NC Bride To Be: January 2010

Invite Progress

Labels: DIY, Invitations - Friday, January 29, 2010

As I sit here, constantly and obsessivley looking at the 160 invitations that I printed, I realize, I'M GETTING MARRIED! Wow...other than having to cut all of these invites (by hand with a rule and an X-Acto knife), my wedding is really starting to seem R-E-A-L! Yea...I'm getting married to my love in less than 4 months!

I printed my invites this morning (around 6:30 a.m.) and I'm sure I'll be spending the rest of the day cutting them.

The stack that needs to be cut...

The stack that has already been cut...

I've got A LONG way to go!

Final RSVP Postcard Template

Labels: DIY, RSVP Postcard, Vistaprint - Thursday, January 28, 2010

I made myself finish the layout that I'm planning to use for my RSVP Postcards Tuesday night. I'm very excited with how they turned out.

I'm planning on having the postcards printed through Vistaprint (front side printed, blank backside). I have tested printing on postcards from Vistaprint with my printer and it works perfect, so I can easily print the back side at home.

I'll be placing my template in my planning bio (here) if you would like to use it.

A House Post

Labels: DIY, House - Monday, January 25, 2010

Since I showed our first purchase of supplies to start "re-building" our house, I figured I might as well show the second, much larger purchase.

Believe it or not, we purchased more wood Thursday evening so that we could lift the ceilings & floors because they were sagging just a bit. I'm very thankful that my FI and his dad build/remodel houses for a living. It's saving us a fortune in carpentry labor expenses. Friday was their first day working inside the house and they successfully completed all of the work that will be done with raising the ceilings to a nice pretty level. Today they are supposed to be tackling the floors; I'm not sure how much they will actually get completed since we had flash flooding in our area last night.

Not exactly what I expected $500 worth of wood to look like but FI said it did look like $500 worth of wood. I trust him since he has been doing this since age 16. :)

More DIY Progress

Labels: Church, decorations, DIY, Flowers, Hobby Lobby - Saturday, January 23, 2010

Wow. Yesterday we hit the 4 month mark. Excitement is certainly building within me & I've made more DIY progress throughout the week (with the help of my wonderful sister!)

First off are the wreaths that my sister made for me! They turned out great and she made her appearance in the photos too :)

And the MOH bouquet that we started on...I want to add something to it, I'mjust not sure yet what that 'something' is!

I also visited the church and took many pictures so I can plan more of the DIY decorations that I'll be doing. Here are a few pictures of it just because I love pictures :)

The aisle I will walk down. :)

Our reception venue.

Engaged

Labels: Announcement, Engagement - Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Announcement from the Elisabethton Star:

The Announcement from the News Topic wasn't shown online (I don't think) but here is the picture we put with the announcement (which was basically the same as the above announcement):

We also made our first purchase to start working on the house:
Fifty 2x4s at $134...our house was built in 1938 so the studs were not placed appropriately apart, therefore our first project (since demolition) is to place 2x4's between the already standing ones so we can hang sheet rock.

Wreath Letters

Labels: ceremony, decorations, DIY - Sunday, January 17, 2010

Finished the J tonight. Here are some pictures:

I'm very excited with how these came out! Yay for more progress!

On a side note, our engagement announcement ran in the papers in mine & FI's hometowns today. :)

DIY Progress

Labels: Centerpiece, decorations, DIY - Saturday, January 16, 2010

So I've made some progress on some of my DIY projects. I've worked around with some DIY bouquets and DIY centerpieces. I obviously have pictures :)
BM Bouquets:

Tall Centerpieces:

Candle Centerpieces:

I finished one of the letters that will hang on the front doors of the church. I bought wooden letters (J & M) to hang on the wreaths that will be on the front doors of the church. I finished the 'M' and here she is:

Sorry for the horrible pic, I didn't have my camera with me. The fabric is brown and it has blue, pink, yellow, green, and an orangish print on it. I haven't completed the 'J' yet, but will add a post with it later.

I went with my mom & sister shopping for the materials to make the wreaths for the church doors and here is how we're making the wreaths:

More checks:

-We got the BM dresses ordered

-I traced all of the envelope liners, need to be cut & put in the envelopes.

-Finalized invite layout and information, need to get them printed and start assembly.

That's all for now...I think. YaY for progress!

Getting Something Done

Labels: DIY, Invitations, Lists, Planning, Stationary - Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Yea, I really need to start getting some wedding things ACCOMPLISHED! I did bring my invitation paper with my today so that I can stop by Staples after work and get an estimate of what it's going to cost to have them printed there. I need to start getting invites made because it's just around the corner that I am going to have to start mailing those out. ::yikes!::

I've really gotta start getting some things done :-\ I thought I had made so much progress until I see this HUGE list of 'items/tasks' that need to be checked off.

On the bright side, I used some of my Christmas money to buy the Wii game EA Sports. I am doing Bob Greene's 30 day challenge with the 'game' and had day one last night. I LOVED it. I can't imagine the Wii Fit being any better than this was. You have a personal trainer to guide you (she/he will let you know if your squats aren't low enough, if you're rushing the exercise, etc.) and I really found this helpful. There are step by step instructions before each exercise explaining move by move what you will be doing; it's also nice that, for those who are familiar with the exercises, there is the option of skipping right through the video tutorials.

Day 1 (medium-intesity): Challenging but not so hard you can't do it.

DIY Progress

Labels: Cards and Pockets, ceremony, DIY, Gatefold, Invitations, Programs - Monday, January 04, 2010

I made some DIY progress on my day off yesterday. I'm excited to be making progress with some wedding stuff. I completed the rough draft of my program and the FINAL draft of my invites yesterday and made mock-ups of each! Lots of pictures to share!

Keep in mind: this invite is only laying on the brown layer laying on the gatefold invite and that my doggie was walking around on the bed messing everything up...so it's not nice, neat, and lined up correctly.

Now on to the trial/mock-up Programs:

Cake

Labels: Birthdays, Cake, Family - Saturday, January 02, 2010

My nephew is turning three tomorrow. He is a HUGE Thomas the Train fan, so I made him a cake this year with Thomas on it. Well, it's actually cupcakes, but it turned out pretty good! I baked cupcakes FOREVER today :P

Happy 2010!

Labels: Celebrations, New Year - Friday, January 01, 2010

It's the new year once again! But this year means a lot more to me than previous ones. This is our WEDDING YEAR!

We have our new year celebration ritual that takes place at JJ's uncles house! We LOVE this ritual, but may have decided to have it at our house next year since it will be our first new year as a married couple! :) Of course I have pictures from our ring in 2010 celebration!

Invite Progress

Final RSVP Postcard Template

A House Post

More DIY Progress

Engaged

Wreath Letters

DIY Progress

Getting Something Done

DIY Progress

Cake

Happy 2010!

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