Progress

Stuff's happening!!

1) Wedding clothing is being purchased! Dresses! Ties! Hair stuff!

2) Cheesecake Lollipops are being brought into my life!

3) Appointments and reservations are being made

4) Vacation time is booked

5) Ministers are still on board. :)

And yet it has still crossed my mind twice today that I would like to elope.

Invites

Wedding Invitations are going out this weekend!!

Very cool.

The wedding to-do list finally has a few more check marks. Looks like the whole event might come together. However with a minister, a dress, some wine and the cupcakes all lined up I am pretty sure we have the makings of a wedding. It's just the extras that need to be taken care of, like what the groom is wearing. :)

Possible decor

These are some home made pom poms that were made for Chris's 30th birthday. Marcelle and I were practicing for the wedding.

I think with some practice they could look really pretty.

This is what they are supposed to look like:

These are from PomLove on Etsy.

I don't think we were too far off. But my round edge ones weren't nearly as pretty as these ones.

Rainy day

Hmmm, no new posts for weeks now. That means it's been weeks since I've done anything. Eep.

Well, today I was readying a website that tells me rain on my wedding day is good luck. Since the historical forecast of June 22 says it often rains on that day I kind of felt like we should have a back up plan. Therefore the wedding may very well be 'BYOU', Bring Your Own Umbrella. And if it predicts rain I will be headed to Market Square to buy one of those fancy umbrellas they display but always feel a little to extravagant to buy.

But look at this pretty picture of a rainy day bride. Isn't she cute with her umbrella and rubber boots?

Photo's from Kiss The Groom.

Sorry, couldn't just copy the one I wanted.

Trollin'

This afternoon my mind has been wandering. Only 90 days until the wedding and I am bumming around the Internet looking for any interesting ideas.

To begin my afternoon of internet surfing I first landed on this website: Adam Graham Photography

I went to youth group with Adam while in high school and I wanted to look at his wedding photos. There are some very pretty pictures. He has such a cute kid. He also has a talented wife who makes her own soap.

So then I landed on her website: Birch Bark Handmade Soap

I love handmade soap. I usually just collect it but I've been making an effort lately to actually use it.

Anyway on Birch Bark Handmade Soap's blog she posted a link to Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database. It's a website where you can type in a skin care product that you use and it comes up with a number on a scale of 1 to 10. Low hazard to high hazard ratings on ingredients for personal use.

I typed in 'Bed Head Shampoo" which is what I use and it came up with this horrible hazard number of 8 out of 10. They dissect the ingredients used in the product and show what each ingredient has been linked to. So an 8 out of 10 means that several ingredients have been linked to cancer, skin irritation and contains something that has been found unsafe for use in cosmetics. Eww. My moisturizer is a 6 and my make-up remover a 5.

Lovely. So I am posting the link so others can be educated/grossed out too.

Maps to wedding and reception

I am going to let the cat out of the bag. We put maps on the back of our wedding invitations. It seemed more efficient than putting them on separate paper.

I thought I would post them in case anyone has any questions of how to get there. I'm hoping the reception can immediately follow the wedding with pictures beforehand. Not entirely certain how well that is going to work, but I think it could be fun.

This is a map directing people from Fredericton to the Saint John Public Gardens. In the map it's called the 'Horticultural Gardens', but I have never once called it that in my life and I grew up down the street.

From there the reception will take place at my parents house. I am really hoping the weather is good. I have tons of ideas for outside decorations and not many for inside. If it rains I'll have to be much more creative. Oh yeah...if it rains, you should pack an umbrella. Chris vetoed my, "Let's take a trip to Bar Harbor and by $5 umbrella's idea." Which is too bad. I'm sure it's really nice there with all this fabulous weather.

If anyone has questions on directions or if rubber-boots are acceptable attire please let me know.

Dress

Do you have to try on a wedding dress to buy one? I've found about 6 that I love online, but I can't find any in the store that I actually want to put on? There's either too much fabric, or icky feeling fabric. And I don't seem to have a whole lot of interest in putting myself through that. Besides with 3 and a half months until the wedding I really don't have a lot of time to get one in. Eep. Too soon. Getting engaged 6 months before the wedding is crappy timing. I think it should have been either a year long engagement or 3 weeks before the wedding. Tons of time to plans lots of details or no time at all.

I wonder if Chris is having any luck deciding on what he's going to wear. I hope he's not waiting on me.