.:.Flower Girl Dress2.:.

Sooo... every time I picked out a dress, they ran out before I ordered it...

This dress is OFFICIALLY ordered, and should be here this week!

Little Miss Seraphina loves it! =] 

We're so so excited.

.:.115 days.:.

.:.Invitations.:.

Hours. Not joking. I have spent HOURS printing these invitations...however, I LOVE THEM.

I still have more to do with them, but I was too excited not to upload them! I've also purchased all of the plates, cutlery, cups and most of the napkins. =] 

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.:.Flower Girl Dress.:.

I've spent a year looking for the flower girl dress. I wanted something that a) matched the swirl theme, b) matched our colors, c) wasn't outrageously expensive, d) was something she could wear again and e) adorable!

I think I found it!!

It was shockingly inexpensive. I found it on Dillard's website! I'll probably order it for her in the next week or two. I'm so excited! =]


.:.150 days.:.

.:.My Wedding Dress and Other Things.:.

After months of silence, I finally have something worth posting! 

I had my dress. I bought it in January, and it is perfect. Unfortunately, after I had stopped eating gluten (out of necessity...gluten intolerance...fun.) I lost enough inches to make my wedding dress ginormous... I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to afford the alterations... I took my dress back to David's Bridal in a desperate attempt fix the situation... 

And it was phenomenal. The David's Bridal consultant, Jessica, was absolutely wonderful. I easily got my dress exchanged for the same design but two sizes smaller!! I now have minimal alterations to my dress! (Only because I'm short...the rest fits like a glove.)

As far as other things I've done for the wedding, I've purchased the bags for favors! We got them on clearance sale, saving about $20. It was pretty exciting as they had some in all three of our colors!  


We decided instead of a traditional guest book, we will have this! 

I can't wait! This will be another DIY project! This next semester I'll be excited to finish up some DIY projects. =] (Bouquets, Boutonnieres, Cartoon Cutouts, signs, etc.)

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.:.Officiant and Espresso Caterer.:.

After a long process, we have finally come to a wonderful end to the search for an officiant! My grandpa has agreed to perform the ceremony for us! We are so excited. I had a dream that he did the wedding ceremony and fell in love with the idea. 


Now we'll begin the process of planning out the wedding ceremony!! :) 


Monday we're supposed to be meeting with the espresso caterer to discuss details and hopefully book the date! It's beginning to come together!


We'll be sending out the Save-the-Dates soon, and I'll begin on a lot of the DIY projects I have planned.


I'll begin to work on the cartoon cutouts for photo props for the reception hopefully really soon. I'll also be working on invitation wording, gathering things for the reception decorating and ordering some things I'll need. (Ribbons I found online and wedding shoes!!) 


I can't believe it is just over ten months away!


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.:.Ceremony Venue Pictures.:.

I'm so excited that we booked the park for our ceremony. This is where Ben and I met, he proposed here and now we'll be married! 

 I adore this site. I want to have white chairs in this area angled at a "V," opening to the gazebo.

 The view from the inside of the gazebo.

 The front of the gazebo. This is where the bridal party will stand and we will be wed! :)

Back of the gazebo. Neat photo ops! :)

.:.His Wedding Band.:.

Yesterday we happened to be near Shane Co. and I suggested we pop in to take a look around. I need to take my ring in soon to get it cleaned and checked, so we thought if we found something, we'd come back in a couple of weeks to buy it. Well, we already knew which one he wanted; I had picked it out nearly a year ago and didn't show him until after we were engaged. He loved it just as much as I did. (Looks like I know him pretty well... good thing, huh? :P) Well, they didn't have it in store, but they could get it in for us. Only problem? They only had 2 left in the company. It was 7pm and they closed at 8pm. We rushed to an ATM and got the money from our savings account. (After we got turned around because a Sir Benjamin accidently got in the wrong lane.......) We returned to Shane Co. and was able to order it in. :) 


We are SO excited that we got the ring he wanted!

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