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We are just about at the half way point to the big day. I cannot believe time has gone so fast. It seems like just yesterday we got engaged and now its been almost 6 months.

A lot has changed since then, including my idea of a fairy tale wedding. At first I wanted a huge wedding in a huge chapel with a huge guest list. Well not only did my budget prevent that, but I have come to the realization that a big wedding with people I haven't spoken to in years was never for me anyways.

Our wedding will consist of our close friends and family at a beautiful venue. The ceremony will take place outside on a deck overlooking a small waterfall.

 We'll get the whole grounds to ourselves for the entire day. While our photographer is taking pictures of us as a married couple, our guests will be able to hang out on the veranda, enjoying appetizers and drinks. Our reception will have food, drinking and dancing. By the time the reception starts, I imagine I'll be too tired to think straight let alone notice the beautiful chandeliers, our black table cloths with red rose petals spread about, our beautiful flower centerpieces or the neatly folded red napkins.

But it will be beautiful.

And I cannot wait.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

My awesome friend who just so happens to be the wife of one of the groomsmen has gifted me with my Something Blue.

She makes these cute button rings and I was lucky enough to get one! Thank you Mrs. W :)

Also, my future M-I-L is letting me borrow her real pearl necklace that was given to her by her father. I was going to take a picture of it, but Fiancee put it in a safe place. One that I cannot find at the moment and he is at work. I hope he at least remembers where he put it.

Two down. Two to go.

By the way...I need some help on the something old. Anyone have any ideas?

The Most AWESOMEST Wedding Programs Ever!

Is awesomest a word? Spell check says no, but it totally should be.

Anyways.

Look.what.I.found.

Wedding programs that also entertain while guest are waiting. And of course, I found them on Etsy. And they personalize them to match our wedding colors. Now I just have to come up with the clues. Ooo and I can buy those little pencils and tie red ribbon around them!

Dress Shopping Nightmare

Want to hear something very frustrating?

I bought my wedding dress at this place called CLASSIC BRIDAL. (Classic bridal, classic bridal, classic bridal. I'm hoping if I say it enough, when they search for it, they'll find this page. Classic Bridal.) And actually had an excellent experience. It was fun. My consultant was nice and friendly and helped me find the perfect dress.

BUT THEN, I took my bridesmaids in and that was a task in its own. Do you know how hard it is to get 5 people who have jobs, live out of town, and/or are pregnant together at one time? Pretty difficult. Before I went in, I called and made an appointment with the same consultant that took care of me. She told me THREE days prior that she would pull all of the dresses I liked and they'd be ready for when we came in.

Well, they weren't. The girl even forgot that she had a appointment and seemed very surprised by that fact. But that was ok because we were the ONLY customers. As we started pulling dresses off the rack, a bride walked in wanting to shop for (not buy) a wedding dress. My consultant then left me and my five bridesmaids on our own. I had to go find her and ask her for a dressing room. She gave us one and then disappeared again.

We picked one of the bridesmaids to be the Barbie Doll. We dressed her up instead of having everyone try on different dresses. So there we were, trying to figure out all the crazy lacing by ourselves all the while, my consultant is busy helping the bride. We had to go searching for different dresses to pull and the store is huge. I picked up a dress that I liked another consultant that was just sitting in a chair watching the bride try on dresses said, "Um, that's discontinued." I put it back and picked another one. "That one, too." So I turned to her and said, "Can you please tell me which ones AREN'T discontinued?" She pointed to a rack and then went back to ignoring me.

When we FINALLY found a dress that we could all agree upon...I went and found "my" consultant again. She then proceeded to tell me that (and I quote) "It is too early for you to buy your bridesmaids dresses. Please come back in the fall."

WTF.

And to top it off, because I bought my dress at CLASSIC BRIDAL, my bridesmaids would have gotten a 20% discount on their dresses. Needless to say though, we won't be going back there. I actually suggested we try again next month and they all refuse to go back there. Can't say that I blame them.

Thanks for listening!

Look, I'm a cartoon!

Remember how I told you all that I was getting a caricature made of Fiance and I to put on our "welcome" table at the wedding?

No? Well we wanted a photo next to our programs and guest book, but then I got to to thinking. Why get just some ordinary photo? So I turned to Etsy, specifically, Erin at Dreamscape Portraits. We emailed each other back and forth a dozen times. She gladly accepted all of my ideas and threw in some of her own. I told her I wanted a prince and princess theme and sent her the colors I liked...

 And this is what she came up with...

Isn't it freaking fantastic!?! Erin is so creative. I couldn't believe how awesome is turned out. She sent me proofs as she was going along and kept me posted at each and every step. I couldn't be happier with the outcome and I'm so excited for all of our wedding guests to see it.

She even added our names and wedding date at the top and an 11x14 print is in the mail as we speak!

Cake Cake Cake

Fiance and I sat down yesterday and picked out our wedding cake and groom's cake. Cake IS the only thing Fiance is really really concerned about in this whole process, so when we started looking online through all of the cakes, he was in heaven. And we wanted something a little non-traditional, so that was even more fun.

So, as many of you may already know, I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland fan. I picked the actual wedding cake.

Except I don't want all of those little extras all over it. Looks a little busy in this photo, so imagine it without all the clutter.

This is the second option.

Which I LOVE, especially if we turn it red, white and black, BUT I am terrified its going to end up looking like this...

Yikes! So I'm going to talk to the baker and see what she has to say. Fiance is pretty excited about the taste testing thing, too.

And for the groom's cake, Fiance picked this...

A fairly simple Zelda cake. Hopefully it will leave little room for error.

Hopefully.

 Cake Wrecks has really put a seed of doubt in my mind when it comes to bakers :)

Etsy Love

Wanna know how geeky I am?

Look what I just ordered.

Why yes, that is a Nintendo Garter.

I'm telling you, Etsy is allowing me to geek up my wedding in all the right places and not go overboard. Lego cuff links? I think so.



We are also in the process of getting a caricature sketch of us in a price and princess theme. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Can you register at Etsy? :)