditation, peace
- Gray: neutrality, canceling, balance
- Pink: unity, honor, truth, romance, happiness
- Brown: earth, grounding, talent, telepathy, home
- Silver: treasure, values, creativity, inspiration
- Gold: energy, wealth, intelligence, longevity
I do love me some color so of course I had to buy all of the colors. I just couldn't leave anything out. So I was off to JoAnns once again in search of ribbon.
I started by cutting the same length of ribbon in each color. But because I got such thin ribbon, I noticed the ribbon was getting all tangled up. So I grabbed a piece of fabric and sewed the center of each ribbon to the fabric. This way the ribbons are way more manageable.
What type of unity ceremony are you including in your wedding day? Are you planning on incorporating any ethnic rituals in your day?
Monday, October 11, 2010
A New Man
I have a secret to confess. There's been a new man in my life lately. At least there has been for the last week or so. His name is Fred and he's adorable. Move over Mr. P, there's a new man in town. :)
Are you ready for an introduction? Here goes nothin'. Meet Fred...the zombie!
Isn't he adorable? I love how he turned out! And if you don't remember (click here), I'm planning on making a big brain cake for Mr. P's groom's cake. And what goes with a brain? Why, a zombie, of course!
Fred is made mostly of gumpaste (a material used for making flowers on cakes) with a little help from some wire and Styrofoam. I tried to add a bunch of subtle details to make Fred even cuter. If you look closely his ribs are exposed on his chest. And under his ribs, a giant heart. I also decided to have Fred hold a small yellow gumpaste flower identical to the ones that will make an appearance on the wedding cake.
Are any of you ladies brave (or crazy, which is what most people think) enough to make your groom's cake? And more importantly has your fiance adequately trained you for the inevitable zombie apocalypse?
Are you ready for an introduction? Here goes nothin'. Meet Fred...the zombie!
Isn't he adorable? I love how he turned out! And if you don't remember (click here), I'm planning on making a big brain cake for Mr. P's groom's cake. And what goes with a brain? Why, a zombie, of course!
Fred is made mostly of gumpaste (a material used for making flowers on cakes) with a little help from some wire and Styrofoam. I tried to add a bunch of subtle details to make Fred even cuter. If you look closely his ribs are exposed on his chest. And under his ribs, a giant heart. I also decided to have Fred hold a small yellow gumpaste flower identical to the ones that will make an appearance on the wedding cake.
Are any of you ladies brave (or crazy, which is what most people think) enough to make your groom's cake? And more importantly has your fiance adequately trained you for the inevitable zombie apocalypse?
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Why I Love Him
Do you ever just stop and look at your boyfriend (or girlfriend) and think, "God I love this person!" The feeling just overwhelms you, right? Well, it got me thinking, what are the little things that make me love Mr. P so much? So I did what I always do, I made a list.
1. He makes me laugh everyday. I once told him if he makes me laugh at least once a day it's a great day. He doesn't even have to but he does. This is by far the most important thing on this list.
2. He's cute. For some reason I feel the need to catcall or whistle at him when he walks from the bed to the bathroom in his boxers.
3. He's got an even cuter butt. I seriously have to use restraint not to slap him on the butt every time he walks by.
4. He sings to me. Badly, but still he sings. And he comes up with his own songs too.
5. He's sweet. He takes me to dinner when I don't get the promotion at work that I wanted so badly.
6. He's supportive. He gets angry at my bosses when I don't get the promotion that I wanted so badly.
7. He loves me. He takes me to chick-flicks without complaining. He's even the one to suggest it sometimes!
8. He's practical. He teaches me how to shoot zombies in the head. You never know when the next apocalypse might happen.
9. He's a sugaraholic just like me. He likes Dr. Pepper just as much as I do and loves sweets, especially the ones I make for him.
10. He's got a nook that I fit perfectly in. Seriously, when I hug him we fit together like two Legos. God, that sounded dorky.
11. He makes me smile. I still get this huge grin on my face every time I come home to him.
12. He's nurturing. He's gonna be a great dad someday. I can just tell.
13. He's a total geek. He's comfortable enough to dance around and do weird things in front of me without getting embarrassed.
14. We can enjoy silence together. And it's not awkward at all. I hate awkward silences.
There are plenty more, but I won't bore you with more of my reasons. What are your reasons for loving your man or woman?
1. He makes me laugh everyday. I once told him if he makes me laugh at least once a day it's a great day. He doesn't even have to but he does. This is by far the most important thing on this list.
2. He's cute. For some reason I feel the need to catcall or whistle at him when he walks from the bed to the bathroom in his boxers.
3. He's got an even cuter butt. I seriously have to use restraint not to slap him on the butt every time he walks by.
4. He sings to me. Badly, but still he sings. And he comes up with his own songs too.
5. He's sweet. He takes me to dinner when I don't get the promotion at work that I wanted so badly.
6. He's supportive. He gets angry at my bosses when I don't get the promotion that I wanted so badly.
7. He loves me. He takes me to chick-flicks without complaining. He's even the one to suggest it sometimes!
8. He's practical. He teaches me how to shoot zombies in the head. You never know when the next apocalypse might happen.
9. He's a sugaraholic just like me. He likes Dr. Pepper just as much as I do and loves sweets, especially the ones I make for him.
10. He's got a nook that I fit perfectly in. Seriously, when I hug him we fit together like two Legos. God, that sounded dorky.
11. He makes me smile. I still get this huge grin on my face every time I come home to him.
12. He's nurturing. He's gonna be a great dad someday. I can just tell.
13. He's a total geek. He's comfortable enough to dance around and do weird things in front of me without getting embarrassed.
14. We can enjoy silence together. And it's not awkward at all. I hate awkward silences.
There are plenty more, but I won't bore you with more of my reasons. What are your reasons for loving your man or woman?
Sunday, October 3, 2010
How to Say Thank You
With gifts, of course! Mr. P and I decided that we would spend a max of $50 on each wedding party member. A pretty modest amount, but I knew I wanted to make the most of it!
I started my gift search thinking I was going to buy each girl something different since they're all so unique. However, I ended up getting them the same gifts, but still fitting each of their personalities.
I started by picking out reusable bags in each of their favorite colors to hold all of their gifts.
I found these at Garden Ridge for $1 each!
And now, what to fill them with? I made each girl a bridesmaid emergency kit. I found the make-up bags at Nordstrom Rack for $11 each. I also tried to chose these based on color preferences of each girl. I also liked that these bags were made from recycled materials.
Here's what I included inside:
-mini deodorant
-hand lotion
-bobby pins
-chapstick
-bandaids
-nail file
-Advil
-Colgate Wisps
-Shout Wipes
-socks (this one will make more sense in a minute)
This stuff all cost about $10 a person.
I wanted my ladies to be comfortable while they're shakin' it on the dance floor with me. I didn't want to just give them sandals, since I'm planning to provide those for the guests. And if you remember I plan on changing into some sweet Chucks for the reception. So why not get the girls their own pair of Chucks too? And thanks to Marshalls, at $25 a pair, they made my dream possible.
Cute, right? I know I'm short one pair. I'm still looking for the perfect pair for BM Ashley.
And then I decided to throw in a "just cause" present. I showed you my special hanger that my dress will hang from on my wedding day in my boudoir shoot.
I decided to make each of the girls a hanger to hang their bridesmaid dress from that day too. (Tutorial in a future post.)
I got the hangers in the bargain bin at JoAnns for $1 each and I used paint I already own. I love how easy these were and how awesome they turned out. I hope my girls like them too!
Then, for my two MOHs, I decided I wanted to get them each one additional gift. My sister has a thing for water bottles and having one on her at all times so I decided to get her a reusable aluminum bottle. And it has an angry monkey on it. Grr! (How could I resist it?)
For my other MOH, I decided to take her love of chickens and turn it in to an apron.
I can't wait until the rehearsal dinner so I can give my girls their gifts!
How'd you decide what to buy your ladies? Did you get them all the same thing, or individual gifts?
I started my gift search thinking I was going to buy each girl something different since they're all so unique. However, I ended up getting them the same gifts, but still fitting each of their personalities.
I started by picking out reusable bags in each of their favorite colors to hold all of their gifts.
I found these at Garden Ridge for $1 each!
And now, what to fill them with? I made each girl a bridesmaid emergency kit. I found the make-up bags at Nordstrom Rack for $11 each. I also tried to chose these based on color preferences of each girl. I also liked that these bags were made from recycled materials.
Here's what I included inside:
-mini deodorant
-hand lotion
-bobby pins
-chapstick
-bandaids
-nail file
-Advil
-Colgate Wisps
-Shout Wipes
-socks (this one will make more sense in a minute)
This stuff all cost about $10 a person.
I wanted my ladies to be comfortable while they're shakin' it on the dance floor with me. I didn't want to just give them sandals, since I'm planning to provide those for the guests. And if you remember I plan on changing into some sweet Chucks for the reception. So why not get the girls their own pair of Chucks too? And thanks to Marshalls, at $25 a pair, they made my dream possible.
Cute, right? I know I'm short one pair. I'm still looking for the perfect pair for BM Ashley.
And then I decided to throw in a "just cause" present. I showed you my special hanger that my dress will hang from on my wedding day in my boudoir shoot.
I decided to make each of the girls a hanger to hang their bridesmaid dress from that day too. (Tutorial in a future post.)
I got the hangers in the bargain bin at JoAnns for $1 each and I used paint I already own. I love how easy these were and how awesome they turned out. I hope my girls like them too!
Then, for my two MOHs, I decided I wanted to get them each one additional gift. My sister has a thing for water bottles and having one on her at all times so I decided to get her a reusable aluminum bottle. And it has an angry monkey on it. Grr! (How could I resist it?)
For my other MOH, I decided to take her love of chickens and turn it in to an apron.
I can't wait until the rehearsal dinner so I can give my girls their gifts!
How'd you decide what to buy your ladies? Did you get them all the same thing, or individual gifts?
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