Wedding Project: Program and Bubble Holder

I saw these adorable holders on a blog, and decided to make a variation of the combination. Since we are doing bubbles not petals, and since if we hang them and not tie them the hotel will set them up, I decided to do only hanging holder for both the programs and the bubbles to hang on each seat at the wedding.


At first I was going to make each packet myself, but then I had the idea just to buy small envelopes and tuck the flap in, and I found the perfect color and for only $4.64 for 25 at Paper-Papers.com, what a great deal and I am so glad I didn’t spend the time making the packets!


I created a small cover for the holder, cut all of them out and glued each one to the envelope.

I then cut the ribbon and glued each ribbon to the back on the envelope.


It was so easy and turned out so cute!




Now to just finish making the programs...

I found these two on Etsy and will me making one similar to both of these together.



More wedding project to come! I got a lot done last week!

Engagement Pictures!!

Dan and I got our engagement pictures back this past weekend from when we shot them January 26th with the amazing Tina Sargeant. I couldnt be happier with them, I am so glad I found Tina in the blog world, and I can't wait for her to shoot our wedding!! She is so talented and had such a neat eye for things as we were walking around. Here are a few...

Pink Swap!

What a great Pink swap that Hopsy organized for the second year in a row! My partner was Jilly from My Outside Voice and she totally spoiled me!! I am so glad my favorite and wedding colors are pink and green because I got so much neat pink and green stuff! I got...


2 notecard/notebook sets tide up with pretty pink and green ribbon
A pink and green stainless steel water bottle
A big pink and green Cutie Pie sugar cookie(which was devoured by Danny right away)
2 pink lollipops
Berry blast shower bath gel(this made the entire package smell like blueberry muffins, it filled the air right when I removed the package tape, yummy!)
Pink wooden salad tongs
Box of note cards
Yankee candle home remedies candle
3 pink and green fancy paper clips
Tomato horseradish dip mix in the prettiest pink and green package


What I sent her...
A pink heart plastic bowl to hold everything
4 different Pink sprinkles
Pink cupcake papers
Pink monkey pen, since she blogs on Monkey Me, Monkey You
Pink ice cream scrapbook stickers and address book
A set of pink damask notecards
Bag of pink raspberry powdered sugar cookies
Pink hot chocolate canister
A pink spa manicure set
And a recipe card box

What a great swap!! Thank you Jilly!!

2 months to go!

We are exactly 2 months away from the wedding and most everything is done. I still have to put the favors together, make the card box and the placecards and holder, but really all we have left is fun stuff! I have my shower that my sister and aunt are throwing me on the 20th of February and I can’t wait! Look how pretty the invite is...


Then some time in March is my bachelorette party! Also in March we have a wedding to go to and then of course April 9th is the rehearsal dinner. With so many events I had a lot of outfits to find.



I saw this dress a long time ago before I was engaged and saved the picture and description on my computer because I just loved it, then when I got engaged and thought of the perfect event to wear it to, the rehearsal dinner, it was nowhere to be found, so since August, I had been looking on Ebay for it and finally two weeks ago I found it and its in my size!! It arrived this passed week and is even prettier in person! If I lose anymore weight it will have to be taken in, but my bridal salon said they would do it for me.


I had been eyeing this dress at Saks for a few months, but for no particular event, but then when it went almost half off I had to grab it and decided it’s the dress I will wear to the shower, of course dressing it down without those heels.

Now for the wedding and bachelorette party I have ideas but nothing found yet. I am thinking red for the wedding, maybe something one shoulder also, there is a dress at my bridal salon that I have my eye on, but its pricey since its...yes a bridesmaid’s dress...shocking! and its one size smaller than I am right now, but I still have a month so we will see. For the bachelorette party I am thinking something fun, and little wild and 80’sish.

Invitations

The invitations have arrived, and they turned out very pretty I think!


Now to put them all together... I never realized how much work is involved.


To save time and since I have horrible handwriting, we opted for the envelope icing, which I thought was pretty much the only thing we had to do besides put them together.
Not so much...

1. Use the glue dots to insert the inner envelope liner.
2. Put the names on the outside of the inner envelope. (Which I did not know about)
3. Put stamps on the RSVP.
4. Stuff the inner envelope with the RSVP and invitation.
5. Add the envelope icing to the outer envelope.
6. Put stamps on the outer envelope.
7. Seal the envelope.
8. Go to post office and make sure we have enough postage.
9. Go to post office and get them hand canceled.


So far I put all the liners in the inner envelope. I want to practice before writing the names on the inner envelope, luckily it’s the shorter name, only Mr. and Mrs. SoNSo, and no address of course, but I still hate writing it, plus I want to go get a pink pen to match the other names ink. I still have two more weeks before they go and I want to wait for Valentine’s Day stamps at the post office so I have some time still. It was so neat to see them though, its so official when its all written out to see, once again, I am so excited!!

Mother of the Bride

My mom has been having a hard time trying to find a dress for the wedding and then I found this gorgeous dress through Jasmine Bridal. I hope the teal is not as dark as it is on my monitor, my mom went in and saw the swatches, and said it wasn't too dark for Spring, and it is in their spring collection. I am sure it will be gorgeous! Very elegant.

Weekend Recap: Dan’s Birthday

We had great weekend, and I am so glad because it was Dan’s birthday!!


The weekend started off with a friend of ours coming into town for the weekend from San Francisco, we met up for Mexican food at Salsas and then moved on to Lexi for wine, martinis and chocolate crème brulee before Dan and I called it a night around 10:30. Home to watch The Soup and Conan’s last show and to stay up for midnight to sing Happy Birthday.


Up around 8:30 Saturday to walk the puppies and make homemade ham and cheese croissants for Danny’s birthday breakfast. After present opening, getting ready, and another puppy walk, off to River Rocks for lunch. It was such a pretty day we sat outside on the deck and enjoyed tropical drinks during lunch, I had a mojitos, lobster bisque and a pesto and cheese flatbread and Dan had a rum punch, and fresh catch of the day Mahi-Mahi.

After another round of drinks we were off to Essential Spa for a couple’s massage and pedicures and Dan got a free express facial for his birthday from the spa. We decided to get ready at the spa for dinner after the steam room since it was only an hour until our dinner reservations. A quick run home to let the puppies out and change, then on to dinner at Djon's.


Djon’s is known for amazing food and a very nice upscale atmosphere, neither of us had been before so we were really looking forward to it. An appetizer of crab cocktail, a dirty martini for me and a vodka tonic for Danny started off the meal, then I had the veal chop and Dan got the Delmonico both with steamed broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes. Around dessert menu time is when I realized since we got ready at the spa I didn’t put together Danny’s peanut butter pie for dessert, so we broke tradition and had dessert at the restaurant. I had the bread pudding and Danny had the chocolate meltdown cake, then after a quick stop at Amy and Jai’s home to crash.

Sunday morning we got up early to meet up with Amy, Jai, Carrie and our visiting friend Kelly for brunch before her plane left. Home to watch football and make Danny his peanut butter pie, before relaxing and getting ready for the week ahead.

What a great weekend for Dan’s birthday!!