Bridal today, rain or shine!

I've considered myself lucky to not have to worry about rain on my wedding day, since we are doing our ceremony and reception indoors.  Well now that my bridal is scheduled for 5:00 pm with a 40% chance of rain, I'm getting anxious about the weather.  My photographer and I are looking for back-up locations (can't do Prestonwood because of a wedding today). Time is set for 5:00 so we can't do earlier. Any ideas?  Here is an iPhone shot of my bridal bouquet, courtesy of Cydney and The English Garden.  I love it!

87 days

A long time ago, a guy named Jake proposed to me. We had probably 435 days in our engagement. Now we are down to 87.  Wow.  I am so happy it is almost here! We have a lot to do, but we are getting things checked off the list.  I am also happy to say that I have some updates :)
- We met with Cydney from The English Garden to get a better idea of our vision.  It was a productive meeting, Jake even came along.  He is a very good sport and actually shows a lot of interest in the planning.  Of course, it is his party too so its nice to share the load.
- We worked on our vows and readings for the ceremony this past weekend.  It is all becoming real!
- My friend and sorority sister Sara is addressing our invitations, she picked them up last weekend - these should go out mid-April. I loved her font options - I will definitely post some samples when I get the chance

Hope you guys are all enjoying this beautiful weather! I have lots of gardening to do

Florist, Honeymoon and Invitations!

I am so excited to finally annouce that we have decided to use The English Garden for our florals and wedding day decor.  Cydney was so amazing at the initial consultation and her proposals were very detailed that we couldn't have asked for more. We are thrilled to work with her for the big day as she has truly captured our vision and will work within our budget to make our day everything it can be :)

We have also booked our Honeymoon for the Riviera Maya, Mexico.  I love having a tropical vacation to look forward to and an excuse to shop for anything honeymoon-related.

Our invitation order is going in today and we expect a proof in the next couple of days.  Assuming everythings fits on our Response and Accommodations cards, we should be in business! 

Its crazy to think we have only 3 fulls months left before the big day. Its definitely crunch time now!

Happy Early Birthday to Jake, plus a flower update!

Jake's birthday is Tuesday. Have I gotten him anything for his birthday? No.  Do I have a lot of "ideas" well, yes.  Luckily I have Monday off so I should have plenty of time to play birthday fairy.  Happy early birthday Jake!!

Florist meetings are in full effect. At this point, the frontrunner is Cydney with The English Garden, but I have one last meeting and I haven't received any written propsals at this point.  During our meeting, Cydney got up a couple of times with creative ideas, grabbing flowers from her fridge to illustrate.  She also seems to be very flexible working within my budget, and will incorporate what glassware/containers/materials I have in order to help derease costs.  Speaking of this, I need to get her some photos and lists of what I have already!  She's even helped me come up with a more official color scheme based on the color of the bridesmaid dresses.  Jewel Tones!

Photo credits in order of appearance:

Photo from the My Bouquet Floral Design Blog's, Jewel tone Purple post

David's Bridal Style 83312 in Sangria

Real Wedding Find on Green Wedding Shoes

Green Wedding Shoes is one of my favorite Wedding blogs for inspiration.  Now that I have more time to actually read wedding blogs again, I had to share a Wedding that I found inspiring.  Please check out Megan + Simon's Backyard Wedding on Green Wedding Shoes.  It has color, it has style, it has succulents!  I also LOVE the bouquet shown below.

(Photo credit: JAC Photographers)

Another Bouquet I love

I definitely want a colorful bouquet with lots of rich greens, succulents, and maybe even some non-traditional greenery additions.  I love the Billy Buttons, Succulents, and Dahlias in this bouquet.  Ideally, I'd like yellow to be more of an accent color than the main color in the bouquet, so I'd cut some of the BBs from this and add different colored dahlias, roses, anemones, etc.  Plus that gray stuff that I think she calls Kangaroo Paws would have to go.

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More Chuppah Inspiration

I found some beautiful Chuppah pictures while catching up on some blog-following this weekend.  Seeing how these are put together should definitely give Jake and I a better idea of how to build/assemble our chuppah.  And we probably should go ahead and start looking for materials soon.  Regardless, here are the photos, enjoy!

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I particularly like how the flowers hang down in the back of this one.  Love that its simple but still very elegant.  Maybe I could find some fake flowers that would string easily to create this effect? 

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My Very Own Inspiration Board

Out of boredom at work comes my very own inspiration board, from images that I've found across the web. Unfortunately I don't think there is a way to make this show up as a larger image in the blog post, but you should be able to click on it to be taken to the full-size image. Credits below from left to right.


Photo credits from left to right: Carrie Patterson Photography, Ink & Peat, J. Crew, lovethecard.com, J. Crew, Ink & Peat, Keily and Greg's Nestledown wedding shot by Dana and Jeremy, and Martha Stewart weddings

10 Months To Go!

It's amazing how time passes so quickly. Everyone keeps telling me the older you get the faster time flies. I feel like summer started yesterday! This is just a reminder that I need to kick it up a notch in the wedding planning world.

Here are pictures of some non-wedding related things that make me happy. These were all taken on my iPhone. I need to take a picture of Jake soon so that I have a more recent one of him. I guess its time to upload the pictures from my camera over the last few weeks!

Tucker watching a hummingbird at the feeder

I love these little guys!

These are the beautiful roses that Jake gave me for our 4 year dating anniversary and 6 month engagement anniversary! They smell amazing and the colors are beautiful. I think if I go with the Emerald and Aqua color scheme that I will be incorporating orange tones in the flowers to add a punch of color. Thanks for the inspiration and the beautiful flowers Jake!

Bouquet Inspiration

I found it, my new favorite bouquet, pehaps ever. I've never seen anything like this but I love it. Courtesy of Snippet & Ink, from the Sneak Peak of Anli & Kenneth's Wedding.

Found: Awesome Florist Blog!

Thanks to Snippet & Ink I believe I have found my favorite Home and Floral Design Blog, Housemartin, which is the blog of Pam Zsori of Ink & Peat. I love how she incorporates unique and unexpected natural elements into her arrangements, including thistle, succulents and more. Here are a couple of images that really stood out to me. I think I'll save these for my floral inspiration collection!

(All images from Housemartin)