Wedding Guest Book-GREAT IDEA!!!

I wanted to do something different with our wedding guest book and thought why not make it more of a scrapbook.  I found this site... http://www.mixbook.com/ that basically creates it for you-all you do is add the photos!! Now I'll have a record of everyone who came plus a fun book for the coffee table! Check it out and let me know what you think?

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Last Couple Days at the 8!!!

It's weird to think after working for a company (KLKN-TV) for four long years everything I have here doesn't even fill a whole box!  Although I've had some great times at Channel 8, I felt it was my time to move on see what the future holds.  Working at KLKN helped me land my first job out of college and gave me the skills needed to move on (hopefully) in the business.  I made a lot of great friends while at KLKN as well.  I'm not trying to get emotional but it's just so strange to think you'll be here one week and the next--your desk will be taken over by some new guy and you are no longer on the airwaves for the Lincoln public. 

I'm also getting married in 2 months and that along with no current job lined up is causing me so much stress, lucky I have a great support system in my life to help me get through the tough times!  I'm not going to lie I've had a couple *mental break-downs but nothing a bottle of wine can't cure haha-Thanks Ry!

I feel really good about today, and am hoping I get some great news about one of my three job prospects! 

POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!!!

Wedding Flowers

I've finally narrowed down my wedding flowers my colors are fall but I having trouble picturing what I would do for flowers.  This was funny to me since I worked at Hy-Vee floral shop all through high school and college haha.  Anyways, through some help from a couple of my bridesmaids I picked White Hydrangea and both orange and white calla lilies with some "steph" flowers as fillers.  They're great because with stephanotis you add a pearl in the middle to give it that glam factor.  To tie them all together literally I'm using raffia it's kind of like twin but a little less tough.  Now I just need to put my order in and see what the damage will be awww!  3 months and counting less then 100 days-I can't WAIT!

Wedding Invites: CHECK!

INVITES!
After several long days and some help from the good old Maid Of Honor (Ashley Jo Costanzo) I've finished all 200 invites!  I of course wanted to save money so I bought the kits at Target for $20 bucks for 50 and designed and printed my own at home.  I never thought it would be such a process stuffing all of them and addressing them individually.  I wanted the front to look nice, so I used a calligraphy pen and tried to use my best handwriting on each one.  However, I think towards the end of the alphabet my penmanship started to suffer.  At least they are all done and will be mailed out next week.  I can't believe the wedding is only 3 months away!!!  I'm also excited for this weekend, I'm going home to Des Moines to meet up with some of my lovely bridesmaids.  Maybe we can bang out some more wedding items over the weekend. 

Busy Wedding Weekend!

We sure had a busy weekend.  First my parents came to visit Ryan and I from Des Moines, they stayed at Ryan's hotel (the Holiday Inn) and we had a blast.  On Saturday we finally took our engagement photos.  This was the 3rd time we had tried to take them, since the first two got canceled because of weather.  We took them at James Arthur Vineyard where Ryan proposed on September 19, 2010.

It was so beautiful out and I think the pics will turn out great.  We had a picnic with our favorite wine and took some pics that way.  This one is from my Mom's cell phone-she was excited to be part of the experience.
The next day on Sunday-we headed down to David City, NE where Ryan's great Aunt lives.  She offered to hem and put a bustle in my dress.  It was exciting to try on the dress and luckily it still fits :)  I also got to see the dress with the birdcage veil I had ordered.  I think the two look good together, so let's hope on the day of -it all comes together!  My Mom got to help me put the dress on and was getting all teary eyed...I hope she can hold it together on 10-15-11 but I guess she is my Mom so it's okay!  As soon as I get the engagement proofs, I'll make sure and post them!
Getting excited for the big day!!

Wedding Favor Stamp!

Just got my stamp in the mail.   I was looking at cute ways to label my wedding favors and came up with this affordable option.  I'm giving out carmel apples to my guests since it's a fall wedding.  I looked at tags that have our name printed on them already and found if I made a stamp ($9) and stamped card stock myself it was a more affordable option and I think more creative.  I want to get all different colors of ink (fall colors) and mix up the colors for each table.

Ring Bearer Pillow-DIY

my supplies

putting the final stuffing in pillow!



finished product!

I was looking at the prices for the ring bearer pillow and was shocked. I'm already a cheep person but they were over $20 bucks at two different stores so I thought I'd take on the challenge of making my own. I first found the fabric, I picked a shiny ivory color and it was under 2 bucks for a 15x15 piece. Then I picked out some ribbon around $2.50 for the entire roll. I saw a photo of a ring bearer pillow online and instead of rings it replaced it with a flower so I took that idea and found an artificial ivory rose to put on top. ($3) I don't have a sewing machine so I pinned the 2 pieces together 12x12 and flipped it inside out and started hand sewing. I wouldn't say it's perfect but worked well...with only about 2 inches left I turned it back right side out and stuffed it with some pillow stuffing I found at Michaels ($3) and sewed the rest shut. I tied on the ribbon and glued the flower on top with super glue. Total cost fewer than 10 bucks! I was pretty impressed and Ryan said it didn't look half bad haha. I think I could get into do it yourself projects, especially if it helps me save some cash for the wedding!