Crafty Flowers

Several weeks ago (right after I was engaged) I saw the most amazing thing in RealSimple Weddings, a button boutonniere. It looked so charming and different I thought I’d be awesome to add to my projects and have the guys wear these instead of flowers.
So after the car show, trying on dresses and going to the Renegade Craft Fair on Saturday I was tired and desperate to get off my feet, but inspired. So last week I had ordered a much of buttons from Etsy, and they had all come in Wednesday and Thurs, so I was dying to begin my project. After searching forever, I finally found the floral wire I had bought forever ago and began the tedious task of sorting buttons. After coming up with several “flower” compositions I started putting them together.

I still have some more to go, but the majority are done. Look right for my handiwork.
These will be bundled together in clusters of 5 for the groomsmen, fathers, and ring bearer…

Dress Shopping at Unbridaled

Saturday after going to the little car show at Ginny's I pick up MoH-A and we went to a cute local bridal boutique, Unbridaled, to start looking at dresses. I was very excited specifically to try on dresses by Stephanie James. Unfortunately, as cute as I think tea length looks on others (and I see in pics of other's weddings) it just didn't feel "special" enough to me. The dresses look and felt like the vintage and repro dresses I already wear to Viva Las Vegas, Rockabilly Rave, or just to a local show.

I feel like there are only a few times in your life you can wear a big elaborate ball gown, so I think this is where I am headed...

Booked the Venue!

I found a venue!

With a 10-10-10 wedding date, only 6 months to plan, and a very limited budget, finding a spot for our wedding & reception has been DIFFICULT! But, I found a spot available, that allows your own caterer/food and alcohol and booked it!

It is a big old house with an upstairs balcony with stairs leading down to a giant wraparound deck with a covered patio, dance floor and bandstand and then a giant yard with a few old oak trees. The owner of the place is an awesome guy I am excited I finally found a spot at a reasonable price, THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE!

Once my wedding is complete and if everything goes well venue wise, I will give reviews for this place and help promote him. This is a spot recommended to me by GM-R, I would have NEVER found it otherwise. It hasn’t been suggested or written up on ANYTHING I can find, doesn’t come up with google searches, and doesn’t even have any yelp or citysearch reviews.