I've chosen my 'maids!

Not much wedding planning has been happening since the save the date cards went out. In all honesty, I've been overwhelmed with homework. Only a couple more weeks to go, thankfully. Then it's wedding wedding wedding!

I did finally choose my bridesmaids! After months of waiting and anticipating, I am delighted to present to you my lovely bridesmaids: 

• Maid of Honor - Donna
• Bridesmaids - Sierra, Chelsea, Becky, Chey, Courtney

Yupp, I've decided to have them all. 'Cause it's my wedding and I'll have as many bridesmaids as I want to! I'm so excited. They all are too, I think. And we have arranged dress shopping in December. I can't wait. We'll have to go suit shopping in December too while Chris's groomsmen (Mike & Eric) are in New York for the holidays.

I told you I'm gonna be in full wedding mode soon! That's about all I've got!

Signed. Sealed. Delivered...

They're yours! 

Sort of. Except, they're not really signed, but they are sealed, and ready to be delivered! So they're practically yours.

We spent our Halloween evening sealing our save the date envelopes with wax seals. Christopher, of course, was happy to play with the torch:

Playing with fire on Halloween seems appropriate, right? We are pleased with the final product. It was a little harder than anticipated. The flame would get too hot close to Chris's hand, so Chris ended up holding the "wick" with pliers. Eventually the wicks would fall off of the wax cube. Anyways, it was a little disastrous but worked out in the end. The seals are white so I had to take the photo without the flash:

Doesn't look too good in the photo here at all... Oh well, it looks better in person. Putting the finished cards in the mail tomorrow. I am still lacking some addresses, so unfortunately they won't all go out at the same time. But I'm already a week behind sending them out, so they must go!

Finally... An Accomplishment!

I have finally gotten a start on our save the date cards! I'm only a couple days overdue...I'm hoping to get them out by the first of November. That's my goal...

Here I am with two cards, hot off the press. Hopefully you can't see them too much...

And here I am, again, hard at work. Here, I am putting the labels on the envelopes.

I'm not going to post a picture of the final product because I don't want to ruin the surprise.

Here's the cost break down:

Card from Michael's: $9.72 (40% off coupon) = 0.25 each

Envelope from cardsandpocket.com: = 0.12 each

Label from Office Depot: $10.26 for 250 = 0.04 each

Stamp (which I haven't purchased yet): = 0.44 each

Grand Total: 0.85 per save the date.

Woohoo for DIY and Michael's....

COUNTDOWN = SIX MONTHS!

Can you believe that six months from today I will be Mrs. Herron! Ahh! Thrilling. Exhilarating. Scary. Crazy. All of those things at once, pretty much. I just can't believe it. We have been engaged for over fifteen months, and we're almost there!

I feel like there's just so much to do still. And there is! I was looking at my "Wedding Countdown" that has been hanging on our refrigerator for a couple months now, and boy, am I behind... Still need to:

• Pick an officiant. But I've been told you can find one in like two months, so I guess I won't stress too much about that one.
• Choose the wedding party. I'm still waiting to hear back from Eric to finally figure out my bridesmaid situation.
• Enroll in a bridal-gift registry.
  
• Shop for bridesmaid dresses. Again, the above dilemma. More to come...
  
• Pick a photographer. More like, make a final decision if we are going to hire a pro or go with someone we know... Decisions, decisions. 
• Mail save the dates. I'm actually working on this one!
  

That's all the stuff that should have been done by the six month mark. Oh boy.  At least I have good excuses for everything....

Back to bridesmaid dresses... I have been doing a little research on them. I know I'll have to plan a trip with my bridesmaids (whoever they may be) in December when everyone is home for the holidays. I've been thinking about the trip, and the dresses. Here are a few dresses I like.

Option 1: Short dresses

Both dresses are cotton sateen. Sierra tried the first dress on when we went wedding dress shopping and it looked amazing on her. My only problem with short dresses is that the wedding is in April, so it could be kind of cool to begin with. Secondly we moved the wedding to the morning rather than afternoon, so chances are it might be even cooler. Basically, I don't want my girls to freeze.

Option 2: Long dresses

These three dresses are jersey material, so basically, my girls wouldn't be freezing and they would be pretty darn comfortable, as well.

So those are the dresses I'm liking right now. Ya never know when I'm going to change my mind though. Also, we might see other dresses when shopping. Oh, and the dresses are all in watermelon pink, as that is what color we have all decided on. Woohoo.

Alright, that's about all for today.