VENUE on LOCK!

Because I blab a lot, especially when excited, many of you loyal readers already know that we DO have a venue.
A new venue AND a new date!
That's right, we are now getting married on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH at Magnolia Plantation!!! :)
Not traditional, but we are more than okay with it, we actually love the idea now.
We don't just have a wedding day, we have a whole wedding weekend to spend with our closest friends and family! How exciting is that?
Festivities will kick off Friday night at the home my Mama San has rented. This event is ladies only (I'm sure the guys will get together as well)! Instead of a Bridal Luncheon we will be hosting a Bridal Dinner...more deets on that later!
Saturday early afternoon will be the Rehearsal at Magnolia. Following the rehearsal we will be inviting everyone whose already in town to join us for FOOTBALL & APPS in the upstairs room of King Street Grille. We have this room reserved until 5pm hoping that everyone will head back to their sleeping quarters in order to get ready for the Rehearsal Dinner, 7 PM @ McCrady's.
At 8:30 pm we will be asking everyone in town to join us for a 2 hour cocktail event with Jazz Music.
How fun, right?
Sunday is of course the big day and we know this means you'll need to take Monday off, but we promise it will be worth it!

Weekend Update...

Mr. P and I are house/dog (2 GREAT Danes) sitting for his parents. They live in a lovely home out on the lake and it honestly feels like we are on vacation, well minus the work part! Yuck!
Anyways, it snowed Sunday night, snowed more than I've ever seen in the past 4 years that I've lived in Charlotte...snowed enough that I didn't have to go to work today! HELLO 3 day weekend!
Over the weekend I knocked out lots of little wedding tasks (not so fun ones) that I've been putting off over the past few weeks.
More importantly, I christened my sewing machine. :D
Oh how I love it!!! I love it so much that last night after already putting it to sleep I had to resist a strong urge to run upstairs, grab it and try to sew as we watched a movie on the couch!
It's just so much fun! I cannot wait to go by lots of beautiful fabric! Especially fabric that I can use on some of these DIY wedding projects I'm hoping to bring to light.
In the meantime I've been working with some cheap fabric I bought online just to get some practice.
My first project, one that was probably to ambitious, was this tote (photo #1)! See the frayed edges? It's a total Monet! P was all impressed when I walked downstairs carrying it on my shoulder. "Let me see" he proclaimed. I handed it over along with my pride!
Fortunately I know exactly what I did wrong and I can't wait to pick more fabric to try this one again.

Today I made this lovely aapron (photo #2) which I actually really like! :)
The possibilities are endless I tell ya'!
Seriously, if you enjoy crafts in the least I suggest you pick up one of these bad boys! I'm angry with myself for waiting so long!

P.S-I couldn't help showing off the second love of my life, the Tuckmeister!

*Wedding venue decided! Update tomorrow!

So cliche,

yet so unbelievably true! Things really do happen for a reason! Who ever figured that one out is so smart, huh? S-M-R-T I tell ya'!
Our original venue closing was the best thing that could have happened to our wedding!
We now have a fabulous wedding weekend planned that I honestly couldn't be more excited about!
Throughout the past two very chaotic weeks I e-mailed and called our vendors (mostly Jerri, our planner and Karyn, our photographer) various times! I now feel pretty close with these fabulous beings and know without a doubt we made the right decision when choosing to have them all on board to help out with our big day.
We are only a little over half way through this crazy process and having fantabulous (I may have just made that word up, but I like how it sounds) vendors and people you can put your trust in really makes it so much more enjoyable!

Anyways, this is a pretty boring post but nevertheless it's what's on my mind this lovely morning.

Now I'm off to try and sew my first ever project, a tote bag! :)
Cheerio my dears!

2 things...

Cathryn at Red Light Studios e-mailed me today with a picture of our almost finished cake bird toppers and I'm in love with them!!!!!!!!!!
I can't resist showing off one phot0 (remember they don't have their finishing coat), I chose this photo because it doesn't give away too much.

Also, I came across an adorable idea for Save the Dates on one of my favorite blogs (I can't tell you which because you might try and sneak a peek you tricksters!)
I looked at these adorable save the dates a few times throughout the early afternoon and thought to myself "I can do that"! I snuck off to Target on my lunch break and picked up a few essentials. Now armed with heavy card stock, baker's twine, a corner hole punch and detailing scissors I'm ready to give it a go!
Can't wait to show the finished product whether it turns out fantastic or fugly, hopefully it's the aforementioned.
Happy WEEKEND!!!!

"The One"

Remember a few weeks ago when I went dress shopping with my dear, also engaged, friend Missy?
Well our first stop was J Majors Bridal Boutique. Great service, great dresses, great system! It was basically just a wonderful experience!
The very first dress I tried on I LOVED! Loved so much that when Anna, the lovely lady helping us, asked if I could stay in it for a minute or two so she could do something else, I very happily obliged. In fact what I really wanted to do was run around the shop sneaking glances of myself and this beautiful dress in each and every mirror!
It's unbelievably comfortable, fits beautifully and I love it more than I really thought I'd ever love an article of clothing (and I've really LOVED dresses before).
I tried to forget about this dress because it was WAY out of my price range! I tried on about 10-15 more dresses that afternoon but after arriving home I found myself thinking of only this first dress.
I went back a second time the following Monday to make sure my infatuation was valid and while there Anna offered me a heck of a deal that I just couldn't pass up!

Well friends I'm extremely happy to report that I have my dress!

If my dear Mr. P didn't lovingly check my blog from time to time I'd post a picture.

P.S.-Happy thoughts of me in this lovely dress have helped to keep some of my sanity over the past two weeks!
XO'S!

*VENUE UPDATE COMING BY THE END OF THE WEEK!

Back on Track...

Quick update: Still no venue set in stone!
*Going forth I've decided to not discuss any possible venues until we have one nailed down.
Why? Because I think I jinxed us or something! I mean how can two people have had so much bad luck in the past two weeks?

Anyways, I was browsing one of my very favorite blogs this morning, Brooklyn Bride and came across an adorable DIY Project she did with another one of my favorite sites, ETSY!
I think these little favor bags are the perfect project for me to begin working on with my brand new sewing machine! :) Now I just need to track down the right fabric.

This lovely project also got me thinking about all the things I want/need to be doing in the next month or so.
I mean just because we don't have a venue doesn't mean I don't need to stay on track, right?
Here's my do to list I've come up with:

1. Finish Matchbooks
2. Order Sparklers
3. Start on DIY Sparkler holders
4. Find fabric for DIY project above!
5. Begin on little bags to use in "Welcome Bags" (I'm all about personalizing this wedding in any way possible!)
6. Start taste testing cookie recipes for our "Cookie Bar"

My goal and date deadline for these fun lil' projects is April 15th! Wish me luck!
Hopefully I'll have lots of picture updates for ya'!
MUAH!

Oh me, oh my, yet again!

I wish I had good news on the wedding front to report, I truly, truly do, but I don't my dear friends! :(
I'm feeling quite bummed right now to be honest.
We found out today that both venues fell through! Yes, that's correct, we aren't getting either!
I feel like we are at a dead end right now!
All I wanna do is go home hug my fiancee, steal a smooch or two, love on my pup, eat something comforting and get in bed!!!
Tomorrow is a new day and I plan to wake up as a woman on a mission!

On a much more positive note we found out our great friend, Mr. Scott Barzee, was chosen for an awesome job today over lots of other candidates!!!! It was great to hear such wonderful news on what had been such a yucky day!