One last thing...

I LOVED this...

Per Mar's suggestion, my wedding colors are officially changed to silver and tangerine instead of grey and orange. Hehe.
Speaking of colors, why do people only have two colors? My colors will actually be more like this:

Lots of silver, slate, platinum, and some black as the base color. From there, my accents will include tangerine orange, and sprinkles of lemon, and burgundy. I'm going for modern chic mixed with citrus-y summer fun.

I don't love everything about all of the photos I posted, but each of them has a part that I love. I'm sure you get the drift.

xoxoxo GOOD NIGHT!
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Another "DIY" project

So as I mentioned before, I'm trying to make my wedding day thoughtful and budget friendly. A homemade project that I'm working on now are these organza flowers (photo above, but mine are silver not pink/purple). They are very easy to make - just sewing together layers of flower shaped organza with beads in the middle but MAN are these time consuming! Very tedius for my lack of sewing skills. I have 6 so far, but I'm planning on using them for the kitchen girls & ladies so I need a lot more. I'm hoping people will be able to reuse the flower by pinning it to a purse or coat, or maybe using it as a hair accesory afterwords. And, I'm saving money. Booyah.

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Hello, handsome...

B and I decided pretty much from the beginning that he would wear his dress blues for the wedding instead of a tux. When he sent me this picture the other day, it reminded me why! ;-) He looks so handsome in uniform (albeit stern in this photo).
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a mild obsession [brooches]

So... I'm a little obsessed. With brooches. Typical girl I am, I love sparkly things.

My first idea, which I'm particularly excited about, is this...

For the moms and grandmas, I think this would be something extra special! I'm thinking about using it in place of the floral wrist corsages that they usually wear at weddings. The only thing I'm a little hung up on is I wonder if it'll look weird in family photos if the ladies don't have a corsage to wear, but the guys to? Or if the aunts/sisters/etc are wearing flowers pinned on and the moms/grandmas aren't? Thoughts? Opinions?

More typical uses of brooches that I'll probably do are like these photos:





ahhh.... love.

Garage sales, estate sales, HERE I COME!

My first little DIY project.

These are painted dark red with a silver design (looks gold for some reason). I'm going to use these either in front of the cake, or on the desert table.
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Wedding planning is...

A process. And a half. My head is swimming with ideas, thoughts, prices, budgets, colors,.... It goes on and on!

So I wasn't originally going to blog much about planning my wedding. I read a couple of wedding blogs that are fabulous and entertaining and lovely. When I get so much information from them, I didn't really feel the need to record my whole process. Until now. I feel like my head is going to explode with ideas (really, I am that much of a dork) and I need a place to compile all of them. I'm such a visual thinker, I really want a place where I can see all of my work in one place. Hopefully it'll give me a better sense how it is all coming together.

So my lovely (neglected) readers, here I go. Please feel free to comment as usual, the input helps so much.


Without further ado, my 'vision' for the day is a thoughtful and unique wedding, with clean details and modern colors. I want most of the "things" from my wedding to be able to be used again in my home or friends homes. I have a tight budget, so the wedding won't be extravagent (nor would I want it to be) but I've always loved quality and beautiful design.

My main color palatte, grey & orange, and the pattern I will be using throughout:
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