NC Bride To Be: Attire

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Friday Progress

Labels: Attire, Babb's Jewelry, DIY, pomanders - Friday, April 23, 2010

I have a ton of exciting updates to share...well at least they're exciting for me!

This week we hit our 1 month mark (yesterday actually). I'm still very excited and he says he is nervous :) Sweet huh?

I had my hair trimmed this morning for the first time in over a year!

I went to the jewelry store and picked up (paid for FI's ring) our wedding bands! I got him there last Friday to have his finger sized, they ordered the ring and it had arrived by Monday! I'm so excited about having our wedding bands! :)

I sewed the ribbon onto the ring bearer pillow and now I just need to find a cute flower to put on the top with some ribbon to hold "the rings."

I bought some ivory paper to start printing the programs, but I haven't actually started printing them yet. Hopefully I'll get started on those this evening since FI is working today.

I ordered a photo book from Shutterfly (I had a 50% & free shipping code) and it arrived this week as well! It's great!!

I ordered two pieces of attire for myself for the wedding day and it arrived yesterday! :)

I also hope to get started on Thank You notes for the two showers we've had because we have another tomorrow and I don't want to be writing thank you notes the week before the wedding or on the honeymoon at that!

I found some cute shoes for the wedding day online at JcPenny! I also had a coupon code for 20% off as well as a $10 credit from where we spent so much when we bought the GM's outfits! Total for my wedding day shoes = $12.87. Successful in finding cheap shoes!

I'm ordering the tablecloths for the reception tonight!

I'm in the process of purchasing a normal guestbook and garter from another bride that decided not to use them, only $4!!!

I'm also buying our Unity Candle Holder from another bride in the next day or two!

I've been making tissue paper flowers throughout the week, so I'm making progress with the pomanders.

My RSVP deadline is quickly approaching (only 8 days to get it in the mail guests...PLEASE send them back! We want to have enough food for you to eat at the reception) and I'm anxious for the 207 remaining people to send in their meal choice or regrets!

Wow...that looks like a lot of progress! :) I love it! Now I'm off to get some stuff done! I hate that I don't have any pictures to show you...maybe I can come back with some tonight!

As Promised....Pictures!

Labels: Attire, Groom, Groomsmen, Photography, Ring Bearers - Saturday, March 27, 2010

I come bearing many pictures.

Pictures of attire for the groom, groomsmen, and ring bearers.

Groom will be in the blue, all groomsmen will be in the lavender.

Our three ring bearers will be wearing this outfit, maybe with khaki pants instead of the shorts (FI isn't fond of them wearing shorts in church).

I'll be adding some pictures from a bestie's wedding (tomorrow)! Enjoy!

Attire Check

Labels: Attire, JcPenny, Lists, Vendor Review - Friday, March 26, 2010

I'm SOOOO excited and relieved to mark another task off the to-do list! FI and I went tonight to find suit pants for him and the GM's tonight and we found them @ JcPenny! We found the pants so quickly that we moved on to picking out shirts for all the GM & FI and got all of them with the exception of the Best Man's b/c they didn't have the color to match the MOH's dress. Our gift to the GM are their ties, so we found ties for everyone tonight as well...and they match the pattern on FI's tie! :) I'll have to wait and post pictures tomorrow!

I HIGHLY recommend brides looking for khaki suits (ours were linen look pants by Stafford) to check out JcPenny! We got the pants for $34/each (on sale & we used a coupon) making the total cost for each GM only $51! :)

::beaming with joy::

My sister and I are heading to a warehouse sale tomorrow for Shoe Show and I'm hoping to find me and FI some shoes to wear for the wedding. Maybe I'll have more than just groom/groomsmen pants/shirts/ties to share tomorrow! :)

To Veil, or Not to Veil...

Labels: Attire, Veil - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

I have struggled with this for a while now and I really need to get choose one way or the other. I'm not 100% sure about how to wear my hair until I go for my trial and see how it works out, but I've chosen to do a side pony. Something along the lines of this:

Only with a flower like this:

Or a veil like this:

Or both like this:

The first bride only wore a veil (from what I can tell) and it looks just fine. The second bride above used a hair fascinator AND a veil, and I think it looks fine together as well. I just can't decide what to do. Maybe I'll get a veil and a fascinator to take to my hair trial and decide what to do then...that makes the most sense I guess.

How are you wearing your hair? Have you decided veil/no veil?

Cross it off...

Labels: Attire, thechildrenswearoutlet - Thursday, March 04, 2010

Thanks to my sister, we can mark another task off the to-do list! She was showing me some pictures of outfits she wanted to get A to wear for Easter and we ended picking one of the outfits for the ring bearers to wear in the wedding.

I'm IN LOVE with this and think our three little ring bearers will be too cute in them. They will complete the look with a pair of brown flip flops/sandals (depending on age/mothers preference). I can see it now...:)

IT'S HERE!

Labels: Attire, DaVinci, Dresses, Pearl's Place, Vendor Review - Monday, October 12, 2009

It arrived today. I couldn't believe that it arrived so quickly as it wasn't supposed to be here until the end of November. A whole month early! If I had to have a wedding tomorrow, I could now. So have you guessed what I'm talking about yet? MY DRESS! It came today! I'm thrilled and excited, and many many many more emotions about this arrival. Of course no pictures here b/c my wonderful FI can navigate to this page. Please e-mail me if you want pictures @ jandmwedding2010@gmail.com ::SQUEALING:: :)

Pearl's Place

Labels: Attire, Bridal Mart, Dresses, Pearl's Place - Friday, July 31, 2009

I had a recommendation from the NC board on the knot to price check my dress at Pearl's Place. Since I found 'my dress' last weekend I thought I'd see if I could find it cheaper than the $713 they had it priced at Bridal Mart. My mother called for me while she was at work today and they have the dress for $200 cheaper! I'M THRILLED! I can't believe that it was that much cheaper! I might can afford the $150 veil that would look perfect with my dress from David's Bridal.

I'm beaming with excitement...

MY DRESS!

Labels: Attire, Bridal Mart, ceremony, David's Bridal, Dresses - Sunday, July 26, 2009

I am excited beyond belief to have found THE dress!

I went to David's Bridal in Winston yesterday and tried on some more dresses that were very similar to the DaVinci dress I fell in love with last weekend. There were a couple of dresses there that I really liked and I kept comparing them to the DaVinci dress. After I tried on so many dresses at David's Bridal, I couldn't remember a lot about the DaVinci so my mom and I drove 45 more minutes down to Bridal Mart so I could try on the DaVinci again! I knew as soon as I put it on, that this was my dress! I'm so excited to have this part of planning out of the way! I honestly thought it would take longer to find my dress than just the 3 trips I've made.

The price was set at $713 at Bridal Mart but I'm going to check out a few places that were recommended on the NC board on the knot to see if I can get it cheaper than that.

I don't want to post the pictures of the dress here in case someone might get a little nosey, but I posted a link on the NC board. I did try on a veil at David's Bridal that will match my dress perfectly, but it was $149, which I am not willing to spend. So I'm on the hunt for maybe a used one or something I can make!

Groom & Groomsmen Inspiration

Labels: Attire, ceremony, Groom, Groomsmen - Saturday, June 20, 2009

This is from a friends' wedding, obviously had at the beach, and this is very similar to the look I'm going for :)

She had the groom & groomsmen in khaki/linen pants and long sleeve blue dress shirts. The ring bearers in the same thing...I love how summer/casual feeling it is!