Wedding Wednesday - Bachelorette Party

I cannot tell you guys how much fun I had at my bachelorette party. It was incredible! I am not a drinker (but you guys know that already) so it was hard to find something that I would enjoy as well as my party loving friends and family. We finally decided on Painting With a Twist, if you have one near you please go!

We did the Breakfast at Tiffany's painting and it was much easier than I was expecting. I learned that they also have couples night and I know that will be a perfect date night. 

There was some dancing, drinking eating and of course painting.

Did I mention that if you spoke negatively about your own painting, you get some face painting.


This is why all of our paintings turned out so good, they sketch it on the canvas for you. Basically it is paint by numbers. I Highly recommend this for any and everyone!!

  

24 Days to go!!!!

Wedding Wednesday! - 31 Days to go!!!

My plan was to show you pictures from the Wedding Shower over the weekend but I have not gotten the pictures yet. I barely had my camera with me, but my Aunt decided she would take all the pictures for me and I have not gotten them yet. I am so thankful for her for doing that for me as well as for all the friends and family who showed up to wish us good luck. Well I guess I will just have to tell you what we have planned for the honeymoon.

We are going to take the 'long' 1 hour trip to Galveston for our honeymoon and I cannot wait! We live so close but I cannot tell you the last time I have been there.

The Mister Has never been to Moody Gardens, we have yet to go to the zoo as a couple ( that is in Houston but not too far way) and we are going to spend a week doing things we keep putting off but really want to do. I love the museums in Houston but haven't been in so long. They opened a new pier on Galveston Island and I didn't even know! I have not been over there since before Hurricane Rita in 2005. I want to see how much has changed in the area! I know it was destroyed but it was nothing compared to the great hurricane of 1900. I love the history of the town and the laid back nature of it. I know we will have a blast and we will take tons of pictures.

Wait I am wrong I was in Galveston with my MOH May 2007 for a girls day trip. But that is still 6 years ago! (can we please acknowledge how short my hair is in this picture).

Hopefully next week I will have wedding shower pictures for y'all!

Wedding Wednesday - On a Thursday

Well I finished my string art! I love it!!! I may go and make the heart thicker but I think it is so awesome. 

I have also been working on the shower host gifts. I cannot believe the shower is this weekend!!! I am so excited! I am going to put thank you notes inside each cup as well as some drink powders or candies. I will have more of an update next Wednesday with the shower pictures and such. Oh and we booked our honeymoon!! We are spending the week in Galveston & Houston! We will go to the zoo, Moody Gardens, museums, and maybe Schlitterbahn. 

37 days and counting!!!!

Wedding Wednesday : 45 Days and Counting!

Hey guys I am in full on wedding mode right now. I am also trying to squeeze in school work but the wedding is 45 days away and I have so much to do still. (and my dress is not in yet!!!) Right now I am working on my DIY stuff like this...

 

Ya I am out of the blue string but I think I might switch to my blue baker's twine and red for the heart. I am waiting patiently on my tumblers to come in for me to decorate for my bridal shower planners (all 10 of them!) I am working on my gifts for everyone like my groom, bridesmaids, parents of bride & groom and groomsmen. I am not making all of those but I am making a bunch like the parents I am embroidering them a handkerchief, I am etching beer mugs for the brothers, and I am debating on making my gift to The Mister. 

I did find this shirt on Etsy and I think it is just too awesome not to get for The Mister, but I am second guessing myself and I may just make him something but I am not sure yet. What are y'all thoughts?

We got The Princess flower girl dress over the weekend and she loves prancing around in it. She said she felt so beautiful like a real princess or a bride. She is seriously just too cute. 

So what have y'all been doing? I want to live vicariously through y'all while I am stressed with wedding and school stuff. 

Bridesmaids dress of horror!

I know that in the world of weddings there are some horrific bridesmaid dresses. Well this weekend we found a great one!

As you can tell they look so amused! I cannot imagine this dress looking good on anyone. (if anyone has worn this and pulled it off please send me a picture) We were able to find the dress the girls are wearing but we had a good time with dresses like this!

Wedding Wednesday : Engagement Pictures Pt 1

I am so excited that I finally got my engagement pictures taken. Well partially,  we got way too hot so we will go back out later on to get more. 

I love this one! I look like I am just rubbing in the fact I have cotton candy in the Mr's face. 

We were giggling the whole time!

Hidden kisses

1...2...3...JUMP!!!

Beep Beep here we come

Piggy back rides

Water side cuddling

Leaps of faith

Save the date on the Tilt-A-Wirl

We had such a good time and I loved spending the afternoon with my love and good friend Simone (the photog.)

P.S. Which are your favorites?

Dress for success

This weekend I went all over the area looking for the perfect engagement picture dress. I was shopping with some awesome ladies from 10 am to about 4pm before we found this amazing dress!

Yes it is a bit blurry but how friggin' cute is this dress? I cannot wait for next weekend to pop it on again to take pictures with my love. (even though we do not have the Mister's clothes picked out)

We also found this dress for the wedding reception or rehearsal dinner.

We had such a blast shopping, stopping to drink coffee and tea, and spending time with friends! I hope y'all had a good weekend too.

Again sorry for the blurry pictures not everyone has gotten use to taking pictures on my phone yet. 

Wedding Planning Update

It is official we have set a date and we have our venue booked and paid for!!!

 Yes March 2, 2013 is the official date! We had to wiggle around some other events around that time but we found the perfect date. Thanks to a little history.com hunting our date has some good stuff on it.

1904 Dr. Seuss was born
1966 Ford celebrates 1 millionth Mustang
1863 Texas declares independence
1793 Sam Houston was born

Sure bad things did happen on this day but I want to focus on the good.

Our venue is also a bit of Texas history. 

This picture is of the Lucas Gusher, and because of it Texas economy changed forever and brought my corner of Texas into the oil industry. The town around the gusher has been rebuilt and we have booked it! Plus after we get married they will shoot off the gusher just like above (but with water). 

On March, 2nd 2013 the Mr. and I will be on that platform expressing our love in front of our friends and family.

Wedding Wednesday - Easygoing my aunt fanny

Okay guys time for some brutal honesty I am having such a hard time planning my wedding! I know what I want but I also do not like to hurt people's feelings (within reason).

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As y'all have seen in previous Wedding Wednesday posts I want a county fair wedding that is fun with cotton candy and games and fair food and no flowers, well people are making it not so fun and easy-going on me.

1. The Mister's evil sister-in-law (whom nobody in the family likes besides her hubby) is talking about how White-trash the wedding will be that she may show up in a denim mini skirt (she is all talk but so mean)

2. The Mister's sweet sweet step-mom is upset that I do not want flowers because she ALWAYS does the flowers

3. My birthmother is not allowed at the wedding and cannot know the date because she will not allow my younger siblings to attend if she finds out the date.

4. I cannot invite my birthmother's dad because he lives out of state and he will tell her about the wedding (this one is truly the hardest and saddest decision I have had to make planning this wedding)

5. Money is an issue (even if only in my mind) my parents are in the process of moving(Dad got transferred to a larger sales region) and even though they will not say money is an issue I am assuming it is, mainly because I do not like people to spend money on me. (I refused lunch/gas money from my parents when I was in high school because I had a job I could do it myself)

6. The Mister's birth mom and step-mom, both whom I love, cannot stand each other. As soon as we told his step-mom we were engaged she asked who was sitting in the mother of the groom's seat? I told her we were not having assigned seating.

7. Too many parents! I love my family with all my heart but I cannot say which set of parents mean more to me than the other, without my dad and momma C I don't know where I would be right now and without David who has raised me since I was 4 I would not have had an alley in hard times or met The Mister. I decided to have both dad's walk me down the aisle to give me away and dance with both at the reception.

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Now with all of that being said Momma C just asked if I want to get married on the beach during our vacation at the end of this month, none of the drama listed above would happen but I think about my family what is not going on vacation with us and think it will cause much much more drama. What about my cousin who, since we met when my mother married her uncle, have been planning our weddings as each other's MOH's? What about The Mister's parents, his Dad was going to marry us? What about David and Deidre? What about The Mister's Groomsmen? What about the brother's photo plan of being superheros? What about my dream dress? What about the time my brother and my friend eloped without telling anyone, and when we found out by reading it in the newspaper how furious I was and didn't speak to the for months? How could I do that? How could I run off and marry the man I love without the people that we love, let alone the people who introduced us?

I know that David and Deidre will be relieved that they will not feel obligated to contribute to the wedding, since they are in the process of building a house. I know that Momma C has made an invitation for Josh's parents to stay in the cabin with us during our vacation to go to the wedding. I know that the brother's can take the picture at the reception when we get home. I am confidant that the groomsmen will not care as long as they still get to throw The Mister a party (I love that the Mister & his friends are nerdy, strippers and wild bachelor parties was never their plan). I know that I can find a dress that I will love and cherish forever, because I am easy like that. And I know that Rachel the MOH would get off of work and drive to where ever she needed to be to be there with me. But I still cannot make up my mind. The Mister who is so loving and sweet wants whatever I want because it is my day, but that does not help me at all!

So what do y'all think? Should I deal with a birthmother who will try to crash my wedding, with two other mother's fighting over a seat, with a sister in law being rude, without my grandpa? Or should I be a hypocrite and elope on the beach with half my parents, half my siblings, none of The Mister's friends or family, without my MOH and deal with the repocusions at the reception party when we get home?

Wedding Wednesday

This week is flying by! I cannot believe it is already Wednesday. Well today I decided to dive in to wedding dresses.

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I love this dress so much!! I wanted to make it like this bride did but I am not that good at crocheting yet so I am on the hunt for something else. But seriously LOVE IT!!!

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This dress is an Etsy find and I love the lace on top I just wish it was all over.

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This is another Etsy dress I just wish it was poofier. I love the Lace and the sleeve length (I am always cold)

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Have I mentioned I love Etsy? This dress is beautiful! It is so clean cut, and the scalloped ribbing is gorgeous. The only problem I see with this dress is the neck (I get over whelmed and and start feeling hot and cannot have anything around my neck, so that could be a problem) But it is SO PRETTY!  

Have you noticed a pattern? I love the tea length dresses. I prefer lace but the last one is still beautiful. What is you favorite style of wedding dresses?

Wedding Wednesday

What are the rules for engagement pictures anyway? I have heard it doesn't really matter when you take them as long as it is before the wedding.The Mister and I have not taken ours yet but I am on the look out for some great ideas.

Source: Uploaded by user via Jessica on Pinterest

I am completely fasinated with this picture. I love the whole laying on the ground but making it look like you are standing pictures. (the sleep babies at http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/)

Source: Uploaded by user via Jessica on Pinterest

Seriously I love sidewalk chalk (I am such a kid at heart)

Source: goo.gl via Jessica on Pinterest

I cannot get enough of chalk

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The fair was a few months ago so I am not sure if we can do this, but I am keeping my eye out for the little mall carnivals to see if we can get this great slide picture!

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I may convince the Mister to go to the park to take pictures. I know he won't mind because we always take the little to the park and have a blast!

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How cute is this? I love the movement and way his legs frame her!
  

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Bubbles!! Are you serious? I adore bubbles, heck I am always packing (bubbles that is). This would be awesome!

What are y'all's thoughts on engagement photos? Get them done as soon as it happens or wait and do engagement / save the dates all at once?

P.S. Have y'all noticed that more and more on pinterest the pictures are uploaded by user and there is not source site? It is a little frustrating not being able to site my sources, so if you happen to know any of the sources let me know I will gladly update it.