there are so many of them...
and now they are on their way!
I am SO excited!Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Well, I suppose I was due.
This weekend was the weekend of the massive freakout. It was set off by such a trivial thing...I had a bad experience at a bakery. You'd think that wasn't so bad, but all of a sudden I couldn't take it anymore. The bakery was in Sellwood. I cried in the car all the way past the tunnel on Sunset. I think the problem is there were too many bad things happening in quick succession...the venue incident, the realization that I had so much extra to do because of the new venue, the neverending list of things that needed to be addressed...it all was too much at that moment.
I am, however, one of those people who feels infinitely better once she has cried it out. So, I cried, I felt bad for myself for a bit...then I got back to work. What else can you do, you know? The stress is always going to be there, and wedding planning is always going to suck...but the wedding itself will be worth it in the end. It reminds me of how I went through bar study last summer. I held up pretty well most of the time, but I had one, colossal, huge freakout toward the end - complete with fleeing the law school, crying in my car, hyperventilating, the works - but ultimately, I sucked it up and got through it. And that's pretty much how I'm going to deal with wedding planning, because I'm pretty sure I'm never going to get back to a point where I think it's fun.
But once I pulled myself together, this weekend was actually pretty productive. J and I decided on our DJ, though we haven't put the deposit down yet... the guy didn't tell us who to make the check out for. My mom and my bridesmaid K came over this morning and helped me assemble all my invitations! There is still work to be done on them, but I can't do anything yet until I get some postcard stamps, which I'll do tomorrow. I'm hopeful that we'll get them out soon. Things keep rolling! Next weekend is another whirlwind of wedding activities. Hopefully productive ones too!
This weekend was the weekend of the massive freakout. It was set off by such a trivial thing...I had a bad experience at a bakery. You'd think that wasn't so bad, but all of a sudden I couldn't take it anymore. The bakery was in Sellwood. I cried in the car all the way past the tunnel on Sunset. I think the problem is there were too many bad things happening in quick succession...the venue incident, the realization that I had so much extra to do because of the new venue, the neverending list of things that needed to be addressed...it all was too much at that moment.
I am, however, one of those people who feels infinitely better once she has cried it out. So, I cried, I felt bad for myself for a bit...then I got back to work. What else can you do, you know? The stress is always going to be there, and wedding planning is always going to suck...but the wedding itself will be worth it in the end. It reminds me of how I went through bar study last summer. I held up pretty well most of the time, but I had one, colossal, huge freakout toward the end - complete with fleeing the law school, crying in my car, hyperventilating, the works - but ultimately, I sucked it up and got through it. And that's pretty much how I'm going to deal with wedding planning, because I'm pretty sure I'm never going to get back to a point where I think it's fun.
But once I pulled myself together, this weekend was actually pretty productive. J and I decided on our DJ, though we haven't put the deposit down yet... the guy didn't tell us who to make the check out for. My mom and my bridesmaid K came over this morning and helped me assemble all my invitations! There is still work to be done on them, but I can't do anything yet until I get some postcard stamps, which I'll do tomorrow. I'm hopeful that we'll get them out soon. Things keep rolling! Next weekend is another whirlwind of wedding activities. Hopefully productive ones too!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Long time no post! There's been a lot of drama in weddingland. Luckily, it's mostly been sorted out, and we are moving forward with the planning. Lots of you know the story, but I'm not going to write about it yet. You'll just have to wait. :)
But! I had one detail I did want to share with you. One of the things J and I wanted with the groomsmen was that we didn't want them to wear tuxes. We are not super formal people, so while our wedding does have formal touches here and there, we wanted the men to wear suits and not feel overdressed.
J was in his friend's wedding in March. His friend is also one of his groomsmen. Their wedding gave J and his friend the perfect time to take advantage of the Men's Wearhouse buy one, get one free sale. Apparently, Men's Wearhouse doesn't mind if the two suits are not for the same people. This was great, because J basically got his suit for half price!
Anyway, one idea I wanted to do was I wanted them all to wear similar ties. I really liked the idea of the boys wearing ties that looked close but weren't the same. So, a couple of weekends ago, J and I hit the mall to peruse the sales.
We went to all the big department stores, and all of them were having sales on their ties. I was pretty proud of myself for picking out the ties, because I didn't pull out the ones we'd bought to compare tie color.
They look really good! We haven't decided which tie will go to whom, but I'm pretty sure they will all look snazzy.
Don't the colors look neat? Additionally, we bought ties for the dads. We are having them wear gold ties. That ties (ha ha) all the colors together. I'm pretty excited to see them on the wedding day!
But! I had one detail I did want to share with you. One of the things J and I wanted with the groomsmen was that we didn't want them to wear tuxes. We are not super formal people, so while our wedding does have formal touches here and there, we wanted the men to wear suits and not feel overdressed.
J was in his friend's wedding in March. His friend is also one of his groomsmen. Their wedding gave J and his friend the perfect time to take advantage of the Men's Wearhouse buy one, get one free sale. Apparently, Men's Wearhouse doesn't mind if the two suits are not for the same people. This was great, because J basically got his suit for half price!
Anyway, one idea I wanted to do was I wanted them all to wear similar ties. I really liked the idea of the boys wearing ties that looked close but weren't the same. So, a couple of weekends ago, J and I hit the mall to peruse the sales.
We went to all the big department stores, and all of them were having sales on their ties. I was pretty proud of myself for picking out the ties, because I didn't pull out the ones we'd bought to compare tie color.
They look really good! We haven't decided which tie will go to whom, but I'm pretty sure they will all look snazzy. 
Don't the colors look neat? Additionally, we bought ties for the dads. We are having them wear gold ties. That ties (ha ha) all the colors together. I'm pretty excited to see them on the wedding day!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
I've been doing pretty well getting wedding things accomplished lately. I wrote before about the "wedding funk" I was in. There wasn't really anything that jump-started my desire to finish planning this shindig, but there was definitely a sense of urgency resulting from the "HOLY CRAP FOUR MONTHS" realization I came to. There is so much to do with four months to go until the day, so it was important that I get my butt in gear.
This weekend was supposed to be the florist weekend, but the florist meeting I had got postponed until next weekend. Plus, my sister (who is my maid of honor) was in town. She is the one who designed the save-the-dates, so it was only fitting that we go to the invitation place to pick out our invitations instead!
My ideas about the invitations have been through many iterations. I initially was dead set on pocket invitations. I still love them. I just love how they have the inserts arranged all pretty within the invitation. I looked into them though, and for what I was wanting, they were really just too expensive. I probably still could have had them if I had compromised on some things, like the paper, and instead of having them made to make them myself, but I didn't.
We ended up designing a really pretty invitation that allowed me to use all the pretty iridescent papers that I loved. Instead of a pocket, it's just a long rectangular invite, but instead of having a 5x7 size that I've seen a lot, we made one that was long and skinny, more like 4x11. The best part about this design is we can use the graphic my sister made! I really love that graphic and I am really pleased we worked the whole thing in.
So yeah, we have the order put in! The proofs should be done in a week or so, so once we approve them, they will be printed. I am really excited! The design details will have to wait until the invitations actually hit the mail. Next week...the florist appointment. Hopefully I will have figured out an idea of what I want by then.
This weekend was supposed to be the florist weekend, but the florist meeting I had got postponed until next weekend. Plus, my sister (who is my maid of honor) was in town. She is the one who designed the save-the-dates, so it was only fitting that we go to the invitation place to pick out our invitations instead!
My ideas about the invitations have been through many iterations. I initially was dead set on pocket invitations. I still love them. I just love how they have the inserts arranged all pretty within the invitation. I looked into them though, and for what I was wanting, they were really just too expensive. I probably still could have had them if I had compromised on some things, like the paper, and instead of having them made to make them myself, but I didn't.
We ended up designing a really pretty invitation that allowed me to use all the pretty iridescent papers that I loved. Instead of a pocket, it's just a long rectangular invite, but instead of having a 5x7 size that I've seen a lot, we made one that was long and skinny, more like 4x11. The best part about this design is we can use the graphic my sister made! I really love that graphic and I am really pleased we worked the whole thing in.
So yeah, we have the order put in! The proofs should be done in a week or so, so once we approve them, they will be printed. I am really excited! The design details will have to wait until the invitations actually hit the mail. Next week...the florist appointment. Hopefully I will have figured out an idea of what I want by then.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The wedding band has been purchased!
First of all, this isn't actually the only wedding band I've purchased. We actually purchased a different one prior to this. When we first started talking about wedding bands, I thought that all I wanted was a plain, white gold band. So that's what we got me. It was pretty, and most of all, it was cheap. However, once I started thinking about it, I realized that I kind of wanted something with a little bling to it. I like the idea of just wearing the wedding band if we travel, so I don't have to worry about my pretty engagement ring, but I didn't want to wear just a plain white gold band. I talked to J about it, and he said that it was probably okay to get something different if I wanted it, as we hadn't spent that much on the first band anyway.
If any of you have seen my engagement ring, you know that it's a cathedral setting with pave-set stones on both sides. When we walked into the store on Sunday, I was first looking for a pave-set band that would closely match the sides of my engagement ring. Since my ring did not come as a set, there is no matching band with the exact same pave-set stones. I tried on a bunch of rings with pave-set, channel set, and even prong set small diamonds all around the band. None of them matched the sides of my ring well enough. I knew that if I just bought one of those, I would end up hating that it didn't match my ring exactly.
I ended up looking for rings that would complement, but not match, my engagement ring. This one ring that caught my eye right off the bat was one that looked like a simple white gold band with some diamonds embedded every couple millimeters. I thought it looked nice, and thought it might go well with my ring.
And it did! I really liked the way it paired with my ring. Funnily enough, this ring was about half the price of the other rings I'd first tried on, so there was definitely some upselling tried on us. It didn't work though, because I think this band is absolutely perfect with my engagement ring. And here it is!
I am really excited about it. The only thing about it is it only comes in a standard size six, and my ring finger is a 5 1/4. We had to special order the ring, and apparently the jewelers are closed during the month of July. The special orders apparently take three months. This is cutting it rather close to our wedding day, but hopefully it will work out! I have my fingers crossed.
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