crunch time!

There's three days (basically two!) until W-Day and I have neglected you, dear blog. Ah, well, sorry. Here's a peak at some of the latest projects and what guests will be greeted with on Saturday:

Funny story: See the arrow with our wedding date on it. Well, guests won't be greeted with that on the wedding day. You see the arrow actually needs to point in the opposite direction. DIY FAIL! And the stencils are one time use things, so we will have a plain pink arrow. Oh well.

Remember the blankets? Those will be in the middle barrel, while the other two will be used as planters (IE: hold flowers). I stained them myself!

Yummy lobster lollipops that guests can take home with them. It took f-o-r-e-v-e-r to make these suckers, so people better take them!

I think that's enough of a sneak peak for you.

 

projects revealed

Morning blog! So the countdown is on... We have less than a month until the wedding and a ton of stuff to do it seems! It'll get done. Somehow. Eventually. I hope.

I want to share some of my projects with you today! I briefly touched upon them last time. But I've decided to cave in and post some pictures. Here's a group photo:

L to R: Card basket; Snuggle blanket; "Our History in the Making" Timeline; Wish Jar
(Click photos to enlarge)

The timeline is one of my favorite projects. I think we will display it on the same table as our wish jar. It's a great way for our guests to get to know a little more about us. I don't even know when I stumbled upon the idea, but I instantly fell in love with it and had to have it. Luckily, we remember most of the major dates in our relationship. Except for the day we met. Minor detail, right? Ha. Here is "Our History in the Making" Timeline:

 

In lieu of a traditional guest book, we opted for a Wish Jar. We bought the jar at Michael's for about $10 (Thank goodness for 40% off coupons!). We added paper shred to add some color and fill it a little bit. I tied a ribbon around it and ta-da: A Wish Jar is born. We have two different shades of pink cardstock that Chris is going to cut into little squares for people to sign and place in the jar. Here she is:

The sign reads: Sign your name or leave your wishes for the new MR. and MRS.

I'm happy with all our projects so far. I still have our table numbers to complete, but I'll save that for another post. On another note, my bridal shower is today and my bachelorette party is tonight! I can't wait to see what my best friends have been planning all this time!

'Til next time! 

projects galore!

So we're down to THIRTY-THREE DAYS (Yikes!) and I haven't blogged in a month. Guess I've been busy. First off, as promised, here are some photos of the invitations:

 I call this one "Invitation Station Collage." 

The invitation got a photoshoot with the Bermuda bus, too!

 The RSVP card and envelope.

We've gotten a little over half of the responses back with only one decline. The deadline is fast approaching so hopefully we'll be getting a lot of mail this week :)

A few Tuesday's ago Chris and I had a super productive day. We got our marriage license from the Gardiner Town Hall. It was such an easy process. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was a breeze. We also picked up these guys:

Our wedding bands from Zimmer Brothers. Ah, I'm in love.

I lovelovelove them! We cheated and wore them for the rest of the day while we ran multiple wedding errands. I can't wait to wear them for the rest of our lives! Eek. Other wedding errands included: Guest book/wish jar supplies, card basket, table numbers, and salt and pepper shakers (which were $1 per set, sweet!).

I've been working on lots of projects lately. Most of the supplies mentioned above are included in the projects (with the exception of the salt and pepper shakers). Before the aforementioned trip, Chris and I also went to the Christmas Tree Shops a few weeks back to look at buckets for plants to decorate the ceremony and reception areas. We ended up leaving with three planters, almost a dozen blankets and $18 worth of pink paper plates and napkins. You're probably wondering, why blankets? Well, I got the idea from this wedding blog. I told Chris this idea and he was on board with it. So we bought blankets and I made tags:

We bought less than a dozen so hopefully not everyone wants to snuggle. We thought it was a good idea since it's kind of an early wedding and it might be a little chilly.

Hopefully I don't go another month without blogging. It's hard to catch up on everything we've been up to. Plus, if I go another month it'll be a few days before our wedding! Aaaah! (That's a good aaaah!). This weekend is my bridal shower and bachelorette party. I'm super excited to see what my girls have been planning! :)

invitation station...

IS CLOSED! At least that's what I told Chris last night when I finished our invitations.

Chris says it took so long because I took so many pictures of everything... Which is true, but I wanted to document all my hard work. That's okay, right? Well, our save the date got in on some pictures too:

My grandmother gave me this Bermuda bus from her last trip to Bermuda, and we just happen to being going to Bermuda for our honeymoon, so I thought it was appropriate! I'm not going to share any more pictures just yet, just in case someone's reading this... I don't want to ruin the surprise :)

 

I'm sure I'm excited I'm finally done with the invitations and Chris just thinks I'm silly. 

Also, in non-related wedding news, while I was in "photoshoot mode" I made Chris take a picture of me with another one of my accomplishments....

My diploma from SUNY New Paltz :) It came in the mail a few weeks ago and we framed it. Haven't found a place for it yet, so it just hangs out in the computer room for now.

That's all. Hopefully I'll post pictures of the invitations in a week or so after I'm sure everyone has received them!