Almost as important as the dress: SHOES!

I ordered a pair of shoes today! I found them at gojane.com and they were an AMAZING price! $16.99 including shipping! The heel is a bit taller than I would like, but as my mom pointed out, I only have to wear them for the ceremony and cake and punch reception. I plan to wear flats for the farm reception. I can't wait to get them delivered to see how they fit!

Update on the save the dates

I've been addressing envelopes for the save the dates today, and the more I look at them, the more I realize they look just plain and boring!

I already have the cards printed and the sticker strips glued on, so I'm definitly not starting from scratch. The cards are a bit smaller than the envelopes, so I think I'll cut navy blue cardstock to the same size as the envelopes and use that as a backing for the white cards.

I'm SO tempted to cut up one of the papers I ordered for the pocketfolds to try it out, but I didn't buy any extra custom cut paper, so I'm not going to waste one! I'll just going to have to wait until I get the new paper delivered. Bummer!

Baby, it's STILL cold outside!

Another ice day = another constructive wedding planning day!

I've been working on the pocketfolds for my invitations since the paper was delivered. I do just a few at a time so I won't get sick of doing all of them at once! I've been meaning to take pictures of the process to post the instructions, so I'm finally doing that today:

Before I get started, I need to let you all know I did not come up with the pocketfold idea on my own. I'm using the measurements from this blog: Heather's Road to the Aisle.

Supplies:

- paper (I ordered mine from limitedpapers.com. The brand is Beckett Cambric Linen and the color is Blazer Blue. When I ordered, I asked for it to be custom cut to 16 1/8"x 7")

- paper cutter (with an interchangeable paper scorer)

- template for the inner and outer flap ( I made my own)

- bone folder (to get nice crisp folds)

- good scissors

- very skinny double sided tape

Instructions:

First, score a straight line at 3"

next, score a straight line at 5 1/8"

next, score a straight line at 5"

use the bone folder on each of the scored lines to create a very crisp fold

line up and trace the inner flap template

line up and trace the outer flap template

cut out each flap after traced

Here is the entire thing, scored and folded and cut, ready to be taped up
This is what I found to be the hardest and most time consuming part: getting the tape just the right length and in the correct position. This took a lot of trial and error!peel off the tape cover on both sides and fold the flap up
I flattened the tape with the bone folder. Here is the completed pocket, ready to be stuffed:
All folded up:

Of course, it looks quite plan right now, but I will be adding the actual invitation, and inserts in the pocket, as well as some kind of embellishment on the outside. I'm thinking possibly a sunflower or monogram, or a combo of the two!

Baby, it's cold outside!

We had a mini ice storm last night, so school was cancelled today. I used the day off to finish up my save-the-dates. I'm planning on buying envelopes tomorrow so I can get them addressed and in the mail right after Christmas.

Here I'm punching out the stickers. The original plan was to cut out circles, but thank goodness I found this paper punch, after 300 circles I would have been sick of cutting them out!


Here are all 300 paper circles, about to go through the sticker machine.


The finished product

My countdown tells me 200 more days! Wow...time is going pretty quickly!

I'm uber amazing!

I just noticed in one of my comments that I've been nominated by Ashley from Lost in the Moment for The Uber Amazing Blog Award.

How fun!
The Uber (synonym to Super) Amazing Blog Award is a blog award given to sites who:
~ inspires you
~ makes you smile and laugh
~ or maybe gives amazing information
~ a great read
~ has an amazing design
~ and any other reasons you can think of that makes them uber amazing!

The rules of this award are:
* Put the logo on your blog or post.
* Nominate at least 5 blogs (can be more) that for you are Uber Amazing!
* Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog.
* Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.

I pass this honor on to:
Lisa from A Sweet Soiree
Maureen from A Wedding Addict
Kate from Some Dreams Come True
Annie from The Doctor Takes a Bride
and Laura from When Two Become One

To veil or not to veil?

So, I was pretty well set on a birdcage veil. But Jake makes it pretty clear he thinks it looks silly! I would still like to try one on to see how I like it, but I've also been looking at some other options.

I really like the hairstyle here, and I definitly have thick enough hair to pull it off.

The hairpiece is nice too!

By the way...219 days!

Christmas Shopping

It's the day before Thanksgiving and I'm ALMOST done with my Christmas shopping! I have gifts for everyone except one person. And that's only because it's for a gift exchange and I don't know who's name I will get yet!

I got Jake's gift today and I'm so excited about it I just have to share!

He has shown me some watches he likes, he wants a watch with the open face so you can see the gears inside. I was window shopping after doing my registry and went into Fossil to look at the purses and came out with this watch!

It's an automatic so he won't have to worry about batteries, and it has an 11 year warranty.

I love to watch the little gears move. It's amazing!

I can't wait to give it to him!