Flowers/a little project

I've been going back and forth about if/how much to do myself for the flowers. I think the conclusion I've come to is to do the small flower projects myself (boutonierres, maybe corsages, pew buckets, bud vases) and to enlist the pros for the bouquets and alter arrangements.

While sitting in Clarksville waiting for my B to get home from work, after a trip to the craft store, I came up with these for the boys:

The supplies, courtesy of Hobby Lobby:


Wrapped up:


Final product!


A group of them:


ETA: These bad boys costed less than $1.50/ea to make! NOT BAD!

Running of the Brides!

I think the event is best described in photos... (all courtesy of the lovely and talented Kara Granroth!)


Walking, mirror in hand to the event... with our faulty map. Totally went about 2 miles out of our way trying to find the place.



Waiting in the 3 block long line!



Once in the doors, the entire floor was utter chaos. Jen and I are trying to get through the crowd to claim a spot where I can try on dresses.


All of the racks where bare when we got in, and stayed bare the whole time we were there. To get new dresses to try on, the girls had to barter with other groups of girls!



One of the many no-goes of the morning.



Ha! I think I made this face a lot. After trading up numerous times, we were SUCCESSFUL! I ended up buying my dress here!



Nap time.

Look at me go!

Yay, yay, YAY! I am finally accomplishing things!!! I don't have any new photos, so those will have to come soon (stay tuned).

In the last couple of months since I last posted I have:

Changed the date! To March 20, 2010. There are rumblings on Ft Campbell that they will be deploying right away again in Jan 2011, so B & I decided we wanted to be married more than 5 months before he leaves again. Such is the military. Its going to be a fabulous winter wedding. (authentic YOOPER wedding. hehe)

1. Bought my dress!!! At the famous Filene's "Running of the Brides". Full report on this later. For now I'll just say - SO MUCH FUN. Completely worth the hooplah and production. Unfortunately I won't be able to post photos... I don't trust the groom to keep his eyes away. ;-)

2. Picked our bridal party (check FB if curious, I have them all on there). Its huge. LOL.

3. Picked a photographer... more on this later too, I want to wait until I have the contract & deposit all taken care of so I know for sure I have her. Her work is awesome.

4. Ordered the engagement photos! The disc at least... I need to figure out what I'm going to do with them.

5. Tested out my table runner idea - wallpaper with a sweet pattern on it - and its totally going to work. Photos soon.

My accessories are all bought as well (except figuring out what winter gear to wear over the dress), and my centerpieces are closer to being done. I started the conversation with the florist I want to use. The bridesmaid dress is getting close to being picked out too.

Things are rocking and rolling over here.